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Aging square
Martin Mull commutes by ferry to San Francisco from his Marin County home
in Serial. Based on the 1976 book The Serial: A Year in the Life
of Marin County by newspaper columnist Cyra McFadden, this 1980 comedy
is Tales of the City for the famed county north
of here. Stay mellow with director Bill Persky and an outrageous cast that
includes Sally Kellerman, Nita Talbot, Tom Smothers, Peter Bonerz, Bill
Macy, and Christopher Lee. All the trappings of the era are hilariously
represented from organics, jacuzzis, swingers, and cults to waterbeds,
communes, and a cat named Vonnegut. Worth the price of rental just to hear
Tuesday Weld call Pamela Bellwood a
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