Romeo & Juliet & Dick

Alternative title: Romeo and Juliet and Dick
Synopsis: US sitcom about a ‘family’ of four extraterrestrials who land on Earth to observe human beings, while pretending (often awkwardly) to be humans. In this episode Tommy asks Dick to direct his high school production of Romeo and Juliet but Dick takes his role too seriously. The episode also includes a reference to Hamlet - "Hamlet? The story is as old as time. Pretty boy son has a rich daddy and a good-looking mommy. The uncle knocks off daddy, marries mommy and he cuts pretty boy out of the action. So junior goes crazy and he kills them all. Not a pretty strory ... but there it is". [With acknowledgment to Zoran Sinobad, Library of Congress, for the Hamlet reference].
Series: 3rd Rock from the Sun
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 12 Jan 1997 (Channel: NBC)
Duration: 30 mins

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Production type: Sitcoms/Variety
Plays: Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); School productions; Science fiction (television)

Notes: Available on DVD as 3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN - SEASON 2.
History: Season 2, episode 14 and episode 30 overall.
Awards: John Lithgow received an Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" for each year the show was broadcast, winning in 1996, 1997, and 1999.

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