1994-1998 ABC
SMELLEN
MAD # 346, July 1996
w: A. J. Marley (Arnie Kogen)
a: Sam Viviano
The sitcom, originally called These Friends of Mine, starred Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan, proprietor of Buy the Book. Her friends were Paige (Joely Fisher), Spence (Jeremy Piven), Joe (David Anthony Higgins), Audrey (Clea Lewis), and Adam (Arye Gross). Her parents (Steven Gilborn, Alice Hirson) were recurring characters. Jeremy Piven had previously starred on The Larry Sanders Show.
