Season 3 • Episode 22
LatestThe staff reminisces for Cobb's 50th anniversary.
Check it Out! is a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CTV from September 1985 to April 1988. The series also aired in the United States in syndication and on the USA Network.
Acting
Don Adams doing his Maxwell Smart thing in a grocery store
Production
Gloriously cheap Canadian TV aesthetic
Writing
Brian Cooke's British sitcom sensibility crammed into North American retail
Creator
Brian Cooke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brian Cooke also created Man About the House, which became Three's Company in the US—explaining the chaotic energy DNA.
This quietly pioneered the 'retail workers vs. corporate/idiot boss' sitcom format later perfected by Superstore and The Office.
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