Double Rush

Double Rush

1995
Double Rush
Double Rush

Double Rush

7.5 | en | Comedy

Double Rush is an American CBS television comedy that lasted only one season in 1995. Robert Pastorelli played Johnny Verona, manager of a bicycle delivery service in New York City. Verona must keep his business on its feet in the face of competition from the increased use of fax machines and the internet. The show premiered 4 January 1995 and ended with the twelfth episode on 12 April of that year. The reason for its cancellation might be because of the title of the seventh episode 'The Show We Wrote the Day We Found Out We Were Going on Opposite Roseanne'. Apparently, "even the most smart-mouthed, wise-cracking New York working stiffs couldn't compete with Roseanne for ratings."

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Seasons & Episodes

1
EP13  Crimes and Mrs. DeMotto
Jan. 01,0001
Crimes and Mrs. DeMotto

No synopsis available.

EP12  The Documentary
Apr. 12,1995
The Documentary

PBS comes to Double Rush for part of their documentary on bicycle messengers. During the shoot a big account is lost and Johnny must decide who to let go.

EP11  Slamming Into a Car Isn't Good
Apr. 05,1995
Slamming Into a Car Isn't Good

Brubeck tries to find out about the mysterious Barkley. Marlon wins the debate about who should get a rush job, but is hospitalized after hitting a cab. The gang spends some time at the hospital trying to find him.

EP10  Love Letters
Mar. 29,1995
Love Letters

Hunter's back and forth rush delivery of ""love"" letters between a young couple, affects the rest of the staff.

EP9  Hell's Angel
Mar. 22,1995
Hell's Angel

A guy who Johnny grew up with was ""nothing but trouble""; however, now he is a priest, but things haven't really changed, when he bounces a bad check.

EP8  Lower East Side Story
Mar. 15,1995
Lower East Side Story

Though Double Rush wages war against Ed Foley's courier company, Hunter begins dating Ed's daughter.

EP7  The Show We Wrote The Day We Found Out We Were Going On Opposite Roseanne
Mar. 08,1995
The Show We Wrote The Day We Found Out We Were Going On Opposite Roseanne

Leo loses a big account, so Johnny fires him. Leo finds a new job with a couple of ""wiseguys"" he once served time with.

EP6  Snowings and Goings
Mar. 06,1995
Snowings and Goings

In the midst of a blizzard, Leo and Zoe wind up in the back seat of a car together, ""the Kid"" fills in as a talk show guest, Hunter is trapped by an elderly woman whom thinks he is her son and Johnny must lookout for a rock star, whose bound to miss his gig.

EP5  Johnny and the Pacemakers
Feb. 01,1995
Johnny and the Pacemakers

Johnny reunites with his old band and their gig goes great. Later, when he wants to experience everything that he missed out on, he finds time has caught up with them all.

EP4  They Shoot Guns, Don't They?
Jan. 25,1995
They Shoot Guns, Don't They?

The gang pressures Johnny to get a gun after Double Rush is robbed. The gun is used once but not for the second robbery.

EP3  Comings and Goings
Jan. 18,1995
Comings and Goings

When a small profit of $500 is discovered, Johnny wants to buy a $250 chair and a competition is held, $250 dollars to whomever makes the most runs. Marlon delivers precious gems to wealthy white people; Leo must talk a CBS TV comedy executive out of committing suicide; Zoe must deliver sperm to an ovulating wife; however, Hunter hits a pedestrian, whom hangs out at the Blue Shamrock, and threat of a lawsuit may put the profit in jeopardy.

EP2  I Left My Socks in San Antonio
Jan. 11,1995
I Left My Socks in San Antonio

Johnny has a bet on the Spurs beating the Knicks and sends Hunter to deliver Dennis Rodman's socks to the Garden, but he brings the gym bag back to the office instead. Zoe tries to organize the office and throw the socks away, so Barkley makes fake ones.

EP1  The Episode Formerly Known as Prince
Jan. 04,1995
The Episode Formerly Known as Prince

Johnny Verona gets a chance to sell his bicycle messenger service, but turns it down when he finds out his people won't be included with the deal, the same thing that kept him from being a big rock star. A competition is held against Foley's company to secure a contract with a new advertising company; meanwhile, an unemployed Harvard graduate stops by the office to get a proposal delivered and winds up getting a job biking and keeping the books.

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Released: 1995-01-04 | Released Producted By: Warner Bros. Television , Shukovsky English Entertainment Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Double Rush is an American CBS television comedy that lasted only one season in 1995. Robert Pastorelli played Johnny Verona, manager of a bicycle delivery service in New York City. Verona must keep his business on its feet in the face of competition from the increased use of fax machines and the internet. The show premiered 4 January 1995 and ended with the twelfth episode on 12 April of that year. The reason for its cancellation might be because of the title of the seventh episode 'The Show We Wrote the Day We Found Out We Were Going on Opposite Roseanne'. Apparently, "even the most smart-mouthed, wise-cracking New York working stiffs couldn't compete with Roseanne for ratings."

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Cast

Phil Leeds , D. L. Hughley , Adam Goldberg

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theowinthrop Robert Pasterelli had been a fixture in the cast of MURPHY BROWN as Eldin, the artistic house painter (and political liberal) who is painting Murphy's home room by room (each one with a special mural) and acting as her political and social conscience. Then, in 1995, his character was written out of MURPHY BROWN when Eldin suddenly gets a huge sum of money as a legacy, on the proviso of studying art in Europe and doing a certain amount of work. This was done because the producers and network planned a series for Pasterelli called DOUBLE RUSH. He owns a delivery service that works with skates and bicycles, and is barely holding it's own against larger competition in New York City.One of the employees (the oldest one, nicknamed "the Kid") was Phil Leeds. Leeds had been one of the best scene stealing comedians in film and television for decades, and this one show was his only chance to show himself as a regular. And he did do well.But the show was a flop. Bad time slot, and a lack of network pushing caused it to only last one season. Which was a sad because, if the show was not riotously funny, it had potential. Leeds died within three years. As for Pasterelli, he did return to MURPHY BROWN in it's final episodes, but his career really lost momentum. His personal life also got shattered by the somewhat mysterious drug death of his girlfriend, followed by his own death from an overdose a few years later.This "6" is for both performers, who were really affective (especially Leeds) at their best.
budikavlan Robert Pastorelli left "Murphy Brown" for this show, in which he played the owner of a struggling bike-messenger service. The cast was full of young up-and-comers, and the writing was decent. Pastorelli was better suited to his supporting role in MB than as the lead here; his offbeat charm is less well suited to a lead role. In any case, the show was doomed to a difficult time slot. One episode was entitled "The Show We Wrote the Day We Found Out We Were Going On Opposite Roseanne." Because of that, it lasted 12 weeks (with one episode going unaired).