Like Grace and Shawna, Actor Jerry O’Connell has been a devoted Moonlighting Fan from the beginning. In this episode, he shares his memories of being a teenager watching Moonlighting and the effect it has had on his life since. But first a little bit about Jerry.

He began his acting career at a very young age. He was featured in some commercial and TV work. But he got his big break in 1986, when at the ripe old age of 12, he played the role of "Vern Tessio" in the popular film Stand by Me, opposite River Phoenix and Corey Feldman.

After that, he worked on many TV-Movies and TV series, one of them being, a starring role in My Secret Identity from 1988 to 1991.

In 1993, he starred in Calendar Girl opposite Jason Priestley.

And, how can we forget when back in 1996 Jerry landed the role of the superstar quarterback, ”Frank Cushman" in the successful film Jerry McGuire opposite Tom Cruise?

In 1999 he played Mariah Carey’s boyfriend in her music video “Heartbreaker”. The best part, by the way, is when she poured coke in his lap!

From 1995-1999 he starred in the TV Series Sliders. In 1997 he starred in Scream 2, and in 1999 he starred in the film Body Shots.

He has also appeared in movies such as:

Tomcats (2001),

Buying the Cow (2002),

Kangaroo Jack (2003), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005),

Man About Town (2006) and

Room 6 (2006).

He starred in 88 episodes of Crossing Jordan from 2002 to 2007

If you’re a fan of The Big Bang Theory, you will know that Jerry starred in three episodes as George Cooper Jr. Or should we say “Georgie.”

More recently he was the voice of Commander Jack Ransom in Star Trek: Lower Decks

And, he is currently a Co-Host on the CBS Daytime talk show, “The Talk”

Not only is he a talented actor, but he is also a producer, writer and director.

Jerry, thank you for sharing your memories of Moonlighting, on Moonlighting The Podcast!

MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW

The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.

They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.

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