[1] The pilot episode starred John Waters and Jacki Weaver, who were replaced by Grigor Taylor and Linden Wilkinson for season one in 1989.
Writer Michael Riordan's father Joe was a housing minister in the Whitman government.
He approached John O'Grady and Geoff Portmann, the producers of Mother and Son, then shot a pilot in 1987 with Jacki Weaver and John Waters.
Neither reprised their roles - he for stage commitments and she because of another sitcom, House Rules.
[4] The show returned in 1992 with John Wood replacing Taylor.