Ask Harriet

1998
Ask Harriet

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Pilot Jan 04, 1998

Jack Cody, one of the most sexist sports columnists in NY, gets fired from his job at the Dispatch for a 21 million dollar litigation lawsuit. Without anywhere to go (since he'd been banished from several other papers), Jack decides to take one of his best friend Ronnie's idea seriously: take over the ""Ask Harriet"" column at the Dispatch. The past Harriet (there were a bunch of them – like Lassie) died and the paper was looking for a replacement. This way, not only would he get his revenge against Melissa Peters (his boss), but also a really easy and nice paying job. The only problem is Jack (or Sylvia, the new alias created by Ronnie for Jack) has to meet with Melissa. Jack is forced to put on a dress and high heels and try to fool Melissa – which he does! Melissa is so impressed with the ""new"" Harriet that she decides to introduce her to the press and make Sylvia Coco the most high profile Harriet to date. Jack does fine, but he soon gets a taste of his own medicine when a date of hi

EP2 Hot Coco Jan 08, 1998

When Jack learns that Old Man Russell, the newspaper's owner, is coming, he tries to get back his job as Jack, but the Old Man finds ""Sylvia"" more to his letching, er, liking.

EP3 Help Me, Help Me, Rwanda Jan 15, 1998

""Sylvia"" announces she's leaving the newspaper to live among the apes in Rwanda, but the scheme to get Jack rehired is jeopardized when the bidding war with Old Man Russell makes him go bananas.

EP4 Turn Your Head & Kafka Jan 22, 1998

""Sylvia"" goes to pick up her first paycheck, only to find that she can't get it until she gets a physical examination - from a gynecologist.

EP5 Lips That Pass in the Night Jan 29, 1998

When Old Man Russell sponsors a charity celebrity auction, Sylvia has to fend off Trey and Mr. Russell, while Ron and Melissa discover the awkwardness of being ""close to you.""

EP6 Fat Ron Jan 01, 0001

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EP7 Surprise, Surprise Jan 01, 0001

Jack is forced to attend Sylvia's surprise party.

EP8 Good For the Goose, Good For the Gender Jan 01, 0001

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EP9 Kiss Harass Good-Bye Jan 01, 0001

A sexual harassment seminar gives Sylvia an idea to get Jack re-hired.

EP10 Exes and Ohs Jan 01, 0001

Jack masquerades as Sylvia in hopes of getting a date with a jilted co-worker.

EP11 Dis-guise in Love with You (1) Jan 01, 0001

Jack's ex is back and he tries to hide all the goodies he's been buying with Sylvia's paycheck (because to Valerie he's still unemployed). They start fighting about her boyfriend and end up sleeping together. The next morning, Jack tries to resume their relationship (in order to save the alimony money), but Valerie finds one of Sylvia's dresses and threats to end it. Jack arranges for her to meet with Sylvia – a very risky move – and Valerie buys it! Unfortunately, the fire alarm goes off at the office, preventing Jack to go back to being a man. When he comes home, Valerie is waiting for him with a very sexy negligee. She certainly wasn't expecting to see Sylvia there, so Jack reveals her the truth in order to spare their relationship.

EP12 Dis-guise in Love with You (2) Jan 01, 0001

Jack's ex is back and he tries to hide all the goodies he's been buying with Sylvia's paycheck (because to Valerie he's still unemployed). They start fighting about her boyfriend and end up sleeping together. The next morning, Jack tries to resume their relationship (in order to save the alimony money), but Valerie finds one of Sylvia's dresses and threats to end it. Jack arranges for her to meet with Sylvia – a very risky move – and Valerie buys it! Unfortunately, the fire alarm goes off at the office, preventing Jack to go back to being a man. When he comes home, Valerie is waiting for him with a very sexy negligee. She certainly wasn't expecting to see Sylvia there, so Jack reveals her the truth in order to spare their relationship.

EP13 Pumps and Circumstances Jan 01, 0001

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Released: 04 January 1998 Ended
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Ask Harriet is a short-lived American television situation comedy that ran for one season in 1998 on FOX. Ask Harriet was created by David Cassidy, Jonathan Prince, and Billy Riback. Cassidy also wrote and performed the theme song.

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F Gwynplaine MacIntyre I saw "Ask Harriet" during its brief run and I actually liked it, though I might've changed my mind if this sitcom had run a bit longer.One thing that irritates me about most of these cross-dressing movies and sitcoms is that these guys never need to put any effort into acquiring female disguises: they just *happen* to have a handy supply of women's clothes, wigs, make-up and extra-large female shoes. In 'Some Like It Hot', the two male musicians leave the booking agency with no money and nowhere to live ... then they suddenly show up at the train station wearing complete women's outfits (which fit them!), plus luggage: how'd they get all that stuff, and where did they change clothes? At least in 'Mrs Doubtfire', Robin Williams needed some time to develop his female identity."Ask Harriet" was slightly atypical for a cross-dressed comedy, because male actor Anthony Tyler Quinn (what a bizarre name!) was actually somewhat passable as a faux female, although unusually tall and even taller in high-heeled boots. As "Harriet" in a long brunette wig, Quinn wore short skirts and knee-high boots that would've been quite sexy on a genuine woman. But where did tall Jack find pantyhose that fits him? I know petite women who can't find pantyhose that fits them.There are some clichés here: macho sport columnist Jack Cody gets fired, but he becomes a better man by becoming a woman when he stops chasing skirts and starts wearing them to become agony-aunt advice columnist Harriet. Of course, the audience need to be assured that cross-dressing Jack isn't ... um, you know ... one of THOSE guys, so he continues to leer at the attractive women in the newsroom from behind his falsies, while they (the women, not the falsies) open up to 'Harriet' with some girl talk.Most of the characters and dialogue were awful. In one episode, Ed Asner played a successful newspaperman who's also an idiot. Huh? Asner's usually convincing, but he wasn't believable here as an idiot.The only person aware of Jack's double identity is his geeky little co-worker Ronnie, who clearly enjoyed controlling situations in which he's able to manipulate Jack into becoming Harriet. There was an annoying subplot (which never got very far) in which Ronnie and a very sexy woman (a real one) who works with him in the newsroom are attracted to each other but neither can work up the nerve to tell the other. Ronnie seemed to get more arousal from using Jack as his personal dress-up doll.Female impersonation as comedy will usually get a quick laugh but is more difficult to sustain in a longer narrative. 'Some Like It Hot' worked because the cross-dressers were in a dangerous situation: they had to become live women to avoid becoming dead men. In 'Ask Harriet', Jack wasn't in danger of anything except losing his wig: I was never convinced that this elaborate sexual masquerade was the best career option for a male character who kept claiming to dislike dressing up as a woman. That was another cliché: we get the usual line about how it sure feels good to get back into men's clothes. Right, we get it, fella: you hate wearing women's clothes but you wear them anyway. Straighten your wig.Rating: 4 out of 10. If you want to see a man dressed as a woman, either for comedy or for kink, there are better options elsewhere.
Op_Prime And that is not really a good thing in this case. The show was at best half way decent but it wasn't worth keeping around. Besides the horrible time slot that doomed it (Thursdays at 8:30), it tried tackling gender issues. The whole premise was laughable and I don't mean because of clever writing or good acting. Basically this was a mediocre mid season replacement quickly put out of it's misery.