Open House
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Open House was a Fox sitcom (August 27, 1989–July 21, 1990), and spinoff from Duet. Starring Alison LaPlaca as Linda, the former studio executive who brought the same zeal pushing costly houses for Juan Verde Real Estate as she did working at World Wide Studios, Open House also had Mary Page Keller and Chris Lemmon continuing their roles as Laura and Richard. Laura, newly separated from her writer husband Ben, also quit catering, and now was an apprentice agent. Richard, Linda's husband, was a pianist at Jasper's, but left the hangout — and his wife — by mid-season.
Among Linda's eccentric co-workers were Ted Nichols (Philip Charles MacKenzie), her main rival; Scott Babylon (Danny Gans), a talented impressionist; Margo Van Meter (a then-unknown Ellen DeGeneres), the sassy secretary; and Roger McSwain (Nick Tate), the manager of Juan Verde.
Open House is also a 2000 novel by U.S. author Elizabeth Berg. It was also an Oprah's Book Club selection in 2000.
Open House was a 1964 TV series presented by Gay Byrne, Peter Haigh and Robert Robinson.
An open house (or "rumah terbuka") is a Malaysian concept whereby people celebrating various holidays will invite friends to drop by for festive snacks and fellowship.