Bagdad Cafe
Bagdad Cafe is an American television sitcom starring Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton. The series premiered March 30, 1990 on CBS. The show is based on the 1987 Percy Adlon film Bagdad Cafe.
Brenda fires her cook and Rudy's nephew, Dewey, signs on.
When the water supply is cut off, the locals declare cityhood, with Brenda as mayor.
A waif, en route to meet her estranged husband, arrives with a broken car and a gun.
Brenda wants to sell the cafe; Jasmine's husband Herb arrives from Wisconsin.
Debbie, turning 16, asserts her independence.
The sheriff woos Brenda, while Rudy tries to heat up his friendship with Jasmine.
The day Brenda finally decides to file divorce papers, a downpour floods the roads and the cafe.
When strange things occur after an Indian burial site is uncovers in the kitchen, Dewey believes the room is haunted.
Jealous Sal threatens the sheriff.
Brenda forbids Debbie to see her biker boyfriend; enter Jasmine.
Brenda and Jasmine get free tickets to a Saturday night dance at the local honky tonk bar.
Rudy, Bagdad's resident artist and most loyal customer, is invited to show one painting representative of his best work at the famous Barstow Art Gallery.
To Brenda's delight, a tour bus full of Vegas-bound gamblers breaks down at Bagdad and they all have to spend the night.
Brenda fires her cook, and Rudy's nephew signs on.
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Release | 1990-03-30 |
| Producer | Braun Entertainment Group |