Wish You Were Here was an American sitcom that premiered on July 20, 1990 as a summer replacement on CBS

CBS

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 in the 9:30pm slot which lasted for only six episodes. Its premise was that stockbroker Donny Cogswell, portrayed by Lew Schneider

Lew Schneider

Lew Schneider is an Emmy Award winning American television producer, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian.-Career:In the fall of 1989, Schneider landed his first regular TV job as the host of the Nickelodeon game show, Make the Grade. His stand-up act was featured on HBO's One Night Stand in 1992...

, quits his job and sends video cassette postcards of his European adventures to family and friends back in the United States.

Cast

• Lew Schneider
  Lew Schneider
  Lew Schneider is an Emmy Award winning American television producer, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian.-Career:In the fall of 1989, Schneider landed his first regular TV job as the host of the Nickelodeon game show, Make the Grade. His stand-up act was featured on HBO's One Night Stand in 1992...
  
   as Donny Cogswell
• Sandor Szabo
  Sandor Szabo
  Sandor Szabo was a Hungarian professional wrestler of the mid-twentieth century. At first, due to his large size, he was promoted by Jack Pfefer and Jack Curley of New York City as a "freak talent", one of a number of foreign and extraordinary wrestlers booked to attract the curious. In the early...
  
   as Grandpa Ziggy
• Anna Feher as Anna
• Vince Metcalfe as Stan
• Tom Riis Farrell as Gary
• Jayne Eastwood
  Jayne Eastwood
  Jayne Eastwood , also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian actress most famous for appearing in the 2002 film Chicago. She was one of the original cast members of the Toronto branch of The Second City, and was a semi-regular on SCTV...
  
  as Stella

Plot

Donny Cogswell, a stockbroker in New York on Wall Street acquires a new video camera. He begins recording with it much to the chagrin of his boss who notes Donny's attitude problem. Donny decides to quit his job before being fired (all the while recording his conversation with his boss) and travel the world with his camcorder, mailing videotapes of his adventures and interviews he conducts with local people back to his family, friends and girlfriend in the USA near Cleveland. Sometimes his destinations are chosen by other characters met along the way.

Season 1

1. Paris, France (July 20, 1990)
2. Budapest, Hungary (July 27, 1990)
3. Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain (August 3, 1990)
4. Marrakech, Morocco (August 10, 1990)
5. The French Riviera, Côte d'Azur, France (August 17, 1990)
6. The Balkans (August 24, 1990)

Production Crew

• Created by Steven Bawol
• Produced by Carole Hart, Marlo Thomas, Kathie Berlin, Robert Altman, Skip Lane, Steven Bawol for Letters Home Productions
• Directed by George Mihalka
• Written by Steven Bawol, Sean Kelly, Peter Tolan
• Director of Photography, Robert Draper
• Story Editor, Sean Kelly
• Costumes by Candice Clements
• Line Producer, Rémi Kessler
• Production Designer, Mike Moran
• Co-Executive Producers - Hart, Thomas & Berlin Productions
• Developed by Those Guys International