Life's Work
Released: 1996
Comedy
Life's Work is an American situation comedy series that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on the ABC channel; the show stars Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, an assistant district attorney in Baltimore.
Lisa Ann always wanted to practice law since she was young because she always argued with her parents. She also had a basketball coach husband named Kevin Hunter who served as the patriarch of the family. Together, they raised a 7-year-old daughter Tess and a toddler son named Griffin. During the entire run of the series, a simple electric guitar instrumental solo was used as the show's opening theme. Laugh tracks were used in all episodes in the sitcom as it was filmed "live before a studio audience."
During the 1990s, it was common to give stand-up comedians their own sitcom on TV; even if their first one had flopped. Lisa Ann Walter was a stand-up comedian who played a mouthy feminist who could stand up to her mother in addition to her superiors at work. While Lisa Ann's character had plenty of zingers to her, there was still a sense of "been-there-done-that" with her character.
In one of the episodes, Lisa Ann claimed to have a sexual affair with then-current American President Bill Clinton.
Starring: Lisa Ann Walter, Michael O'Keefe, Molly Hagan, Lightfield Lewis, Alexa PenaVega, Andrew Lowery, Larry Miller
Created by: Lisa Ann Walter
Language: English
Scenes
Season 1 Episode 4: Concert
Lisa (Lisa Ann Walter) is at a Nine Inch Nails concert and is waiting in line for the bathroom, after chatting with some young woman she asks her to save her place in line and then talks with her boyfriend Kevin for a bit and drinks the beer he gives her, she turns around to go back in line only to find that the line has gotten even longer, she remarks on how "endless" the line is but then says she has an idea and she flashes her attorney badge and says "narc coming through" causing the ladies in line to run off (as they're afraid of getting busted for drugs) while Lisa goes into the ladies room to relieve herself. Later in the episode she remarks to Kevin "one beer made me need to pee five times!".