screen captures from the Jack and Mike
episode "Personal Foul," 1986
Shelley's third foray into series TV was Jack and Mike. It was about a married yuppie couple living in Chicago, trying to find time for each other in their busy schedules. Shelley played Jackie Shea, a star columnist at The Mirror, a widely-circulated Chicago paper. Her column was awaited by everyone every week. Her husband was Mike Brennan (played by Tom Mason), a successful restaurateur. Other cast members were: Nora Adler (Jacqueline Brookes), Jackie’s editor; Anthony Kubecek (Kevin Dunn), Jackie's assistant; Carol (Holly Fulger), the head waitress at Mike's restaurant, Brennan's Grill; and Rick Scotti (Vincent Baggetta), an attorney who appears occasionally. In the episode "Personal Foul," a college professor is suspended for trying to flunk the school's star basketball player, and Mike is upset that Jackie's covering the story, since it's his alma mater and he's the team's No. 1 supporter. The episode was originally aired in September 30, 1986.
screen captures from the Jack and Mike
episode "Personal Foul," 1986
To continue, at Mike's is private party for Lincoln University's basketball team, the Lincoln Sentinels, he finds Jackie surrounded by the Lincoln Sentinels players; and he jokingly gropes her from behind. She catches his hand before it reaches any delicate part and is glad to find out it's Mike's. She asks him how he knew it was her from behind and he says her Chanel fragrance gave her away. She teases him and says that, had he informed her earlier, she would have brought along her pompoms. Mike is surprised that the Sentinels' star player Andrew Taylor is at the party; he thought he was studying that evening. Mike introduces Jackie to Andrew. Andrew asks Jackie if Mike talks to her about basketball all the time, like he did when he worked at one of Mike's restaurants the past summer. But he is surprised when Jackie turns out to be a huge basketball fan herself.
screen captures from the Jack and Mike
episode "Personal Foul," 1986
