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, after her encounter with Lincoln U star player Andrew Taylor at the entrance of The Mirror, Jackie is greeted by her editor, Nora Adler, as she walks to her office. Nora excitedly goes on to tell Jackie about the result of the lingerie party they attended the night before. It seems the outfit Nora chose for herself made a good impression on her husband. Nora is very happy, and she asks Jackie about her outfit. Jackie informs Nora that her column the previous day dampened the mood at her household. Mike was upset at her for writing about the beloved star player of his alma mater. Nora tells Jackie she loved her column; but it seems she had ruffled quite a lot of feathers... even at their own office. Nelson Kimbel, a Lincoln U alumnus and an executive at The Mirror, told Nora to "bump up the lingerie, back burner the basketball." Jackie asks Nora if that was her order. Nora says if Jackie's lingerie research materials were somehow lost, then Jackie wouldn't have a choice but to continue her series of articles on the college sports scene at Lincoln U. After informing her staff that Jackie will be needing all the lingerie catalogs at her desk by that night, Nora tells Jackie she bought her time to write about the college sports scene today. She tells Jackie to just make sure that her sources are solid. She doesn't want a retraction later.
screen captures from the Jack and Mike
episode "Personal Foul," 1986
