Down the Shore

Synopsis

The series revolves around three childhood friends, Aldo, Zack, and Eddie. In hopes of meeting women at the Jersey Shore over the summer, they decided to get a beach house in Belmar, New Jersey. To cover expenses, they share the beach house with three female co-workers, Donna, Miranda, and Arden. At the start of the second season, Miranda was written out of the series by having a job that was too demanding, and the new female occupant of the beach house was a woman named Sammy, whom Aldo once had a fling with.

Although the show was largely comedic in nature, it did have one notable episode where Aldo, a noted Lothario, had been briefly hospitalized and was awaiting the result of an AIDS test. This made all the renters of the beach home, while supportive of Aldo awaiting the results, mull over the fact that casual sex can come with an expensive price.

The show ran for 29 episodes over two seasons. The first episode aired Sunday at 9:30 pm and the rest of the first season aired at 10:00 pm. The second season aired Sunday at 10:30 pm for the first two episodes and Thursday at 9:30 pm for the remaining episodes.

Cast

• Louis Mandylor as Aldo Carbone
• Anna Gunn as Arden
• Lew Schneider as Zack Singer
• Cathryn de Prume as Donna Shipko
• Pamela Segall as Miranda Halpern (13 episodes, 1992)
• Tom McGowan as Eddie Cheever
• Nancy Sorel as Sammy (15 episodes, 1992–1993)

Episodes

Season 1 (1992)

Guest Star: Ann Turkel Guest Stars: Anne Pitoniak (Mrs. Krell), Darlene Vogel (Betsy Fallon) Guest Stars: Susan Varon (Waitress), Vicki Juditz Guest Stars: Cristine Rose (Wilma Shyrer), Fabiana Udenio (Gina), Cindy Ambuehl (Tawny), Natasha Pavlovich (Marishka), Garcelle Beauvais (Liat), Anya Longwell (Genevieve), Steve Mittleman (Andy) Guest Stars: Anthony Starke (Vaughn), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Brigitte), Robert Jacobs (Niles), Liza Snyder (Claire) Guest Star: Anthony Tyler Quinn (Joe) Guest Star: Raymond O'Connor (Carl) Note: This was intended to be the series premiere, but Fox aired the episodes out of sequence. Guest Star: Thomas Mills Wood (Spazman) Guest Star: Peter Iacangelo (Policeman) Guest Stars: Carrie-Anne Moss (Nancy), Danny Dayton (Jackie), Teresa Velarde (Waitress), Cletus Young (The Stickman), Ellen Albertini Dow (The Old Woman), Marty Roberts (Stan), Elayne Roberts (Judy), Billy 12th Street (The Man), Herb Muller (The Laughing Man) Guest Stars: Monica Horan (Linda), Brenda Strong (Eileen), Murray Rubin (Mr. Kurshner), Cynthia Frost (Mrs. Kurshner), Jim Maniaci (Lester) Guest Stars: Frances Bay (Miss Suzette), Cynthia Frost (Mrs. Kurshner), Marjorie Lovett (Sylvia), Marte Boyle Slout (Helen), Troy Curvey Jr. (The D.J.), Rose Jackson (Tasha), Rana Kirkland (Gwen), Yvette Freeman (Woman)

Season 2 (1992–93)

Guest Star: Louis Guss (Richie) Guest Star: Kim Walker (Hillary) Guest Star: Tom Isbell (Howard) Guest Stars: Jere Burns (Jeffrey Horan), Marilyn Fox (Gloria) Guest Stars: Liz Torres (Hazel de Falco), Ron Karabatsos (Fat Frank), Mychelle Charters (Stacy), Donna Baltron (Mary Grace) Guest Stars: Milton Selzer (Dr. Feldman), Lisa Gorlitsky (Nurse) Guest Stars: Kathy Ireland (Rachel), Kellen Hathaway (Kevin), Stephanie Shroyer (Kevin's Mother) Note: Kathy Ireland appeared on the Fox sketch-comedy show The Edge the same week. Guest Stars: Tom Silardi (Tony), Rob Neukirch (Andrew), Jonathan Chapin (Bela), Helen Greenberg (Freida), Bud Leslie (Bernard), Janis Lee (Wendy), Lisa Walters (Jennifer), Philip Rosenthal (Lech) Guest Stars: Donna Baltron (Cheyenne Grimmick), David Bowe (Rush), Peter Navy Tuiasosopo (Wooly), Shannon Whirry (Sue), Rick Marotta (Rick), Trevor Goddard (Stench) Note: Originally scheduled to air on February 25, 1993. Guest Stars: Donna Baltron (Cheyenne Grimmick), Rex Ryan (Buck Grimmick), David Bowe (Rush), Peter Navy Tuiasosopo (Wooly), Shannon Whirry (Sue), Rick Marotta (Rick), Trevor Goddard (Stench) Note: Originally scheduled to air on March 3, 1993. Guest Stars: Sam McMurray (Ron), Kevin Brief (Seth), R. Martin Klein (Myron), Suzanne O'Donnell (Janine), Victoria Morsell (Girl), Paul Cira (Evan), Chuck E. Weiss & The Goddamn Liars (Themselves) Guest Stars: Vicki Juditz (Darlene), Tom Alan Robbins (Vic), Chuck E. Weiss & The Goddamn Liars (Themselves), Tony Nittoli (Tony), Susannah Julien (Girl in Bar) Guest Stars: Roy Brocksmith (Judge), Yvette Freeman (Sheriff), David Bowe (Rush), Eddie Gorodetsky (Ozzie), Mark Beltzman (Lester), Willy Parsons (Fred) Guest Stars: Cynthia Frost (Mrs. Kushner), Marjorie Lovett (Sylvia), Marte Boyle Slout (Helen), Jennifer Heftler (Rita), Randy Oglesby (Robert), Barry Kramer (The Guest), Lorie Stevens (Girl Scout) Guest Stars: David Ciminello (Marco), John DeMita (Elliot) Note: A retread of the 1974 film Swept Away.