{{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Comedy drama | based_on = ''The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick'' by Morley Torgov | creator = Phil Savath<br>Stephen Foster | writer = | director = | starring = {{unbulleted list|Josh Garbe|Alec Willows|Linda Kash|Jan Rubeš|Susan Douglas Rubeš|Melyssa Ade|Jason Blicker}} | composer = Graeme Coleman | country = Canada | language = English | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 26 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Stephen Foster | producer = | location = | runtime = 30 minutes | company = Glick Productions<br>Sunrise Films<br>FosterFilm Productions | network = CBC Television | first_aired = {{Start date|1990|11|05}} | last_aired = {{End date|1991|12|27}} | camera = }} '''''Max Glick''''' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which aired on CBC Television from 1990 to 1991.<ref>Bob Blakey, "CBC show worth the wait". ''Calgary Herald'', November 5, 1990.</ref> Based on the Morley Torgov novel ''The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick'' and its 1988 film adaptation, the series centred on Maximilian Glick, a young Jewish boy coming-of-age in Beausejour, Manitoba in the 1960s.<ref>Antonia Zerbisias, "Max Glick a terrific family show on CBC". ''Toronto Star'', November 5, 1990.</ref> Though set in Beausejour, the series was filmed on location in Vancouver and Agassiz, British Columbia.
==Synopsis== The series starred Josh Garbe as Max, Alec Willows and Linda Kash as his parents Henry and Sarah, Jan Rubeš and Susan Douglas Rubeš as his grandparents Augustus and Bryna, Melyssa Ade as his classmate and love interest Celia, and Jason Blicker as Rabbi Teitelman.
Jan and Susan Rubeš were the only cast members to reprise their roles from the film;<ref>"Role brings actress back to her roots; CBC's Max Glick revives painful memories of fleeing the horrors of Hitler's Reich". ''Edmonton Journal'', November 11, 1991.</ref> Noam Zylberman, who had played Max in the film, was also originally slated to star in the series, but had undergone puberty and grown too tall to believably play a 13-year-old by the time the series entered production.<ref name=star199011>{{Citation|last=Quill|first=Greg|title=The Max Factor|publisher=Toronto Star|magazine=Starweek|date=November 17, 1990|page=6}}</ref>
The series was created by Stephen Foster and Phil Savath, who had been the producer and screenwriter of the original film.<ref>John Haslett Cuff, "Glick kicks into high gear episode 4: After the first three shows, Max Glick finds a rhythm and a purpose and manages to be pertinent, funny and touching". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 5, 1990.</ref>
Critics commonly compared the series to the contemporaneous American series ''The Wonder Years''.<ref>"CBC's Max Glick looks like the Canadian Wonder Years". ''Waterloo Region Record'', November 5, 1990.</ref>
==Transmissions== {{Series overview | link1 = #Season 1 (1990–91) | episodes1 = 13 | start1 = {{Start date|1990|11|5}} | end1 = {{End date|1991|3|4}}
| link2 = #Season 2 (1991) | episodes2 = 13 | start2 = {{Start date|1991|10|4}} | end2 = {{End date|1991|12|27}} }}
==Episodes== The series aired 26 episodes over two seasons in the fall of 1990 and 1991, and then aired in reruns in 1992.<ref>"CBC re-runs 'Max Glick'". ''Ottawa Citizen'', January 6, 1992.</ref> It was not renewed for a third season.<ref>"CBC shuffle is a big gamble". ''Calgary Herald'', June 3, 1992.</ref>
===Season 1 (1990–91)=== {{Episode table |background= |overall= |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = The Power of Positive Thinking |DirectedBy= Stefan Scaini |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Phil Savath |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|5}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Love's Labour |DirectedBy= Paul Shapiro |WrittenBy= Leila Basen, Stephen Foster, Phil Savath |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|12}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Can I Get a Witness? |DirectedBy= Stefan Scaini |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Phil Savath |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|19}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = The Beausejour Bonspiel |DirectedBy= Paul Shapiro |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Charles Lazer, Phil Savath |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|11|26}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = The Nuclear Family |DirectedBy= Stefan Scaini |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Phil Savath |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|12|3}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Time Is on Your Side |DirectedBy= Paul Shapiro |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Phil Savath, Charles Lazer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1990|12|10}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Make Room for Daddy |DirectedBy= Stefan Scaini |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Phil Savath, Rick Drew |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|01|06}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = The 12 Labours of Maxules |DirectedBy= Stefan Scaini |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Phil Savath, Charles Lazer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|01|14}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Music Hath Charms |DirectedBy= Stuart Bass |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Phil Savath, Charles Lazer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|01|21}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Divine Comedians |DirectedBy= Allan A. Goldstein |WrittenBy= Leila Basen, Stephen Foster, Phil Savath |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|01|28}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Queen for a Day |DirectedBy= Sandy Wilson |WrittenBy= Leila Basen, Stephen Foster, Charles Lazer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|2|4}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Watch the Skies |DirectedBy= Stefan Scaini |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Rick Drew |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|2|11}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = Give Me Puberty or Give Me Death |DirectedBy= Stuart Gillard |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|3|4}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} }}
===Season 2 (1991)=== {{Episode table |background= |overall= |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = The Wife of Bath's Tale |DirectedBy= George Bloomfield |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Phil Savath, Charles Lazer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|10|4}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Future Shock |DirectedBy= Al Waxman |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Jim Makichuk |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|10|11}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Career Moves |DirectedBy= Stacey Stewart Curtis |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Rick Drew |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|10|18}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Cousin Sophie |DirectedBy= Al Waxman |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Charles Lazer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|10|25}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Odd Couple |DirectedBy= Stephen Surjik |WrittenBy= Leila Basen, Stephen Foster |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|1}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Max and Dougie and Stephanie and Max |DirectedBy= Stefan Scaini |WrittenBy= Jack Blum, Sharon Corder |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|8}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 20 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = We Stand on Guard |DirectedBy= Stefan Scaini |WrittenBy= David Barlow, Charles Lazer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|15}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 21 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Get an Afterlife |DirectedBy= Patrick Corbett |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|22}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 22 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Anybody Feel a Draft? |DirectedBy= Rex Bromfield |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|11|29}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 23 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Das Winnebago |DirectedBy= Stacey Stewart Curtis |WrittenBy= Leila Basen, Stephen Foster |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|12|6}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 24 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Of Mice and Max |DirectedBy= Al Waxman |WrittenBy= Stephen Foster, Rick Drew |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|12|13}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 25 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |Title = Dear Sarah |DirectedBy= Rex Bromfield |WrittenBy= David Barlow |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|12|20}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 26 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |Title = This Half-Hour Has 2 1/2 Days |DirectedBy= Stacey Stewart Curtis |WrittenBy= David Barlow |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|12|27}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} }}
==Awards== The series received three Gemini Award nominations at the 6th Gemini Awards in 1992, for Best Guest Performance in a Series (Marilyn Lightstone), Best Costume Design (Karen L. Matthews) and Best Original Music Score for a Series (Graeme Coleman);<ref>"And the nominees are..." ''Hamilton Spectator'', March 7, 1992.</ref> at the 7th Gemini Awards in 1993, Coleman was again nominated for Best Original Music while David Barlow won the award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series.<ref>"Beleaguered McKenna honored with two Geminis". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 7, 1993.</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0101141}}
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