Blackout Biggins

This week's Baseball in a TV Series post is about Wings.

Wings was a sitcom that ran on NBC from 1990-1997. The setting was an airport on Nantucket Island and the characters were, um, characters. The main stories usually revloved around two brothers (Brian and Joe Hackett) who ran a small airline (Sandpiper Air) and the operator (Helen Chappel) of the lunch counter at the airport.

But, Blackout Biggins was a fourth season episode that focused on Roy Biggins, the slimy owner of Aeromass, a larger airline based out of the same airport.

Roy complains about a rap version of the National Anthem performed at a Red Sox game and states that he could do a better job.

Through a device on sit-coms known as "Hey, I know someone who..." Brian gets Roy a chance to sing the anthem at Fenway.

Roy fails miserably and faints at the completion of his attempt. Not only does he catch more grief than usual from the workers at the airport, a TV sportscaster ramps up the ridicule with continuous replays of the faint.

Roy, who is used to dishing it out, demands another shot at the anthem. Helen, a cello player, agrees to help with some music tips.

The Red Sox give Roy another chance and the whole group heads to Fenway for a chance to watch Roy fail again.

Roy nails the anthem, but due to a malfunction of the PA system no one hears him. There is a scene at the end where he is trying to sing the song one more time, but the game is ready to start. If I remeber it right, security guards drag Roy off the field.

Good episode of a nice show.