The Slap Maxwell Story
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The Slap Maxwell Story is a late-1980s American television sitcom starring Dabney Coleman as a flawed, abrasive sportswriter whose misadventures blend comedy with sharp character study.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Slap Maxwell Story canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13110904 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Slap Maxwell Story Context triple: [Dabney Coleman, notableWork, The Slap Maxwell Story]
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A.
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped is a 1924 silent drama film starring Lon Chaney as a betrayed scientist who becomes a circus clown known for being repeatedly humiliated in the ring.
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B.
The Education of Max Bickford
The Education of Max Bickford is an American television drama series centered on a college professor navigating personal and professional challenges at a small liberal arts college.
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C.
Bill Apperson’s Boy
Bill Apperson’s Boy is a 1919 American silent drama film, now considered lost, that starred Charles Ray and was directed by William Desmond Taylor.
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D.
The World of Mr. Sweeney
The World of Mr. Sweeney is an American television sitcom best known for featuring actor Tom Bosley in one of his early starring roles.
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E.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British metafictional comedy film, loosely adapting Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy and playfully blurring the lines between filmmaking and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Slap Maxwell Story Target entity description: The Slap Maxwell Story is a late-1980s American television sitcom starring Dabney Coleman as a flawed, abrasive sportswriter whose misadventures blend comedy with sharp character study.
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A.
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped is a 1924 silent drama film starring Lon Chaney as a betrayed scientist who becomes a circus clown known for being repeatedly humiliated in the ring.
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B.
The Education of Max Bickford
The Education of Max Bickford is an American television drama series centered on a college professor navigating personal and professional challenges at a small liberal arts college.
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C.
Bill Apperson’s Boy
Bill Apperson’s Boy is a 1919 American silent drama film, now considered lost, that starred Charles Ray and was directed by William Desmond Taylor.
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D.
The World of Mr. Sweeney
The World of Mr. Sweeney is an American television sitcom best known for featuring actor Tom Bosley in one of his early starring roles.
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E.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British metafictional comedy film, loosely adapting Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy and playfully blurring the lines between filmmaking and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American sitcom
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fictional character ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| airedAs | prime-time network series ⓘ |
| airedOn | American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| character | Slap Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Jay Tarses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | single-camera production style ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1987 ⓘ |
| format | half-hour television series ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Bill Cobbs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brian Smiar NERFINISHED ⓘ Chelsea Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Keenan Wynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Megan Gallagher NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Anspach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOpeningTheme | instrumental music ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistTrait |
abrasive personality
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morally ambiguous ⓘ professionally flawed ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
media and ethics
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personal flaws and consequences ⓘ workplace comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1988 ⓘ |
| leadActor | Dabney Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Slap Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | misadventures of a flawed abrasive sportswriter ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Slap Maxwell Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 22 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation | sportswriter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| portrays | sportswriting profession ⓘ |
| productionCompany | MTM Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | sports journalism world ⓘ |
| starring | Dabney Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfRelease | late 1980s ⓘ |
| tone |
character-driven
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comedic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Slap Maxwell Story Description of subject: The Slap Maxwell Story is a late-1980s American television sitcom starring Dabney Coleman as a flawed, abrasive sportswriter whose misadventures blend comedy with sharp character study.
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