Major Characters/Cast
| Character | Actor | Character Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bud Parks | John Mellencamp | A contemporary music superstar, implied to be in the country genre, Bud is marginally educated but very street smart. And despite his fame, he still prefers small town life. Though sometimes wild, he is a nice man who is gracious toward his fans and takes financial care of many of his relatives back home. But has a weakness for his high school sweetheart and now sister-in-law, P.J., and is very bitter toward his father, Speck. |
| Alice Parks | Mariel Hemingway | Bud's modelesque wife, she is from California and is much more polished than her husband. She is very devoted to Bud and their daughter, Terri Jo, but dislikes small town life and is very sensitive to being neglected by her husband. |
| Speck Parks | Claude Akins | The father of Bud, Parker, Sally and Ramey, Speck is s dominating, self-centered womanizer who runs the successful Parks Poultry. He is friendly on the surface but is actually very shameless and exploitive and even views much of his family with contempt. |
| Grandpa Parks | Dub Taylor | Speck's father and Bud's grandfather, Grandpa Parks is always a crass and profane but equally jolly and humorous. Even at the age of 80, he remains girl crazy. |
| P.J. Parks | Kay Lenz | Bud's high school sweetheart and now married to his brother, Parker, P.J. nevertheless has extramarital affairs with both Bud and Speck. Despite being on the edge of middle age, she remains sexy. She is unhappy with her life has a housewife and mother in what she considers to be a boring town. Her adulterous relationships are a source of excitement for her. |
| Ramey Parks | Larry Crane | The illegitimate son of Speck and an unidentified woman, Ramey is scuzzy but friendly and is close to Bud. Ramey seems marginally educated and works for his father in an apparently blue collar capacity. One of the few people who Speck seems to appreciate, Ramey is hailed by Speck as "the best worker I got." Still, Ramey is conscious about being in the shadow of his famous half-brother. |
| Linda | Kate Noonan | Ramey's wife or girlfriend, a simple and modest but cordial hairdresser who runs a home-based salon. |
| Sally Cutler | Deirdre O'Connell | Bud's sister, who works an unspecified night job. She is a nice woman but is emotionally troubled, stemming from marital and financial problems. |
| Mitch Cutler | John Prine | Sally's husband and Bud's brother-in-law, Mitch works for Bud in an unspecified capacity and believes that he's on charity, despite Bud's insistence to the contrary. Mitch suffers from depression and low self-esteem and often doesn't come home at night. He and Sally already lost their farm and remain deeply in debt. |
| Parker Parks | Brent Huff | Bud's brother and P.J.'s husband, Parker is the most polished of the Parks boys. He works for his father, seemingly in a managerial capacity, and has a no-nonsense personality, in sharp contrast to his brothers. |
| Marian Parks | Joanne Jacobson | Speck's wife and Bud's mother, Marian is loving toward her children but seems unhappy with her life, having stayed with her husband despite his adultery, perhaps feeling that she would have no social mobility without him. |
| Bobby Tucker | Tracy Cowles | A member of Bud's entourage, possibly a member of Bud's backing band, Bobby is scuzzy but cordial and seems to be a childhood friend of Bud's. Bobby dislikes Bud's neglect of Alice. |
| Grandma Parks | Mary Tom Crain | Speck's mother and Bud's grandmother, Grandma Parks is a traditional housewife. Outgoing, she uses sarcasm and humor, mostly goodnatured, to deal with three generations of wild men in her life. |
| Terri Jo Parks | Melissa Ann Hackman | Bud's and Alice's quiet and well behaved daughter, about eight years old. |
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