Golden Palace, the spinoff of the Golden Girls.



Yo.... Don Cheadle was in that!

Beverly Hills Buntz starring Dennis Franz.  It was a good idea to give Hill Street Blues a spin-off, but this?  Steven Bochco was out of his mind lol

Living Dolls starring Leah Remini.  It was a spin-off from Who's the Boss that focused on Samantha's friend Charlie from Brooklyn and her rise to be a model.

Richie Brockelman, Private Eye.  Did Richie really deserve his own series?  I mean he was great in his recurring role on The Rockford Files, but not really good on his own.  Luckily, it didn't hurt Dennis Dugan's career.  He's made a great career as a film director.

Joey. . . You know from friends? That didn't last long. I went to a few tapings. It wasn't great but I'd've watched it longer.

I watched Joey a little. I watched it coz of Lucy Liu  ;)


Richie Brockelman, Private Eye.  Did Richie really deserve his own series?  I mean he was great in his recurring role on The Rockford Files, but not really good on his own.  Luckily, it didn't hurt Dennis Dugan's career.  He's made a great career as a film director.

Naw, I don't think Dennis Dugan deserved his own series, but he had that 'Aw shucks' innocent kid look back then.

There was a spin-off of Happy Days called Blanskys Beauties. Anyone remember that one? No? Really? Actually, I'm not surprised. It was so bad that it only lasted a total of 13 episodes. (I'm surprised it lasted THAT long.)


Oh, another one was Archie's Place (after they killed off Edith). They should have quit while they were ahead.




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There was a spin-off of Happy Days called Blanskys Beauties. Anyone remember that one? No? Really? Actually, I'm not surprised. It was so bad that it only lasted a total of 13 episodes. (I'm surprised it lasted THAT long.)


Oh, another one was Archie's Place (after they killed off Edith). They should have quit while they were ahead.




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Archie Bunker's Place wasn't really a spin-off.  When Carol O'Connor gained the rights to 'All in the Family', he just changed the name of the show.  It wasn't a great show, but it did last 4 seasons :o

Archie Bunker's Place wasn't really a spin-off.  When Carol O'Connor gained the rights to 'All in the Family', he just changed the name of the show.  It wasn't a great show, but it did last 4 seasons :o


I blamed the lazy writers.  That was before I learned it was because Carroll O'Connor got too much control of the show.  I lost a little bit of respect for CO'C right there!
:(

Sandford Arms was a spinoff of Sanford & Son after Redd Foxx  and Demond Wilson left the show.

Sandford Arms was a spinoff of Sanford & Son after Redd Foxx  and Demond Wilson left the show.




And none of those sit-coms has been in syndication on TV Land or Nick at Night (as far as I know).  Sanford & Son series is run every year!

I felt kind of sorry for (of all people) Redd Foxx.  He got in a lot of trouble with the IRS and had to hide out in a luxury hotel in Vegas for 25 years!  Nothing he did after Sanford & Son had much success.  His early stand-up comedy is legendary and sought by comedy buffs.  Redd Foxx died in 1991 a heart attack.  Imagine that, The Big One!
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Whitman Mayo filled in for Foxx when Foxx was fighting over his contract or on a bender.  Mayo as "Grady" was a discrete character on the program.  He had his own shtick, which kept the show going numerous times. 

In one of the sequels, the character Rollo goes into business with Fred.  They wanted a surrogate for Lamont.  It blew the storyline.  Fred hated Rollo's guts!  The business would have been five of these chop side yo head!!
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And none of those sit-coms has been in syndication on TV Land or Nick at Night (as far as I know).  Sanford & Son series is run every year!

I felt kind of sorry for (of all people) Redd Foxx.  He got in a lot of trouble with the IRS and had to hide out in a luxury hotel in Vegas for 25 years!  Nothing he did after Sanford & Son had much success.  His early stand-up comedy is legendary and sought by comedy buffs.  Redd Foxx died in 1991 a heart attack.  Imagine that, The Big One!
:o

Whitman Mayo filled in for Foxx when Foxx was fighting over his contract or on a bender.   Mayo as "Grady" was a discrete character on the program.  He had his own shtick, which kept the show going numerous times. 

In one of the sequels, the character Rollo goes into business with Fred.  They wanted a surrogate for Lamont.  It blew the storyline.  Fred hated Rollo's guts!  The business would have been five of these chop side yo head!!
::)



I thought his variety show was really good. I loved it.



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I really liked Are you Being Served?
and  Are you Being Served? Again wasn't bad either.  ;)

Remember 'Billy'?

When Howard Hessman left 'Head of the Class', Billy Connolly was brought in as the foreign teacher for the 5th and final season, and got the spin off that basically was about Billy trying to start a new life in America.

Billy Connolly is a fine comedian, but I was not a fan of the show at the time because I didn't like change.  I don't think I was alone on that as Billy got cancelled after not even 1 season.

Remember 'Billy'?

When Howard Hessman left 'Head of the Class', Billy Connolly was brought in as the foreign teacher for the 5th and final season, and got the spin off that basically was about Billy trying to start a new life in America.

Billy Connolly is a fine comedian, but I was not a fan of the show at the time because I didn't like change.  I don't think I was alone on that as Billy got cancelled after not even 1 season.



Believe it or not, I do remember that show. I like Billy Connolly which is why I watched it. Didn't realize that was a Head of the Class spin-off because I never really watched Head of the Class (caught it from time to time but never got into it).


Other spin-offs that shouldn't have happened were "Saved By The Bell: A New Class" and "What's Happening Now."



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Believe it or not, I do remember that show. I like Billy Connolly which is why I watched it. Didn't realize that was a Head of the Class spin-off because I never really watched Head of the Class (caught it from time to time but never got into it).


Other spin-offs that shouldn't have happened were "Saved By The Bell: A New Class" and "What's Happening Now."



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The New Class wasn't bad, but would have been better had it not been branded as Saved by the Bell

I thought his variety show was really good. I loved it.



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I always saw Sanford & Son as a vehicle for Redd Foxx's comedic presence, which was great for a stage routine.  He was up there with Richard Pryor in the stuff your parents didn't want you to see!  The problem wasn't Foxx so much as the networks flogging a dead horse with the Sanford franchise.

Demond Wilson (Lamont) quit acting for the ministry in the '80s.  He's now running around warning everybody about the dangers of New Age beliefs.
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Demond Wilson (Lamont) quit acting for the ministry in the '80s.  He's now running around warning everybody about the dangers of New Age beliefs.
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That big dummy :D

That big dummy :D


I would be down with him finding the Lord and becoming a man of the Cloth.  What annoys me is the way these guys are always on about the evils of yoga and paganism.  How many yogis OR pagans started wars in the past hundred years?
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I would be down with him finding the Lord and becoming a man of the Cloth.  What annoys me is the way these guys are always on about the evils of yoga and paganism.  How many yogis OR pagans started wars in the past hundred years?
::)



As a Pagan, I hear ya. But that is another thread.  ;)



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How many seasons did "Still The Beaver" last? 

They actually reassembled much of the cast only 25 years older.  So you can see Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow as middle aged men.

That was good for about five minutes...but an entire series?
:D

How many seasons did "Still The Beaver" last? 


Long enough to be considered a hit.  I used to watch that one.

How many seasons did "Still The Beaver" last? 

They actually reassembled much of the cast only 25 years older.  So you can see Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow as middle aged men.

That was good for about five minutes...but an entire series?
:D



for about 101 eps....


I enjoyed it. It was nostalgic and yet it served it's purpose....

Don't know which one was worse:

-The Brady Kids
-The Brady Bunch Hour



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Don't know which one was worse:

-The Brady Kids
-The Brady Bunch Hour



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um... the Bradys (1990)... hands down  it was a TV movie and 4 one hour dramatic episodes that followed The Brady family into the 90's.

from tv.com:

CBS attempted once again to bring the Bradys back. In 1990, Schwartz was asked to write three 2-hour movies related to the bunch, and this ultimately turned into a 2-hour movie with four 1-hour episodes to follow. Maureen McCormick (Marcia) did not return for this series. Her role was recast with… More Leah Ayres. This show was placed in the Friday night 8 o'clock time-slot, which Schwartz believes was its doom. He felt that dealing with the adult Bradys and their 90'ish problems was too grown-up for the time-slot and that it may have fared better an hour later. Thus explains its quick cancellation

um... the Bradys (1990)... hands down   it was a TV movie and 4 one hour dramatic episodes that followed The Brady family into the 90's.

from tv.com:

CBS attempted once again to bring the Bradys back. In 1990, Schwartz was asked to write three 2-hour movies related to the bunch, and this ultimately turned into a 2-hour movie with four 1-hour episodes to follow. Maureen McCormick (Marcia) did not return for this series. Her role was recast with… More Leah Ayres. This show was placed in the Friday night 8 o'clock time-slot, which Schwartz believes was its doom. He felt that dealing with the adult Bradys and their 90'ish problems was too grown-up for the time-slot and that it may have fared better an hour later. Thus explains its quick cancellation




Yeah, and then there was The Brady Brides. Followed by a couple of movies.


Man, they wouldn't let the Brady's die would they?  ::)



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"Enos" (CBS, 1980-1981).  A "Dukes of Hazzard" spin-off in which Enos Strate, deputy sheriff of Hazzard County, gets a job as an L.A. cop. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enos_%28TV_series%29

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"Enos" (CBS, 1980-1981).  A "Dukes of Hazzard" spin-off in which Enos Strate, deputy sheriff of Hazzard County, gets a job as an L.A. cop. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enos_%28TV_series%29

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Also "The Dukes"  another cartoon.  8-P




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Also "The Dukes"  another cartoon.  8-P




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Were you a fan of the Star Trek cartoon series in the seventies?
???

Were you a fan of the Star Trek cartoon series in the seventies?
???



Nope. I wasn't even a fan of the original Star Trek until the late 70s. I remember my father & brother watching it when if first aired in the 60s and I hated it. I just didn't understand it.



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Nope. I wasn't even a fan of the original Star Trek until the late 70s. I remember my father & brother watching it when if first aired in the 60s and I hated it. I just didn't understand it.



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I didn't even know there had been a cartoon series of it until I was an adult.  It didn't get syndicated, at least not in Boston.  I liked the classic Star Trek reruns but I was never a Trekkie.  I just thought it was a campy old show.  I thought it was great they brought the franchise back by popular demand in 1987.  "Star Trek: The New Generation."  My first impression of it was: Everybody's Mr. Spock!

I grock Spock!
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Were you a fan of the Star Trek cartoon series in the seventies?
???

I watched the Star Trek cartoon in the 70s. Nothing special. It kept the trekkies occupied for awhile. 

Anyone remember The Tortelli's?

We loved to hate Nick Tortelli on Cheers, but he wasn't likable enough to make this last a full season.

Anyone remember The Tortelli's?

We loved to hate Nick Tortelli on Cheers, but he wasn't likable enough to make this last a full season.


Dan Hedaya is a great actor.  There's something of Nick Tortelli in everything he does from "The Adams Family" to "A Civil Action."  Jean Kasem really is Loretta Tortelli!

I loved the show, but I could see it wasn't going to last for the reason you mentioned.  The Tortellis were peripheral characters.  It's the same as if they got Roger Rees to do a series called "Colcord" about the screwball misadventures of millionaire extraordinaire Robin Colcord!

Flo from Alice. I loved the character and Polly Holiday was GREAT but the show sucked-and of course Alice went downhill, too because Flo & Mel (and Vera) were the main reasons why the show did great. (Hated Linda Lavin.)



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My picks are.....

10) Joanie Loves Chachi

  9) That 80's Show

  8)  After M*A*S*H

  7)  The Tortellis

  6)  Chipmunks go to the Movies

  5)  Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain

  4)  The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

  3)  The Bachelorette

  2)  Galactica 1980

and the winners?

  1)  Enterprise,

      Baywatch Hawaii,

      Baywatch Nights

      The Jay Leno Show

      Mama's Family

      Filmation's Ghostbusters

      Golden Palace

      Saved by the Bell: The New Class
 
      Saved by the Bell: The College Years

      Knight Rider 2000

      Knight Rider 2010       

      The Munsters Today

      and finally......

      Joey

Flo from Alice. I loved the character and Polly Holiday was GREAT but the show sucked-and of course Alice went downhill, too because Flo & Mel (and Vera) were the main reasons why the show did great. (Hated Linda Lavin.)



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The movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974) with Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kirstofferson was great.  It was scary and sad sometimes, but that's what made it such a wonderful film.  It's like Martin Scorsese versus The Lifetime channel!
:P

The movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974) with Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kirstofferson was great.  It was scary and sad sometimes, but that's what made it such a wonderful film.  It's like Martin Scorsese versus The Lifetime channel!
:P



I saw the movie A LONG time ago and recall that I wasn't impressed with it. I guess because I was expecting it to be a comedy like the show. Maybe I should check it out again.



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