That 70's show
Dan Maloney
it, and I heard they wouldn't be doing any more new episodes
until the summer :-( and they were bringing The Family Guy
in to take its place. I thought The Family Guy was almost
as boring as the football game that preceded it.
dan
Arjun Bijanki
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Deat...@webtv.net
I really enjoy it. Very funny, great actors, and the two gals (Jackie
and Donna) are babes. Especially Donna! But, I digress...
<< I kinda like it, and I heard they wouldn't be doing any more new
episodes until the summer >>
Well, at least it's not being cancelled outright. I've seen plenty of
other shows that should have been around for a while get cancelled long
before this, so that's a good sign. Which reminds me, I read today that
"The PJs" has been renewed for another full season (22 episodes)! Right
on!
<< ...and they were bringing The Family Guy in to take its place. >>
Boo! Hiss!
<< I thought The Family Guy was almost as boring as the football game
that preceded it. >>
And, now that it'll be sandwiched between "Simpsons" and "X-Files," it
will get ratings it won't deserve. Phooey!
Fester
first 11 min backwards for the last 11 min and I couldn't have told the
difference. They have one episode and they can't even think of 22
minutes of *new* material?
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>I thought the Family Guy was funny and very Simpsons-esque.
>
>
>Dan Maloney wrote in message <36D77321...@pce.net>...
>>So what's everyone's opinion of this show? I kinda like
>>it, and I heard they wouldn't be doing any more new episodes
>>until the summer :-( and they were bringing The Family Guy
>>in to take its place. I thought The Family Guy was almost
>>as boring as the football game that preceded it.
>>
>>dan
>>
>>
>
>
Mike
> I thought the Family Guy was funny and very Simpsons-esque.
>
> Dan Maloney wrote in message <36D77321...@pce.net>...
> >So what's everyone's opinion of this show? I kinda like
> >it, and I heard they wouldn't be doing any more new episodes
> >until the summer :-( and they were bringing The Family Guy
> >in to take its place. I thought The Family Guy was almost
> >as boring as the football game that preceded it.
> >
> >dan
> >
> >
I also enjoyed the Family Guy humor. "I can't drink, I told my wife I
wouldn't, I would feel bad." "Oh don't feel bad" "Well I never looked
at it that way before."
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>So what's everyone's opinion of this show?
Terrible show. I wonder what the ratings are for this show? Sandwiched between
2 winners they must be respectable but I doubt it could stand up by itself.
The winner will be showered with praise and the loser will be booed and taunted
until my throat is sore.
- - HJS
Rich Bunnell
>
> So what's everyone's opinion of this show?
It sucks. The perfect example of American culture swallowing down any
nostalgic crap that gets served up to them, as long as it makes lots of
references to disco, pot, and perms.
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pissed. I thought the family guy was a DEAD ripoff of the Simpsons. Exact
same charecters (sp?) placed with more human looking people.
mckoolio :-)
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John S. Wilcox
that horrible show is not cancelled is because it's put between two winners.
Seahawks in '99
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Wav King
wait, 20 years from now there will be a show about the 90s and you'll be
crowing till the cows come home.
I like the show because I grew up in the 70s and I can relate. The hindsight
humor is funny. The stuff we take for granted now that was new back then,
the new technology, the fashion......it's endless. And the Donna chick isn't
hard on the eyes either.
But, hey, only 15 years to go until the Kurt Cobain show!
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happens if the show becomes really popular and goes on for years?? In four
years it will be the 80's. Will they change the name or what?
Rich Bunnell
> Days!
And it didn't suck!
DarthArada
Happy Days unfortunately also had your typical "quality flop in the last few
seasons" symptom. Of course, Happy Days is one of the only shows left the
Simpsons has to beat. Happy Days had a walloping 225 Episodes and umpteen
spinoffs.
MagmaGirl
>spinoffs.
Would it qualify as "most spinoffs from a single show"?
Mag
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David
<eb...@texas.net> wrote:
Answer: It won't last that long. I don't think the show sucks, but unless
they really develop further there's just not enough substance to make it
last that long. It will get moved to Thursdays or something and die off.
We are talking about FOX.
If they change anything soon, CHANGE THE OPENING CREDITS & SONG!
Something about it is very jarring. . . I'm not any old fogie, but just
something about them screaming the entire theme followed up by
..."[wherever] WISCONSIN!!!" just smacks of a sucky show.
David
VaaderTHX
Ah spinoffs, my most favorite self debating argument on those ever so lonely
nights in bed...alone. Well let's see, Happy Day's had: Laverne and Shirley,
Mork and Mindy, Joannie Loves Chachi(Oh God I know that's not spelled right)
and am I missing anymore? Nope...I don't think so. Now let's look at a few
runner's up: Cheer's had two spinoffs (Frasier and that other show go to
imdb.com if you don't believe me) Hercules had two (Xena and Young Hercules)
the Power Rangers had countless name changes but could they be really called
spinoffs? So to put an end to this long, pointless post. Yes. Yes I think
it's safe to say Happy Day's has the most spinoffs.
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
VaaderTHX
one thread into multiple threads a lot? I mean I saw three That '70s Show
threads! What's the deal?
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
MagmaGirl
>Mork and Mindy, Joannie Loves Chachi(Oh God I know that's not spelled right)
>and am I missing anymore? Nope...I don't think so.
Wasn't there a spinoff of Laverne and Shirley when Cindy Adams left? Spinoffs
of spinoffs count, right?
MagmaGirl
>one thread into multiple threads a lot? I mean I saw three That '70s Show
>threads! What's the deal?
Once you read the original thread, any replies posted at different times will
show up as separate notes with "Re:" at the front. If you had the original
note marked Unread, they would all be linked together. Try backdating your
reader about 30 days or so, and you will see them all linked. Or go to a
newsgroup you've never seen before; one note may have like 46 replies or
something, all linked together. Sometimes I like to look through a.t.s. under
another screen name to see how many replies are posted to each thread.
Mageena
Deat...@webtv.net
What happens if the show becomes really popular and goes on for years??
In four years it will be the 80's. Will they change the name or what? >>
It's actually taking place in 1977 now, which means we could very well
see the kids in line to see that new movie everyone's talking about,
"Star Wars." Hey, I just realized, WE are getting a new "Star Wars"
movie, too! Gee, do ya think Fox planned it that way? ;)
<< No they won't change the name. Look at Happy days it went on for
years and it was always in the fifties, of course I can't remember how
often they mentioned what year it in the show. >>
Actually, there is a precedent: Anyone remember the short-lived '70s
show, "James at 15"? Remember how, the next season, it was called
"James at 16"? Remember? Anyone? Aw, nuts...
Okay, how about this one: Remember that Valerie Harper show, "Valerie"?
Remember when she left the show, and it was renamed "Valerie's Family,"
and then re-renamed "The Hogan Family"? Anyone? Hello? Fine. Be that
way...
BTW, "Happy Days" (which did suck, eventually, or are you forgetting the
post-Richie/Ralph years?) did creep into the '60s, as one episode showed
Howard and Marion watching "Gilligan's Island." This would take them up
into at least 1964.
Also, on "Laverne & Shirley" (assuming the two shows followed the same
timeline), one episode featured a "Star Trek" fan, played by Charles
Fleischer (voice of Roger Rabbit), which would bump them up to at least
1966. This occurred when L & S moved to Hollywood, or have you
forgotten the poster of The Beatles on their wall?
the ebola virus
i dont know if it will die that easy. Seems as though FOX has spent a lot
of money on the show and wants it to make it. They gave it a great time
slot!! Also, FOX is well known for hanging on to low rated shows. Does
Party of Five ring a bell? X-files had low ratings for years before it took
off. Well, all I am asking is why didnt they name it something else if they
would have to change the name a few years down the road? Did they not think
ahead or something. Just wondering , thats all.
MagmaGirl
>show, "James at 15"? Remember how, the next season, it was called
>"James at 16"? Remember? Anyone? Aw, nuts...
>
No, but I remember when they did those 20th century L.E.G.I.O.N. comics, and
every year the title changed...L.E.G.I.O.N. '90, L.E.G.I.O.N. '91, etc. (My
favorite was Garryn Bek!)
>Okay, how about this one: Remember that Valerie Harper show, "Valerie"?
>Remember when she left the show, and it was renamed "Valerie's Family,"
>and then re-renamed "The Hogan Family"? Anyone? Hello?
Yep, I remember that. Jason Bateman's funny-lookin'! Yuh-huck! (Cletus
laugh)
Mag
David Brunt
VaaderTHX wrote in message <19990228134551...@ng102.aol.com>...
>Yes I think it's safe to say Happy Day's has the most spinoffs.
Oh, you *never* want to say that.........
"All in the Family" spun off to :-
"Archie Bunker's Place"
"Maude"
"The Jeffersons"
"Archie Bunker's Place" then spun off to "Gloria"
"Maude" spun off to "Good Times"
And the Bunker house itself returned to TV in "704 Hauser"
I make that six direct - or indirect - spin-offs. All that from what was a
US adaptation of an original British show (which itself had two sequals).
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" also ran to a few spin-offs, I forget the exact
number but counts "Rhoda" and "Lou Grant" among others.
David Brunt
Joey AKA Gary
Troy McClure. You may remember me from such TV spin-offs as "Son of Sanford
and Son" and "AfterMannix."
>Would it qualify as "most spinoffs from a single show"?
I nominate MTM for this prestigious award! And their spin-offs all sucked!
First, there was Rhoda. That was a respectable show, but it just didn't live
up to it's, shall we say, "spin-on." Then, there was "Phyllis." Eh...even
worse. And we all remember the oh so fatal "Lou" don't we? That wasn't even
a comedy! Than there was some show with Suzanne, I can't remember if that
was a spin-off, but it sure "suck-didally-ucked!" And finally, there was
another show with MTM, called "Mary." (Shudder)
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>
>Oh, you *never* want to say that.........
>
>"All in the Family" spun off to :-
>
>"Archie Bunker's Place"
>"Maude"
>"The Jeffersons"
>
>"Archie Bunker's Place" then spun off to "Gloria"
>"Maude" spun off to "Good Times"
>
>And the Bunker house itself returned to TV in "704 Hauser"
>
>I make that six direct - or indirect - spin-offs. All that from what was a
>US adaptation of an original British show (which itself had two sequals).
>
>
>"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" also ran to a few spin-offs, I forget the exact
>number but counts "Rhoda" and "Lou Grant" among others.
>
>David Brunt
Oh God you're right! How could I be so stupid! Not only 6 weeks ago I was on
late searching the internet to get the exact count of AITF spinoffs! (This is
completly true). Then I saw that 704 thing and I am like what? And I see it
was made in 1994 so I read the description: "Archie Bunker would be suprised to
see a family of black people (or was it jewish?) living in his house." Anyways
Mary Tyler Moore did have quite a few as well. Lou Grant, Rhoda, Betty White,
Phyllis, and Mary and Rhoda had it been picked up.
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
secrtbear
> Remember when she left the show, and it was renamed "Valerie's Family,"
> way...
Actually, I _do_ remember that. I also recall Jay Leno (when he was
guest host of the Tonight Show) making a reference to this saying
"Next season they're going to get rid of all the actors and call it
'Valerie's Furniture'" Being 7 years old, I found that wildly funny...
-secrtbear
secrtbear
> runner's up: Cheer's had two spinoffs (Frasier and that other show go to
> imdb.com if you don't believe me)
The Tortelli's, right?
-secrtbear
secrtbear
From what I've read, they just couldn't come up with a name for it that
the test audiences liked. They tried trite 70s stuff like "Feelin
Groovy" or something like that, but the test audiences kept referring to
it as "That 70s Show", which explains their (poor) choice of a name
-secrtbear
David Brunt
secrtbear wrote in message <36D9A9...@gs.verio.net>...
Not to mention "Three's Company" and it's numerous add-ons.......
David
secrtbear
David Brunt
secrtbear wrote in message <36D9AB...@gs.verio.net>...
>Three's Company came from Cheers? I dont think so...
Ooops. Meant to snip off the Cheers bit and add another series with lots of
spin offs.
Sorry.
David
secrtbear
Just got confused there for a bit.
Threes company had (as far as I can remember)
The Ropers
Three's a Crowd (or something like that). I remember Jack got married
and he and his wife did something with his father in law's restaurant.
uhm...after that, I don't know.
-secrtbear
Matthew Lesko
FMCarroll <fmca...@aol.comma> wrote in message
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>>From: Dan Maloney <gl...@pce.net>
>
>>So what's everyone's opinion of this show?
>
between
>2 winners they must be respectable but I doubt it could stand up by itself.
While it is not the best-wriiten show out there, it does act well as an
updated "Happy Days', a few of their jokes are okay, and it really does show
how vapid some teens are (not me).
Matt Lesko
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VaaderTHX
There ya go.
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
Deat...@webtv.net
they would have to change the name a few years down the road? Did they
not think ahead or something. >>
I've read that the original title was going to be something like "The
Kids are Allright," but they couldn't get permission from The Who to use
it. I could be wrong.
Besides, what are the odds that the show will last long enough to
warrant a name change? How many shows last beyond their first season
anymore, and how many of those last beyond their second?
Of course, they could always do the "time compression" thing, where the
show may last 5 or 6 years, but only 2 or 3 years have passed in their
time. Kinda like in comic books.
And what about Fez? How long can he stick around? Don't most foreign
exchange students go back home after a year? What's his story?
Stephanie
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Archie Bunker's Place. Maude even had a spin-off of its own, Good Times
VaaderTHX
wait, 20 years from now there will be a show about the 90s and you'll be
crowing till the cows come home.>>
Hey I am only 15 and that '70s Show is IMO the best new show of the 98-99
season. Granted the only reason I started watching it was to fill that void
where King of the Hill used to be but I think it is at least up to par with
KOTH. And BTW, it's almost tradition now to make a show about 20 years ago.
Think about it, in the '70s they had That '50s Show, only it was called Happy
Days! No...they were all Happy Days Marge.
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
VaaderTHX
No it didn't but That '70s Show doesn't suck either.
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
VaaderTHX
happens if the show becomes really popular and goes on for years?? In four
years it will be the 80's. Will they change the name or what?>>
Well it's in February 1977 now so they will have to.
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
Craig Winckler
>
> You can tell who all the kids are because they hate "That 70's show". Just
> wait, 20 years from now there will be a show about the 90s and you'll be
> crowing till the cows come home.
>
> humor is funny. The stuff we take for granted now that was new back then,
> the new technology, the fashion......it's endless. And the Donna chick isn't
> hard on the eyes either.
>
> But, hey, only 15 years to go until the Kurt Cobain show!
>
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> Rich Bunnell wrote in message <36D858...@ix.netcom.com>...
> >Dan Maloney wrote:
> >>
> >> So what's everyone's opinion of this show?
> >
> >nostalgic crap that gets served up to them, as long as it makes lots of
> >references to disco, pot, and perms.
> >
I also like the show. I would like to point out that your wrong that
"kids" don't like it. I mean look at Dazed and Confused, everyone I
know loves it, and it's a movie thats set in the 1970's.
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>
> <<You can tell who all the kids are because they hate "That 70's show". Just
> wait, 20 years from now there will be a show about the 90s and you'll be
> crowing till the cows come home.>>
>
> season. Granted the only reason I started watching it was to fill that void
> where King of the Hill used to be but I think it is at least up to par with
> KOTH. And BTW, it's almost tradition now to make a show about 20 years ago.
> Think about it, in the '70s they had That '50s Show, only it was called Happy
> Days! No...they were all Happy Days Marge.
>
> "Pikachu," you rat bastards!
No the Sapranos is the best new show of the season. That show is great,
but a lot of people have probably not seen it because it's on HBO.
Craig Winckler
>
> i have only one question about that 70's show. It is set in 1976. What
> happens if the show becomes really popular and goes on for years?? In four
> years it will be the 80's. Will they change the name or what?
No they won't change the name. Look at Happy days it went on for years
and it was always in the fifties, of course I can't remember how often
they mentioned what year it in the show.
FitNFeisty
>
> i have only one question about that 70's show. It is set in 1976. What
> happens if the show becomes really popular and goes on for years?? In four
> years it will be the 80's. Will they change the name or what?
<<No they won't change the name. Look at Happy days it went on for years
and it was always in the fifties, of course I can't remember how often
they mentioned what year it in the show.>>
No, Happy Days was not always set in the fifties, there were several
references to JFK being president, and the Beatles, events that took place in
the sixties. Besides, Happy Days was never called "That 50's Show".
FitNFeisty
they would have to change the name a few years down the road? Did they
not think ahead or something. >>
<<I've read that the original title was going to be something like "The
Kids are Allright," but they couldn't get permission from The Who to use
it. I could be wrong.>>
The original tile was "Teenage Wasteland" a line from the Who's classic
song "Baba O'Reily". IIRC, the name was then changed to "Feelin' Alright', a
Traffic song covered by Joe Cocker and made famous by his rendition at
Woodstock.
FitNFeisty
show, "James at 15"? Remember how, the next season, it was called
Yes, I remember that show. It starred Lance Kerwin,and was a fairly
realistic show concerning American adolescents in the late 1970's. It was a
fairly original concept at the time, and unfortunaetly was cancelled
prematurely. Therefore, obviously, the show was never titled "James at 17",
"James at 18", etcera.
purpleclover
Craig Winckler
>
> <<Would it qualify as "most spinoffs from a single show"?>>
>
> nights in bed...alone. Well let's see, Happy Day's had: Laverne and Shirley,
> Mork and Mindy, Joannie Loves Chachi(Oh God I know that's not spelled right)
> and am I missing anymore? Nope...I don't think so. Now let's look at a few
> runner's up: Cheer's had two spinoffs (Frasier and that other show go to
> the Power Rangers had countless name changes but could they be really called
> spinoffs? So to put an end to this long, pointless post. Yes. Yes I think
> it's safe to say Happy Day's has the most spinoffs.
>
Mork and Mindy? I didn't know that was a spinoff, which character
appeared in Happy Days Mork or Mindy?
Craig Winckler
>
> In article <3C4C2.23672$yv3....@news2.giganews.com>, "the ebola virus"
> <eb...@texas.net> wrote:
>
> > i have only one question about that 70's show. It is set in 1976. What
> > happens if the show becomes really popular and goes on for years?? In four
> > years it will be the 80's. Will they change the name or what?
>
> they really develop further there's just not enough substance to make it
> last that long. It will get moved to Thursdays or something and die off.
> We are talking about FOX.
>
> If they change anything soon, CHANGE THE OPENING CREDITS & SONG!
> Something about it is very jarring. . . I'm not any old fogie, but just
> something about them screaming the entire theme followed up by
> ..."[wherever] WISCONSIN!!!" just smacks of a sucky show.
>
> David
Obviously you've been to Wisconsin.
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Craig Winckler wrote in message <36DA6910...@tc.umn.edu>...
>VaaderTHX wrote:
>>
>> <<Would it qualify as "most spinoffs from a single show"?>>
>>
>> Ah spinoffs, my most favorite self debating argument on those ever so
lonely
>> nights in bed...alone. Well let's see, Happy Day's had: Laverne and
Shirley,
>> Mork and Mindy, Joannie Loves Chachi(Oh God I know that's not spelled
right)
>> and am I missing anymore? Nope...I don't think so. Now let's look at a
few
>> runner's up: Cheer's had two spinoffs (Frasier and that other show go to
>> imdb.com if you don't believe me) Hercules had two (Xena and Young
Hercules)
>> the Power Rangers had countless name changes but could they be really
called
>> spinoffs? So to put an end to this long, pointless post. Yes. Yes I
think
>> it's safe to say Happy Day's has the most spinoffs.
>>
>> "Pikachu," you rat bastards!
>
>Mork and Mindy? I didn't know that was a spinoff, which character
>appeared in Happy Days Mork or Mindy?
David
<wav...@abac.com> wrote:
> Mork appeared in a flahback-style episode with Opee------I mean Richie.
OPIE CUNNINGHAM!
OPIE CUNNINGHAM!
OPIE CUNNINGHAM!
Craig Winckler
>
> Mork appeared in a flahback-style episode with Opee------I mean Richie.
>
>
Thanks Wav, I've never been a fan of Happy Days so I didn't know. And
yes I know everyone else lover HDs, I just can't stand that show.
David Beyea
funnier than the preceding simpsons episodes. No doubt in my mind that the show
can stand on its own two legs.
Dave
FMCarroll wrote:
> >From: Dan Maloney <gl...@pce.net>
>
> >So what's everyone's opinion of this show?
>
> Terrible show. I wonder what the ratings are for this show? Sandwiched between
> 2 winners they must be respectable but I doubt it could stand up by itself.
>
> The winner will be showered with praise and the loser will be booed and taunted
> until my throat is sore.
> - - HJS
Deat...@webtv.net
appeared in Happy Days Mork or Mindy? >>
<< Mork appeared in a flahback-style episode with Opee------I mean
Richie. >>
I can remember an episode of "M & M" where Mindy was singing the theme
song to "Laverne & Shirley" to herself while doing some housework! I
mean, how freaky is that? It's kiinda like how George Costanza and his
fiancee (Susan) were watching an episode of "Mad About You," even though
that show was connected to the "Seinverse" when Kramer appeared in an
episode! (And no, not as "Steven Snell.")
Too... much... information...
jeremy keehn
> That 70's show is hilarious week after week.
i don't think i can recall a show more heavily dependent on a laugh track.
the chemistry between donna, eric and hyde is excellent - the only reason
other than the time slot that i watch, but the writing is absolutely
atrocious - last week's episode dealing with birth control was the first and
only episode this year where i didn't hit mute and read a book for twenty
minutes. what made that episode good was that it dealt with something that
had significance to both the 1970s and the 1990s, but seemed to recognize
how the attitudes of the 70s led to the way the issue is regarded today.
that historical component was the first sign of potential (beyond the
characters) i've seen for the show. as it stands, it relies heavily on
tiresome kitsch and obvious jokes.
jeremy
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way) streaks the presidents speach. How 70's is that. No one streaks
anymore.
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Mark Skrbich wrote:
> The show is pretty good. However too many of the '70's references are
> not accurate and the show could even just as easily take place in the
> 90's. It really has little to do with the 70's. It lacks the feel
> completely.
>
> 套ark
>
> "Without deviation from the norm there can be no progress"
VaaderTHX
>fiancee (Susan) were watching an episode of "Mad About You," even though
>that show was connected to the "Seinverse" when Kramer appeared in an
>episode!
Oh my God! I am NOT the only person in the world who noticed that! Lousy
parodoxes...
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
Mark Skrbich
not accurate and the show could even just as easily take place in the
90's. It really has little to do with the 70's. It lacks the feel
completely.
®Mark
LarryJG
><<Would it qualify as "most spinoffs from a single show"?>>
>
>Ah spinoffs, my most favorite self debating argument on those ever so lonely
>nights in bed...alone. Well let's see, Happy Day's had: Laverne and Shirley,
>Mork and Mindy, Joannie Loves Chachi(Oh God I know that's not spelled right)
>and am I missing anymore? Nope...I don't think so. Now let's look at a few
>runner's up: Cheer's had two spinoffs (Frasier and that other show go to
>imdb.com if you don't believe me) Hercules had two (Xena and Young Hercules)
>the Power Rangers had countless name changes but could they be really called
>spinoffs? So to put an end to this long, pointless post. Yes. Yes I think
>it's safe to say Happy Day's has the most spinoffs.
>
>"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
Since no one has mentioned it, "Happy Days" itself was spun off from
"Love American Style." Orginally is was a segment called "Love and
the Happy Days" (or something close to that).
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popular one) with Elliot Gould from the 1980's (it actually had George
Cloonie and George from Seinfeld (forgot his name)) Go to
http://members.tripod.com/~seclar/index.htm for more info. The way the were
able to spin it was, George Jefferson got shot in the butt and ended up in
this E/R.
The show was suppose to be funny but what's so funny about an Emergency
Room?!?
Dav
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popular one) with Elliot Gould from the 1980's (it actually had George
http://members.tripod.com/~seclar/index.htm for more info. The way the were
able to spin it was, George Jefferson got shot in the butt and ended up in
this E/R.
The show was suppose to be funny but what's so funny about an Emergency
DUTCH
Dutch
Jessi Cuellar
Thanks Wav, I've never been a fan of Happy Days so I didn't know. And
yes I know everyone else lover HDs, I just can't stand that show.
Jessi;
Don't feel bad Craig,I hate it too.It's funny because,growing up,I
watched every episode.All the way to the gruesome end,when they brought
in Crystal Bernard and...damn,I lost it,you know the guy,Jefferson from
Married With Children.I even watched Joanie loves Chachi.I loved to hear
all the music when I as a kid.Then,when Nickelodeon started showing
them,gag me,I could'nt stand it.Especially any of the singing,it all
sucks,Potsy,Chachi,and neither Tuscadero had much talent,although now I
know that Joan Jet must have copied Leather's costumes.Anyhoo,it
suckdiddelyucks!
Deat...@webtv.net
Days").>>
I think it was required by law that we all watched it back then!
<< All the way to the gruesome end,when they brought in Crystal Bernard
and... damn,I lost it,you know the guy,Jefferson from Married With
Children. >>
Is Ted McGinley his name? I remember watching "Wings" the first time,
seeing Crystal, and thinking, "Where have I seen her before?" It wasn't
until I saw a rerun of the "dark years" of HD that I remembered her.
I stopped watching HD around the time Richie and Ralph left, although I
probably should have around the time they stopped trying to give the
actors '50s haircuts.
<< Then, when Nickelodeon started showing them, gag me, I could'nt stand
it.>>
Sounds like what I went through seeing reruns of "Kotter" after many
years. Ye gods! To think I actually enjoyed that show at one time in
my life! Of course, I was only 8 when it premiered back in '75, but
that's no excuse!
<< ...Joan Jet must have copied Leather's costumes. >>
LOL! Even if she didn't, Leather was a lot cuter than Joan.
And, just to bring this thread back to "The Simpsons," Fox is going to
air the dreaded "When You Dish Upon A Star" episode this weekend,
guest-starring Ron Howard.
Benjamin Robinson
>>Hey something I noticed. Why does this newsgroup ah what is it called...turn
>>one thread into multiple threads a lot? I mean I saw three That '70s Show
>>threads! What's the deal?
>
>Once you read the original thread, any replies posted at different times will
>show up as separate notes with "Re:" at the front.
Not on my news reader (FreeAgent) -- replies to a message show up "under"
the root message, not as separate threads. About the only times I see a
separate message with "Re:" as you describe is if (a) someone's news reader
messes up the "Reference" line [*] or (b) if a reply makes it to my news
server before the original message does. Two other threading news readers
I've seen, tin and trn, also thread messages without creating a separate
note. Perhaps this is a feature of AOL's news reader.
[*] If you turn on headers, you might see a line begining with "References:"
and followed by a bunch of Martian-looking strings in the form of
<1999.03...@news.foo.bar.com>. Those strings are message identifiers,
identifying the other messages in the thread. Your news reader uses these
to create displays of messages threads on your computer. If the line is
missing or inaccurate, the message will still appear, but as a separate
message with "Re:" in the subject line.
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Ah, a "Twisted Mego Theater" fan, I see...
VaaderTHX
>>Hey something I noticed. Why does this newsgroup ah what is it called...turn
>>one thread into multiple threads a lot? I mean I saw three That '70s Show
>>threads! What's the deal?>>
Egad man I wrote that! I'll get you Riccaaarrddssss....
"Pikachu," you rat bastards!
MetalKing
>
>
> <<Sounds like what I went through seeing reruns of "Kotter" after many
> years. Ye gods! To think I actually enjoyed that show at one time in
> my life! Of course, I was only 8 when it premiered back in '75, but
> that's no excuse!>>
Yeah, the same thing happened with me and Perfect Strangers. Although Balki
from Mepos, he's funnier than hell! Hey, bringing it back to this thread
name, Fez reminds me of Balki. Hehehe, those foreign people all look alike
to me.
>
>
> << ...Joan Jet must have copied Leather's costumes. >>
>
> LOL! Even if she didn't, Leather was a lot cuter than Joan.>>
She's a lesbian.
>
>
> <<And, just to bring this thread back to "The Simpsons," Fox is going to
> air the dreaded "When You Dish Upon A Star" episode this weekend,
> guest-starring Ron Howard.>>
It wasn't "dreaded" man, it was ok. And on another note, the first couple
seasons of Happy Days (you know, when they had "Rock Around The Clock" as a
theme and the whole show was very after-school-special like) is damn good
TV.
"In Meepos, we drink Goat Milk!" --CLASSIC STUFF! LOL!
Craig Winckler
> suckdiddelyucks!
I liked happy days as a kid too. but now I realize how bad it is. The
only other show that makes a half hour seem like a day is Hogan's Heros.
Deat...@webtv.net
only other show that makes a half hour seem like a day is Hogan's Heros.
>>
Other old shows that make a half hour seem like a day:
My Three Sons
Family Affair
Donna Reed Show
Andy Griffith Show
Mayberry RFD
Flying Nun
Hazel
.. and that's just shows from the '50s & '60s. Anybody got other
candidates?
Give me "Green Acres" and "Gilligan's Island" any day! And the better
episodes of "Beverly Hillbillies!"
FMCarroll
>"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" also ran to a few spin-offs, I forget the exact
>number but counts "Rhoda" and "Lou Grant" among others.
Cloris Leachman had a show with her character can't think of the name, maybe
Phyllis.
Craig Winckler
I like The Andy Griffith Show. btw I think Family Affair is the worst
show in the history of the free world. I had never seen it until I got
cable a little over a year ago and saw it on tv land. The first time I
saw it I was physically ill.
FitNFeisty
My Three Sons
Family Affair
Donna Reed Show
Andy Griffith Show
Mayberry RFD
Flying Nun
Hazel
.. and that's just shows from the '50s & '60s. Anybody got other
candidates?
Give me "Green Acres" and "Gilligan's Island" any day! And the better
episodes of "Beverly Hillbillies!">>
I hated all of the shows mentioned plus "Green Acres" and "Beverly
Hillbillies", I detest "hick humor". Other nauseatingly dreadful shows include
the following:
McHale's Navy
Car 54 Where Are You? (the above two were released as theatrical flops in the
90's)
The Courtship Of Eddie's Father
Lost In Space (I really hated the Dr. Smith character)
I Love Lucy (I hate Lucy, the most overrated show in the history of television)
The Dukes of Hazzard (hick humor)
Cop Rock
Single Guy
Veronica's Closet
Union Square
Felicity
Dawson's Creek
The A Team (Mr. T was a grade z actor)
Men Behaving Badly
The Jenny McCarthy Show
Manimal
The Man From Atlantis
Joanie Loves Chachi
Charles In Charge
Any "drama" on MTV (The Real World, Road Rules)
Desperate Women
Max Power
"That 70's Show"
"Melrose Place" (thank god it's the last season)
"Beverly Hills: 90210" (too bad they will be back next season)
"Happy Days"
"Facts of Life"
"Life Goes On"
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favorite show, Saved by the Bell. I know it was stupid, but dammit, I just
couldn't stop watching it. The chemistry with Eric, Hyde, and Donna reminds me
of Zack, Slater, and Kelly. Only better.
Also, from the one episode they've played so far, I thought the Family Guy was
packed with more laughs than most Simpson's Episodes!!! I was shocked that
something might actually replace the Simpsons as my favorite show if they keep
it up!!
Mom:" Why don't you go play in the other room?"
Baby: "Why don't you Burn in hell!"
<<When asked about the moat>>
Mom: "Well, it seems to keep the Black Knight at bay."
<<Cut to a scene with a Black Knight, flustered at the moat.>>
CLASSIC!! I was ROTFLMAO!!!
I'm like those kids in the Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show episode (Which, from
what I hear, were supposedly based on this newsgroup.). I like realistic shows
with problems like I, as an 18 Year old, face every day, but I also want shows
with off-the-wall, wacky humor!!!! And also I want the X-Files, WWF Raw, WCW
Nitro, and Dragon Ball Z, but those are other threads entirely.
My Dream FOX Sunday Night lineup:
7:00-That 70's Show
7:30-Family Guy
8:00-The Simpsons
8:30-Futurama
9:00-The X-Files
DarthArada
packed with more laughs than most Simpson's Episodes!!! I was shocked that
something might actually replace the Simpsons as my favorite show if they keep
it up!!>
Let's be friends =)
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Childhod favorite show, Saved by the Bell. >>
You had me, and then you lost me. Don't EVER compare those two shows
again! "Saved By The Bell" is about as funny as "Big John, Little John"
was when I was a kid (read: UNfunny!).
<< I know it was stupid, but dammit, I just couldn't stop watching it.
>>
ONLY redeeming quality: Some of the girls were kinda cute.
Ugh. Don't you think that Stewie is going to get real unfunny real
fast? The one thing I disliked most about "Family Guy" was it's total
LACK of subtlety, something "The Simpsons" can still manage to do when
they want. I seriously doubt that "FG" will last even half as long as
OFF has. I'll stick with "KOTH" and "The PJs" when it comes to
non-"Simpsons" animated shows on Fox.
<< And also I want the X-Files, WWF Raw, WCW Nitro, and Dragon Ball Z,
but those are other threads entirely. >>
And let's keep it that way!