Films that take place in the same universe

[TMC]

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We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
For example, in Coming to America, Akeem gives money to two poor bums,
who happen to be the Duke brothers from Trading Places, therefore
putting the two films in the same "universe". Any other examples?

[Halmyre]

On Feb 15, 7:03 am, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=disp...

>
> We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
> Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
> For example, in Coming to America, Akeem gives money to two poor bums,
> who happen to be the Duke brothers from Trading Places, therefore
> putting the two films in the same "universe". Any other examples?

The Conversation/Enemy of the State

Apocalypse Now/Hot Shots

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Halmyre

[Michael OConnor]

> Apocalypse Now/Hot Shots

Wouldn't that be Apocalypse Now/Hot Shots/Wall Street?

It could be argued the 1950's version and 1978 remake of Invasion of
the Body Snatchers were the same story told from two different
perspectives, since the original film ended with Kevin McCarthy
screaming and yelling, trying to alert people to the alien invasion,
and there was a scene in the remake where Donald Sutherland came
across Kevin McCarthy doing the same thing.

The Last Action Hero/The Running Man (although in the alternate
universe of the Last Action Hero movie, Stallone was starring as the
Running Man.) I think there were several other connections between
Stallone and Ahnold movies where they poked fun at each other's films;
I was thinking there was a reference to an Ahnold film in Demolition
Man.

The Cannonball Run/The Roger Moore Bond Films - In The Cannonball Run,
Roger Moore played a guy who thought he was Roger Moore, and he was
competing in the race.

Out of Sight/Jackie Brown - Both movies featured Michael Keaton in a
supporting role as ATF agent Ray Nicolette. Samuel L Jackson had a
cameo in Out of Sight, where it was implied he was the same character
he played in Jackie Brown.

[dm16...@gmail.com]

In _Airplane_ Ethel Merman plays Lieutenant Hurwitz a man whose in the mental ward because he thinks he's Ethel Merman. - (Not quite sure this fits into this thread but I'll put it in anyway.)

Dave M

[Halmyre]

On Feb 15, 8:39 am, Michael OConnor <mpoconn...@aol.com> wrote:
> > Apocalypse Now/Hot Shots
>
> Wouldn't that be Apocalypse Now/Hot Shots/Wall Street?
>
> It could be argued the 1950's version and 1978 remake of Invasion of
> the Body Snatchers were the same story told from two different
> perspectives, since the original film ended with Kevin McCarthy
> screaming and yelling, trying to alert people to the alien invasion,
> and there was a scene in the remake where Donald Sutherland came
> across Kevin McCarthy doing the same thing.
>
> The Last Action Hero/The Running Man (although in the alternate
> universe of the Last Action Hero movie, Stallone was starring as the
> Running Man.)  I think there were several other connections between
> Stallone and Ahnold movies where they poked fun at each other's films;
> I was thinking there was a reference to an Ahnold film in Demolition
> Man.
>

Don't know about a film, but IIRC there's a reference to "The
Schwarzenegger Presidential Library".

> The Cannonball Run/The Roger Moore Bond Films - In The Cannonball Run,
> Roger Moore played a guy who thought he was Roger Moore, and he was
> competing in the race.
>

There was a Man From Uncle TV film that featured George Lazenby as an
Aston-Martin-driving British secret agent known as "J.B.".

No-names-no-pack-drill-no-expensive-lawsuits-from-EON...

--
Halmyre

[Bill Anderson]

Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford played the same characters, Caldicott
and Charters, in THE LADY VANISHES and NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH and more
movies that were otherwise unconnected:

http://characteractors.blogspot.com/2008/10/naunton-wayne-basil-radford.html

--
Bill Anderson

I am the Mighty Favog

[Kishin]

Some times it's downplayed in the movie adaptations, but many (most?) of
Stephen King's stories take place in a shared universe.

--

Kishin

[Your Name]

In article
<54b61132-84bb-4948...@m9g2000pby.googlegroups.com>, TMC

The obvious one is the Star Wars Saga and the Ewok movies, plus of course
the more recent animated movie, plus the various animated TV shows (and
even the awful Holiday [un]Special if you must).

If you want to extend that, then the characters of Luke Skywalker and the
droids did also,appear on an episode of The Muppet Show, with would
technically, if stupidly, place Star Wars and The Muppet Show, and hence
modern day Earth, within the same universe.

Then there's Steven Spielberg's E.T. - the characters of E.T. recognises a
child dressed as Yoda for Halloween, and later when the Prequels were made
there is a quick scene of some E.T. beings in the Star Wars Senate. So
that links Star Wars, E.T, and modern day Earth.

There's a few links in the Indiana Jones movies to the Star Wars universe
(e.g. the image of the droids in heiroglyhpics) which marginally put those
two franchises in the same universe. Then branching slightly outside
movies / TV, there is a "what if" story where Han Solo crashes the
Millennium Falcon into a forest in America (Chewbacca becomes the source
of the Native American Bigfoot legend), and then years later Indiana Jones
discovers the wrecakge ... which makes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and
recent Earth history in the same universe, although somewhat unofficially.

[Daryl]

And the Grand Daddy of them all.......... The Expendables II.

Daryl



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for free movies and Nostalgic TV. Tons of Military shows and
programs.

[spark...@gmail.com]

Red, White, and Blue took place in the same universe, even though each movie focused on different characters in this universe.

[spark...@gmail.com]

On Friday, February 15, 2013 12:03:56 AM UTC-7, TMC wrote:

Jesus of Nazareth and The Life of Brian took place in the same universe. Even many of the shooting locations were the same.

[Adam Dolan]

On Feb 15, 2:03 am, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=disp...
>

> We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
> Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
> For example, in Coming to America, Akeem gives money to two poor bums,
> who happen to be the Duke brothers from Trading Places, therefore
> putting the two films in the same "universe". Any other examples?

They're actually shooting a film here in Stamford now that features
two of the characters from JACKIE BROWN (the ones played there by
Samuel L Jackson and Robert DeNiro). It's based on an(other) Elmore
Leonard novel called The Switch.

[Adam Dolan]

McCarthy was still at it (in black and white!) in LOONEY TUNES: BACK
IN ACTION, along with Robbie The Robot. Iirc McCarthy shows up with a
pod in GREMLINS 2 also. I love Joe Dante.

One that not everyone picks up on is the Michael Bay [yeah, I know]
movie THE ROCK. They never use the name, but it's pretty obvious
that the Sean Connery character is, in fact, James Bond. I think the
number of years they refer to his character being locked up even
corresponds to the number of years in between THE ROCK and DIAMONDS
ARE FOREVER.

[Dimensional Traveler]

Would that allow us to tie the TV series 'Justified' into this one?

--
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hyper-active teenagers with ADD whose Ritalin got replaced with
methamphetamine, displaying a level of discipline that a Somali pirate
wouldn't tolerate.

[Onslaught Six]

On Feb 15, 2:03 am, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=disp...
>

> We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
> Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
> For example, in Coming to America, Akeem gives money to two poor bums,
> who happen to be the Duke brothers from Trading Places, therefore
> putting the two films in the same "universe". Any other examples?

Hey, this is in ATT! For some reason! I'm game.

(Almost) all of Tarantino's movies (and several of Robert Rodriguez's)
take place in one of two universes--which have been termed the "real"
universe and the "movie" universe.

Chronologically, it starts with Inglourious Basterds, which takes
place in the "real" universe. This is the splitting point from our own
universe. Adolf Hitler and the entire upper echelon of the Third Reich
are killed in a movie theater. This explains why, in all of
Tarantino's movies, everything is much more violent, as well as
everyone placing a much larger emphasis on pop culture and movie
trivia in their lives. (See: The "Pam Grier" conversation from
Reservoir Dogs.)

Next up is Reservoir Dogs. The obvious connections start to form--Mr.
Blonde's real name is Vic Vega, and he is the brother of Pulp
Fiction's Vincent Vega. In addition, Mr. Blonde mentions at one point
that he had a partner named "Alabama." In True Romance, Patricia
Arquette plays Alabama Whitman.

In Pulp Fiction, Mia Wallace mentions that she was in a pilot for a
series, Fox Force Five. The basic plot of Fox Force Five is basically
the plot of Kill Bill.

Kill Bill is one of the movies in the "movie" universe, which is to
say, it's a movie that exists within Tarantino's "real" universe. In
other words, characters from Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction would
actually go see Kill Bill in theaters.

From Dusk Til Dawn, Planet Terror, Death Proof, and all 3 Machete
movies (Machete, Machete Kills, Machete Kills Again) all take place in
the "movie" universe. There's other connections, but I'm tired.

[The White Lady]

Onslaught Six <onslau...@gmail.com> wrote in news:f0e3c612-f5c4-4e52-
938e-a62...@cd3g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:

who are these cunts?

[Steven L.]

On 2/15/2013 2:03 AM, TMC wrote:

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was a magical-realistic movie in which the
Disney cartoon universe crosses over with the real world. Most of the
animated cast of "Fantasia" appears, as do many other cartoon characters
like Yosemite Sam, etc. While the real-world plot shares similarities
with the plot of "Chinatown."

There have been many movies in which a famous movie monster gets to
interact with another famous movie monster: "Alien vs. Predator,"
"Godzilla vs. <fill in the blank>", etc.

Abbott and Costello got to meet a number of past movie monsters: "A & C
Meet The Invisible Man," etc.

In the made-for-TV movie, "The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.,"
Napoleon Solo gets help from James Bond. And Solo's new boss,
code-named "S," is John Steed from "The Avengers."



--
Steven L.

[Joe Pfeiffer]

"Steven L." <sdli...@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> In the made-for-TV movie, "The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.,"
> Napoleon Solo gets help from James Bond. And Solo's new boss,
> code-named "S," is John Steed from "The Avengers."

I don't remember the latter... according to IMDB, Sir John Raleigh is
played by Patrick Macnee. So while he plays a very Steed-like
character, he isn't Steed.

"JB" is clearly enough James Bond filtered through lawyers (much like
No. 6 and John Drake) that I'll accept that one.

[Bill Steele]

.

Down to Earth (The 1947 one) incorporates Mr. Jordan and Max Corkle from
Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Xanadu, which was basically a remake of Down to
Earth, sort of implies that Terpsichore had previously come to earth to
work with Larry Parks back in 1947. Meanwhile, Gene Kelly appears in
Xanadu as Danny McGuire, the character he played in Cover Girl -- which
co-starred Rita Hayworth, who played Terpsichore in Down to Earth.

Brian Donlevy appears briefly in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek as
McGinty from The Great McGinty.

Can't remember the names, but there were two comic relief twits who
popped up in several British adventure movies back in the 50s or so.

I don't know if it counts, but no matter who the hero of the western
was, Smiley Burnette was always Frog Millhouse, so I suppose Roy, Gene
and the Durango Kid all lived in the same universe, and Frog just
traveled around a lot. (until about 1945, when the billing changed to
"Smiliey.")

[wlah...@gmail.com]

On Monday, February 18, 2013 3:20:14 PM UTC-5, Bill Steele wrote:

> Can't remember the names, but there were two comic relief twits who
> popped up in several British adventure movies back in the 50s or so.
>

Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne

[Halmyre]

I've seen someone propose that Eastwood's character in 'Joe Kidd' is
The Man With No Name from the 'Dollars' films, now retired and running
a cattle ranch, but I think his premise is based solely on the fact
that Kidd used to be a bounty hunter.

--
Halmyre

[Jared]

On Feb 16, 6:39 pm, Onslaught Six <onslaught...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From Dusk Til Dawn, Planet Terror, Death Proof, and all 3 Machete
> movies (Machete, Machete Kills, Machete Kills Again) all take place in
> the "movie" universe. There's other connections, but I'm tired.

Cracked has the following...

http://www.cracked.com/article_19323_6-movie-tv-universes-that-overlap-in-mind-blowing-ways.html

[Bill Steele]

I am reminded that a TARDIS once appeared briefly (just passing through,
I guess) in the British animated show Danger Mouse.

[Simon T]

"TMC" wrote in message
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>http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display&thread=465507&page=1
>We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
>Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.

Dunno about films, however I know that with regards to TV shows, "NCIS" is
set in the same universe as the naval legal drama "JAG", as there were
numerous crossover episodes in the earlier series, plus it seems they occupy
the same universe as the new "Hawaii-Five-O", as there was a crossover
episode featuring characters from "NCIS : Los Angeles".

I also seem to recall a crossover episode of "ER" in which several of the
police officers from the show "Third Watch" featured in it, indicating they
are in the same universe.


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[Your Name]

In article <kgjgoi$ts4$1...@dont-email.me>, "Simon T"

<darka...@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net> wrote:
> "TMC" wrote in message
> news:54b61132-84bb-4948...@m9g2000pby.googlegroups.com...
>
>http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display&thread=465507&page=1
> >We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
> >Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
>
> Dunno about films, however I know that with regards to TV shows, "NCIS" is
> set in the same universe as the naval legal drama "JAG", as there were
> numerous crossover episodes in the earlier series, plus it seems they occupy
> the same universe as the new "Hawaii-Five-O", as there was a crossover
> episode featuring characters from "NCIS : Los Angeles".
>
> I also seem to recall a crossover episode of "ER" in which several of the
> police officers from the show "Third Watch" featured in it, indicating they
> are in the same universe.

There's LOTS of "same universe" series in TV-land, especially if you
include the various spin-offs and sequels. For example there's:
- Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
- 90210 (new and original) and Melrose Place.
- MASH, After MASH, and Trapper John MD
- Happy Days and Joannie & Chachi
- Knight Roder (new and original, but not silly "Team Knight Rider")
- the various Star Trek shows of course
- Doctor Who, Torchwood, K-9, and The Adventures of Sarah Jane

[Bill Anderson]

White Shadow and St Elsewhere. Coolidge played basketball on the high school team in the first and same character was a janitor in the second.

But....

When the actor who played Salami on White Shadow showed up in a guest role on St Elsewhere, Coolidge "recognized" his old teammate, while "Salami" kept denying he was that character. Very meta. Is meta the right word? How about existential? That's not right either. I don't care; I'm sitting by my hotel's pool in Aruba and that's meta enough for me.

Bill Anderson

I am the Mighty Content Favog

[Adam Dolan]

On Feb 26, 6:34 pm, "Simon T" <darkang...@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net>
wrote:

> "TMC"  wrote in message
>
> news:54b61132-84bb-4948...@m9g2000pby.googlegroups.com...
>

> >http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=disp...

> >We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
> >Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
>
> Dunno about films, however I know that with regards to TV shows, "NCIS" is
> set in the same universe as the naval legal drama "JAG", as there were
> numerous crossover episodes in the earlier series, plus it seems they occupy
> the same universe as the new "Hawaii-Five-O", as there was a crossover
> episode featuring characters from "NCIS : Los Angeles".
>
> I also seem to recall a crossover episode of "ER" in which several of the
> police officers from the show "Third Watch" featured in it, indicating they
> are in the same universe.
>
> --
> Best Wishes
> Simon (Dark Angel)http://www.realmofhorror.co.ukhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Realm-of-Horror/143030832454357

I believe NCIS is a spinoff of JAG. (I don't watch either, they just
seem dull to me.)

[Dimensional Traveler]

There's a website that tracks TV cross-overs and "same universe" groups.
http://www.poobala.com/crossoverlist.html

Besides the various two and three show spin-offs there are about 40 Meta
Groups encompassing large groups of shows. The largest includes more
than 90 shows.

[Your Name]

In article <512d8715$0$80124$742e...@news.sonic.net>, Dimensional

Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:

> On 2/26/2013 4:38 PM, Your Name wrote:
> > In article <kgjgoi$ts4$1...@dont-email.me>, "Simon T"
> > <darka...@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net> wrote:
> >> "TMC" wrote in message
> >> news:54b61132-84bb-4948...@m9g2000pby.googlegroups.com...
> >>
> >>
http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display&thread=465507&page=1
> >>> We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
> >>> Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
> >>
> >> Dunno about films, however I know that with regards to TV shows, "NCIS" is
> >> set in the same universe as the naval legal drama "JAG", as there were
> >> numerous crossover episodes in the earlier series, plus it seems they
occupy
> >> the same universe as the new "Hawaii-Five-O", as there was a crossover
> >> episode featuring characters from "NCIS : Los Angeles".
> >>
> >> I also seem to recall a crossover episode of "ER" in which several of the
> >> police officers from the show "Third Watch" featured in it, indicating they
> >> are in the same universe.
> >
> > There's LOTS of "same universe" series in TV-land, especially if you
> > include the various spin-offs and sequels. For example there's:
> > - Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
> > - 90210 (new and original) and Melrose Place.
> > - MASH, After MASH, and Trapper John MD
> > - Happy Days and Joannie & Chachi

> > - Knight Rider (new and original, but not silly "Team Knight Rider")

> > - the various Star Trek shows of course
> > - Doctor Who, Torchwood, K-9, and The Adventures of Sarah Jane
> >
> There's a website that tracks TV cross-overs and "same universe" groups.
> http://www.poobala.com/crossoverlist.html
>
> Besides the various two and three show spin-offs there are about 40 Meta
> Groups encompassing large groups of shows. The largest includes more
> than 90 shows.

If you include "reality" TV shows, then the real world unvierse group
would be the biggest ... of course, that's if you assume that "reality" TV
is actually real. ;-)


There are a few cases where movie and TV are set in the same universe, but
again it's mostly spin-offs. For example:

- Star Wars movies and the various animated shows
- Back to the Future movies and the animated show
- Men in Black movies and the animated show

A bit of a theme there. :-)

[Halmyre]

On Feb 27, 12:38 am, YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:
> In article <kgjgoi$ts...@dont-email.me>, "Simon T"

>
>
>
>
>
> <darkang...@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net> wrote:
> > "TMC"  wrote in message
> >news:54b61132-84bb-4948...@m9g2000pby.googlegroups.com...
>

> >http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=disp...

> > >We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
> > >Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
>
> > Dunno about films, however I know that with regards to TV shows, "NCIS" is
> > set in the same universe as the naval legal drama "JAG", as there were
> > numerous crossover episodes in the earlier series, plus it seems they occupy
> > the same universe as the new "Hawaii-Five-O", as there was a crossover
> > episode featuring characters from "NCIS : Los Angeles".
>
> > I also seem to recall a crossover episode of "ER" in which several of the
> > police officers from the show "Third Watch" featured in it, indicating they
> > are in the same universe.
>
> There's LOTS of "same universe" series in TV-land, especially if you
> include the various spin-offs and sequels. For example there's:
>     - Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
>     - 90210 (new and original) and Melrose Place.
>     - MASH, After MASH, and Trapper John MD
>     - Happy Days and Joannie & Chachi

Isn't Mork and Mindy a spin-off from that as well?

--
Halmyre

[Simon T]

"Adam Dolan" wrote in message...

>I believe NCIS is a spinoff of JAG. (I don't watch either, they just
>seem dull to me.)

It was, the Pilot episode for NCIS was actually shown as an episode of JAG.
Which was kind of odd, considering those who were expecting to see their
regular show were suddenly confronted by a CSI type episode after the
opening credits, featuring a bunch of people they'd never seen before, then
about 20 minutes in some of the regular JAG cast pop-up as minor characters.

Must have been a bit odd for people not expecting it.


--
Best Wishes

[Your Name]

In article
<60166742-7549-4384...@o5g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>,
Halmyre <flashgord...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Feb 27, 12:38=A0am, YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:
> > In article <kgjgoi$ts...@dont-email.me>, "Simon T"
> > <darkang...@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net> wrote:

> > > "TMC" =A0wrote in message
> > >news:54b61132-84bb-4948...@m9g2000pby.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > >http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=3Dofftopic&action=3Ddis=

> p...
> > > >We all know about stuff like the Marvel cinematic universe and Kevin
> > > >Smith films, but there are other films which share the same universe.
> >

> > > Dunno about films, however I know that with regards to TV shows, "NCIS"=

> is
> > > set in the same universe as the naval legal drama "JAG", as there were

> > > numerous crossover episodes in the earlier series, plus it seems they o=

> ccupy
> > > the same universe as the new "Hawaii-Five-O", as there was a crossover
> > > episode featuring characters from "NCIS : Los Angeles".
> >

> > > I also seem to recall a crossover episode of "ER" in which several of t=
> he
> > > police officers from the show "Third Watch" featured in it, indicating =

> they
> > > are in the same universe.
> >
> > There's LOTS of "same universe" series in TV-land, especially if you
> > include the various spin-offs and sequels. For example there's:
> > - Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
> > - 90210 (new and original) and Melrose Place.
> > - MASH, After MASH, and Trapper John MD
> > - Happy Days and Joannie & Chachi
>
> Isn't Mork and Mindy a spin-off from that as well?

Yep. I'd forgotten about that, although I wasn't trying to complile a
complete list. :-)

[Bill Steele]

In article
<YourName-280...@203-118-187-29.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,

Your...@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:

> > There's LOTS of "same universe" series in TV-land, especially if you
> > > include the various spin-offs and sequels. For example there's:
> > > - Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
> > > - 90210 (new and original) and Melrose Place.
> > > - MASH, After MASH, and Trapper John MD
> > > - Happy Days and Joannie & Chachi
> >

I recall a couple of times when networks ran an evening in which all the
sitcoms involved the same event. One was a New York City blackout.
Another, I think, involved wishes coming true -- possibly Sabrina the
Teenage Witch started it.

[Mack A. Damia]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:07:43 -0500, Bill Steele <ws...@cornell.edu>
wrote:

"The Third Man".

Harry Lime, played by Orson Welles, was a villain in the 1949 film.
The TV series starring Michael Rennie ran from 1959 until 1965, and he
was a good guy fighting the forces of evil!

--

[bod]

"Simon T" <darka...@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net> wrote in message
news:kgkeu6$ntk$1...@dont-email.me...

> "Adam Dolan" wrote in message...
>>I believe NCIS is a spinoff of JAG. (I don't watch either, they just
>>seem dull to me.)
>
> It was, the Pilot episode for NCIS was actually shown as an episode of
> JAG. Which was kind of odd, considering those who were expecting to see
> their regular show were suddenly confronted by a CSI type episode after
> the opening credits, featuring a bunch of people they'd never seen before,
> then about 20 minutes in some of the regular JAG cast pop-up as minor
> characters.
>
> Must have been a bit odd for people not expecting it.
>

what about GRANGE HILL and TUCKERS LUCK???


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[Simon T]

"bod" wrote in message news:kgo7l8$t37$1...@dont-email.me...

>what about GRANGE HILL and TUCKERS LUCK???

Holy shit, now THAT'S going back a few years!

[Your Name]

In article <kgo7l8$t37$1...@dont-email.me>, "bod" <fuc...@shittybollocks.com>
wrote:

>
> what about GRANGE HILL and TUCKERS LUCK???

Let's really confuse the American newsgroup readers with a few more,
mostly older, UK television shows:

- "Man About the House" and "Robin's Nest"
- "Inspector Morse" and "Lewis"
- "The Bill" and "Burnside"
- "Strangers" and "Bulman"
- "Minder" (new and original)
- "The Professionals" and "The New Professionals"
- "Only Fools and Horses", "The Green Green Grass", and "Rock & Chips"
- "Dad's Army" and "It Sticks Out Half A Mile" (radio show)
- "Z-Cars" and "Softly, Softly"

:-)

[Your Name]

In article <YourName-010...@203-118-187-167.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,

I nearly forgot:
- "Last of the Summer Wine" and the imaginatively titled
prequel "First of the Summer Wine"
(there was also a rumoured spin-off featuring the two
policemen)

There was also a rumour of a spin-off from the recently ended "Merlin"
series which would focus on Arthur, but that seems to have been dropped or
never was going to happen.

[spark...@gmail.com]

>
> > include the various spin-offs and sequels. For example there's:
>
> > - Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
>
> > - 90210 (new and original) and Melrose Place.
>
> > - MASH, After MASH, and Trapper John MD
>
> > - Happy Days and Joannie & Chachi
>
> > - Knight Roder (new and original, but not silly "Team Knight Rider")
>
> > - the various Star Trek shows of course
>
> > - Doctor Who, Torchwood, K-9, and The Adventures of Sarah Jane
>

Dragnet, Adam-12, Emergency, and that show about the DA starring Robert Conrad all had appearances by Pete Malloy and Jim Reed.