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Post by toddpolt on Nov 20, 2009 21:18:54 GMT -5
Don't just post any spin-off or sequel where there is some linear logic. For example, NCIS from JAG.* Doesn't work because both are Navy-related.
I mean something in which you wouldn't associate the settings/plot/environment with each other at first glance.
For example, remember Happy Days? Yeah that 70s sitcom about the 50s. Well it had this one episode where Ron Howard got terrorized by a goofbull nutty spaceman played by Robin Williams. That character got popular and got his (1/2) own sitcom: Mork & Mindy. Which was set in the 70s.
50s America and 70s aliens? Yeah how random.
*=But seriously, how did a lame show give us such a good one? How?
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Nov 20, 2009 21:34:47 GMT -5
I always found it weird that out of all the characters from Cheers, Frasier was the one who got a spinoff.
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Post by Malcolm on Nov 20, 2009 21:39:04 GMT -5
I always found it weird that out of all the characters from Cheers, Frasier was the one who got a spinoff. I feel the same way about Cleveland. The funny thing about both of them is that they work. |
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Post by toddpolt on Nov 20, 2009 22:14:03 GMT -5
I always found it weird that out of all the characters from Cheers, Frasier was the one who got a spinoff. Technically Cheers had two spin-offs, but yeah you're right. |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Nov 20, 2009 22:24:47 GMT -5
I always found it weird that out of all the characters from Cheers, Frasier was the one who got a spinoff. Esepcially since Fraiser was awful |
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Post by The Hawaiian Hammer! on Nov 20, 2009 23:16:00 GMT -5
Perfect Strangers=====> Family Matters
Harriet Winslow operated the Elevator at the Newspaper (?) Balki and Larry worked at.
Also Carl showed up in an episode of PS as well.
It's odd because Larry and Balki never showed up on Family Matters and I don't think they ever showed Hariet at her job on FM
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Nov 20, 2009 23:24:45 GMT -5
Benson from Soap. I mean it was a good spin off, but who would have thought Benson would get the Spin off.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Nov 21, 2009 5:05:36 GMT -5
Perfect Strangers=====> Family Matters Harriet Winslow operated the Elevator at the Newspaper (?) Balki and Larry worked at. Also Carl showed up in an episode of PS as well. It's odd because Larry and Balki never showed up on Family Matters and I don't think they ever showed Hariet at her job on FM They took care of it in the second episode of Family Matters. Harriet asked for a raise and got fired. Then she got a new job at the Chicago Chronicle, presumably far removed from where Larry and Balki would be. Spin-offs typically work when it's not the most popular character of a show, because you have more room to rebuild them from the ground-up and get them away from the setting. Frasier Crane was the least atypical of the Cheers clientele, therefore you could have a show that was far removed from the style and setting of the original. They apparently considered a Norm spin-off before Frasier, but they quickly realized it just wasn't feasible, since all Norm does is drink beer at Cheers. But as far as weird spin-offs go, I can't really think of any outside of Happy Days (itself a spin-off of the wretched anthology show, Love American Style). There are several times where I've questioned the need for a spin-off (why do we need three CSIs? Four Law & Orders?) and there have been times where a spin-off is completely bungled (Joey was the one Friends character that wouldn't have worked on his own, so that's exactly what they did), but ultimately they've all had some logic behind them. However, a similar idea I've always found intriguing are random TV crossovers, especially when it's two show universes that wouldn't logically work together. Detective Munch of Homicide: Life On The Street and Law & Order: SVU is the king here. Yeah, he's appeared on nearly every show ever, but there are a few that have hilarious consequences for the Law & Order universe. Remember when Munch appeared on The X-Files? I sure hope the New York City police department is ready for the massive alien apocalypse that's due in three years. |
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Nov 21, 2009 5:49:23 GMT -5
Found this messy sentence on Wiki:
Sabrina's Secret Life is a spin-off of Sabrina, the Animated Series, which itself was a spin-off of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch which was a spin-off of Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies which was a spin-off of The Archie Comedy Hour which was a sequel to The Archie Show.
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Post by The Hawaiian Hammer! on Nov 21, 2009 6:32:53 GMT -5
Perfect Strangers=====> Family Matters Harriet Winslow operated the Elevator at the Newspaper (?) Balki and Larry worked at. Also Carl showed up in an episode of PS as well. It's odd because Larry and Balki never showed up on Family Matters and I don't think they ever showed Hariet at her job on FM However, a similar idea I've always found intriguing are random TV crossovers, especially when it's two show universes that wouldn't logically work together. Detective Munch of Homicide: Life On The Street and Law & Order: SVU is the king here. Yeah, he's appeared on nearly every show ever, but there are a few that have hilarious consequences for the Law & Order universe. Remember when Munch appeared on The X-Files? I sure hope the New York City police department is ready for the massive alien apocalypse that's due in three years. Not only that, be he also appeared on an episode of The Wire. So the idea that The Characters from the Wire and X-Files inhabit the same universe is even more WTF |
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Post by default on Nov 21, 2009 6:37:22 GMT -5
That 80's Show. It was random because it wasn't a spinoff and hardly a sequel (name only). Could they seriously not wait to pick up Fez and possibly Jackie?
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Nov 21, 2009 8:14:59 GMT -5
"Top of the Heap" from "Married...with Children". It made NO sense because it was based on Al's friend Vinnie Verducci, who appeared in ONE episode of MWC (the pilot for TotH), and no explanation was given for his or his son's debut. He had never been mentioned before on the show.
Also, I do believe that </thread>.
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Post by The Hawaiian Hammer! on Nov 21, 2009 8:47:26 GMT -5
"Top of the Heap" from "Married...with Children". It made NO sense because it was based on Al's friend Vinnie Verducci, who appeared in ONE episode of MWC (the pilot for TotH), and no explanation was given for his or his son's debut. He had never been mentioned before on the show. Also, I do believe that </thread>. MWC actually had 2 other attempted spinoffs, but I don't think it even got an actual pilot. There was an episode where Bud was attempting to win back some girl via his college's radio station, this was supposed to set up a show called "Radio Free Tremaine" I forget what the other show was supposed to be about, but I think it had Allan Thicke in it. |
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Nov 21, 2009 9:06:27 GMT -5
"Top of the Heap" from "Married...with Children". It made NO sense because it was based on Al's friend Vinnie Verducci, who appeared in ONE episode of MWC (the pilot for TotH), and no explanation was given for his or his son's debut. He had never been mentioned before on the show. Also, I do believe that </thread>. MWC actually had 2 other attempted spinoffs, but I don't think it even got an actual pilot. There was an episode where Bud was attempting to win back some girl via his college's radio station, this was supposed to set up a show called "Radio Free Tremaine" I forget what the other show was supposed to be about, but I think it had Allan Thicke in it. I remember 'Radio Free Tremaine' and the plans for the pilot, but that never materialized. That's why I didn't mention it. The Alan Thicke one, though, I never heard about. |
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Post by Toom E. Guci on Nov 21, 2009 10:09:38 GMT -5
Growing Pains sets up Just the 10 of Us...a show about Mike Seaver's gym coach. How can ya not put that on the list?
That's So Raven turns into Corey In the House...Raven's brother & dad move into the White House, where the dad becomes the president's Chief Chef & has a friendship form with the president...WTF!?!?
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Nov 21, 2009 12:27:38 GMT -5
Found this messy sentence on Wiki: Sabrina's Secret Life is a spin-off of Sabrina, the Animated Series, which itself was a spin-off of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch which was a spin-off of Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies which was a spin-off of The Archie Comedy Hour which was a sequel to The Archie Show. The worst thing is that there was supposed to be a live-action spin-off featuring Melissa Joan Hart's younger sister Emily based off of the horrible Backdoor Pilot episode called "Witchright Hall". The episode was poorly thought out, and flat out out of continuity. WB decided to pass on the series |
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Post by Stu on Nov 21, 2009 15:35:16 GMT -5
"Top of the Heap" from "Married...with Children". It made NO sense because it was based on Al's friend Vinnie Verducci, who appeared in ONE episode of MWC (the pilot for TotH), and no explanation was given for his or his son's debut. He had never been mentioned before on the show. Also, I do believe that </thread>. Unless you're thinking of the same episode, they also appeared in the one about Al trying to find a record. The hm hm Him (Go With Him) episode. |
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Post by Jiren on Nov 21, 2009 15:41:43 GMT -5
"Knowing me Knowing You with Alan Partridge"
Alan started off as a sports reporter in "The Day Today", Then he just suddenly has his own TV show.
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Post by Rorschach on Nov 21, 2009 15:48:03 GMT -5
Growing Pains sets up Just the 10 of Us...a show about Mike Seaver's gym coach. How can ya not put that on the list? That's So Raven turns into Corey In the House...Raven's brother & dad move into the White House, where the dad becomes the president's Chief Chef & has a friendship form with the president...WTF!?!? Did they ever mention what happened to Raven? Or did she just "grow up" and therefore cease to exist in the prepubescent Disney universe? I'll admit, it'd be kind of awkward having a character with D-cups running around a kid's show. Kind like when Annette Funnicello...awwww, forget it. No one here is old enough to remember her anyway.  |
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Post by Toom E. Guci on Nov 21, 2009 16:24:36 GMT -5
Growing Pains sets up Just the 10 of Us...a show about Mike Seaver's gym coach. How can ya not put that on the list? That's So Raven turns into Corey In the House...Raven's brother & dad move into the White House, where the dad becomes the president's Chief Chef & has a friendship form with the president...WTF!?!? Did they ever mention what happened to Raven? Or did she just "grow up" and therefore cease to exist in the prepubescent Disney universe? I'll admit, it'd be kind of awkward having a character with D-cups running around a kid's show. Kind like when Annette Funnicello...awwww, forget it. No one here is old enough to remember her anyway. Yes, Raven went off to work as a fashion designer. She even guest starred in an episode. Corey In the House made it appear extremely easy to get into the White House. Another show was Facts of Life....Edna Garrett stops being a housekeeper to take care of girls at an all girl school that Kimberly Drummond attended....yet she she started working there, Kimberly stopped going there. |
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