ERON
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Post by ERON on Jan 29, 2020 12:56:29 GMT -5
I only vaguely remember Out of This World, and I didn't even know Small Wonder existed until a couple years ago. But ALF was my guy. I had the lunchbox, coloring books, and everything. I'd like to see a continuation where ALF and Lynn are married with a bunch of half-alien kids.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 29, 2020 18:25:40 GMT -5
Wait, who calls Out of This World the worst show of all time?
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Jan 29, 2020 18:33:43 GMT -5
Wait, who calls Out of This World the worst show of all time? Someone that you need to #BANfromFAN
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 29, 2020 18:36:14 GMT -5
Wait, who calls Out of This World the worst show of all time? According to Wikipedia, the book "Television Without Pity" called it "quite possibly the worst sitcom ever made-it's a complete failure on every level". I personally have seen much worse (most notably the aforementioned "What a Dummy"), but I don't have a book deal.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 29, 2020 18:52:59 GMT -5
Wait, who calls Out of This World the worst show of all time? According to Wikipedia, the book "Television Without Pity" called it "quite possibly the worst sitcom ever made-it's a complete failure on every level". I personally have seen much worse (most notably the aforementioned "What a Dummy"), but I don't have a book deal. Why don't you have a book deal? And this was an alien take on Spider-Man! Teen gets powers and is trying to figure out her self worth and what powers she possesses while at the same time going through puberty. Ch-ch-changes... how is this not a multi-layered sitcom! And Burt Reynolds not taking credit, he pulled a Edward Norton YEARS before Se7en was a thing!
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Post by horsemen4ever on Jan 29, 2020 19:40:19 GMT -5
I was about to mention "Television Without Pity" but you guys beat me to it.
Anyway ALF has this weird Seinfeld connection. It had Jerry's mom on it and Jerry Stiller's real life wife.
I do think at some point in these respective shows, Harriet and Lindsay should have been in on the secret. I can understand reservation about Harriet, but there is no reason Evie could not have trusted Lindsay on her secret.
Off topic, is it just me or is Emily Schulman the female counterpart of Danny Cooksey. You would think they were destined to play siblings in something at some point in their careers.
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Post by The Trashman on Jan 29, 2020 19:55:09 GMT -5
The Small Wonder song was great but easily Alf.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 29, 2020 20:06:58 GMT -5
I do think at some point in these respective shows, Harriet and Lindsay should have been in on the secret. I can understand reservation about Harriet, but there is no reason Evie could not have trusted Lindsay on her secret. When Out of this World was first on the air I had a bit of a crush on Lindsay and found her ditzy personality quite charming, but I wouldn't have trusted that girl enough to tell her my shoe size let alone that I'm a super-powered half-alien with magical reality-warping abilities.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 29, 2020 23:23:42 GMT -5
"I'm Gordon Shumway" "Yeah, whatever ALF"
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Post by badkarma on Jan 29, 2020 23:35:02 GMT -5
I voted for Out of This World because it had the best theme song of the three.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jan 30, 2020 0:45:22 GMT -5
It's odd cause while I watched Alf every week,and SMall wonder most days after school ,Out of this World was the one I recorded and kept on tapes for years. It aired right after the cartoons on Fox 15.
But really My Secret Identity is better than any of the shows in the poll.
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Post by The Wild Man of Borneo on Jan 30, 2020 3:04:05 GMT -5
I've always had a story idea where ALF, Vicki, Evie and Andrew Clements from My Secret Identity have to team up to stop an alien invasion. I should really try to write it someday. Anyways, I loved all three of these shows, but ALF was easily the front runner of them. If My Secret Identity was part of the poll, I would vote for that. I used to like Alf back in the day, but by the last season I realized how much of a dick he was and just soured on him. We only got the first season of Out of This World, but I remember liking it a bit. The girl was cute. Small Wonder was alright for a while. Too much of a kid's show for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2020 10:04:11 GMT -5
I think Small Wonder deserves more attention, but I would probably vote for ALF over most things in life.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Jan 30, 2020 12:51:52 GMT -5
How was the acting in Out Of This World? I know ALF acting quality was standard prime time sitcoms acting.
Small Wonder is a mixed bag, at least with the 3 main child actors. Emily Schulman was brillant, she won two young artist awards for supporting actress, she was one of those child acors that you sware was really an adult because of comedy talent and comedy timing they had that came so naturally, like a Gary Coleman. Her talent was wasted on first run syndication, she was good enough to be in a network prime time sitcom. While on the opposite side of the coin is the actor that played Jamie, I am sorry I have heard he has had some hard times in recent years, so I don't want to kick someone when they are down, but he was one of the worst child actors I have ever seen in my life. Maybe he seems worse than he really is working alongside Emily Schulman, but he is awful. I tell you the kid from The Wizard, the kid that played Alan on Punky Brewster would act circles around him. As for Tiffiny Brissette I have to give her a incomplete, because of the nature of her character, she never really got a chance to act. Vicki rarely showed human emotions, I felt bad for her, this character screwed over her career, she never got a chance to act. Though she still probably better at acting than the kidk that played Jamie.
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Jan 31, 2020 11:18:47 GMT -5
Definitely ALF, a sitcom I can still sit down and watch today (despite knowing about the production process dampening my enjoyment of the show).
Out Of This World was fine. Remember it mostly for the cute main character.
Small Wonder never did get a run here in Germany so I cannot rate it.
Child thoughts: when they aired at the same time in Germany, I always thought that "Saved By The Bells" Zack Morris was an alien child from Antares, too. Why? Because he could also "stop time" like Evie could.
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