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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 19, 2024 7:43:44 GMT -5
Wait, I’m the first person to mention ABC’s Bosom Buddies ripoff “Work It?”
This was the worst thing to happen to St. Louis since David Ortiz.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Jan 20, 2024 21:04:38 GMT -5
The worst sitcom with talented comedians is Mrs Merton and Malcolm with Caroline Aherne trying to use the elderly lady character she had got famous with on a mock chat show format in a sitcom setting with Craig Cash playing her son. They went over the top by making the son such a manchild that his infantilism came across as creepy rather than funny and some soon worried that it mocked the mentally handicapped.
Fortunately, Aherne and Cash saw the criticism was spot on and binned it after one season to work on The Royle Family.
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Post by Paul on Jan 21, 2024 0:42:33 GMT -5
Wait, I’m the first person to mention ABC’s Bosom Buddies ripoff “Work It?” This was the worst thing to happen to St. Louis since David Ortiz. Wow... According to epguides.com, only 2 of the 13 episodes aired before ABC pulled it.
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Jan 21, 2024 17:46:46 GMT -5
To list off the one season mediocrities I most remember:
-Shasta McNasty. The most 1999 show that ever 1999’d.
-The Mullets. What do you even do with this concept after the initial joke is done?
-That 80’s Show. So we have a hit show which is set in the past and occasionally uses references while putting its character dynamics front of center. So let’s make another show set in the past, and do the precise opposite: incessantly use references to its setting in the past while making the character dynamics an afterthought!
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Post by DichEvans on Jan 21, 2024 19:12:19 GMT -5
To list off the one season mediocrities I most remember: -Shasta McNasty. The most 1999 show that ever 1999’d. -The Mullets. What do you even do with this concept after the initial joke is done? - That 80’s Show. So we have a hit show which is set in the past and occasionally uses references while putting its character dynamics front of center. So let’s make another show set in the past, and do the precise opposite: incessantly use references to its setting in the past while making the character dynamics an afterthought!I feel That 90's Show fell into the same trap. It was never really about the decade, it was more about showing adolescents and their politically incorrect relationships.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 21, 2024 22:01:58 GMT -5
Amazed at how many titles I now recognize as being It Was A Thing On TV subjects.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jan 21, 2024 22:03:38 GMT -5
Friends and The Big Bang Theory. And I'm only half joking. Seriously though, a lot of pilots for US adaptations of British sitcoms are worth including. There is a phenomenally bad one for an American version of Peep Show that I'm fairly sure is available online. And there are a few successful yet utterly wretched Britcoms from the past couple of decades that make me want to throw furniture, like My Family and Miranda. I heard bad things about the US Ab Fab (and this was IIRC not [redacted]s version from the 90s.) NBC "Yes this is totally the next Friends" Coupling, nuff said. BBT and Friends are both overrated. But I am sure the other things we name are on a whole new level. Hello me from 2 years ago. Don't worry, Ghosts will renew your faith in US adaptions.
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 21, 2024 23:26:30 GMT -5
I just remembered one: Yes Dear. Somehow it lasted six seasons.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 21, 2024 23:27:24 GMT -5
-The Mullets. What do you even do with this concept after the initial joke is done? I remember being pissed that Smackdown was cut short so UPN can air the premiere episode of that shit.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 22, 2024 6:55:53 GMT -5
The early WB network had a bunch. The one I remember most vividly was Muscle, one of their launch shows and the first one to get cancelled.
Also TGIF had a bunch of stinkers. Hanging With Mister Cooper is one that never gets talked about, because compared to other runners it was totally forgettable. And the final season of family matters absolutely belongs in the conversation.
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Post by Gunhaver on Jan 22, 2024 10:01:04 GMT -5
Homeboys in Outer Space was certainly a thing that happened.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jan 22, 2024 11:43:52 GMT -5
I just remembered one from YTV in Canada. The name escapes me but it was about an Egyptian Mummy living with a modern day family. That was the joke. Even as a kid I thought it was dumb. Pretty sure it only lasted like one episode to.
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Post by Moppy on Jan 22, 2024 12:28:35 GMT -5
I just remembered one from YTV in Canada. The name escapes me but it was about an Egyptian Mummy living with a modern day family. That was the joke. Even as a kid I thought it was dumb. Pretty sure it only lasted like one episode to. If it wasn't called Mummy Dearest then what were they even doing
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 22, 2024 15:26:09 GMT -5
I just remembered one from YTV in Canada. The name escapes me but it was about an Egyptian Mummy living with a modern day family. That was the joke. Even as a kid I thought it was dumb. Pretty sure it only lasted like one episode to. If it wasn't called Mummy Dearest then what were they even doing There was a sitcom spin-off if Harry and the Hendersons.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 22, 2024 15:31:31 GMT -5
The early WB network had a bunch. The one I remember most vividly was Muscle, one of their launch shows and the first one to get cancelled. Also TGIF had a bunch of stinkers. Hanging With Mister Cooper is one that never gets talked about, because compared to other runners it was totally forgettable. And the final season of family matters absolutely belongs in the conversation. I actually liked Muscle, damnit. The awful acting was part of the appeal, to me.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Jan 22, 2024 17:10:18 GMT -5
Here's my pick - Honorable mentions goes to Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, which is probably the worst sitcom I've ever seen to get a second season - I was rooting for that Nick Freno show Dude was funny as hell on The Wayane's Brothers as "White Mike"
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Post by Hurbster on Jan 22, 2024 17:16:30 GMT -5
Comrade Dad.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 22, 2024 17:39:10 GMT -5
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jan 22, 2024 18:13:23 GMT -5
I just remembered one from YTV in Canada. The name escapes me but it was about an Egyptian Mummy living with a modern day family. That was the joke. Even as a kid I thought it was dumb. Pretty sure it only lasted like one episode to. If it wasn't called Mummy Dearest then what were they even doing So mentioning it got me thinking about the title. It's I Love Mummy. It had an entire 26 episode run. I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Side note: While researching I found out that there was a The Mummy: The Animated series and I feel like I have to do something with this information but I don't know what.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 22, 2024 19:38:33 GMT -5
If it wasn't called Mummy Dearest then what were they even doing So mentioning it got me thinking about the title. It's I Love Mummy. It had an entire 26 episode run. I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Side note: While researching I found out that there was a The Mummy: The Animated series and I feel like I have to do something with this information but I don't know what. I thought you just remembering this Despite being Canadian, never had YTV. Had a satellite dish, so I was a Nickelodeon kid.
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