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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 18, 2024 21:47:49 GMT -5
My patron saint of this trope is still Mr. Spooner, the boring, vanilla replacement for Mr. Lucas on Are You Being Served?
Pat Tuesday on Mathnet might be catching up though, as she was just a pale clone of Kate Monday.
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Post by Milkman Norm on May 18, 2024 21:51:28 GMT -5
Coy & Vance Duke
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Post by The Legend of Groose on May 18, 2024 21:52:58 GMT -5
Randy in That 70s Show and Vinny in Family Guy. Both have the same problem of trying to replace someone fans loved and just were not having it.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on May 19, 2024 0:50:10 GMT -5
Robert California on The Office
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Post by Andew9001 on May 19, 2024 2:10:42 GMT -5
Speaking of Are You Being Served? Mr Klein and Mr Grossman. Both lasted 4 episodes each after the previous 2 Mr Grainger replacements left the series.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 19, 2024 4:19:25 GMT -5
Joe replacing Steve in Blue's Clue's Joe wasn't even bad, it just... Steve was a legend, there was no replacing him The revival got it right having Josh around, while Joe and Steve appear much more frequently, feels like the No Way Home of children's shows
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 19, 2024 7:22:26 GMT -5
DC somehow managed to do this with Barry Allen getting brought back from the dead and bogarting Wally West's job when Wally was the one who replaced Barry in the first place. 15 years on and they've still never done anything to justify that stupid-ass decision.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on May 19, 2024 7:23:40 GMT -5
Speaking of Are You Being Served? Mr Klein and Mr Grossman. Both lasted 4 episodes each after the previous 2 Mr Grainger replacements left the series. I need to go back and re-watch this, I don't remember these folks at all
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Post by Zombie Mod on May 19, 2024 8:27:00 GMT -5
one for the Stargate SG1 fans, Jonas Quinn replacing Daniel Jackson.
character wise it felt like a poor imitation quickly thrown together due to contract issues.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 19, 2024 8:41:00 GMT -5
DC somehow managed to do this with Barry Allen getting brought back from the dead and bogarting Wally West's job when Wally was the one who replaced Barry in the first place. 15 years on and they've still never done anything to justify that stupid-ass decision. Still better then the bullshit they pulled with Bart. Hyped up him becoming The Flash and then killed him the f*** off after like 13 issues
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on May 19, 2024 8:48:44 GMT -5
Randy in That 70s Show and Vinny in Family Guy. Both have the same problem of trying to replace someone fans loved and just were not having it. Was Vinny ever actually meant to be a replacement? I thought it was just a goof.
And I came into this thread to say Randy, so I completely agree with you there. Having to fill the gap left behind by Eric AND Kelso was an impossible job regardless but introducing Randy was probably the worst way to do it.
It's a shame Bret Harrison couldn't stick around as Charlie because I do think that would have been a substantial improvement on Randy.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 19, 2024 9:06:51 GMT -5
Randy in That 70s Show and Vinny in Family Guy. Both have the same problem of trying to replace someone fans loved and just were not having it. Was Vinny ever actually meant to be a replacement? I thought it was just a goof. And I came into this thread to say Randy, so I completely agree with you there. Having to fill the gap left behind by Eric AND Kelso was an impossible job regardless but introducing Randy was probably the worst way to do it. It's a shame Bret Harrison couldn't stick around as Charlie because I do think that would have been a substantial improvement on Randy.
The Vinny thing was absolutely a ratings stunt. Family Guy episodes take months from script to TV, Brian came back like 3 episodes later. There is no possible way they could've pivoted that quickly.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 19, 2024 9:07:44 GMT -5
Speaking of Are You Being Served? Mr Klein and Mr Grossman. Both lasted 4 episodes each after the previous 2 Mr Grainger replacements left the series. I need to go back and re-watch this, I don't remember these folks at all Was it Grossman who was in the Spooner era? If so, Double Whammy there. Didn't the timeline go Grainger, Klein, Goldberg, Grossman?
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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 19, 2024 9:08:28 GMT -5
Was Vinny ever actually meant to be a replacement? I thought it was just a goof. And I came into this thread to say Randy, so I completely agree with you there. Having to fill the gap left behind by Eric AND Kelso was an impossible job regardless but introducing Randy was probably the worst way to do it. It's a shame Bret Harrison couldn't stick around as Charlie because I do think that would have been a substantial improvement on Randy.
The Vinny thing was absolutely a ratings stunt. Family Guy episodes take months from script to TV, Brian came back like 3 episodes later. There is no possible way they could've pivoted that quickly. And as such, Brian wasn't brought back quickly due to fan protest.
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Post by chrom on May 19, 2024 9:16:51 GMT -5
Justin replacing Rocky on Power Rangers
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Post by Hit Girl on May 19, 2024 9:54:47 GMT -5
Ezri Dax
DS9's only weakness
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 19, 2024 10:45:22 GMT -5
DC somehow managed to do this with Barry Allen getting brought back from the dead and bogarting Wally West's job when Wally was the one who replaced Barry in the first place. 15 years on and they've still never done anything to justify that stupid-ass decision. Still better then the bullshit they pulled with Bart. Hyped up him becoming The Flash and then killed him the f*** off after like 13 issues I still don't know why they made Bart become The Flash in the first place other than "well The Flash got replaced in the original crisis so we have to do it again".
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Post by tirtefaa on May 19, 2024 11:02:53 GMT -5
Ezri Dax DS9's only weakness This wouldn't have been bad had it not happened so late into the series, where they couldn't explore her character more. I never liked Jadzia Dax that much, so when Farrell decided to leave, it didn't really matter since her and Worf together had already gotten stale for me. Funny that Farrell left to go be on Becker, something she was replaced on after like a season or two.
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Post by Sigma: Current SRW Champ! on May 19, 2024 11:36:10 GMT -5
I'm gonna go more game show route, and there are two glaring examples. Rolf Benirschke replacing Pat Sajak on the Daytime Wheel of Fortune. I'm still waiting for the episode of the show where he blankly said on screen after a tie game, "I don't know what to do from here" to pop up.
The second one is for our Aussie friends on this board and the legendarily bad one was Tony Barber for John Burgess on Wheel of Fortune. Tony got so much hatred although he did a good job, but Seven Network dicked over Burgess so badly that Tony got hatred just because he was most visible.
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on May 19, 2024 11:41:39 GMT -5
Was Vinny ever actually meant to be a replacement? I thought it was just a goof. And I came into this thread to say Randy, so I completely agree with you there. Having to fill the gap left behind by Eric AND Kelso was an impossible job regardless but introducing Randy was probably the worst way to do it. It's a shame Bret Harrison couldn't stick around as Charlie because I do think that would have been a substantial improvement on Randy.
The Vinny thing was absolutely a ratings stunt. Family Guy episodes take months from script to TV, Brian came back like 3 episodes later. There is no possible way they could've pivoted that quickly. Didn't realise Brian was brought back so quickly, as you say definitely a stunt then.
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