Hidden Gems: Failed 80s Spinoffs That Were Actually Great!

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
  • Join me (Kevin) from Retro Renaissance as I uncover the best-kept secrets of the 80s TV world! Discover the unexpectedly amazing shows that emerged from failed spinoffs like "Enos," "AfterMASH," "Booker," and more. Get ready for laughs and nostalgia as we delve into these retro treasures.
    Links:
    ENOS / @andrewmillsap3634
    AFTERMASH / @jeffvv42
    Booker / @losawretro1234
    FLO / @beratpekuz5299
    Toretellis / @tvclassicsgamingpremi...
    Day by Day / @theretrodepot
    Just the Ten of Us / @lubbockbabesfan81
    Checking In / @andrewmillsap3634
    The Law and Harry McGraw / @dcmediadump
    Living Dolls / @andrewmillsap3634
    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro
    00:20 Enos
    03:25 AFTERMash
    08:08 Booker
    10:21 Flo
    14:37 The Toretellis
    17:46 Day by Day
    20:12 Just the Ten of Us
    22:43 Checking In
    34:44 The Law and Harry McGraw
    27:09 Living Dolls
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  • @jb888888888
    @jb888888888 9 месяцев назад +291

    Carla wasn't a "recurring" character on _Cheers._ She was a regular. One of only four characters who was in every episode.

    • @SY-ok2dq
      @SY-ok2dq 9 месяцев назад +45

      Exactly! It was Frazier who was a recurring character on Cheers.

    • @richardmark9161
      @richardmark9161 9 месяцев назад +13

      WoW
      I was about to point this out as well.

    • @zt1053
      @zt1053 9 месяцев назад +19

      @@SY-ok2dq He started out recurring, but by season five he was a regular cast member

    • @SY-ok2dq
      @SY-ok2dq 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@zt1053 Yes, but that's 4 seasons where he wasn't a regular - and many shows don't even make it to 3 seasons before getting cancelled. As I vaguely recall, he was a minor recurring character in the beginning (unlike "recurring" characters who are in say, 60~70% of episodes but are not listed as regular cast members). I think his character was only meant to be in a handful of episodes but they liked him so much they extended the run.

    • @zt1053
      @zt1053 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@SY-ok2dq his character was big because he was Sam’s rival for Dianne. I think many viewers sympathized with him when Diane left him at the alter

  • @laudanum669
    @laudanum669 6 месяцев назад +28

    Besides the MASH spinoff of "AfterMASH' there was "W*A*L*T*E*R" in which (Radar) Gary Burghoff stars as rookie cop Walter O'Reilly. The show only aired once as it was cancelled immediately. Then there was "Trapper John M. D." that show however was quite successful running for seven seasons.

  • @rexgrl3
    @rexgrl3 6 месяцев назад +28

    The Ten of Us: the best scene was at the beginning where they enter their new home and Heather Langenkamp describes the house, "Like something out of a Nightmare on Elm Street." (She played the iconic role of Nancy in the original movies).

  • @georgesouthwick7000
    @georgesouthwick7000 9 месяцев назад +124

    Glad to see that Jerry Orbach landed the role of Detective Lenny Briscoe on Law and Order, which gave so many viewers the opportunity to appreciate his talent.

    • @AnnieBoBannie421
      @AnnieBoBannie421 9 месяцев назад +9

      He was the absolute best ♥️

    • @alanmackie7012
      @alanmackie7012 9 месяцев назад +5

      We loved Harry after staggering home from the pub at midnight. Had no idea it was a spin-off.

    • @thedragonlee76
      @thedragonlee76 8 месяцев назад +4

      He voiced cartoon characters in commercials, and most people had no idea that he did and he didn't talk about it.

    • @eDDyL666
      @eDDyL666 4 месяца назад +2

      He played a villain on the movie F/X

    • @t.h.8475
      @t.h.8475 2 дня назад

      Lenny was my favorite character.

  • @Sugar-Coat_It_Nail_Art_by_Sam
    @Sugar-Coat_It_Nail_Art_by_Sam 9 месяцев назад +62

    Great video, one thing Michael Learned was friends with Judith Light's character: Angela Bower
    Samantha "Micelli's" mom wasn't alive.

    • @ImmortalBroken
      @ImmortalBroken 9 месяцев назад +7

      Thank you, I was going to say this! And Leah's character Charlie was Samantha's friend from Brooklyn. I was obsessed with Living Dolls when it was on!

    • @wandamontgomery6030
      @wandamontgomery6030 9 месяцев назад +4

      That's what I thought

    • @peaceknot
      @peaceknot 9 месяцев назад +5

      Yes! Came looking for this ocmment.

    • @JCole78
      @JCole78 8 месяцев назад +2

      I was hoping someone else caught it.

    • @aaacomp1
      @aaacomp1 7 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah it was weird for him to say it was her mom. He even called her Minelli, not Micelli.

  • @KristianWontroba
    @KristianWontroba 9 месяцев назад +76

    Wouldn’t say Booker’s hair was a mullet. Great video! 😊

    • @justylex
      @justylex 9 месяцев назад +15

      Lol, definitely not a mullet. Actually quite short at the back (a mullet would be long), and long on top….actually the exact opposite of a mullet.

    • @vincentalmojera5412
      @vincentalmojera5412 9 месяцев назад +12

      Grieco definitely did not sport a mullet in either 21 Jump Street or Booker

    • @jofoster829
      @jofoster829 9 месяцев назад +12

      I'm not alone! This beautiful head of hair is totally not a mullet.

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 9 месяцев назад +7

      All the girls in my high school were crazy about Grieco, they thought he was the next Johnny Depp. I was surprised that show fizzed out. VERY Very 1990s!! Damn, the '90s really had a......distinct look.

    • @Robd07
      @Robd07 9 месяцев назад +6

      Booker was cool! If i learned one lesson in life...Say No to Drugs! Greico really had the looks and threw it all away!

  • @stevegallo8483
    @stevegallo8483 9 месяцев назад +226

    I loved Just the Ten of Us. It was a great show.

    • @juliemcarthur3004
      @juliemcarthur3004 9 месяцев назад +6

      Yes

    • @haletosis1380
      @haletosis1380 9 месяцев назад +18

      Agreed. Way better than it's parent show

    • @larslan1975
      @larslan1975 9 месяцев назад +16

      Better than Growing Pains,for sure!

    • @rudolphgonzalezjr.6640
      @rudolphgonzalezjr.6640 9 месяцев назад +9

      He didn't leave the school because a run with a girl, it was he didn't get paid enough?

    • @mistad333
      @mistad333 9 месяцев назад +9

      I liked it to. Came on TGIF right?

  • @jagjr44
    @jagjr44 9 месяцев назад +46

    Booker was AWESOME! It also included early roles for Lori Petty, Don Cheadle, Maura Tierney, and Mariska Hargitay, to name a few :)

    • @seaprincesshnb
      @seaprincesshnb 8 месяцев назад +6

      NGL, he lost me during this shows description. Booker NEVER had a mullet. Penhall absolutely had a mullet.

    • @melcraig9855
      @melcraig9855 8 месяцев назад +4

      I enjoyed Booker too!! 😁🙌

    • @jagjr44
      @jagjr44 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@melcraig9855 I have it on DVD :)

    • @melcraig9855
      @melcraig9855 8 месяцев назад

      @@jagjr44 that’s awesome 😁🙌

    • @lamontscott1032
      @lamontscott1032 7 месяцев назад +2

      Booker should of got at least 2 more seasons... good job FOX 🙄😑

  • @angelsinger4574
    @angelsinger4574 9 месяцев назад +103

    A few bits of trivia:
    The actress who played Klinger’s wife Soon-Li on “M*A*S*H” and “After Mash” was Rosalind Chao. She would later go on to portray Keiko O’Brien on both “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”
    The actor who played Earl on “Flo” was Geoffrey Lewis, the father of actress Juliette Lewis. He also starred in no less than seven films with Clint Eastwood.
    “Day by Day” featured a pre-“Melrose Place” Courtney Thorne-Smith.
    “Checking In” co-starred Larry Linville, most famous for his role as Major Burns on “M*A*S*H.”
    “The Law & Harry McGraw” would not be Jerry Orbach’s last role as a crime solver. He would go on to star for many seasons of “Law & Order.” He was also Baby’s father in “Dirty Dancing.” Orbach was also the original Billy Flynn in “Chicago” on Broadway! You can find his performance of “All I Care About Is Love” on RUclips and I highly recommend it.

    • @GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc
      @GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 9 месяцев назад +8

      Larry Linville was once the son-in-law of actor Will Geer, who played Grandpa Walton on The Waltons.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 9 месяцев назад +8

      …no mention of his role as Lumierre in Beauty and the Beast?

    • @mikekannely2286
      @mikekannely2286 9 месяцев назад +5

      I KNEW I recognized Klinger's wife in those clips.... Thanks!

    • @probochronicles3991
      @probochronicles3991 9 месяцев назад +3

      Don't forget he was the voice of Lumier in Disney's animated Beauty and the Beast

    • @probochronicles3991
      @probochronicles3991 9 месяцев назад +4

      Larry Linville had one other, lesser-known role in Herbie the Love Bug, something I just recently discovered. It was a very short spin-off series from the Love Bug movies with Dean Jones as Jim Douglas....

  • @Bill-Rocker
    @Bill-Rocker 7 месяцев назад +3

    Sonny (Enos) one of the nicest guys you would ever meet. He was the same on tv as real life. He signed an autograph for me and told me part of his life story as if I were family.

  • @jb888888888
    @jb888888888 9 месяцев назад +72

    When Polly Holiday left _Alice to star in _Flo_ she was replaced on _Alice_ by Diane Ladd as Belle. Ladd had played Flo in the film _Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore._

    • @kobrakitsch877
      @kobrakitsch877 9 месяцев назад +12

      Good trivia call. Polly Holliday as
      Flo received EMMY nominations
      while Diane Ladd earned an OSCAR nomination for portraying her.

    • @alanvallazza9781
      @alanvallazza9781 9 месяцев назад +12

      Diane didn't get along with Linda Lavin and quit.

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 9 месяцев назад +10

      I was only a kid at the time, but to me Alice got real boring after Flo left and my family lost interest in watching. I remember my aunt was a huge Flo stan! We tuned it to watch Flo and Mel fight!!!

    • @kobrakitsch877
      @kobrakitsch877 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@alanvallazza9781 That's very interesting. It explains why Diane Ladd as Belle stayed only during the 1980-1981 season and was later replaced by Celia Weston as Jolene for the remaining 4 seasons of the show.

    • @marlandkennedy7747
      @marlandkennedy7747 9 месяцев назад +4

      I hated Enos but liked flo. I stopped watching the show after she left.

  • @davidwilsonsr4611
    @davidwilsonsr4611 9 месяцев назад +42

    I was in traction for almost 3 months from a stupid motorcycle accident and in the hospital when "Flo" was airing. I watched the premiere and I was hooked. I enjoy each character and their and Flo's comedic timing. I'm pretty sure I've watched all 29 episodes. Of course, in all fairness, I was on a lot of strong medications during that period of my life. 😮😂

  • @justylex
    @justylex 9 месяцев назад +16

    The coach in Growing Pains wasn’t a friend of the Seavers. He was a teacher/coach at Mike and Carol’s high school.

    • @mackdeen7021
      @mackdeen7021 4 месяца назад +2

      And supposedly lost his job “because of a run in with a female student”…. ????? 😮. 🤔

  • @villain5873
    @villain5873 6 месяцев назад +13

    I loved "Just the ten of us"❤. I even loved the backdoor pilot on "Growing pains".

  • @barbarameyer649
    @barbarameyer649 9 месяцев назад +19

    MASH was one of the greatest tv shows ever.

  • @franklincourten8281
    @franklincourten8281 9 месяцев назад +15

    Michael Learned wasn’t REALLY Samantha Micelli’s mother. Her father Tony was a widower in the series “Who’s the Boss?” Michael Learned’s character was a “house mother” for the models, I think?

    • @CrookedIproductions
      @CrookedIproductions 9 месяцев назад +5

      Michael Learned's character was a college friend of Angela's, I believe.

    • @Scottj2011
      @Scottj2011 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@CrookedIproductionsYes you are exactly right 👍

  • @0nehalo59
    @0nehalo59 8 месяцев назад +31

    Booker was an awesome spinoff! It was cool when Booker had a 2part crossover episode with 21 Jumpstreet when he united with the old 21Jumpstreet to get Tom Hanson out of prison for a murder he never committed! Booker should've lasted longer!

    • @denisenoles3159
      @denisenoles3159 8 месяцев назад +1

      The storylines were awful. Glad you enjoyed it though.

    • @babygirlzmommy
      @babygirlzmommy 7 месяцев назад +1

      That was episode 1 of Season 4 of 21 Jumpstreet. The one where he Reunited with some of them was the 2 part ( started on Booker and ended on 21 Jumpstreet) where the Jump street Guys Minus Hanson cause he'd be recognized join a moter bike group to take down the guy who was one of the main reasons Hanson ended up in Jail it was Episode 1 of season 8 of Booker Deals and Wheels and season 4 epsidoe 10 of Jump street 😮 Wheels and Deals pr 2

    • @ItsFreakinHarding.
      @ItsFreakinHarding. 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah I loved the show 21 Jump Street and Booker as well. I wish Booker would have lasted longer but like someone else said on here some of the story lines were pretty bad. And Richard Grieco did not have a freaking mullet, he just had REALLY big, great hair... with a ton of product in it!

  • @chand101099
    @chand101099 9 месяцев назад +25

    I believe if After/Mash had taken place on a military base hospital the show had gone on longer, we Mash fans were used to seeing our beloved characters in a military surrounding and in uniform....

    • @radrobd123
      @radrobd123 9 месяцев назад +5

      I don't think so. The problem with AFTERMash is that is lacked the primary characters MASH fans wanted to see - Hawkeye, BJ, Hot Lips. Klinger was a supporting character and nobody wanted to see the priest get his own show.

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@radrobd123 I think by then those actors playing Hawkeye, etc were big name movie stars acting in films. They couldn't afford them. Frankly, I'm surprised Jamie Farr didn't do more film roles. He was a breakout on that show.

    • @bradyguy7701
      @bradyguy7701 7 месяцев назад +4

      I agree. AfterMASH should have taken place at a military hospital during wartime...with Potter as a Colonel...Klinger as a Corporal...and Father Mulcahy as...well...a priest.
      Add a couple of sardonic surgeons and you might have a hit show! I'd watch that...

    • @user-rg7uh9se4c
      @user-rg7uh9se4c 3 месяца назад +2

      You may be right, Chand. The switch to civilian threads and settings wrecked the characters.

    • @user-rg7uh9se4c
      @user-rg7uh9se4c Месяц назад

      Neither Mash nor its TV sequel here ever mentioned Kim ll Sung. The North Korean mass-murderer/communist/leader who totally started the entire Korean War.

  • @joeydepalmer4457
    @joeydepalmer4457 7 месяцев назад +9

    I actually liked After Mash, though I did not see it tell about 5 to 10 years ago for the first time. It reminded me how hard it was for me to leave the army for civi street back in the early 1990s and still some times have.

  • @zanizone3617
    @zanizone3617 7 месяцев назад +9

    I loved Enos. And I also loved how in the Dukes of Hazzard reunion movie they acknowledged it by making Enos a badass, as he was in his own show, and not the doofus he was in Hazzard.

    • @johnharris3362
      @johnharris3362 4 месяца назад

      I remember in the first episode of Enos he has a suspect in the backseat of his Chevelle getting the ride of his life when Enos gets close to going over a cliff when Enos tellhim he'd rather go back to Hazzard dead then shamed.

  • @xnvaznx
    @xnvaznx 8 месяцев назад +17

    As a kid, M*A*S*H was one of my favorite shows and still is today. It struck a good balance of comedy and drama.

  • @hurgar7596
    @hurgar7596 8 месяцев назад +11

    Never heard about living Dolls when it came out. But the fact it had 2 iconic TV moms in it surprised me. Michael Learned was the mom on the Waltons and Marion Ross was the mom on Happy Days.

  • @matthewtramp1148
    @matthewtramp1148 9 месяцев назад +27

    Just the 10 of us was canceled because Miller-Boyett productions Who were dominating the sitcoms on ABC were promised a slot for one of their new shows on TGIF night. ABC did not have any other time slots to put just the 10 of us on for another season and that’s why the shows was canceled.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 9 месяцев назад +6

      they regretted it too, the replacements were huge flops

    • @matthewtramp1148
      @matthewtramp1148 9 месяцев назад +3

      You are correct, the tv series was called Going Places with Heather Locklear and Allen Ruck.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@matthewtramp1148 there was another IIRC, either of which doomed the show…but that one in particular was the one that took its slot.

    • @glam2gobeauty811
      @glam2gobeauty811 9 месяцев назад +4

      Wow I forgot about Miller-Boyett

    • @RockinEd
      @RockinEd 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@glam2gobeauty811 They filled the gap that Norman Lear did at CBS.

  • @nicktaylor2657
    @nicktaylor2657 9 месяцев назад +44

    Enos and Flo are prime examples of popular characters in shows that just aren't strong enough to carry a series Good when interacting with the other cast but take that away not enough 😊

    • @angelsinger4574
      @angelsinger4574 9 месяцев назад +5

      Not everyone is George & Weezy, I’m afraid.

    • @GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc
      @GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 9 месяцев назад +5

      Enos wasn't funny on his own.

    • @matthewtramp1148
      @matthewtramp1148 9 месяцев назад +6

      Flo did well in the first season. Polly Holiday earned an Emmy nomination.
      In the 2nd season, CBS moved the series to a different time slot, which caused the decline in ratings

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 9 месяцев назад +3

      They put Marla Gibbs' (Florence) snappy character in a show surrounded by lame, bland characters that she could not bounce off. Like later in 227, Marla is better sparring with other witty, punchy, smart aleck, and (honestly) BLACK characters. WTH? Maybe they were trying to create another Benson?

    • @dhenderson1810
      @dhenderson1810 7 месяцев назад +4

      "Joey" is another example of this.

  • @mauriceortiz8817
    @mauriceortiz8817 9 месяцев назад +24

    There was a 70s pilot episode on Welcome Back Kotter which would have been an amazing spin-off for Lawrence Hilton Jacobs and George Carlin and Fred Grandy, which took place inna radio station. It preceded WKRP in Cincinnati. Ahead of it's time, I suppose.

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 9 месяцев назад +4

      Damn, that sounds like a helleva cast!??!! George Carlin? They probably conflicted with the corporate suits at the time. Carlin was the edgiest comedian at that time and I'm sure he would have wanted to push boundaries on that show. They probably toned it down and created what would become WKRP in Cincinnati.

    • @mauriceortiz8817
      @mauriceortiz8817 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@juniorjames7076 yeah, George was a master at stand up. He's like the Shake a Spear of comedy

    • @justken1900
      @justken1900 9 месяцев назад +2

      I thought that was just an episode of Kotter. That would have been a great show.

    • @keithfulkerson
      @keithfulkerson 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@justken1900 there's a term, "backdoor pilot", that refers to having an episode of a show serve as a pilot for another show.

    • @dhenderson1810
      @dhenderson1810 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@keithfulkersonThey had another episode which was about Horshack and his relatives, which was planned to be a back-door pilot for an Arnold Horshack series.

  • @vinylmisfit2165
    @vinylmisfit2165 7 месяцев назад +10

    Little more Trivia here - essentially, the 3 you see in AFTERMash (Jamie Farr, William Christopher and Henry Morgan) are the 3 who voted to continue the show after the 11th season, the rest of the cast voted against doing more which is why they got this spin off. If there was a third series there was talks of Alan Alda (Hawkeye) guest starring, shame we didn’t get to see that in the end. I’m a little biased as I’m a huge MASH fan but I really enjoyed watching this spin off, it’s a shame it just didn’t get the viewing figures it needed to continue but I completely understand why.

  • @pablosonic892
    @pablosonic892 9 месяцев назад +5

    I was a kid and loved MASH. Different generations and we from the same era.

  • @synthonaplinth5980
    @synthonaplinth5980 8 месяцев назад +5

    Marion Ross was such a great 'mother' actress that no show wanted to change her name. :)

  • @roshieifra
    @roshieifra 6 месяцев назад +7

    I never understood mash when I was a kid, but watching it as an adult, it was great. There were some really bittersweet, amazing episodes.

    • @jimbobjones9330
      @jimbobjones9330 6 месяцев назад +2

      Yep. Huge fan of it since I was in my late 20s or so.
      Thought it was boring as sin when I was a kid.

  • @Dawnsdelightsart
    @Dawnsdelightsart 9 месяцев назад +7

    I will always love mash, was a kid and was a great time watching with my grandma.

  • @wednesdaywork2311
    @wednesdaywork2311 7 месяцев назад +4

    12:13 I actually remember this episode. Since they had been using the toilets for years already, they got to keep using them legally without having to pay. They had "squatter's rights".

  • @NickMichalak
    @NickMichalak 8 месяцев назад +7

    Just The Ten of Us was also notable in featuring three actress alumni from the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise - Heather Langenkamp, Brooke Thiess, & JoAnn Willette.

    • @evelynbeveraggi8724
      @evelynbeveraggi8724 7 месяцев назад

      Cute show, spin- off from my favorite, growing pains.

  • @newwavepop
    @newwavepop 7 месяцев назад +4

    Enos is the first spinoff i remember ever being aware of when i was a kid and i was really excited for it, i remember watching the premier and liking it but after that i only remember seeing a few more episodes and it was gone.
    i had the same feelings as you about MASH, my Father LOVED it and always watched it and i thought it was boring as hell and always left the room. as a kid i never even realized it was about Korea "which my Father served in" and i had always assumed it was about Vietnam. i never even knew there was a spinoff.
    i was a huge 21 Jumpstreet fan in high school and Booker was another show i did like and then it was gone.
    i LOVED Alice as well, i was growing up in Oklahoma and as a kid and my father worked at a Truck Stop out in the country beside the highway and i grew up around that place. i even got to meet George "Goober" Lindsay who is in that Flo clip there once when i was a kid, but that show always had an extra special place for me because the characters really reminded me of the people i grew up around who worked at and hung out at the Truck Stop. Flo is another one i remember but it just vanished so fast.

  • @michaelsasylum
    @michaelsasylum 8 месяцев назад +15

    Just The Ten of Us was a well liked show in my family. One of the few shows we all would watch together.

  • @vektacular
    @vektacular 8 месяцев назад +3

    I use to love Mel’s Diner and Flo saying kiss my grits…..damn the world was so much more fun back then.

  • @j.p.6932
    @j.p.6932 9 месяцев назад +7

    17:52 I totally remember this (vaguely).
    Wasn’t the guy who played Greg in the Brady Bunch movie (95) have a dream episode where’s he’s the 4th Brady brother?

  • @pacotoyful
    @pacotoyful 9 месяцев назад +10

    I loved Just the ten of us! That was a great show!

    • @0011peace
      @0011peace 7 месяцев назад

      seeing the name at first i though maybe it was a spin off of 8 is enough

  • @JoeyArmstrong2800
    @JoeyArmstrong2800 9 месяцев назад +23

    "Baywatch Nights" takes the cake for the best spinoff ever. It's so ridiculously entertaining.

    • @DCMarvelMultiverse
      @DCMarvelMultiverse 9 месяцев назад +8

      Allison Pregler's channel has an episode by episode series of both Baywatch and BN. Hilarious.

    • @seanm6215
      @seanm6215 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@DCMarvelMultiversepretty funny and she's pretty far into it to. Lots of eps.

    • @nicktaylor2657
      @nicktaylor2657 9 месяцев назад +2

      It is missing the one thing it had going in Baywatch Good looking lifeguards running in slow motion 😊

    • @williammitchell4417
      @williammitchell4417 9 месяцев назад +2

      Sorry Hoff no KITT.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 9 месяцев назад +2

      NCIS, Laverne and Shirley, The Jeffersons, Frasier would like to dispute that claim…

  • @michaelr3578
    @michaelr3578 9 месяцев назад +4

    Checking In, with Marla Gibbs, was a spinoff of the Jeffersons, which itself was a spinoff of All in the Family.

  • @robertbroughton1443
    @robertbroughton1443 9 месяцев назад +5

    I remember my favorite line from the law, and Harry McGraw was when he asked the lady lawyer to have his prescription filled, and she looked at the label, then stated you're supposed to take 1 pill every 10 hours, and his retort was "I thought it said to take 10 pills every 1 hour, no wonder I'm feeling so good". That was classic.

  • @mammajamma4397
    @mammajamma4397 7 месяцев назад +3

    I LOVED Just the Ten of Us as a kid! I recognized the girl from Nigtmare on Elm Street because I had seen just the ten of us first. I didn't realize it was only on for 3 seasons.
    BUT ALSO...coach dad being "fired from his high school coaching job after a run-in with a female student" definitely should not have been used as the plot kick-off for a family comedy. The 80s, man....

  • @scifigirl74
    @scifigirl74 9 месяцев назад +4

    You unlock a memory with Just the 10 of us. I really enjoyed that show when it aired.

  • @rang123yea5
    @rang123yea5 6 месяцев назад +3

    The Booker theme song "Hot in the City" was written by Billy Idol for the show, and it was awesome.

    • @tonyborelli.
      @tonyborelli. 3 дня назад

      i think the song existed before the show

  • @markroberts2277
    @markroberts2277 8 месяцев назад +5

    AfterMash was a success in its first season ,until CBS moved it to Tuesday nights opposite The A Team, which killed it in ratings.

  • @TheReally4rob
    @TheReally4rob 9 месяцев назад +10

    Michael Learned wasn't Samantha's mom in Whos the Boss/Living Dolls. I think she was friend of the future step-mother Angela.

    • @matthewtramp1148
      @matthewtramp1148 9 месяцев назад +4

      The characters name was Trish, she and Angela were sorority sisters in college. Leah Remini’s character was a friend of Samantha’s back in Brooklyn.

    • @zt1053
      @zt1053 9 месяцев назад +1

      This guy really didn't do his research.

  • @justylex
    @justylex 9 месяцев назад +8

    Booker was awesome. I actually liked it better than 21 Jump Street (and I loved Jump street!). Richard Grieco was so gorgeous back then.

    • @lizardog
      @lizardog 9 месяцев назад +1

      His skin looked like it didn't have any pores at all, smooth as porcelain.

    • @gaspikefan
      @gaspikefan 9 месяцев назад +3

      I watched and enjoyed Booker back in the day! One note, though... I don't think Booker ever sported a mullet (as mentioned in this video). Grieco had a lot of hair up top at the time, but never the "party in the back" that would make it a mullet.

    • @justylex
      @justylex 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@gaspikefan definately not a mullet….and as a Canadian with a hockey player older brother, I know full well what a mullet looks like😂

  • @davidpumpkinsjr.5108
    @davidpumpkinsjr.5108 9 месяцев назад +4

    The mascot for St. Augustine's was the Hippos. That's a clever joke that not many people would catch.

    • @annenelson5656
      @annenelson5656 9 месяцев назад

      Good one! Too subtle for most people especially non-Catholics.

  • @MackyFermion
    @MackyFermion 9 месяцев назад +11

    Oooh new Retro Renaissance, what a treat! Thanks for sharing your time with us!

  • @r.j.powers381
    @r.j.powers381 9 месяцев назад +26

    I reached a point where I never started watching a show until its second season. Inevitably any show I liked during the new season would go off the air after a few shows. Must have been my bad taste as a kid. Saturday morning cartoons were more reliable. But this is a fun video. 👍👍👍👍

    • @JesseTiede
      @JesseTiede 9 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah, I was always diametrically opposed to the critics! If they said a show, or movie was crap, it turned out to be one of my favorites! And, when they said one was soooooooo good, well, the show generally had me puking by the second scene, and never got any better...

    • @AGhostintheHouse
      @AGhostintheHouse 8 месяцев назад +1

      I get what you are saying, most of my high school classmates loved Square Pegs and all of a sudden it was off the air.

  • @hatednyc
    @hatednyc 9 месяцев назад +4

    😂 I used to change the channel when I heard that mash music as a kid, too. 19:33 Thora Birch!

    • @SY-ok2dq
      @SY-ok2dq 9 месяцев назад

      I thought that was her too! Since I knew that she worked a lot as a child on films and TV, I thought it could be her.

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 4 месяца назад +1

      She was now married to Michael Adler and has now been part of the Birch, Adler and Wexler families - Patricia Birch, Lou Adler,
      Page Hannah Adler, Gale Adler, Howard Adler, Haskell Wexler, Rita Taggart Wexler and Jeff Wexler.

  • @JoseTwitterFan
    @JoseTwitterFan 7 месяцев назад +2

    There was also Three's Company spin-off "The Ropers", especially midway through Season 2 when Louise Vallance joined the cast as Jenny Ballinger. Despite a late upward surge in the ratings, the show would ultimately be cancelled by ABC. She would go on to play Whazzat Kangaroo on "Zoobilee Zoo" and lend her voice to hundreds of cartoon shows since then.

    • @evelynbeveraggi8724
      @evelynbeveraggi8724 7 месяцев назад

      It wasn't a good spin- off, & neither was Threes a crowd, with just John Ritter. Three company was the best, with the Ropers, & my favorite Mr. Furly.

  • @steveswangler6373
    @steveswangler6373 9 месяцев назад +7

    Enos was not a “recurring” character in the Dukes of Hazzard, and Carla was not a recurring character in Cheers.
    Recurring characters appear sporadically, and don’t have their names in the opening credits.
    Nick Tortelli was a recurring character on Cheers. Carla was a supporting character.

    • @bradyguy7701
      @bradyguy7701 7 месяцев назад

      I'm not even sure I'd call Carla "supporting". She was in EVERY episode of the series and there were stories specifically about her and her family. Yes, Ted and Shelley were the "stars" (Kirstie never quite got up to Shelley's level...) but that was truly the essence of an "ensemble" show at its best. That's what made it work!

    • @bradyguy7701
      @bradyguy7701 7 месяцев назад

      Sonny Shroyer wasn't in the opening credits....he was usually listed as "WITH..." POST-theme song when the episode proper began...oddly enough, he was often listed AFTER "Ben Jones as Cooter"....Poor Sonny...

  • @drewmonroe3747
    @drewmonroe3747 8 месяцев назад +7

    Great subject here. Thanks for explaining the 'back-story' on these shows. After MASH and Flow were well written gems. Hope you do more of these :) 📺 Have subscribed ☑

  • @chazarcola7639
    @chazarcola7639 9 месяцев назад +6

    THE ROPERS was better than The Tortellis.
    JOANIE LOVES CHACHI has a cult fan base thanks to the parent show Happy Days.

  • @Scotty-Z70
    @Scotty-Z70 7 месяцев назад +3

    i LOVE LOVE LOVED the show ENOS. I wish it was full seasoned and more of it

  • @tjppop2192
    @tjppop2192 9 месяцев назад +9

    Just the Ten of Us is literally the only one of these shows that I knew of which is odd because I was super into Dukes of Hazzard and Cheers. I wouldn’t put Just the Ten of Us in the failed category.

    • @behindthescenesphotos5133
      @behindthescenesphotos5133 9 месяцев назад +3

      Three seasons is a pretty decent run.

    • @bradyguy7701
      @bradyguy7701 7 месяцев назад

      @@behindthescenesphotos5133 Technically TWO...but who's counting. Not you....🙄🙄

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 4 месяца назад

      @@behindthescenesphotos5133 As a real result, I believe in you. A year later, the series has aired on the USA Network
      from Fall 1990 to Spring 2005.

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 4 месяца назад

      @@bradyguy7701 Have you ever take your vacation while you're away, sir?

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 4 месяца назад

      @@behindthescenesphotos5133 Look, I believe in you. I do. Because I care.

  • @johnpierce2095
    @johnpierce2095 7 месяцев назад +6

    i wanted a after mash more like a hour long tv special showing how they all went home and reunited with loved ones,

    • @cjp1599
      @cjp1599 7 дней назад

      An hour of Col Potter would be unbearable.

  • @indiefilmcafe
    @indiefilmcafe 9 месяцев назад +8

    Do one for Failed 90s spinoffs. I def think Models Inc was the 90s Living Dolls. Glad to see Just the ten of us got 3 seasons. That needs to be on Blu Ray

    • @radrobd123
      @radrobd123 9 месяцев назад

      Shows about models don't do well. In the 1980s, there was the soap Paper Dolls and the sitcom Living Dolls, both cancelled after 1/2 season. In the 90s, there was Models Inc., cancelled after one season. In the 2000s, there was The Beautiful Life: TBL, cancelled after a few episodes.

    • @indiefilmcafe
      @indiefilmcafe 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@radrobd123 wowww you’re absolutely right. Note to self don’t write a tv show about models lol

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 4 месяца назад

      I'm so glad to see "Just the Ten of Us" had ran for
      3 seasons on ABC (1988-1990) and move to the
      USA Network which ran for a total of 15 seasons
      (1990-2005). Not bad.

  • @jhhone
    @jhhone 9 месяцев назад +20

    I love your videos. "Enos" may have faired better as a 30 minute sitcom. The one hour police procedural didn't fit with that character. Michael Learned had said if the show lasted she would have been fired and replaced with Marion Ross. She said they wanted her to be Charlotte Rae not the Eileen Ford type she played the character as. CBS later had Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore shows follow each other. "The Van Dyke Show" aired before "Annie Maguire" in the late 80s.

    • @bradyguy7701
      @bradyguy7701 7 месяцев назад +1

      That was an odd choice. Few dramas have spun off of sitcoms (Lou Grant, anyone??) especially with such a silly character like Enos... It was always going to be a tough sell.
      Imagine Gomer Pyle going to the big city and becoming a teacher...or a lawyer...

    • @0011peace
      @0011peace 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@bradyguy7701 Trapper John, MD was drama that was spin off of Mash.

    • @bradyguy7701
      @bradyguy7701 7 месяцев назад

      @@0011peace Nope. Technically...and "legally"...not a spinoff. I've explained it a few times in other comments. Scroll down...

    • @0011peace
      @0011peace 7 месяцев назад

      @@bradyguy7701 in a lter episode they did give the mash number and it was 4077 go for teh mash which wasn't the numnber for the movie so they lied in court. The Movie was 8055. So sing the TV show mash number was proof they lied.

  • @rhonettem.1974
    @rhonettem.1974 9 месяцев назад +5

    I have not thought of some of these shows in years! Thank you for the format of this channel!

  • @dannyfoster1623
    @dannyfoster1623 9 месяцев назад +5

    I only had a chance to see just a few of After Mash episodes but loved each one.

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 8 месяцев назад

      After MASH lasted for two seasons between September 1983 and December 1984 on CBS.

  • @cvill03
    @cvill03 9 месяцев назад +5

    Getting my life together, finding out certain shows had spin-offs

  • @tylerthompson1842
    @tylerthompson1842 8 месяцев назад +4

    I always feel bad for the struggles unknown actors hired for supporting roles. They get the gig, get their hopes up and it bombs. Obviously it workout well for some of them and it’s cool to see where their journey started. It’s a gamble especially a cash grab spinoff which reeks desperation. I’m sure they asked Johnny Depp first before Richard Greco and he turned it down.. smart move

  • @crazy1234573
    @crazy1234573 9 месяцев назад +22

    I loved Living Dolls and Just the ten of us. Fun fact about Just the ten of us, Bill Medley, of the righteous brothers and singer of (I've had) the time of my life from Dirty Dancing sang the theme song. I also caught a glimps of Double Trouble at the beginning....i would love more discussions of that show!!! I loved that show soooo much.

    • @monicam1548
      @monicam1548 9 месяцев назад +4

      Yes I love Double Trouble. Too bad the twins didn't have a career like their sister (Peggy on Married with Children).

    • @crazy1234573
      @crazy1234573 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@monicam1548 ♥️♥️♥️♥️🤣🤣🤣 I know!!!! That would have been so cool.

    • @RCHMNY1
      @RCHMNY1 9 месяцев назад +1

      Double Trouble had a pre "Home Improvement" Patricia Richardson being a potential love interest for the dad

    • @crazy1234573
      @crazy1234573 9 месяцев назад

      @RCHMNY1 I know, she worked at the dance studio and was friends with his wife before she died.

    • @bradyguy7701
      @bradyguy7701 7 месяцев назад

      @@markelijio6012 "were now acted as TV directors." Yikes. Is that sentence?? I need a nap...

  • @redwillow79schippers94
    @redwillow79schippers94 9 месяцев назад +29

    I loved Booker. Really too bad it was cancelled

    • @lizardog
      @lizardog 9 месяцев назад +6

      If Looks Could Kill was a fun movie too.

    • @spyderd8165
      @spyderd8165 9 месяцев назад +1

      I liked his show Marker which didn’t last

    • @babygirlzmommy
      @babygirlzmommy 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@spyderd8165 I managed to find the whole Season on RUclips..

  • @johnwanner1446
    @johnwanner1446 9 месяцев назад +16

    After Mash was an excellent show. I would love to own that on DVD.

  • @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
    @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary 9 месяцев назад +12

    You couldn't have said it better!! The beginning MASH Themesong definitely meant it was Time To Change the Channel for me as a kid too!! I didn't want ANY more MASH and was quite pleased when it went off the air as well as it's Spinoff!

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 9 месяцев назад

      Not a spinoff

    • @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
      @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@chrischar9428 Still hated it just as much!! It was just a Spinoff in my own mind if nothing else! That was good enough to turn the channel..

    • @johnnybravado7141
      @johnnybravado7141 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary Thank you Mr. No-taste.

    • @Turnheadcough
      @Turnheadcough 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@johnnybravado7141lame comment

    • @johnnybravado7141
      @johnnybravado7141 8 месяцев назад

      @@Turnheadcough lame brain

  • @jodihepler6202
    @jodihepler6202 8 месяцев назад +6

    It really makes you wonder why they weren't a big hit when you see such an all-star cast. Like Living Dolls had so many famous actresses and upcoming actresses.

    • @waltertrusevych9209
      @waltertrusevych9209 7 месяцев назад

      and it was a decent show

    • @crystalshaw8744
      @crystalshaw8744 5 месяцев назад

      And Leah Remini was good in that show and it was kinda funny.

  • @alexanderpostma7148
    @alexanderpostma7148 9 месяцев назад +5

    Kate Mulgrew as 'Mrs. Colombo'

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 9 месяцев назад +1

      That's a whole nother mess

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 8 месяцев назад +2

      Aired on NBC Late Night for 12 seasons from 1979 to 1990.

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 8 месяцев назад

      @@markelijio6012 what did

  • @e815usa
    @e815usa 9 месяцев назад +4

    Day by Day has the great Chuck Brady episode!

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 4 месяца назад +2

      A wonderful episode with most of the cast/crew of the 1969-1974 TV series - The Brady Bunch.

  • @AndyJay1985
    @AndyJay1985 7 месяцев назад +1

    "Excuse me, Flo? *laughs hysterically*" - Lloyd Christmas

  • @MrKaywyn
    @MrKaywyn 9 месяцев назад +5

    Very interesting. I really love those opening credits sequences.

  • @p.d.l7023
    @p.d.l7023 8 месяцев назад +3

    I loved Just the 10 of Us for 2 reasons: I'm a mark for Heather L. and I was a fan of Kirkenbower from seeing him open for Gallagher.

  • @HHH-ye1ro
    @HHH-ye1ro 6 дней назад

    Just the Ten of us was a big part of my sitcom viewing. Really enjoyed it.

  • @carrieannmcleod5219
    @carrieannmcleod5219 9 месяцев назад +5

    I wonder why I don't remember seeing any promotions for the show because I would have watched After Mash if I had known about it since I loved Mash and all the characters.

    • @babygirlzmommy
      @babygirlzmommy 7 месяцев назад +1

      I remember watching it recently.. online... I just can't remember where.. but pretty sure it's out there

  • @moonbatt
    @moonbatt 9 месяцев назад +6

    When I was a kid, I pronounced Enos as Anus and didn’t understand why my parents were so determined to correct me. 😂

  • @monicamason3414
    @monicamason3414 8 месяцев назад +3

    I watched "Booker" as I was a Richard Grieco fan. I also liked "Just The Ten Of Us" & "Living Dolls".

  • @DCMarvelMultiverse
    @DCMarvelMultiverse 9 месяцев назад +10

    Booker was on at 10pm Sundays. Not a good bedtime for the teens and college kids.

    • @chucktplatt
      @chucktplatt 9 месяцев назад +4

      I think they switched him to mondays but I’m not sure . But I did like his show along with Sunday nights PARKER LEWIS CANT LOSE !

  • @andrewaeymour
    @andrewaeymour 6 месяцев назад +1

    100% agree, I almost watched everyone of these. Thank you for this

  • @NickMichalak
    @NickMichalak 8 месяцев назад +3

    Honestly, Booker was great! Perfect fusion of charm, action, drama, and humor with an excellent, stylish lead. Grieco never really was able to break through like Depp, but showed he was marketable and exciting to watch. Unfortunately, the DVD set was incomplete as music licensing was a problem for the b.b. King episode, and the original Billy Idol theme song still remains missing from the show even on Peacock. At least Peacock reinstated the episode "Someone Stole Lucille."

    • @babygirlzmommy
      @babygirlzmommy 7 месяцев назад

      I have Someone Stole Lucille on my dvd set..

  • @nashshaffer6235
    @nashshaffer6235 9 месяцев назад +3

    I liked Mash and After Mash.
    I liked seeing how they adjusted to civilian life
    Just the 10 of us and Checking in should have gotten a chance

  • @ceasarandrepont1243
    @ceasarandrepont1243 8 дней назад

    I must say, I am looking back at these early shows, and being the '80s and '90s, I wish they would return. Things were so much easier and society was together, I guess.

  • @mrScififan2
    @mrScififan2 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for this wonderful video. In some alternate quantum reality, these shows are all huge hits!

  • @j.r.cilliangreen4083
    @j.r.cilliangreen4083 9 месяцев назад +4

    I loved Just the Ten of Us!

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 9 месяцев назад +13

    “Flo” was, among other things, one of countless examples of how bad Hollywood is at doing TV series set in Texas. I’ve got to think the writers (and the accent coaches!) have never been to Texas.
    A major exception was “King of the Hill.” That animated show was an accurate portrayal of the culture and dialect of Garland, Texas, and was very well-written.

    • @behindthescenesphotos5133
      @behindthescenesphotos5133 9 месяцев назад +2

      And on Frasier, Roz was supposed to be from Wisconsin despite her Texas accent which is never addressed.

    • @jgrab1
      @jgrab1 9 месяцев назад

      The creators of Thirtysomething never visited Philadelphia until the show's second season. They said they were surprised how slovenly Philadelphia people dressed compared to the characters in the show (who looked far too "LA"). They didn't quite state it that bluntly, but that's what they meant.

    • @MrJacMac1968
      @MrJacMac1968 9 месяцев назад

      Same with Mollys younger sister on Mike and Molly who was supposed to be from Chicago but had a Deep South accent

  • @rosalyn7762
    @rosalyn7762 9 месяцев назад +2

    Hey, Samuel Wright💐 RIP✨

  • @jgarrison1309
    @jgarrison1309 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is a terrific drinking game... take a shot every time the narrator says the word "navigate".

  • @skiprockjr.6881
    @skiprockjr.6881 9 месяцев назад +4

    I was a fan of Booker. Great theme song, Billy Idol's "Hot In The City".

    • @rony41165
      @rony41165 9 месяцев назад

      I wonder how the djow would have fared if johnny depp was tge star instead of grieco. He was offered the spin off but turned it down

    • @skiprockjr.6881
      @skiprockjr.6881 9 месяцев назад

      @@rony41165 I think it would've been doomed to fail regardless. 21 Jump Street had run its course by that time. If Looks Could Kill is free on YT here. I'm gonna watch it right now.

    • @markelijio6012
      @markelijio6012 8 месяцев назад

      New World Entertainment didn't hit it big again until "The Commish," "Silk Stalkings" and "Renegade" - three of TV's long running hit programs
      for the Disney based television studio.

  • @davidhooie4692
    @davidhooie4692 9 месяцев назад +4

    I loved Enos! I wish it was available to purchase or stream somewhere!

    • @Loveanlight444
      @Loveanlight444 8 месяцев назад +1

      I haven't checked yet but the alot of older shows end up on daily motion, you might be able to find it there 🙂

  • @redbarron1010
    @redbarron1010 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wow I never heard of AfterMash. Really enjoyed this video 👍 my favorite spin off was Soap. Loved that show. 😊

  • @Damsels2001
    @Damsels2001 29 дней назад

    You got me on Enos. I remember that show still till this day. Got me on another one Aftermash.

  • @ozzielee9058
    @ozzielee9058 9 месяцев назад +5

    I remember liking "AfterMash." And, I only watched MASH sporadically.
    Excellent compilation & commentary.
    Thanks much.

  • @scottlutz4126
    @scottlutz4126 8 месяцев назад +4

    I had trouble liking mash as a kid too. But learned to respect the series as I got older. Spin offs like after mash, Galactica 1980 and others flopped mainly because there was not enough story material after the pilot episode

    • @0011peace
      @0011peace 7 месяцев назад

      I liked mash as loid but for different reasons than adult, as, a child i like for the irrwverant humor as and su]dult more for its drama elements

  • @vela0854
    @vela0854 7 месяцев назад +1

    I barely remember the show Alicia, but I remember Flo. I loved her. Watched reruns at my babysitter. I liked Just the 10 of us. Most of the other shows didn't register my memory.

  • @moleahy6880
    @moleahy6880 5 месяцев назад +1

    That was a big thing in the 70's and 80's especially on sitcoms. A very popular character would be spun off into his/her own show. Most of the time it didn't work out but there were some very successful exceptions. Frasier for example.

  • @Bill23799
    @Bill23799 9 месяцев назад +30

    A show that ran only one season for 22 episodes is almost the same as three
    seasons in today's figures.

    • @indiefilmcafe
      @indiefilmcafe 9 месяцев назад +4

      Some of the shows he calls a failed spinoff lasted 3 seasons and I don’t feel like that’s failed

    • @Robd07
      @Robd07 9 месяцев назад +1

      Crazy that shows back in the day were 20+ episodes a season

    • @indiefilmcafe
      @indiefilmcafe 9 месяцев назад

      @@Robd07 some still are. The network shows like Law and order etc

    • @Robd07
      @Robd07 9 месяцев назад

      @@indiefilmcafe ah thats right..CSI. those shows sure set up an actor for life. Look at Ice T

    • @sociald4515
      @sociald4515 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@Robd07He's on Law and Order SVU.

  • @AKayfabe
    @AKayfabe 7 месяцев назад +5

    After MASH was a good show and had the same good actors who knew what they were doing. I understand why it was cancelled, but it wasn’t a bad show at all. People were just so used to the story of MASH but I actually didn’t like MASH as a child either but watched it later as an adult and did like it.
    I actually watched Booker but never watched 21 Jumpstreet so I didn’t know he was from that show.

  • @chrisbenson906
    @chrisbenson906 9 месяцев назад

    This one took me back. I remember watching this { Popcorn Float } Love it keep up the good work

  • @Poppaea-Sabina
    @Poppaea-Sabina 5 месяцев назад +1

    I loved MASH as a child. And Trapper John MD

  • @stingrey1571
    @stingrey1571 9 месяцев назад +3

    the last few seasons of murder she wrote, angela lansbury was just coasting. she had it worked out where she worked half the time. to fill her absence, cbs did a bunch of back door pilots disguised as murder she wrote episodes.

    • @kareneverett7497
      @kareneverett7497 5 месяцев назад

      There were a couple of seasons where she was recovering from surgery too. I can't remember which but it was knee or hip surgery. I think after that, physically it was just too hard to do that many episodes a year.