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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2017 11:21:13 GMT -5
Oh, good call - Police Squad! went on to such success and notoriety, I forget the actually series only aired one season. Then you go back and watch the six episodes and the movies and realize that they ran out of jokes quickly. I love that show, but the format seems hard to sustain. Is this the part where we bring up Angie Tribeca? |
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Post by MarkInTexas on Sept 6, 2017 11:56:52 GMT -5
Oh, good call - Police Squad! went on to such success and notoriety, I forget the actually series only aired one season. Then you go back and watch the six episodes and the movies and realize that they ran out of jokes quickly. I love that show, but the format seems hard to sustain. Back in 1991, CBS ran primetime reruns of Police Squad! (in color!) to tie into the release of The Naked Gun 2 1/2, which was the first time I saw the series. It was striking to realize just how many gags ZAZ lifted wholesale from the series for the movie. |
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Post by chrisk on Sept 7, 2017 15:42:07 GMT -5
- Awake
- Caprica
- Lights Out
- The Prisoner (old)
- The Corner
- (used to be) FLCL
- I haven't seen Strange Luck or American Gothic since they aired, but might be good!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 19:13:13 GMT -5
The Corner was meant to last only a season, and same with FLCL and most anime, so I dont know if we should really count them. It would be like counting Banding of Brothers or Generation Kill.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 20:24:56 GMT -5
Yeah, miniseries shouldn't count. I'd rather have a separate thread for those.
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Post by chrisk on Sept 8, 2017 7:56:30 GMT -5
bleh!
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Sept 8, 2017 8:08:13 GMT -5
I have vague memories of a show called I Married Dora, which I believe (I refuse to look it up) was about someone marrying an immigrant to allow her to get her green card status. The only thing that really stands out in my mind was that in the last episode, the man is leaving on a jet plane, don't know when he'll be back again, and everybody is sad and watching him leave at the gate, and then he comes back out into the airport with a piece of paper.
Man: "It was cancelled!"
Dora (presumably): "The flight?"
Man: "No, the show!"
-credits roll for the last time-
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Post by MarkInTexas on Sept 8, 2017 16:50:17 GMT -5
I Married Dora had fairly strange bookends. The premiere episode had a disclaimer that the premise of the series (an immigrant marrying an American citizen they weren't in a relationship with just so said immigrant could get legal status) was illgeal, and the final episode ended with the scene you describe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvVR99yafr8Incidentally, a young Juliette Lewis played the daughter on the show (and can be seen waving goodbye in the clip above), and the show followed the first season of Full House on ABC's Friday night schedule. Full House's rating weren't much better, but the show got renewed and the rest is history. I can't help but wonder if the situation had been reversed, would the third season of I'm Still Married to Dora be about to premiere on Netflix? |
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Post by Prole Hole on Sept 29, 2017 9:29:20 GMT -5
My Own Worst Enemy! Starring Christian Slater as Christian Slater and Christian Slater! Also, James Cromwell and Alfre Woodard are in it for some reason! And.... um... He plays a secret agent who, as the result of a government experiment, has two personalities housed inside him, and randomly switches between them at inopportune moments! Also there's some spy stuff, and... look I swear this isn't some kind of fever dream I had.  |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Sept 29, 2017 9:52:56 GMT -5
My Own Worst Enemy! Starring Christian Slater as Christian Slater and Christian Slater! Also, James Cromwell and Alfre Woodard are in it for some reason! And.... um... He plays a secret agent who, as the result of a government experiment, has two personalities housed inside him, and randomly switches between them at inopportune moments! Also there's some spy stuff, and... look I swear this isn't some kind of fever dream I had. I remember that one! All of it built up on the DVR, then when it got cancelled I deleted them all unwatched. It's part of why I assumed Mr. Robot would be a disaster. |
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Post by Prole Hole on Sept 29, 2017 11:24:18 GMT -5
I have it on DVD! Ask me why! Ok, don't ask me why, because I haven't the slightest idea.
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Post by MarkInTexas on Sept 29, 2017 13:17:08 GMT -5
My Own Worst Enemy! Starring Christian Slater as Christian Slater and Christian Slater! Also, James Cromwell and Alfre Woodard are in it for some reason! And.... um... He plays a secret agent who, as the result of a government experiment, has two personalities housed inside him, and randomly switches between them at inopportune moments! Also there's some spy stuff, and... look I swear this isn't some kind of fever dream I had. What's bizarre about this is that a few years after this came and went, NBC tried another show with a very similar premise (two people--one good, one bad--sharing the same body) with the even shorter-lived Do No Harm, affectiontally known at the Old Country as "Dr. Facehands". |
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Post by Angry Raisins on Sept 29, 2017 13:36:57 GMT -5
As "Freaks and Geeks" was already covered, I'll add its spiritual ancestor, "My So-Called Life". Suffered a bit from the constant need for drama (F&G labelling itself a comedy probably helped in avoiding things like two ghost plots in a single season), but still lots of good stuff. "The Life of Brian" is a fantastic episode.
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