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TV shows that should've never been made

Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 04:07
List shows that you thought that should've never been made.

Will and Grace

Friends

American Idol

Any Reality Shows.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
18-01-2006, 04:11
American Idol, I will never forgive those bastards for William Hung.
Zanato
18-01-2006, 04:16
The dozens of bland, impersonal medical and investigative television series floating around.
Colodia
18-01-2006, 04:16
What's wrong with Friends? :confused:

Anyway, Survivor. They kinda set the standards for reality T.V.
The South Islands
18-01-2006, 04:17
What's wrong with Friends? :confused:

Anyway, Survivor. They kinda set the standards for reality T.V.
I wasn't aware there were any standards.
Zanato
18-01-2006, 04:20
What's wrong with Friends? :confused:

Anyway, Survivor. They kinda set the standards for reality T.V.

I enjoyed the first Survivor with Richard Hatch. It was something new.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 04:21
There are, its called what too much chinese food and not enough creativity combined into 4 sleepless days.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 04:21
What's wrong with Friends? :confused:

Anyway, Survivor. They kinda set the standards for reality T.V.

Beside the fact that it's a teeny bop show that really relies on cheap laugh and stupid plots.
Amecian
18-01-2006, 04:21
Full House -especially
The Apprentice (Fuckin' Brown-nosers)
The Colbert Report
CSI Branch-offs [Miami, New York]
All Grown Up
American Dad [tripe]
More to come....
Mentholyptus
18-01-2006, 04:24
The Colbert Report
American Dad [tripe]



The Report fucking rocks! Why do you criticize it? I must know...

Also, I find American Dad quite funny, though it's disappointing it hasn't aired recently due to football games and the like...
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 04:24
Since reality shows pay my bills (until recently...bastards...) I can't say reality shows.

Actually have a soft spot for ill-conceived shows, being a fan of 13 episode failed high-concept shows of the 80s like Manimal and Automan.

Currently I think high on my unwatchable scale is The War at Home. I can't believe that is considered a viable replacement for Arrested Development. I have another show that I hate, but so many other people hate it for a fucked up reason that I don't feel like going through the hassle of trying to differentiate my reasons from theirs...
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
18-01-2006, 04:27
The Colbert Report
Hey, I like the Colbert Report. At least no cult was ever formed around him, unlike those really creepy guys who hang on to Jon Stewart's every word and quote him like he is the God of Magical Ponies.
*shudders*

On topic again: All Law and Order spin-offs that arose after SVU. SVU is about the most fucked up show on Network Television, so it gets a gold star from me, but I think that 2 versions of the same show are more than sufficient. We don't need the 5 or 6 others that have come after.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 04:29
Yah I also enjoy the Colbert report. His interviews are more interesting that John Stewarts, but the first portion of the show is better on Stewarts.
Mentholyptus
18-01-2006, 04:29
Hey, I like the Colbert Report. At least no cult was ever formed around him, unlike those really creepy guys who hang on to Jon Stewart's every word and quote him like he is the God of Magical Ponies.
*shudders*



*belongs to said cult*
...y'know, we meet on Tuesday nights in T.J.'s basement...
Amecian
18-01-2006, 04:30
Also, I find American Dad quite funny, though it's disappointing it hasn't aired recently due to football games and the like...
I do to, and do watch it. I watch it on Adult Swim, so I dont really relate(No football games). Its just the American Nationalism, Conservatism it seems to seep. I know thats part of what makes it funny, but sometimes it pisses me off and I cant watch the rest. ( See the Episode on Terrorists, further ; the Episode on "urges" )


The Report fucking rocks! Why do you criticize it? I must know...


His ego is out of control. It's hard to see (atleast for me) where the egotistical attitude is for laughs and where he really believes it matters.
He makes up words, and address' issues way to flippantly for my liking. Ultimately I dislike the whole show and avoid it.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
18-01-2006, 04:34
His ego is out of control. It's hard to see (atleast for me) where the egotistical attitude is for laughs and where he really believes it matters.
He makes up words, and address' issues way to flippantly for my liking. Ultimately I dislike the whole show and avoid it.
But that is the point of the show. He does the whole thing in character, which is what makes it so goddamn amusing.
Amecian
18-01-2006, 04:54
But that is the point of the show. He does the whole thing in character, which is what makes it so goddamn amusing.

Different tastes, I guess.
Teh_pantless_hero
18-01-2006, 04:55
His ego is out of control. It's hard to see (atleast for me) where the egotistical attitude is for laughs and where he really believes it matters.
He makes up words, and address' issues way to flippantly for my liking. Ultimately I dislike the whole show and avoid it.
If you can't spot such obvious satire, you shouldn't be allowed near comedy. The Colbert Report is a perody of all right-wing pundit shows, a fact made abundantly clear every time he does the "Threat Down," or pulls out the "Dead to me" or the other board, or whenever it is time for the "Word of the Day" or "Wag of the Finger." Basically, it is made obvious every 5 minutes of the show
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 04:57
I do to, and do watch it. I watch it on Adult Swim, so I dont really relate(No football games). Its just the American Nationalism, Conservatism it seems to seep. I know thats part of what makes it funny, but sometimes it pisses me off and I cant watch the rest. ( See the Episode on Terrorists, further ; the Episode on "urges" )



His ego is out of control. It's hard to see (atleast for me) where the egotistical attitude is for laughs and where he really believes it matters.
He makes up words, and address' issues way to flippantly for my liking. Ultimately I dislike the whole show and avoid it.
Not all that familiar with parody? Do you think that Jonathan Swift was really advocating that we eat children?
Amecian
18-01-2006, 05:02
Not all that familiar with parody? Do you think that Jonathan Swift was really advocating that we eat children?

Ugh, I'm familiar with it. Still dont like it though.
RetroLuddite Saboteurs
18-01-2006, 05:25
now i'm confused....
is jon stewart the god of magical ponies or not... cuz that makes a big difference as far as worshipping goes.:confused:
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 05:26
now i'm confused....
is jon stewart the god of magical ponies or not... cuz that makes a big difference as far as worshipping goes.:confused:
Depends on your translation of the sacred text. In a few versions hes a maverik.
Bobs Own Pipe
18-01-2006, 05:27
Actually have a soft spot for ill-conceived shows, being a fan of 13 episode failed high-concept shows of the 80s like Manimal and Automan.
Do you remember Otherworld?
RetroLuddite Saboteurs
18-01-2006, 05:31
Depends on your translation of the sacred text. In a few versions hes a maverik.
so james garner might be the god of magical ponies... this isn't getting any less confusing
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 05:33
Do you remember Otherworld?
I had to remind myself, but oh yeah-I totally remember that now! Aaaaahahahahaha...there was a clutch of those types around then. Kinda (but different) to that one with the watch where they travelled through time or something like that...

Okay, remember Merlin? Where the kid 'found' Merlin? For some reason that popped into my head.
Free Mercantile States
18-01-2006, 05:35
American Dad. It's a dumb riff on Family Guy that's not even close to as funny.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 05:36
so james garner might be the god of magical ponies... this isn't getting any less confusing
Well the Aztechs thought of him as more of a Lion Cub, even though they of course didnt know what either lions or James Garner were... But that didnt stop them. However the Basques did say he was the god of magical ponies.
RetroLuddite Saboteurs
18-01-2006, 05:38
Well the Aztechs thought of him as more of a Lion Cub, even though they of course didnt know what either lions or James Garner were... But that didnt stop them. However the Basques did say he was the god of magical ponies.
i like basques they are an ultraoppressed nationality struggling for their freedom and they quite frequently have six fingers per hand which is pretty darn groovy.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 05:40
The posibilites of a 6th finger are intriguing. However, I dont know what they would do with their freedom if they did gain it. Until they have a foolproof plan I say staying with spain is their best option for the time being.
Avika
18-01-2006, 05:40
Barney-before this show, there really were no baby shows. They were family shows. Now we have a dinosaur in one of the two main gay colors(the other is pink) that drove families apart.

home decorating shows-if there's a reason for homo-phobia, this is it.

Digi-mon-cheap Pokemon cash-in.

Dragon Ball Z-A bunch of spikey-haired anime freaks talk for fifteen minutes, grunt in what sounds like a failed attempt at pooping(eat more fiber and squat over a toilet, not in the air over everyones' heads), and then, for the last two minutes, they fly around punching eachother like drunk, Japanese faries.

Survivor-before this, reality tv was funny(see: Candid Camera). After it, people eat shit for money.

Fear Factor-what's the point?

Rugrats: All Grown Up-transform a classic, original, popular show into a cookie-cutter "drama/comedy" that went from sticking out to blending in. Rugrats was the world through the eyes of deformed babies. AGU is basicly the same characters in a "new" show that's been shown for well over a decade in many forms. I'm serious.
AllCoolNamesAreTaken
18-01-2006, 05:43
All Televangelists should be taken off the air. And executed, just in case they try to switch to radio.
RetroLuddite Saboteurs
18-01-2006, 05:43
The posibilites of a 6th finger are intriguing. However, I dont know what they would do with their freedom if they did gain it. Until they have a foolproof plan I say staying with spain is their best option for the time being.
but the spanish eat basque children on certain feast days and that's just plain wrong mmmkay!
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 05:44
Barney-before this show, there really were no baby shows. They were family shows. Now we have a dinosaur in one of the two main gay colors(the other is pink) that drove families apart.

home decorating shows-if there's a reason for homo-phobia, this is it.

Digi-mon-cheap Pokemon cash-in.

Dragon Ball Z-A bunch of spikey-haired anime freaks talk for fifteen minutes, grunt in what sounds like a failed attempt at pooping(eat more fiber and squat over a toilet, not in the air over everyones' heads), and then, for the last two minutes, they fly around punching eachother like drunk, Japanese faries.

Survivor-before this, reality tv was funny(see: Candid Camera). After it, people eat shit for money.

Fear Factor-what's the point?

Rugrats: All Grown Up-transform a classic, original, popular show into a cookie-cutter "drama/comedy" that went from sticking out to blending in. Rugrats was the world through the eyes of deformed babies. AGU is basicly the same characters in a "new" show that's been shown for well over a decade in many forms. I'm serious.
I remember when Rugrats first came out i was 6 and liked going to the video-rental store and picking up the orange VHS tape to watch.
Saint Jade
18-01-2006, 05:46
Home and Away - Crappy Australian soapie that has run for over 20 years.
Neighbours - See Above
McCleod's Daughters - How the fuck is this show anything to do with life on a station in Australia?

Any of the many, many Australian television shows on mainstream free-to-air. (The Glass House is a classic on ABC - it saves the channel).
Neo Kervoskia
18-01-2006, 05:48
I remember when Rugrats first came out i was 6 and liked going to the video-rental store and picking up the orange VHS tape to watch.

Ahh...VHS. Those take me back.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 05:49
Ahh...VHS. Those take me back.

Hell I remember BetaMax.
Neo Kervoskia
18-01-2006, 05:50
Hell I remember BetaMax.

You, good sir, are an oldfart.

Hell, Eut probably remembers old 35mm home projectors.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 05:52
You, good sir, are an oldfart.

Hell, Eut probably remembers old 35mm home projectors.

LOL! I remember Betamax, the early tape players, Hell I even remember 8 Tracks. My first computer was just a word program, that's it. I was born in 1984.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 05:53
VHS- I remember digging for minutes through a chest of black bulky VHS tapes, none of them in their cases trying to find the one I wanted, and hoping of course, that it wasnt ruined. They were all uniform and bland, a certian order to the world of home entertainment. They were my puny subjects, lacking individuality, obeying my every whim:p .
Then slowly, dvd's started showing up at the video rental, and my empire faded as new revolutinary ideas spread among my subjects. They were more personal and edgy. They were the new generation, and had completely differnant ideas than the old generation. Slowly my hold started to fade. And now, we are equals:(
Neo Kervoskia
18-01-2006, 05:55
I hated finding tapes that wern't rewound.

Pissed me off to no end.
Gelfland
18-01-2006, 05:56
worst show: survivor, the basic plot isn't so bad, it's the fact they decided to make it a game show that bothers me, as a situation cmedy, series one was damn good.

Hell I remember BetaMax.
AH, Betamax, the real reason playstations are so good.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 05:57
AH, Betamax, the real reason playstations are so good.

:confused:
AllCoolNamesAreTaken
18-01-2006, 05:57
LOL! I remember Betamax, the early tape players, Hell I even remember 8 Tracks. My first computer was just a word program, that's it. I was born in 1984.

I remember having an Atari 2600 when I was little. My first computer was a Commodore 64. And when my high school got computers (first school in the city), they were Tandy 1000's... all we ever did on them was play Scorched Earth, and Star Control.
Neo Kervoskia
18-01-2006, 05:58
I remember having an Atari 2600 when I was little. My first computer was a Commodore 64. And when my high school got computers (first school in the city), they were Tandy 1000's... all we ever did on them was play Scorched Earth, and Star Control.

*points* OMG OLDZ!!1!!!1
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 05:58
I remember having an Atari 2600 when I was little. My first computer was a Commodore 64. And when my high school got computers (first school in the city), they were Tandy 1000's... all we ever did on them was play Scorched Earth, and Star Control.

I remember Atari! That was my first game system as well! Man I wish I would've kept it.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 05:59
My first computer game was Chaos Island: Jurassic Park or something of that sort.
AllCoolNamesAreTaken
18-01-2006, 06:02
*points* OMG OLDZ!!1!!!1

*leans on cane*
Listen up sonny....when I was your age, we didn't even have the internet. If we wanted to talk to someone, we had to pick up a phone. And they weren't cordless! The only kind of mail there was used a pen and paper. Leetspeak was far from even being thought of. RESPECT YOUR ELDERS! Ah, screw it. Back in the war...

:p
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 06:15
*coughs into fist before continuing droning
At that time I wore an onion on my belt because it was the 'fasion' at that time. Of course, it was called a german cabbage, and cabbage was called mashed potatoes. Which of course were still in Russia at the time.
The Cat-Tribe
18-01-2006, 06:16
List shows that you thought that should've never been made.

Will and Grace

Friends

American Idol

Any Reality Shows.

Um.

Will and Grace is hilarious and is noteworthy both for its popularity and its critical acclaim.

WTF is your problem with it.

Agreed re Am. Idol and reality TV.
Neo Kervoskia
18-01-2006, 06:17
*leans on cane*
Listen up sonny....when I was your age, we didn't even have the internet. If we wanted to talk to someone, we had to pick up a phone. And they weren't cordless! The only kind of mail there was used a pen and paper. Leetspeak was far from even being thought of. RESPECT YOUR ELDERS! Ah, screw it. Back in the war...

:p

I wonder how many men I've caused to become senile. Well, this is one more to add to me belt!
Anybodybutbushia
18-01-2006, 06:17
The Adam Corolla talk show
The Parkers
Drawn Together
Sex in the City
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Beastmaster
Baywatch
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 06:19
Um.

Will and Grace is hilarious and is noteworthy both for its popularity and its critical acclaim.


Oh my God a comedy about two gay guy (one flaming) and two women! HAHAHAHA FUNNEY!

*psh* Please, give me a break, I can pull a better sitcom out of my ass.
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 06:21
I remember having an Atari 2600 when I was little. My first computer was a Commodore 64. And when my high school got computers (first school in the city), they were Tandy 1000's... all we ever did on them was play Scorched Earth, and Star Control.
I loved those games...

My first computer was an Atari 400 with a tape drive.
UpwardThrust
18-01-2006, 06:21
If you can't spot such obvious satire, you shouldn't be allowed near comedy. The Colbert Report is a perody of all right-wing pundit shows, a fact made abundantly clear every time he does the "Threat Down," or pulls out the "Dead to me" or the other board, or whenever it is time for the "Word of the Day" or "Wag of the Finger." Basically, it is made obvious every 5 minutes of the show
Agreed
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 06:22
*waits patiently*
I dont like the show either, but it is bad to simplify a long running comedy series into a generalistic view. Heck even shows I find uproarias could be generalized like that.
The Cat-Tribe
18-01-2006, 06:22
Oh my God a comedy about two gay guy (one flaming) and two women! HAHAHAHA FUNNEY!

*psh* Please, give me a break, I can pull a better sitcom out of my ass.

You must be a very successful producer then. Congrats.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 06:25
You must be a very successful producer then. Congrats.

Thanks. :)
Anybodybutbushia
18-01-2006, 06:26
I think the the flaming gay dude and the drunk chick are pretty funny on W&G
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
18-01-2006, 06:33
Um.

Will and Grace is hilarious and is noteworthy both for its popularity and its critical acclaim.

WTF is your problem with it.
I know, its just so great and fresh everyday. Like, there was this one episode where Will said something gay, then that stupid fuck of a woman said something shallow, and then the laugh track went on for an annoyingly long time. Wait a second, that was every single fucking episode ever produced.
That show was worse than Frasier, and the fact that critics loved it is only further proof that thinking about TV melts your frontal lobe.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 06:40
I know, its just so great and fresh everyday. Like, there was this one episode where Will said something gay, then that stupid fuck of a woman said something shallow, and then the laugh track went on for an annoyingly long time. Wait a second, that was every single fucking episode ever produced.
That show was worse than Frasier, and the fact that critics loved it is only further proof that thinking about TV melts your frontal lobe.

Yay! someone else agrees!
The Cat-Tribe
18-01-2006, 06:42
I know, its just so great and fresh everyday. Like, there was this one episode where Will said something gay, then that stupid fuck of a woman said something shallow, and then the laugh track went on for an annoyingly long time. Wait a second, that was every single fucking episode ever produced.
That show was worse than Frasier, and the fact that critics loved it is only further proof that thinking about TV melts your frontal lobe.

Yeah they should have a really complex comedy plot like .....

OK that you don't like it, but calling it worse than Frasier!!! That is low.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 06:42
I think the the flaming gay dude and the drunk chick are pretty funny on W&G

You need help. The only reason W&G is sooo "successful" is that it's the first sitcom to features Gays. Wow.... So they're not known for their witty humor, good plots, or storylines. they're known for having gays. And people wonder why I stick to National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and The History Channel.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 06:43
I am a History Channel, ESPN, and Spike kinda guy.
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 06:45
I know, its just so great and fresh everyday. Like, there was this one episode where Will said something gay, then that stupid fuck of a woman said something shallow, and then the laugh track went on for an annoyingly long time. Wait a second, that was every single fucking episode ever produced.
That show was worse than Frasier, and the fact that critics loved it is only further proof that thinking about TV melts your frontal lobe.
Okay, this is the thing I was talking about. I've written papers (alright, paper) about why Will & Grace is a bad show, but it has nothing to do with these ridiculous and reductive arguments. At best you guys are describing that you don't like the show rather than why it's bad.

The reductive statements could be made about any show and would say just as little. And no, my problem with show has nothing to do with gay characters (anymore than a critique of Julia would be for having African American characters.) Sometimes people take all the funk out of disliking something.

And TV is rotting your brain because you're not thinking about it. If you actually engage with it doesn't have to. Not thinking about TV gives you crap, thinking about TV gives you good television. Common mistake.
The Cat-Tribe
18-01-2006, 06:46
You need help. The only reason W&G is sooo "successful" is that it's the first sitcom to features Gays. Wow.... So they're not known for their witty humor, good plots, or storylines. they're known for having gays. And people wonder why I stick to National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and The History Channel.

Meh. You clearly are a lover of sitcoms. The History Channel just cracks me up.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 06:48
Meh. You clearly are a lover of sitcoms. The History Channel just cracks me up.
R. LEE Ermey can be funny:p
Neo Kervoskia
18-01-2006, 06:49
R. LEE Ermey can be funny:p

As funny as a vasectomy.
The Nazz
18-01-2006, 06:51
I loved those games...

My first computer was an Atari 400 with a tape drive.
I had a TI 99/4a. Anyone top that?

Oh yeah, and as for a show that never should have been made, I submit AfterMASH.
Saint Curie
18-01-2006, 06:52
You need help. The only reason W&G is sooo "successful" is that it's the first sitcom to features Gays.

I dunno...Ms. Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies, Skipper and Gilligan on the Island, the Doctor on Love Boat, Jerry Fallwell on the 700 Club...

EDIT: I mean, Uncle Arthur on Bewitched...
The Nazz
18-01-2006, 06:53
Oh my God a comedy about two gay guy (one flaming) and two women! HAHAHAHA FUNNEY!

*psh* Please, give me a break, I can pull a better sitcom out of my ass.
Come on--that show is really about four gay men. That's pretty obvious.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 06:53
R. LEE Ermey can be funny:p

I love Mail Call!
RetroLuddite Saboteurs
18-01-2006, 06:53
You need help. The only reason W&G is sooo "successful" is that it's the first sitcom to features Gays. Wow.... So they're not known for their witty humor, good plots, or storylines. they're known for having gays. And people wonder why I stick to National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and The History Channel.


all in the family had gay characters(or at least a gay character) in the 70s
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 06:53
I think hes refering to central character and/or most of the jokes.
Falhaar2
18-01-2006, 06:53
Oprah.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 06:53
I dunno...Ms. Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies, Skipper and Gilligan on the Island, the Doctor on Love Boat, Jerry Fallwell on the 700 Club...

Well Openly gay people.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 06:54
all in the family had gay characters(or at least a gay character) in the 70s

Now All in The Family Rocked. It protrayed real life and that what made it good. Plus the conflict between Archie and Mike were awesome. I wish they would still make shows like All in The Family.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 06:55
I love Mail Call!
Me tooo! It is one of my favorite shows on history channel.
I also enjoy Reel to Real, Rome Week pwnd, all ww2 specials, heroes under fire, some episodes of modern marvels (but come on -cement? snoree), among many, many otehrs.
Anybodybutbushia
18-01-2006, 06:55
You need help. The only reason W&G is sooo "successful" is that it's the first sitcom to features Gays. Wow.... So they're not known for their witty humor, good plots, or storylines. they're known for having gays. And people wonder why I stick to National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and The History Channel.

I love those channels too. I don't claim that W&G is a great show but I do think those characters are funny and there are worse shows. I also have to disagree with you - the show is in syndication and that means it was highly rated as many stupid comedies are - it is not popular due to gays - it is popular in spite of gay characters on the show. It is no Curb Your Enthusiasm but the show has funny moments. I think you are too huing up on the gay thing. Last I checked, gays aren't the most popular demographic in the country.
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 06:56
I had a TI 99/4a. Anyone top that?

Oh yeah, and as for a show that never should have been made, I submit AfterMASH.
oooooh, that burns the memory is so bad. Right up there with the Logan's Run TV series...
Saint Curie
18-01-2006, 06:57
Well Openly gay people.

Would've changed things, I guess...

Eddie Haskel: You're looking lovely today, Mr. Cleaver.

Mr. Cleaver: Eddie, please take your thumb out of there, and hand me my towel.
Saint Curie
18-01-2006, 06:59
oooooh, that burns the memory is so bad. Right up there with the Logan's Run TV series...

Shite, are you serious? Was Michael York in it?

I can just imagine..."Okay, everybody back in the shopping mall"
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
18-01-2006, 07:00
Yeah they should have a really complex comedy plot like .....
It isn't the simplicty, it's the repition, the simplicity, the undeserved acclaim, the long run, and the fact that I (unlike our friendly Nameless One) have neither the time nor the will to write a fully thought out explanation of all the little things that go into making that show terrible.
OK that you don't like it, but calling it worse than Frasier!!! That is low.
In my experience, it is easier for both puncher and punchee if we just start below the belt and end it quick.
The Nazz
18-01-2006, 07:05
oooooh, that burns the memory is so bad. Right up there with the Logan's Run TV series...
Here's another MASH related spinoff--Trapper John M.D. Did anyone really believe that Pernell Roberts was an aged version of Wayne Rogers?
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 07:09
Here's another MASH related spinoff--Trapper John M.D. Did anyone really believe that Pernell Roberts was an aged version of Wayne Rogers?
All M*A*S*H spin-offs should have ended with someone announcing that the characters died in a helicopter crash to a room full of surgeons.
Saint Curie
18-01-2006, 07:11
All M*A*S*H spin-offs should have ended with someone announcing that the characters died in a helicopter crash to a room full of surgeons.

Soooo...is NOBODY on board with my idea for a "Klinger: The Man and His Drag", the MASH musical to replace "We Will Rock You: The Music of Queen and Ben Elton" that's leaving the Paris theater in Vegas?
The Nazz
18-01-2006, 07:14
Soooo...is NOBODY on board with my idea for a "Klinger: The Man and His Drag", the MASH musical to replace "We Will Rock You: The Music of Queen and Ben Elton" that's leaving the Paris theater in Vegas?
Only if you promise me that it won't star Nathan Lane and if I don't have to actually see it.
Saint Curie
18-01-2006, 07:19
Only if you promise me that it won't star Nathan Lane and if I don't have to actually see it.

I was thinking Fred Savage, and we don't have the budget for a serious ad campaign, so you won't even notice us unless you take public transportation in North Las Vegas, in which case our promo poster is prominently displayed in the handicapped seating section of Bus 1922L, express to the north strip.

Also, we've got the score and arrangement together, but we can't find a keyboardist without pesky ethical objections to the whole project, so if anybody knows anybody...
Megaloria
18-01-2006, 07:31
All I want is for an American/Canadian team to resume writing for future Transformers cartoons. Easing off the gimmick series ideas would be nice too. Hopefully the upcoming movie will spawn some better efforts.
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 07:35
All I want is for an American/Canadian team to resume writing for future Transformers cartoons. Easing off the gimmick series ideas would be nice too. Hopefully the upcoming movie will spawn some better efforts.
That usually doesn't happen. Batman: The Animated Series being a notable exception.
Saint Curie
18-01-2006, 07:35
All I want is for an American/Canadian team to resume writing for future Transformers cartoons. Easing off the gimmick series ideas would be nice too. Hopefully the upcoming movie will spawn some better efforts.

I hear they're going to call it "Transformers: Digital Beast Insect Collectable Card Fighter Battle Figures"
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 07:37
I hear they're going to call it "Transformers: Digital Beast Insect Collectable Card Fighter Battle Figures"
As long as they make collectables to compliment it.
Amecian
18-01-2006, 07:37
Me tooo! It is one of my favorite shows on history channel.
I also enjoy Reel to Real, Rome Week pwnd, all ww2 specials, heroes under fire, some episodes of modern marvels (but come on -cement? snoree), among many, many otehrs.

The episodes on famous people, like Stalin, Hitler, Franklin all pwnd to. I'm rewatching all of them RN. The Cement MM was actually informative, like how the recipe was lost - didn't know that one.
Megaloria
18-01-2006, 07:40
I hear they're going to call it "Transformers: Digital Beast Insect Collectable Card Fighter Battle Figures"

Is Megaloria gonna hafta choke a bitch?

If they make something like that, yes.

I'm all for the toys having gimmicks, like the minicons (which are neat to have as extra "little guys") but the last shows have been soulless "catch em all" poorly animated creative abortions. Mainframe should get the contract back and make something sweet.
Saint Curie
18-01-2006, 07:43
Mainframe should get the contract back and make something sweet.

I remember watching the original series in the eighties, in between Masters of the Universe and G.I. JOE: Nobody Ever Gets Shot....

I remember Star Scream, the pissy, neurotic fighter jet with a latent urge to "discharge" Megatron...
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 07:44
The episodes on famous people, like Stalin, Hitler, Franklin all pwnd to. I'm rewatching all of them RN. The Cement MM was actually informative, like how the recipe was lost - didn't know that one.
YES, I loved those episodes! I learn something from that channel every day.
Megaloria
18-01-2006, 07:45
I remember watching the original series in the eighties, in between Masters of the Universe and G.I. JOE: Nobody Ever Gets Shot....

I remember Star Scream, the pissy, neurotic fighter jet with a latent urge to "discharge" Megatron...

It was nice back then, when they had scripts that weren't clipped and trashy to fit in dub with the japanese mouth movement.
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 08:09
It was nice back then, when they had scripts that weren't clipped and trashy to fit in dub with the japanese mouth movement.
I don't know man, I watched G.I. Joe as an adult and not only did it not stand up, but I wanted a Way Back Machine to go chase my young self outside to do something more productive.
Amecian
18-01-2006, 08:16
YES, I loved those episodes! I learn something from that channel every day.


Yeah, its one of the few channels I watch... They focus on Nazi's and World War II to much though. Always something on during the week about one of the two..