Ted Cassidy & LURCH-Mania

[papajoemambo]

If I get enough people saying they want a 30 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN again this year, I'll do it. In the meantime tho, this is for boyfacedgirl, and austices and and Lil Zaira Z-Bomb from work, who will love what the dancers are doing down below as much as what the lip-syncher is up to.

"Where Were We Before YouTube?" Dept.:For every TV show that has a devoted following

Comments

[ladycelia]

Loved 30 Days of Halloween when you did it last year--I'd love for you to do it again.

[stevegreen]

When The Ropers was spun off from Three's Company, it simply echoed George and Mildred, the earlier spin-off from the original UK show, Man About the House. There was a second spin-off featuring the male lead, Robin's Nest; did Ritter get his own show as well?

More recently, of course, Homer shunted Bart out of the limelight in The Simpsons.

[papajoemambo]

Ritter got a show called THREE'S A CROWD that didn't last very long...

[stevegreen]

Intriguing. The UK version featured Robin Tripp's post-threesome adventures as a would-be restauranteur whose girlfriend persuades her (rich) father to bankroll a tatty cafe. The only other character of note was a one-armed guy hired as a general dogsbody.

Did All in the Family (the US version of Till Death Us Do Part) also spawn spin-offs? There was at least one over here, with the racist Alf Garnett and his wife now without their daughter and her husband (played by Tony Booth, future father-in-law of a certain British PM).

[papajoemambo]

There were five ALL IN THE FAMILY spin offs (in fact - the Norman Lear I mentioned was the producer of all of them), and then the spin-offs had spin offs.

- Maude (Edith's Cousin)

- The Jeffersons (the neighbours)

- Gloria (short-lived show with Archie's daughter as a single mom)

- Archie Bunker's Place (after Jean Stapleton left the show, Archie runs Kelsey's - his local pub)

and

- 707 Hauser Street ( a show that had the same set as ALL IN THE FAMILY) with an African-American family in the house that Archie and Edith used to own.

Also:

- Good Times was a spin-off of Maude(featuring her maid, Florida, and her family, living in the projects in Philadelphia).

Yes please!

[burleyque]

I'm already listening to old time spooky radio shows and eating mallow pumpkins. Bring it on.

[boyfacedgirl]

I remember that episode, yeah. Good one. Good digging on the rest too!

But it still doesn't beat Lurch in a wall-walk.

[papajoemambo]

Lurch singing doesn't beat a wall-walk?

I have some other wall-walks coming up too...

AND "Hey, Uncle Vinnie - What's Cooking?" will be back for what is looking like the inevitable return of 30 Days of Hallowe'en...

[boyfacedgirl]

I'm a visual person. Singing don't beat wallwalk.