Worst spin-off show not connected to M*A*S*H* or Diff'rent Stokes?

[Orrex]

I'd say The Lone Gunman. I think that the series made it about 3/4 of the way through the pilot episode before it got canned.

Weirdly, that episode dealt with a plan to crash a jet into the WTC via remote control...

[XemaSab]

1. That is exactly what I was going to say

It must have taken a lot of work to fuck up such a brilliant premise. :(

[Orrex]

2. I really liked the characters, but

Every X-Files episode that was entirely about them totally sucked ass.


By the way, another contender for worst spin-off has to be Joanie loves ChaChi. I should have declared Happy Days spin-offs to be off-limits, too...

[XemaSab]

3. I thought they provided some of the best X-Files episodes

Hell, I KNEW all those guys... One was the IT teacher at my high school, one was the admin at the local JC, and one was the dude I dated twice between two other dudes... :P

They could have done something really creative with the premise, but they tried to turn it from something ultra-geeky into James Bond, and it failed.

[Orrex]

5. One of the overall worst episodes of the series was the one with 'Invisigoth'

In which the Gunmen were up against some sort of malevolent AI that could blast people from orbit.

Another worst episode IMO was the one with Richard Belzer, told in flashback to the time when the Gunmen first worked together. Good premise, but bad execution, I thought.

The writer(s) just didn't have the chops to give these guys a whole episode, even though the characters were magnificent in supporting roles.

A missed opportunity, especially considering how much time was wasted on the Mulder's Sister and Scully's Cancer storylines.

[XemaSab]

9. I have to say

X-Files could have been the living shit, but it failed.

I didn't even watch the last 4 years, after it was obvious that the show wasn't going to wrap up its disparate plotlines. :(

[arcadian]

28. Mulder's sister storyline was OK

But Scully cancer sucked ass. 'A doctor explores her Catholic faith as she deals with a terminal illness' :wtf: This ain't no Lifetime.

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. How could you not say "Joey"

"Joanie Loves Chachi" would be right up there

[Orrex]

8. Ooooh. That's a bad one.

[RiffRandell]

17. Originally I was thinking Blossom but then got it, duh.

That was horrible, from day one......did it even last a season?

[NYC_SKP]

6. What I'm still trying to figure out is the connection between Andy Griffith and Petticoat Junction.

All mixed together, IIRC, are these two shows AND Green Acres AND Gomer Pyle, USMC.

Now the Gomer-Andy connection is clear enough, but...

:shrug:

[Art_from_Ark]

20. I don't think there was a relation between Andy Griffith and P.J.

But Andy Griffith had two spinoffs that I know of-- Gomer Pyle, and Mayberry RFD.

Petticoat Junction led to Green Acres, I believe. Both were set in or near "Hooterville" (Hooverville). Or maybe "Hooterville" got its name from the three gals swimming in the water tower? :hide:

[NYC_SKP]

25. I hadn't thought of that, I thought "hooters" was about, like, "yokels"...

Those clever writers!

Now there was a character, an aunt somebody, who wore big flowery hats (a Minnie Pearl type) who appeared on P.J. and Andy Griffith.

And I believe there was a crossover in just one episode of P.J. that had Gomer, or something like that.

It was a while back, my memory, fading.

[Art_from_Ark]

30. You might be thinking of Pearl Bodine, Jethro Bodine's mother

from the Beverly Hillbillies. She might have made a guest appearance or two on PJ because both series were written by the same person (Paul Henning), and PJ could have actually been a spin-off of the Hillbillies.

[NYC_SKP]

32. That is it. So the connection is Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction.

And there is no connection to the Andy Griffith Show web of spinoffs and connected other shows...

Ah, now I can sleep.

[fishwax]

7. The Tortellis was pretty bad

:)

[flvegan]

10. Three's a Crowd or Joanie Loves Chachi.

[Orrex]

11. That's three votes for Joanie Loves Chachi

That show was undeniably a stinker.

And I'd totally forgotten about Three's a Crowd. Thank goodness.

[Critters2]

18. That's four for Joanie Loves Chachi.

:puke:

[Frank Cannon]

39. Five for Joanie Loves Chachi

Do I hear six?

[RiffRandell]

12. What was Three's a Crowd? I know I'll remember.

Did anyone mention "The Ropers"?

[flvegan]

13. The Ropers wasn't as horrible

because it tried to be its own show. Three's a Crowd was a pathetic beating of a long-dead horse.

[Orrex]

16. That's how I see it

And The Ropers had Jeffrey Tambor, which is always a plus.

[RiffRandell]

15. I just searched the internets and got some memory back.

Did Three's a Crowd take place in a piano bar setting?

[Art_from_Ark]

21. I think that was Cheers

but I could be wrong

[Richard Steele]

14. "The Cleveland Show"

The PILOT EPISODE hasn't even aired yet,
but I can already see the stench from here.

It's gonna be bad. Very, very bad.

[Yavin4]

19. Gloria which was Spun Off from All in the Family

No reason for that show. Twas awful.

[TommyO]

22. Tabitha

Little Tabitha, the precocious daughter of Darrin and Samantha Stephens is all grown up, and in a horrible sitcom, twitching her way through some really bad acting provided by Lisa Hartman (Black).

[Jimbo S]

23. Oo, I remember that one.

Around 1980? You have a good memory!

[TommyO]

26. 1975, even earlier than I thought!

I had to look up the year, but I remember the show because, even as a kid, I loved Bewitched and Samantha's over-the-top family.

[baldguy]

24. Joanie Loves Chachi

[arcadian]

27. Lonegun Men would have been excellent if they hadn't tried to be all jokey.

It was that period when Chris Carter was getting away from the core conspiracy/UFO stuff on X-files and trying to make the show funny. That came over to LoneGunmen as well. It didn't work, and they added that idiot "Jimmy" to the mix. Why? Oh why?

A show that has three stars doesn't need anymore core characters to focus on. I kind of hope the Lonegunmen wil show up in a future X-files movie, having faked their own deaths, that would be sweet.

The LonegunMen X-files episodes are classics with the CigaretteMan backstory episode possibly being my all time favorite X-files episode.

[XemaSab]

31. It could have been a hilarious comedy

but only if the humor was VERY dry.

[gmoney]

29. "Phyllis"? From "Mary Tyler Moore".

Although "Rhoda" and "Lou Grant" were a couple decent shows...

I could have sworn they spun off a series from "Rhoda" called "Joe" but I can't find anything online about it...

[bluesbassman]

33. "The Sanford Arms" and "Grady", Both from Sanford and Son.

Neither made it a whole season, and rightly so.:thumbsdown:

[Bryan]

34. Oh, that's easy. Torchwood.

"Look you, Jack, the penis monster's escaped, and it's attacking the Millenium Stadium!"

[Deja Q]

36. ! ! ! ! !

:spray:

So true, however... shock jock, poorly written scribble. Well, the plots were poorly written. The EQ between characters... screw it, it's soap opera with a token veneer of "sci-fantasy" attached. In another venue, it'd be a "reality show".

[datasuspect]

35. Son of Sanford and Son

[ogneopasno]

37. Galactica 1980.

A spinoff of the original BSG. HORRID.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

38. "Beverly Hills Buntz." ...I win.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Buntz