Raf Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 No and no. Take everything about my post into consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeStGeorge Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Just not getting it. Either I didn't see the original, or I didn't see the reboot. Or both. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Look at my post. All of it. I'm sure you recognize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeStGeorge Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've looked at your post. All of it. I don't get it. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Really? Because I'm giving away the answer every time I post. I made sure of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeStGeorge Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Is there some show called "Post"? That's about the only thing I see in all your posts. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Is there some show called "Post"? That's about the only thing I see in all your posts. George Oddly enough, George's reply got me thinking in the right direction. You didn't say the show was ANIMATED. It's Clint, Jackie, Chuck and Bruce- the Adolescent Radioactive Black-belt Hamsters! Or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo and Michelangelo. (I once prepped a character for the RPG based in the setting. I named him 'Dante.') I still think of the Turtles in reference to the old comic, not all the cartoons that came out, despite all their versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 And that is why I had to make sure my avatar was showing what I thought it was showing. Your move, Lycanthrope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 This show has often been cited as the "most realistic" cop show- the show the police have said-more than once- best reflects the average day of a police officer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeStGeorge Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 This show has often been cited as the "most realistic" cop show- the show the police have said-more than once- best reflects the average day of a police officer. Is this a scripted drama? There are a few "reality" drive-along cop shows which would certainly be realistic. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Is this a scripted drama? There are a few "reality" drive-along cop shows which would certainly be realistic. George It is definitely not any form of "reality"/camera show. It was definitely scripted. And it had a spin-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Does the star of the spinoff live? Slightly exaggerated rumors to the contrary notwithstanding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Does the star of the spinoff live? Slightly exaggerated rumors to the contrary notwithstanding? Yes. At least as of this posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeStGeorge Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 "Hill Street Blues"? George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Barney Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Barney Miller Barney Miller. The show has people, all the time, in the police station. The police have them sit down, fill out reports and papers, and so on. The average day of police work is more of that and less "rescue the hostages", for which I am thankful to [name redacted]. The cryptic comments were a reference to the spinoff- Abe Vigoda as "FISH." More than once, Abe Vigoda's been incorrectly announced as dead. Over the DECADES. Raf's turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Ok, while we wait for Raf..... This US TV sitcom was based on a British TV sitcom. After some successful seasons, the British show ended (British series' often have few episodes compared to the US), and 2 different sitcoms spun off from it. (One with 2 characters, one with another.) After a couple of successful seasons, the US show spun off 2 characters into their own sitcom (the same ones as in the pair from the British series that spun off.) When the main US sitcom ended, the last episode set the stage for the sequel show, which was centered around the same character the British based their other spinoff around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I'll try and clean that up a bit. This is about a US TV sitcom that was based on a UK TV sitcom. The UK TV sitcom lasted several seasons, then ended and 2 other sitcoms spun off from it. One was based on a couple from the previous series, the other was based on a main character from the previous series. The US TV sitcom lasted several seasons. A few seasons in, they spun off a couple from the series into their own sitcom (the couple corresponding to the couple who got their own series in the UK.) When ther main US TV sitcom ended, it was succeeded directly by a new sitcom, based primarily around one main character from the previous series (the one corresponding to the one who was spun off to his own series in the UK.) In the US, the main sitcom was very successful, but the 2 spinoffs were not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeStGeorge Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Sounds like "All in the Family" with "The Jeffersons" and either "Gloria" or "Archie Bunker's Place," though "The Jeffersons" did pretty well. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Also fits Threes Company. Spinoffs The Ropers and Threes a Crowd. In Britain, Man About the House and Robins Nest. Not sure of the Ropers equivalent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Sounds like "All in the Family" with "The Jeffersons" and either "Gloria" or "Archie Bunker's Place," though "The Jeffersons" did pretty well. George Since there were 2 spinoffs and one successor, it should have been obvious this wasn't it, even before you noted the Jeffersons did well. Also fits Threes Company. Spinoffs The Ropers and Threes a Crowd. In Britain, Man About the House and Robins Nest. Not sure of the Ropers equivalent. The Ropers equivalent was called "George and Mildred." The characters George and Mildred Roper were spun off to that show. I was actually surprised about that. I remembered Man About the House and Robin's Nest, though, since they were in syndication in NYC on a local channel for a time. (WNYW, before the Fox network was formed, when it was an independent channel. Back when NYC had independent channels on 5, 9 and 11, with PBS on 13 and CBS, NBC and ABC on 2,4 and 7 like now. Now, 5 is Fox, 9 is UPN and 11 is CW.) If that was unclear, Raf was correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 One of the worst shows in television history, unless, you know, you liked it. The forgettable theme song was written by Randy Newman. So were most other songs on the show, which was part Hill Street Blues, part Glee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeStGeorge Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I remember a brief network flirtation with a police musical, but I can't remember the title. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Just not getting it. Either I didn't see the original, or I didn't see the reboot. Or both.
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Look at my post. All of it. I'm sure you recognize it.
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I've looked at your post. All of it. I don't get it.
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Really? Because I'm giving away the answer every time I post. I made sure of it.
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Is there some show called "Post"? That's about the only thing I see in all your posts.
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Oddly enough, George's reply got me thinking in the right direction.
You didn't say the show was ANIMATED.
It's Clint, Jackie, Chuck and Bruce- the Adolescent Radioactive Black-belt Hamsters!
Or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo and Michelangelo.
(I once prepped a character for the RPG based in the setting.
I named him 'Dante.')
I still think of the Turtles in reference to the old comic, not all the cartoons
that came out, despite all their versions.
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And that is why I had to make sure my avatar was showing what I thought it was showing. Your move, Lycanthrope.
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This show has often been cited as the "most realistic" cop show-
the show the police have said-more than once- best reflects the
average day of a police officer.
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Is this a scripted drama? There are a few "reality" drive-along cop shows which would certainly be realistic.
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It is definitely not any form of "reality"/camera show. It was definitely scripted.
And it had a spin-off.
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Does the star of the spinoff live? Slightly exaggerated rumors to the contrary notwithstanding?
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Yes.
At least as of this posting.
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"Hill Street Blues"?
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Barney Miller
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Barney Miller.
The show has people, all the time, in the police station. The police have them sit down,
fill out reports and papers, and so on. The average day of police work is more of
that and less "rescue the hostages", for which I am thankful to [name redacted].
The cryptic comments were a reference to the spinoff- Abe Vigoda as "FISH."
More than once, Abe Vigoda's been incorrectly announced as dead. Over the DECADES.
Raf's turn!
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Ok, while we wait for Raf.....
This US TV sitcom was based on a British TV sitcom.
After some successful seasons, the British show ended
(British series' often have few episodes compared to the US),
and 2 different sitcoms spun off from it.
(One with 2 characters, one with another.)
After a couple of successful seasons, the US show spun off
2 characters into their own sitcom
(the same ones as in the pair from the British series that
spun off.)
When the main US sitcom ended, the last episode set the
stage for the sequel show, which was centered around the
same character the British based their other spinoff around.
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What?
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I'll try and clean that up a bit.
This is about a US TV sitcom that was based on a UK TV sitcom.
The UK TV sitcom lasted several seasons, then ended and
2 other sitcoms spun off from it.
One was based on a couple from the previous series,
the other was based on a main character from the previous series.
The US TV sitcom lasted several seasons.
A few seasons in, they spun off a couple from the series
into their own sitcom
(the couple corresponding to the couple who got their own series
in the UK.)
When ther main US TV sitcom ended, it was succeeded directly by
a new sitcom, based primarily around one main character from
the previous series
(the one corresponding to the one who was spun off to his own
series in the UK.)
In the US, the main sitcom was very successful, but the 2
spinoffs were not.
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Sounds like "All in the Family" with "The Jeffersons" and either "Gloria" or "Archie Bunker's Place," though "The Jeffersons" did pretty well.
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Also fits Threes Company. Spinoffs The Ropers and Threes a Crowd.
In Britain, Man About the House and Robins Nest. Not sure of the Ropers equivalent.
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Since there were 2 spinoffs and one successor,
it should have been obvious this wasn't it,
even before you noted the Jeffersons did well.
The Ropers equivalent was called "George and Mildred."
The characters George and Mildred Roper were spun off to that show.
I was actually surprised about that.
I remembered Man About the House and Robin's Nest, though,
since they were in syndication in NYC on a local channel for a time.
(WNYW, before the Fox network was formed, when it was an independent
channel. Back when NYC had independent channels on 5, 9 and 11,
with PBS on 13 and CBS, NBC and ABC on 2,4 and 7 like now.
Now, 5 is Fox, 9 is UPN and 11 is CW.)
If that was unclear, Raf was correct.
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One of the worst shows in television history, unless, you know, you liked it.
The forgettable theme song was written by Randy Newman. So were most other songs on the show, which was part Hill Street Blues, part Glee.
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I remember a brief network flirtation with a police musical, but I can't remember the title.
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Anyone?
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