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punkinhead
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Black Bart and other great Pilots
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August 01, 2011, 10:57:40 AM »
Wow, has anyone watched the television pilot from 1975, inspired by
Blazing Saddles
? I can't believe it was even made. How can you go from a Rated R film that, even when I describe the film, I say nothing like this would ever be released today to a safe-idea of a sitcom on
CBS
? I could see the idea being thrown out there, but as far as making it and showing it, all I can say is "WOW". Then again, they made a pilot for
Revenge of the Nerds
(holy crap, that show was bad, but then again, it had "
Cousin Oliver
" in it and made me realize he does the voice for Michelangelo on the original
TMNT
cartoon, so it wasn't a total waste of time). Just making a PG-rated tv show from an R-rated film sounds like even bit of a terrible idea. Perhaps MASH is an exception. But then again, you could was the sitcom inspired by
Animal House
, I think it was callled
Beta House
or something of the nature.
Other bad TV Shows based on films (from the book:
TVLand To Go
by Tom Hill) and my comments:
-
Logan's Run
(Nice, let's make a series based on
Bladerunner
too)
-
Robocop: The Series
(To be based on the original film? it was almost rated X for the violence! But then again, when a film goes from
Rated R
's to
PG-13 ratings
, there's questionable ideas as to where/why/how the series should continue)_
-
Harry and the Hendersons
-
Weird Science
(I have to disagree with that one, I used to love this show on
USA Network
)
-
Ferris Bueller
(I kinda remember that, Jennifer Aniston was in it)
-
Private Benjamin
-
9 to 5
-
Fast Times
(based on
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
, back to my theory about Rated R films being made into series on a
1980s PG-rated television
)
-
Mr. Roberts
-
Freddy's Nightmares
(can't be any worse than the
second
Nightmare on Elm Street
film)
My interest back in the late 90s, before I discovered how much of an obsession I have with the
Beach Boys
, I was obsessed with
TV history/pop culture
knowledge; still a hobby of mine to this day.
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Re: Black Bart and other great Pilots
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August 01, 2011, 06:52:11 PM »
Despite having
nothing
to do with the movies the "Friday the 13th" tv series was pretty good.
And slightly OT, I have heard whisperings that Robocop may be getting remade.
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Re: Black Bart and other great Pilots
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August 01, 2011, 08:47:37 PM »
Quote from: Clark W. Griswold on August 01, 2011, 06:52:11 PM
Despite having
nothing
to do with the movies the "Friday the 13th" tv series was pretty good.
And slightly OT, I have heard whisperings that Robocop may be getting remade.
I've seen that Fri the 13th is on Sci-Fi every now and then, thought about watchin it; is it another Tales from the Darkside or Tales from the Cryptkeeper?
yeah, I heard about a Robocop remake/reboot a couple of years ago.
I'm only a fan of the first film, the rest of the franchise is crap.
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~post of the century~
"Well, you reached out to me too, David, and I'd be more than happy to fill Bgas's shoes. You don't need him anyway - some of us have the same items in our collections as he does and we're also much better writers. Spoiled brat....."
-Mikie
"in this online beach boy community, I've found that you're either correct or corrected. Which in my mind is all in good fun to show ones knowledge of their favorite band."- punkinhead
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Re: Black Bart and other great Pilots
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August 02, 2011, 08:06:36 AM »
In the early 90s I remember watching a whole bunch of Saturday morning cartoons based on movies...Back to the Future, The Real Ghostbusters, Ace Ventura, the Mask...I`m sure there were more...that`s just what I can remember off the top of my head. I also remember a cartoon series about a summer camp that starred John Candy.
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Re: Black Bart and other great Pilots
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August 02, 2011, 08:11:22 AM »
That would be Camp Candy, iirc, with a theme song by Harry Nilsson!
http://fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com/2007/08/camp-candy-tv-theme-1989.html
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Quote from: Alex on August 02, 2011, 08:06:36 AM
In the early 90s I remember watching a whole bunch of Saturday morning cartoons based on movies...Back to the Future, The Real Ghostbusters, Ace Ventura, the Mask...I`m sure there were more...that`s just what I can remember off the top of my head. I also remember a cartoon series about a summer camp that starred John Candy.
Oh, don't get me started on Saturday Morning Cartoons based on films. Wonder what the worst offender was: Teenwolf? Dumb and Dumber?
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"Someone needs to tell Adrian Baker that imitation isn't innovation." -The Real Beach Boy
~post of the century~
"Well, you reached out to me too, David, and I'd be more than happy to fill Bgas's shoes. You don't need him anyway - some of us have the same items in our collections as he does and we're also much better writers. Spoiled brat....."
-Mikie
"in this online beach boy community, I've found that you're either correct or corrected. Which in my mind is all in good fun to show ones knowledge of their favorite band."- punkinhead
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