BillsFan-4-Ever Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Opie How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 i actually don't think that's right. i looked it up, and found it nowhere. It's not a spinoff. I think most think it because the voice of Hank Hill is very remiscent of Tom Anderson (the old neighbor on B&B). Back to real spinoffs. Empty Nest wasn't bad. Frasier was the best in my mind. Did not know Mork and MIndy was a spinoff...still love that show Yeah Mork and Mindy was a spin-off of Happy Days which had a second good spin-off of Laverne and Shirley too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Some of these I wasn't aware were spinoffs... well today is educational! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 With news leaking about a "potential" Breaking Bad spinoff (i.e., was Walter White really dead?), and one already in the works ("Better Call Saul"), I started thinking about the topic in general. There have been some horrible spinoffs for sure (AfterMASH), but what have been the best ones? I'll start the discussion with a damned good one: Frasier I have to stick up for "AfterMASH". It was a decent-to-good show. It's biggest problem was that it followed up one of the greatest television shows ever. It did have it's weak points, but it could have been a good spinoff. Too bad CBS didn't give it more of a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Here's my list: Angel Darkwing Duck Beast Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 You mean Happy Days, yes? No. But Mork & Mindy was off of Happy Days mainly. But... The concept was first floated in a DVD Show episode... The egg thing... Jerry Paris was affliated with both Happy Days and DVD Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Andy Griffith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark80 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) It's not a spinoff. I think most think it because the voice of Hank Hill is very remiscent of Tom Anderson (the old neighbor on B&B). Back to real spinoffs. It's basically the exact same character in appearance, voice, influence (who Judge based them off of), and personality. Basically the only difference is the name. Technically not a spin-off, but in reality it's exactly what it is. Edited July 11, 2014 by Mark80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 "Actor-director Jerry Paris was inspired to create the character of Mork after directing an unusual and memorable episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, "It May Look Like A Walnut," in which Van Dyke's Rob Petrie has a dream wherein he believes the Earth has been surreptitiously invaded by walnut-eating aliens who stole humans's thumbs and imaginations.[10] (Series creator Carl Reiner had written the episode, which was the 20th in the show's second season and the 50th episode produced.) When he moved on to direct Happy Days, Paris introduced Mork in a similarly atypical season-five episode titled My Favorite Orkan..." -From Wiki's DVD Show entry Andy Griffith What did that spin-off from? Before my time. Was there an original AG SHow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) What did that spin-off from? Before my time. Was there an original AG SHow? The Danny Thomas show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNWqH1mijwc Edited July 11, 2014 by Chef Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 It's a toss-up for me: Frasier (spun off from Cheers) had more longevity, but Boston Legal (spun off from The Practice) is my all-time favorite show...it's a shame it only went 5 seasons, but there's something to say for ending before you run out of ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Opie Then going by that logic, "Matlock" is a spinoff from "The Andy Griffith Show". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) Facts of life is another as is Melrose Place CBF Edited July 11, 2014 by Canadian Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark80 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I used to love Jack Ass when I was in college. It spun off that show Wildboyz with Steve-O and Pontius that I thought was pretty damn funny at the time. Those two were completely and utterly insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Yeah Mork and Mindy was a spin-off of Happy Days which had a second good spin-off of Laverne and Shirley too. Laverne & Shirley was good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) Private Practice Family Feud Twilight Zone American Idol Laverne and Shirley CBF Edited July 11, 2014 by Canadian Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 1. Happy Days was not a spin off of Andy Griffith in any way, shape or form. 2. I just read that Mary Tyler Moore's son shot himself in the head - accidentally - in 1980. How tragic. 3. I still think my list is the best. 4. Beavis and Butthead was not a spin off of anything. 5. Mr. ags should stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) Laverne & Shirley was good? I was born in '77 so I'm living off the nostalgia of Laverne and Shirley. Back to Happy Days as a kid, I even named my gold fish, Ralph, Ritchie (and the brown one) the Fonze. Edited July 11, 2014 by The Jokeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 It's a toss-up for me: Frasier (spun off from Cheers) had more longevity, but Boston Legal (spun off from The Practice) is my all-time favorite show...it's a shame it only went 5 seasons, but there's something to say for ending before you run out of ideas. DENNY CRANE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark80 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 DENNY CRANE!!! No love for calling that in the third post of the thread huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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