Vote for why you think it jumped
Never Jumped
I Do (Max and 99)
Birth (The twins)
Network switch (NBC to CBS)
Max is Larabee's straight man
Shark Bytes
Я купила крутейший комп с установленной виндоуз Виста - такой извращенной порниушки я еще не видела.
Я конечно нормально отношусь к анальному сексу, но не через голову!
Скажите как мне сделать чтобы у меня стояла привычная вындоуз икс-пи?
Я конечно нормально отношусь к анальному сексу, но не через голову!
Скажите как мне сделать чтобы у меня стояла привычная вындоуз икс-пи?
i never saw the 90's version
of get smart are the movie out now
i saw the get smart movie isaw was get smart again i like it and the get smart
series that aired 1965-1970 never jumped
of get smart are the movie out now
i saw the get smart movie isaw was get smart again i like it and the get smart
series that aired 1965-1970 never jumped
Get Smart started out cool with Barbara Feldon as a no nonsense 99. Then she got all soft and fluffy and acted kittenish. 99 and Smart falling in love and marrying blew it.
Kobe is Choking said:
"my dad reminded me recently that when I was a kid I always wondered why they didn't make movies out of my favorite TV shows and comic books. An idea ahead of its time, I guess...)"
Yes and it's not a bad idea, it's just that almost ALL the TV shows made into movies have SUCKED ON ICE! Let's see, The Flintstones, Lost in Space, Scooby Doo.. oh what's the point? This post would be two pages long if I listed all the box office bombs that were made based on television shows....
Peace.
"my dad reminded me recently that when I was a kid I always wondered why they didn't make movies out of my favorite TV shows and comic books. An idea ahead of its time, I guess...)"
Yes and it's not a bad idea, it's just that almost ALL the TV shows made into movies have SUCKED ON ICE! Let's see, The Flintstones, Lost in Space, Scooby Doo.. oh what's the point? This post would be two pages long if I listed all the box office bombs that were made based on television shows....
Peace.
Saw the previews today for the GS movie. I, being a long-time devout GS fan, am already sorely disappointed. Just the snippets I saw didn't measure up in any way to the real thing. I don't get the whole Steve Carell craze..."Funniest Man in America," my ass! Jeez, he makes Will Ferrell seem like Robin Williams. I hate to be so negative, but I will pass on the flick and instead pop in a Get Smart DVD to restore my faith in the franchise.
PS, my dad reminded me recently that when I was a kid I always wondered why they didn't make movies out of my favorite TV shows and comic books. An idea ahead of its time, I guess...)
PS, my dad reminded me recently that when I was a kid I always wondered why they didn't make movies out of my favorite TV shows and comic books. An idea ahead of its time, I guess...)
To Jim Nasium: Absolutely correct, pretty much all shows have some element of repetition. My point was that the quality of a show can easily decline through over-dependence on (and thus over-familiarity with) the very factors you mention. Sooner or later, 'Sorry about that, Chief', the Cone of Silence, the 'would you believe...' gags and so on stop being cute attractions and start being irritating burdens. Catch-phrases and uniquely wacky situations have a use-by date, and you're also correct when you say that if repetitive plotlines and gags is a reason for a show to JTS, then they all did. It's a question of degree, but yep, all the examples you provide certainly did, and repetition was a big part of their problem. Let's also not forget (as in the case of 'Happy Days') that a show may JTS some time before it is cancelled (and arguably it usually does), and that there are people who continue to quite like a show well into a considerable decline in its quality. In short, everything new gets old, and repetition helps that process along immeasurably. Cheers.
Kind of a late response, but back in November, Slammerworm said, "Drifting away from warmer cultural waters, the show also sank its own ship with the repetitive gags and plotlines, and a lack of character development"
I'm probably missing a show or two, but off the top of my head, I can't recall any show (read: sitcom) of which there weren't repetitive catch-phrases, gags and plot lines. Let's think of a popular show:
Happy Days: Wow, talk about repetitive! Fonzie's ever-present "Aaaayyy!" "Sit on it!" Cool it!", etc. Richie's "I found my thrill". Chachi's annoying "Wa-wa-wa-wa!". And talk about repetitive gags. Every episode (the last few seasons, anyway) was the Fonzie Show. Fonzie making things happen by snapping his fingers, tapping a machine to make it work, etc. Happy Days was truly repetitive.
Three's Company: Here we have the almost weekly-recurring plot line of one of the cast 'misunderstanding' something that was said by another. Someone would overhear a conversation and inevitably jump to the wrong conclusion and the episode would unfold from there. Yes, Three's Company was VERY repetitive with respect to plot lines.
Let's go back a ways... I Love Lucy: Oh boy, talk about repetitive plot lines and gags! Practically every other episode featured Lucy trying to worm her way into Ricky's show or else she was trying to meet a celebrity who was guest starring on the show. Her trademark whine was also present on just about every show, which was a never-ending gag.
The Brady Bunch: Again, very repetitive plot lines. How many episodes featured celebrity guest stars whom the Bunch came to befriend? Even the plots within the show itself were recycled to fit a different character. The same problem Cindy would have with self-consciousness would be Bobby's problem in a later episode. Bobby is upset in one episode because everyone else has won awards except him so he goes about trying out for everything in sight or attempting to break some sort of record in order to win any kind of award. In another ep, it would be Jan's turn to do the exact same thing (the famed "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia") episode. The Brady Bunch is yet another example of repetitive plots.
Let's try one more - M*A*S*H*, one of the most popular shows ever. Yep, many recurring themes, plots and gags. How many episodes featured one of the gang receiving a gift from back home that everyone else in the camp wants? (Hawkeye gets some long johns during a cold spell, Winchester gets a batch of newspapers that the camp goes nuts over, Hawk and Beej send away for a bathtub, etc). And the many shows where practical jokes are constantly played on each other. And the repetitive gag of Klinger wearing women's clothes.
I think you get my point. I may be missing something, but I really can't think of ANY television show that doesn't use repetitive plots and gags. If this is a reason for a show to JTS, then they ALL did.
Peace.
I'm probably missing a show or two, but off the top of my head, I can't recall any show (read: sitcom) of which there weren't repetitive catch-phrases, gags and plot lines. Let's think of a popular show:
Happy Days: Wow, talk about repetitive! Fonzie's ever-present "Aaaayyy!" "Sit on it!" Cool it!", etc. Richie's "I found my thrill". Chachi's annoying "Wa-wa-wa-wa!". And talk about repetitive gags. Every episode (the last few seasons, anyway) was the Fonzie Show. Fonzie making things happen by snapping his fingers, tapping a machine to make it work, etc. Happy Days was truly repetitive.
Three's Company: Here we have the almost weekly-recurring plot line of one of the cast 'misunderstanding' something that was said by another. Someone would overhear a conversation and inevitably jump to the wrong conclusion and the episode would unfold from there. Yes, Three's Company was VERY repetitive with respect to plot lines.
Let's go back a ways... I Love Lucy: Oh boy, talk about repetitive plot lines and gags! Practically every other episode featured Lucy trying to worm her way into Ricky's show or else she was trying to meet a celebrity who was guest starring on the show. Her trademark whine was also present on just about every show, which was a never-ending gag.
The Brady Bunch: Again, very repetitive plot lines. How many episodes featured celebrity guest stars whom the Bunch came to befriend? Even the plots within the show itself were recycled to fit a different character. The same problem Cindy would have with self-consciousness would be Bobby's problem in a later episode. Bobby is upset in one episode because everyone else has won awards except him so he goes about trying out for everything in sight or attempting to break some sort of record in order to win any kind of award. In another ep, it would be Jan's turn to do the exact same thing (the famed "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia") episode. The Brady Bunch is yet another example of repetitive plots.
Let's try one more - M*A*S*H*, one of the most popular shows ever. Yep, many recurring themes, plots and gags. How many episodes featured one of the gang receiving a gift from back home that everyone else in the camp wants? (Hawkeye gets some long johns during a cold spell, Winchester gets a batch of newspapers that the camp goes nuts over, Hawk and Beej send away for a bathtub, etc). And the many shows where practical jokes are constantly played on each other. And the repetitive gag of Klinger wearing women's clothes.
I think you get my point. I may be missing something, but I really can't think of ANY television show that doesn't use repetitive plots and gags. If this is a reason for a show to JTS, then they ALL did.
Peace.
The first three seasons were terrific and the fourth season mediocre. The fifth, and final, season sucked (the victim of bad writing and the show losing steam).
My husband & I always liked the show. His favorite character was Sigfried.Can't wait untill it comes out on DVD.
The first few seasons were sheer brilliance, but the show definitely JTS when Max and 99 got married, and the last season was almost unwatchable.
One of the greatest comedy series in TV history. Funny in all major categories: characters, situations, lines. Don Adams was perfectly suited for Max. It's impossible to imagine what this show might have been like with the man originally slated to play him: Tom Poston. And Barbara Feldon - one of the great TV hard-ons of the 60s, along with Mary Tyler Moore on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Diana Rigg on The Avengers and Julie Newmar as Cat Woman. It's safe to say that this show spawned more catchphrases than any other show in history (even SNL): "Sorry about that chief," "Would you belive...," "Zis iss Kaos! Ve don't BLANK here!," etc. Kudos, too, to Dick Gauthier as Hymie, Joey Foreman as Harry Hoo, and the guy who played Laramie. Shark time: when Max and 99 had twins.
A genuinely funny, near-satirical series with sharp writing and an excellent core cast (Barbara Feldon; smart as a whip, sexy blue-blood accent, those big expressive eyes.. And comic timing, too. Ahhhhh), but Indexit (Nov 05) nailed the main problem; Spoof shows which lampoon current cultural obsessions almost invariably have a use-by period. The Cold War/James Bond-inspired 'spy boom' began around 1964 and petered out long about 1967-68, when things cultural went 'psychedelic'. Drifting away from warmer cultural waters, the show also sank its own ship with the repetitive gags and plotlines, and a lack of character development (marriage, pregnancy and parenthood notwithstanding). Comedy is hard to sustain at the best of times, let alone when the original climate which generated it has irrevocably receded. A couple of years on from the demise of Get Smart and popular nostalgia for the 1950s (borne aloft amid the turbulent hedonistic 1970s) made it possible for a spoof show like Happy Days. And therein lay the foundation-event which precipitated the climate of nostalgia/cynicism in which this fine website itself would generate. G'Night Jim-Bob.
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