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Do you remember these TV flops?
Are these failures forgotten or not?
Hey, they can't all be Gunsmoke.
Sometimes, TV shows are dead on arrival. For whatever reason, the premise doesn't connect, and it never will. Or, maybe the premise is fine, but the execution is awful. There are even examples where the ingredients are all right, but the cast is all wrong.
So, let's see which ones were bad enough that you can't even recall them! We'll give you the name and the year, you just tell us if you remember it.
There's no right answer, just failed TV shows.
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Do you remember... Me and The Chimp (1972)
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Mrs. Columbo (1979)
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Future Cop (1977)
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Kingston: Confidential (1977)
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Automan (1983)
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My Mother the Car (1965)
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Cop Rock (1990)
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Cavemen (2007)
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Joey (2004)
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Salvage 1 (1979)
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90%…yikes, that’s some bad television.
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70% Cop Rock sucked
There was another show around the same time before they discovered that the random musical concept wasn't going to work out. Never watched Cop Rock but I did see all of Hull High before it was canceled.
60% I actually liked Salvage 1.
it wasn't a bad show but building a spaceship from what you find in a junkyard is a biiiiiiit out there
I liked it too.
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40%, showing my age, or do I like to watch bad TV series Some of those weren't bad.
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I liked "My Mother the car" when I was very young. It became a easy punchline for comics,
hence it was called the worst series of all time which isn't true.
A lot of veteran actors guested on it, it was shot in vivid color and the 1929 Porter was
a beautiful car. Co-star Maggie Pierce was a babe, she popped up as eye candy on a lot of
shows back then.
The theme song was quite snappy as well.
It was aimed directly at kids, a silly not to be taken serious bit of fluff.
I liked "My Mother the car" when I was very young. It became a easy punchline for comics,
hence it was called the worst series of all time which isn't true.
A lot of veteran actors guested on it, it was shot in vivid color and the 1929 Porter was
a beautiful car. Co-star Maggie Pierce was a babe, she popped up as eye candy on a lot of
shows back then.
The theme song was quite snappy as well.
It was aimed directly at kids, a silly not to be taken serious bit of fluff.
ME TOO! It was my favorite show when I was 7! Didn't see it in color until years later! Fun Fact: Would you believe Sammy Davis Jr. sang the theme song on air? Check it out on YouTube!
Wait, wait, did Sammy sing it on the series or on another show? I don't recall him guesting
on it. Frank "Herbert Gillis" Faylen did, I remember that because as a kid I was upset,
wondering why he wasn't with Mrs. G and Dobie.
on it. Frank "Herbert Gillis" Faylen did, I remember that because as a kid I was upset,
wondering why he wasn't with Mrs. G and Dobie.
I also liked this show - I was 7-8 years old when it aired. I don't why it's so maligned - it wasn't any worse than shows about, say, a talking horse or an aerodynamic nun.
No, Sammy had his own variety show the same season! They even added a second verse! Sammy did a lot of TV including 2 Riflemans! Oddly, the guest on MMTC I remember is Sonny Tufts, who also did Laugh-In!
60% NBC had such high expectations for Joey.
I think the casting was pretty bad. Plus, it was too soon after Friends. I didn’t think it was a bad idea for him to go to California, though he just needed a better supporting cast or different scenario. Clarify that I don’t think the acting was bad or the actors were bad. I just don’t think they were cast correctly.
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40% similar. I remember every one of them!
I'll explain all of these: [1]Ted Bessell owned a monkey! Fun Fact: his daughter was Kami Colter AKA Elizabeth Walton! [2]Future Captain Janeway Kate Mulgrew played the title role! [3] Ernest Borgnine was his partner! [4] Raymond Burr after Ironside and before Perry Mason 2.0! [5] Desi Arnaz Jr. teams with a robot! [6] Jerry Van Dyke's car was his mother! [7] Hill Street Blues meets West Side Story! [8] Yes, a takeoff on a bad insurance comericial! Fun Fact: Would you believe fellow insurance spokesperson Flo was on it? [9] Horrible Friends spinoff! [10] Andy Griffith between TAGS & Matlock!
[5] Desi Arnaz Jr. teams with a robot!
WRONG! (but thanks for playing.) Automan was not a robot, he was an AI driven holographic projection. The show was a TV take-off on the idea of "Tron" in the real world.
WRONG! (but thanks for playing.) Automan was not a robot, he was an AI driven holographic projection. The show was a TV take-off on the idea of "Tron" in the real world.
[1]Ted Bessell owned a monkey!
As Cornelius pointed out in "Escape From the Planet of the Apes", chimpanzees are apes, not "monkeys".
As Cornelius pointed out in "Escape From the Planet of the Apes", chimpanzees are apes, not "monkeys".
OK, I made a few mistakes, but everything else is correct!
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