I remember thinking back during the mid-90's that there should be a CIC reunion someday. The odds are that this will never happen, but you never know. What I was always most curious about is how they would do it? Would the reunion be with the Pembrokes or the Powells? This would probably depend a mostly on who they could to get to return. I think that they should try to use both casts. Anyone have any interesting ideas on how they could do thi.? I've never been able to come up with anything that would work.:dog:

I would Love to see a Charles In Charge Reunion on Televison

Yeah, but the problem is how to include members of each cast in it. Of course you are going to have Charles and Buddy, there is no question there. I think that maybe the story could deal with Charles getting married to Gwendolyn. Then all the Pembrokes and Powells would be guests at the wedding. This is the only story I can think of that could logically include members of both casts. And I would love to see Charles get married to Gwendolyn. Of course, if I was writing the script myself I would base a character on myself and have him married to Lila!:)

if he married lila

No, no. I would not have Charles marry Lila. That would be weird.
Charles would be marrying Gwendolyn. I would write a character based uoun myself and that character would be married to Lila.

gotcha

Originally posted by dukey
Yeah, but the problem is how to include members of each cast in it. Of course you are going to have Charles and Buddy, there is no question there. I think that maybe the story could deal with Charles getting married to Gwendolyn. Then all the Pembrokes and Powells would be guests at the wedding. This is the only story I can think of that could logically include members of both casts. And I would love to see Charles get married to Gwendolyn. Of course, if I was writing the script myself I would base a character on myself and have him married to Lila!:)

That would be cool. The only problem I see is that while I realize people can marry at any age, it would be hard to fathom Charles and Gwendolyn waited 20 years to get married. Unless it's a case they both were married to someone else and are now divorced and realized they were meant for each other. They had Gwendolyn come back from California and have Charles propose to her during the syndicated run, so i'm sure they could re-do something like that. That's the magic of TV; anything is possible.

Another problem I could see is getting the casts together again.
I don't believe Jennifer Runyon does any acting anymore. For being together only one season, Scott Baio and Jennifer had an excellent chemistry about them. It would be kind of weird to see someone else play Gwendolyn. But, then again, anything's possible. Maybe she'd come back for a one-time reunion like this.

Getting everyone back would be a real problem. First you have the problem that April Lerman (Lila), Jonathan Ward (Douglas),
Michael Pearlman (Jason), Alexander Polinsky (Adam), Jennifer Runyon (Gwendolyn), and Sandra Kerns (Mrs. Powell) are no longer acting. Julie Cobb, who played Mrs. Pembroke, refused to return to the series in 1986, so she probably isn't going to now. James Widdows, who palyed Mr. Pembroke, is a television director now, and no longer acts. And from an interview I read with Nicole Eggert (Jamie), I don't think she'll be stepping on the same soundstage with Scott Baio anytime soon. So if there was a CIC reunion, you would only have Scott Baio (Charles), Willie Aames (Buddy), Josie Davis (Sarah) and James Callahan (Grandpa).

he does that bible man stuff and i dont think he really wants to act anymore...but i bet if al burton contacted all of them and talked to the whole cast, he could get them back, atleast the powells...oh and by the way scott baio was a dick to nicole eggert and even tho i like scott baio as an actor, id just like to let nicole know, that if i ever see scott on the street, ill kick his ass for what he did to her...(haha lol)

Yeah, Nicole mentioned that. She did not deserve to be treated that way. I hear that Scott's getting married! Maybe he learned the evil of his ways. One can only hope.

You know, that's a gauge of knowing when a show has great chemistry among its cast. It's when you think everything you see on TV is real and forget that they were just actors portraying characters; that the way all of them were on TV carried over to how they were when the cameras turned off. You forget those people had real lives.

Like a person would think if they did do a reunion that all of the cast members would show up and do it because they're a "family." When in reality, they aren't and the actors who played those characters have gone on to do other things in their lives. In fact, I'm sure many of them lost touch with one another after the series ended.

And for the CBS cast to show that kind of chemistry in just one season is remarkable.

nicole loved scott and willie during the show. she said they were like her older brothers....but i give baio's marrige 6months to a year...hasnt he been engaged since 2001?

Originally posted by dukey
Getting everyone back would be a real problem. First you have the problem that April Lerman (Lila), Jonathan Ward (Douglas),
Michael Pearlman (Jason), Alexander Polinsky (Adam), Jennifer Runyon (Gwendolyn), and Sandra Kerns (Mrs. Powell) are no longer acting. Julie Cobb, who played Mrs. Pembroke, refused to return to the series in 1986, so she probably isn't going to now. James Widdows, who palyed Mr. Pembroke, is a television director now, and no longer acts. And from an interview I read with Nicole Eggert (Jamie), I don't think she'll be stepping on the same soundstage with Scott Baio anytime soon. So if there was a CIC reunion, you would only have Scott Baio (Charles), Willie Aames (Buddy), Josie Davis (Sarah) and James Callahan (Grandpa).

I totally agree. When I said anything is possible in my post I meant from a writing standpoint they can make any kind of storyline they want to suit the purpose of doing a reunion show, because that's the magic of television; anything's possible.

But, from a casting standpoint, as far as getting a group of people together that resembles anything we'd be expecting in a Charles in Charge reunion show will never happen. That's where the anything's possible thought goes out the window.

While anything's possible with the writing, you can't say the same for the casting, whether you're talking the CBS cast or the syndicated cast. And if that's the case, a reunion show isn't even worth doing.

Yeah, I totally agree. And if they could not do the reunion with members of both casts, they shoudn't do it at all. I also can't imagine there being a CIC True Hollywood Story either, because the series seemes to have a happy set, so there isn't anyting to really talk about. It isn't like Diff'rent Strokes where you had Todd Bridges being accused of murder and Dana Plato's drug problem.

they would choose the powells over the pembrokes for a reunion b/c it was on longer

Originally posted by roaddawg71
they would choose the powells over the pembrokes for a reunion b/c it was on longer

Very true. However you could say that the Pembrokes were on first. In a related matter, I watched this special on VH1 called Child Star Babylon and they interviewed Willia Aames. He talked about how he battled drugs and hit rock bottom until he cleaned up in 1986.

being on first would make no difference...there is no doubt they would go for the cast that was on longer...but there is no use debating cuz it will never happen

Yeah, you're probably right.

i wish we could find out

Since I voted for the series on DVD at TVshowsondvd (I think that was the name of the site), I'll be sent any information concerning the show if Universal announces that they'll be putting it out on DVD. Any news I get I'll post here of course

Oops wrong topic!

lol...if you here anything let me know

I will

great

You are all pretty astute around here. I'd doubt a reunion would ever happen, for all the reasons mentioned above. Too much time, too many hard feelings and some bad chemistry between cast members. Willie is way too into the Bibleman character to do it anyway.

Michael, it's great that you decided to stop by. You wrote that you thought that there was bad chemistry between some of the characters, which ones were you thinking of? I always felt that there was always great chemistry between all the actors. I think that you and Scott had perfect chemistry. It being 20 years since CIC first aired, I want to offer you a special thanks for all the great work that you did on the series. I know some of the younger fans don't appreciate the Pembroke episodes, but for all of us that were there for season one we all know that you guys created something great. You think there is any chance of the Pembrokes ever coming to DVD?

well im pretty sure that scott baio and willie aames arent the best of friends...why i have no idea, but i dont think they like eachother

Thanks for the kind words Dax, it's always nice to know that you were part of some slice of pop culture which was meaningful to people. Scott and I got along really well, and I've had a lot of people say to me that it came through on the screen. There were a few scripts which also brought that chemisty before the camera, and I thought that those were some of the better episodes.

I can't speak for either Willie and Scott, but I know that when I attended the 100th episode party for the show they weren't getting along well. I think Willie has completely left that part of his life behind, which happens when you find God I suppose. Julie Cobb, who played the mother on my cast, was pretty bitter about the syndication offer that was made to us and probably wouldn't be interested in appearing again, but I don't know. As for Nicole and Scott, well that might not be a warm situation either, but again, I don't know how they left it.

As for a DVD release, those decisions are made by people far removed from me these days. I'd imagine that one day it'll get released, but who knows?

Michael, after reading what you've written at the forum, I'm happy to see that you've become a really well educated (it shows) journalist and you're not belittling CIC era of your life. I don't care what 'the critics' think about it. That was a great show and one can only be proud of it.

I'd like to ask some questions, if I may. As far as I know Michael Jacobs created the show with Barbara Weisberg . Were they a couple? What do you remember about Mr. Jacobs and Ms Weisberg? Were they always on the set during filming? Was the producer Al Burton involved in the creation process or just the finance? And how was Jennifer Runyon to work with?

CIC was not just another sitcom. And I knew it too well. So my thanks to you and all the people involved. :wave: