View Full Version : The Success of a 1970's TV Show that you never understood


TVFactFan
05-26-2004, 06:43 PM
I will never be able to figure out how the TV show, Chico and the Man did well in it's first season.

Dean Winchester
05-26-2004, 06:47 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I will never be able to figure out how the TV show, Chico and the Man did well in it's first season.

didn't Chico And The Man follow Sanford And Son on NBC? Not positive but I think that show's success was much due to it's timeslot

Chain Gang Member
05-26-2004, 06:51 PM
Too bad Freddie Prinze died before it could become a huge hit

Skywalker
05-26-2004, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I will never be able to figure out how the TV show, Chico and the Man did well in it's first season.


Two words. "Looking good"

TVFactFan
05-26-2004, 06:56 PM
Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
didn't Chico And The Man follow Sanford And Son on NBC? Not positive but I think that show's success was much due to it's timeslot


Yes it followed S&S at 8:30pm on Friday NIghts.

Adamantium
05-26-2004, 07:32 PM
Alot of the women on the messageboard love the show because they love Freddie Prinze. I admit, I didn't find the show that funny at first, either. But I kept watching it and now love the show. I'm also sure that the post "Sanford and Son" timeslot had something to do with it's success in the beginning. But I also think it made a name for itself.

Nighthawk76
05-26-2004, 08:31 PM
I realize that a lot of people are going to want to kill me after this, so in my defense I'll just say that this is simply my opinion and I don't expect anyone to agree with me. I do not understand how Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy ever became hits. I always thought these were two of the worst shows ever. I mean Mork and Mindy had a guy coming to Earth in a flying egg!

TVFactFan
05-26-2004, 08:36 PM
Originally posted by dukey
I realize that a lot of people are going to want to kill me after this, so in my defense I'll just say that this is simply my opinion and I don't expect anyone to agree with me. I do not understand how Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy ever became hits. I always thought these were two of the worst shows ever. I mean Mork and Mindy had a guy coming to Earth in a flying egg!


I agree 100%. Mork was a TRUE WEIRDO. I strongly believe the target age for Mork and Mindy was 5-13-LOL

barwars
05-26-2004, 10:56 PM
Originally posted by dukey
I realize that a lot of people are going to want to kill me after this, so in my defense I'll just say that this is simply my opinion and I don't expect anyone to agree with me. I do not understand how Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy ever became hits. I always thought these were two of the worst shows ever. I mean Mork and Mindy had a guy coming to Earth in a flying egg!

They were spinoffs of the biggest show in America, of course they'd be hits.

And about M&M.... it starred a comic GENIOUS, and if you deny Robin Williams being one of the greatest comics ever, you don't know comedy.

TVFactFan
05-26-2004, 11:01 PM
Originally posted by barwars88
They were spinoffs of the biggest show in America, of course they'd be hits.

And about M&M.... it starred a comic GENIOUS, and if you deny Robin Williams being one of the greatest comics ever, you don't know comedy.


Robin Williams was a wacko

Dean Winchester
05-26-2004, 11:28 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Robin Williams was a wacko

Robin is one of the very few tv stars whose success in the movies was so big that many people have actually forgotten his roots were in television

dawsongirl
05-27-2004, 01:18 AM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I will never be able to figure out how the TV show, Chico and the Man did well in it's first season.

Because it was hilarious!

dawsongirl
05-27-2004, 01:20 AM
Originally posted by dukey
I realize that a lot of people are going to want to kill me after this, so in my defense I'll just say that this is simply my opinion and I don't expect anyone to agree with me. I do not understand how Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy ever became hits. I always thought these were two of the worst shows ever. I mean Mork and Mindy had a guy coming to Earth in a flying egg!

I don't have an opinion on Mork and Mindy, considering it's been years since I've seen it, but I agree with you on L&S. I never have found that show funny.

Nighthawk76
05-27-2004, 03:26 PM
Originally posted by barwars88
They were spinoffs of the biggest show in America, of course they'd be hits.

And about M&M.... it starred a comic GENIOUS, and if you deny Robin Williams being one of the greatest comics ever, you don't know comedy.

I've never liked Robin Williams. If that means I don't know comedy, I can live with that.

TVFactFan
05-27-2004, 06:21 PM
Originally posted by dukey
I've never liked Robin Williams. If that means I don't know comedy, I can live with that.


Comedy and Robin Williams go together like French Fries and Ice Cream

barwars
05-28-2004, 03:12 PM
Originally posted by dukey
I've never liked Robin Williams. If that means I don't know comedy, I can live with that.


You dont have to like him.
Its like with music, you dont have to like The Beattles.... but if you ever said they were the worst band of all time, then you're just being naive.

Dean Winchester
05-28-2004, 03:28 PM
Originally posted by barwars88
You dont have to like him.
Its like with music, you dont have to like The Beattles.... but if you ever said they were the worst band of all time, then you're just being naive.

I agree. I admit I prefer Robin's dramatic work (I thought he deserved to be nominated for One Hour Photo) to most of his comedic work. But still, the man IS funny

TVFactFan
05-28-2004, 04:24 PM
Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
I agree. I admit I prefer Robin's dramatic work (I thought he deserved to be nominated for One Hour Photo) to most of his comedic work. But still, the man IS funny


I wonder was he nominated for anything on Mork and Mindy.

jamesanthony
05-28-2004, 08:12 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I wonder was he nominated for anything on Mork and Mindy.

Yeah he was as a matter of fact. In 1979 he and the show were both emmy nominees. He lost to Carroll O'Connor and when he did the press complained that O'Connor had one for the 4th time and Williams was a fresh face who deserved it. The show lost to Taxi.