Chambers
07-18-2004, 09:38 PM
Frasier was the perfect candidate for his own spinoff. He was complex enough to hold his own. I bet the creators realized this when they saw the excellent Cheers episodes that revolved around his character.
I honestly could never see Norm, Cliff or Carla having their own shows. They're hilarious, but they just don't have that depth. George Wendt himself once claimed that he never liked the episodes that were focused on Norm - they seemed outlandish. I agree. Norm was a perfect supporting character but hardly active enough to support the weight of his own show.
Sam had enough depth, but his spinoff would have been more like a sequel to Cheers and therefore...pretty pointless.
Diane has the potential to hold her own...but I'm not sure how far her character could go. She was already starting to lose some of her charm in season 5 in my opinion. I was never quite sure if the change in her character was due to the writers and producers being mad at Shelley...or if that was really the Fate of Diane Chambers. But still, it would have been interesting to see Diane as a struggling writer in L.A. battling the city's superficiality, trying not to be confused with those stick-thin platinum blond wanna-be actresses who exercise every muscle except the brain... and finding that in the West Coast most of her New England pretensions are irrelevant.
Rebecca...well her whining was reincarnated in Veronica from Veronica's Closet...and we all know how successful that was.
I would have loved to see Lilith have her own show (separate from Frasier as I explained over at the Frasier board), but that would require her character to develop more. She would have to go beyond "Ice Queen."
I honestly could never see Norm, Cliff or Carla having their own shows. They're hilarious, but they just don't have that depth. George Wendt himself once claimed that he never liked the episodes that were focused on Norm - they seemed outlandish. I agree. Norm was a perfect supporting character but hardly active enough to support the weight of his own show.
Sam had enough depth, but his spinoff would have been more like a sequel to Cheers and therefore...pretty pointless.
Diane has the potential to hold her own...but I'm not sure how far her character could go. She was already starting to lose some of her charm in season 5 in my opinion. I was never quite sure if the change in her character was due to the writers and producers being mad at Shelley...or if that was really the Fate of Diane Chambers. But still, it would have been interesting to see Diane as a struggling writer in L.A. battling the city's superficiality, trying not to be confused with those stick-thin platinum blond wanna-be actresses who exercise every muscle except the brain... and finding that in the West Coast most of her New England pretensions are irrelevant.
Rebecca...well her whining was reincarnated in Veronica from Veronica's Closet...and we all know how successful that was.
I would have loved to see Lilith have her own show (separate from Frasier as I explained over at the Frasier board), but that would require her character to develop more. She would have to go beyond "Ice Queen."