Joanie Loves Chachi or Mork and Mindy?


I say Mork and Mindy

Joanie Loves Chachi...although, I haven't seen either in YEARS.

Joanie Loves Chachi...although, I haven't seen either in YEARS.


I could watch Joanie and Chachi ay day before Crazy ass Mork-lol

I have yet to see a Joannie Loves Chachi episode but from what I have read about it and how I can't stand them on the season before there spinoff I don't think I would be able to stand it. I don't really like Mork and Mindy, but I would definitely rather watch it than a lot of other shows.

was by far the worst spinoff
it was HORRIBLE

Chachi was such a dork and Joanie was just plain Gross looking
and the music they sang was awful too

the whole show was a nightmare

id watch mork over J L C any day :wave: :wave:

Joanie Loves Chachi ...no one else loved him, or the show/// The whole idea of this show was poor not only for the writing, but the fact that the 2 lead actors had just broken up as BF-GF in real life, and it showed, they seemed totally uncomfortable together

Joanie Loves Chachi

I could watch Joanie and Chachi ay day before Crazy ass Mork-lol

I guess you haven't seen much of Joanie Loves Chachi. LOL

I guess you haven't seen much of Joanie Loves Chachi. LOL


I seen about 10 eps and it still had that Happy Days Connection since Al was on the show with some apperances from Howard and Marion and Fonzie. Mork and Mindy was just too..................

I'll say Joanie Loves Chauchi but Blansky's Beauties was worse.

I'll say Joanie Loves Chauchi but Blansky's Beauties was worse.


I'm not sure if Blansky Beauties is a Happy Days spinoff,. I'm curious to know if it was promoted as a spinoff in TV Guide

Mork was a sitcom on speed, i loved him. Joanie Loves Chaci was ok but if i had to choose between the two I will take Mork from Ork

I'm not sure if Blansky Beauties is a Happy Days spinoff,. I'm curious to know if it was promoted as a spinoff in TV Guide

YES it was a spinoff

the Nancy Walker character had guested on Happy Days as Howards relative and that was the set up for her own show

PLUS Penny Marshall guest starred as Laverne Defazio along with her father in 1 episode also

The odd thing was seeing actors on the show who would later join the cast of other Happy Days show--- ARNOLD, CHACHI and CARMINE were all part of the BB cast and later got moved into the other casts once BB was cancelled

i have like 10 eps on dvd i think, NOT a bad show, but it was pretty asinine

it is TECHNICALLY a spinoff of happy days
BUT was a "Forced" spinoff, not 1 that progressed naturally!

YES it was a spinoff

the Nancy Walker character had guested on Happy Days as Howards relative and that was the set up for her own show

PLUS Penny Marshall guest starred as Laverne Defazio along with her father in 1 episode also

The odd thing was seeing actors on the show who would later join the cast of other Happy Days show--- ARNOLD, CHACHI and CARMINE were all part of the BB cast and later got moved into the other casts once BB was cancelled

i have like 10 eps on dvd i think, NOT a bad show, but it was pretty asinine

it is TECHNICALLY a spinoff of happy days
BUT was a "Forced" spinoff, not 1 that progressed naturally!


I have to do some more research before I call it a spinoff

http://www.tv.com/blanskys-beauties/show/664/summary.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075484/

http://gdtvd.tripod.com/blanskys_beauties.html

PS Eddie Mekkas character on BB was actually SUPPOSED to be carmines cousin!!!

http://www.tv.com/blanskys-beauties/show/664/summary.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075484/

http://gdtvd.tripod.com/blanskys_beauties.html

PS Eddie Mekkas character on BB was actually SUPPOSED to be carmines cousin!!!



I'm not talking about Internet Research, i'm talking about books, and magazines frm the 1970's.

I guess because some magazine from 30 years ago says some tv show is a spinoff

somehow makes it more true than if an online source says its a spinoff from today?????

the "logic" of your "Reseach" never fails to amaze me



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I guess because some magazine from 30 years ago says some tv show is a spinoff

somehow makes it more true than if an online source says its a spinoff from today?????

the "logic" of your "Reseach" never fails to amaze me



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There is no such thing as an online source

Scott Baio once referred to Joanie Loves Chachi as "a cesspool." I think that says it all.

Mork And Mindy was great the first year, but then they tinkered with the show creatively and it never recovered both in terms of the creative aspect and later, ratings.

JOANIE LOVES CHACHI. One word can describe this show-AWFUL!!!!

a lot of people liked Mork
ive never met 1 person who liked Joanie Loves Chachi

JOANIE LOVES CHACHI. One word can describe this show-AWFUL!!!!


And Mork was Soooo much better-lol

a lot of people liked Mork
ive never met 1 person who liked Joanie Loves Chachi
I liked it. It wasn't the greatest sitcom but I have seen much worst. I must be in the minority..

I could watch Joanie and Chachi ay day before Crazy ass Mork-lol
i sooo agree:) this fourm is sooo gay...sry thats just my oppinion

Mork and Mindy was one of the worst shows in television history. It is about a guy who comes to Earth in a flying egg. :rolleyes: Give me a break! :lol: How this show ever even got on the air in the first place is totally beyond me.

I have never seen Joanie Loves Chachi. So I cannot really comment on it. But Mork sucked. :lol:

I just wanted to add that the first season of Mork and Mindy was released on DVD like three years ago. And has anyone noticed that no further seasons were released? Which probably means that sales were not very good. And do you want to know why sales were not very good? Because Mork and Mindy SUCKED! :lol:

I just wanted to add that the first season of Mork and Mindy was released on DVD like three years ago. And has anyone noticed that no further seasons were released? Which probably means that sales were not very good. And do you want to know why sales were not very good? Because Mork and Mindy SUCKED! :lol:


Has it really been that long? Well I can't say I'm surprised

I just wanted to add that the first season of Mork and Mindy was released on DVD like three years ago. And has anyone noticed that no further seasons were released? Which probably means that sales were not very good. And do you want to know why sales were not very good? Because Mork and Mindy SUCKED! :lol:

Happy Days and L&S came out about the same time to and they aren't out again either.

Happy Days and L&S came out about the same time to and they aren't out again either.


I think that issues over music rights has prevented further Happy Days releases. I've actually never seen Happy Days. Though I'm sorry to say that I have seen Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy. The fact that I think Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy are so darn awful is why I have never bothered to watch Happy Days. :lol:

Mork and Mindy was one of the worst shows in television history. It is about a guy who comes to Earth in a flying egg. :rolleyes: Give me a break! :lol: How this show ever even got on the air in the first place is totally beyond me.

I have never seen Joanie Loves Chachi. So I cannot really comment on it. But Mork sucked. :lol:
nanu nanu. :lol:

nanu nanu. :lol:

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If MORK & MINDY was so bad, why did the series last four seasons (compared
to JOANIE LOVES CHACHI which only ran for one unmemorable season)? Also,
MORK & MINDY was the Number 3 show in the ratings during its first season;
JOANIE LOVES CHACHI never even made the Top 30. In fact, in 1978, Garry
Marshall had three of the Top Four shows, ratings-wise (LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
at No. 1, MORK & MINDY at No. 2 and HAPPY DAYS at No. 3). Sorry, but I'd
have to say JOANIE LOVES CHACHI was the weakest of Marshall's shows.
The record speaks for itself.

was not that bad a show

but it was nothing special

the ONLY reason it lasted 4 years was b/c robin williams was such a phenomenom for a couple of years

he was SO HOT
he could have starred in joanie loves chachi and made even that crapola a hit

he was just that hot
as a teen i used to have mork t shirts and posters and he was a tv god!

was not that bad a show

but it was nothing special

the ONLY reason it lasted 4 years was b/c robin williams was such a phenomenom for a couple of years

he was SO HOT
he could have starred in joanie loves chachi and made even that crapola a hit

he was just that hot
as a teen i used to have mork t shirts and posters and he was a tv god!


You used to have what?-lol

Maby most people don't like joanie loves chachi and to me it seemed like an atempt to make these kids into singing stars, but to me it also seemed too sugar coated and I myself didnt care for the show, after 2 episodes I was finished watching and told my sister it wouldnt last out the year and she said to me your wrong, her statement was driven by her crush on scott baio.

And as far as mork and mindy maby some of you don't like that show either but I can tell you this, it gave us one of the greatest comedians of all time.

ROBIN WILLIAMS:lol:

Maby most people don't like joanie loves chachi and to me it seemed like an atempt to make these kids into singing stars, but to me it also seemed too sugar coated and I myself didnt care for the show, after 2 episodes I was finished watching and told my sister it wouldnt last out the year and she said to me your wrong, her statement was driven by her crush on scott baio.

And as far as mork and mindy maby some of you don't like that show either but I can tell you this, it gave us one of the greatest comedians of all time.

ROBIN WILLIAMS:lol:



Well there you right there, Robin Williams should have been on Stage telling jokes than trying to be on a Sitcom.

I don't think of "Blansky's Beauties" as a spinoff because a spinoff is really a new show that is created around a popular character or characters that are "spun off" of another show. At the time ABC bought "Blansky's Beauties" and put it on their schedule, viewers had never even seen Nancy Walker in that role because she hadn't yet appeared on "Happy Days." And ABC's decision to pick up BB had nothing to do with her appearning on "Happy Days" because she hadn't even been on that show yet. Nancy Walker's appearance on "Happy Days" was merely to promote her new show. Her appearance on "Happy Days" came on February 4, 1977; "Blansky's Beauties" premiered just eight days later. Even if she hadn't appeared in that "Happy Days" episode, "Blansky's Beauties" still would have happened. So really, all we have here are crossover characters between two separate shows, not spinoff characters. And Nancy Walker's appearance on "Happy Days" was nothing more than a half-hour commercial for her new series.

YES it was a spinoff

the Nancy Walker character had guested on Happy Days as Howards relative and that was the set up for her own show

PLUS Penny Marshall guest starred as Laverne Defazio along with her father in 1 episode also

The odd thing was seeing actors on the show who would later join the cast of other Happy Days show--- ARNOLD, CHACHI and CARMINE were all part of the BB cast and later got moved into the other casts once BB was cancelled

i have like 10 eps on dvd i think, NOT a bad show, but it was pretty asinine

it is TECHNICALLY a spinoff of happy days
BUT was a "Forced" spinoff, not 1 that progressed naturally!

I don't think of "Blansky's Beauties" as a spinoff because a spinoff is really a new show that is created around a popular character or characters that are "spun off" of another show. At the time ABC bought "Blansky's Beauties" and put it on their schedule, viewers had never even seen Nancy Walker in that role because she hadn't yet appeared on "Happy Days." And ABC's decision to pick up BB had nothing to do with her appearning on "Happy Days" because she hadn't even been on that show yet. Nancy Walker's appearance on "Happy Days" was merely to promote her new show. Her appearance on "Happy Days" came on February 4, 1977; "Blansky's Beauties" premiered just eight days later. Even if she hadn't appeared in that "Happy Days" episode, "Blansky's Beauties" still would have happened. So really, all we have here are crossover characters between two separate shows, not spinoff characters. And Nancy Walker's appearance on "Happy Days" was nothing more than a half-hour commercial for her new series.


I agree because they had already started producing eps of BB before she was seen on Happy Days

Mork was awesome!

was by far the worst spinoff
it was HORRIBLE

Chachi was such a dork and Joanie was just plain Gross looking
and the music they sang was awful too

the whole show was a nightmare

id watch mork over J L C any day :wave: :wave:
yep.

If Chachi was a dork what was Richie and Potsie?

If Chachi was a dork what was Richie and Potsie?
Richie was funny as hell and interesting to watch. Potsie was a nerd. didn't you know that?:lol:

Richie was funny as hell and interesting to watch. Potsie was a nerd. didn't you know that?:lol:


I know but Lamont keeps talking about how DORKY Chachi was and seems to forget that Richie and Poysie were bigger dorks

I know but Lamont keeps talking about how DORKY Chachi was and seems to forget that Richie and Poysie were bigger dorks
Mmmmm, nope. Chachi was a DORK. the whole show became DORKY. the original characters of Potsie and Richie, even Ralph were awesome. How they changed those characters towards the later years, especially with Chachi being a HEARTTHROB just changed the overall way the characters were presented.

Joanie Loves Chachi, my god that sucked

Potsie wasn't a Dork? Whatever

Over the years, hasn't "Joanie Loves Chachi" become slang for "crappy spinoff"?

Mork may not have been a great show but it's success (at least for the first season) can't be denied.

You got to admit Bingo was good. :D :lol:

Potsie wasn't a Dork? Whatever
in the later years of Happy Days. The character was way more better in the first two seasons. They made him towards the end this undeniable dweeb. just like the character of Mark on Roseanne.

Joannie Loves Chachi was horrible! Even Garry Marshall wrote in his autobiography that he was so bored with his involvement in it that he was counting ceiling tiles. That says volumes.

Shotzette

Joannie Loves Chachi was horrible! Even Garry Marshall wrote in his autobiography that he was so bored with his involvement in it that he was counting ceiling tiles. That says volumes.

Shotzette


Well if he felt JLC was bad I can only imagine what he thought about Mork and Mindy-lol

Well if he felt JLC was bad I can only imagine what he thought about Mork and Mindy-lol

When the show was pulling in big ratings in its first year, I'm sure he thought "ch-ching!":)

When the show was pulling in big ratings in its first year, I'm sure he thought "ch-ching!":)


He said that ABC was really not that impressed with the Show and it was only because of the last minutes Changes that the Execs deciding to give the show a chance

I always thought it was dumb that they got rid of the grandma character, and pushed out Conrad Janis as the dad, replaced by younger characters.
However, the 2nd season was a whole new thing for me to watch, when it got sent into syndication, so at least it was something. I liked it better, then, because I missed the show so much. I liked Mork and Mindy, and the audience who loved it loved it a lot.

The first time Conrad Janis made an impact on me was his guest starring role on My Favorite Martian. He played a TV superhero, that Bill Bixby's character, Tim Martin the reporter came to interview. BUT the Martian ( Uncle Martin --Ray Walston ) was having a problem -his eyes had turned into a TV camera and transmitter, so everything he saw was broadcast on TV --including an embarrassment for Conrad's character -he was just removing his costume, which was PADDED with fake muscles, and his toupee fell off. He got fired.
BUT
Uncle Martin and Tim visited Conrad again, and let him talk --and again it was broadcast --but it was like a talk show interview, and he came off as funny, and got a job as a result.

I'd like to get all the info on WHY the 2nd season was so drastically changed?
As it was, each season of the show seemed different, it was a whole 'nother show each year. It got killed because it was switched to Sundays opposite All in the Family.

As for Joanie Loves Chachi --I hadn't liked Chachi until that show! I loved the theme song!
Oh, well.
So if he and Erin Moran had broken up, was that about the time Scott Baio was dating Pam Anderson?

I recall some show that I thought was a Happy Days spin off there was some show with an angel, named Randall, I think. If you were around in those days, and remember the ABC new Fall series promos, that season had a bunch of ABC actors taking off in a hot air balloon --I recall John Forsythe in the balloon, so Dynasty was on by then --and the guy playing the angel was left on the ground, calling up to everyone, who were smiling and beckoning him to join them --by flying?!?! He was on a talk show later complaining that he had been really excited about going up in a balloon, only to be disappointed that the bit called for him to be left behind.
I recall a brunnette co-star, I thought was Dixie Carter or some woman I recalled from a soap opera --The Edge of Night, I think:happyface :wave: :crazy:

I recall some show that I thought was a Happy Days spin off there was some show with an angel, named Randall, I think. If you were around in those days, and remember the ABC new Fall series promos, that season had a bunch of ABC actors taking off in a hot air balloon --I recall John Forsythe in the balloon, so Dynasty was on by then --and the guy playing the angel was left on the ground, calling up to everyone, who were smiling and beckoning him to join them --by flying?!?! He was on a talk show later complaining that he had been really excited about going up in a balloon, only to be disappointed that the bit called for him to be left behind.
I recall a brunnette co-star, I thought was Dixie Carter or some woman I recalled from a soap opera --The Edge of Night, I think:happyface :wave: :crazy:



The show was called-"Out of the Blue" and it wasnt a spinoff of Happy Days, the two shows crossed over when the Angel made an appearance on Happy Days

I remember the first episode of that had Robin Williams guest star as Mork from "Mork & Mindy".

I remember the first episode of that had Robin Williams guest star as Mork from "Mork & Mindy".



a ep of Out of the Blue I wish I had-lol The ep of Out of the Blue I have is Surprise Party

Plain and simple, Mork and Mindy was not a good show.

As a kid I was amused by Robin Williams, but after season 1 it was basically just a crapfest to me. My God, that it went on to reach the Jonathan Winter season, woah.

I don't think the show holds up well at all.

Plain and simple, Mork and Mindy was not a good show.

As a kid I was amused by Robin Williams, but after season 1 it was basically just a crapfest to me. My God, that it went on to reach the Jonathan Winter season, woah.

I don't think the show holds up well at all.

Year one was pretty good, but the network ignored the old saying "if it aint broke, don't fix it" for year two and it never regained it's momentum creatively or in the ratings.

When you have a smash hit top 10 show, you don't go changing the cast to make it more youthful because of some fershlugginer "demographics." Fred and Cora balanced out the cast as family and there was no need to get rid of them for season two.

Year one was pretty good, but the network ignored the old saying "if it aint broke, don't fix it" for year two and it never regained it's momentum creatively or in the ratings.

When you have a smash hit top 10 show, you don't go changing the cast to make it more youthful because of some fershlugginer "demographics." Fred and Cora balanced out the cast as family and there was no need to get rid of them for season two.



I think everyone is losing sight of one thing, that Mork and Mindy didn't finish NUMBER ONE after it's first season so that's why changes were made. I don' think the producers were CONTENT with being #4 in the Country so that's why they were seeing what changes they could make to possibly be number one. I'm sure that going into the 1979-80 season, the attitude of the producers was-"How can we get better" instead of"Well since we were number 4 last year we don't need to change anything" So that's why changes were Made after season 1

I know but Lamont keeps talking about how DORKY Chachi was and seems to forget that Richie and Poysie were bigger dorks

The difference is Richie, Potsie and Ralph were supposed to be dorks...it made Fonzie look cooler, whereas Chachi just came off that way, although unintended.

The difference is Richie, Potsie and Ralph were supposed to be dorks...it made Fonzie look cooler, whereas Chachi just came off that way, although unintended.


Well I don't see DORKINESS when I watch the Chachi character. Maybe Lamont is trying to say he was CORNY which is a big Difference from DORKY

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong
Year one was pretty good, but the network ignored the old saying "if it aint broke, don't fix it" for year two and it never regained it's momentum creatively or in the ratings.

When you have a smash hit top 10 show, you don't go changing the cast to make it more youthful because of some fershlugginer "demographics." Fred and Cora balanced out the cast as family and there was no need to get rid of them for season two.

I think everyone is losing sight of one thing, that Mork and Mindy didn't finish NUMBER ONE after it's first season so that's why changes were made. I don' think the producers were CONTENT with being #4 in the Country so that's why they were seeing what changes they could make to possibly be number one. I'm sure that going into the 1979-80 season, the attitude of the producers was-"How can we get better" instead of"Well since we were number 4 last year we don't need to change anything" So that's why changes were Made after season 1

Which is sad thing, and exactly true. I was furious with Gary Marshall, and blamed him. I think these days, with the internet, and instant feedback, and viewers getting their say, they would've not been such dummies.

But I ought to visit the threads of James Komack's shows. If you ever read the autobiography of Dobie Gillis star Dwayne Hickman, you'd read of this hilarious section where Komack produced a comeback show for Dobie Gillis, and had a whole thing about how his "magic rings" told him what to do, and what would work. I remember Komack on The Mike Douglas Show, during the run of Chico and the Man, and Freddie Prinze mentioning it: "Ask him about his rings, " snickering while Komack went on about it. :happyface :crazy:
The changes Komack made to the TV series 9-5 was to make it a jiggle-show, which negated the whole feminist theme. I think Jane Fonda was the Executive producer, and didn't pay attention to the fact that Komack had produced the T&A show about Stewardesses ( High Flight? Flying High? can't recall ), and hired Komack to improve the ratings, having only recalled the sweet "Courtship of Eddie's Father" which had several episodes with chauvinistic things, to my irritation. Otherwise, I'd thought Komack was cute as Norman, the photographer. ;)