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SledgeBarone · 03-22-2021, 11:40 PM

Here's Anything for Love, a failed pilot for CBS in 1985 starring Vicki Lawrence, Lauren Tewes, Marsha Warfield, and Rebecca Arthur. Only Arthur's scenes are shown in the clip below.

SledgeBarone · 03-23-2021, 09:30 PM

^^^Good performers, horrible material. I can't believe Vicki Lawrence signed on for that.

Here are a couple more articles about old television pilots:

TV Pilots Ready for an Air War (LA Times, 3/24/1989)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...293-story.html

TV Pilots That Never Got Off the Ground (LA Times, 4/3/1988)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...824-story.html
From the adventures of a samurai D.A. to the creation of a half-man, half-satellite secret agent, Lee Goldberg details the industry's wacky, hilarious and ambitious flops over the last 35 years.

DJM77 · 03-24-2021, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SledgeBarone

Here's Anything for Love, a failed pilot for CBS in 1985 starring Vicki Lawrence, Lauren Tewes, Marsha Warfield, and Rebecca Arthur. Only Arthur's scenes are shown in the clip below.

If that would've succeeded then I guess we never would've gotten Mama's Family (the first run syndication years) and Roz from Night Court and Mary Anne from Perfect Strangers would've been played by different people.

JamesG · 04-08-2023, 09:48 AM

CBS had attempted to spin-off "How I Met Your Mother" before "How I Met Your Father" finally launched on Hulu.

"How I Met Your Dad" was expected to launch in 2014, but CBS did not pick it up. The unaired pilot was narrated by Meg Ryan and starred Greta Gerwig.

03-22-2021, 11:40 PM	#31
SledgeBarone Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2020 Posts: 1,930	Here's Anything for Love, a failed pilot for CBS in 1985 starring Vicki Lawrence, Lauren Tewes, Marsha Warfield, and Rebecca Arthur. Only Arthur's scenes are shown in the clip below.

03-23-2021, 09:30 PM	#32
SledgeBarone Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2020 Posts: 1,930	^^^Good performers, horrible material. I can't believe Vicki Lawrence signed on for that. Here are a couple more articles about old television pilots: TV Pilots Ready for an Air War (LA Times, 3/24/1989) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...293-story.html TV Pilots That Never Got Off the Ground (LA Times, 4/3/1988) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...824-story.html From the adventures of a samurai D.A. to the creation of a half-man, half-satellite secret agent, Lee Goldberg details the industry's wacky, hilarious and ambitious flops over the last 35 years.

04-08-2023, 09:48 AM	#34
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,020	CBS had attempted to spin-off "How I Met Your Mother" before "How I Met Your Father" finally launched on Hulu. "How I Met Your Dad" was expected to launch in 2014, but CBS did not pick it up. The unaired pilot was narrated by Meg Ryan and starred Greta Gerwig.