Some things / inconsistencies I've noticed...

[Prince Michael]

Originally Posted by dave insinga

How did Andrew grow up so fast on Family Ties and
how did Chrissy grow up so fast on Growing Pains ?
On Three's Company was it ever explained what happen to Chrissy Snow and why she never came back ?
the youngest daughter on Family Matters what happened to her ?
shall i go on.

Family Ties and Growing Pains weren't soap operas, but Andrew Keaton and Chrissy Seaver were examples of Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome . When Andrew Keaton was a baby, there was nothing they could do with him except have the older characters carry him around while they said there lines . When they aged him a few years, he was able to carry on a conversation with the other characters, and he could be more entertaining . It was the same thing with Chrissy Seaver on Growing Pains .

The way I remember it, Chrissy Snow's mother got sick, so Chrissy went back home to take care of her and make sure she was all right . In real life, Suzanne Somers was hopelessly, permanently fired, so Chrissy had to be replaced .

In the case of Judy Winslow, it was the exact same thing that happened to Chuck Cunningham . She was dropped from the show, never to be heard from again .

[Dr. Thong]

Most long-running shows have inconsistencies over time. My guess is that new writers are brought in, who may or may not know the history of the show's storylines and characters.

And while you'd think that Garry Marshall, or others who'd been with the show for many years would remember every detail about what had happened but apparently they didn't.

Most of the inconsistencies I can just shrug off, but to eliminate a character like Chuck wholesale and pretend as though he never existed?

That's a stretch for me.

[Race's Girl]

Originally Posted by anglemark10

Howard's niece is K.C., not Casey. I don't think it was ever explained what happened to her.

Maybe she and Flip ran away and got married

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by antman67

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111523/
Lillian Bronson as Mrs. Nussbaum (1902–1995)

Yes, Lillian Bronson was the original Grandma Nussbaum in 1975, with Frances Bay taking over the role in 1982.

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by mets82

You know I wonder why the writers were all over the place towards the end of the series. I mean for a show that was that popular, Im surprised that the writers just went all over the place the last few seasons based on the posts above.

Most shows have a good run of 3-5 years if they're lucky.

By the time season 11 rolled around, Happy Days was running on fumes. They'd exhausted storyline potential, were dealing with weak replacement and side characters, and Henry Winkler was pushing 40 in real life.

I don't care how good the writers may have been, there are only so many stories they could come up with for this group of characters.

I've said it many times before and I'll say it again, Happy Days should have ended when Ron Howard and Donny Most left. It was never the same after they left.

I understand that actors want to work and that they want/need the show to go on, but it watered down what was once a great show.

[CJMD03]

What’s weird is Laverne and Shirley were in the late 1967 or 1968 in their final year, but HD was still in about 1964 in its final year and it ran one season longer than LandS.

[CJMD03]

Oh, and Joanie and Jenny’s hairstyles and Pinky and Leather singing hard rock. lol

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by CJMD03

Oh, and Joanie and Jenny’s hairstyles and Pinky and Leather singing hard rock. lol

Pinky never sang.