10 Classic TV Series You Didn’t Know Were Spinoffs - Page 2 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

KurtfromPitts · 04-16-2014, 11:16 AM

I didn't know until 1978 that "Griffith" was a "Thomas" spin-off though I recall seeing a Thomas rerun with Griffith and thought it was a crossover episode. Would that mean that "Gomer Pyle-USMC" was the first show to spin-off of a spin-off?

cleverfun3000 · 04-16-2014, 07:15 PM

I am sure that at least 90% of the sitcomsonline members knew that 8 or more of the 10 shows listed were spin-offs and what shows they were spun from. I was hoping for some real surprising information considering the title of the article. It should be renamed "10 shows you knew were spun off from another show".

jehobden · 04-16-2014, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

Richard Dawson was spun-off into Family Feud because of Match Game but the game itself wasn't a spin-off.

As I've read before, Family Feud is a spinoff of the Match Game bonus game. ("We asked 100 people to give their best response to this...") This developed into a full game based on asking 100 people for their responses to various questions or categories.

Yong Fang · 04-30-2014, 09:25 AM

I wanted a Norm Peterson show, but it probably would not have worked. Frasier did. I watched very few episodes of this show? Why? Don't know really. Maybe the people were too rich. Not to say the show was bad, I love Kelsey Grammar. I think the man is a dumbass with his personal life, but he has persevered above that, and is still here and rich, which counts for something.

04-16-2014, 11:16 AM	#16
KurtfromPitts Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 10, 2006 Location: Carnegie PA Posts: 1,536	I didn't know until 1978 that "Griffith" was a "Thomas" spin-off though I recall seeing a Thomas rerun with Griffith and thought it was a crossover episode. Would that mean that "Gomer Pyle-USMC" was the first show to spin-off of a spin-off?

04-16-2014, 07:15 PM	#17
cleverfun3000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 18, 2008 Location: Manhattan Posts: 1,685	I am sure that at least 90% of the sitcomsonline members knew that 8 or more of the 10 shows listed were spin-offs and what shows they were spun from. I was hoping for some real surprising information considering the title of the article. It should be renamed "10 shows you knew were spun off from another show".

04-30-2014, 09:25 AM	#19
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	I wanted a Norm Peterson show, but it probably would not have worked. Frasier did. I watched very few episodes of this show? Why? Don't know really. Maybe the people were too rich. Not to say the show was bad, I love Kelsey Grammar. I think the man is a dumbass with his personal life, but he has persevered above that, and is still here and rich, which counts for something.