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barwars · 05-11-2004, 06:20 PM

What spinoffs do you think are better than the show from which they spunoff??

LucyFan · 05-11-2004, 06:39 PM

IMO, The Jeffersons were better than All In The Family. George got into funny situations while Archie was too into the politics.

The Brady Brides, I think, is better than it's parent show. No particular reason, except the Bradys were adults instead of kids.

I give Laverne & Shirley the edge over Happy Days because it was funnier, more slapstick, and more like The Lucy Show.

JT · 05-11-2004, 07:10 PM

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Originally posted by LucyFan
IMO, The Jeffersons were better than All In The Family. George got into funny situations while Archie was too into the politics.

The Brady Brides, I think, is better than it's parent show. No particular reason, except the Bradys were adults instead of kids.

I give Laverne & Shirley the edge over Happy Days because it was funnier, more slapstick, and more like The Lucy Show.

I agree 100%.

FamilyTiesGOP · 05-11-2004, 07:15 PM

I don't like Happy Days at all, but I can tolerate Laverne and Shirley much better.

Other than that, spinoffs are usually not as good as the original shows in my opinion.

barwars · 05-11-2004, 08:26 PM

The Jeffersons is better than All in the Family

and The Facts of Life is better than Diff'rent Strokes.

But other than that -- nothing.

vashti1999 · 05-11-2004, 08:31 PM

I'm not taking anything away from the Cosby Show, it wasn't a success for nothing, but A Different World was better. There's only so many family situations that remained interesting on Cosby, while ADW had a wide array of characters to create involving storylines around.

Sean Snow · 05-11-2004, 09:47 PM

I absolutely loathe Happy Days, but Laverne & Shirley is one of my favorite sitcoms.

I like The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes about equally -- it all depends on the season. Ditto with All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and Maude.

jamesanthony · 05-12-2004, 08:24 AM

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Originally posted by vashti1999
I'm not taking anything away from the Cosby Show, it wasn't a success for nothing, but A Different World was better. There's only so many family situations that remained interesting on Cosby, while ADW had a wide array of characters to create involving storylines around.

I agree with this. ADW (after year 1) went off and got its own vibe and could have probably ran longer than 6 years and had at least one spinoff of its own. Cosby Show started good and declined, while ADW got more interesting with each season.

Jeffersons and All in the Family were both decent series both of which weren't as good in the end, but All in the Family fell off much worse than Jeffersons did, so for that I say Jeffersons was a better show overall, though AITF was much more revolutionary and groundbreaking.

I wish I remembered Brady Brides better, but I think it probably was a much better show than the original or that retched variety hour from the mid70s.

I wish I remembered Maude better to compare it to Good Times, but from what I remember Maude was OK, but Good Times was very good.

hawaii five-o · 05-12-2004, 11:31 AM

The Andy Griffith Show was funnier than Make Room for Daddy.

Frasier was better than Cheers.

Facts of Life was better than Diff'rent Strokes.

Dean Winchester · 05-12-2004, 02:34 PM

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Originally posted by vashti1999
I'm not taking anything away from the Cosby Show, it wasn't a success for nothing, but A Different World was better. There's only so many family situations that remained interesting on Cosby, while ADW had a wide array of characters to create involving storylines around.

plus, ADW isn't as overplayed.

I also agree with Facts Of Life being better than Diff'rent Strokes, and I'd also take what I've seen of Frasier over the Rebecca years of Cheers.

barwars · 05-12-2004, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by hawaii five-o
The Andy Griffith Show was funnier than Make Room for Daddy.

Frasier was better than Cheers.

I disagree.... I think Make Room for Daddy is better than The Andy Griffith Show.... but thats just me.

And about Frasier being better than Cheers.... I honestly think they're completely equal.

Chain Gang Member · 05-12-2004, 06:18 PM

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The Andy Griffith Show was funnier than Make Room for Daddy.

I agree except for the ones without Barney Fife.Don Knotts had the best characters i.e Barney Fife & Ralph Furley

Adamantium · 05-12-2004, 08:51 PM

"Rhoda" was better than "Mary Tyler Moore"
"Good Times" was better than "Maude"
"The Facts of Life" was better than "Diff'rent Strokes"

My opinion of course

Brian Damage · 05-13-2004, 10:37 AM

Frasier is slightly better than Cheers

EmoJoe · 05-13-2004, 07:41 PM

The Facts of Life was definatly better than Diffrent Strokes.

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LucyFan Still Loving Lucy! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 23, 2001 Location: In the Wonderful World of Lucy! Posts: 8,198	IMO, The Jeffersons were better than All In The Family. George got into funny situations while Archie was too into the politics. The Brady Brides, I think, is better than it's parent show. No particular reason, except the Bradys were adults instead of kids. I give Laverne & Shirley the edge over Happy Days because it was funnier, more slapstick, and more like The Lucy Show.

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FamilyTiesGOP _ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 1,631	I don't like Happy Days at all, but I can tolerate Laverne and Shirley much better. Other than that, spinoffs are usually not as good as the original shows in my opinion.

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barwars .. Forum Star Join Date: May 04, 2002 Posts: 13,273	The Jeffersons is better than All in the Family and The Facts of Life is better than Diff'rent Strokes. But other than that -- nothing.

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hawaii five-o Book 'Em, Dano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 27, 2003 Location: At home, eating cereal straight out of the box Posts: 1,406	The Andy Griffith Show was funnier than Make Room for Daddy. Frasier was better than Cheers. Facts of Life was better than Diff'rent Strokes.

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