Do you like when your Favorite shows do FLASHBACK Episodes? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 07-17-2005, 01:05 PM

I always liked watching Flashbacks episodes of my favorite shows. I talked to someone yesterday who said they always hated Flashback eps. It can be very enjoyable.

troopoleon8897 · 07-17-2005, 01:09 PM

It Depends On What Kind Of Flashback Episode You Mean, I Don't Like The Ones Where They Flashback To A Scene From Earlier In The Series, But i Do Like The Flashbacks Where They Use A Brand New Scene

robyrob · 07-17-2005, 02:27 PM

i like flashback episodes - even if they use old footage, the episode of Happy Days that uses a flashback to show footage from the Love American Style episode "Love and the Happy Days" was a great idea

the exception of course, is when they use flashbacks to do those stupid "clip shoes" - i cant STAND those!!

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TVFactFan · 07-17-2005, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

i like flashback episodes - even if they use old footage, the episode of Happy Days that uses a flashback to show footage from the Love American Style episode "Love and the Happy Days" was a great idea

the exception of course, is when they use flashbacks to do those stupid "clip shoes" - i cant STAND those!!

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Why would Happy Days show a Clip of Love American Style??? Diffrent Show

James"Thunder"Early · 07-17-2005, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

Why would Happy Days show a Clip of Love American Style??? Diffrent Show

Happy Day originated from a skit on Love, American Style

TVFactFan · 07-17-2005, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Leland McKenzie

Happy Day originated from a skit on Love, American Style

Ok I just remembered that when the Jeffersons did a Flashback Episode, they did show clips of All in the Family so I guess Clips of American Style in a Happy Days Flashback makes sense.

EmoJoe · 07-17-2005, 03:08 PM

As long as they have a storyline to go along with them...

Brian Damage · 07-17-2005, 03:58 PM

I hate clip shows.

Southern Hellraiser · 07-17-2005, 04:20 PM

My favorite flashback was on Mama's Family, when they went back to her 40th birthday. Eunice was funny.

Dean Winchester · 07-17-2005, 05:37 PM

I enjoy flashbacks when they film new footage to take place before the show happened. Like for example, The Golden Girls did this plenty of times, or like the aforementioned Mama's Family, and plenty of others have gone this route too. But I think "clip shows" on the other hand a case of the writers having severe block the week of show so they decide to throw together a "let's have everyone hang out in the living room and throw together 'remember that time when....' and then fade into old episode footage" episode.

I understand clip shows, like Seinfeld or Friends, being done in time for the series finale so fans will look back at the classic moments just once more before the last episode airs, but not as an odd end episode in the middle of the season.

I think South Park did the best "clips show" during season 2. Because instead of the old clips happening the same way as before, they ended up reanimating sequences so oddball things like The Fonz appearing (and yes, Henry Winkler did a voice for the episode) and people handing out ice cream appeared in the episodes, and even a reimagined "Cartman's real father". With that episode, Trey and Matt really put "clip shows" in their place, lol.

Kristen · 07-17-2005, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

I always liked watching Flashbacks episodes of my favorite shows. I talked to someone yesterday who said they always hated Flashback eps. It can be very enjoyable.

I always enjoy flashback episodes. I especially like when they show you what the characters' lives were like before the show started. The Dick Van Dyke Show did that a number of times, showing how Rob and Laura met, got married, had Richie, etc. A lot of times, episodes like that help to explain some of the backstory.

Kristen

Mr. Television · 07-17-2005, 06:26 PM

Family Ties did the flashback quite a lot . It seems like every season since season 3 they had one. Thats just too much.

robyrob · 07-17-2005, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

Why would Happy Days show a Clip of Love American Style??? Diffrent Show

...same characters though, it was neat seeing Richie from a couple of years before Happy Days began - actually played by Howard Cunningham

Mr. Television · 07-17-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

...same characters though, it was neat seeing Richie from a couple of years before Happy Days began - actually played by Howard Cunningham

I don't remember that show. Was Chuck in it?

barwars · 07-17-2005, 07:47 PM

I don't like clipshows, unless, as John mentioned, they are specials that air before the series finale.

But I do however love when series do flashbacks. The Dick Van Dyke Show perfected them. Seinfeld had a few, and I really enjoyed them, as did Friends and Frasier. And seeing your favorite characters with crazy 80s outfits is hysterical. The flashback episodes of Friends were some of the best.

07-17-2005, 01:05 PM	#1
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07-17-2005, 03:58 PM	#8
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I hate clip shows.

07-17-2005, 05:37 PM	#10
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	I enjoy flashbacks when they film new footage to take place before the show happened. Like for example, The Golden Girls did this plenty of times, or like the aforementioned Mama's Family, and plenty of others have gone this route too. But I think "clip shows" on the other hand a case of the writers having severe block the week of show so they decide to throw together a "let's have everyone hang out in the living room and throw together 'remember that time when....' and then fade into old episode footage" episode. I understand clip shows, like Seinfeld or Friends, being done in time for the series finale so fans will look back at the classic moments just once more before the last episode airs, but not as an odd end episode in the middle of the season. I think South Park did the best "clips show" during season 2. Because instead of the old clips happening the same way as before, they ended up reanimating sequences so oddball things like The Fonz appearing (and yes, Henry Winkler did a voice for the episode) and people handing out ice cream appeared in the episodes, and even a reimagined "Cartman's real father". With that episode, Trey and Matt really put "clip shows" in their place, lol.

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Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,133	Family Ties did the flashback quite a lot . It seems like every season since season 3 they had one. Thats just too much.
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07-17-2005, 07:47 PM	#15
barwars .. Forum Star Join Date: May 04, 2002 Posts: 13,273	I don't like clipshows, unless, as John mentioned, they are specials that air before the series finale. But I do however love when series do flashbacks. The Dick Van Dyke Show perfected them. Seinfeld had a few, and I really enjoyed them, as did Friends and Frasier. And seeing your favorite characters with crazy 80s outfits is hysterical. The flashback episodes of Friends were some of the best.