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88survivor · 04-03-2006, 02:42 PM

Do you think it skyrocketed in the 80s with characters like Chachi and Charles?

Nighthawk76 · 04-03-2006, 11:57 PM

I'm not sure Scott was ever really a huge star. The movies he made like Zapped and I Love NY were not very big hits. And CIC was cancelled by CBS after only one season. Though it returned a year in a half later in first run syndication and was a hit by those standards, CIC was never a hit by network standards. From what I have heard the Pembroke season was watched by only eight or nine million people and the Powell seasons were viewed by about four or five million people...great by first run syndication standards, but really low by network standards.

Scott was never a star on the same level as someone like Michael J. Fox was back then.

88survivor · 04-04-2006, 08:39 PM

Okay. My fault on that particular prediction I've made.

80ssitcomsrule · 04-05-2006, 12:25 AM

I think if you were to look at the teen magazine (16, Tiger Beat, etc), I think you'll see where Scott's popularity was most prominent. He may not have been able to crossover from TV fame to motion picture fame like some of his peers but he was still extremely popular in the 80's. I don't think he ever went without work in the 80's, cause even when he wasn't acting on his own show, he got into directing other TV shows....among them, Out of this World (another Al Burton production) and even the Jamie Foxx show in the 90's.

88survivor · 04-05-2006, 02:33 PM

I loved Out of This World! It is my favorite show, next to Charles In Charge. I especially liked the episode where Scott is the handsome prince from(?) that charms Evie (Maureen Flannigan) and he asks Evie to marry him. I think that is how the plot goes....of course, Evie doesn't at all.

By the way, when is Out of This World comming out on DVD? It use to be on reruns in the mid 90s and then it stopped altogether.

80ssitcomsrule · 04-05-2006, 08:40 PM

you know what I loved most about Out of This World?? seeing a young Steve Burton. He definitely is totally different from his current role as Jason on General Hospital. LOL. I once met Steve at a fan event and told him I'd been watching him since OoTW and Steve was like "Oh my god", like he was thinking don't even remind me of that show. LOL. I liked it too and I would love for it to be released on DVD. Maybe one day Al Burton (Hmmm, I don't think there's a relation there to Steve

) will release it.

Ireneparalegal · 04-05-2006, 08:43 PM

Did anyone ever see his performance in the movie "Foxes" with Jody Foster?

80ssitcomsrule · 04-05-2006, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Did anyone ever see his performance in the movie "Foxes" with Jody Foster?

are you kidding?? of course! LOL. what self-respecting Scott Baio fan is going to pass up seeing Foxes. I love that movie. And you know, it was Scott's second movie with Jodie....Bugsy Malone being the first.

Brian Damage · 04-06-2006, 12:09 AM

Pam Anderson, Nicole Eggert...he has done pretty well for himself.

88survivor · 04-06-2006, 08:32 AM

I wish Bugsy Malone was on DVD...it is officially out of print at the moment.

aalady · 04-06-2006, 04:01 PM

Bugsy Malone was released as a DVD a year or so ago. Check Ebay its for sale on there all the time or Amazon just make sure you get the right version that will play on your DVD.

88survivor · 04-06-2006, 11:48 PM

Thanks!

04-03-2006, 02:42 PM	#1
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04-03-2006, 11:57 PM	#2
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	I'm not sure Scott was ever really a huge star. The movies he made like Zapped and I Love NY were not very big hits. And CIC was cancelled by CBS after only one season. Though it returned a year in a half later in first run syndication and was a hit by those standards, CIC was never a hit by network standards. From what I have heard the Pembroke season was watched by only eight or nine million people and the Powell seasons were viewed by about four or five million people...great by first run syndication standards, but really low by network standards. Scott was never a star on the same level as someone like Michael J. Fox was back then.

04-04-2006, 08:39 PM	#3
88survivor Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 03, 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,849	Okay. My fault on that particular prediction I've made.

04-05-2006, 02:33 PM	#5
88survivor Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 03, 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,849	I loved Out of This World! It is my favorite show, next to Charles In Charge. I especially liked the episode where Scott is the handsome prince from(?) that charms Evie (Maureen Flannigan) and he asks Evie to marry him. I think that is how the plot goes....of course, Evie doesn't at all. By the way, when is Out of This World comming out on DVD? It use to be on reruns in the mid 90s and then it stopped altogether.

04-05-2006, 08:40 PM	#6
80ssitcomsrule addicted to TV Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 28, 2005 Location: Ft Worth, TX Posts: 70	you know what I loved most about Out of This World?? seeing a young Steve Burton. He definitely is totally different from his current role as Jason on General Hospital. LOL. I once met Steve at a fan event and told him I'd been watching him since OoTW and Steve was like "Oh my god", like he was thinking don't even remind me of that show. LOL. I liked it too and I would love for it to be released on DVD. Maybe one day Al Burton (Hmmm, I don't think there's a relation there to Steve ) will release it.

04-06-2006, 08:32 AM	#10
88survivor Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 03, 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,849	I wish Bugsy Malone was on DVD...it is officially out of print at the moment.

04-06-2006, 04:01 PM	#11
aalady Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 25, 2004 Posts: 113	Bugsy Malone was released as a DVD a year or so ago. Check Ebay its for sale on there all the time or Amazon just make sure you get the right version that will play on your DVD.

04-06-2006, 11:48 PM	#12
88survivor Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 03, 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,849	Thanks!