Do you think Beau Could've Been As Popular As Vinnie,if He was Put On the Show First?

[Brian Damage]

I am saying if there was no Vinnie Barbarino character and Beau was originally meant to be the heartbreaker...

[Ireneparalegal]

If he wasn't from Louisiana or whatever southern state he was supposed to be from, got rid of that accent and made you believe he was from Brooklyn, maybe he could have been.

As an addition to the show later on I will post what I said abt him before:

He was needed on that show like a bald man needs shampoo.

[Brian Damage]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

If he wasn't from Louisiana or whatever southern state he was supposed to be from, got rid of that accent and made you believe he was from Brooklyn, maybe he could have been.

As an addition to the show later on I will post what I said abt him before:

He was needed on that show like a bald man needs shampoo.

That's true, imagine if he became a movie star and left the show and John Travolta was brought in as his replacement. lol

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

That's true, imagine if he became a movie star and left the show and John Travolta was brought in as his replacement. lol

We'd be saying, "Who the hell is this turkey?"

[Brian Damage]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

We'd be saying, "Who the hell is this turkey?"

Yeah, and that Ba Ba Ba Barino song is so lame!

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Yeah, and that Ba Ba Ba Barino song is so lame!

Remember that one scene where Vinnie wore some gold, tight suit while singing that song? OMG, that was crazy.

[Brian Damage]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Remember that one scene where Vinnie wore some gold, tight suit while singing that song? OMG, that was crazy.

It's been awhile since I have seen this show, but at the time, Barbarino could sing in a chicken suit and still get screams of adulation.

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

It's been awhile since I have seen this show, but at the time, Barbarino could sing in a chicken suit and still get screams of adulation.

True dat.

[Brian Damage]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

True dat.

Since I don't remember, did Beau have a catch phrase?

[BeatleMoe]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Since I don't remember, did Beau have a catch phrase?

"There were three things my daddy always told me..."

[DTF955]

I think Beau culd have been, but *not* as the leader of the Sweathogs; not in Barbarino's actual position.

I think he'd have been a good straight man for a number of jokes, sort of the 'one sane guy in the bunch." Maybe getting easily flustered or confused, like, during a food fight saying, "Wait a minute, that's not a weapon, that's broccoli." And then one of the other Sweathogs says, "Yeah, and I'm about to *spear* someone with it."

What they would have had to do, then, is find a regular who he meshed well with, and make them sort of the Laurel and Hardy of the bunch, where those two paired off all the time, with say Epstein always getting the upper hand of the oh-so-refined-and-proper Beau.

Thing is, if they do it that way, it might be a somewhat different show. You'd have a couple other Sweathogs added to the mix, Washington probably the leader of the group, but more of a focus on the Stan and Ollie pairing. Which would mean Beau would be nearly as popular *in tandem* with his partner, but the show itself might not have been quite as popular, nless they *really* found a great partner for him. Becasue the beauty of the Sweathogs as they were was that the characters all meshed well with each other, as equals, even with Barbarino as the leader.