Would You Have Watched A Show Soley Centered on "The Big Ragu?" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 06-12-2010, 10:42 PM

Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa was certainly talented. He could sing and dance, but could he carry his own show? The end of Lavern & Shirley looked like the beginning of Carmine. Would you have watched?

Marvo301 · 06-12-2010, 10:54 PM

If they did a show about Carmine where he was trying to balance a boxing career and running his own dance studio I would have watched it.

catlover79 · 06-12-2010, 10:59 PM

No - he needed Shirley!!

Brian Damage · 06-12-2010, 11:16 PM

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No - he needed Shirley!!

So you felt without Shirley, there could be no Ragu?

catlover79 · 06-12-2010, 11:32 PM

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So you felt without Shirley, there could be no Ragu?

He wasn't the same without Shirley. In the end, he took all those cold showers for nothing!!

Brian Damage · 06-12-2010, 11:38 PM

Interesting, I mean you would think if anyone could make that spinoff work it would be Gary Marshall.

catlover79 · 06-12-2010, 11:40 PM

Alas, we'll never know!!

Brian Damage · 06-12-2010, 11:49 PM

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Alas, we'll never know!!

True, although I wonder if the L & S finale was a bust in the ratings?

Marvo301 · 06-13-2010, 12:00 AM

If they were going to spin off Carmine the perfect time to do it would have been when the girls moved to California. Instead of him following the girls out to California he could start his new post-Shirley life on a spin-off show.

Brian Damage · 06-13-2010, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

If they were going to spin off Carmine the perfect time to do it would have been when the girls moved to California. Instead of him following the girls out to California he could start his new post-Shirley life on a spin-off show.

Agreed!

biffbronson · 06-14-2010, 08:18 PM

As it was, since his character did make the move, my preference would have been that he get it on with Ronda Lee (Leslie Easterbrook) in his own series. WOOT-WOOT go for it, Big Ragoo! LOL...
It would have been a natural, as both characters were show business oriented.

I was a pretty big L & S fan so I definitely would have watched, especially if some of the old cast made appearances.

Edited to change Ragu to Ragoo

comedyfreak · 06-15-2010, 08:33 AM

I would have watched Lenny or Squiggy or both could have went with him. I would have watched.

catlover79 · 06-15-2010, 11:25 AM

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I would have watched Lenny or Squiggy or both could have went with him. I would have watched.

I would've watched a Lenny & Squiggy Show.

Chocolate Moose · 06-15-2010, 08:49 PM

It wouldn't be too late to have such a show now; I'd watch it today, if it were on!

TVFactFan · 06-16-2010, 06:03 PM

Only if Potsie Weber was on the show since he and Carmine went to highschool together-lol

06-12-2010, 10:42 PM	#1
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06-14-2010, 08:18 PM	#11
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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	Interesting, I mean you would think if anyone could make that spinoff work it would be Gary Marshall.

06-12-2010, 11:40 PM	#7
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,382	Alas, we'll never know!!

06-13-2010, 12:00 AM	#9
Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,456	If they were going to spin off Carmine the perfect time to do it would have been when the girls moved to California. Instead of him following the girls out to California he could start his new post-Shirley life on a spin-off show.

06-15-2010, 08:49 PM	#14
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06-16-2010, 06:03 PM	#15
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