TV Trash: Get Smart 1995 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 03-03-2011, 04:49 PM

http://rowdyc.blip.tv/file/4096038/

Rowdy grew up on reruns of the 1960s spy comedy, but its sequel series falls painfully short.

jehobden · 03-03-2011, 07:56 PM

Andy Dick's presence in the sequel series was enough to keep me away from it!

Bonsai · 03-04-2011, 12:11 AM

Andy Dick managed to take an amazingly bad show and push it over the line into stupendously horrible.

Nostalgia can only carry something so far....when are people ever going to learn that you can't haphazardly repackage something and expect it to live up to the original?

It didn't work with Beaver Cleaver still saying "Gee Whiz" as a divorced father of two....and it absolutely positively didn't work for The Bradys with Marcia as an alcoholic and Bobby confined to a wheelchair!

treky · 03-04-2011, 03:16 AM

I read that the show was so bad that when Andy Dick realized that it wouldn't last, he signed on to do "NEWSRADIO".

ph1l · 03-04-2011, 05:12 AM

I bought the DVD's of the series late last year and actually thought the shows were pretty good. I quite like Andy Dick and Elaine Hendrix.
The thing I didn't like was the soda machine gag with the woman in the opening titles.

Adamantium · 03-06-2011, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by treky

I read that the show was so bad that when Andy Dick realized that it wouldn't last, he signed on to do "NEWSRADIO".

Then Andy mentioned at some big event that because he likes "NewsRadio" that he hopes "Get Smart" gets canceled.

I don't know if it's that he would not have been able to do both shows at once and he was obligated to be in "Get Smart" even though he preferred "NewsRadio". So if "Get Smart" came back for a second season or just more of the first season, he's be stuck with that show.

I know Andy Dick has his problems in real life but I think he's funny in these scripted shows (Get Smart, NewsRadio, Less Than Perfect). People bash him so much because of his personal issues but I don't think that his past work should be affected by that.

03-03-2011, 04:49 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,453	TV Trash: Get Smart 1995 http://rowdyc.blip.tv/file/4096038/ Rowdy grew up on reruns of the 1960s spy comedy, but its sequel series falls painfully short.
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03-04-2011, 12:11 AM	#3
Bonsai Gilligan Ambassador Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 356	Andy Dick managed to take an amazingly bad show and push it over the line into stupendously horrible. Nostalgia can only carry something so far....when are people ever going to learn that you can't haphazardly repackage something and expect it to live up to the original? It didn't work with Beaver Cleaver still saying "Gee Whiz" as a divorced father of two....and it absolutely positively didn't work for The Bradys with Marcia as an alcoholic and Bobby confined to a wheelchair!
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03-04-2011, 03:16 AM	#4
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	I read that the show was so bad that when Andy Dick realized that it wouldn't last, he signed on to do "NEWSRADIO".
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03-04-2011, 05:12 AM	#5
ph1l Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1,362	I bought the DVD's of the series late last year and actually thought the shows were pretty good. I quite like Andy Dick and Elaine Hendrix. The thing I didn't like was the soda machine gag with the woman in the opening titles.
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03-03-2011, 07:56 PM	#2
jehobden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: DFW Area, TX Posts: 2,004	Andy Dick's presence in the sequel series was enough to keep me away from it!