Did anyone see the unaired second pilot?

[oldschool59]

Did anyone see the un aired second pilot with another actress playing Chrissy? Here it is if you would like to see it.
Enjoy

http://www.speedyshare.com/search/Th...s.1698677.html

There are 3 rar file there to download. It was just on youtube last night but I cannot find it today.

[McGillicuddy]

Both original pilots are on the 2nd season dvd set.

[ikhuri]

Originally Posted by markway895

Both original pilots are on the 2nd season dvd set.

Actually the first pilot is on the 2nd season DVD and the 2nd pilot is on the 3rd season DVD!

Imad

[eleri]

I think it's interesting the changes they went through to get to the final pilot. It seems like the second pilot was a lot more sanitized that the first or final. No references to hard-partying, out of wedlock pregnancy, and all that. Maybe someone high up thought the first pilot was too free-wheeling?

Also, although they had figured out the characters of Jack and Janet, they hadn't decided what to do with Chrissy. Chrissy in the second pilot was a hot blond, a little innocent maybe, but not dumb or ditzy. I think she was better-looking than Suzanne Sommers, but she didn't have her energy or charisma.

[McGillicuddy]

It would be interesting to see the British version, which was called Man About The House. There also was a British version of The Ropers, called George & Mildred. I assume it was a spin-off of MATH.

[McGillicuddy]

Originally Posted by eleri

I think it's interesting the changes they went through to get to the final pilot. It seems like the second pilot was a lot more sanitized that the first or final. No references to hard-partying, out of wedlock pregnancy, and all that. Maybe someone high up thought the first pilot was too free-wheeling?

Also, although they had figured out the characters of Jack and Janet, they hadn't decided what to do with Chrissy. Chrissy in the second pilot was a hot blond, a little innocent maybe, but not dumb or ditzy. I think she was better-looking than Suzanne Sommers, but she didn't have her energy or charisma.

Keep in mind Suzanne Somer's Chrissy wasn't as ditzy in the beginning as she was later on.

[eleri]

Well, yes and no. There's ditzy and then their's dumb. I thought Suzanne Somers' Chrissy was naive and ditzy in the first 3 seasons. In the 4th season the writers made her irritatingly dumb, imo. Either way, she was still different from Susan Lanier's Chrissy, who came across as fairly intelligent and normal, with just a bit of innocence and sweetness to contrast with sassy, down-to-earth Janet. I liked early Somers the best, even compared to Cindy and Terri, but I would have taken Lanier's Chrissy over 4th-season Chrissy. I swear I wanted to reach through my TV and slap her.

[eleri]

Originally Posted by markway895

It would be interesting to see the British version, which was called Man About The House. There also was a British version of The Ropers, called George & Mildred. I assume it was a spin-off of MATH.

There was also another spinoff called Robin's Nest, that "Three's a Crowd" was based on.

Here's the ending of MATH. The brunette gets married (just like in TC) except that she marries Robin's golden-child brother (the equivalent of Lee Tripper), rather than some random guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPEVx...=57&playnext=3

[704Hauser]

Originally Posted by eleri

There was also another spinoff called Robin's Nest, that "Three's a Crowd" was based on.

Here's the ending of MATH. The brunette gets married (just like in TC) except that she marries Robin's golden-child brother (the equivalent of Lee Tripper), rather than some random guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPEVx...=57&playnext=3

Coincidentally (or not), Norman Eshley, who played Norman Tripp (Robin's brother), went on to play Jeffrey Fourmile (the original Jeffrey P. Brookes) in George & Mildred.