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Joshua1991 · 10-26-2012, 01:36 AM

Anybody else remember the Florence spin-off called Checking In?

Big3sCompanyFan · 10-26-2012, 05:03 AM

Of course!

A lot of us do but no one can find it! Not even Marla Gibbs!

bencasey · 02-17-2014, 02:11 AM

Don't know if anyone would care but there's a guy on IMDB claiming to have the show on audio tape.

myowndrownedworld · 07-27-2014, 12:03 PM

I would love to be able to find these episodes, just to see it for more Florence and to perhaps work out why it failed.

treky · 07-30-2014, 12:57 AM

I remember once in the 90s Nick at Nite showed the episode of THE JEFFERSONS that was a "back door pilot" for it.

king of comedy · 07-30-2014, 07:03 AM

I heard about it but never seen it. I heard it only lasted 1 season.

treky · 07-30-2014, 08:27 PM

less than that; it only had a few episodes.

comedyfreak · 07-31-2014, 06:02 AM

I remember the show and watched. I wasn't impressed it just wasn't funny and she needed a better supporting cast. I'm glad she was able to go back to The Jeffersons.

Edward216 · 08-28-2014, 01:16 AM

Yeah I saw it when I was a kid when it ran originally. I didn't think it was all that funny even then. That's the only case of a character being spun off to their own series and then returning to the original TV series after the spinoff was cancelled that I know of. Does anybody know if it's happened on other shows? Because usually a character gets a spinoff series, and the series gets cancelled but the character is never seen or even mentioned on the original show again, they just disappear. LOL.

Ed.

treky · 08-28-2014, 01:19 AM

yea, it happened with Joanie and Chaci on HAPPY DAYS after their show was canceled.

Edward216 · 08-28-2014, 01:29 AM

Thanks treky. I didn't know that because I didn't watch Happy Days in the later seasons. I was a teen then and I did watch Joanie Loves Chachi and liked it. I was really bummed when it got cancelled.

Ed.

tlc38tlc38 · 09-06-2014, 10:54 PM

The 4 episodes of "Checking In" will be included as special features on the upcoming 12/9/14 release of "The Jeffersons" complete series set.

treky · 09-07-2014, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

The 4 episodes of "Checking In" will be included as special features on the upcoming 12/9/14 release of "The Jeffersons" complete series set.

cool!

Yong Fang · 09-21-2014, 07:00 AM

The show had Larry Linville who played a Frank Burns character named Lyle Block. Linville could never break out of Frank Burns mode. Marla Gibbs was just playing Florence, who wants Florence cracking on Frank Burns every week? Fail.

Officer Smitty and the old lady who lived in the window upstairs made 227!

70s show watcher · 09-21-2014, 04:26 PM

and sonny shroyer came back to the dukes of hazard after the enos spinoff was dropped

10-26-2012, 01:36 AM	#1
Joshua1991 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 25, 2012 Location: U.S. Posts: 18	"Checking In" - The Jeffersons Spin-off Anybody else remember the Florence spin-off called Checking In?

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10-26-2012, 05:03 AM	#2
Big3sCompanyFan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2,493	Of course! A lot of us do but no one can find it! Not even Marla Gibbs!

02-17-2014, 02:11 AM	#3
bencasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: Long Beach Posts: 1,692	Don't know if anyone would care but there's a guy on IMDB claiming to have the show on audio tape.

07-27-2014, 12:03 PM	#4
myowndrownedworld Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 27, 2014 Posts: 102	I would love to be able to find these episodes, just to see it for more Florence and to perhaps work out why it failed.

07-30-2014, 07:03 AM	#6
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	I heard about it but never seen it. I heard it only lasted 1 season.

07-30-2014, 08:27 PM	#7
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	less than that; it only had a few episodes.

08-28-2014, 01:16 AM	#9
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	Yeah I saw it when I was a kid when it ran originally. I didn't think it was all that funny even then. That's the only case of a character being spun off to their own series and then returning to the original TV series after the spinoff was cancelled that I know of. Does anybody know if it's happened on other shows? Because usually a character gets a spinoff series, and the series gets cancelled but the character is never seen or even mentioned on the original show again, they just disappear. LOL. Ed.

08-28-2014, 01:19 AM	#10
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	yea, it happened with Joanie and Chaci on HAPPY DAYS after their show was canceled.

08-28-2014, 01:29 AM	#11
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	Thanks treky. I didn't know that because I didn't watch Happy Days in the later seasons. I was a teen then and I did watch Joanie Loves Chachi and liked it. I was really bummed when it got cancelled. Ed.

09-21-2014, 07:00 AM	#14
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,072	The show had Larry Linville who played a Frank Burns character named Lyle Block. Linville could never break out of Frank Burns mode. Marla Gibbs was just playing Florence, who wants Florence cracking on Frank Burns every week? Fail. Officer Smitty and the old lady who lived in the window upstairs made 227!

09-21-2014, 04:26 PM	#15
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	and sonny shroyer came back to the dukes of hazard after the enos spinoff was dropped