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TMC · 02-13-2002, 05:27 PM

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crzyabtcmdy · 02-13-2002, 09:55 PM

Yes, as a matter of fact one has, All in the family spawned the Jeffersons, which spawned the extremely short lived spinoff where the maid character had the job in the hotel...and All in the family spawned Maud which spawned..if I'm not mistaken Good Times, as Florida was Maude's Maid..am I right?

LucyFan · 02-14-2002, 12:10 AM

Here's one:
The Golden Girls spawned Empty Nest which spawned
Nurses.

Here's another:
The Danny Thomas Show (aka Make Room For Daddy) spawned The Andy Griffith Show which spawned two spin-offs: Mayberry R.F.D. and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

karaokedude · 03-03-2002, 09:12 PM

"Love American Style" spawned "Happy Days", which spawned "Laverne & Shirley", "Joanie Loves Chachi" & "Mork & Mindy" (the latter which also spawned a short lived series called "Out Of The Blue")

karaokedude · 03-03-2002, 09:15 PM

Wasn't "The Jeffersons" spinoff "227"? (even though it was on another network)

crzyabtcmdy · 03-04-2002, 07:11 PM

I'm not sure, I thought it was, but when I think about it more, that was the woman who played the maid...(why can't I remember her name? I used to love her character) and the man I believe from both the movie and the series Private Benjamin playing her husband as the superintendants of an apartment building, the one I'm thinking about is where she worked at the hotel with possibly Martin Mull as her boss.

DJM77 · 03-04-2002, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by karaokedude
Wasn't "The Jeffersons" spinoff "227"? (even though it was on another network)

Nope. Marla Gibbs was in both series but she played two different characters (Florence Johnston on The Jeffersons and Mary Jenkins on 227). Checking In is the name of the short lived spinoff of The Jeffersons in which Marla Gibbs starred in.

crzyabtcmdy · 03-05-2002, 09:45 PM

thank you thank you thank you...that was driving me crazy at odd hours of the day and I would think and think, I remember watching both 227 and the now named Checking in, and I loved both of them! but now can you tell me who was in it with her?

TJ · 03-06-2002, 03:52 AM

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Originally posted by karaokedude
"Love American Style" spawned "Happy Days", which spawned "Laverne & Shirley", "Joanie Loves Chachi" & "Mork & Mindy" (the latter which also spawned a short lived series called "Out Of The Blue")

Mork appeared on the first episode of Out of the Blue, the Out of the Blue character (Random) did not appear on Mork & Mindy.

DJM77 · 03-07-2002, 08:52 PM

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Originally posted by crzyabtcmdy
thank you thank you thank you...that was driving me crazy at odd hours of the day and I would think and think, I remember watching both 227 and the now named Checking in, and I loved both of them! but now can you tell me who was in it with her?

Checking In CAST: Marla Gibbs, Larry Linville, Liz Torres, Patrick Collins, Robert Costanzo, Ruth Brown and Jordan Gibbs.

227 CAST: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackee Harry, Regina King, Kia Goodwin, Helen Martin, Curtis Baldwin, Countess Vaughn, Toukie A. Smith, Paul Winfield, Barry Sobel, Stoney Jackson and Kevin Peter Hall.

LucyFan · 03-10-2002, 04:43 AM

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Originally posted by karaokedude
"Love American Style" spawned "Happy Days", which spawned "Laverne & Shirley", "Joanie Loves Chachi" & "Mork & Mindy" (the latter which also spawned a short lived series called "Out Of The Blue")

Love, American, Style didn't spin-off Happy Days. One of the show's episodes was used as a pilot for Happy Days in which not all of the Happy Days cast appeared in. Many people get confused whether or not Happy Days is a spin-off. It doesn't seem like a spin-off at all.

karaokedude · 03-19-2002, 05:07 AM

Yes, I stand corrected on "Out Of The Blue". My bad.

And the "Happy Days" pilot was used as a "Love American Style" episode, although it was not originally intended for that show.

karaokedude · 03-19-2002, 05:25 AM

PS - while it's true that the "Love American Style" episode did not include the entire "Happy Days" cast (only Ron Howard & Anson Williams, if I recall), it WAS the pilot episode. Pilots often DON'T have the final cast in place yet. The networks will watch a pilot & then do some tinkering before the series goes into production.

Perfect example: "Star Trek". William Shatner & others weren't in the pilot at all! The only cast members that graduated from the pilot to the actual series were Leonard Nimoy & Majel Barrett (the latter as a different character). The captain in the pilot was named Christopher Pike (and portions of the pilot were spliced into an episode called "The Managerie")

Another example would be "Cagney & Lacey". It was Loretta Swit instead of Sharon Gless in the movie/pilot.

webuster · 09-08-2002, 12:24 PM

"Love American Style" spawned "Happy Days", which spawned "Laverne & Shirley", "Joanie Loves Chachi" & "Mork & Mindy" (the latter which also spawned a short lived series called "Out Of The Blue")
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Love, American, Style didn't spin-off Happy Days. One of the show's episodes was used as a pilot for Happy Days in which not all of the Happy Days cast appeared in. Many people get confused whether or not Happy Days is a spin-off. It doesn't seem like a spin-off at all.

That's what I hate about Spin-Offs, Happy Days is still counted as a spinoff of Love,American style even though Ron Howards character only appeared in Love,American style once. a spin-off should be using main characters example:Golden Girls-Golden Palace.

Out of the blue is not however counted as a spin off, just because Mork was in it once. For instance, caroline from caroline in the city appeared in friends as did Chandler in caroline in the city in the same episode, the same thing happened all at once for Grace Under Fire,Ellen,The Drew carey show and Coach.

Living Dolls and Charmed Lives shouldnt be counted as who's the Boss spin-offs. Top of The Heap should'nt be a Married...With Children spin Off, Al Bundy barely appeared in that whole pilot episode used in married with children. Another Thing- Nurses Shouldn't be counted as a spin off to the golden girls.

So we need to find a name for these type of shows like- Shows that were inspired by...

Thank u

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02-13-2002, 09:55 PM	#2
crzyabtcmdy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2002 Location: PA Posts: 7	I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for but.... Yes, as a matter of fact one has, All in the family spawned the Jeffersons, which spawned the extremely short lived spinoff where the maid character had the job in the hotel...and All in the family spawned Maud which spawned..if I'm not mistaken Good Times, as Florida was Maude's Maid..am I right?
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02-14-2002, 12:10 AM	#3
LucyFan Still Loving Lucy! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 23, 2001 Location: In the Wonderful World of Lucy! Posts: 8,198	Here's one: The Golden Girls spawned Empty Nest which spawned Nurses. Here's another: The Danny Thomas Show (aka Make Room For Daddy) spawned The Andy Griffith Show which spawned two spin-offs: Mayberry R.F.D. and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
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03-03-2002, 09:12 PM	#4
karaokedude Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 03, 2002 Location: PA Posts: 58	Also........ "Love American Style" spawned "Happy Days", which spawned "Laverne & Shirley", "Joanie Loves Chachi" & "Mork & Mindy" (the latter which also spawned a short lived series called "Out Of The Blue")

03-04-2002, 07:11 PM	#6
crzyabtcmdy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2002 Location: PA Posts: 7	errrrrr I'm not sure, I thought it was, but when I think about it more, that was the woman who played the maid...(why can't I remember her name? I used to love her character) and the man I believe from both the movie and the series Private Benjamin playing her husband as the superintendants of an apartment building, the one I'm thinking about is where she worked at the hotel with possibly Martin Mull as her boss.

03-03-2002, 09:15 PM	#5
karaokedude Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 03, 2002 Location: PA Posts: 58	Wasn't "The Jeffersons" spinoff "227"? (even though it was on another network)

03-05-2002, 09:45 PM	#8
crzyabtcmdy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2002 Location: PA Posts: 7	thanks thank you thank you thank you...that was driving me crazy at odd hours of the day and I would think and think, I remember watching both 227 and the now named Checking in, and I loved both of them! but now can you tell me who was in it with her?

03-19-2002, 05:07 AM	#12
karaokedude Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 03, 2002 Location: PA Posts: 58	Yes, I stand corrected on "Out Of The Blue". My bad. And the "Happy Days" pilot was used as a "Love American Style" episode, although it was not originally intended for that show.

03-19-2002, 05:25 AM	#13
karaokedude Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 03, 2002 Location: PA Posts: 58	PS - while it's true that the "Love American Style" episode did not include the entire "Happy Days" cast (only Ron Howard & Anson Williams, if I recall), it WAS the pilot episode. Pilots often DON'T have the final cast in place yet. The networks will watch a pilot & then do some tinkering before the series goes into production. Perfect example: "Star Trek". William Shatner & others weren't in the pilot at all! The only cast members that graduated from the pilot to the actual series were Leonard Nimoy & Majel Barrett (the latter as a different character). The captain in the pilot was named Christopher Pike (and portions of the pilot were spliced into an episode called "The Managerie") Another example would be "Cagney & Lacey". It was Loretta Swit instead of Sharon Gless in the movie/pilot.

09-08-2002, 12:24 PM	#14
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	The Bad tHING WITH SPINOFFS. "Love American Style" spawned "Happy Days", which spawned "Laverne & Shirley", "Joanie Loves Chachi" & "Mork & Mindy" (the latter which also spawned a short lived series called "Out Of The Blue") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love, American, Style didn't spin-off Happy Days. One of the show's episodes was used as a pilot for Happy Days in which not all of the Happy Days cast appeared in. Many people get confused whether or not Happy Days is a spin-off. It doesn't seem like a spin-off at all. That's what I hate about Spin-Offs, Happy Days is still counted as a spinoff of Love,American style even though Ron Howards character only appeared in Love,American style once. a spin-off should be using main characters example:Golden Girls-Golden Palace. Out of the blue is not however counted as a spin off, just because Mork was in it once. For instance, caroline from caroline in the city appeared in friends as did Chandler in caroline in the city in the same episode, the same thing happened all at once for Grace Under Fire,Ellen,The Drew carey show and Coach. Living Dolls and Charmed Lives shouldnt be counted as who's the Boss spin-offs. Top of The Heap should'nt be a Married...With Children spin Off, Al Bundy barely appeared in that whole pilot episode used in married with children. Another Thing- Nurses Shouldn't be counted as a spin off to the golden girls. So we need to find a name for these type of shows like- Shows that were inspired by... Thank u