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When I realized I could get arrested for some of the wanted to do with his "charges"
When Charles stopped being a buttoned-down preppy, and started dressing "cool" like Nick from Family Ties.
I truly believe that Scott Baio has ruined every show he has been on! He first started with Happy Days, then he moved on to his own had show, then Diagnosis Murder. He left that show (it got better) and did a show called Rewind which got cancelled before it aired.
When they cast Scott Baio in the lead role. Scott's presence in a sitcom is almost as sure a guide to sharkdom as Ted McGinley's; presumably some of Ted's magic rubbed off on Scott during "Happy Days".
This show was so bad I was happy when Scott Baio was abducted by aliens. Say hi to Elvis for me, Chachi!
There's a reason why this was syndicated. None of the networks would buy it. If Baio ever returns to television, he will begin to compete with Ted McGinley for Jump the Shark sainthood.
This show never jumped because when I saw Nicole Eggert in some cheezy late night skin flick with Corey Haim, she looked hot. I always liked to taller, smarter one better anyways. There is NO WAY that any guy living there wouldn't get it on in a pig roast situation with those two girls. Also am I the only one who noticed that Buddy was once smart, then all of the sudden he was a dingbat. What's up with that? Maybe he watched too much Happy Days, and did too many drugs on Eight is Enough with that little bowl headed kid who was picked up for marijuana.
When Charles was thinking about marriage.
A perfect argument for mercy killing.
Whose brilliant idea was it to give Scott Baio his own show? Bad enough he had to be on Happy Days, but when you give him a star vehicle, that is pretty dangerous indeed.
When I realized the REALLY hot babe was the annoying middle sister who grew up and showed up as a babe on the Love Boat: the Next Wave who only wanted to have meaningless sex.
Has anyone EVER in the history of the world sold a house and made part of the deal that the babysitter could keep his job?
By the time I was 14, I had finally realized my efforts to get Nicole Eggert into bed were futile. So I started watching the show for its own sake...and it was the worst decision I ever made.
Theme tune ruined my school life. Boys can be so cruel. I've finished the counselling sessions now, twelve years later, and the tune only goes through my head every couple of minutes or so... which is nice.
what a rotten show! but at least it brought nicole eggert to a household name and eventually baywatch!
Selling the house to the new family and making Charles part of the deal I liked this show when the Pembrookes were the family, it was a lot smarter and funnier than when the new family moved in. Did you know that the annoying and mousy middle daughter grew up to be hot Camille on 90210? Anyway, if you remember the first family you might cut the show a break, but it sucked with the new people. And how many people in real life REALLY have a grandparent living with them?
When Charles photographed pictures of Nicole Eggert in the shower and published them on the internet in order to make enough money for a date with Pamela Anderson.
While some would say "Charles in Charge" jumped before it aired, I think it's one of many examples where business ventures (like opening a restaurant) were real proof that the characters themselves had worn out their welcome and a new set had to be introduced to be a character.
It was an auto jump when the secondary character is about a foot taller than every body else. Who is the genius that cast that bean pole?
This show jumped on the first day. You know something was going on between Scott Baio and Willie Aames. But I must say to the above commenter, have you seen the beanpole lately? Dear God, she is smokin'! She was on the last season of 90210 if you need reference. Older age was very good to that once skinny, flat, geeky useless supporting character. Nicole Eggert was always eye candy but the novelty has worn off as of late. She's still hotter than Tina Yothers, though.
I liked it with the Pembrooke family. Jumped the shark after that.
The Powell family moved in. They were so bad especially the grandfather. I loved the Pembrooks. Better parents, better kids.
This show never jumped. You have got to be crazy to not like this show. It was very entertaining and it certainly made a half-hour fly by. I loved the way how Charles always had to solve everybody's problems. Whenever I watched it I thought how the hell will Doodlebug get out of this situation but he always got out of the stickiest situations. The acting is excellent. All you bashers should go back and watch it and follow what the actors do in the background. A lot of stuff happens and if you follow it it makes it that much more enjoyable.
Sell your home and the babysitter comes along with it!
charles gets hit on the head and is, all of a sudden, a motorcycle riding, dangerous, rebel. you know the writers have are completely out of ideas when they make a character suddenly switch identities to add time to the story. also, would you leave your kids in the care of a schizophrenic freak who only dresses in izod????
Scott Baio rocks!! What's wrong with you people?? Whatever happened to him anyway? It's a sad world we live in when some 80's icon like David Hasslehoff can continue to have a successful career while an ignored genius like Scott Baio vanishes from public view.
Man, why DIDN'T this jump the shark? Nobody on the show could act their way out of a paper bag. The idea of the kids, especially as they got older, being all thrilled and happy about being ordered around by Charles was totally unrealistic. Charles himself was supposed to be some kind of teen heart-throb. Bleeeccch! That guy didn't look good to me even when I *was* a teenager. I could go on and on about this one. The theme song makes me want to puke. But I should point out it's good points as well. Here they are: 1.It was (eventually!) cancelled 2.It was never longer than 30 minutes 3.I only had to suffer through it, for the sake of a friend who was a fan, five times in my lifetime.
The first family wasn't good enough for Scott Baio, his Happy Day's mom, Ellen Travolta, and the unaged Willie Aames, so they broght in a new one. Sure, Nicole Eggert was one hot cookie but what about Julianne McNamara from the first family?
Never did!When the show was on CBS,it was OK,but not as good as it was in syndication.I liked it when it was on in synidcation because it was the perfect show to watch afterschool,this show was on after Happy Days where I live,and I liked it,I thought Nicole Eggert was sexy!I wish this show was on in reruns still!Long live Charles in Charge!
I think this show jumped as soon as Chris Jagger opened his mouth. He is such a loser! He tries to be all cool with the guests, but he's just an idiot! I can't stand him although I kind of like the show. He's just a total weirdo!
I couldn't watch it after the Pembrooke family left. Yeah, Scott Baio's no heartthob, but who cared? "Dougie-buns" was the one I was going for. 
This was one of those shows that made "sitcom" a dirty word. The characters were dolts, the dialogue was contrived in the kind of way that only sitcom dialogue can be, and the premise was insane. The only positive angle (as others have already pointed out) was Nicole Eggert. What was she, 16 or 17? Smokin hot. And yes, I made a point to watch that stupid movie she made with the Coreys just for that one scene. YOU know the one... It ticked me off that CIC ended right as Nicole's younger sister started to get hot. The episode when she's dressed as a magician's assistant? Geeeeez, how long WERE those legs? Switching gears, I always found it peculiar that Mom and Grandpa had NOTHING to do but walk through rooms and deliver their lines, but for some reason they needed Charles to keep everything in order. What did they have, narcolepsy? Were they prone to just blacking out at any moment and so they had to have someone watching the place to make sure it didn't burn down? In real life, you know Buddy would have been busted for fooling around with one of the daughters, and Charles would have been completely ignored if he told anyone what to do. The little brother would have gotten an older friend to kick Charles' ass. Ridiculous show. But I'd watch it once in a while if it was syndicated. Nicole looked SO much better with long hair. ahhh, Nikki......
The once-cool Willie Aames, who used to sit around the house and snort coke all day turned into the now-lame Willie Aames, who now sits around the house and preaches all day. Finding God ruined this "jump the shark" great and now he stars as a Christian superhero. What a religious jackass.
Bad moments... John Travolta's mother or sister or whatever she was playing Charles' mom. Ralph Mouth making a guest appearance. Any scene without Jennifer Runyon or Nicole Egert. Wouldn't it have made more sense to have Charles decide to leave the Pembrookes and move in with Gwendolyn with this catch... one more roommate, and it's Nicole Egert who is going to college. While I enjoyed seeing Nicole as a youngster (and like others, saw the horrible movie with Nicole and the Corey brothers), I actually paid cash to go to the movies to see "Up the Creek" because Jennifer Runyon was in it. Only Terri from "We Got It Made" was even close to rivaling Jennifer for my affections.
The Mom intro did it in. By all rights, the new family should have done the trick, but hey, the girls were hot. Yes, this was not a great show, but if you watch re-runs you will from time to time see some of the best interwoven plots in American Television. By that, I mean several unrelated plots coming down to one moment, at which the tension explodes in a very well-timed and funny event. Think Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle.
In grade four, I was OBSESSED with this show. That was when he lived with the first family, and I think the show was only on for one year like this. Then, it went off CBS and I didn't get the new one. I did see an episode about seven years later in a motel in New York (I'm from Canada) though and it was nothing like the one I remember. Was Buddy always so damn annoying? I don't think so. Besides, I only watched the show for one thing and one thing only. Gwendolyn Pierce. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Gwendolyn. Jennifer Runyon, I think her real name was. Delish. I was only ten and I was having some heavy X-rated thoughts, lemme tell you. Favourite episode: the slumber party, where Charles was having a fight with Gwendolyn and he and Buddy had to contend with the likes of the mad cheerleader and Enid, the horse girl. That was top notch sitcom greatness. In my opinion, this show only lasted one year. I never jumped the shark, it just got cancelled after the first family. As far as I'm concerned, the rest never happened.
This show was crap to begin with. Horrible acting, horrible writing, horrible everything. Even the way they exploited nerds, geeks, goths, etc. like every show does. It had some good moments, but it was stupid. I recall an episode where the family gets a dog(lost, just like every other show before it), and the kids want to name it. The the young kid names it Lucky(or something along those lines), while the nerdy kid calls it something like Sputnik or Alpha or some stupid, nerdy name like that. The show always sucked and it always will.
I saw a lot of this, since I was sick at home one summer. The episode that creeped me out was the one where Charles and Buddy are at a convenience store, and they run into Donny Most (aka Ralph Malph). Scott Baio and Most look at each other, like "Don't I know you?" and then Donny finds out he's won the lottery, and yells "Happy Days are here again!" I decided then that I wanted to write for television, since at 13 I could do better than this. I would have had Charles Baio Chachi burning down a restaurant (again...) or joining a band (again...), and I would have brought Mr. C back on as a crazy neighbor. Then, to really do sub-reference overkill, I would have brought Adam Rich from Eight is Enough to hang around Willie Tommy Bradford.
The show SUCKED. Scott Baio + Willie Aames + TV show = ****. Scott Baio + Willie Aames + Heather Thomas + Movie = Zapped! The only thing great about this show was a HOT teenage Nicole Eggert. The other sister was annoying, the little brother was annoying, grandpa was annoying. The parents too. I'm pretty sure Scott Baio got freaky with Nicole Eggert. Goddamnit Chachi, who haven't you slept with?
Oh come on! how could anyone blame good ol' Baio, I mean on the show Charles went out with the best of the best like Pamela Anderson,Erika Eleniak,Sammantha Fox,Tiffani-Amber Thiessen,Jennifer Runyon,and so on.
I used to love this show in the 80s. I've always thought that Scott Baio and Willie Aames are both very funny in a goofy sort of way. This show almost seemed bulletproof at one stage. I mean, bad scripts, wooden guest stars and Ellen freaking Travolta, and yet I still loved it. Then that little brat Antony showed up with a conceited smirk, and it all just fell flat. Maybe Antony was only really the last straw, but I'll always associate this show starting to suck with his arrival.
This show jumped the shark as soon as Buddy lost his brain cells. The first year, he was not outrageously smart, but he was crafty -sneaky. He was more of an Eddie Haskell type character. When the Pennbrookes left, so did Buddy's intelligence. His character became the really dumb guy with the heart of gold - more like Boner from Growing Pains.
CHARLES IN CHARGE was a good show when it was on network TV. Once it moved to syndication and they replaced the Pembrookes with that new family, it went way downhill. The new kids seemed too old/mature to need a live-in babysitter, especially when they already had the grandfather there to bitch at Charles all the time. The Pembrookes needed Charles to look after the kids because they both worked, but it made no sense for the new family to pay this guy to live with them and watch the kids when Grandpa was hanging around all day. Charles always seemed too busy chasing girls and working at school to get involved with the kids' problems anymore (so, once again, WHY are they paying this guy to live there?!?), Willie Aames' character devolved into a total moron, and Charles ultra-hot girlfriend--Jennifer Runyon--no longer came around as much. The ONLY reason to watch the syndicated shows is Nicole Eggert, who was sexy as a teenager...but still no substitute for Jennifer Runyon.
As the years grew and the seasons changed it was shown that Buddy just got dumber and dumber. By the sad, and not so merciful end Buddy was a drooling sack of goat cheese who could barely stand on his own two feet. Oh the humanity!
When Nicole Eggert hit puberty in force and Charles was presented as her babysitter rather than her prom date.
The show was one of those shows that's soooo corny you really can't criticize it. I loved it despite it's corniness. But Mrs. Powell was pointless!!! Charles should have just been totally in charge!!! The mother made no difference and was not the least bit funny. Also, I think Sid's pizza place was part of the plot way too many times. And Adam's pajamas!!! My they were ugly!!! Also, the house in the opening credits looked like an enlarged log cabin...
You people are fools. Scott Baio is the true Auteur of his generation. On some of the CiC episodes, he wrote, directed and starred. All that while banging just about every female cast member (including the Travolta chick who played his mother), doing coke with Wille Aames, and probably providing the catering. The man is a God. A God I tell you...
This show jumped the shark the second Willie Aames opened his stupid mouth. He was much better as a Bradford. Buddy -- WORST CHARACTER EVER!!!
Where to start? Deadbeat dad never seen, wimpy mother and rude, lazy grampa that can't take care of 3 kids only needing a babysitter for about 2 years?! Every time Gramps hollered "doorbell!" it made you want to shout back "shove it"! Then there's the two "leads" running around trying to fight over who was the most popular pre-pubescant pinup boy.."I am! I was "Chachi" - "Wah-Wah-Wah"! "No, me! I was "Tommy Bradford" See my angst"! I have only seen this show in reruns because I detested Scott Baio on Happy Days & I see he never gave up that dumb haircut that was wrong for Chachi and the 50's/early 60's! Willie Aames I guess took his "heart throb" power and proved to us all he had ABSOLUTELY NO COMIC TALENTS OR TIMING! At least the 2 girls post careers weren't scarred permanently by this series and went on to pretty much what suited them (Baywatch, soaps, etc.) Kudos! But the big question is, who actually kept this lame show alive for 6 YEARS??!! A teen-girl write-in campaign?!
this show was american sitcom gold. yes a family with a grandfather who lives with them and doesn't work probably doesn't need to hold on to the babysitter that came with the house they just bought so he can watch their teenage kids. And yes the acting was never excellent, although it was far better than any you'll see in most sitcoms. Who cares that is not what this show is about this show is all about the tang yes that's right the tang Charles was always able to fix the kids "problems" just in time to go out and score. The message of this show was obvious being a caring, decent, responsible person will get you laid. That may or may not be true but it is a nice message for the kids so maybe they will grow up to be stand up guys like charles.
This show is proof that at some point every person in Hollywood was really high on drugs. I never watched it the first time around, so I checked out a few reruns on "Nick at Nite" and they really sucked. Was the Willie Aames character supposed to be a ******** metal defective, or was that really good acting? The question will haunt me for all eternity. This show is so horrible, that if I fall asleep and this show comes on, I will wake up long enough to turn off the TV. Even my slumbering subconscious can't stand this stinker of a bomb. I'm surprised it doesn't cause cranial bleeding simply by watching it.
Too many fantasy episodes, Charles always getting skunked by circumstances, and a completely implausible format--whatever happened to the mom anyway? She appeared in like 1 episode, and then she was gone.
First of all, CHACHI was the star of the show. That is almost like casting Ted McGinley in the lead! Second of all, how in the heck can you move out and not tell your live-in babysitter? Third of all, wouldn't you be afraid that the college-age male babysitter will try to "corrupt" your really hot teenage daughters?
The one where Charles tries to sell (a smart) Buddy his cassete player for something like $47.96 ..the only problem was, that cassete player wouldn't have sold for HALF that brand new! It was a cheapo little piece of junk! Man, this show was just dumb, dumb, dumb .. but Buddy ruled!
I'd have to say jumpsville occurred when the theme song got a little too glam rock although the tune was still great. The original, softer theme was nothing short of perfection. It should be the national anthem. Who wouldn't want a Nicole Eggert singing how she wants you in charge of her. I like how it was so emphatic too, "And I sing! IIII want Charles in Charge of me." We know it's singing, that's why it's called a song. Nicole makes the top 5 sitcom babes, with Sarah from Too close for comfort, Sonny from Bosom Buddies, Micky from we got it made and whoever the rockin' blonde is on Mad TV. Not really a sitcom I guess but she's still hot.
This show jumped the shark when The Pembrokes sublet the house and Charles also! I thought slavery was abolished. I think this show turns into an absurd comedy soon after the Pembrokes leave. I still watched the show anyway. In some ways it gets more interesting as an absurd comedy. The Powell's were rotten to the core. While the Pembrokes were pleasant even when the kids were acting like brats. I always found the Pembrokes to be more pleasant. Also, jup the shark moments include that kid Adam going through puberty. that was not pleasant to watch. And no more Gwendolyn Pierce sucked too. Does anyone know if Charles had a last name? I don't remember ever hearing it.
This show was awesome, it made me laugh my ass off. I can't believe that all you people are whining about the acting and all that stuff. Who cares? As long as it makes you laugh, that's all that matters. Personally, I don't think it ever jumped. I couldn't care less about The Pembrokes, The Powells were MUCH better. I only have two words - Nicole Eggert. Is there a more beautiful female on this planet? I think not. This show never gets the credit that it deserves. Quit crying about the acting and just accept it for what it was - HILARIOUS.
It never jumped. I don't understand why so many people don't like this show. I think it's friggin' hilarious! Sure, the acting isn't spectacular, but who cares? When I watch a comedy show, all I care about is being entertained. And this show does it. Charles was pretty funny, Buddy was sometimes TOO funny, and the grandfather (James Callahan) also made me laugh my ass off. And now for the best part - the girls. Oh God, the girls. There isn't another female on the planet as beautiful as Nicole Eggert, I don't give a crap what anyone says. I think somebody on here said that "She's no substitute for Jennifer Runyon"? Umm, are you on crack or something, dude? Nicole Eggert is a vision of Heaven who stole my heart away the first time I laid eyes on her (Jeez, that sounds kind of sappy, but it's the truth). Josie Davis was also incredibly gorgeous, whatever happened to her? Anyway, the show was awesome and extremely underrated. Say what you want.
You know how your mouth waters right before you throw up? That's how I feel when I remember when I used to watch this piece of crap show. Scott Baio and Willie Aames were two of the WORST actors of my generation. In fact, I don't even think there's a word in the dictionary to describe how awful they both were in this show. The humor was condescending and just plain TERRIBLE. The people that wrote for this show should be ashamed of themselves. It was like watching a porn but without the sex. Just bad acting all around. I only wish Kervorkian made house calls.
I actually remembered the year 1 shows as very well-written and clever. Only problems: Charles the star was overpowered by the parents acting chops and Gwendolyn had goddess-like beauty (Scott was supposed to be the pretty one not his girl). The new format was really a different show with probably different writers. Sure the younger sister turned into a hottie and Nicole was the junior vamp but Gwendolyn was on another level. So of course she was brushed aside and it became a strange Scott & Willie buddy comedy. It is a shame most people will only ever recall the train wreck this show became and not the sharp witty comedy it was in the first year.
This show is a perfect example of the producers knowing their audience. Especially after the show was switched to syndication (I don't remember it being on network tv, but some others do). For the first years, you could tell the producers were trying to make a reasonable show. Buddy was (relatively) smart, Charles was in charge and the situation made sense. Then it was put into syndication and everything was thrown out. Buddy ends up as dumb as a door mat, Charles is no longer needed yet still runs the house, and the kids become eye-candy for teenage boys everywhere. But what do you expect? The producers knew that it would be shown after school so of course they focused on that aspect. What 14 year guy is going to care if logic doesn't make sense in Charles' world as long as Nicole is debating about what swimsuit to wear? Yowzers! I didn't care if Willie Ames had a lobotomy as long as Nicole was jumping on the trampoline during the surgery! Sure it jumped with the family switch, but I don't think anyone cared about anything other than getting 30 minutes of filler on tv.
The first season on CBS was clever. I was 13 or 14 and identified with Jonathan, the middle geeky boy, a lot. I also had a huge crush on April Lerman. Don't get me wrong, Jennifer Runyon, Nicole Eggert, and Josie Davis are all very attractive, but for me it was April, all the way! April, much like Nicole Eggert, did a lame T and A movie in the early 90's. Unlike Nicole, April faded away after that. Jennifer Runyon faded away too. Anyway, the shark jump occured when the first family, the Pembrokes, left the show. Maybe I should call that the first shaek jump. The second occured when they turned Buddy from a sneaky horndog into the biggest idiot on any show, ever. Actually, I'm glad Willie Aames got himself off drugs and into something (christianity) that makes him happy. And yes, he is playing a christian themed superhero named Bibleman. What, I ask you, is Scott Baio doing now?.........I don't hear an answer.
This show was great when it aired on CBS. It had a great cast, especially including Jennifer Runyon, who was the hottest babe ever on TV. She was unmatched, and has remained unmatched ever since. But when it returned in syndication, it wasn't quite the same---not because it was syndicated, but because it had a different cast, except for Willie Aames as Buddy, Charles friend. They should have at least kept JR also, and they should not have had Charles' mother buy his and Buddy's favorite hangout. But what really KILLED the show is what happened in the final new episode---it was revealed to have all been a dream! Hadn't that same ending on "Newhart" been ridiculous enough?
This show was pretty cheesy in both of its incarnations -- the CBS and syndicated versions -- but it truly jumped when Willie Aimless aka Buddy began to ****** into a complete moron. When the show first started, he was a sneaky, horny frat guy. Suddenly, he went from ladies man to a flat out fool. And what was with his clothes? Once he became an idiot, he dressed like one too. He always wore these obnoxious multicolored 80s pants and sneakers! Charles dressed pretty cheesy too. How many pairs of white sneakers did this guy own??? I did like the second family better than the first one which had Hoover from Animal House the head of the household. The grandfather was a better foil for Charles and the kids were way funnier. I did see Nicole Eggert in a few horrible movies lately.
The first year on the network, CBS?, was often quite good and always charming. Buddy wasn't a stupid loon but had charm and a bit of sleaziness, as well as a sense of decency that came out on occasion, I could see why the Penbrooks would hire and trust the Charles of the first season, he was a decent kid and a good role model. The Pembertons and their kids were almost real people. My daughter is at present a boy crazy pre-teen and my son is kind of a geek more interested in his video games than the real world. My favorite episodes of the first year are the cousin trying to take the girl to the nightclub and Charles backing him down and the sleepover episode where Charles and Buddy play "truth". Gwendolyn provided some major eye candy, even if she couldn't act her way out if a paper bag. The syndication years just didn't make it. The only reason to watch it was Nicole and Charles bimbo of the week.
Charles in Charge was one of the worst shows on television period. The whole plot involved Charles being a housekeeper and babysitter to children (think this is the same plot as Who's the Boss) who should have been old enough to clean and take care of themselves. What can I say about a show that had two different families?John Travolta's gravy training sister, Ellen, and Wille Aames. With crap like this it is a wonder that people even watched this show.
Charles bumps his head, turns into "Chaz" and gets married to some bimbo. Lillian waaaaaaaaas like a baby upon finding out of her son's marriage. Great acting
The show got immediately worse when the Pembrokes moved away. While I continued to watch the show in syndication (it was conveniently on after my classes and before work back in my college days), the children who played the Pembrokes were simply better, more natural actors than the "syndicated" children. The character who played Jamie, who eventually went on to "Baywatch" was... Well, c'mon we all know what she was and it was totally unbelievable in this nice, clean home. The character who played Sarah whined too much. Finally, the kid who played Adam was especially bad. Either he had a breathing problem in real life or someone just taught him to inhale severely before delivering a line. Since the premise of the show was Charles' interaction with the children, the ones who played the Pembroke kids were better (more believable) actors. Quick note: I just saw the man who played the role of the grandfather (James Callahan) play a priest on "7th Heaven" the other night. He was much better as a priest.
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09-27-2013, 01:18 AM
Charles in Charge Boned the Fish When...
