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opus · 07-27-2015, 01:53 PM

Tonight, David, a healthy Julie, and Barbara on the basketball squad ("I made the team. I made the team."), which I had forgotten got a callback in the finale.

LittleRickyII · 07-27-2015, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by opus

Tonight, David, a healthy Julie, and Barbara on the basketball squad ("I made the team. I made the team."), which I had forgotten got a callback in the finale.

I like it when it works out the last and first episode of a series wind up back to back. And the show starts NOW.

billybatts · 07-27-2015, 11:36 PM

I must have missed something.

They just showed the Schnieder back-door pilot episode, then jumped back to the beginning. Was that the finale?

Never saw the Max/Barbara ep.

LittleRickyII · 07-27-2015, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by billybatts

They just showed the Schnieder back-door pilot episode, then jumped back to the beginning. Was that the finale?

Yes.

Bonniegirl · 07-28-2015, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by billybatts

I must have missed something.

They just showed the Schnieder back-door pilot episode, then jumped back to the beginning. Was that the finale?

Never saw the Max/Barbara ep.

You missed a GOOD one!!!!

1960'sTVfan · 07-28-2015, 10:18 AM

I wonder why the 1st season of this show is the only one out on DVD? I think Sony's DVD department went out of business, but I don't know why Shout Factory hasn't picked this show up. Shout has released other Norman Lear shows, so why not One Day At A Time? Maybe the 1st season DVD sold so poorly?

'80sSitcoms · 07-28-2015, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

Maybe the 1st season DVD sold so poorly?

That's most likely why.

opus · 07-28-2015, 12:39 PM

Schneider was so creepy in the pilot, what with "a wife downstairs" and everything else, it's surprising the audience didn't leap thru their tvs and throttle him.

Bonniegirl · 07-28-2015, 01:30 PM

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Schneider was so creepy in the pilot, what with "a wife downstairs" and everything else, it's surprising the audience didn't leap thru their tvs and throttle him.

Yeah , so what ended up happening to his wife? They just decided he didn't need to have a wife and made him single? Like we all would forget he said that in the first ep.?

Or maybe something sinister. (Forgive me people I watch a lot of Investigative discovery crime TV)! Maybe he killed her and buried her behind the apartment building! Than the last ep. in season 9 should have been the body discovered , and Schneider being arrested!

That would really make the show go out in a BANG!!! Rather than Schneider moving down to Florida with circus folks!!!

'80sSitcoms · 07-28-2015, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Like we all would forget he said that in the first ep.?

I did, lol

And did anyone else ever wonder if there was ever any "tenant jealousy" in that building? I mean, the super gets so involved with a new family in the building and was like a part of their family for 9 freaking years, lol...I wonder if any other tenants, especially on that same floor, notice that and got jealous or gossiped?

1960'sTVfan · 07-28-2015, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

That's most likely why.

Men (for the most part) are the ones who buy and collect DVD's of TV shows. One Day At A Time is mainly known as a women's sitcom, the three lead characters are female. Maybe that's why the 1st season DVD had low sales. The show isn't very popular among men.

LittleRickyII · 07-28-2015, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yeah , so what ended up happening to his wife? They just decided he didn't need to have a wife and made him single? Like we all would forget he said that in the first ep.?

Or maybe something sinister. (Forgive me people I watch a lot of Investigative discovery crime TV)! Maybe he killed her and buried her behind the apartment building! Than the last ep. in season 9 should have been the body discovered , and Schneider being arrested!

That would really make the show go out in a BANG!!! Rather than Schneider moving down to Florida with circus folks!!!

Notice that in the last episode when he's down in Florida, he says he hasn't been married in 30 years. Hmmm. The plot thickens.

'80sSitcoms · 07-28-2015, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

Men (for the most part) are the ones who buy and collect DVD's of TV shows. One Day At A Time is mainly known as a women's sitcom, the three lead characters are female. Maybe that's why the 1st season DVD had low sales. The show isn't very popular among men.

But you have female driven shows that have successful DVD releases of multiple seasons, some even entire releases. Just look at:

The Golden Girls
Designing Women
The Facts of Life
The Nanny

One show that's had surprisingly low sales is season 1 of Who's the Boss? .

opus · 07-28-2015, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

Men (for the most part) are the ones who buy and collect DVD's of TV shows. One Day At A Time is mainly known as a women's sitcom, the three lead characters are female. Maybe that's why the 1st season DVD had low sales. The show isn't very popular among men.

There's always a reason for guys to watch One Day. Well, 208 out of 209 times...

Bonniegirl · 07-28-2015, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

I did, lol

And did anyone else ever wonder if there was ever any "tenant jealousy" in that building? I mean, the super gets so involved with a new family in the building and was like a part of their family for 9 freaking years, lol...I wonder if any other tenants, especially on that same floor, notice that and got jealous or gossiped?

I know right? What the heck did Schneider do before they moved in? They were like his whole life! He must have been pretty bored except for his lodge, and his friend Beer belly!

I wonder how many units were in that apartment complex? Were there 3 or 4 floors? Ann and the girls lived on the 3rd right?

07-27-2015, 01:53 PM	#1
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,256	Back to the start Tonight, David, a healthy Julie, and Barbara on the basketball squad ("I made the team. I made the team."), which I had forgotten got a callback in the finale.
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07-27-2015, 11:36 PM	#3
billybatts Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 04, 2015 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 111	I must have missed something. They just showed the Schnieder back-door pilot episode, then jumped back to the beginning. Was that the finale? Never saw the Max/Barbara ep.

07-28-2015, 10:18 AM	#6
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,075	I wonder why the 1st season of this show is the only one out on DVD? I think Sony's DVD department went out of business, but I don't know why Shout Factory hasn't picked this show up. Shout has released other Norman Lear shows, so why not One Day At A Time? Maybe the 1st season DVD sold so poorly?

07-28-2015, 12:39 PM	#8
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,256	Schneider was so creepy in the pilot, what with "a wife downstairs" and everything else, it's surprising the audience didn't leap thru their tvs and throttle him.