5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 32 - Weird Sitcoms 

After watching R.O.T.O.R. years ago, I found some old improv clips of her performing in NYC in different characters ...she was genuinely funny with a great comedic sense of timing. Her story really is tragic.

I read up about her after watching this, and yeah, it's terrible. She was slowly tortured to death over many years by her mental illness. The towels . . . my god.

The David Cronenberg movie? Now that was one hell of an experience.

Do you think they also secrete that weird thing they gave to Peter Weller?

@@Malum09 Wouldn't surprise me.

@@Malum09 Mmmm, mugwump jism......

Nelson Muntz: I can think of at least two things wrong with that title.

I've also read the New York Magazine article on her, and it's a sad tale of caution when it comes of cosmetic obsession and wanting fame. Though I'm in SAG-AFTRA, I have writing aspirations. The video on her will be an interesting departure from the usual GBF fare (no more Master episodes?!).

Oh please, she did it to HERSELF and was a total narcisscisst

@@homelesshannah50 That doesn't mean she doesn't deserve any pity. If she was a true narcissist, she would have hurt someone else other than herself. Have some empathy.

​@@homelesshannah50THAT is good magathink! When people are hurting, point and laugh.. hopefully your kids follow your example.

​@@edwardspencer3906magathank? what you've just wrote is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this comment thread is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

He's a Genius 💯👍💪

That baby really reminds me a lot of Rogu from American Dad.

The gorgeous star of My Living Doll gets all the focus. What a shocker.

@@TheGuyInTheCheapSeats. They forgot to tell Bob Comings the name of the show....he thought it was called "Schlub". Only natural he thought it was about him.😂

Bob Cummings was a big and popular star.......who had the ego of a bigger and more popular star.

What other guy? I only see one of the sexiest people to ever exist being funny…

What? No Lancelot link? 😂😂

You are correct. 3rd Rock was aired on NBC, not CBS. RU-vid essayists frequently fluff which networks vintage shows aired on.

This should be a pinned comment.

I immediately rushed to the comments to see if anyone else caught the mistake.

Came to point this out.

Minor RU-vidr "research "mistake. I think they make these mistakes just to generate movement in the comments section.

I actually recorded that episode which is probably why I remember the series more than most.

Yeah, Muppets Tonight was more fondly remembered than Aliens in the Family. And the former's availability was restricted to TVrips from Europe's Disney Channel (and stray recordings from a Canadian channel now known as Yes TV) until someone found masters of various series 1 episodes for 'the Beeb'.

Hey,Meathead.

That movie was a lot funnier than it had any right to be. I'd take that over the completely unfunny Bill Murray first movie.

That's how long the Clerks cartoon lasted. Also on ABC. (I unironically like the Clerks cartoon.)

Not as expensive as the Dinosaurs but probably still expensive.

The amount of money a network could sell commercial time for was based on viewership. If a new show didn't get any traction, it made more sense financially to cut their loses and get something that would put eyeballs on screens. Would some of those shows have caught on eventually? Yes, but if the network can just throw on a rerun and make more money in the short-term, then they're not going to wait it out.

I was working for an ABC station at the time doing promotions and commercial work....the promos looked horrible. I never saw the show, well past the target audience for it, but if you take a moment and remember what ABC Network promos were like back then, you'll get a good idea why no one watched it.

IMO it was an awful show. The effects were decent for its time but the humor was lame (granted I was a teenager at the time it was out and I even revisited the show recently as a 40 year old, it’s still bad to me lol) and just wasn’t as fun as Dinosaurs. That all said, I was really surprised back then how fast they pulled it from TGIF. 2 weeks then they randomly had a 2nd episode of Family Matters randomly occupying its timeslot. Was also surprised to see it randomly on Saturday morning when channel surfing too. Beside Dinosaurs & Sabrina the Teenage Witch, looks like fans just didn’t want these sci-fi/supernatural shows on TGIF as Teen Angel & You Wish came on and flopped as well.

Good topic for a vid for sure.

it isn’t, he has been filling his lists with fluff for a while

She was a space vampire, not a robot.

There is no rain we can't make this a catchphrase 30 years later.

@@scottzilla1979 Also not a bad band name.

Sounds like something the rawr girls of the early 2000’s would say to sound quirky and different.

This is why we are friends lol

Ook.

He was more civil than ridcully.

I am definitely not cool...but still get the reference.... Ook

Only thing pops in my head is the damned gorilla type things in metro, called librarians.

I know plenty of stories where that plot could have ended very differently.

That's David Lynch's filmography in a nutshell.

he hasn’t had an original idea in his life

should have been on here over an obscure vanity project by a failing hasbeen director

Yeah, networks have a tendency to bury stuff that underperforms and usually will "burn them off" by airing them months later at random times.

And after "Taxi".

Now that is a deep cut!

Such an amazing show! Best described as a live action Team America but way smarter and funnier. S1 and S2 are almost different shows. Well, except for Johnny Hitler! Just listing a few episodes should sell anyone on the show: Rommel makes a tank out of solid gold, Nazi dinosaurs, mecha battles done Power Rangers style, Hitler goes to highschool, etc. The special effects are miniatures that look worse than the worst of Doctor Who. On purpose. Oh, and their commanding officer is a humanoid eagle for no reason whatsoever. I discovered it online, bought the dvds instantly and the blurays just a few weeks ago. Makes Wellington Paranormal (another amazing show) look positively sane.

I've already forgotten what babies say in "Aliens in the Family" Incredibly uncatchy catchphrase

​@@lakrids-pibeI guess pudding isn't required after all lol

The "Not the Daddy" t-shirts had "Thank God" on the back.

Aliens in Mr Smith's family?

@@mattyt1961…androids from outer space made to look like humans that fall in love with a single dad and his kids?

@@bostonrailfan2427 plot twist in season 2.. the androids from outer space are flesh and blood aliens and the humans are the androids... oh the drama

@@mattyt1961 on an alternate Earth?

@@bostonrailfan2427 🤔in a Truman Show style set up too? or is that a step too far

I watched that on weekends back to back with Out of This World and Superboy!! Those were the days.

Oh yeah, that one. It was about a kid and he ... umm ... something about a superhero, I think

@@maximusprime3459 honestly, I think that's what sparked my love of super heroes

@@bradencampbell464 Jerry O'Connell got some kind of powers. It was like the Secret World of Alex Mack.

@@tenebrousoul9368 didn't really watch that one, either. But mentioning that O'Connell was in it is starting to bring back snippets. The closest I got to superhero shows in the 90s was usually beast wars.