Charles in Charge: Why the Spin-Offs Failed

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Scott Baio was in charge of our days and our nights on Charles in Charge. He was also in charge of directing three backdoor pilot episodes that tried to launch Charles in Charge spin-offs. And they all have something in common. Find out why these three spin-offs are "identical" on Behind the Backdoor Pilot: Charles in Charge.
Watch more episodes of Behind the Backdoor Pilot: • Behind the Backdoor Pilot
Narrated by Kevin Maher
Written and Edited by Mike Schuster
Produced by Kevin Maher and Nick Nadel
Executive Produced by Tim Finn
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@trinaq Год назад

If a sitcom episode suddenly introduces a wacky cast of characters who will never be seen or mentioned again, then it's likely a purposed pilot for a new show.

@atomicabe Год назад

Definitely! As Jeff Foxworthy says, "If you introduce brand new characters no one has seen before, you just might be a backdoor pilot!"

@MrVariant Год назад

This is a fun thread lol let alone shows you the life cycles if sitcoms fade after 5 years when they make syndication.

@patrickperalta59 Год назад

@@atomicabe well true sitcoms can introduce characters not seen before but doesn't mean they will get their own show..for Example on Happy Days MRS C's nephew Roger and MR C's Niece "K C" had never been mentioned before yet later in the series after Richie and Ralph left...both Rogers and K. C. were introduced but never given their own series. so not all new characters are given their own series.

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

@@atomicabe Ellen Travolta is John Travolta's sister and portrayed Scott Baios mother on both Happy Days and Charles In Charge. 🤗👍🙋📺

@gbear2253 Год назад

So true!!

@stingrey1571 Год назад

Another weird concept to this show was when it went from network to syndication. The original family moves out and a new one moves in WITH CHARLES STILL THERE!!! Imagine buying or renting a place to stay then being told there is a man in the basement. He comes with the home.

@atomicabe Год назад

see also: PARASITE (2019)

@kimberlywiederhold627 Год назад

The second family also needed a caretaker for the children. They offered Charles the job based on the first family's recommendations.

@kobrakitsch877 Год назад

Small correction : Charles and Buddy arrived back from vacation to discover that the Powells were moving in and the Pembrokes were leaving during the premiere episode of the 2nd season. Charles would later move down into the basement during season 4.

@kjk7611 Год назад

@@kobrakitsch877 Hadn't The Pembrokes' left already?

@kobrakitsch877 Год назад

@@kjk7611Stan the father, Lila the daughter and Douglas the older brother had already left. But Jill the mother and Jason the youngest son wanted to say a proper farewell to Charles and Buddy. Jill Pembroke was played by guest Lisa Donovan and not series regular Julie Cobb. Michael Pearlman reprised his role as Jason Pembroke one last time during his heartfelt goodbye scene with Scott Baio.

@Urm0mz 11 месяцев назад

Gosh I miss sitcom television. It was an amazing time

@stingrey1571 Год назад

Thank you for mentioning buddy’s precipitous mental decline during the run of the series. He went from being Charles’ smarmy sidekick to a character who should have 24/7 in home care.

@slasherdope8065 Год назад

Sadly that is a reality for many many of us, regardless of age. Mental illness is real

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

@@slasherdope8065 Why did Buddy aka Willie Aims go blonde?

@DarkPhoenixSaga Год назад

@@SuperMarioBrosIII He was playing Buddy's cousin who acts the exact same way as Buddy.

@kjk7611 Год назад

Life actually imitated art in this instance. Willie Ames, Buddy, actually spiraled downward into a drug habit. After Bible Man, Ames became broke & homeless. At 1 point, sleeping on benches. Eventually, he turned himself around, getting gainful employment & a new, stable life. Thanks to years of rehab programs.

@SuperMarioBrosIII Год назад

@@kjk7611 True, Willie Aims was also on VH1's The Surreal Real. 😉📺🙏📼

@anthonycerulli1423 Год назад

Now I have the Charles in Charge theme song stuck in my head. Thanks Atomic Abe.

@atomicabe Год назад

Ha ha! We've had it stuck in our heads for decades.

@anthonycerulli1423 Год назад

@@atomicabe lol same here actually

@JohnJohnson-fr5cx Год назад

Mee too!

@zumizm1 Год назад

Was funny when Amy sang the theme over the tannoy in superstore then in Spanish 😄😄😄

@Shiirow Год назад

watching the carwash section, my eyes were on that Castlevania arcade machine every time it was on screen...

@KasumiKenshirou 2 дня назад

Same here.

@luckdragongirl Год назад

I have fond memories of Charles in Charge. I distinctly remember it came on in the afternoons in the summer as reruns because I can remember in the summer on Vacation Bible School days, watching the reruns in the afternoon (after getting cleaned up) or reading Sweet Valley Twins books in my room before going to VBS.

@Been.Here.Since.2007 3 месяца назад

I never thought much of these shows during the time. Looking back is oddly comforting. And entertaining! Thanks for putting in the work!

@misfit1nx865 Год назад

Shout out to the arcade cabinet of Castlevania in the "Almost Family" carwash

@BooksInTheVoid 11 месяцев назад

I would have totally watched and enjoyed Almost Family. It feels like something I would watched when I was a kid.

@gridlo Год назад

"It's like talking to lava." I gotta remember to use that one the next time I wanna make no sense.

@jaked4000 Год назад

By far one of THE BEST behind the scenes sitcom Docs I’ve seen on RU-vid! Keep up the GREAT work! 👏👏

@Keef_DGAF 10 месяцев назад

The Mona hotel set is the same set used for the Tipton hotel in Zack & Cody

@atomicabe Год назад

Thanks for checking out the premiere everyone! Enjoy the episode!

@PatriciaCross 11 месяцев назад

Sitcom idea. Characters are stuck in a failed backdoor pilot, still having ongoing sitcom hijinks, everyone is aware they are in a failed pilot and are trapped, and aware that they aren't actually being broadcast or watched (even though in reality we are), and there is this kinda limbo where all failed pilots exist like this.

@atomicabe 11 месяцев назад

I love this. Would definitely watch.

@chazarcola7639 11 месяцев назад

Sounds like a very intriguing concept. But I get the weird feeling that I may have seen this before on The Twilight Zone or even Night Gallery. The former anthology series presented the episode "5 Characters In Search Of An Exit". Perfectly describes your unusual scenario.

@kobrakitsch877 11 месяцев назад

The closest anyone has created to your sitcom idea might be the Nick At Night family sitcom "HI, HONEY. I'M HOME": A young TV fan living in 1990s suburbia discovers that his favorite 1950s television family has moved next door as part of the Sitcom Relocation Program when reruns of their classic show are pulled from syndication. He and his mother help their neighbors cope with and adjust to their new modern environment.

@A_YouTube_Commenter Год назад

Damn, I totally forgot that finale until you showed that.

@pollypocket2282 Год назад

I had such a crush on Scott Baio! I watched this show, along with Facts of Life religiously!

@NoelComiX Год назад

I remember watching these in syndication with the flu in college and knowing they were spin offs. They helped soothe the pain.

@kiprandom7208 Год назад

Buddy's best line ever was "just because your parents aren't married doesn't mean you can't put out a fire'

@baronvg 2 месяца назад

Rewatching that episode it blew my mind that the illiterate kid was Paul Walker!

@baronvg 2 месяца назад

Oh, and I also enjoyed the very next joke which was Charles asking Buddy to leave so he could talk with Paul Walker, and Buddy jokes that he always has to leave when the subject turns to S-E-X.

@phayroent9742 Год назад

To be fair: in the last show, the dad did give good advice. He even warned that some of their friends may not stay friends if they chose a certain path. It was honest and not heavy handed or fake.

@mglasson Год назад

What a great video! The "countdown to regret" was hilarious haha!

@baxterwilson368 Год назад

I loved “Charles in Charge” as a kid in the late eighties, but haven’t thought about it since, so I didn’t know about any of these spin-offs. Thanks.

@kingdjack6 Год назад

I the only to thing remember about that was after it like Scott Biao getting into it with a porn star and the dude who played Buddy running off that Drill Instructor from Celebrity Fit Club😂.

@Nrthmnsplbnd9 Год назад

Same here. I don't think we missed out either, given the formulaic conveyor belt of these types of sitcoms.

@GetBenched2010 Год назад

Better Call Saul Goes to Hawaii is the spinoff we never knew we needed!

@tobysgamingworld1550 Год назад

I loved those first run syndication shows. “Small Wonders” and “She’s the Sheriff” or “It’s a Living” I loved them all.

@julieporter7805 Год назад

I remember this show mostly because I identified with Sarah, one of the sisters because I like her was shy, literary, and felt like I was in my popular sister's shadows.

@charliesargent6225 3 месяца назад

Did you turn out to be a babe like her?

@julieporter7805 3 месяца назад

Mostly people have described me as cute.

@deadpan80 Год назад

Dick Gautier was also the original Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie AND played Robin Hood in the short lived Mel Brooks "sitcom" When Things Were Rotten

@emmapeel38 Год назад

I've been watching a lot of stuff with him recently, specifically the one episode (on RU-vid) of "Here We Go Again" (1973), and a number of his appearances on game shows like Password Plus, Match Game, and Celebrity Bowling; very likeable guy. Seems to be great with the contestants.

@atomicabe Год назад

He's a great actor with so much range. And so many iconic voiceover roles.

@TMC1982Part2 Год назад

Dick Gautier also played Batman in an early 1970s television PSA about equal pay. Yvonne Craig and Burt Ward reprised their roles as Batgirl and Robin from the 1960s TV series. Adam West was at the time, trying to distance himself from the Batman role, hence why he didn't appear in the ad.

@msr187 Год назад

Man charles is charge was such a great show

@snoo333 Год назад

I had to stop the video at 28 mins to say this is a fantastic video. the edits and the commentary makes me remember my childhood. thank you

@nemesisut8793 Год назад

great insight and excellent research. thxs

@ShinySephiroth1 Год назад

Glad YT recommended this! Subbed.

@JoeR203 9 месяцев назад

I liked the first family in Charles In Charge more than the second family.

@DerWeltraumcowboy Год назад

21:50 This accent may very well clear the age old mystery of 70s show's Fez country of origin. Romania ... who would have thought?

@mysticakhenaton1701 Год назад

1988, 89, and 1990. I would watch the show on WGN here in Chicago on Saturday Afternoons...Generation Xers 1965-1982 remember this show.

@mysticakhenaton1701 Год назад

Bubby was my boy on the show. straight up harmless NUTT/LOL

@Daniel_Capital Год назад

Nicole Eggert was drop-dead gorgeous

@kobrakitsch877 Год назад

Drop dead are the key words. And of course FAKE ME TOO.

@A_YouTube_Commenter Год назад

Would gert her eggs.

@Daniel_Capital Год назад

@@kobrakitsch877 true sir but that doesn’t affect her physical looks

@kobrakitsch877 Год назад

@@A_RU-vid_Commenter Her eggs have all dried up by now.

@kobrakitsch877 Год назад

@@Daniel_Capital After her Splash diving fiasco, 3 court bankruptcy declarations, and eating all the ice cream of her failed business, Nicole gained weight and lost her good looks. That's why she became a very angry woman who falsely accused Scott because she felt that his wife Renee "stole" her happily ever after.

@TheDorkle Год назад

Right onnn 🤘🏼😎

@thelostsoulsmysteries Год назад

Fun Fact: Jeff Bennet was also in Friday the 13th part 7 (1988) with Susan Jennifer Sullivan. Their characters had multiple scenes together as a fake love interest.

@pleutron Месяц назад

that dig at the end was uncalled for. charles in charge was great. can't believe you never mentioned the movie Zapped!

@emmapeel38 Год назад

It's weird that Jack Bannon would be in any of this stuff. He's a really underrated character actor. He was great on Lou Grant.

@ykook7000 Год назад

So he wanted to work with his wife not hard to understand

@erichall4548 Год назад

This was brilliant

@idahomike4254 Год назад

Good details and well-produced. Nice!

@tahuaroa Год назад

just stumbled across some of your videos… they are so great, keep up the good work. SUBBED

@Alere90 Год назад

Great vid! Thank for the info.

@andrewmalinowski6673 Год назад

For some reason seeing "The Carwash" almost seems to mirror elements of "Welcome Back Kotter," which might have influenced why it wasn't picked up. The premise seems likely to have been lucky if it got even a half-season order with the basic idea, but it's one of those "we'll never know what we missed out on" concepts

@nassauguy48 Год назад

I think Facts Of Life holds the record for the most failed spinoff attempts at six: Tootie's mixed race aunt and uncle, the boys at Stone Military Academy, Jo's widowed uncle and his three kids, Blair and Jo making a go of it at Langley College (the producers decided to keep all the FOL characters united even after Blair and Jo graduated from Eastland), Natalie living with a bunch of zany roommates in Manhattan (just think, had that succeeded, there would have been no Friends), and finally, Blair becoming the headmistress of Eastland.

@chazarcola7639 Год назад

Wonderful comment and great suggestion. Does Atomic Abe Productions have a video on the multiple backdoor spinoffs from THE FACTS OF LIFE ?? We definitely need to see that.

@nassauguy48 Год назад

@@chazarcola7639 Not that I know of, but that would definitely be a good thing to produce. Had the producers decided to split the cast up after Blair and Jo graduated from Eastland, I believe that would have been the end for both shows!

@tobysgamingworld1550 Год назад

What happened to Blair’s cousin Jerry? 😂 he needed his own spin-off.

@piscesempress1978 Год назад

@@tobysgamingworld1550 Geri, and it was a girl not guy.. duh!

@tobysgamingworld1550 Год назад

@@piscesempress1978 you’re right, and she had half a chromosome!!! You’re so correct. Thank you for reminded me that it was a FEMALE window licker. This is why the internet is so awesome. Making new friends. Blair and her pudding headed cousin Geri.

@JoseMolina-ij3xx Год назад

Willie Aames is also the leader of the party we know as Dungeon and Dragons from the Saturday morning cartoons, too.

@cartoonfan959 Год назад

the original MACGYVER had a backdoor pilot in last season, focusing on the Coltons a family of black bounty hunters , episode called "The Coltons"

@rayjay1543 Год назад

Bob Lob Law is the best! Oughta make a spin-off of it!

@chazarcola7639 2 месяца назад

Scott Baio received 2 Emmy nominations for the drama specials Stoned and All The Kids Do It plus 3 Best Lead Actor film festival awards for the independent movie The Bread, My Sweet.

@Shishio28 Год назад

Absolutely fascinating. I love your videos

@atomicabe Год назад

Thanks! Glad you like our videos.

@roseakarosiehweinstein3216 Год назад

I'm very impressed with this video Aunt Sally you're absolutely fucking brilliant

@GhostCrusaders Год назад

wait. I might have to rewind but Ellen Travolta also played an Aunt of Charles in an episode where she wanted to take Nicole Eggert with her to Paris. Aunt Vanessa. So Lillian is a triplet. Unless Vanessa was a dream i had.

@atomicabe Год назад

whoa! What a find.

@chazarcola7639 Год назад

Good observations. Ellen Travolta portrayed madcap rich socialite Aunt Vanessa in at least two episodes : "Everybody Loves Vanessa" and "All That Chaz". But her persona first appeared in "Dutiful Dreamer" wherein she was just an exaggerated version of Lillian in Charles's bizarre dream.

@emmapeel38 Год назад

Great video btw!

@atomicabe Год назад

Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it.

@jamilah9699 Год назад

Love what you do!!!! 😊

@JF-vw9lv Год назад

They shouldve produced Tackelberry Knows Best and Serpentor in Charge.

@SteveDave211 Год назад

Fans forget spin offs, sequels, reboots etc from movies and television is nothing new.

@kobrakitsch877 11 месяцев назад

Scott Baio directed 37 episodes of the 126 episodes of Charles In Charge.

@randy5880 Год назад

Wow this was so good. Thanks

@bopalex Год назад

Unexpected Dom DeMillo appearance!

@BossDon456 Год назад

It seems as all backdoor pilots are based around some workplace.

@BDRose Год назад

You should do some "Welcome Back, Kotter" failed spinoffs. Pat Morita had a spinoff show called "Mr. T & Tina" and there was a backdoor pilot centering on Horshack and his family during Season 2. The two episodes were "Whatever Happend to Little Arnold and "There Goes Number 5"

@long-time-first-time Год назад

Great insight into the Kotter universe.

@nassauguy48 Год назад

Wow, I had no idea that Welcome Back, Kotter had those spinoff attempts! Was this when John Travolta was about to bolt so as to pursue his movie career?

@BDRose Год назад

@@nassauguy48 Before he blew up on 'Saturday Night Fever"

@binkbiff2441 Год назад

Such great a great job!! I’ve always been fascinated with back door pilots . I would love to hear your take on the “Too Close for Comfort” back door pilots. They had at least three or four of them themselves

@Mister_Listener Год назад

I recently watched two campy episodes of Too Close in the final season where Pat Carroll was the owner of The Marin Bugler…it was pretty stinky. Lol.

@scottwhitt9379 Год назад

I had never seen the ending before, that is some crazy stuff.

@truckingwithatablet4489 Год назад

Good job on the video.

@atomicabe Год назад

Thanks!

@damedan9389 Год назад

Scott Bayo was the 80s Keanu Reeves; I'm referring to adoration. His name was everywhere and people gushed over him.

@kobrakitsch877 Год назад

I always compared Scott more to Zac Efron.

@chazarcola7639 Год назад

Before Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", there was Scott Baio and Willie Aames in "Zapped".

@mrshiftd Год назад

Scott Bayo is a douche and Keanu Reeves is a respectable human being who cares about others.

@chazarcola7639 Год назад

@@mrshiftd Enjoy your chemo. God always gives cancer to trolls who act like a cancer by spreading hatred against innocent people on the internet.

@charliesargent6225 3 месяца назад

Would have been nice if you took the time to spell his name correctly.

@chazarcola7639 6 месяцев назад

CHRISTMAS RECOMMENDATIONS : 1. Home For The Holidays ( season 1 ) Charles, Buddy, Gwendolyn and The Pembrokes with guest star Rue McClanahan. 2. Yule Laugh ( season 3 ) Charles, Buddy, Lillian and The Powells trapped in a cabin during a snow storm.

@leejam5268 9 месяцев назад

Willie Aames, the Edsel of sitcom comedy relief guys

@constancecherry3996 Год назад

I remember this show loved sout bao

@albertfarraro5523 Месяц назад

I still watch this show. For me it just makes me feel good. I wish it was easier to get the last three seasons though.

@jonthomas8569 Год назад

I'm stuck on the premise that a character's professor asks one of his students to temp as an assistant manager in a hotel. Hard to imagine why this show didn't last in prime time.

@wa2k99 Год назад

Charles in charge ruled. The Show was hysterical

@AHalevonEric 2 месяца назад

Michael Manaseri is a pretty prolific indie filmmaker today. His movie A Mosquito Man is an interesting send-up of Spider-Man and superhero movies.

@deskish3930 11 месяцев назад

"how do make spin-off of established characters without having to write them out of the current show? bullseye, identical twins"

@Debtfree87 11 месяцев назад

Was that the same café that was use in Happy Days as well as Save by the Bell?

@chazarcola7639 11 месяцев назад

No but there are definite similarities. The Yesterday Cafe was introduced during season 4 after Lillian sold her pizza making restaurant and bought an old diner which she transformed into The Yesterday Cafe.

@LionWriter1012 Год назад

I can’t tell if you were being sarcastic about Lou Grant which was actually a relatively successful spin off. I love that it’s the incredibly rare spin-off to send a character from a sitcom into a (sort of) drama.

@atomicabe Год назад

see also: TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. -- they changed location, they changed time period, they changed genre and they changed format (from a 30-minute sitcom to an hour-long drama.) And we are fans of LOU GRANT (from both shows.) Ed Asner had held the record for longest run as one character until Belzer's Munch beat it.

@justmeiniowa Год назад

@@atomicabe Kelsey Grammar played the same character for 20 years so he definitely beats Ed Asner

@DarkPhoenixSaga Год назад

@@justmeiniowa Kelsey Grammer is coming back with a Frasier reboot.

@kjk7611 Год назад

LOU GRANT was a very successful spin-off & very serious.

@kjk7611 Год назад

@@atomicabe And changed actors (TRAPPER JOHN, M.D.).

@YakkoWarnerTower Год назад

I remember seeing this show "Charles in Charge" but man it was a kinda funny show lol.

@devildoll9929 Год назад

Charles on "Charles in Charge" was my first boyhood crush.

@pamela7300 Год назад

I remember this stuff!😅 now I know why I forgot until this video!✌🏻

@ganglabesh Год назад

the car wash one looked best lol

@Drew791 Год назад

24:35 LOL!! That is too perfect

@michaelcarter9395 Год назад

The TORKLESONS was my favorite show... William Schallert is a treasure...

@stevengrvp Год назад

Backdoor pilot oh man

@KeepingtheMagicAlive Год назад

I'm really impressed with your video. Super well done! I love '80s TV and used to watch Charles in Charge but don't remember those spinoff attempts. It's so strange to me how Willie Aames went from teen heartthrob in Eight is Enough, totally cool character to a complete idiot. I didn't remember just how ridiculous it got in later years. And Dudley... yikes! Fun video. I look forward to exploring your channel.

@patrickperalta59 Год назад

nice to see actor Dick Gautier who was the voice of Serpentor : Know that I am the one you seek. I am the one Born to rule, destined to conquer Let those who fear me, follow me Let those who oppose me, die For I am Serpentor, and this I command!"

@pamela7300 Год назад

Now I subscribed!

@talkingstraightwithnate Год назад

I can't believe anything backdoor related that including Nicole Eggert was a failure LOL

@robd1329 Год назад

She was pretty when i was a kid. Had no idea Baio was banging her

@antoinecampbell7473 Год назад

It would have been funny if in the final scene Charles would have waken up next to Erin Moran. Similar to Newhart 😂😂😂

@chazarcola7639 Год назад

Genius idea. ❤❤

@OH_MY_DOGGG Год назад

It wasnt Charles fault since he was not in charge

@SeeminglyOdd 2 месяца назад

Charles In Charge being canceled after one season and re-aring with a semi different cast is very reminiscent of Good Morning Miss Bliss/Saved By The Bell.

@kjk7611 Год назад

No mention of Jennifer Runyon/Gwendolyn Pierce?!

@lamontsmalls2081 Год назад

20:00 Here I am STILL waiting for the Facts of Life backdoor pilot videos.

@atomicabe Год назад

Coming soon!

@gbear2253 Год назад

@@atomicabe can’t wait 😁

@Wintersoldier73 Год назад

I loved the Pembroke family & especially Lila. Took me a while to get used to the Powell family, especially Jamie, she rubbed me the wrong way. But I had forgotten about the backdoor pilot.

@taintedlife2618 Год назад

Sarah was dry as hell.

@Wintersoldier73 Год назад

@@taintedlife2618 I don't disagree, but I couldn't stand Jamie in the beginning. I actually loved Mr. Powell & Buddy's dynamic, the best characters in the continuation of the show. In my opinion, at least.

@nathaliemananga8749 Год назад

Ma série familière préféré.

@BrokenneckYgor Год назад

Cool

@mauriceortiz8817 Год назад

Chachi's in charge

@Klaus666 Год назад

Your videos are fucking great, keep it up.

@MisterDramatic Год назад

Great video! Something wrong with IMdb: the actor Jeff Bennett (Mitchell) was also in Friday the 13th Part VII as Eddie. Melissa and Eddie in same pilot. Ha

@BrianJosephMorgan 7 месяцев назад

Oh, that was hilarious, and Willie Aames is great.

@atomicabe 7 месяцев назад

thank you

@BadTV1993 Год назад

the Willie Aames video we didnt know we needed..Willie was the man in the late 70s early 80s

@chazarcola7639 Год назад

Willie Aames should have received at least an Emmy nomination or a Golden Globe award in the category of Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series for his portrayal of Buddy Lembeck in Charles-In-Charge.

@terrygracy8345 Год назад

I can’t believe I watched this whole thing. This doc was better than anything that show ever did. Lol

@nassauguy48 Год назад

Another interesting spinoff attempt was the ORIGINAL Empty Nest starring Rita Moreno in a Golden Girls episode. She portrayed a doctor's wife whose only child, a daughter, is away at college, and is feeling ignored by her husband due to his devotion to his medical career. It was never picked up by the network, paving the way for the actual Empty Nest starring Richard Mulligan as a widowed doctor with two daughters to premier at a later date. Of course, The Golden Palace starring three of the four Golden Girls was a one season disaster.

@hatednyc Год назад

I’m ashamed of my 80’s/90’s TV/sitcom illiteracy in that I’ve zero recollection of the Almost Home/the Torkelsons Series. Can’t wait to watch on them RU-vidns.