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NBC's RERUN SHOW!!

stupidest idea ever by mpfanatic	Aug 1st, 2002 01:49:57 AM
this is the dumbest premise for a show ive ever heard of in my life and i have watched shows in my life that people laughed at me like...melrose place...but this show takes the cake as dumbest idea ever and i hope it fails. its like a bad drag queen show., please people dont support stupidity
Harry Knowles IS Baron Harkonnen by GordonCole123	Aug 1st, 2002 01:51:23 AM
Is it just me, or is Harry the most judicious gas-bag to ever exist? Long live Nick Nunziata and C.H.U.D.com!
mpfanatic by The Riot	Aug 1st, 2002 02:11:32 AM
You forget Cop Rock, my friend...
Already done and funny by Seagull Eye	Aug 1st, 2002 02:35:09 AM
This was already done on the stage in Los Angeles a while back. They did the exact same thing. They did a bunch of shows from The Phacts of Life and a few from Chip'd. I guess I hope this show does well so they get some recognition.(I can't remember the name of the comedy troop)
Who are the ad wizards that came up with that one?? by Insane Tiki	Aug 1st, 2002 02:44:48 AM
America's infatuation with remakes continues... one of these days, people are going to remember how to write original material...
Calling all 4 horsemen... by TheMatarife	Aug 1st, 2002 04:44:15 AM
This is a sign of the apocalypse.
Can The Networks Get Any Dumber? by Son Of Batboy	Aug 1st, 2002 04:54:58 AM
I think what we're seeing is the television equivalent of Mad Cow disease.
Far and away this could be the most.... by RickSlamu2	Aug 1st, 2002 05:51:33 AM
DUMB ASS, SWARMY, SNARKY, MEAN SPIRITED AND JUST PLAIN DISRESPECTFULL PICES OF OUT AND OUT SHIT ON TV! I mean i know the shows they pook fun of arn't all great shows but when i was growing up they where funny! ant this show makes me want to vomit! I dare anyone to write anthing good about this show and have it be TRUE!
stupidest idea ever... by Otter	Aug 1st, 2002 07:20:53 AM
...and it will probably go through the roof.
shitty shitty fuck fuck by Moose of Heaven	Aug 1st, 2002 08:18:15 AM
This will go down in the annals of crap culture along with Cop Rock and the shot-for-shot remake of Psycho. I can only pray this finally causes NBC Thursday to finally tank completely.
This looks worse than MAD TV (and that's saying something).. by Hobbitastic	Aug 1st, 2002 08:20:53 AM
though it doesn't look as bad as FRIENDS. Nothing could suck that much.
Don't be dissin' COP ROCK! by RenoNevada2000	Aug 1st, 2002 08:29:39 AM
At least it gave us a weekly dose of Anne Bobby! MMMmmmmmmmmm...
As someone who was actually ALIVE when this stuff was on tv by kingink123	Aug 1st, 2002 08:43:34 AM
I'm looking forward to this. Looks like a lot of fun. Maybe if you saw these shows in their original run, and not on Nick at Nite, then you'd have more of a nostalgic outlook on seeing them revisited. Can't wait.
GREAT IDEA BAD SHOW by YouStupidGeeks	Aug 1st, 2002 09:06:53 AM
Thats what David Bianiculla of the N.Y. Daily News said. I saw the commercial and thought it was hysterical. Now that I think about it I was laughing at the idea, not the jokes. But who knows. This reviewer likes most of the stuff I like (thinks Buffy is best show on TV for instance) but sometimes reviewers can get snobby. He is saying it could have been such a great show if played straight, but then I though if it was, wouldnt it be EXACTLY the same as the original show only with other actors?
Being alive during the original runs of the shows they parody is by Hobbitastic	Aug 1st, 2002 09:24:36 AM
I WAS alive during the original runs of MOST of these shows; I watched most of them as a kid, and it still looks awful. You just can't parody comedy, especially if the targets were (reasonably) funny to begin with. That's what it comes down to.
Sure you can parody comedy... by AllPurpose0thing	Aug 1st, 2002 09:43:44 AM
Take the Brady Bunch flicks (both reasonably funny) or the great later SNL skit with the Brady Bunch/Patridge Family battle of the bands. This could work if handled in an SCTV sort of way. For instance, SCTV tackled Different Strokes during the Zontar episode, and pretty much hit it on the money without going outside the boundaries of the writing of the original show. Seems to me that the omedy will be born out of the caricaturing of the mannerisms and vocal inflections of the original performers. The only question is whether the concept could hold up for more than a couple of weeks..
TV Culture is eating itself. Starting at the asshole. by Wee Willie	Aug 1st, 2002 09:48:55 AM
I'm sure this who will be a laugh. Here's my question: will the original writers of those shows get paid again?
Without a doubt . . . by servoet	Aug 1st, 2002 10:41:24 AM
the WORST, most unoriginal idea for a television show. Still, I must watch every second. Years down the road, you can tell people that you were there, every week, to be a part of television history. When television began cannibalizing itself.
Who is more stupid, the assholes who thought this up or the idio by WarDog	Aug 1st, 2002 12:34:54 PM
Jeezus, Hollywood gets more fucking desperate every year and just keeps troweling out worse and worse shit because of their panic. The ratio of crap that has to be sorted out to find the actual gems gets more burdensome for the average viewer. At least it leaves me more time for reading.
I'll take crap for this... by Rybock	Aug 1st, 2002 01:48:33 PM
... but I think this has potential, at least for the short term. Don't see it lasting more than a dozen or so episodes. But this is not the least original idea - look at any show jumping on a fad bandwagon. This is an idea that needs good execution - the strength isn't going to be in the premise, but how they pull it off. It could potentially be horrid, but the don't have the many of the safe means of parody - they are "stuck" with the original script, and it'll be up to the performers to make it entertaining (we all know an original "Facts of Life" script isn't a laugh fest). "The Brady Bunch" movie worked because they altered it, made them part of the 90s, but still stuck in the 70s. They can't do that in this case. The difficulties are more subtle than you all seem to realize. Like I said, it may be the largest bomb in the end, but it is a gutsy attempt.
Well this sounds very dumb, but maybe that's the point by Drath	Aug 1st, 2002 02:41:11 PM
And I guess it's really not fair to spit on it before I watch it. That said, they're reenacting episodes of TV shows I never watched, and would never want to watch if given the chance. The idea sounds desperate and crazy in a way that seems like it might just NOT work. Because of the titles they're parodying(god, Saved by the Bell, parodying that is so easy and so old its sad), it seems like they're guaranteed a limited audience already. And if they went for shows everyone's seen and loved, it would be even harder. Won't it be embarassing to watch nobodies trying to recreate the best moments of old TV characters that belong to other actors? I mean, you're not going to do Archie Bunker better than Carol O'Connor, or Lucy Ricardo better than Lucille Ball. They MADE those parts. Even parodying the and the shows characters seems lame because its been done and the characters themselves were already parodies. They also had heart, which is hard to get when you're just trying to squeeze life and laughs out of leftovers. You could make fun of Shatner in Start Trek, but who the hell hasn't? Again, I just don't see where the appeal lies here, it stinks of desperate TV junk food like the stuff Fox would produce. I'd rather see another Carol Burnnette style show--and based on the Reunion show's ratings, so does everyone else.
I was worried when I read the head-line... by Voice O. Reason	Aug 1st, 2002 03:21:07 PM
That the fat kid from "What's Happening" was getting his own show. Don't scare me like that!
bell by carouselambra	Aug 1st, 2002 03:23:34 PM
which episode of saved by the bell do they do? i hope it's the one where zach and slater got in a fistfight! do you think dustin diamond has ever seen showgirls?
Knowles as Harkonnen: Fuck, that's a great idea! by Christopher3	Aug 1st, 2002 05:53:50 PM
Too late now.
Good lord, I totally apologize !!!!!! by kingink123	Aug 1st, 2002 09:59:52 PM
Man, that show sucked ass !!!!! Are those the worst actors you've ever seen, or what??? I'm speechless. I was actually embarassed to watch that shit. It was like watching a train wreck.
Oh sweet lord by Counterpunch	Aug 1st, 2002 10:27:27 PM
I watched Re-run and i laughed my ass off! that different strokes parody was way past funny. Mr. Drummond with his "mouth of marbles" haughty talk, was it just me or was Arnold played by a girl?? I thought i saw breast! Willis reading playboy with Dana Plato in it, and then to see Mr. Drummond taking kimberly's pictures. riot! Riot! Oh the pencil gag!! How it was BIg in Arnold's hand and small in Lerleene's LMAO!! Oh gawd!! Oh i didn't get the Patridge show too much as i never watched in that show in the first place, but it would be interesting to see how the other shows pan out. I am DYING to see the Jeffersons!! Laughed My ASS right off and still cannot stop laughing!!
I've seen this concept work...but not on television. by Clonetrooper	Aug 2nd, 2002 12:10:41 AM
Anyone who is familiar with the Reduced Shakespeare Company knows exactly what I'm talking about. And for those who don't...let me tell you about one of the greatest things to ever happen to the stage...-Three Men-Two Hours-37 plays.---The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Except...they CAN change the words. Or...--Three Men-Two Hours-Over Five Hundred Years of American History.---The Complete History of America (Abridged). OR....--Three Men-Two Hours-One Holy Book.---The Complete Works of God: The Bible (abridged). OOOOORRRR!...-Two Men...One Women-Two Hours-1000 years of Musical Mayhem.---WESTERN CIVILIZATION! The complete Millenium Musical.--Or very recently- The Reducers- All the great books! Check it out. Hilarious!
God help me, by RenoNevada2000	Aug 2nd, 2002 12:18:02 AM
But I actually laughed a couple of times... I expect good things in the future for the fat guy who played Mrs Garrett.
This is byow I've seen in a long time. Everyone involved sh by Smeg For Brains	Aug 2nd, 2002 01:13:08 AM
...with a supersoaker full of warm urine. I mean it wasn't anything to kill someone over, BUT IT WAS THAT CLOSE. The person who said that you can't parody comedy was wrong. You can parody comedy, but it ends up being staggeringly unfunny. To the person who thought the Mr. Drummond voice thing was funny I just have one thing to say. IT WAS NOT FUNNY. Conrad Bain doesn't sound at all like that, so where is the humor? It's like doing an impression of Mohamad Ali and sounding like Woody Allen. It has no connection to the person you are poking fun at, so there is no humor. AND THAT FUCKING HORRIBLE PARTRIDGE FAMILY SKETCH!!!!!!!!!!!! This idea for a show could work if done by any people with even a slight bit of talent, but there was nothing here to convince me that the people working on this show have any talent at all. The only thing on this show even worth a damn was the candy box size joke, and they killed that by forcing it down our throats and then kicking us in the gut to bring it back up again. This show will definitely go down in the history of garbage television right along side Fox's "Fastlane". Man the only thing that shows is going to have going for it is Miss Jenifer Sky. And it probably still won't be worth a ten second glance.
I would have watched it if it wasn't after Will & Grace by Eyegore	Aug 2nd, 2002 02:00:22 AM
No way I'm going to sit through 1/2 hour of Will & Grace to get to the rerun show. By then I was well into an episode of CSI I missed the first time around. If this even tries to go against CSI just cancel it now it's ridiculous. eh cancel it anyway.
No shit, isn't this ridiculous... by Michel Delving	Aug 2nd, 2002 07:06:50 AM
Has Hollywood run out of all ideas? has the music industry run out of ideas? Fuck them all!!! I give up. I'm not going to any more movies. Fuck you and your Austin Powers and your Scooby Doo's. FUCK YOU!!!!
I liked it by spider-ham	Aug 2nd, 2002 09:36:20 AM
Saw it, though it was funny. I especially liked how they got Danny Bonaduce to play his old role.
I am the most incredibly patient man you've ever met. by Juggernaut125	Aug 2nd, 2002 09:44:21 AM
I actually sat through an entire episode of this piece of crap someone calls entertainment. Now granted, I can honestly say I REMEMBER that episode of Differ'ent Strokes, and there were maybe a couple of moments when the show was funny. (The guy playing Mrs. Garret was very good. Passing Arnold back and forth and Willis having to adjust himself after Lurlene left.) But the whole "Look where they are now!" references were a bad idea. I mean Conrad Bain is dead, so is Dana Plato. It's not funny. And the Partridge Family skit wreaked of badness with the exception of the nice ass on Ashley Drane who played Laurie (had to do a bit of hunting to find that out. Fortunately, I can say I watched, I didn't like, I'll not watch again. Dumbasses.
This Show Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by OGREISHERE	Aug 2nd, 2002 09:44:33 AM
I saw it last night and i didnt laugh once not once.
MY GOD!!!! by BowlingShirtcom	Aug 2nd, 2002 09:46:27 AM
This was one steaming pile of cow dung!
The Curse of the NBC Thurs. 9:30 Timeslot. by Christopher3	Aug 2nd, 2002 10:28:56 AM
Gives me chills. Brrrr.
I'll give this show one more chance... by ArchDiver	Aug 2nd, 2002 11:12:57 AM
...because there were moments that I laughed out loud. And the impersonations of Mrs Garrett, Arnold, and Keith Partidge were spot on. But a lot of the show was like watching a grade school play. And that guy impersonating Danny was unconvincing... I'll watch the next one, but only because the Facts of Life skit looks like it will be really funny. Here's to hopin I'm not wasting another half hour of my life. AD out
damn my curious eyes.... by feverishkin	Aug 2nd, 2002 01:43:27 PM
...for watching such horrible crap. whats next? bowel movements of your favorite NBC stars?
And the band played on by Counterpunch	Aug 2nd, 2002 03:13:06 PM
I had no intention of watching "Rerun" from the ads i saw, i was totally turned off I mean why do a remake of those shows "with a twist"? what would be the point of it all? But hey it was thursday, i was in why the hey not i'll give it a shot. having grown up watching Diff. strokes, i have to say i found it's parody version hilarious, hysterical, down and out funny. As a kid u don't know how cheesy something is until you watch it with a more mature mind and realize "what the hell did i see in that?" Rerun doesn't remake the shows, it makes fun of it and not just the show but the actors who portrayed then (yeah conrad and dana have passed on god rest their souls) but it was a sweet deal and it all came together nicely. but how many other shows have we poked fun at for their absurdity? WWF/E anyone? how ridculous is that? Suvivor? UGH! with camera crew and aids and a way to get out from wherever they were, what exactly are they surviving besides obstacles? rubbish i say!! But a show that pokes fun at a show, shows we've poked fun at for years? I'm IN!! Television is already overrun with crap, at least i can get a show that makes fun of that crap that's out there? WWF Rerun show? I HOPE!! Tick Rerun?? I can dream :o) Oh ya to the guy who says mr drummond didn't sound like Mr. Drummond? Did any of those actors sound like any of the originals? Hence the whole parody theme. I'm all over the next episode.
FUNNY AS HELL by Dope Show	Aug 2nd, 2002 03:31:45 PM
This show's fucking great, Ms.Garret doing blow with Mr.Drummon, fucking genius, I can't belive a lot of you losers don't like it, you all suck.
Conrad Bain by Uga	Aug 2nd, 2002 05:50:10 PM
Um, guys - Conrad Bain isn't dead. He may not be the hardest working actor in show biz, but he's still alive and kickin'.
Ha Ha, the best sitcom on TV if you don't count The Simpsons by wash	Aug 2nd, 2002 06:29:14 PM
Can't believe all the people here who hate this show. Something good finally interrupts the "Must Avoid TV" block, and you're all acting like the show raped your wife or something. I suppose you all won't be happy until all TV shows resemble the "quality" of Friends or Everyone Loves Raymond, blech. Props to NBC for showing this, even though it will be off the air in a few weeks.
ArchDiver, you realize that actually was Danny Bonaduce by HobbitsOnCrack	Aug 2nd, 2002 06:47:20 PM
Sad but true...
Hobbitsoncrack, you realize by ArchDiver	Aug 3rd, 2002 12:56:31 AM
I was being facetious. AD out
One Standout: Paul Vogt as Ms Garret/Chris Partridge by No-Op	Aug 3rd, 2002 01:08:06 AM
Man, he nailed Ms Garret, and I had to rerun the dead-pan-lost-kid shot of him as trowaway Partridge Chris at least 6 times to appreciate the masterful portrait of a non-actor child. Wow. Paul Vogt's going to be major.
Oh, and otherwise it was sub-par by No-Op	Aug 3rd, 2002 01:09:18 AM
I might watch again. Maybe.
Is it just me, or... by Sofa King	Aug 3rd, 2002 08:25:28 PM
Is it just me, or have execs abandoned the tactic of hiring talented people to make TV shos in favor of what has the zaniest concept (or for whatever concept is currently the rage, ie, reality tv)? I'm sick of shows built entirely on premise. No single premise is good enough to be pulled off without talented people. Talented people, however, can go quite far with more mundane premises.
You take the good, you take the bad... by Sneako	Aug 4th, 2002 02:27:11 AM
Sorry, couldn't resist. But anyway, I enjoyed the show. A lot of it just was dead weight. But you know what? The reason they parody these shows, is because they know we like them. Or we once did. There's no shame in my saying,"yeah, I remember the exact episode they're making fun of". Heck, I catch an episode of the Facts every so often. I can hum the damn Diff'rent Strokes theme, and yes, I've seen every episode of Saved By the Bell. Sue me for it. It's apart of nostalgia, they're cashing in. As long as it's good, then and now, who should complain?

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