tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post6128700869466530623..comments2023-09-25T10:15:41.979-04:00Comments on NYSocBoy's Beefcake and Bonding: The 9 Worst TV Series Finales in HistoryNYSocBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-90536437030105773342023-02-19T04:13:06.172-05:002023-02-19T04:13:06.172-05:00Context might help with your Newhart problem. It w...Context might help with your Newhart problem. It was an obvious reference to the much bemoaned Dallas dream season and I (at least) found it brilliant. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-42478129541890519452021-04-05T04:57:11.885-04:002021-04-05T04:57:11.885-04:00My brother and I had a knock-off doll of the Baby ...My brother and I had a knock-off doll of the Baby Dinosaur at the time. He didn't talk, and he had little purple horns all over, but the color scheme was close, and he was STILL cute AF.Sean Pfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042772814641445217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-69028635842727728622021-04-05T04:52:27.660-04:002021-04-05T04:52:27.660-04:00The worst thing about the Laverne & Shirley en...The worst thing about the Laverne & Shirley ending is that Carmine makes a homophobic crack, kind of ruining the character for me. Plus, you're gonna be homophobic as you try to make a living in Broadway musicals? Good luck with that. PLUS, he was nervous about the possibility of his roommate dating guys instead of girls, but even if the roommate HAD been gay, there just would have been that much less competition for oh-so-straight Carmine, so he should have WELCOMED it. Plus, what was up with all the tap dancing in that show? Were they funded by big tap or something?Sean Pfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042772814641445217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-63168939054990577802021-02-21T04:28:22.644-05:002021-02-21T04:28:22.644-05:00I don't remember the modern dig, just the ligh...I don't remember the modern dig, just the lights going out. Other endings were certainly possible. Everybody eventually dies, but tv show don't commonly end with "and then they died." The events of the tv series are only selections from the characters' lives, not their lives from beginning to end.NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-10706384794502443432021-02-20T17:27:27.165-05:002021-02-20T17:27:27.165-05:00Dinosaurs: remember "We need another Timmy&qu...Dinosaurs: remember "We need another Timmy" (on a popular science tv-show, the boy who assists the presenter keeps getting killed)? It was not so cuddly after all. I liked the ending, skipping between the dinos and a present-day palaeontological dig with a very good spoof of sir David Attenborough. Newsflash on the dino-tv: "A giant meteor is about to hit the Earth!" - couple of seconds later: "No it isn't!" A different ending was impossible, the dinosaurs did die out, and everybody knows / knew that. Thankfully we did not see it happen.<br />I missed many of the lame endings, because I stopped watching the series long before that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-14894052455906933472021-01-31T04:19:25.310-05:002021-01-31T04:19:25.310-05:00I felt betrayed, since it negatived the entire sec...I felt betrayed, since it negatived the entire second series and characters as "just a dream." Although actually First Series Bob was just referring to the events in the last episode, which were admittedly awful. Since they were not the same character, we could maintain that First Bob was dreaming of another person's reality. But that's a mental gymnastics to go through just to preserve the "reality" of the Second Series.NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-22532733053299884362021-01-31T02:45:52.870-05:002021-01-31T02:45:52.870-05:00Bob Newhart was not a spin-off of Happy Days. And...Bob Newhart was not a spin-off of Happy Days. And being a fan of both of Bob Newhart's shows, the finale of "Newhart" was indeed brilliant. Bob Newharts's real wife Jenny actually came up with the idea for that finale. It was so kept under wraps, that even the camera crew didn't know what they were going to shoot until they removed the curtain right before the scene. allisonvilleroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547334336958267831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-32453267588429537822021-01-30T13:21:11.723-05:002021-01-30T13:21:11.723-05:00Only disagreement is Newhart which I, and I recall...Only disagreement is Newhart which I, and I recall all of the rest of the world at the time, thought was brilliant. The ironic comparison of his first, wryly comic, and second, supremely farcical, series was the perfect fusion of their disparate elements. BryonByronWhateverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18124610844504922098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-63376188285898767962021-01-30T11:12:17.655-05:002021-01-30T11:12:17.655-05:00I always liked the final "St. Elsewhere"...I always liked the final "St. Elsewhere". Probably because I had a crush on Chad Allen.plataf514https://www.blogger.com/profile/08315661699679800714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-74555779193831923332021-01-30T09:23:04.820-05:002021-01-30T09:23:04.820-05:00I enjoyed both Newhart shows, the old one and the ...I enjoyed both Newhart shows, the old one and the new one, and I actually thought the ending was kind of funny, when Bob woke up in bed next to Suzanne Pleshette. I appreciated both shows, and the ending sort of connected them together. It was all in fun. I suppose, though, if you weren't familiar with the first show, the ending could seem weird.<br /><br />I also thought the final episode of "Six Feet Under" had a good, poignant ending, and was a good way way to say goodbye to the characters.insularusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450757544130000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-82752045304137699682021-01-30T09:20:01.002-05:002021-01-30T09:20:01.002-05:00The problem with most long running shows is that t...The problem with most long running shows is that they don't know when to quit-"Lost" went bad on season 2 when they changed most of what made it intriguing- never thought of Carmine as male prostitute- but yeah he could have made money hustling- now that would have been an interesting spin offJP Aragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664852451815214352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-61135921808311537272021-01-30T07:27:06.108-05:002021-01-30T07:27:06.108-05:00Seinfeld was always about their lack of empathy. A...Seinfeld was always about their lack of empathy. And Laverne and Shirley was one of the nigh-infinite Happy Days spinoffs: Mork and Mindy, Bob Newhart, Joanie Loves Chachi...<br /><br />Babylon 5 is interesting. So, they planned five seasons, and after season 3, they expected to be canceled, so they resolved every last arc (Shadow War. Earth Civil War, Narn War of Independence) in season 4. Then they got renewed for a final season on TNT and really had nothing. Some stories don't need to be told. In other news, JMS went on to say Spider-Man never dated Mary Jane and apparently fuck souls, the devil really wants to erase relationships from existence. Also, in another JMS joint, Gwen Stacy and Peter never had sex (ffs they saw I Am Curious (Yellow) together!) and moreover she was cheating on him with the Green Goblin and they even had a child together during that week Peter was off in Quebec chasing the Hulk which was the first appearance of Wolverine; Osborne would throw her off the George Washington Bridge shortly after this. Worst of all, we see the Green Goblin's O face.<br /><br />The Teen Titans cartoon ended with Beast Boy meeting Terra in school and they talk and she insists she isn't Terra and had no memories of him and...that's it. Still better than Marv Wolfman's run during and after Titans Hunt. To quote Linkara, at least they had a status quo to shake up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-748655642969576362019-09-05T00:44:20.720-04:002019-09-05T00:44:20.720-04:00And now we know about Roseanne being a TERF and ot...And now we know about Roseanne being a TERF and other unpleasantness. I mean, with actual working-class types, I can only blame centrists who are, well, the worst conspiracy theory they can come up with is that Trump isn't "really" rich; in reality there's a global Right with a lot of money that can only be defeated by understanding this isn't a 90s sitcom.<br /><br />But since she's a millionaire, she's just an entitled prick.<br /><br />Also, the first three seasons happened. But still, as retcons go, it's offensive. There's a reason the dream season from Dallas is unpopular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-90052093689668260712017-02-18T10:46:03.288-05:002017-02-18T10:46:03.288-05:00Dinosaurs was setup to be dramatic and deal with s...Dinosaurs was setup to be dramatic and deal with serious social issues. The cutesy puppets often fooled people into thinking it was just another silly kids show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com