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Alice (TV series)
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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 236579" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>Fonzie/Winkler was not even in the opening credits when he first appeared, and eventually it was "All Fonzie, All The Time". And that was even before Ron Howard left. If ever they needed to develop a spin-off (in order to preserve the parent show's integrity), it was the Fonzie situation. Had they spun him off (as they did with several other lesser characters), HD could have continued to be the story of the Cunninghams, and the new show could have been another <em>Laverne and Shirley</em>-sized hit. Instead, they let Fonzie eat the show in much the same way Urkel ate <em>Family Matters </em>and left it looking nothing like its premise.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Herve Villachaize (I hope I did not butcher that name too badly) leaving <em>Fantasy Island</em> comes to mind, but I have trouble coming up with another such example.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 236579, member: 27"] Fonzie/Winkler was not even in the opening credits when he first appeared, and eventually it was "All Fonzie, All The Time". And that was even before Ron Howard left. If ever they needed to develop a spin-off (in order to preserve the parent show's integrity), it was the Fonzie situation. Had they spun him off (as they did with several other lesser characters), HD could have continued to be the story of the Cunninghams, and the new show could have been another [I]Laverne and Shirley[/I]-sized hit. Instead, they let Fonzie eat the show in much the same way Urkel ate [I]Family Matters [/I]and left it looking nothing like its premise. Herve Villachaize (I hope I did not butcher that name too badly) leaving [I]Fantasy Island[/I] comes to mind, but I have trouble coming up with another such example. [/QUOTE]
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