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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 438880" data-attributes="member: 7">For kicks, I decided to watch the GOODBYE, CHARLIE pilot this morning. I&#039;ve never seen it, nor have I ever seen the 1964 movie starring Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, and Pat Boone. As for the pilot, I thought it was good, about what I was expecting humor-wise and the types of jokes I knew they&#039;d do. This top-tier executive named Charlie dies and he is reincarnated as a beautiful young woman (Suzanne Somers). Somers is actually pretty funny, she has a couple of decent-to-good one-liners, a good physical comedy moment or two, and I like that she&#039;s actually toned down from her Chrissy Snow days and doesn&#039;t come across here as an airhead or bimbo. John Davidson appears to have been a good choice for the male lead, with he and Somers sharing some good on-screen banter and chemistry. Honestly, with a few tweaks, the show might&#039;ve worked. It would&#039;ve been a better star vehicle for Somers over SHE&#039;S THE SHERIFF, but the GOODBYE, CHARLIE pilot didn&#039;t sell. Maybe if it had found a deal in first-run syndication, it might&#039;ve ran for a few seasons and made a pleasant, chuckle-fest of a show... that&#039;s if you can get past all the obvious man-in-a-woman&#039;s-body jokes, which probably would&#039;ve mellowed with time. [MEDIA=youtube]UwDyGl8gwUw:1276[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 438880, member: 7"] For kicks, I decided to watch the GOODBYE, CHARLIE pilot this morning. I've never seen it, nor have I ever seen the 1964 movie starring Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, and Pat Boone. As for the pilot, I thought it was good, about what I was expecting humor-wise and the types of jokes I knew they'd do. This top-tier executive named Charlie dies and he is reincarnated as a beautiful young woman (Suzanne Somers). Somers is actually pretty funny, she has a couple of decent-to-good one-liners, a good physical comedy moment or two, and I like that she's actually toned down from her Chrissy Snow days and doesn't come across here as an airhead or bimbo. John Davidson appears to have been a good choice for the male lead, with he and Somers sharing some good on-screen banter and chemistry. Honestly, with a few tweaks, the show might've worked. It would've been a better star vehicle for Somers over SHE'S THE SHERIFF, but the GOODBYE, CHARLIE pilot didn't sell. Maybe if it had found a deal in first-run syndication, it might've ran for a few seasons and made a pleasant, chuckle-fest of a show... that's if you can get past all the obvious man-in-a-woman's-body jokes, which probably would've mellowed with time. [MEDIA=youtube]UwDyGl8gwUw:1276[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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