WEBVTT - The Surprising Origins of 9 TV Spin-Offs

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<v Speaker 1>I guess what mango? What's that? Will? All right? So

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<v Speaker 1>the other day you and I were talking about albums

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<v Speaker 1>that we wanted to buy, or like movies we wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to watch as kids. But you know, these are the

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<v Speaker 1>ones that our parents weren't so sure about. They were

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<v Speaker 1>a little nervous about letting us have them. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think my favorite was that you begged to go buy

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<v Speaker 1>the DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince album with Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what was it? It was parents just don't understand that

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<v Speaker 1>was on as just don't understand. They really they still

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<v Speaker 1>don't be honest with it. It's such a tame song.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that you had to beg for it, but like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm totally in the same boat because, like, my mom

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<v Speaker 1>didn't let me watch Silver Spoons for some reason. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't like the fact that like you would just

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<v Speaker 1>cause all this trouble and then it was resolved with

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<v Speaker 1>like a sorry in the last two minutes or something.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty hilarious. So there was another one that was

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<v Speaker 1>my begging and finally getting to be Bart Simpson for Halloween.

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<v Speaker 1>I think this was fifth grade. It might have been

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<v Speaker 1>sixth grade, but I know it was around there, but

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<v Speaker 1>I was sure I was one of millions of kids

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<v Speaker 1>running around in that same ridiculously heavy and pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>suffocating rubber Bart mass saying things like don't have a

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<v Speaker 1>cow man, and eat my shorts and all the great

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<v Speaker 1>Bart lines. That is so funny. I had no idea

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<v Speaker 1>you were Bart Simpson for holloween was It is funny,

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<v Speaker 1>like how shocking Bart was when in those early years,

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<v Speaker 1>like like I remember some kid wore a shirt in

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<v Speaker 1>and I think it said like, who the hell are you?

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<v Speaker 1>And and a teacher put masking tape over the party.

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<v Speaker 1>Such a badass? Well, I mean, who knew that more

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<v Speaker 1>than twenty five years since then the Simpsons would still

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<v Speaker 1>be going so strong on TV. I mean, it's, of

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<v Speaker 1>course now the longest running scripted primetime series in American history,

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<v Speaker 1>currently in its thirtieth season, recently passing six hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty episodes, So this puts it past gun Smoke, which

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<v Speaker 1>ran for I think six thirty five. But it's just incredible. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I saw this thing in Entertainment Weekly that

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<v Speaker 1>said something about how like the Simpsons were so off

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<v Speaker 1>putting to America initially and now they're one of the

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<v Speaker 1>longest going like church families. Like really, uh, it is

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<v Speaker 1>funny to think that it's spun off from the Tracy

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<v Speaker 1>Ullman Show. And it wasn't even the original idea that

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<v Speaker 1>the producers of The Allman Show approach mac Grainig about, right,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they'd originally actually approached him about his life

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<v Speaker 1>and Hell comic strip. But you know, he didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to have to give up the rights to that, or

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<v Speaker 1>at least to the characters, and so he decided to

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<v Speaker 1>come up with a new concept and a completely different

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<v Speaker 1>cast of characters. And it's funny because most of them

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<v Speaker 1>were based on and even named after the people in

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<v Speaker 1>his own life, like mainly his family members. Oh, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a smart call to go in that direction,

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<v Speaker 1>no kidding. Well, thinking about the spinoff made us want

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<v Speaker 1>to revisit some of the most successful or maybe the

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<v Speaker 1>most bizarre TV spinoffs in TV history. So that's exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what we're doing today. Let's dive in. H Hey, their

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<v Speaker 1>podcast listeners, welcome to Part Time Genius. I'm Will Pearson

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<v Speaker 1>and it's always I'm joined by my good friend Manes

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<v Speaker 1>Ticketer and on the other side of the soundproof glass,

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<v Speaker 1>not just wearing a Mark from Orc T shirt, but

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<v Speaker 1>fully dressed in the costume that Mark always were. That's

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<v Speaker 1>our friend and producer Tristan McNeil. You know, I always

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate his commitment to these costumes, but it's pretty clear

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<v Speaker 1>that the show was like from before his time, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's not seen an episode because like everything he responds

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<v Speaker 1>to is just nanu. Nanu is kind of ridiculous. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you think he thinks that's that's all Mark said or

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<v Speaker 1>what I think? So all right, Well, Tristan is a

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<v Speaker 1>busy guy, so I guess we'll cut him a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of slack now. And anyway, let's come back to

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<v Speaker 1>the topic of Mark later, because that's actually one of

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<v Speaker 1>my facts for today. And today, of course we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about TV spinoffs, and it's easy to think that this

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<v Speaker 1>is a much more recent phenomenon, but we can actually

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<v Speaker 1>look way back to like the nineteen fifties when a

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<v Speaker 1>show like The Honeymooners would spin off from a variety

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<v Speaker 1>series called Cavalcade of Stars. And this is really one

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<v Speaker 1>of the first big sitcoms in America, So spinoffs are

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<v Speaker 1>definitely not a new thing. But anywait where do you

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<v Speaker 1>want to start? Well, I mean, why don't we talk

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<v Speaker 1>about one of the most prolific spinoff machines in TV history,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is Happy Days. A good start. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>most people don't remember this, but Happy Days itself was

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<v Speaker 1>weirdly a spinoff. It was from a show in late

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<v Speaker 1>sixties and early seventies called Love American Style. So during

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<v Speaker 1>the run of that show, the TV producer Gary Marshall

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<v Speaker 1>had this idea for a sitcom about teenagers in the

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen fifties, and he made a pilot. He shopped it around,

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<v Speaker 1>but unfortunately no one was biting, so he ended up

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<v Speaker 1>selling the rights to the pilot to be an episode

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<v Speaker 1>on Love American Style. And actually two big things happened here.

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<v Speaker 1>First off, George Lucas saw Ron Howard in this pilot

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<v Speaker 1>and he asked him to be in his film American Graffiti.

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<v Speaker 1>And then ABC executives took notice. And you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>when you fast forward a couple of years with American Graffiti,

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<v Speaker 1>the musical Greece had come out, and like those both

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<v Speaker 1>being such big hits, like it was clear that fifties

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<v Speaker 1>nostalgia was this super sellable thing. So they went back

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<v Speaker 1>to Gary Marshall and they said about that pilot like

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<v Speaker 1>we'd love to do it. Yeah. I mean it's weird

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<v Speaker 1>to think how different TV history would have been of

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<v Speaker 1>Happy Days had never been on the air, because, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as you had said before, so many shows spun off

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<v Speaker 1>from it. I was actually looking at the list and

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't even remember some of them. But there were

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<v Speaker 1>at least five live action spinoffs and I think three

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<v Speaker 1>cartoons series all that's spun off from Happy Days. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's crazy, but I know I was setting you up

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about Morgan Mindy, but I do feel like

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<v Speaker 1>we should mention the first and most successful of the

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<v Speaker 1>Happy Days spinoffs. Oh, that would be Laverne and Shirley, right, exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>Laverne and Shirley. So Laverne who was played by Henny

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<v Speaker 1>Marshall and Shirley, who was played by Cindy Williams. They

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<v Speaker 1>they both showed up in the season three of Happy

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<v Speaker 1>Days as friends of the Fons, and uh, within just

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<v Speaker 1>a year they actually had their own show. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a spin off that was so successful that it hit

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<v Speaker 1>the top of the charts and it often outperformed Happy

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<v Speaker 1>Days during the run when both shows were on. It's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty amazing. The show actually lasted eight years, But there

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<v Speaker 1>was also a weird anime it spin off from that

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<v Speaker 1>that most people don't remember. It's called Laverne and Shirley

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<v Speaker 1>in the Army. Where as you might imagine the duo

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<v Speaker 1>and listen to the military, they serve under the command

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<v Speaker 1>of a talking pig named Sergeant Squeally. And shockingly, that

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<v Speaker 1>show did not get a second season. That is so weird.

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<v Speaker 1>But actually I don't know if it's weirder than Mork

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<v Speaker 1>and Mindy and and thanks for the setup on this one.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, the history of this one is one

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<v Speaker 1>that many people may not remember or even no And

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<v Speaker 1>this can actually be traced back to the Dick Van

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<v Speaker 1>Dyke Show. So in this one episode, Dick van Dyke's

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<v Speaker 1>character is watch seeing a sci fi movie and he

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<v Speaker 1>then dreams that this alien name Kolak I think it

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<v Speaker 1>is is trying to take over the Earth with walnuts

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that. And so here's where the Happy

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<v Speaker 1>Days part comes in. So the director of that episode

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<v Speaker 1>was a guy named Jerry Paris, who ended up directing

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<v Speaker 1>several episodes of Happy Days years later. Well, one day

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<v Speaker 1>he's on the set and Gary Marshall starts talking about

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<v Speaker 1>his son and how he's obsessed with Star Wars and

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<v Speaker 1>how he wishes there were more Aliens on TV. And

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<v Speaker 1>so this makes Paris remember the whole Walnut Aliens thing

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<v Speaker 1>and he decides to pitch a similar idea, and from

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<v Speaker 1>that Mark from Orc was born. That's really crazy. I

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<v Speaker 1>do feel like we could do a whole show on

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<v Speaker 1>Happy Days spinoffs. But since we've only got nine facts here,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we should talk about another one. So since

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<v Speaker 1>I shared to the first off the that like, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like maybe you should take another stab of a

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<v Speaker 1>fact here. Yeah, I think I'll go with another Powerhouse

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<v Speaker 1>spinoff machine. And that's of course all in the Family. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this legendary series about the Bunker family actually lead to

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<v Speaker 1>six spinoffs over its nine seasons, and a few of

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<v Speaker 1>them were very successful. There's of course Maud and Good Times,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought about sharing some facts about that one,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, the biggest hit was obviously The Jefferson's,

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<v Speaker 1>debuted in nineteen and of course focused on the former

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<v Speaker 1>neighbors of the Bunkers, which were George and Louise Jefferson.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, I had definitely watched The Jeffersons a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit when I was a kid, but I remember

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<v Speaker 1>seeing Sherman Helmsley on David Letterman, and you know, he's

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<v Speaker 1>the guy who played George Jefferson if if you're listening

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<v Speaker 1>and weren't familiar with the show. But you know, what

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't realize was it was on the air for

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<v Speaker 1>a really long time, right like they were talking about

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<v Speaker 1>it and and it was a stunning amount of time

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<v Speaker 1>that that show continued. Yeah, it was actually on longer

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<v Speaker 1>than the show that inspired it. It It was on for

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<v Speaker 1>eleven seasons, two hundred and fifty three episodes. It's it's

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<v Speaker 1>actually second only to Tyler Perry's House of Pain in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of the longest running American sitcom TV shows that

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<v Speaker 1>have a majority African American cast. So it was a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty incredible run. And actually, interestingly, Sherman Helmsley's last acting

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<v Speaker 1>job was on an episode of House of Pain. He

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<v Speaker 1>appeared as George Jefferson on that episode. That's pretty cool. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I know we've talked a good bit about successful

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<v Speaker 1>spinoffs of legendary shows, but there's actually one that I

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<v Speaker 1>had totally forgotten about, or maybe I blocked it out

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<v Speaker 1>because it was a colossal flop and that is Golden Palace.

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<v Speaker 1>Golden I don't even know what that is. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>follow up to Golden Girls, which you know, was one

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<v Speaker 1>of my friend Adam's favorite shows. He loved all the

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<v Speaker 1>ladies and I feel like he could give you words

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<v Speaker 1>to live by from each of them. But if you remember,

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<v Speaker 1>the show ended after seven seasons with the Arthur's character

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<v Speaker 1>Dorothy getting married and moving to Atlanta. So uh. The

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<v Speaker 1>spinoff apparently followed Rose Blanche and Sophia as they moved

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<v Speaker 1>to Miami and then tried to run a really nice

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<v Speaker 1>motel there. I guess the gimmick was that they invested

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<v Speaker 1>in this place, they ended up having to get involved

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<v Speaker 1>in the day to day work because things go wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, as I mentioned earlier, the show was

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<v Speaker 1>not a success. It only lasted one season. It's so

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<v Speaker 1>weird because I have no memory of that. But I

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<v Speaker 1>do feel like if you're going to talk about spinoffs

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<v Speaker 1>from the Golden Girls, you do have to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the one successful spinoff from the show. I know, Empty

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<v Speaker 1>Nest the best. Well, that show actually followed the lives

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<v Speaker 1>of the girls neighbors and also ran seven seasons, and

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<v Speaker 1>all of the Golden Girls appeared multiple times on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's something I had no memory of, and this

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<v Speaker 1>goes back to Golden Palace, But that's that Don Cheatle

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<v Speaker 1>was actually the manager of the hotel on that Golden

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<v Speaker 1>Palace show. It's kind of a shame because he got

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<v Speaker 1>type cast. He was later the hotel manager in uh

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<v Speaker 1>Hotel Rwanda, which is totally different. Maybe was his training

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<v Speaker 1>right to be ready for that one, I think so?

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<v Speaker 1>But what what do you have next? Well, all right, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to talk about a show whose creative team

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<v Speaker 1>actually didn't intend for it to be a spinoff. And

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<v Speaker 1>this one sounds weird when you hear about it because

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<v Speaker 1>it's Frasier, which seems like such an obvious one, But

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<v Speaker 1>in fact, this was one of the many things about

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<v Speaker 1>Dr Frasier Crane that were not intended to be long term.

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<v Speaker 1>So his first appearance was on Cheers and its third season,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was really just meant to be this temporary character,

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<v Speaker 1>but fans fell in love with him, and so by

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<v Speaker 1>the fifth season he was pretty much a regular cast member.

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<v Speaker 1>So you fast forward to the creative team working on

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<v Speaker 1>a show concept for Kelsey Grammer to kind of do

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<v Speaker 1>as his next project, and they were worried about the

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<v Speaker 1>show always being compared to Cheers, and so they actually

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to make the show about Frasier for that reason,

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<v Speaker 1>and instead they had this plan for him to play

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of like magazine media mogul and he'd been

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<v Speaker 1>paralyzed after some sort of accident. Yeah, it's a very

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<v Speaker 1>different concept. But the studio wasn't having any of this idea,

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<v Speaker 1>and they insisted that the show be a spin off.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can actually still tell that this was scaring

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<v Speaker 1>the creative team, so they did as much as I

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<v Speaker 1>could to separate it. I mean, starting with moving the

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<v Speaker 1>character all the way across the country to Seattle from Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>But that said, most of the major cast members did

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<v Speaker 1>appear on the show at some point during its eleven seasons. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Fraser was definitely one of the most successful spinoffs ever.

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<v Speaker 1>But we've got two more facts to get to. Before

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<v Speaker 1>we get to those, let's take a quick break. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>back to Part Time Genius. We we're talking about TV spinoffs. Okay, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>what is your last fact of the day going to be?

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<v Speaker 1>All Right? Well, I started with one animated series that

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<v Speaker 1>made parents uncomfortable, and I think I'll end with another

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<v Speaker 1>one that made them even more uncomfortable. And I've talked,

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<v Speaker 1>of course about Beavis and butt Head, which I spent

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<v Speaker 1>many middle school hours watching and thinking was just hilarious.

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<v Speaker 1>And I actually never forget going to the movie that

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<v Speaker 1>they eventually did, and and and just as the lights

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<v Speaker 1>were getting darker after the previews kind of indicating the

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<v Speaker 1>movie was about to start, it seemed like the entire

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<v Speaker 1>crowd immediately went into their best Beavis and butt Had impressions.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just a weird experience that sounds like incredible

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<v Speaker 1>for the time and like a nightmare. Yeah, it was

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<v Speaker 1>exactly both of those. But what a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>don't remember is that Beavis and butt Head was actually

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<v Speaker 1>a spin off in itself. So it came out of

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<v Speaker 1>this anthology show called Liquid Television, which featured all these

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<v Speaker 1>different animated segments, and he was also on MTV, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it was by far the most successful creation

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<v Speaker 1>to come from that series. So it was eventually spun

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<v Speaker 1>off as its own thing, and it was such a

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<v Speaker 1>stupid but you know, I have to say, wonderful show,

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<v Speaker 1>running for eight seasons, But of course it spun off

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<v Speaker 1>another show, Daria. Yeah, that's right. And you know, Daria

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<v Speaker 1>actually wasn't part of the original Liquid television series. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean she was actually added to Beavis and butt Head

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<v Speaker 1>at the request of MTV, and this is because they

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<v Speaker 1>wanted kind of more of a female presence on the show. So,

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<v Speaker 1>as Mike Judge explained, he created a character that was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of this mix of Darlene from Rosanne, which you

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<v Speaker 1>can definitely see, but also a high school girlfriend of his.

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<v Speaker 1>And and the name Daria came from someone he knew

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<v Speaker 1>in high school, apparently somebody that he used to call diarrhea,

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<v Speaker 1>which sounds about right when you think about and also

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<v Speaker 1>a reminder of how horrible high school students can be.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, it's a mega what what's your last fact

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<v Speaker 1>of the day. Well, I think I'm going to end

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<v Speaker 1>the show with a show that wasn't really a spinoff,

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<v Speaker 1>but could have been considered a spin off maybe for

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<v Speaker 1>for like a weird and funny reason. And this is

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<v Speaker 1>the relationship of The Office to Parks and Wreck. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you go back to the peak of the Office

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<v Speaker 1>is popularity. NBC asked the showrunner Greg Daniels and and

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<v Speaker 1>the writer Michael Shure first some spinoff ideas, and they'd

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<v Speaker 1>actually already been kind of hatching on this, Like at

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<v Speaker 1>first there was the possibility of a show with Jim

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<v Speaker 1>and Pam, but then of course they didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>take their two most popular characters off the show. And

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<v Speaker 1>they also thought about Dwight and his family beat Farm,

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<v Speaker 1>which I would have loved that show. They actually did

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<v Speaker 1>make an episode about exactly about a few years later,

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<v Speaker 1>but it never turned into a spinoff, but ultimately Daniels

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<v Speaker 1>and Sure decided they would go and do just a

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<v Speaker 1>totally different mockumentary. One thing I loved is that there

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<v Speaker 1>was actually this idea of how to connect the two shows,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was the idea of the writer Paul Leverston,

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<v Speaker 1>who plays Um Toby on The Office. But here's how

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<v Speaker 1>a TV Guide described it. Quote On the Office, a

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<v Speaker 1>copy machine breaks and throughout the episode, wh repairman tries

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<v Speaker 1>to fix it. At the end of the episode, the

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<v Speaker 1>machine is loaded on a truck and refurbished in a warehouse.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the copier is loaded onto another truck and taken

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<v Speaker 1>to Pawnee, Indiana, where it's dropped off in the parks

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<v Speaker 1>and Wreck office. So in a twist on spinoff traditions,

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<v Speaker 1>the character spun off would have been the Coffee Machine,

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<v Speaker 1>but producers briefly considered the idea of ultimately Parks and

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<v Speaker 1>w rec was its own creation. That is hilarious. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure why they wouldn't just go with this idea,

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<v Speaker 1>but but I love that anyway. It takes a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of guts to talk about a spinoff that's not really

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<v Speaker 1>a spinoff and even close the show with a manga.

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<v Speaker 1>So for just that bravery, I'm going to give you

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<v Speaker 1>the trophy today. And I mean I know that we

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<v Speaker 1>have a thing for coffee machines. Back in Mental floss

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<v Speaker 1>or Machine was called Shyde because she was such a

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<v Speaker 1>smooth operator. I'll happily grab the trophy this week. Anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so many great and weird spinoffs out there, from

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the Perfect Strangers family Matters connection to the

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<v Speaker 1>Mash follow up which was called Aftermash. But if you've

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<v Speaker 1>got a terrible favorite spinoff, tell us all about a

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<v Speaker 1>part time genius at how stuff works dot com. We'd

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<v Speaker 1>love to talk about it. And from Kristan gave Will

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<v Speaker 1>and me thank you so much for listening. Tre