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froodleYodel has been good of late, shame now my parcel has been "delivered" to that special place only Hermes & yodel parcels go... the Bureau of Lost Pale in Comparison (@beautfreax) June 5, 2018
froodleTV series’ are a strange thing. No matter how popular they are, once they’re done, they’re done. Where movies can have countless sequels, TV shows tend to stay finished once the finale credits roll. But then again, judging by how these TV sequels turned out, there’s possibly a reason why that’s the case. Here’s ten TV sequels that totally failed.
8. EERIE, INDIANA: THE OTHER DIMENSION – SEQUEL TO EERIE, INDIANA
After the success of Twin Peaks in the early 90s, networks were falling over themselves for mystery shows based in small town America. So to find out that Joe Dante — yes that’s Joe ‘Gremlins’ Dante — was serving as creative consultant on just such a show, saw network NBC jump at the chance to produce it. Eerie, Indiana was aimed squarely at children, but still had the trademark suburban dread that Dante was known for, the show was a hit with critics who praised the show for its writing, direction and the fact it was suitable for kids with enough to keep adults entertained too.
However, ratings weren’t as high as NBC hoped, and people seemed a bit confused at to who this show was designed for. In Britain, it was broadcast at 6pm, facing opposition from many of the UK’s biggest soaps. After 19 episodes, the show was cancelled in 1992. The show began to receive reruns on Fox Kids in 1997 and began to pick up traction (also got a morning slot on Channel 4 in the UK summer holidays) and this was enough for Fox to produce Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.
Unfortunately, as The Other Dimension came out a good six years after the original, stars Omri Katz and Justin Shenkarow were too old to reprise their roles as Marshall and Simon, so Bill Switzer and Daniel Clark were cast to play new characters called Mitchell and Stanley respectively. The premise was actually really good, with a crazy cable guy installing satellite dishes all over the town of Eerie, which allow the events of the original series to be presented as if it were a TV show, but in turn this allows the weirdness to spill over into the other dimension.
Sadly, few of the original Eerie team were involved in this follow up, so the show lacked the same spirit as the original show. This may have at least partially been the reason for the show being cancelled after 15 episodes.
8. EERIE, INDIANA: THE OTHER DIMENSION – SEQUEL TO EERIE, INDIANA
After the success of Twin Peaks in the early 90s, networks were falling over themselves for mystery shows based in small town America. So to find out that Joe Dante — yes that’s Joe ‘Gremlins’ Dante — was serving as creative consultant on just such a show, saw network NBC jump at the chance to produce it. Eerie, Indiana was aimed squarely at children, but still had the trademark suburban dread that Dante was known for, the show was a hit with critics who praised the show for its writing, direction and the fact it was suitable for kids with enough to keep adults entertained too.
However, ratings weren’t as high as NBC hoped, and people seemed a bit confused at to who this show was designed for. In Britain, it was broadcast at 6pm, facing opposition from many of the UK’s biggest soaps. After 19 episodes, the show was cancelled in 1992. The show began to receive reruns on Fox Kids in 1997 and began to pick up traction (also got a morning slot on Channel 4 in the UK summer holidays) and this was enough for Fox to produce Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.
Unfortunately, as The Other Dimension came out a good six years after the original, stars Omri Katz and Justin Shenkarow were too old to reprise their roles as Marshall and Simon, so Bill Switzer and Daniel Clark were cast to play new characters called Mitchell and Stanley respectively. The premise was actually really good, with a crazy cable guy installing satellite dishes all over the town of Eerie, which allow the events of the original series to be presented as if it were a TV show, but in turn this allows the weirdness to spill over into the other dimension.
Sadly, few of the original Eerie team were involved in this follow up, so the show lacked the same spirit as the original show. This may have at least partially been the reason for the show being cancelled after 15 episodes.
froodleA mixture here, starting with Eerie, Indiana and an episode called No Brain, No Pain.
Marshall and Simon find a homeless man and decide to help him. He seems to only speak in the lyrics of My Sharona by The Knack, but they don’t recognise it because they’re just kids.
He’s being pursued by a woman who says he’s the smartest man in the world.
The boys find his machine, the Brainalyzer, and when they activate it, Simon’s mind is taken over by the man’s mind, and Simon’s mind is stored on the 8-track Knack album.
It’s a nice episode, with some good lines. “Some say he’s the last liberal left in town.” “What’s a liberal?” “I’ll tell you when you’re older.”
After this, recording continues with the start of Channel 4 News. It leads with the resignation speech of Michael Mates, who condemned the Serious Fraud office for its handling of the Asil Nadir case.
Recording switches to another Eerie, Indiana. It’s Zombies in PJs. It’s about Credit and Taxes, and Rene Auberjonois plays an advertising agent called ‘The Donald’ who wants to handle the ads and promotion for John Astin’s World of Stuff.
His subliminal advertising makes everyone want to buy stuff from the World of Stuff, on E-Z Credit, and they’re all sleepwalking to buy stuff.
This is such a fun series.
After this, back to BBC2 for Quantum Leap and an episode called Ghost Ship. Sam is flying a flying boat to Bermuda.
Marshall and Simon find a homeless man and decide to help him. He seems to only speak in the lyrics of My Sharona by The Knack, but they don’t recognise it because they’re just kids.
He’s being pursued by a woman who says he’s the smartest man in the world.
The boys find his machine, the Brainalyzer, and when they activate it, Simon’s mind is taken over by the man’s mind, and Simon’s mind is stored on the 8-track Knack album.
It’s a nice episode, with some good lines. “Some say he’s the last liberal left in town.” “What’s a liberal?” “I’ll tell you when you’re older.”
After this, recording continues with the start of Channel 4 News. It leads with the resignation speech of Michael Mates, who condemned the Serious Fraud office for its handling of the Asil Nadir case.
Recording switches to another Eerie, Indiana. It’s Zombies in PJs. It’s about Credit and Taxes, and Rene Auberjonois plays an advertising agent called ‘The Donald’ who wants to handle the ads and promotion for John Astin’s World of Stuff.
His subliminal advertising makes everyone want to buy stuff from the World of Stuff, on E-Z Credit, and they’re all sleepwalking to buy stuff.
This is such a fun series.
After this, back to BBC2 for Quantum Leap and an episode called Ghost Ship. Sam is flying a flying boat to Bermuda.
froodleA great HELLO dear cinephiles of steemit!...Welcome everyone!... Today I invite you to meet Don and Dan Stanton are twin brother actors (Van Nuys, California) who have had very curious appearances in film and television.
I was very curious of these actors thanks to a series that I saw in the 90's called "Eerie Indiana" that by the way were in the first chapter called: "Foreverware" where they played the children of a beloved strangely young housewife that slept in adult-sized food meats where they never grew old.
I was very curious of these actors thanks to a series that I saw in the 90's called "Eerie Indiana" that by the way were in the first chapter called: "Foreverware" where they played the children of a beloved strangely young housewife that slept in adult-sized food meats where they never grew old.
friendof_dorothyMade my first proper Eerie Indiana AMV using one of my favourite songs :-) enjoy and let me know what you think!