How will the Lounge jump the shark?

[Beware the Beast Man]

This is the one thread you can't afford to miss.
/hushed announcer's voice off

[underpants]

1. When an alien suddenly becomes a regular

[BurtWorm]

2. We wake up and find it's all just been a dream.

[terrya]

3. New child DU'ers brought in to replace us.

Some of us are getting WAY long in the tooth!

T

[Beware the Beast Man]

8. Hey, I'd like you to meet my cousin Oliver.

He'll be staying with us for a while. He's a jinx!

[sundog]

4. canned laughter

there IS no live studio audience :scared:

:shrug:

[BurtWorm]

7. I think it's very dangerous for popular shows

to suddenly go in front of live audiences, especially when produced by Gary Marshall.

[sundog]

9. I'm pushing the recorded laughter now

feel free to push your button back at me (pushing laughter button again) :P

[BurtWorm]

14. *canned laughs*

(Burt walks on, says catchphrase): What the f--

*audience whoops and hollers for half a minute*

[skypilot]

5. With one "spin-off" thread too many.

*

[Left Is Write]

6. Ted McGinley is, of course, the kiss of death.

[terrya]

13. Except for Married with Children.

"Married" stayed on several years after McGinley joined the cast.

But, you're right overall. Ted has killed so, so many shows. :-)

T

[Left Is Write]

21. True, it did...but it kept getting more bizarre as the years went on.

I never really enjoyed Married With Children once it starting going way over the top.

[matcom]

10. WHEN I SAY SO DAMMIT!!

:D

[matcom]

11. When MatcomNews is syndicated by CNN

:bounce:

[underpants]

16. Yeah uh....I've been looking at the books and....well we need to talk

Look I know that it was about the ART when you first started out but frankly it is time to consider bringing in new money you know to expand the operation. Now CNN says that they only want emergency veto power over stories they really love the whole concept the FEEL of it but their sponsors might have you know some opinions they would like to share. Just last week I was having lunch with the VP of programming and a really great really sharp you would like him guyfrom GE who has some really good ideas.........

[matcom]

19. you suggesting i SELL OUT?

x(

think of the INTEGRITY MAN!

what I do comes from WITHIN!

[underpants]

27. I'm just saying consider your future

:bounce:

[matcom]

34. but what will we ever tell the CHILDREN?

nobody EVER thinks of the children x(

[MemphisTiger]

12. OUCH, everyone here is hard on Ted McGinley

C'mon Jefferson Darcy or Stan Gable weren't that bad.

[Beware the Beast Man]

18. From what I've heard, McGinley has a great sense of humor about it.

He's considered the "Patron Saint" of jumptheshark.com

[Left Is Write]

23. But Stan Gable wasn't on a TV show.

That's different.

You gotta love Revenge Of The Nerds. :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

15. If you picked people come back as other people - it already jumped

[Beware the Beast Man]

17. Ah, the Vincent Gardenia Factor.

Made two guest appearances on All in the Family as two different characters, then became a regular as Frank Lorenzo.
But that could never happen on DU. No way...

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

30. Neil Young made a number of appearences in CSN but always under the same

name - so I guess its not the best example. Still he had that one song that I really loved.

[asthmaticeog]

20. Peter Scolari will be the new asthmaticeog when I hold out for more dough.

:P

[Beware the Beast Man]

26. I've already been replaced

by Danny Cooksey

[sniffa]

22. how about a very speciaL episode

about not taLking to strangers/newbies especiaLLy ones pLayed by gordon jump (mr. carLson)



sure, it'LL be great when he invites you over, and you get to eat candy and watch cartoons... but then the cartoons mice start taking their cLothes off and having awkward wrestLing matches... and then before you know it he's got dudLey in the next room and...

[Beware the Beast Man]

24. Remember the smoking episode?

When Dudley's father confessed that he was having his lung removed from smoking too much?

[sniffa]

31. no, i don't.

wow! i feeL inadequate.

i was raised by tv and i turned out tv

[Left Is Write]

28. That episode so very much creeps me out.

[sniffa]

32. how about the kidnapping episode

aLso, very speciaL. i was hoping they were gonna off the redhead*

* i heard he makes porn now. aLthough i may be confusing him with the kid in the richard pryor movie, "the toy".

[asthmaticeog]

35. GOOD ONE!

That ep almost creeped me out when I was a kid, but I couldn't take it 100 percent seriously because, come on, who the fuck is named "Dudley?"

[Skittles]

25. LOL

if the Lounge hasn't jumped the shark by now I think it's safe to assume we are treading in safe waters. :D

[Longgrain]

29. Nancy Regan makes a guest appearence...

and gives us all a lecture on drugs.

"Just say no kids."

:P

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

33. I'm replaced by Antonio Banderas

with a completely unconvincing Brazilian accent.

[sundog]

36. Special Guest Star Margot Kidder