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Old 05-07-2002, 02:54 PM
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Simpson's Spin-Off Showcase!

Let's take a page from "The Simpson's Spin-Off Showcase." Which Simpson's Character would you like to see in a spin-off and under what pretense?
How about...
Professor Frink as TV's new "Mr. Wizard/Beakman/Bill Nye"? (animated and fictionalized, of course.)
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Old 05-07-2002, 03:52 PM
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Re: Simpson's Spin-Off Showcase!

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Let's take a page from "The Simpson's Spin-Off Showcase." Which Simpson's Character would you like to see in a spin-off and under what pretense?
How about...
Professor Frink as TV's new "Mr. Wizard/Beakman/Bill Nye"? (animated and fictionalized, of course.)
It's weird, but Prof. Frink was the first character I thought of when I saw the thread title. I'm thinking we could call his show "The Incredibly--Glaven!--Adventures of Professor Frink"
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Old 05-07-2002, 06:36 PM
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Mr. Burn's Evil Stock Market Report

Abraham Simpson's Story Hour
(That's the plane the Wright Brothers built so that Charles Lindbergh could fly 105 feet across the Atlantic Ocean!)
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Old 05-07-2002, 08:58 PM
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"Mr. Smithers' "Tales of An Alternate Lifestyle""

"Veggie Cooking w/Lisa Simpson"

"World Wildest Animated Police Chases hosted by Bart Simpson"

"Moe" (just "Moe")
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Old 05-07-2002, 09:14 PM
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"French as a Second Language" with Groundskeeper Willie.

"Bonjouurrrrrrr, ye cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys!"
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Old 05-07-2002, 09:22 PM
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Cletus & Brandine & their 26 kids, kind of a Waltons-like show. "life With Cletus".
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Old 05-07-2002, 09:22 PM
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Dr. Nick, Medicine Man - a romanticized western drama.

Krusty - A Seinfeld-like examination of the life of our favorite clown.

Moleman Undercover - Hans Moleman is an oversexed secret agent with a penchant for trouble.

Boozen Buddies - Lenny and Carl move to another town where the only bar is a women-only club. They dress-up in women's clothing and the hilarity ensues.
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Old 05-08-2002, 02:05 AM
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Tough call. Honestly, so many characters have lost potential in recent seasons since writers have attempted to add dimension to them, limiting them in more ways than expanding them.

Here I am thinking of Apu. When his first and only love was the Kwik-E-Mart, he was a great character, you could do almost anything with him. KwikEMart adventures wuold be a great sitcom premise. However, his marriange and octuplets has changed his character. Damnation.


So I got nothin.


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Old 05-08-2002, 02:53 AM
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We need the Adventures of Milhouse!!!
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Old 05-08-2002, 05:34 AM
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YEAH!! It'd be like SPEED II, only with a bus instead of a boat!!
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Old 05-08-2002, 06:59 AM
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The Semi-Incredible Adventures of Ralph Wiggum

Clancy Wiggum, Springfield P.D. (basically a cop show)
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Old 05-08-2002, 10:01 AM
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I LOVE the "Boozen Buddies" idea!!

That's just damn funny!
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Old 05-08-2002, 10:31 AM
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"Haaaa- ha!! Hour With Nelson"
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Old 05-09-2002, 07:21 AM
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The Bleeding Gums Variety Hour sponsered by Fabrege Eggs.

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Old 05-09-2002, 07:42 AM
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COPS: Springfield On Patrol. Starring Wiggum, his existing force, & a couple of new officiers. New offenders, too. Including a burglar that raids the station, a "confesser", a pickpocket that appears as a running gag, & a "hooker with a heart of gold" that actually solves the tough cases.
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Old 05-14-2002, 12:00 AM
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The M[aggie]-Files: While posing as a human infant, Margaret of Neptune is secretly infiltrating the Unibrow Coalition, an evil Stonecutter-controlled group bent on the enslavement of man under Kang and Kodos (okay, really stupid evil aliens, like Zim ).
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Old 05-14-2002, 01:29 AM
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Cletus & Brandine & their 26 kids, kind of a Waltons-like show. "life With Cletus".
YES! This ones got my vote!
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