# Crappy TV sitcoms that only lasted a few episodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149 "2002-07-27T19:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/41 "2002-07-29T18:46:54Z")
Fortunately, none of you know who I am IRL, because . . . . I _liked_ Whoops! and The Charmings and Second Chance and Boys Will Be Boys. And Caitlin O’Heaney (the first woman who played Snow White Charming) was an extremely attractive woman. ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/42 "2002-07-29T18:57:07Z")
**RexDart** , according to the IMDb and TV Tome, you and I have both misspelled the name of one TV series. It’s “Woops!”, not “Whoops!” ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/43 "2002-07-29T20:16:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > \*\*Well, if this thread was about ANY sitcom that lasted a few episodes, I’d say **Clerks: The Animated Series**. But, since that was a GREAT cartoon, I can’t metion it. But I think it takes the cake as shortest run ever…only two episodes ever aired. \*\* I bought the DVD set just to watch the Series, as I knew I would never find it for rent locally. Snootchi Bootchies!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/44 "2002-07-29T20:54:26Z")
Cop Rock? There was a comedy on in 1985 or so about the President and his family (not the Fox George C. Scott series, Mr. President). I am a big fan of early Fox TV Network. I got a guy to e-mail me a list of every show Fox had ever put out (through like 1997). There was much nostalgia in reading that list. Anyone like Werewolf? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/45 "2002-07-29T21:44:35Z")
There should be a channel for crappy, short run comedies. They could also slip a few amazing shows that were pulled before their time (I’m thinking Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. I think Baby Bob lasted longer than both. How is that possible?) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/46 "2002-07-29T22:36:45Z")
Mentioning **Clerks: TAS** reminded me, because on that show they made fun on more than one occasion of **The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer**. Lasted four weeks. And on paper, it must’ve looked so good: “Hey, let’s make a sitcom about Abraham Lincoln set during the Civil War, from the perspective of his black butler! How can we lose?” ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/47 "2002-07-29T22:44:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*Does anyone remember that awful show _Kristen_? About the uptight Christian girl who comes to NYC to work for a slimey millionaire. Man, that was bad. \*\* Sadly, I watched about 15 minutes of the pilot episode. It was horrible. I felt bad for the actors. They had a horrible script to work with. The star, Kristin Chenowith, is an accomplished Broadway musical star, and she was just in the wrong type of show. Just sing and dance please, don’t tell jokes. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/48 "2002-07-29T22:51:51Z")
There was a great book called Bad TV which listed these. I recall Pink Lady and Jeff. Also, how long did Shields and Yarnell stay on? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/49 "2002-07-30T00:05:49Z")
Pink Lady & Jeff: 5 eps - The biggest problem with this show is not the fact that Pink Lady couldn’t speak English it’s that Jeff Altman sucks. Isn’t funny, never was, never will be. Shields and Yarnell was a summer fill-in show and probably had no more than six eps. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/50 "2002-07-30T00:19:37Z")
**Shields and Yarnell** was a variety show, not a comedy. And it ran for more than six episodes. It had two runs on CBS. Once as a summer replacement in 1977 and again as midseason replacement in 1978. Five months overall. Joanna Cassidy, of all people, had a part on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/51 "2002-07-30T00:38:09Z")
_Viva Variety!_ on Comedy Central. I don’t know how many episodes that was, but it sucked. _That’s My Bush!_ didn’t last too long either. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/52 "2002-07-30T01:35:23Z")
I remember **Second Chance** and **Boys Will Be Boys**! I watched them for Matthew Perry. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/53 "2002-07-30T02:08:23Z")
Best of the West-a horrible Western comedy. Wife (sweeping): “I just can’t get the dirt off this floor” Husband:“Honey, it’s a dirt floor!” At 13 or so, I thought it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/54 "2002-07-30T05:13:39Z")
I never saw it, but didn’t Emeril Lagasse have a sitcom for a few days? Or did that never manage to get off the ground? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/55 "2002-07-30T05:26:57Z")
\*\* fenris, creaky,\*\* I have you beat on horrible 70s sitcoms. Try \* Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home,\* a primetime cartoon starring Tom Bosley. Not impressed? I have \* On the Rocks,\* a sitcom about prison life. ---
**Author:** ![Catgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Catgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/56 "2002-07-30T05:58:59Z")
I used to like this show that lasted for a few eposodes it was called " Stark raving mad" it was doogie howser playing an editor who worked with this really morbid horror writer. I thought it was pretty funny but alas it was not meant to be ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/57 "2002-07-30T06:00:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by watsonwil \* > \*\*I am a big fan of early Fox TV Network. I got a guy to e-mail me a list of every show Fox had ever put out (through like 1997). There was much nostalgia in reading that list. > Anyone like Werewolf? \*\* I don’t remember Werewolf, but I did love **Flying Blind.** Everybody rags on **Stark Raving Mad** , but I loved that show and was very disappointed when it was canceled. They didn’t give it a chance! Yet **Just Shoot Me** still limps painfully on. Sheri ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/58 "2002-07-30T06:02:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by saoirse \* > \*\*\*\* fenris, creaky,_\* I have you beat on horrible 70s sitcoms. Try \* Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home,\* a primetime cartoon starring Tom Bosley. \*\* Wasn’t that a **Love, American Style** segment first? Sheri ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/59 "2002-07-30T11:48:55Z")
There was a legendarily bad British comedy called “Heil Honey I’m Home”. Which had the Hitlers living next door to a Jewish family, with all the ensuing hilarity that you can imagine. It didn’t last long. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149/60 "2002-07-30T15:29:19Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by saoirse \* > \*\*\*\* fenris, creaky,_\* I have you beat on horrible 70s sitcoms. Try \* Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home,\* a primetime cartoon starring Tom Bosley. Not impressed? I have \* On the Rocks,\* a sitcom about prison life. \*\* Holy mackerel. A sitcom about _prison life_?? :eek: Okay, I concede!! 😃 (The cartoon show with Tom Bosley sounds totally cool. My dad is the spit and image of Tom Bosley; in fact, growing up, the neighborhood kids used to call him “Mr. C.” I’ll ask my father if he remembers the show. He was a HUGE “Happy Days” fan anyhow!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-tv-sitcoms-that-only-lasted-a-few-episodes/121149.md?page=4)