# Great TV moments that should have been but never were

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 4, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-moments-that-should-have-been-but-never-were/126967 "2002-09-04T15:45:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-moments-that-should-have-been-but-never-were/126967/62 "2002-09-06T21:03:25Z")

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**Neofishboy** , I think that’s the best thing I’ve read in weeks. Though it was helped in no small part by the fact that “The Minstrel Boy” from my _Black Hawk Down_ soundtrack started playing when I was reading it.

Kudos!

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-moments-that-should-have-been-but-never-were/126967/63 "2002-09-06T21:07:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Swede Hollow \*\*\*
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> > _Originally posted by photopat_  
> > The one where Major Nelson says, “You know Jeannie, let’s just go crazy. Make me a Rolls and get in the back. I wanna see that navel.”
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> > The one where Darren says "You know Sam, use your powers. I’m tired of shlepping into the city everyday. Make me a Rolls and get in the back. I wanna see that nose twitch for real.
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> Wouldn’t these lead to a **My Mother The Car** sequel?\*\*

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> [NBC to Produce Real-Life “My Mother, The Car”](http://www.hollywoodpulse.com/story3.html)  
> On the heels of CBS’s announcement to produce a reality series revival of “The Beverly Hillbillies” and Fox’s to make a real-life version of “Green Acres,” NBC has revealed its intent to construct a reality edition of the 1960’s classic “My Mother, The Car” that will find a real-life mother living underneath the hood of a 1977 Buick Le Sabre.  
> As the series is being described, it will feature David Templeton – a 37-year-old bachelor in Skokie, Illinois – and his 61-year-old widowed mother, Delores. The Buick is being outfitted with a special “living tomb” in between the engine and carburetor to allow Mrs. Templeton to be positioned in relative comfort 24 hours a day. She will speak to her son through a personal megafone attached to her lapel.

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**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-moments-that-should-have-been-but-never-were/126967/64 "2002-09-08T02:58:59Z")

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Aw… you guys are making me blush:)

I also would like to have seen Lady Aberlin haul off and smack that Lady Elaine bitch right off her Museum-go-Round. Anarchy in the land of Make-Believe!

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