# What 50s-70s TV shows haven't been made into movies in the past 20 years? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216 "2008-05-05T23:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/41 "2008-05-06T16:39:15Z")
“Amos ‘n’ Andy” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/42 "2008-05-06T17:15:39Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody tried to do an “I Love Lucy” movie based on the premise that a producer was trying to remake it as a TV show and was looking for people to cast as Lucy and Ricky, sort of like the “Bewitched” movie from a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/43 "2008-05-06T17:22:11Z")
I can see Debra Messing messing that up. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/44 "2008-05-06T17:29:31Z")
There are constant rumors that _The Prisoner_ will be made into a movie, with many discussions on casting and the appropriate director, but it still languishes in development limbo. I have no idea what the current rumor is, but it is more likely than not to fall apart before filming begins; even the remake of the television series is a no-go. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/45 "2008-05-06T17:58:17Z")
> [@](#): > > “Amos ‘n’ Andy” not in the past twenty years, of course (who really wants to commit suicide?), but there WAS an **Amos and Andy** movie – **Check and Double Check** \* > **[Check and Double Check](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_and_Double_Check)** > > Check and Double Check is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures, based on the Amos 'n' Andy radio show. The title was derived from a catchphrase associated with the show. Directed by Melville W. Brown, from a screenplay by Bert Kalmar, J. Walter Ruben, and Harry Ruby, it starred Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in blackface, in the roles of Amos Jones and Andy Brown, respectively, which they had created for the radio show. The film also featured Du... [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020758/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020758/) It was RKO’s biggest hit until **King Kong** - A catch phrase from the radio show. How many of us knew that bit of still-common slang came from Amos ‘n’ Andy? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/46 "2008-05-06T19:03:40Z")
I actually have a copy of that movie. Pretty forgettable, especially if your basis for the characters was the TV program instead of radio–although there was one part that gave me a chuckle: Kingfish lines up a taxi job for A&A. It’s going to be worth 20. Kingfish thinks he is entitled to a 10% cut of the 20, and goes into some long convoluted math that ends up showing that his 10% is going to amount to $12. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/47 "2008-05-06T19:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] It’s not going to happen after the _60 Minutes_ movie did so bad in the box office. Which was no surprise. What were they thinking to cast Keanu Reeves as Dan Rather? [/QUOTE] And with a running time of 2:49, the title was very misleading. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/48 "2008-05-06T19:24:14Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s not going to happen after the 60 Minutes movie did so bad in the box office. But the theme song was so catchy… ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/49 "2008-05-06T19:25:06Z")
Laverne & Shirley The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Bob Newhart Show The Jeffersons One Day At A Time Maude That Girl Green Acres The Dick Van Dyke Show ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/50 "2008-05-06T19:30:48Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] But the theme song was so catchy… [/QUOTE] Tell me about it. I’m still humming it. hmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhm. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/51 "2008-05-06T20:04:41Z")
Sky King Route 66 Welcome Back, Kotter The Real McCoys Couldn’t you say that Hogan’s Heroes was a take off of Stalag 17? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/52 "2008-05-06T20:33:29Z")
I know they did a few made-for-TV “Rockford Files” movies a few years back, but no feature films that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/53 "2008-05-06T20:39:32Z")
Heh. I wonder how they’d handle Space:1999 now? I might actually like to see that one. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/54 "2008-05-06T20:58:59Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Sky King Route 66 Welcome Back, Kotter The Real McCoys [/QUOTE] Ah, someone from my generation. How about Ripcord Whirlybirds Love that Bob, December Bride (and its spinoff, Pete and Gladys, starring Harry Morgan from the Dragnet remake and Mash) Rawhide Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Now that could be good, with some decent special effects. BTW, Kolchak started as two made for TV movies written by Richard Matheson. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/55 "2008-05-06T21:08:25Z")
I liked _The Fall guy_ and _Rockford Files_. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/56 "2008-05-06T21:31:38Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Now that could be good, with some decent special effects. [/QUOTE] So could [_Captain Video._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Video) And [_Moonbase 3_](http://davidszondy.com/future/moonbase3/moonbase_3.htm) (does BBC count?). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/57 "2008-05-06T21:40:17Z")
Oh, and [_UFO!_](http://davidszondy.com/future/UFO/ufo.htm) I want a _UFO_ movie! And [_The Invaders!_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invaders) ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/58 "2008-05-06T22:09:35Z")
So, they tried [Electra Woman and Dyna Girl](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283727/) on TV and it didn’t take. Maybe it’s due for the big screen treatment? Oh, and how about [Here Come the Doubledeckers!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066669/)? I loved that show when I was 6. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/59 "2008-05-06T23:23:33Z")
What about Peter Gunn? It has arguably the most famous TV theme music of all time, yet I’ve never actually seen it broadcast, much less turned into a movie. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216/60 "2008-05-06T23:43:31Z")
How about a [Beany and Cecil](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052492/) movie? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-50s-70s-tv-shows-havent-been-made-into-movies-in-the-past-20-years/448216.md?page=4)