# What's the worst idea for an old t.v. show turned into a movie you can think of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791 "2004-03-06T00:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/1 "2004-03-06T00:12:46Z")
Well, they’re making another “Scooby Doo” movie. And “Starsky & Hutch” has just premiered. (IMO, a movie poking fun of the homoerotic subtext of “S&H” is just plain redundant.) It’s about time we throw up our collective hands, and simply accept the fact that hollywood will NEVER stop recycling old t.v. shows to make into movies. We can look forward (or dread - sic) to eventually seeing a “Seinfeld” movie making fun of the retro-1990s, and possibly starring Jason Schwartzman as Jerry Seinfeld. My question is what is the WORST POSSIBLE idea for an old tv show turned into a movie, rather than what was the worst execution of that idea yet? For some strange reason, after watching an ad for the “Starsky & Hutch” movie, the thought flashed through my mind of an “Elektra-Woman & Dyna-Girl” movie, with say Michelle Pfeiffer and Sarah Michelle Gellar in the title roles. The idea of it was not nearly as horrific as knowing that eventually it will likely happen. What’s the show you’re dreading seeing at the multiplex? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/2 "2004-03-06T00:17:03Z")
Well, I never saw it, but I heard that the movie _The Beverly Hillbillies_ with Cloris Leachman as Granny and Jim Varney as Jed sucked toads. I can believe it. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/3 "2004-03-06T00:17:10Z")
The Wild Wild West ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/4 "2004-03-06T00:20:35Z")
I was being funny. Really I get the OP and would say perhaps Rockford Files because that show worked because of Jim Garner and … say Jim Carey …in the role would simply crap it up. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/5 "2004-03-06T00:37:23Z")
The Facts of Life. With Sandra Bullock as Mrs Garret. You know they would. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/6 "2004-03-06T00:38:41Z")
Wheel of Fortune. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/7 "2004-03-06T00:39:22Z")
I know you were being funny, but Wild, Wild West could have been an EXCELLENT movie… My Mother the Car springs to mind when I read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/8 "2004-03-06T00:40:09Z")
You would not be able to pay me enough to see a Full House movie. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/9 "2004-03-06T00:49:07Z")
I don’t think the humor of _Sanford and Son_ or _Chico and the Man_ would be all that humorous these days. But I don’t think you could do worse than _Mr. Ed_. Starring the hilarious voice antics of Robin Williams as Wilbur. Wilbur would of course of course have to be really shitty CGI. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/10 "2004-03-06T00:52:08Z")
_Cop Rock: The Movie_ ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/11 "2004-03-06T00:52:26Z")
Cop Rock w/ Ewan McGregor ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/12 "2004-03-06T00:56:17Z")
**vl\_mungo** : What’re the odds?! :eek: ---
**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:** [March 6, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/13 "2004-03-06T01:03:46Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > I don’t think the humor of _Sanford and Son_ or _Chico and the Man_ would be all that humorous these days. > > But I don’t think you could do worse than _Mr. Ed_. Starring the hilarious voice antics of Robin Williams as Wilbur. Wilbur would of course of course have to be really shitty CGI. Wilbur was the owner, BTW. Anyway, there’s plans afoot (ahoof?) to make a modern day yversion of _Mr. Ed_ featuring Sherman “Geroge Jefferson” Hemsley as the horse. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/14 "2004-03-06T01:06:45Z")
Howzabout “Pink Lady and Jeff Go To Japan”? or “Ask Mr. Wizard” with Gov. Ahnuld in the starring role. or “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood’s Zombie Holocaust” by Wes Craven, natch or “Bikini Babes Meet Dragnet” or “The Honeymooners Go XXX” with Ron Jeremy as Ralph and Marilyn Chambers as Alice. Gives whole new meaing to the phrase “To the Moon, Alice!” ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/15 "2004-03-06T01:10:19Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > IBut I don’t think you could do worse than _Mr. Ed_. Starring the hilarious voice antics of Robin Williams as Wilbur. Wilbur would of course of course have to be really shitty CGI. See, most people would have thought of making the horse CGI, not the human, but your idea does look more interesting. Viewers Like You: The PBS Pledge Drive Movie. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/16 "2004-03-06T01:11:11Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Wilbur was the owner, BTW. :smack: I knew that. Way to ruin my own joke. > [@](#): > > Anyway, there’s plans afoot (ahoof?) to make a modern day yversion of _Mr. Ed_ featuring Sherman “Geroge Jefferson” Hemsley as the horse. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that every one we make fun of in this thread has already been pitched to Hollywood. _I Dream of Jeannie_ is being discussed, with Jessica Simpson being considered for Jeannie. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/17 "2004-03-06T01:15:09Z")
_Petticoat Junction - The Movie_: Zsa Zsa Gabor as Kate Bradley Dennis Hopper as Uncle Joe Paris Hilton as Betty Jo Jessica Simpson as Billie Jo Kelly Osbourne as Bobbie Jo ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/18 "2004-03-06T02:24:19Z")
“Letter Man” from _The Electric Company_ animations. There, I win. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/19 "2004-03-06T02:33:46Z")
Way to many times. **The Brady Bunch** of course. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-idea-for-an-old-t-v-show-turned-into-a-movie-you-can-think-of/232791/20 "2004-03-06T03:07:27Z")
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