I think with some freedom to develop how insane the escapees were, allow the protagonist to be more in line with his history (for a rough and tumble ex-cop gone astray, he sure came across as a big wuss), plus, the devil in every episode… the show might have lasted with some nudity and gore and f-bombs.
The thought of Aunt Bea in a teddy makes me want to reach for the brain bleach-but we’d find out if Barney was doing Otis in a drunken state down at the station.
Another suggestion would be Lassie.
Arf. Arf!
What’s that girl? Timmy is experimenting with autoerotic asphyxiation?
Arf! ARF!
He’s up in the barn loft with a hangman’s noose and a rubber sheep?
ARF! ARF!
He’s out of Astroglide???
We’ve got to save him now! Good girl, Lassie!
I just had an evil thought. Same cheesy actors, same cheesy plots, same endless smirking double-entendres, but now with FOLLOW-THROUGH! I speak, of course, of the HBO production of “Three’s Company.”
Plus, since there seem to be a lot of Don Knotts fans on this board …
There’s Uncle Joe, he’s movin’ kinda slow, at the Junction…
But the Betty, Bobbie, and Billie thing would work. I’d like me a Lori Saunders/Gunilla Hutton action (Gunilla got replaced by Meredith MacCrae, she’d work, too).
Buffy and Xena were among my first thoughts as well, but upon reflection I have to disagree on Xena. Not that don’t enjoy the thought of a tasteful waterfall shower scene starrring Lucy and Renee, but the charm of Xena, to me was the essential ambiguity of the PHYSICAL relationship between Bard and Warrior, which allowed the EMOTIONAL relationship proper prominence.
But naked Willow? I’d buy a Tivo. and I hate Tivo.
My first thought. Aww, yeah, naked Spike. Ooh . . . that man is the most gorgeous creature in existence, weird hair or not.
Ooh, know what was a great show? “Sports Night”. There was seriously something between the two male leads. (Well, in my imagination there was.) I wouldn’t mind seeing them get all naked and stuff. Great writing, too. Man, I miss that show.
I’ll see you and raise you: Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour
Next we have Penny Frstanywicz from Ypsilanti, 14 years old, dancing tap while playing the accordion and performing, “If I Didn’t Care” by the Inkspots, while she’s nekkid.