Episode 40 - TV Spinoffs

The TV spinoff. For every “Maude” or “Frasier” there are dozens more like “Joey” or “After M*A*S*H.” Are spinoffs just a creatively-bankrupt way to extend a familiar brand? Or, do they actually improve upon the best qualities of their original to create something unique? We may not always get the spinoff we want, but sometimes we get the spinoff we deserve. 0:00 Intros 3:12 Supertrain 6:55 Mute 8:55 Black Panther 19:43 Creed 23:40 Game Night 25:25 Blockers (trailer) 28:00 Spinoff Introductions 29:18 The first spinoff character 31:46 The Honeymooners 32:43 Swearing 33:40 How do you define a spinoff? 36:51 Sidequels, NCIS, Law & Order, etc 38:33 Shows talking about other shows (The Talking Dead) 39:17 Beloved character spinoffs 41:28 Back door pilots 48:30 Unintentional pilots 50:40 Variety shows that spawn series 51:40 Spinoffs of spinoffs 55:40 Different Strokes 58:30 Spinoffs that are better than the original show 1:01:27 Spinoffs of soap operas 1:04:25 Would you consider these to be spinoffs? 1:08:00 This podcast is itself a spinoff 1:08:50 Spinoffs we want to see made Clips Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl Blur - Coffee & TV Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat Bob Cobert - Supertrain theme Twelve Titans Music - Pilgrimage" from "Mute" Official Trailer Kendrick Lamar, SZA - All The Stars (from “Black Panther”) Ludwig Göransson - Killmonger (from “Black Panther”) Ludwig Göransson - Wakanda (from “Black Panther”) Future - Last Breath (from “Creed”) Clip from The Princess Bride Blockers Trailer John Cena - Where Is My Mind Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh God I Hate Shakespeare - Something Rotten (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Clip from Fibber McGee and Molly Clip from The Honeymooners Theme to Mayberry R.F.D. Theme to 704 Hauser Theme to The Golden Girls (Thank You For Being A Friend) Clip from Star Trek S2:E26, “Assignment: Earth” Clip from The Brady Bunch S5:E14 “The Kelly Kids” Theme to The Greatest American Hero Theme to The Bionic Woman Theme to Enos Gloria Loring - The Facts Of Life (theme) Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Next Generation (theme) John Sebastian - “Welcome Back” (Theme to Welcome Back Kotter) Mase - Welcome Back