Shows that were canceled too soon...
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A_Iverson_I
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Actually I remember this too.... there was only like 6 eps broadcast here before it was canceled but there were more episodes produced - more than one season (26 eps in total) - http://www.tv.com/tru-calling/show/17237/episode_listings.html?tag=subtabs;list
If you bite some torrents you may be in luck
wolvesjr34
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Actually I remember this too.... there was only like 6 eps broadcast here before it was canceled but there were more episodes produced - more than one season (26 eps in total) - http://www.tv.com/tru-calling/show/17237/episode_listings.html?tag=subtabs;list
If you bite some torrents you may be in luck
LOl I meant to say 1 season plus 6 episodes.
I have the entire series on DVD
Allstar cards inc
"Got one more than Shaq!"
Alright...I've been thinking about this for a while and I've come up with 2 shows.
1. Double the Fist (2004 - 8 episodes - ABC) - the most fistworthy show on television. I have heard/read that there is currently a new series in production due on air in 2008....but 4 years is too long to wait!!! This show beat Kath and Kim for the AFI for Best Comedy in 2004!!
2. The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988 - 13 Episodes - ABC) - this was a strange animated cartoon (made by Hanna Barbera) shown 5.30 on a Friday on the ABC if my memory serves me correctly....it was brilliant and "Totally decent I must say"....and a bit more grown up than the timeslot suggests. Based on (and voiced by) a character created by Martin Short. Martin Short played a "real-life" Ed Grimley on Saturday Night Live and other shows. Awesome show that I need to get on DVD....but it's not available!!
1. Double the Fist (2004 - 8 episodes - ABC) - the most fistworthy show on television. I have heard/read that there is currently a new series in production due on air in 2008....but 4 years is too long to wait!!! This show beat Kath and Kim for the AFI for Best Comedy in 2004!!
2. The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988 - 13 Episodes - ABC) - this was a strange animated cartoon (made by Hanna Barbera) shown 5.30 on a Friday on the ABC if my memory serves me correctly....it was brilliant and "Totally decent I must say"....and a bit more grown up than the timeslot suggests. Based on (and voiced by) a character created by Martin Short. Martin Short played a "real-life" Ed Grimley on Saturday Night Live and other shows. Awesome show that I need to get on DVD....but it's not available!!
loved dark angel
One of the best scripted & cast shows ever.
Will be a timeless classic along with Black Adder (i prefer season 2 & 3) & Mr Bean (So funny for kids & adults)
So much quality out of the UK, to name a few.
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
Red Dwarf
Father Ted
Dads Army
Minder
Few shows i miss
My Wife & Kids
Chapelle Show (not so much cancelled)
Millenium
Surface
Firefly (Atleast we get Summer in Terminator The SC Chron)
4400
I forget the name but there was a show about some kids and a very rich music producer (got cancelled after 2 episodes) not the greatest show but it was funny seeing the guy get pissed because they would do very idiotic stuff.
hogan knows best (not sure how many season's it was on but funny none the less)
parental control (again not sure how many season's it lasted but the funniest dating show ever)
third watch (this was more than 3 season's but it was good and I had to list it. It was a police drama)
I really can't think of any shows that are 3 season's to list so I put a few up there.
I know I had a few in mind that only lasted 3 or less seasons and now I forget what they are
hogan knows best (not sure how many season's it was on but funny none the less)
parental control (again not sure how many season's it lasted but the funniest dating show ever)
third watch (this was more than 3 season's but it was good and I had to list it. It was a police drama)
I really can't think of any shows that are 3 season's to list so I put a few up there.
I know I had a few in mind that only lasted 3 or less seasons and now I forget what they are
"Brooke knows best" should be as good as it!
agreed! I was shocked when it was cancelled.
Anyone that likes Scrubs, Boston Legal or Arrested Development should check out the show "It's always sunny in Philedelphia", it's a wickedly funny show and covers some crazy material during the course of a half hour!! It's one of those shows that you have to be careful eating or drinking while it's on because you'll spray stuff out of your nose laughing!
Arrested Development was a HUGE success on dvd but didn't get noticed while on US tv so it got dropped. The third season is full of bitter references to this, especially toward the end. It was wrapped up at pretty short notice, but even then the loose ends are tied off with such comic genius it'll eventually be recognised as a classic. Easily the best US produced comedy this side of the first 3 seasons of Scrubs IMO.
I read somewhere that Gervais has no intention of doing any more that 2 seasons of "Extras", same as "The Office". I thought it was starting to wear a little thin towards the end of the second series myself. Taken together they give a pretty close to true overview of his life, working at a job he dislikes for a boss that annoys him whilst struggling to make it as an entertainer. Writes a treatment for a tv series (the office) and then gets caught in a totally different rut...
Fawlty Towers went for 2 seasons of 6 episodes, made several years apart. The BBC played several re-runs of season 1, becoming more popular each time, without really knowing if Cleese and Booth were actually DOING a second series!
Cleese was married to Connie Booth at the time (Polly the maid) but their marriage broke up during the period between the 2 series and once they finished the second series both went on to other things. Cleese was making a lot of customer service and staff training films around this time (remember the ads anyone?) and Connie Booth soon stopped doing anything in public and became something of a recluse, she NEVER talks about Fawlty Towers anymore which is sad seeing as she helped CREATE it.
Blackadder (my all time favorite) ran for the 4 seasons but Ben Elton started writing for it from season 2. The humor is very recognisable as Elton from this point.. "as cunning as a cunning fox that's just been made professor of cunning at Oxford", "It's the most pointless book since 'how to speak French' was translated into French". The quotes from Blackadder are some of the funniest oneliners I think I've heard on tv, and I've watched A LOT of tv!!
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton also wrote The Young Ones (another 2 series of 6 episodes each, and another show called "The thin blue line", I loved this show! It's another Rowan Atkinson series... GO THE BBC!!
aaaahhhh, I loooove tv...
Arrested Development was a HUGE success on dvd but didn't get noticed while on US tv so it got dropped. The third season is full of bitter references to this, especially toward the end. It was wrapped up at pretty short notice, but even then the loose ends are tied off with such comic genius it'll eventually be recognised as a classic. Easily the best US produced comedy this side of the first 3 seasons of Scrubs IMO.
I read somewhere that Gervais has no intention of doing any more that 2 seasons of "Extras", same as "The Office". I thought it was starting to wear a little thin towards the end of the second series myself. Taken together they give a pretty close to true overview of his life, working at a job he dislikes for a boss that annoys him whilst struggling to make it as an entertainer. Writes a treatment for a tv series (the office) and then gets caught in a totally different rut...
Fawlty Towers went for 2 seasons of 6 episodes, made several years apart. The BBC played several re-runs of season 1, becoming more popular each time, without really knowing if Cleese and Booth were actually DOING a second series!
Cleese was married to Connie Booth at the time (Polly the maid) but their marriage broke up during the period between the 2 series and once they finished the second series both went on to other things. Cleese was making a lot of customer service and staff training films around this time (remember the ads anyone?) and Connie Booth soon stopped doing anything in public and became something of a recluse, she NEVER talks about Fawlty Towers anymore which is sad seeing as she helped CREATE it.
Blackadder (my all time favorite) ran for the 4 seasons but Ben Elton started writing for it from season 2. The humor is very recognisable as Elton from this point.. "as cunning as a cunning fox that's just been made professor of cunning at Oxford", "It's the most pointless book since 'how to speak French' was translated into French". The quotes from Blackadder are some of the funniest oneliners I think I've heard on tv, and I've watched A LOT of tv!!
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton also wrote The Young Ones (another 2 series of 6 episodes each, and another show called "The thin blue line", I loved this show! It's another Rowan Atkinson series... GO THE BBC!!
aaaahhhh, I loooove tv...
You must be my twin..or im yours.
Wacthed the cleese customer service ads aaaaages ago, can see where ING got the Billy Connely idea
Couldnt agree more with the blackadder comments. His insults to Bladrick & Percy are brilliant.
Some of my fave scenes
Edmund: Right. Now all we have to do is fill in this MP application form. Name: (with Baldrick) `Baldrick'. First name...?
Baldrick: Er, I'm not sure.
Edmund: Well, you must have some idea...
Baldrick: Well, it might be `Sod off'.
Edmund: What?
Baldrick: Well, when I used to play in the gutter, I used to say to the other snipes, "Hello, my name's Baldrick," and they'd say, "Yes, we know. Sod off, Baldrick."
Edmund: All right, right right right right, `Mr. S. Baldrick'. Now; distinguishing features... `None'.
Baldrick: Well, I've got this big growth in the middle of my face.
Edmund: That's your nose, Baldrick.
Edmund: Ivor Jest-ye-not-madam Biggun...
Vincent Hanna: (cuts) Standing-At-The-Back-Dressed-Stupidly-And-Looking-Stupid Party...
Edmund: No votes.
(Ivor laughs, plays a bazooka (kazoo) in E's ear, laughs more and waves)
The macbeth bit
ahh tooo many to mention
if you like those you must like Life of Brian, Meaning of Life etc
