All this talk of spin-offs

Jan 18, 2002, 6:34 PM ET25 posts by 19 postersalt.tv.simpsons
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Nate in H-townalt.tv.simpsons

Although the network is OBVIOUSLY priming Lenny and Carl to spin off into some sort of homoerotic buddy comedy, I think the only character with enough depth, potential pathos, and catchphrase-ibility to pull off 24 eps a year is Duffman. I think you all will agree.

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The RackD Burbaalt.tv.simpsons

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Drunk and full of pie, Steve Keith wrote:

Lenny! You were supposed to be 'E'!

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A homoerotic comedy with Superindendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner would be far better. "Z" wrote in message news:[email]...

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Nathan Loeschman wrote:

How about Birch Barlow? You could put Birch Barlow on Fox News and most of the viewers would think he is real.....Birch could have a "point - counter point" (maybe just a "point - I agree with your point") type show with Bill O'Reilly.

I think any spin-offs should be left entirely to fresh blood, and all of them ought to be some ways down the road. Just look at the quality of the second Star Trek series, which began two decades after the first. I don't think that all of Springfield's best should get their own shows, but if it was going to happen, here is my take:

"Simpson and Son" Old Homer and a mature Bart have gone nowhere in life, and are now a Yellow-American father-son team living in a derelict slum, where they operate a wrecking ball company. Typical zany fare, Lucy-esque for the most part.

"Brenda" Marge supplies the voice of a sassy Jewish chick named Brenda Morgenstern who lives in New York City. With the additional talents of Krusty the Clown and the Rapping Rabbis. Situational and character humor.

"Daughter of the Sun" Lisa, after a brief stint at college, goes about taking over the world one week at a time while making herself seem like a sweet, compassionate young woman who cares about sea junk and trees. A drama, with moments of wit.

"The Simpsons: The Next Generation" Maggie has turned out a lot like Homer, and has a family of her own in the anytown land of Bellingford. Who would have thought?

"The Hibbert Show" Julius Hibbert is a well-to-do doctor living in the New York area. His large, jolly family and his own unique brand of humor provide a mechanism for each episode's thinly disguised moral lesson.

"The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down" Hans Moleman is making action films again.

"Al Dente Youra Head, You Kookalamanza!" Given a show on the TV Food Network, Luigi spends every episode insulting his audience.

"The Fantabulous Misadventures of Sea Captain Horatio McAllister" A Nautical Network exclusive, this adventure/comedy features the good captain as he sails the world in search of ever more fantabulous misadventures.

"Keeping Abreast of Internal Revenue Policies" An older Martin Prince hosts this informative program that details with inordinate meticulousness all the updates and revisions to the forty-four thousand page U.S. tax code.

"Guest Starring!" This show provides a funnel for those inevitable calls from the fans for famous guest stars, as "Guest Starring!" features guest stars, only guest stars, and nothing but.

"102 Dalmatians 2: 103 Dalmatians" Santa's Little Helper gets a paint job for this demanding film.

"Ned in the Holy Lands" Ned Flanders demises, but before he can get through the pearly gates, he must relive one Bible story each week, all set in the psychotropic stylings of "Alice in Wonderland," and each time must confront yet another Biblical self-contradiction. This show focuses its appeal on the stoned youth demographic.

And so forth.

~Josh

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Ya know, thinking about it...they have enough interesting side characters to where I think they could get through a whole season, focusing one episode on each side character. That might be kinda neat.

Austin

Alan GerowALewis525alt.tv.simpsons

Don't they already kinda do that?!? The past several seasons have been focusing less and less on the main characters, and more on supporting characters. It has definitely allowed for some interesting story lines.

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"Joshua P. Fredman, esquire" wrote in message news:...

The reason the ST: TNG did so well was partly because the there was a large gap between the parent series and the spinoff. You must also understand that with the Federation and being in outer space were the other constents that carried over. There wasn't any members of the original show haning around, either.

My idea: www.maggieanderic.com, is essentially built around the same concepts of ST:TNG, except it takes place 12 years after the current setup, and would air five to ten years AFTER the original Simpsons ends. Most importantly, the secondary cast is over half new and the returning secondaries have new jobs.

Jake www.maggieanderic.com

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Nathan Loeschman wrote:

Yeah, him or Radioactive Man. Mr. Burns could be the arch-villain.

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