The Lookback : Scorch

The Flashback 


         It's about time we didn't write about something animated for a second we need real  live action  human flesh television.  It's time to dip into some short lived television:  TV series that didn't last long enough to be really remembered or it goes into cult status.  Is 3 episodes short-lived enough?

        That brings us to a series  from CBS that came out in 1992, it ran  just 3 episodes.  "Scorch" is about a dragon who is 1300 years old and took a 100 year sleep and woke up in 1992. ( I guess when you are 1300 years old you have to sleep long)  Let's look at the first episode. (Hey ! I saw you, trying to leave)

     

Hmm good thing  I bought that 200 year calendar 

         After the theme song, the series starts dragon-free with a man and his building manager are talking to each other.  His name is Brian Stevens  and he has an eight year old daughter named Jess, she wakes up  after having a bad dream about monsters changing her , and her father does the classic there are no monsters bit.  Guess what happens next?

                            A) Nothing 

                            B) What do YOU think happens Next?

                            C)  Duh, Dragon 

                            D)  Commercial break 

                                       To be fair that's not really a monster, per say.  

             Brian sees the dragon freaks out and his daughter freaks out and then we find out the dragon talks.  He also says of course dragon's talk. (Well yes, it was in that TV special).  The dragon says he over sleep for 100 years, family's gone ,got struck by lighting and now cant' fly. (he's had a bad century)   Jess asks her father to keep the dragon , at least until he can fly. 

                   

            The  next morning, the dragon tells Jessica that his name is Scorch (Title drop)  and  the viewer gets to find out that Jessica's mother is with her new husband. (At least she's not dead?)   Brian  is going to be auditioning for the part of weather man.  Oh the show takes place in New Haven. (Not many shows take place in New Haven)    

Hmm not good , that lamp pulled the room together.

       Brian takes Scorch to his audition  and  when the boss finds Scorch and Brian convinces him that Scorch is a dummy. So he gets hired. (glad that worked) This series also has John O Hurley  in it. 

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                Brian gets his first broadcast that same day and it goes strange. Scorch doesn't like the job because of John O Hurley's anchor character. Jessica convinces Scorch to stay because she doesn't like moving so much.  (awww)  

      Well it's a short lived series, but this post doesn't have to be  short, so let's head to episode 2 after the jump. 

Get TV to add classic series

Classics 

    Classic movies TV network, GET TV, will be adding classic TV shows to it's line up as well as still airing classic movies.   The programming will be divided  by blocks of  Comedy, Westerns, and Action/Crime.  Airing weekdays  from 7AMET to 8PMET.   This begins May 2nd.

Weekdays
Comedy Block
7AMET  The Thin Man
7:35am  The Jimmy Stewart Show
8:15am  Nanny and  The Professor
8:50amet   The Ghost and Mrs, Muir

Westerns
9:30amet  A Man Called Shenandoah
10:05amet   The Restless Gun
10:45am  Laredo

Action/Crime
12PMET  Tour of Duty
1PMET  S.W.A.T
2PMET  Airwolf
3pmet  Ripetide
4PMET  Hardcastle and Mccormick
5PMET  The Equalizer
6pmet    In the Heat of the Night


Press release after the Jump

The Lookback : The Brady Bunch : Spin offs

The Flashback 

   Here's  a story  of  a TV show  , called the Brady Bunch ,  the series began in 1969 and ran until 1974  (Pretty Much Nixon's presidency )  , but  that wouldn't stop the Bradys.
    That brings us to the spin offs (or revivals or something) , we already talked of one .. "The Brady Kids"  that was in our  "Animated versions of live-action shows" article  and that one ran around the same time as original series.  The shows we are talking about ... well didn't.

    1. The Brady Bunch Hour
 It's 1976 ( yay , bicentennial ,baby!)  and it's been about 2 years since the Brady Bunch ended.   ABC decided they want them back.    Everybody came back , except for Eve Plumb (Jan Jan Jan )  who was replaced by Geri Reischl .
                                                          
                                                        Jan went away for one year and came back...different 
  Instead of it being  sitcom or anything it was  a variety show.   ABC first tired this idea with The Brady Bunch Variety Hour on November 28, 1976 ,the ratings were good enough for ABC and they  made it a series with  the word variety taken out and it aired between January-May 1977 in various  times with 8 episodes.    It was produced by Paramount (who also are producers of original Brady Bunch) and Sid and Marty Kroft.   The idea came from  ABC's head at the time Fred Silverman (the guy who didn't any farm shows on CBS anymore)   he wanted to reunite the Brady cast.   4 members came on the popular  Donny and Marie Show  , that made great ratings so they  tried this variety show thing.  
    Since this is a variety , and most of these things are shows with skits , singing and dancing numbers it's not  like a sitcom or drama where the episodes had to have a strong plot line.  They had some sort of premise for the show  where Mike Brady founds that ABC wanted him and his family for a variety show . (Inside Joke?)  He gives up his job and moves the family to a beach house in Southern California.  ( San Diego?)
       The series ran for  9 episodes and then ended.

2. The Brady Girls get Married (or The Brady Brides)
    Ever wonder if Bobby got married ?( he was the best character besides Alice...this is called bias)
 Well that had nothing to do with this ,  in 1981  NBC wanted some Brady fun ( just  not on Supertrain)  so they had a Brady movie made. Well it was going to be a movie but NBC decided to let it go longer so they broke up the movie to 3 parts airing in 30 minute increments. This was called The Brady Girls get Married.  There was more they then stared a new sitcom called  The Brady Brides .  This is the one time everyone from the original cast (except the dog) was  together for something Brady related.   We also find out what happened after the original series (the Variety show ,thankfully didn't count)  Mike is still an architect , Carol is now a real-estate agent.  (He designs them , she sells them)  Marcia is a fashion designer ( it's like houses but with clothes) , Jan is also an architect, Greg became a doctor , Peter is in the Air force , (why does no one have an office job or something they hate or something?) . Bobby and  Cindy are in College. (Possibly becoming lawyers?)   Alice got married to Sam.  The Movie  was about Jan and Marcia's double wedding. (saves on having to do another movie)    The series was about Marcia and Jan living together with their husbands.  (because it saves on sets?)

 Carol and Mike are not shocked they are sharing a house.  /Copyright Paramount 

Come join us ... after the jump for more ... 

New Season of "Girl Meets World" starts May 11

TV News  Disney  Comedies 

       Disney Channel , "Girl Meets World" returns for a 2nd season  and there will be  a week of new episodes  starting May 11th to mark it off,  
 This season will have special guests stars from the original series, "Boy Meets World" ,  like William Daniels (Mr.Feeny) ,  Anthony   Tyler Quinn (Mr.Turner) , and Will Friedle (Eric Matthews)  .

Season 2  Episode 1  " Girl Meets Gravity"  airs Monday , May 11th at 8:30/7:30c   ; Guest stars include Cloris Leachman  and  William Daniels.
   Reilly (Rowan Blanchard ) and Maya (Sabrina Carpenter )  are ready for a brand new year of school , and ready not be part of Cory's class anymore but the change is more than they thought it would be.

Season 2 Episode 2  "Girl Meets  The New World"  airs Tuesday , May 12th at 8:30/7:30c
 

Season  2 Episode 3  "Girl Meets The Secret Life"  airs  Wednesday, May 13th at 8:30/7:30c
   There's  a new student from Texas and knows Lucas but there's something they don't know about Lucas.

Season 2 Episode 4  "Girl Meets Pluto" airs Thursday , May 14th at 8:30/7:30c
 Cory, Topanga, Shawn, Riley ,and Maya go to Philadelphia to dig up an old time capsule .
Guest starting  : Rider Strong (Shawn) and William  Daniels (Mr.Feeny)

Season 2 episode 5  "Girl Meets Squirrels" airs  Friday, May 15th at 8:30/7:30c
  Maya and Riley  get into a fight , and Cory calls in his brother Eric for help.
  Guest starting Will Friedle as Eric Matthews.