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Biker Boot Camp: Missed Opportunities - Series Implementing an Actor's Name
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TV talk shows that implement its host's real name within the context of a cheesy pun are a bedrock example of television's historical lack of creativity.
Remember Alan Thicke's short-lived Thicke of the Night? OK, I know you don't, but you get the point. But rather than this being only utilized for
lame talk shows, I want lame scripted shows with the same format!
Can you imagine how awesome life would have been had a producer, immediately following the cancellation of Growing Pains, signed Alan Thicke to a
pilot called The Thicke of It. Suffice it to say, our childhoods would have all been flooded with just a little more joy.
So what are some other cheesy name-pun possibilities that we should encourage TV producers to explore? Allow me to offer some suggestions, and please,
feel free to leave comments and suggestions of your own...
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5. Child Abusey (working title - Child O' Busey)
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Jake Busey stars as a social worker who must help abused children while dealing with past issues of his own. Namely,
those involving growing up with a psycho father.
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4. Mulally-gaggin' Around
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Megan Mullally stars as a single, annoying woman in her 40s who still hasn't decided what she wants to do with her life.
She spends her days in coffee bars and bookstores, wasting her time and everybody else's.
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3. Burning Bridges
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Beau Bridges stars as a recovering alcoholic who is struggling to get his life back on track. Unfortunately, he has alienated everybody
in his life who he was ever close to, especially his grudge-holding daughter who just can't let go of the past.
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2. Howellin' at the Moon
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C. Thomas Howell stars as a late night radio DJ who's looking for love and contentment ... in all the wrong places.
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1. Diamond in the Rough
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Lou Diamond Phillips plays a rough-around-the-edges cop with a heart of gold. Sure, he hates the bad guys, but deep down inside
he has a soft spot for puppies and cheese bagels.
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| Reader Comments |
On Friday, February 01, 2008 at 2:22:56 PM Julian mused:
- Busey Boy : Gary hamming it up
- Nielsen's Ratings : Leslie Nielsen as a bumbling cop, saving his sitcom from cancellation
- Gossip : Luke Goss's weekly tabloid update
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On Friday, February 01, 2008 at 2:26:57 PM Shane mused:
How about a sitcom starring Courteney Cox as a vetenarian who inherits a farm. "Cox-a-doodle-do!"
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On Saturday, February 02, 2008 at 2:53:15 AM Guylian mused:
Oh god... I can see numbers 3 and 5 being made already...
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On Saturday, February 02, 2008 at 2:55:04 AM Guylian mused:
Sorry.... numbers three and one. Five's already been made as 'The Guardian'.
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On Saturday, February 02, 2008 at 5:18:29 AM Trantee mused:
Get the Fox Out - Staring Michael J. Fox who plays a midget in a big man's world and tries to find the love of his life
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On Saturday, February 02, 2008 at 3:51:56 PM TaMara mused:
#2 could also be about werwolves, in the sense of the greatest werwolf movie of all time, Cursed!
Wow, its easy to lie typing!
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On Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 2:42:54 PM Laslo Hollyfeld mused:
How's about a Lifetime biopic about the scandalous affair of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines and pop musician Matthew Sweet?
"Sweet Child o' Maines"
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