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** Pink Lady was continuing its tour during filming, so between that and the language barrier we saw much more of Jeff...whose material wasn't good enough to hold things together. |
** Pink Lady was continuing its tour during filming, so between that and the language barrier we saw much more of Jeff...whose material wasn't good enough to hold things together. |
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** This show was so bad that [[The Agony Booth (Website)|The Agony Booth]] did [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Pink_Lady_and_Jeff/ a detailed run-down of the entire series] with tons of screencaps from the official DVD — including the unaired sixth episode, which manages to make the first five look tame and actually serves as [[Grand Finale|a fitting closer]]. |
** This show was so bad that [[The Agony Booth (Website)|The Agony Booth]] did [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Pink_Lady_and_Jeff/ a detailed run-down of the entire series] with tons of screencaps from the official DVD — including the unaired sixth episode, which manages to make the first five look tame and actually serves as [[Grand Finale|a fitting closer]]. |
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* ''[[The Starlost]]''. Full stop. This is one of the legendarily bad TV shows of all time, all the more heartbreaking because it was born out of a script for a miniseries penned by [[Harlan Ellison]] that, had it been made as written, would have been award-winning. Instead, it was subjected to substantial [[Executive Meddling]] and [[Adaptation Decay]], and produced on a shoestring budget in Canada at a time when Canada ''didn't have'' the kind of support and facilities for TV production that it does now. The result was so bad that it must be watched to be disbelieved; Ellison [[Disowned Adaptation|demanded his name be removed from the show]] and his "red flag" pseudonym "Cordwainer Bird" be used instead. |
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* ''[[Supertrain]]''. Fred Silverman of [[NBC]], maker of the aforementioned ''Pink Lady'', saw that [[ABC]]'s ''[[The Love Boat]]'' was a ratings hit and decided his network needed a similar show — a traveling location that combined the best of [[City of Adventure]] and [[Walking the Earth]], a large staff to slot the regulars into, and plenty of visitors/passengers who could be played by big-name guests. This show had all of that. It had '''everything''' that ''The Love Boat'' had except A) the boat itself and B) viewers. No, the location of this show was a giant, multi-story, nuclear-powered... train. Because, you know, the female 18-35 demographic is ''[[Sarcasm Mode|all about]]'' [[Freud Was Right|giant nuclear trains]]. |
* ''[[Supertrain]]''. Fred Silverman of [[NBC]], maker of the aforementioned ''Pink Lady'', saw that [[ABC]]'s ''[[The Love Boat]]'' was a ratings hit and decided his network needed a similar show — a traveling location that combined the best of [[City of Adventure]] and [[Walking the Earth]], a large staff to slot the regulars into, and plenty of visitors/passengers who could be played by big-name guests. This show had all of that. It had '''everything''' that ''The Love Boat'' had except A) the boat itself and B) viewers. No, the location of this show was a giant, multi-story, nuclear-powered... train. Because, you know, the female 18-35 demographic is ''[[Sarcasm Mode|all about]]'' [[Freud Was Right|giant nuclear trains]]. |
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** According to legend, Silverman tried to show off the model of Supertrain (which purportedly cost over $1,000,000 to make) to fellow NBC executives. When it started to move, the train inexplicably jumped the tracks and smashed to bits on the studio floor, causing another equally-expensive model to be built because they didn't get the hint. |
** According to legend, Silverman tried to show off the model of Supertrain (which purportedly cost over $1,000,000 to make) to fellow NBC executives. When it started to move, the train inexplicably jumped the tracks and smashed to bits on the studio floor, causing another equally-expensive model to be built because they didn't get the hint. |
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