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Guitar_Raph
06-04-2011, 08:54 PM
Seeing the upcoming Disney series; So Random, it joins an elite group of tv spin-offs to use a different format.

Here's what I mean..

Sonny With A Chance (sitcom) spun off So Random (variety sketch show)
The Carol Burnett Show (variety show); Mama's Family (sitcom)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh In (variety sketch); Baggy Pants & The Nitwits (cartoon) & Letters to Laugh-In (game show).

The Nitwits were based on Gladys (Ruth Buzzi) & Tyrone (Arte Johnson)
Mandi-chan
06-05-2011, 01:23 PM
Torchwood (spun off from Doctor Who, and is a very different animal).
BubblyShell22
06-06-2011, 07:31 AM
Cory In The House (spin-off of That's So Raven)
Jester
06-06-2011, 08:01 AM
Though I never watched it, The Brady Bunch Hour which was a variety show spin of of some show from the 70's...can't quite put my finger on it...
Guitar_Raph
06-06-2011, 08:04 AM
Cory In The House (spin-off of That's So Raven)
WRONG! You misunderstood this thread. They are both sitcoms. It would be correct if Raven's a sitcom & Cory's a dance music show.

Here's a couple of bizarre twists.

VIDEO POWER; Video game news/cartoon (1990)/Game show (1991)
ED ASNER: Played Lou Grant on a comedy (Mary Tyler Moore) & his drama spin-off (Lou Grant)
BubblyShell22
06-07-2011, 11:12 AM
Yes, they are sitcoms. However, I remember the actors saying that it was still a spin-off of That's So Raven. Just like So Random is a spin-off of Sonny With A Chance. Both are sitcoms.
wilddiverse
06-07-2011, 03:08 PM
The Simpsons debuted as a short on The Tracey Ullman Show (sketch/variety).
Powder
06-07-2011, 03:29 PM
You guys don't get it. Spinoffs that were a different format.

Like taking a character from a Law Drama and putting him in a Law Comedy sitcom taking place in the same continuity.
BubblyShell22
06-09-2011, 04:47 PM
Oh, whatever. As if I really care.
Cure
06-09-2011, 04:51 PM
Touchy, touchy.
Jester
06-09-2011, 04:56 PM
Oh, whatever. As if I really care.
Hate to be "that guy" but, then why even post in the thread?
Guitar_Raph
06-13-2011, 12:33 PM
Just like So Random is a spin-off of Sonny With A Chance. Both are sitcoms.

Wrong again! Sonny's a sitcom while Random's a sketch show, they're not alike. Sonny never had a weekly musical guest per episode.

I define a sketch show like Saturday Night Live or The Carol Burnett Show.

Nick use to have All That & The Amanda Show (which also qualifies on the list because sketch show Amanda Show spun-off sitcom Drake & Josh).

I have reached another milestone. 1,100!
BubblyShell22
06-13-2011, 02:33 PM
Okay, then maybe I messed up. Whatever.