One of the worst things that can happen to really good TV show is that it will go on for too long. The stories start to repeat themselves and all of the original stars move on to other things. They replace these stars one by one until you are left with a bunch of bit players in lead roles. I hated when that happened to one of my all time favorite shows: Bonanza.
You see several things happened. Adam was the first to go. He thought he was too good for the show and went off to play Shakespeare and stuff. Of course the offers didn't come when he wasn't a big TV star so he was playing in "The Odd Couple" in a dinner theater in Topeka. Then of course Hoss died in an unfortunate sandwich accident where he finally found a ham sandwich that he couldn't handle. Papa Ben Cartwright was getting ready to become an astronaut and go off to fly on a Battlestar or some bullshit like that. And Little Joe was all distracted with his own projects of movies about wetting the bed and auditioning little girls in potato sacks to see if they wanted to live in a little house on the prairie.
So they had to make do with lesser lights. Bit players. Not ready for prime time types. You know. Losers.
They adopted this kid called Jamie who was a real nutjob. He was paranoid and hated everyone. And he was very jealous. He hated all the original kids because he was adopted. He made fun of poor dead Hoss calling him Hossaroni and saying he was a pedo byro whatever the hell that was. He called Little Joe a Mormon because he had so many wives which was kinda weird because they would always get run over by a horse or something by the end of the episode. And he really hated Adam who was the first to escape. He called him a wicker mason or something which is weird because why would a bricklayer need wicker? WTF?
Of course you could pretty much ignore Jamie because he was so obviously a loon. The one new guy you couldn't ignore was Candy.
Candy aspired to be a top hand. The Cartwright's number one Cowboy. But he got all arrogant and cocksure. He would tell everybody what to do and what to think. He was always belittling and shouting people down. Telling them where to stand and where to film and how to speak and how to vote. He was so sure he knew everything and mocked and hectored all of the other bit players. He made Sheriff Coffee cry. It was terrible. In fact it was so bad that the show was eventually canceled after more then twenty years. Candy had driven it into the ground.
That kinda messed Candy up. He didn't know what to do or where to go to be a bigshot to boss everyone around. He was on a soap opera for a while and made a few commercials. The last I heard he became a masked Mexican wrestler or something who only had an outlet when he went down to the 7-11 to get a reheated burrito while wearing his Mexican Wrestler Mask. It's a pity really. He should have realized he was not really a star. Just a bit player who came to the fore when the show was really winding down. He needed a little humility if he ever wanted people to remember him fondly. He just had to realize.
He could never be Hossaroni.
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I love the subtle jabs there Trooper. My older sister thought David Canary was dreamy. She married a guy w/ some of the same features.
Big game tonight there big boy. I dub it The Underachiever Bowl. Last year against the Pack that was a must win for both teams. The Giants phoned it in then. What about tonight?
I think they will win. The Cowboys have some problems and the Giants always win enough to disappoint you. So they will win today and then lose the second Cowboy game to finish out of the playoffs.
That's the way it usually goes.
Of course if we make the playoffs and play the Packers then the Giants will defintely win. The thing that fucks up the most bets is usually what happens and all the money will be on the Packers.
That show was over for me when Hoss died. I loved that goofy guy.
The cheese cut number I did on my finger the other night got infected. I forgot to put a band aid on it. Oh well, nature will run its course. Nice to have a healthy immune system.
I subscribe to the septic theory of life. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
I cut myself all the time when I am cooking. I tell the kids when I am teaching them to cook that two things will always happen to you when you cook.
You will cut yourself and you will burn yourself. It always happens one time or another.
You could be talking about Althouse's blog. She and Meade decided to adopt J and Carol Herman.
I was wondering when Don Shula would be having his champagne this year.
As I have mentioned, I am a big fan of the Virginian and Have Gun, Will Travel on Netflix. Surprisingly, Gunsmoke (which I do remember watching as a kid) doesn't hold up as well. Gunsmoke is actually a fairly dark show for its time. The Virginian and HGWT, while certainly violent, are not as dark.
I like both because some pretty good actors guest stared on both shows. And the writers on HGWT are really good.
I am only a quarter of the way through the Virginian and half way through HGWT, so I have not seen the decline of either show.
chickenlittle: The cheese cut number I did on my finger the other night got infected. I forgot to put a band aid on it. Oh well, nature will run its course.
Gangrene and then zombie chickens!
I remember the big scandal with Michael Landon, an affair! Probably the last one to do any damage in Hollywood. Seems kind of silly now.
Well that was before the President was getting a blow job in the oval office. After that everything else is no big deal.
Today the biggest star of Reality TV got famous for making a sex tape.
I'am looking at youse guys "American Pickers!"
American Pickers traded sexual favors for rusty old crap from the fifties? Damn!
Bad as you are,TY, some of the stuff you write makes Mr M laugh and say with wonder, "He's really good". Today it was the ham sandwich that started him off. "You know he's talking about MamaCass, don't you?" Yes, I know.
Strangely enough, I spent part of Friday evening reading snippets of Wiki info about Bonanza to an extended family member whose wires are starting to short. She loves Bonanza, especially Adam because of his education and "magnificent forearms". I tried to tell her Pernell had been married four times and Blocker was the one with more education, but she wasn't up for hearing that sort of reality.
Better for her to keep imagining things were as they seemed.
When I run into unexplained holes in stories and conversations, no matter how clean the surface where they appear, I go nuts. My puzzler get sore.
I appreciate your policy of allowing the note of deletion by administrator to remain in the thread and/or replace it with a note of your own that signals a deletion took place. As cluttered as such a note might seem to some, seeing it allows my puzzler to relax and go with the flow. I find it disconcerting to read a thread where two commenters are grinding away at each other and one is taken while the other is left. Especially so when this happens without notification or warning.
Was he very macho, Troop?
Muy Macho. About Seven times that of a normal muchacho.
And he doesn't often drink beer...but when he does....it is Amstel Light.
Everybody in Hollywood hated Candy.
That's where the term "Candy-ass" came from.
I kid you not.
That is muchos machos!
This may belong in a different thread but have you all ever read the history of the Nacho? link
chickenlittle, sounds a lot like the birth of caesar salad.
I believe it since it is in a pinch when inventive things happen in a kitchen.
Caplight is the chaplin of the flying monkeys so to speak. As both a minion and a syncophant you can rely on the fact that he is passing on a message for the EBL.
She has put you in your place and now you have her leave to approach the throne.
As that great talent Britney once said it's your perogative!
Don't mistake what I mean. You should do what you want to do Allie. Just sayn'
There are plenty of people who post here and there. That's their choice. I made my choice, and am happy to ignore that snakepit.
I appreciate Sixty. Thank you.
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