The Remakes

The Remakes was Originally Posted on July 12, 2005 by lavarock

Ok, so I admit that Merv Griffin came up with a goldmine in creating Wheel of Fortune. When you watch the show most people still have not figured out that he created a multi-million dollar empire out of the kids game of Hangman!

Speaking of remaking one thing into another, have we completely run out of new ideas? Do we have to rehash every movie and TV show that ever existed?

It may have started with I love Lucy, then the Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour and Here’s Lucy and the Lucille Ball show and… oh you get the idea. They even did a movie called The Long Long Trailer which was essentually, Lucy and Desi in a trailer on a long trip.

Then there were spin offs from Happy Days which included the Fonz, Lavern and Shirley and Mork and Mindy, Joanie Loved Chachie and maybe 150 other shows.

Ok, so I understand spinoffs with different characters. I can see that, but if you look at recent movies which have been or will be released, you begin to wonder if the writers went on strike or they think we forget easily.

There is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (I guess like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), and Bewitched, The Grinch (as in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas?) and the Bad News Bears are being remade. How about the Dukes of Hazard, the Honeymooners, Fat Albert and Charleys Angles?

Come on. The next things they will think of is to haul Uncle Milty out of the grave.

And speaking of old timers, I will turn the TV off when they bring back that sidekick on the Joey Bishop Show from the 60’s. What was his name? Regis something?