The TV spinoff. For every “Maude” or “Frasier” there are dozens more like “Joey” or “After M*A*S*H.” Are spinoffs just a creatively-bankrupt way to extend a familiar brand? Or, do they actually improve upon the best qualities of their original to create something unique? We may not always get the spinoff we want, but sometimes we get the spinoff we deserve.
0:00 Intros
3:12 Supertrain
6:55 Mute
8:55 Black Panther
19:43 Creed
23:40 Game Night
25:25 Blockers (trailer)
28:00 Spinoff Introductions
29:18 The first spinoff character
31:46 The Honeymooners
32:43 Swearing
33:40 How do you define a spinoff?
36:51 Sidequels, NCIS, Law & Order, etc
38:33 Shows talking about other shows (The Talking Dead)
39:17 Beloved character spinoffs
41:28 Back door pilots
48:30 Unintentional pilots
50:40 Variety shows that spawn series
51:40 Spinoffs of spinoffs
55:40 Different Strokes
58:30 Spinoffs that are better than the original show
1:01:27 Spinoffs of soap operas
1:04:25 Would you consider these to be spinoffs?
1:08:00 This podcast is itself a spinoff
1:08:50 Spinoffs we want to see made
Clips
Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
Blur - Coffee & TV
Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
Bob Cobert - Supertrain theme
Twelve Titans Music - Pilgrimage" from "Mute" Official Trailer
Kendrick Lamar, SZA - All The Stars (from “Black Panther”)
Ludwig Göransson - Killmonger (from “Black Panther”)
Ludwig Göransson - Wakanda (from “Black Panther”)
Future - Last Breath (from “Creed”)
Clip from The Princess Bride
Blockers Trailer
John Cena - Where Is My Mind
Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
God I Hate Shakespeare - Something Rotten (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Clip from Fibber McGee and Molly
Clip from The Honeymooners
Theme to Mayberry R.F.D.
Theme to 704 Hauser
Theme to The Golden Girls (Thank You For Being A Friend)
Clip from Star Trek S2:E26, “Assignment: Earth”
Clip from The Brady Bunch S5:E14 “The Kelly Kids”
Theme to The Greatest American Hero
Theme to The Bionic Woman
Theme to Enos
Gloria Loring - The Facts Of Life (theme)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Next Generation (theme)
John Sebastian - “Welcome Back” (Theme to Welcome Back Kotter)
Mase - Welcome Back
