Hi Gang,
Greetings to all.
The real first spin off of a TV show happened on the Price is Right back
when they added that Big Wheel. Ever since then they have a spin off twice
a show :)
Ken, that was a good list of kisses. Also Sam kissed a baby when he was
campaigning for head of city
show with a spin-off may have been December Bride, starring
Spring Byington and Co-starring Harry Morgan who was her neighbor Pete
Porter..Morgan was given the starring role in Pete and Gladys in 1960...
All In The Family leads the way with the most spin-offs, with Maude, The
Jeffersons, Gloria
I hate to disagree with wikipedia but in the introduction episode of tags
Danny Thomas gets stopped by Andy in Mayberry for not stopping for a stop sign
where there was no road. I would think that Andy could be considered a
supporting actor in this episode which was aired as part of the Make
You know it is either December Bride or someting else where the character Riley
retired. The show was Life of Riley. It was on the 50s. Riley retired and
every time Riley went to get in the backyard hammock, something would happen.
Priceless. All In the Family, as y'all have noted begat
I was just thinking about how Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. was a spinoff of TAGS and
wondering if anybody out there knows if this was the first time a spinoff of a
sitcom was made.
If it wasn't does anyone know what was?
Jerry Graber
Jerry,
TAGS was a spin off from The Danny Thomas Show.
Paul
The biggest TAGS fan in Jane Lew, WV
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Back in the late 50s, Spring Byington starred in December Bride. One of the
supporting characters was named Pete Porter (played by Harry Morgan) who had
an unseen wife named Gladys.
In 1960, shortly after December Bride ended first run production, Pete and
Gladys premiered with Harry Morgan and
The Andy Griffith show was actually a spin off of the Danny Thomas Show. The
Andy Griffith Show was the first real spin-off for network television,
originating in a 1960 episode of The Danny Thomas Show.
http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=thomasdanny
Jeanie/J in 'A
9. Spin Offs (Jerome Graber)
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I think the answer to what was the first spinoff depends on your definition of
spinoff. See Mr. Mulik's explanation below.
A. I've been reading the discussion lately about whether or not TAGS was the
first TV
I was just thinking about how Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. was a spinoffof TAGS
It is my understanding that TAGS was the first (and most successful) TV spin
off, introducing Andy Griffith and Mayberry in The Danny Thomas Show.
Jeff
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The very first, absoutely first spin off of one comedy show to another was when
The Great Gildersleeve left the Fibber McGee and Molly Show and started his own
show. But that was radio, and I know most people do not follow old time radio
the way I do. I guess you could technically say that
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