I did not know that Mark Hamill was in Eight is Enough, Louie Anderson was in Perfect Strangers, and Elizabeth Ward as Carol Seaver in Growing Pains. I grew up on Perfect Strangers and Growing Pains and never even knew about those changes.
@JepMasta
2 ай бұрын
This is the kind of content I come to KZitem for!!! I have always loved unsold television pilots, and pilots with differences in the actors I love watching them because it’s like being in an alternate universe where these shows actually made it
@janleonard3101
2 ай бұрын
I would love a whole video about Eight Is Enough. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
@btetschner
2 ай бұрын
x That is a real shocker that Mark-Linn Baker was not the first Larry! (he is so amazing in the role and has such great chemistry with Bronson Pinchot) x Tracey Gold and Kirk Camerson were on a McDonald's commercial together before they took on their Growing Pains role! o That is a shock to see someone else playing the role, Tracey Gold as Carol Seaver is one of the best ever sister characters!
@shanecasebeer1364
Ай бұрын
Ha, I didn't realise Gordon on Sesame Street was played by an actor! At the very least, I thought the guy playing Gordon would be named Gordon 😅
@windberbrandt8575
4 күн бұрын
Love this. Fascinating. Thanks for posting.
@SteelBoy
17 сағат бұрын
On a side note. The actor who played "Gordon" Matt Robinson on Sesame Street, is the father of Holly Robinson Pete from 21 Jump Street and Hangin' With Mr. Cooper..
@cammymc1982
5 күн бұрын
That Perfect Stranger opening dance and theme song was everything.
@katwernery6505
22 сағат бұрын
One of my aunts by marriage, her sister played Joanie on 8 is enough!
@jinakaye
3 күн бұрын
For Star Trek, the JJ Abrams' movies kept Capt. (Admiral) Pike…and his fate is so different. I cried my little eyes out in the theater when I saw it. It's so crazy-I only remember James Eckhouse as Brandon & Brenda's dad on the OG 90210. I'm so glad they never aired the pilot for “21 Jump Street”. Cousin Louie just wouldn’t have worked for “Perfect Strangers”. You can tell by the photos that the chemistry wasn’t there. The mystery “Gordon” was pretty cool. While I grew up with Roscoe Orman, I knew about Matt Robinson because he's Holly Robinson Peete's father. I'm never shocked by pilot switches because those happen all the time. It's just weird to know who was originally cast before the changes, especially if that actor became more successful (like Mark Hamill).
@jillyfae4895
9 күн бұрын
SO glad you included Gilmore Girls!
@albertusmagnus6606
2 ай бұрын
Awesome video! I watched most of these shows but had no idea Louie Anderson was in the pilot for Perfect Strangers! It would have been interesting to see that series with him staying on the show.
@LizC1213
3 күн бұрын
Great video!
@mjones4404
2 ай бұрын
You forgot the episode of the golden girls where in the pilot episode where there was a pool boy in the episode but is never seen again and no one knows what happened to him
@erinmalone2669
Күн бұрын
I thought he was the cook
@PissNVinegar40
18 сағат бұрын
Blanche got a hold of him, he’s still bound up in her closet.
@jenniferhansen3622
5 күн бұрын
Have you ever done a video about TV show houses that ended up being changed? For example, the Brady Bunch house looked very different on the first episode. The Cosby Show house also looked different on its very first episode.
@mysocalledgenxlife
5 күн бұрын
Oh that’s a great idea! I will put that on my idea board and see what I can come up with.
@jenniferhansen3622
5 күн бұрын
@@mysocalledgenxlife Thank you! That's awesome!
@tootruetrivia5715
Күн бұрын
@@mysocalledgenxlifethey did it on “Hangin’ with Mr.Cooper,” and actually discussed it on the show (it was the same set as Growing Pains). They also did in in “Family Matters,” and “Fresh Prince of Bel Air.”
@NikkiDeJonge
5 күн бұрын
I love, loved Perfect Strangers!! It was a classic TGIF night. I remember watching this with my aunt..it was one of those shows, that made Friday night..I also remember Full House on Friday nights. And, I liked it better on Fridays-you knew it was the weekend..with Full House. It was an original TGIF..and, Just the 10 of Us (coach Lubeck from Growing Pains, and his daughters) 📺 😊💕 📼
@jenniferhansen3622
5 күн бұрын
I have the complete series of Growing Pains on DVD. It has that unaired pilot included. It is so strange not having Tracey Gold play the role of Carol! I wonder whatever happened to the actress?
@btetschner
2 ай бұрын
x 17:46 Actually, my first crush was on the previous show (#3) of this video! It was Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner.
@DillanOttawa
2 ай бұрын
Fun vid -- I had no idea about most of those first choices! For Star Trek, the clip you showed features Majel Barret at the controls, and she went on to play nurse/doctor Chapel in the orig series, and a few other characters on other ST shows.
@rstyeast73
Ай бұрын
She also was the voice of the ship's computer, a role she reprised on the other Star Trek series (The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager).
@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575
2 ай бұрын
bob saget's "the morning show"... on full house, wasn't danny the host of "wake up san fran"? art imitates life. and another honorable mention. mulcahy was originally played by george morgan, not william christopher. (bonus, william was on the 1st 4 epis of hogan's heroes in roles that never worked out, so it sorta comes around.) there are a lot of links from our shows to our parents' shows and back again, kinda like 6 degrees if you remove the limitation of 6. roseanne's sara gilbert is the adopted sister of melissa gilbert who played laura on lhotp with michael landon who was also on bonanza with dan blocker. dan's son dirk had a regular role on black sheep squadron with dana elcar as col lard who was also peter thornton on macgyver with richard dean anderson in the title role. richard was also col and later gen o'neill in the stargate franchise where a principle director was peter deluise who was on jumpstreet with steven williams as fuller. steven also made a guest appearance on at least one epi of stargate. there was another actor on stargate, a david ogden stiers, who was also on mash with william christopher who was on hogan's heroes... you see how this goes?
@Theospeak1
2 ай бұрын
+1 for an entire video about the drama and history surrounding Eight is Enough and it's cast, please! (And maybe a video sometime on shows that kids weren't supposed to watch but did anyway - Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Miami Vice and more!)
@Stephen-to7jx
Күн бұрын
And Suzanne Somers was the girl in the white T-Bird in American Grafitti
@pmrode
4 күн бұрын
at 17:49 you can see Dwight Schultz the one with glasses also making a cameo in the A team movie
@kc0lif
7 күн бұрын
glad shows changed people.
@grendler2677
Күн бұрын
Wow. Thank goodness they realized and finally got right Perfect Strangers. Good grief. Louie Anderson? What were they thinking? er smoking.
@btetschner
2 ай бұрын
A+ video! LOVE IT! Amazing video!
@mysocalledgenxlife
2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@SuperMarioBrosIII
6 күн бұрын
@@mysocalledgenxlife Remember the short lived sitcom Free Spirit back in 1989?🪄📺📼
@SuperMarioBrosIII
6 күн бұрын
@@mysocalledgenxlife The footage from Perfect Strangers pilot with Louie Anderson never aired and only photos exist from it! It may be shelved away in the WB vaults and has never ever leaked online as far as I know. I've researched this heavily myself too! The season 3 intro with the sparkle of light that shines over the shows logo which only occures in season 3's intro believe it or not is lost media. Apparently when WB were putting together the DVD on demand release they couldn't find the master tapes so they had to use the normal version no sparkle of light shining over the main title logo. 🤔📼🙏🙋
@SuperMarioBrosIII
6 күн бұрын
@@mysocalledgenxlife Actually parts of the Growing Pains unaired pilot did air actually. Look at Kirk Camerons hair 💇♂which is shorter and more blonde in some scenes without Tracey Gold. And Elizabeth Ward who was actually 24 when the first pilot was taped in still in the broadcast version and can be spotted walking in the background while Mike is in the jail cell LOL!🔍🤔🙆🕵
@kimmcconnell3854
Ай бұрын
George Peppard in Banecek.
@chorse70
2 ай бұрын
This one doesn't count at all but in All In The Family they had a different George Jefferson. By the time they did the spinoff The Jefferson's they replaced him with Sherman Hemsley
@jamesbusjahn6962
5 күн бұрын
Wrong! Before the character of George was introduced, his characters brother Henry, played by Mel Stuart, was the main male of Jefferson household. The character of George was introduced in an episode in the fourth season entitled "Henry's Farewell". Sherman Hemsley played the charachter in several episodes of "All in the Family" pior to the Jeffersons spinoff being produced.
@jenniferhansen3622
5 күн бұрын
@@jamesbusjahn6962You are correct, James.
@threemarksat210
2 ай бұрын
Speaking of the A-Team and Dirk, is this the greatest 80's television crossover moment of all time??... kzitem.info/news/bejne/mICMwIWepZunoY4
@mysocalledgenxlife
2 ай бұрын
Omg I can’t believe I forgot to use that clip!
@rstyeast73
Ай бұрын
Oh yes, you mean the scene in the third season opening in which an actor in a Cylon Centurion costume walked by Dirk Benedict as Face (which was spoofed in the Family Guy episode "Brian Goes To College").
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