Carla wasn't a "recurring" character on _Cheers._ She was a regular. One of only four characters who was in every episode.

Glad to see that Jerry Orbach landed the role of Detective Lenny Briscoe on Law and Order, which gave so many viewers the opportunity to appreciate his talent.

The Ten of Us: the best scene was at the beginning where they enter their new home and Heather Langenkamp describes the house, "Like something out of a Nightmare on Elm Street." (She played the iconic role of Nancy in the original movies).

Booker was AWESOME! It also included early roles for Lori Petty, Don Cheadle, Maura Tierney, and Mariska Hargitay, to name a few :)

The coach in Growing Pains wasn’t a friend of the Seavers. He was a teacher/coach at Mike and Carol’s high school.

Wouldn’t say Booker’s hair was a mullet. Great video! 😊

I loved Just the Ten of Us. It was a great show.

Sonny (Enos) one of the nicest guys you would ever meet. He was the same on tv as real life. He signed an autograph for me and told me part of his life story as if I were family.

A few bits of trivia: The actress who played Klinger’s wife Soon-Li on “M*A*S*H” and “After Mash” was Rosalind Chao. She would later go on to portray Keiko O’Brien on both “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” The actor who played Earl on “Flo” was Geoffrey Lewis, the father of actress Juliette Lewis. He also starred in no less than seven films with Clint Eastwood. “Day by Day” featured a pre-“Melrose Place” Courtney Thorne-Smith. “Checking In” co-starred Larry Linville, most famous for his role as Major Burns on “M*A*S*H.” “The Law & Harry McGraw” would not be Jerry Orbach’s last role as a crime solver. He would go on to star for many seasons of “Law & Order.” He was also Baby’s father in “Dirty Dancing.” Orbach was also the original Billy Flynn in “Chicago” on Broadway! You can find his performance of “All I Care About Is Love” on KZfaq and I highly recommend it.

I use to love Mel’s Diner and Flo saying kiss my grits…..damn the world was so much more fun back then.

Besides the MASH spinoff of "AfterMASH' there was "W*A*L*T*E*R" in which (Radar) Gary Burghoff stars as rookie cop Walter O'Reilly. The show only aired once as it was cancelled immediately. Then there was "Trapper John M. D." that show however was quite successful running for seven seasons.

When Polly Holiday left _Alice to star in _Flo_ she was replaced on _Alice_ by Diane Ladd as Belle. Ladd had played Flo in the film _Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore._

I loved "Just the ten of us"❤. I even loved the backdoor pilot on "Growing pains".

I was in traction for almost 3 months from a stupid motorcycle accident and in the hospital when "Flo" was airing. I watched the premiere and I was hooked. I enjoy each character and their and Flo's comedic timing. I'm pretty sure I've watched all 29 episodes. Of course, in all fairness, I was on a lot of strong medications during that period of my life. 😮😂

Great video, one thing Michael Learned was friends with Judith Light's character: Angela Bower Samantha "Micelli's" mom wasn't alive.

Never heard about living Dolls when it came out. But the fact it had 2 iconic TV moms in it surprised me. Michael Learned was the mom on the Waltons and Marion Ross was the mom on Happy Days.

Michael Learned wasn’t REALLY Samantha Micelli’s mother. Her father Tony was a widower in the series “Who’s the Boss?” Michael Learned’s character was a “house mother” for the models, I think?

I will always love mash, was a kid and was a great time watching with my grandma.

MASH was one of the greatest tv shows ever.

I actually liked After Mash, though I did not see it tell about 5 to 10 years ago for the first time. It reminded me how hard it was for me to leave the army for civi street back in the early 1990s and still some times have.

As a kid, M*A*S*H was one of my favorite shows and still is today. It struck a good balance of comedy and drama.

Checking In, with Marla Gibbs, was a spinoff of the Jeffersons, which itself was a spinoff of All in the Family.

I loved Enos. And I also loved how in the Dukes of Hazzard reunion movie they acknowledged it by making Enos a badass, as he was in his own show, and not the doofus he was in Hazzard.

I never understood mash when I was a kid, but watching it as an adult, it was great. There were some really bittersweet, amazing episodes.

You unlock a memory with Just the 10 of us. I really enjoyed that show when it aired.

I was a kid and loved MASH. Different generations and we from the same era.

The Booker theme song "Hot in the City" was written by Billy Idol for the show, and it was awesome.

Marion Ross was such a great 'mother' actress that no show wanted to change her name. :)

Booker was an awesome spinoff! It was cool when Booker had a 2part crossover episode with 21 Jumpstreet when he united with the old 21Jumpstreet to get Tom Hanson out of prison for a murder he never committed! Booker should've lasted longer!

There was a 70s pilot episode on Welcome Back Kotter which would have been an amazing spin-off for Lawrence Hilton Jacobs and George Carlin and Fred Grandy, which took place inna radio station. It preceded WKRP in Cincinnati. Ahead of it's time, I suppose.

Enos is the first spinoff i remember ever being aware of when i was a kid and i was really excited for it, i remember watching the premier and liking it but after that i only remember seeing a few more episodes and it was gone. i had the same feelings as you about MASH, my Father LOVED it and always watched it and i thought it was boring as hell and always left the room. as a kid i never even realized it was about Korea "which my Father served in" and i had always assumed it was about Vietnam. i never even knew there was a spinoff. i was a huge 21 Jumpstreet fan in high school and Booker was another show i did like and then it was gone. i LOVED Alice as well, i was growing up in Oklahoma and as a kid and my father worked at a Truck Stop out in the country beside the highway and i grew up around that place. i even got to meet George "Goober" Lindsay who is in that Flo clip there once when i was a kid, but that show always had an extra special place for me because the characters really reminded me of the people i grew up around who worked at and hung out at the Truck Stop. Flo is another one i remember but it just vanished so fast.

Oooh new Retro Renaissance, what a treat! Thanks for sharing your time with us!

I remember my favorite line from the law, and Harry McGraw was when he asked the lady lawyer to have his prescription filled, and she looked at the label, then stated you're supposed to take 1 pill every 10 hours, and his retort was "I thought it said to take 10 pills every 1 hour, no wonder I'm feeling so good". That was classic.

I LOVED Just the Ten of Us as a kid! I recognized the girl from Nigtmare on Elm Street because I had seen just the ten of us first. I didn't realize it was only on for 3 seasons. BUT ALSO...coach dad being "fired from his high school coaching job after a run-in with a female student" definitely should not have been used as the plot kick-off for a family comedy. The 80s, man....

Little more Trivia here - essentially, the 3 you see in AFTERMash (Jamie Farr, William Christopher and Henry Morgan) are the 3 who voted to continue the show after the 11th season, the rest of the cast voted against doing more which is why they got this spin off. If there was a third series there was talks of Alan Alda (Hawkeye) guest starring, shame we didn’t get to see that in the end. I’m a little biased as I’m a huge MASH fan but I really enjoyed watching this spin off, it’s a shame it just didn’t get the viewing figures it needed to continue but I completely understand why.

12:13 I actually remember this episode. Since they had been using the toilets for years already, they got to keep using them legally without having to pay. They had "squatter's rights".

Just The Ten of Us was also notable in featuring three actress alumni from the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise - Heather Langenkamp, Brooke Thiess, & JoAnn Willette.

The mascot for St. Augustine's was the Hippos. That's a clever joke that not many people would catch.

I loved Just the ten of us! That was a great show!

Just The Ten of Us was a well liked show in my family. One of the few shows we all would watch together.

Just the 10 of us was canceled because Miller-Boyett productions Who were dominating the sitcoms on ABC were promised a slot for one of their new shows on TGIF night. ABC did not have any other time slots to put just the 10 of us on for another season and that’s why the shows was canceled.

Booker was awesome. I actually liked it better than 21 Jump Street (and I loved Jump street!). Richard Grieco was so gorgeous back then.

Richard Greico did not have a 'mullet'.

Enos and Flo are prime examples of popular characters in shows that just aren't strong enough to carry a series Good when interacting with the other cast but take that away not enough 😊

17:52 I totally remember this (vaguely). Wasn’t the guy who played Greg in the Brady Bunch movie (95) have a dream episode where’s he’s the 4th Brady brother?

I have not thought of some of these shows in years! Thank you for the format of this channel!

I must say, I am looking back at these early shows, and being the '80s and '90s, I wish they would return. Things were so much easier and society was together, I guess.

This is a terrific drinking game... take a shot every time the narrator says the word "navigate".

I only had a chance to see just a few of After Mash episodes but loved each one.

Michael Learned wasn't Samantha's mom in Whos the Boss/Living Dolls. I think she was friend of the future step-mother Angela.

"Excuse me, Flo? *laughs hysterically*" - Lloyd Christmas

i wanted a after mash more like a hour long tv special showing how they all went home and reunited with loved ones,

I believe if After/Mash had taken place on a military base hospital the show had gone on longer, we Mash fans were used to seeing our beloved characters in a military surrounding and in uniform....

Day by Day has the great Chuck Brady episode!

100% agree, I almost watched everyone of these. Thank you for this

Great subject here. Thanks for explaining the 'back-story' on these shows. After MASH and Flow were well written gems. Hope you do more of these :) 📺 Have subscribed ☑

Enos was not a “recurring” character in the Dukes of Hazzard, and Carla was not a recurring character in Cheers. Recurring characters appear sporadically, and don’t have their names in the opening credits. Nick Tortelli was a recurring character on Cheers. Carla was a supporting character.

Getting my life together, finding out certain shows had spin-offs

I reached a point where I never started watching a show until its second season. Inevitably any show I liked during the new season would go off the air after a few shows. Must have been my bad taste as a kid. Saturday morning cartoons were more reliable. But this is a fun video. 👍👍👍👍

AfterMash was a success in its first season ,until CBS moved it to Tuesday nights opposite The A Team, which killed it in ratings.

i LOVE LOVE LOVED the show ENOS. I wish it was full seasoned and more of it

It really makes you wonder why they weren't a big hit when you see such an all-star cast. Like Living Dolls had so many famous actresses and upcoming actresses.

I always feel bad for the struggles unknown actors hired for supporting roles. They get the gig, get their hopes up and it bombs. Obviously it workout well for some of them and it’s cool to see where their journey started. It’s a gamble especially a cash grab spinoff which reeks desperation. I’m sure they asked Johnny Depp first before Richard Greco and he turned it down.. smart move

😂 I used to change the channel when I heard that mash music as a kid, too. 19:33 Thora Birch!

Very interesting. I really love those opening credits sequences.

Booker was on at 10pm Sundays. Not a good bedtime for the teens and college kids.

After Mash was an excellent show. I would love to own that on DVD.

I watched "Booker" as I was a Richard Grieco fan. I also liked "Just The Ten Of Us" & "Living Dolls".

Just the Ten of Us is literally the only one of these shows that I knew of which is odd because I was super into Dukes of Hazzard and Cheers. I wouldn’t put Just the Ten of Us in the failed category.

I loved MASH as a child. And Trapper John MD

I loved Living Dolls and Just the ten of us. Fun fact about Just the ten of us, Bill Medley, of the righteous brothers and singer of (I've had) the time of my life from Dirty Dancing sang the theme song. I also caught a glimps of Double Trouble at the beginning....i would love more discussions of that show!!! I loved that show soooo much.

"Baywatch Nights" takes the cake for the best spinoff ever. It's so ridiculously entertaining.

I wonder why I don't remember seeing any promotions for the show because I would have watched After Mash if I had known about it since I loved Mash and all the characters.

I loved Booker. Really too bad it was cancelled

You couldn't have said it better!! The beginning MASH Themesong definitely meant it was Time To Change the Channel for me as a kid too!! I didn't want ANY more MASH and was quite pleased when it went off the air as well as it's Spinoff!

Do one for Failed 90s spinoffs. I def think Models Inc was the 90s Living Dolls. Glad to see Just the ten of us got 3 seasons. That needs to be on Blu Ray

I loved Just the 10 of Us for 2 reasons: I'm a mark for Heather L. and I was a fan of Kirkenbower from seeing him open for Gallagher.

Thank you for this wonderful video. In some alternate quantum reality, these shows are all huge hits!

There was also Three's Company spin-off "The Ropers", especially midway through Season 2 when Louise Vallance joined the cast as Jenny Ballinger. Despite a late upward surge in the ratings, the show would ultimately be cancelled by ABC. She would go on to play Whazzat Kangaroo on "Zoobilee Zoo" and lend her voice to hundreds of cartoon shows since then.

Kate Mulgrew as 'Mrs. Colombo'

I love your videos. "Enos" may have faired better as a 30 minute sitcom. The one hour police procedural didn't fit with that character. Michael Learned had said if the show lasted she would have been fired and replaced with Marion Ross. She said they wanted her to be Charlotte Rae not the Eileen Ford type she played the character as. CBS later had Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore shows follow each other. "The Van Dyke Show" aired before "Annie Maguire" in the late 80s.

That was a big thing in the 70's and 80's especially on sitcoms. A very popular character would be spun off into his/her own show. Most of the time it didn't work out but there were some very successful exceptions. Frasier for example.

You got me on Enos. I remember that show still till this day. Got me on another one Aftermash.

I loved Just the Ten of Us!

You missed that both Empty Nest and The Golden Palace was a spin off of golden girls - although since you specified 80s I think Golden Palace was 90s, but Empty nest should have counted.

This one took me back. I remember watching this { Popcorn Float } Love it keep up the good work

Wow I never heard of AfterMash. Really enjoyed this video 👍 my favorite spin off was Soap. Loved that show. 😊

I liked Mash and After Mash. I liked seeing how they adjusted to civilian life Just the 10 of us and Checking in should have gotten a chance

“Flo” was, among other things, one of countless examples of how bad Hollywood is at doing TV series set in Texas. I’ve got to think the writers (and the accent coaches!) have never been to Texas. A major exception was “King of the Hill.” That animated show was an accurate portrayal of the culture and dialect of Garland, Texas, and was very well-written.

I liked After Mash. It showed how veterans adjusted to civilian life. Max Kilnger brought his wife back to the USA and struggled. I appreciated the scene where the heartbroken veteran got the letter that his fiance got married to a local man. He bawled to Klinger's wife that Max was a genius. He wouldn't let her get away. Love is so important!

I remember liking "AfterMash." And, I only watched MASH sporadically. Excellent compilation & commentary. Thanks much.

I loved Enos! I wish it was available to purchase or stream somewhere!

Just the Ten of us was a big part of my sitcom viewing. Really enjoyed it.

Glad you mentioned Just the Ten of Us, which has been rediscovered on here by Retrofat Channel.

Just the 10 of us was one of my favorite shows of my teenage years. I had a HUGE crush on Jamie Luner. She played Cindy Lubbock.

Honestly, Booker was great! Perfect fusion of charm, action, drama, and humor with an excellent, stylish lead. Grieco never really was able to break through like Depp, but showed he was marketable and exciting to watch. Unfortunately, the DVD set was incomplete as music licensing was a problem for the b.b. King episode, and the original Billy Idol theme song still remains missing from the show even on Peacock. At least Peacock reinstated the episode "Someone Stole Lucille."

I barely remember the show Alicia, but I remember Flo. I loved her. Watched reruns at my babysitter. I liked Just the 10 of us. Most of the other shows didn't register my memory.

I similarly couldn't stand MASH as a kid. Now I'm working my way through it, and loving it.

I was a fan of Booker. Great theme song, Billy Idol's "Hot In The City".

the last few seasons of murder she wrote, angela lansbury was just coasting. she had it worked out where she worked half the time. to fill her absence, cbs did a bunch of back door pilots disguised as murder she wrote episodes.