Name a classic TV show that will never be made into a movie...

[eeyore]

Dallas is being made. Apparently Ice Cube is doing Welcome Back Kotter.

What's next....Rhoda? Love Boat? Fantasy Island?

Is there an ill-advised TV show remake that Hollywood will not attempt?

Help me think of TV shows that Hollywood will never greenlight as movies.

[Ron Mexico]

1. Hogan's Heroes

Dead actors, touchy subjects.

[eeyore]

6. Wow, you may be right...

I think Bob Crane may have sidestepped that one with his sexual antics.

Well, at least we can rest easy that Chris Tucker will never be cast as Col. Klink.

[LynneSin]

22. I don't think it was Bob Crane's actions that would stop it

I mean just how cute and adorable can anyone make Nazism?

[alarimer]

44. They already made a movie about Bob Crane

and his, um, unusual hobbies. Starring Greg Kinnear.

But I think nobody finds Nazis funny anymore.

[bikebloke]

21. It was under consideration

Once upon a time, I read about a Hogan's Hero movie. But Mel Gibson backed out. I guess it died.

[cemaphonic]

39. But it was based on a movie to begin with, and a good one.

I say it doesn't count.

(Stalag-17) dir. Billy Wilder starring William Holden.

[Beware the Beast Man]

Hogan's Heroes, F-Troop..

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. The Hogan Family.

:shrug:

[progmom]

4. which was initially called Valerie, right?

and then "Valerie's Family"

why does my brain hold on to information like this? :cry:

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. You are correct.

[Left Is Write]

43. Yes. Valerie was played by Valerie Harper.

Apparently (and my memory is fuzzy on this - too lazy to look it up), after problems with the producers over whatever the issue was (money? scripts? control?), Valerie Harper left the show. To preserve continuity, they called it Valerie's Family as a sort of transitional name. Sandy Duncan took over as the kids' aunt, and I think the storyline went that Valerie had died.

[imperialismispasse]

3. That one with the little girl that was a robot

[eeyore]

8. You mean Small Wonder?

Now that sounds fantastic!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Wonder

[imperialismispasse]

11. Yeah Small Wonder

That was a bad show.

[Left Is Write]

47. Does that actually count as a "classic" TV show? I hope not.

[Squeech]

5. The Prisoner

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

That Was The Week That Was

[eeyore]

7. The Prisoner is being remade as we speak...

Not into a movie, but a new TV show. :scared:

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/182/182489_cameras_roll_on_the_prisoner_remake.html

[IA_Seth]

10. The Rifleman

My favorite western.

I am one geeky 28 year old.

[rurallib]

12. 'My Mother the Car' comes immediately to mind.

[fishwax]

17. that was my initial thought too, but then

I thought I could conceivably see it as a really crappy straight-to-video Kids movie made by Disney. Still, I hope you're right ;)

[Orsino]

25. David Hasselhoff is available, I'm told. n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

13. Meet the Press

[fishwax]

14. I Love Lucy

Probably also The Dick Van Dyke show, Make Room for Daddy, and other shows built entirely around a specific personality.

Then again, they did remake The Honeymooners, but I don't think that one is quite as hard as Lucy would be ...

[Orsino]

23. This might be the one they don't remake.

I Love Lucy was built around a star who is no longer with us. A movie version would have to include a Lucille Ball impression, as opposed to just a Jed Clampett or Gilligan impression.

I'm not saying Hollywood wouldn't try it. Heck, Nathan Lane or Mario Cantone could do a good job as either Ricky or Lucy.

[Craig3410]

15. Cheers...

what? Two hours of bar banter?

[terrya]

16. "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In"

There's no possible way you could make a movie about that one.

[AngryAmish]

18. Dragnet

[terrya]

19. They did make a movie out of "Dragnet"

Tom Hanks and Dan Akroyd. Several years ago.

[AngryAmish]

20. OK, Dukes of Hazzard then

[bikebloke]

24. Gilligan's Island

(I wish someone would do some creative splicing with Gilligan's Island and Lost)

Rin Tin Tin

Cisco Kid - They'll save it until Antonia Banderas needs work.

Time Tunnel

[petronius]

26. I guarantee that there is a movie exec reading this thread right now

and making a list of all these great movie ideas...

[begin_within]

27. The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, In Living Color

[Deja Q]

28. My Mother the Car. Quark. 704 Hauser.

:D

All in the Family.

The Jeffersons.

Maude.

[Maestro]

29. Sanford and Son

Although with the right casting it might be hilarious the more I think about it.

[begin_within]

33. I could see that as being a pretty good movie, with the right script also

[madinmaryland]

30. Barney Miller.

At least while Abe Vigoda is still alive.

http://www.abevigoda.com/

[Initech]

31. Seinfeld

Jerry himself has said that he doesnt want to make a Seinfeld movie.

[Lochloosa]

32. All in the Family

[edbermac]

36. Why not? Rush Limbaugh can play Archie...

Laura Bush can play Edith, George Clooney can play Mike and Jessica Simpson can play Gloria...

[Left Is Write]

46. Rush Limbaugh couldn't hold a candle to Carroll O'Connor.

Whoever plays Archie has to have the charisma of O'Connor to pull it off. Limbaugh has none.

[CBGLuthier]

49. True words

Watched the All in the Family with Sammy Davis Jr. the other day.

I really don't think any other actor could have played that part without being offensive.

[KyndCulture]

34. Greatest American Hero , 6 Million $ Man and Bionic Woman.

[edbermac]

35. M*A*S*H*

It was a movie first, then a TV show, so how can you remake a TV show that's a remake of a movie?

:shrug:

[CBGLuthier]

50. Oh please, don't tempt them

Hell if they can take a movie, turn it into a broadway musical and then back into a movie they can do anything.

[Radio_Guy]

37. Mork & Mindy

Joanie Loves Chachi

Laverne & Shirley

[Giant Robot]

38. Knight Rider

Ohhhh. You said classic. Sorry my bad.

[Catchawave]

40. I heard Dallas was going to be filmed in Canada !

How sad is that (no offense to Canada, but really !)

[Ivan Sputnik]

41. Petticoat Junction

A hit in the 60s (it was on for seven years, I think) that just wouldn't "translate" today. Its Hooterville spin off, "Green Acres," might work though.

[Left Is Write]

42. The Donna Reed Show.

[no name no slogan]

45. Room 222. Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

[cspanlovr]

48. The People's Choice.........Love That Bob

Whoa, I'm really aging myself...

[trackfan]

51. MASH

[DanCa]

52. Bossom Buddies -

Which is ironic because it starred Tom Hanks.