The Chatterbox episode
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brendanchenowith — 11 years ago(February 22, 2015 07:14 PM)
The episode was pretty awful, but I loved the beginning with CC laughing in Tracy Nelson's face at the audition:
Thank youBabes.
(cc SLAMS DOOR BEHIND HER)
HA HA HA HAAAAAA!
Only good part of the episode.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked. -
trishadee — 10 years ago(March 25, 2016 08:15 AM)
In addition to "The Chatterbox," there was another episode from Season 2 which was supposed to serve as the backdoor pilot for a "Nanny" spinoff in which Tyne Daly's character of a retiring nanny was supposed to be engaged to her boss and move to Boca Raton, Florida. Thank goodness neither show got picked up.
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number9-4 — 10 years ago(March 31, 2016 04:14 PM)
That's funny, because I've always really liked the Chatterbox episode, even though it stands out so much because we're being introduced to all these random new characters. I guess I would have been a fan of the spinoff! Bummer.
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number9-4 — 9 years ago(August 19, 2016 09:36 AM)
I would have watched! I like those ensemble-type shows, and I thought there was a good comedic balance (the quirky, klutzy lead character, the suave and unattainable male love interest you root for her to beat the odds and end up with, a few sassy sidekicks). I think it could have worked in the '90s, though probably not now (shows like that have kind of been done to death, at this point).
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furienna — 9 years ago(August 19, 2016 06:08 PM)
The problem with that episode to me is the same one, that I have with pretty much
any
backdoor pilot on
any
show: I get annoyed by how out of place it feels within the show. I did not put on "The Nanny" to watch all those people, whom I don't know and don't care one bit about. I want to watch Fran and her ensemble.
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Manna-Fest — 9 years ago(September 09, 2016 05:46 AM)
Well we still got to see Fran and her ensemble in the episode. It's not like let's say "The Jefferson" backdoor pilot where it only has Edith Bunker in the opening scene and that's it. The rest of the episode is just "The Jefferson" cast and the setting for that show. This Nanny episode had the perfect balance and flopped back and forth between the show's main cast and the Chatterbox crew. Backdoor pilots can be a bit off putting, but it's a clever way for TV people to get a show started without having to spend extra money producing a pilot on it's own to sell to the network. It's easier to just make one out of an already existing show.