Aftermash came about as a way to gently wean fans off of Mash. I don't think anyone expected it to last very long. If you notice a lot of actors who have been on a long running series that had just ended, usually show up as guest stars on a show almost immediatly after.
When you say "network lines", were these landlines or did they beam in off of satellite? Amazing stuff you have saved and posted, much of which I have enjoyed a LOT! Really takes me back to the good old days of network TV. Thnx!
Mark Eliot (the voice of Disney) voiced many of CBS' promos back then. There are only a few good voiceover talents out there now like Don Lofontaine and Hal Douglas.
Mark is still the voice of Disney and he was on the Today Show a while back. Him, Don La Fontaine, Hal Douglas, Doug Paul, etc are my influences in the VO world
AfterMASH was a fine sitcom. Had CBS kept it at Mondays instead of moving it to Tuesdays, (where it ran against The A-Team), the series might've lasted longer.
AfterMash shouldn't have happen at all. That was so not worth your time...It was better to know there was a finale at Mash and let this one be forgotten for all enternity.
Syndication saved Charles In Charge with a different family for 26 episodes during each season. Had Scott Baio taken the Maverick role in Top Gun and not decline the offer, his show would have been a season one hit wonder.
It's clear that CBS was trying to have a "heartthrob" block of sitcoms on Wednesdays, with Scott Baio fresh off of Happy Days and John Stamos being on General Hospital not too long before.
The ironic part of this is that 2 of the big original 3 networks had new sitcoms featuring hunks watching over a family during the 1984-85 TV season. ABC had Tony Danza w/ Who's the Boss? (a year after Taxi ended) and CBS had Scott Baio and Charles in Charge. One of them lasted for 8 years w/ solid ratings on their respective network, the other fizzed after one year but luckily saw new life in 1st-run syndication for 3 more years.
How come the full promo is never uploaded?
hamursh 5 months ago
STAMOS!
CLOONEY!
PizzaDinosaur 1 year ago
Charles in Charge didn't last on CBS but the retooled syndicated version lasted for years
DanIN72 2 years ago
I remember watching E/R when it was shown on reruns starring Elliot Gould.
mooky9669 2 years ago
I totally forgot about the CBS sitcom ER with Elliot Gould! And ah... AfterMASH.
I know what CBS was thinking, it was hard to let go, but let go they had to!
Aeolis7 3 years ago
Do you have clips of WJBK-TV's (in Detroit) local version of We've Got the Touch?
The promo was "You and Channel 2, We've Got the Touch"
AJ0880 3 years ago
Aftermash came about as a way to gently wean fans off of Mash. I don't think anyone expected it to last very long. If you notice a lot of actors who have been on a long running series that had just ended, usually show up as guest stars on a show almost immediatly after.
dcamack 4 years ago
The visual quality for this 80s CBS promo for Charles In Charge, AfterMash, and Dreams is actually pretty damn good. Very good DVD quality material.
83survivor 4 years ago
A lot of my stuff was recorded right off the network lines before it was broadcast, that accounts for the better quality.
eyeontv 4 years ago
When you say "network lines", were these landlines or did they beam in off of satellite? Amazing stuff you have saved and posted, much of which I have enjoyed a LOT! Really takes me back to the good old days of network TV. Thnx!
jupitr2 3 years ago
In 1984 they will still telephone landlines, satellite was yet to come.
eyeontv 3 years ago
@eyeontv
How did you get access to those lines?
nomadcowatbk 1 year ago
Mark Eliot (the voice of Disney) voiced many of CBS' promos back then. There are only a few good voiceover talents out there now like Don Lofontaine and Hal Douglas.
CeroPochuxo 4 years ago
Mark is still the voice of Disney and he was on the Today Show a while back. Him, Don La Fontaine, Hal Douglas, Doug Paul, etc are my influences in the VO world
jwgreek8606 4 years ago
AfterMASH was a fine sitcom. Had CBS kept it at Mondays instead of moving it to Tuesdays, (where it ran against The A-Team), the series might've lasted longer.
mikecleona 4 years ago
AfterMash shouldn't have happen at all. That was so not worth your time...It was better to know there was a finale at Mash and let this one be forgotten for all enternity.
83survivor 4 years ago
I think the syndicated version of Charles was better.Exit April Lerman enter Nikki Egert.
OpenArms81 4 years ago
WOW that John Stamos thing must have lasted one entire episode. I watched TV a lot back then and don't remember that one.
oak71 4 years ago
Syndication saved Charles In Charge with a different family for 26 episodes during each season. Had Scott Baio taken the Maverick role in Top Gun and not decline the offer, his show would have been a season one hit wonder.
83survivor 4 years ago
It's clear that CBS was trying to have a "heartthrob" block of sitcoms on Wednesdays, with Scott Baio fresh off of Happy Days and John Stamos being on General Hospital not too long before.
DontBeTrippin 4 years ago
The ironic part of this is that 2 of the big original 3 networks had new sitcoms featuring hunks watching over a family during the 1984-85 TV season. ABC had Tony Danza w/ Who's the Boss? (a year after Taxi ended) and CBS had Scott Baio and Charles in Charge. One of them lasted for 8 years w/ solid ratings on their respective network, the other fizzed after one year but luckily saw new life in 1st-run syndication for 3 more years.
megamanj2004X 2 years ago
I beg to differ, Charles in Charge went into Syndication with First Run Episodes
RetroSurferNews 4 years ago
Well none of them made it on the network, point taken!
eyeontv 4 years ago