Posted on 11/25/2012 7:06:22 AM PST by PJ-Comix
People in the entertainment business sometimes make horrible career decisions. This is what is known as the "McLean Stevenson Effect." Named after actor McLean Stevenson who played the part of Henry Blake in the hit TV series "M*A*S*H." Stevenson was unhappy with being part of an ensemble so after about 3 seasons left the show to become the lead in the "McLean Stevenson Show" which promptly flopped. His career never recovered.
Another victim of the McLean Stevenson effect was Shelly Long who was in the hit series "Cheers." She left after 5 seasons to become a movie actress but pretty much flopped in that endeavor.
Finally there was Jeff Conaway who starred in my own favorite TV series "Taxi." After 3 seasons he left the show with a one-way ticket to obscurity.
Who else made poor showbiz career decisions to become victims of the "McLean Stevenson Effect."
And whatever happened to Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell from Prison Break? Neither was a very strong actor, but it’s amazing how you’re a star for three or four seasons of a show, then totally disappear into obscurity.
Suzanne Somers stupidly left 3s company, but she eventually became successful. Not for acting, though.
Suzanne Summers eventually did have another successful series with Patrick Duffy called Step by Step.
Suzzane Somers had a VERY successful show (Step by step) with “Bobby” from Dallas. It ran for 7 seasons. That’s not exactly falling off the earth.
I can just picture Jerry Lewis watching the TOP TV show at the time, "The Dean Martin Show," in a dark room while simmering in his own jealous rage.
Wasn’t mcqueens series called wanted dead or alive?
I still like to watch the old westerns, but as I got older and read accurate historical portrayals of the real west, it took a lot of fun out of the shows. Like there was no fast draw gunfighters. And the sixguns of the day were wildly inaccurate, and nobody shot from the hip. And little or no quicksand. Every long-running western seemed to have one episode where the hero got stuck in quicksand.
This is why I love FR. I thought I was the only one who had seen this (let alone have it at home). It is very twisted, but extremely funny!! It is morer like an avant-garde film school project, similar in some way to German Expressionism...
Soundtrack by Danny Elfman and the mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo
Pernell Roberts had a decent run on “Trapper John, MD”, based on an older current day version of Wayne Rogers character.
Not the same thing. Hat was a spinoff. And they went back.
And then he had Charles in Charge.
The movie western is truly part of mythology now. As far as being disapointed, well I reckon I still dig them even though it isn’t always realistic. Could be there were plenty of ancient Greeks who knew better as well, I imagine. If they have a good story I can look past a lot.
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Jason Alexander played a truly frightening character on “Criminal Minds”. I didn’t even recognize him.
I’ve also seen him listed as a director.
He’s doing just fine.
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Matt LeBlanc(Joey) just won a Golden Globe for a BBC show he is in.
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The first time I saw it, almost thirty years ago, I was under the influence of some heavy hallucinogens. The next day, I made my friend play it again because I couldn’t believe what I had seen. It was just as weird the second time straight.
Great movie. Richard Elfman said he wanted to do a movie because it took a semi full of equipment to produce the Mystic Nights of the Oingo Boingo road show.
I’ve seen Oingo Boing three times with Danny at the helm and they are some seriously great musicians and their music is awesome as well.
I forgot, I have a copy as well. I loaned it to a friend and his wife wouldn’t let him watch it all.
One of the funniest scenes is when the big guy that doesn’t talk beats the ape character and when he’s done, it looks like he’s pounding ground beef.
The chick that says something like 10,000 years... was also in Wizards.
Yep.
Jerry Seinfeld's dentist, Tim Whatley comes to mind. From a sitcom dentist, to a sitcom dad to... Walter White, meth cook extraordinaire?
Nobody but NOBODY has parlayed a TV career into crazy money like William Shatner. Last I saw his net worth was $650 million, including at least $600 million from his Priceline.com stock.
With the syndication money rolling in forever they don't need to work. Jason Alexander, though, still does alright. He was pretty good in 'Shallow Hal' and a guest role on 'Criminal Minds'.
I read that she couldn't stand the very long hours and thought the cast was overworked. Mark Harmon complained about the situation, too. Apparently the producer, Donald Bellisario, is a perfectionist who demands perfection from his actors and everybody else. In order to keep Harmon on the show, Bellisario finally agreed to turn the day-to-day reins over to somebody else.
By the way - trivia note: Donald Bellisario served in the Marines with Lee Harvey Oswald.
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