Backdoor Pilots: Married… With Children Tries to Make the Anti-Friends
Added 2022-11-03 00:50:32 +0000 UTC“Enemies” (April 14, 1996)
You may recall a late-series installment of Married… With Children that shifted focus away from the Bundys and onto an apartment of young sexy people who apparently despised each other. This was “Enemies,” a kinda-sorta send-up of Friends that never saw the light of day beyond this one episode. Our theory is that it was a reformatted spinoff that at one point was going to star Christina Applegate and that also features a guy who’s totally a stand-in for Matt Le Blanc.
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Comments
Omg. The choke hold Living Dolls had over me considering the 5 minutes it was on TV
Jennifer Roshek
2022-11-06 19:17:20 +0000 UTCSee, I think they were supposed to come off as ignorant jackasses even back then. Unless I'm projecting the mood of now onto back then?
Drew Mackie
2022-11-04 19:12:23 +0000 UTCoh that's not a bad idea
Drew Mackie
2022-11-04 19:11:05 +0000 UTCI'm sure your loyal listeners will contribute compliments if we have a Google doc.
Lea Susan Engle
2022-11-04 17:15:12 +0000 UTCI get burgers from the drive up burger place in Dazed and Confused. Austin life!
Lea Susan Engle
2022-11-04 16:57:35 +0000 UTCI was laughing at the hot to trot conversation because I remembered when they showed it at our local library for a school trip.
Lobo
2022-11-04 16:29:47 +0000 UTCOh, the weird rabbit hole I was inspired to dive into over ‘Hot to Trot,’ thanks to this episode. (It exists.)
Vance Briceland
2022-11-03 22:00:06 +0000 UTCI remember watching that diner scene, specifically Marcy and Jefferson’s part. That definitely did not age well but Amanda Bearse’s line reading of “Your mama” still amuses me.
Sandip Sarma
2022-11-03 20:20:20 +0000 UTCWell... fuck.
Drew Mackie
2022-11-03 17:17:58 +0000 UTCWe did eventually get there. And Mr. Seaver's first name is Jason. It's been a really tough week.
Drew Mackie
2022-11-03 17:17:45 +0000 UTCDazed and Confused is the movie you were thinking of with Joey Lauren Adams
Ryan Zepp
2022-11-03 16:11:44 +0000 UTCAbout the DuMont network, most of its archives were dumped into the East River in the late 50’s. Barely any of them survive anymore (and since you’re only doing sitcoms, DuMont barely had any anyways).
Zach Wilson
2022-11-03 04:20:27 +0000 UTCNever mind! You mention it on this episode.
lolouthia
2022-11-03 01:18:33 +0000 UTCDoes Season 2, Episode 26 of Golden Girls "Empty Nests" count as a backdoor pilot?
lolouthia
2022-11-03 01:01:32 +0000 UTC
