That 70's show and Malcolm in the Middle cancelled

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UPDATED: Friday, January 20, 2006 16:20
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DAX82

Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:45 AM

I actually really liked "That 80s Show". But of course since I liked it it was cancelled before it ever had a chance.

CYBERSNARK

Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:58 AM

I'm gonna miss Malcolm. It was one of the few sitcoms I've ever seen that was actually intelligent.

"Burning Man" had almost enough motifs and symbolism to be a Joss product: Hal becoming a parody of "The Man" (and being symbolically destroyed at the festival's climax), Malcolm rebirthing himself right back where he started, Dewey's vindication, Reese and Lois bonding.

I'm just sorry Francis couldn't have been there too.

I especially love Hal's utterly deadpan summation of. . . well, pretty much every human war ever fought ("we make up arbitrary boundaries and fight to the death over them").

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REGINAROADIE

Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:58 AM

I know. It kinda paved the way for other sit-coms in that they were shot single camera, had no laugh track, went on location instead of being confined to a studio and worked on different levels.

It's interesting to say that it had some Joss characteristics, because my favorite episode of the whole series, and probably the best one was it's version of "The Body", which was an episode called "Health Scare" where Hal and Lois had to wait for the results of his biopsy to come in. And theres this scene in the ep that really shows off the storytelling powers the show has.

Hal has gone into the boys room and is giving this little monologue to the boys, which is probably the most paternal he's ever been towards them. The tragedy of this is, Malcolm and Resse had slipped out earlier to go to a party, so he's essentially only talking to Dewey. Hal then goes over to kiss dummy Reese's head, which is a balloon that pops right next to Hal's head. Hal then begins to scream like a little girl, which wakes Dewey up. Dewey looks over to dummy Malcolm whose head is a Halloween mask and begins screaming as well. To go from the most touching scene in the whole series and then turn on a dime and have the funniest moment a second later is just genius.

And then theres also Francis's comeback line during the fight. "For your information, my mother is a sadistic control freak, AND IT WOULD NEVER OCCUR TO HER TO MAKE ME COCO!!!"

You wanna talk about an Emmy injustice? Hows about Bryan Cranston never winning an Emmy for his role and always losing to fuckin Brad Garrett.

Cybersnark, what are some of your fave episodes?

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"YES!!!I'm a man posessed by many demons....Polite demons that would open the door for a lady carrying too many parcels...BUT DEMONS NONETHELESS!!!! Yes. I have walked along the path of evil many times, it's a twisting, curving path that..actually leads to a charming plot garden, BUT BEYOND THAT EVIL!!!"

CHOLLETT

Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:53 AM

Hmm....did that article actually ever say that they were cancelled? They might have just decided 7 and 8 seasons was enough. Kinda like Buffy.

Oh well. They had good runs. Never really watched Malcolm myself (except for Reynolds), but i'll miss That 70's Show. I found it increasingly interesting to see if it would last as long as the 70's themselves, and it nearly did. It isn't as good as it used to be, though, but still better than most shows out there.

Firefly season 2!

Although i'm not sure how we'd all feel, and the actors, if we had to suffer through it being cancelled again. Don't know if i wanna risk it, even as good as new eps would inevitably be....

I'm babbling like a moonbrain.

RITAK7

Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:52 AM

!ooh ooh ooh yeah yeah yeah WONDERFALLS too!

SHINYTALENT

Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:49 AM

Soulless Fox Executives LOOK HERE!!!
Also I really love both those shows- but nothing comes close to Firefly, not even getting Arrested Development back would convince me to stop campaining for Firefly!

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GRUUL

Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:01 AM

I loved That 70's Show, but the one episode from the post-Topher season I watched was horrible. Did anyone else notice that the character they brought in to replace Eric disappeared only to be replaced by an even new character that was a combo of Eric and Kelso? Now that is lazy writing! What is Ashton Kutcher going to do anyway? If we get Firefly or Futurama back and lose Ashton, I'll kiss a FOX exec.

PS King of the Hill is hilarious because it captures so much of what's funny about Texas, Oklahoma, etc. Peggy always reminds me of my grandma.

NUCKLES87

Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:25 PM

I liked That 70's Show and Malcolm. There both hilarious. But they've each had solid, long runs. So I don't mind their passing in the least. It'd be great to have Futurama back. But King of the Hill? Meh, never was a fan.

How's my firefly speak? Good? Bad? Fee-oo?

...It's fee-oo isn't it?

KSC

Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:55 PM

This just made me think of a Firfly sitcom called "Mal in the Middle"

MISTERNISHKA

Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:45 PM

I say we take out our pens and write to FOX to get Firefly back on the air. It worked for Family Guy and now look at Futurama and King of the Hill.

Lets get snappin! Well writing I mean!

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