FOX Turns 25

I remember before the last two seasons, they offered Grace and Kutcher huge contracts where they got something like $300K an episode. Kutcher signed, but Grace said he would only do one more year. I remember reading, probably right around the time Spiderman 3 came out, that Grace said he realized he was only doing it for the money and that was why he quit.

I know Kutcher, Masterson, Valderrama, Prepon and Kunis were and still are all really good friends. I wonder if Grace was the odd man out with that crew.

 

What about Herman's Head?

 

Bruce Campbell can do no wrong.

 

My dad was the first GM of the Fox station in OKC. The station had previously been a 24-hour religious affiliate. People tuned in one night to watch whatever sermon they were waiting for and got Al Bundy instead.

Dad got death threats. People thought Married with Children was being filmed in the studios in OKC. One lunatic showed up with a sawed-off shotgun. Wild times.

On a fun side note (and BYH is insanely jealous of this story), when my dad ran the Fox affiliate in Richmond, several members of the cast of 90210 came into town for promotional appearances. I met all of them and went to Pizza Hut with Gabrielle Carteris. She was so freaking nice, and I was the coolest person in my middle school for 24 hours. And then I sucked again.

 

Loved Herman's Head, Get a Life, & Flying Blind.

Téa Leoni!

 

The wife and I were both hoping so, but no dice. I really wanted to see the In Living Color segment, but they teased it all the way to the final segment. Bastards. Coming up next? Nope. Coming up last!

 

Loved Herman's Head!! Unlike so much off-the-wall stuff now, it was funny.

 

If they had just recited a list of all canceled Fox shows which ran for less than a season (much less in many cases), it might've taken up the entire two hours.

 

The Swan. Television at its finest.

Always thought Andy Richter Controls the Universe could have been hella funny.

 

Care Bear: Death threats over Al Bundy? From Christians...? Had they never heard of "Thou shalt not..." Oh, wait. Never mind.

That's a great 90210 story, BTW.

 

Very funny show...