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Television shows with episodes about the characters making a television show
Posted on 11/8/20 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 6:41 pm
Was watching reruns of a 90’s sitcom where the episode was about a television series being made about the characters. Started thinking about how many times that had been done before. Off the top of my head, I can think of three very famous series that used that same similar script. One from a 1950’s sitcom, one from a 1960’s sitcom and the 1990’s sitcom. Can you name them? Can you name other examples?
Update - Answers to the ones I was thinking of. Congrats
Seinfeld - The Pilot
Andy Griffith Show - Taylors in Hollywood
I Love Lucy - Hollywood at Last
There are probably more examples.
Update - Answers to the ones I was thinking of. Congrats
Seinfeld - The Pilot
Andy Griffith Show - Taylors in Hollywood
I Love Lucy - Hollywood at Last
There are probably more examples.
This post was edited on 11/9/20 at 8:44 am
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Posted on 11/8/20 at 6:54 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Like Larry Sanders Show?
Posted on 11/8/20 at 6:56 pm to Ramblin Wreck
The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow on HBO.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 6:58 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Guessing the answers to OP are The Honeymooners, The Flintstones, and Seinfeld.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:06 pm to Ramblin Wreck
“The Pilot” was on earlier today, so obviously Seinfeld is one.
Curb would be another with the exact same characters.
Curb would be another with the exact same characters.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:28 pm to DaleGribble
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Seinfeld
That was the 90’s one I saw today. I’m still thinking about two others. The 1960’s sitcom I saw not too long ago. I thought I had seen almost every episode but didn’t remember seeing the characters in the script go to California to have a show filmed about them. It was one of the later episodes and might have actually been filmed in the 70’s.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:33 pm to Ramblin Wreck
The crew from the Andy Griffith show had an arc where they were making a movie about Andy.
I want to say the Beverly Hillbillies did something similar.
I want to say the Beverly Hillbillies did something similar.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:36 pm to Ramblin Wreck
The Mary Tyler Moore Show should be right at the top.
Eta: I didn’t read the OP close enough. Doesn’t fit because MTM and crew worked in TV news, not serial TV.
Eta: I didn’t read the OP close enough. Doesn’t fit because MTM and crew worked in TV news, not serial TV.
This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:40 pm to Master of Sinanju
quote:
Andy Griffith
That was the 60’s one I also recently saw.
The 50’s one I saw was about one of the characters going to Hollywood versus a show about all the characters. I couldn’t remember the details and had to look it up. I’ll give a hint. One of the characters goes to the Brown Derby restaurant and creates a scene.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:41 pm to SpqrTiger
Andy Griffith is definitely one of them. Randomly watched that episode a few weeks ago.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 7:55 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Community had an episode like that where the show that was being made based on the characters’ lives was accurately predicting the future 
This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 8:27 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 11/8/20 at 8:36 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Sgt Bilko did an episode about a game show. IIRC Fred Gwynne was the guest star
Posted on 11/8/20 at 8:49 pm to Ramblin Wreck
quote:
The 50’s one I saw was about one of the characters going to Hollywood versus a show about all the characters. I couldn’t remember the details and had to look it up. I’ll give a hint. One of the characters goes to the Brown Derby restaurant and creates a scene.
I Love Lucy?
Posted on 11/8/20 at 9:24 pm to DaleGribble
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I Love Lucy
Yep, that was the 50’s one I recalled.
Seinfeld - The Pilot
Andy Griffith Show - Taylors in Hollywood
I Love Lucy - Hollywood at Last
There are probably more examples.
Posted on 11/8/20 at 9:25 pm to Ramblin Wreck
At the end of Seinfeld right?
Posted on 11/9/20 at 1:11 am to Ramblin Wreck
This Is Us did an episode of the character Kevin filming his TV show The Manny.
Posted on 11/9/20 at 3:07 am to Ramblin Wreck
Get Smart did an episode about "The Groovy Guru" brainwashing kids with the psychedelic music of his band The Sacred Cows
Posted on 11/9/20 at 6:40 am to Kafka
Supernatural did an episode like this. They may have done a couple actually
Posted on 11/9/20 at 7:36 am to Ramblin Wreck
Every episode of Home Improvement -- Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor making "Tool Time".
Seinfeld's Kramer also did a show from the Merv Griffin set and had a actual real guest star -- Jim Fowler from Wild Kingdom.
Seinfeld's Kramer also did a show from the Merv Griffin set and had a actual real guest star -- Jim Fowler from Wild Kingdom.
This post was edited on 11/9/20 at 7:39 am
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