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From: Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-17 (Friday)
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 15:49:10 -0400
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atropos@mac.com wrote:
> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

>> A NEW TATTOO?! THE *SCANDAL* THAT BROUGHT DOWN FANTASY ISLAND AND ABC:
>> "Show Me a Hero / Slam Dunk" (Fantasy Island)
>> Season 5, Episode 1
>> Aired: Oct. 10, 1981
>> 
>> Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) welcomes his goddaughter, Julie (Wendy 
>> Schaal), as his assistant-in-training with Tattoo (Herve Villichaize).
>> 
>> Villichaize had threatened to walk off the show if Aaron Spelling didn't 
>> meet his demands. As a result, producers hired his potential replacement 
>> should he leave the show.
>> 
>> This episode was originally supposed to star Melinda Naud (Happy Days)... 
>> until a scandal behind the scenes at ABC. 
>
>How did any of that "bring down" ABC? Especially considering ABC is 
>still around today?

If watched, you'd know. :-)

ABC was the top network at the time until it became public that the network 
president hired a pyschic to pick their shows. It was Melinda Naud 
who introduced the two, so they went with Wendy Schaal as tattoo's 
replacement to avoid further embarassment. When that idea flopped, they tried 
to bring back Tattoo, but the show never recovered and the network lost their 
top rating. I guess I wasn't watching at this point, but they replaced Tattoo 
with Mr Belvedere in the final season.

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Let's go Brandon!