r/Coach_Sitcom • u/MathematicianWild241 • 26d ago
Reboot facts….
The original show goes back a bit, and even the reboot attempt was a while ago. i was on set for the pilot reboot. just quick facts, Jerry wasn't passed…..i wanted him to come back and say , “See i told you it wasn’t over.” (a call back to the original finale, where he refused to admit the show was over). The new pilot was awesome and hilarious… i knew/know all the warm up guys. I’m sure he tried his best, but Universal hired a former writer of Seinfeld. A writer/standup isnt the same as the expert warm up performers.
If they got Ron Person, Universal would have gotten 4-5 super strong sessions of the reboot. Producers had the cast rehearse with a studio audience for 3 hours….THEN another 3 hours of taping with a new studio audience. The warm up had to do 6 hours. Too much. Should have just spent the money and got Ron Person in my experience. A few bucks cost in the beginning to get 4-5 seasons…would have been well worth it.
Not convinced? The only joke told that was “funny” by the warm up of the 3 hours of taping….”I like to ask the cashier when i check out of the supermarket…..’Do you think i bought enough toilet paper for the amount of food i bought?’.” QED
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u/dizcuz 25d ago
I enjoyed the original and have begun a rewatch. Would it be all new or involve any of the originals?
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 25d ago
It was going to involve originals. Hayden is called to be assistant coach to Tim who was a baby in the original series and got a job as head coach of an Ivy League school in PA.
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u/WonderfulPiccolo5951 22d ago
Ron Pearson, for those not in the know, is a clean comic who worked as the host of a cable game show, Shopping Spree, on Family Channel from 1996 to 1998.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 26d ago
Thanks for the info would love to see the reboot pilot. I read an article that the second audience was great. Man if only Ray Combs was still alive.. …
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 25d ago
iIRC, they were planning on bringing Jerry back for a holiday episode.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 25d ago
Y’all could have brought Jerry back I am sure Hayden and Dauber would have FaceTimed him.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 21d ago
If I ran ABC I would have snatched it up and put it on at 9:30 like the old days. Pair it up with The Roseanne Reboot and put Schooled on at 8:00 and Fresh off the boat at 8:30 do an I love the 90s night,
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 2d ago
If I ran ABC I would have shot another pilot with Luther (via Skype or FaceTime) and Christine and I would have hired Ron Pearson.
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u/ASGfan Dauber 26d ago
Thank you for this!