It seemed like a bad idea at the time
the worst TV shows in history and other things I wrote
It seemed like a bad idea at the time
the worst TV shows in history and other things I wrote
Book - 2025
"Emmy Award winner Bruce Vilanch is known as a go-to comedy writer for award shows, sitcoms, and top-heavy variety specials, but he has also been responsible for quite a few of the worst shows ever made--legendarily bad productions. From The Star Wars Holiday Special to Rob Lowe dancing with Snow White at the Oscars, Vilanch reveals how he helped create some of the worst moments in television--and beyond"--
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Chicago Review Press,
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Introduction -- |t The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) or, at least we didn't have Jar Jar Binks -- |t The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976) or, at least we had the real Wicked Witch -- |t The Brady Bunch Hour (1976-1977) or, at least we didn't have cousin Oliver -- |t The Ice Pirates (1984) or, at least the space herpe didn't have lines -- |t Can't Stop the Music (1980) or, at least disco was already dead -- |t Platinum (1978) or, at least a chandelier didn't fall and a helicopter didn't crash -- |t Three/Comedy Tonight (1994) or, at least this didn't make Joe Allen's wall, either -- |t The Look of the Year (1998) or, at least the sushi was fresh -- |t Charo (1976) and Henne (1991) or, at least it wasn't The Love Boat (or we would have had Charo and Carol Channing in the same show) -- |t Oscar! Oscar! (1989) or, at least nobody sued... oh, wait a minute, somebody did -- |g Coda: |t Or, at least they were the worst. |
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