Shark Bytes

I just joined in. Am I the only one who hated Lisa with passion? Ugh!

My all time favorite is Kimberly throwing her coach in the pool with his clothes on just because he would not allow her to join the swim team because she is a girl. I would have thrown him in the pool with his clothes on, too. Also, the arcade episode is another one of my favorite episodes. But those cockamamie producers could have had the decency to show the Gooch.

To NickatNite, your comments were very funny (comedic stuff), except for the killing of sam's parents comment.

I always kind of liked this show. I espcially thought it was funny when Arnold would be like, "Watchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" but I also think this show went on for about one or two seasons too long.

This is one show that just didnt know when to pack it in. They tryed ever desperation ploy they could think of to keep it afloat and it just got pathedic. Just look at the "Shark" Check list.

1. They got married. (Phillip and Maggie)
2. New kid on the block. (Sam)
3. Special episode (Gordon Jump and the bike shop)
4. Guest Stars. (Nancy Reagan, Karem Abdul-Jabar, Muhammad Ali)
5. Exit Stage left. (Mrs. Garret, Adalade, Kimberly)

Jumped big time when the little red joined the show.Several mini jumps how did Willis go from being miliant ,to pretty a much a yuppie catch the clothes he was wearing the last couple seasons.What ever happen to mr. Drummond's mother there was never another mention of her after her appearance on the show . Seem like Pearl and Adele didn't add anything to the show,seem like Mrs Garrett was more of the mother figure , she had plenty to the show.

Wow. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is bothered by that Kathy character.

Dishonorable mention goes to redoing the theme song during the last season.

Gordon Jump's character was just trying out some "different strokes" of his own.

The main question I have is - What in God's name was the late, great Gordon Jump thinking????

Was he hard up for money? Did he not read the script? Did he not think he'd be remembered for GENERATIONS for this one role?

I mean, he was Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson for God Sake!!! He was the Maytag repair man.

I'm convinced this role ruined this man's career. I mean, other than the Maytag commercials, what did he do after this?

I remember him as George's Play Now boss on Seinfeld, but even then, my friends would say - "Isn't that the guy who molested Arnold???"

RIP Gordon, you deserved better.

The 2-parter where the bicycle shop owner is all about some Arnold and Dudley is on BET right now. I've never seen it but heard so much about it that I just had to check it out...Seriously, are kids this stupid? Some random fat white guy trying to get them wasted and take pictures doesn't set any warnings off in their heads? I mean, if they were 5, sure...but these kids are like 10 or 11.

This was a messed up show to say the least. Some do-gooder white dude takes in a couple of black kids from the wrong side of town and lets them enjoy the privileged life. Just another show that exploited the whole stupid white guilt complex.

Jumped the shark? How could it? It couldn't get any worse than it already was.

"They should have done a Very Special Episode in which a certain wheelchair gets “accidentally” nudged into oncoming traffic."

Wow! -snort-

You can only have so many VSE's in a series...

Ok, number 1, Conrad Bain (Mr. Drummond) is not gay. The guy's been married to, gasp, a woman for 60 years!!!

2 - He was the only cast member on the show who could act. The real reason the rest of them never had careers after this show was because they couldn't, and it was obvious.

3 - Kathy the wheelchair girl was annoying, but wasn't paralyzed - in one episode, she walks on small crutches.

Whoever played the father (Conrad somebody) had EVERYBODY'S "gaydar" going off especially with his nasty too short tennis shorts. Still feel nausea thinking about it.

Thank you NickAtNite (June 17). Your post was hilarious and right on. It was good to laugh that hard. Somehow I think you and I would be good friends! Thanks again.