The 80’s were wild. We didn’t ask questions, just enjoyed the ride

@RafaelSale

2 ай бұрын

Yep, it was the decade growing up for me.

i just realised that Joey was the go-to name for a character in a 80's/90's sitcom

@Nabinut

2 ай бұрын

It didn't help that Joey Lawrence was in three series during that era, always playing a character named...Joey.

@deskish3930

2 ай бұрын

@@Nabinut i like the sitcom where his brother matthew and andrew play also play characters called matt and andy respectively

This sitcom is so good, the girl who played Nicole was in the “Lisa” movie in 1990 and she was in step by step.

@JennaLeigh

3 ай бұрын

He says that in the video toward the end when he mentions her current career! What a crazy career change!

@shanellsplace

3 ай бұрын

I just watched Lisa on Tubi and that is what made me look up the show 💖📺

Obviously this show came out before Maury aired.

@drmayeda1930

23 күн бұрын

I'd love to find My two dads and BJ and the bear on DVD or streaming

It’s funny to hear Giovanni Ribisi’s voice crack on a few episodes during the first season.

@LizC1213

2 ай бұрын

I also noticed Brandon Cruz's voice cracking during Bad News Bears in 1976. He was almost 14 then.

so weird to me that this show was only on 3 seasons, i remember it airing forever.

@vinnym5607

3 ай бұрын

I think I remember it airing on USA after the show ran.

@MrYac-ie8ie

3 ай бұрын

@@vinnym5607 yeah, its just one of those weird shows i always remember being on but rarely actually watched.

@littletom1978

3 ай бұрын

@@vinnym5607 Thats where I saw as a kid, probably why seems lasted longer the 3 seasons, it was always semingly on.

@DW3010

3 ай бұрын

I wish they’d just release season three on DVD. It’s frustrating only owning the first two seasons.

@MrYac-ie8ie

3 ай бұрын

@@DW3010 i hate that so much, when a DVD set just never completes.

This history of “My Two Dads” is a video that I never knew I needed!

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Rest in peace, Dick Butkus. He could have led a sitcom, who knew? I never knew that a young Giovanni Ribisi appeared in this show.

@paladro

3 ай бұрын

he's a scientologist, he's been a shoehorned in projects because of his affilation.

The premise of My Two Dads would be so effed up in real life - imagine if you were dating two guys at the same time and knew they hated each other so you write in your will that they both have to take care of your daughter who might be their kid even though you know they hate each other and never told them you were pregnant

@yoavallon

3 ай бұрын

DNA

@ttintagel

3 ай бұрын

Meanwhile, the real father was some asshole from Newark.

@vinnym5607

3 ай бұрын

​@@ttintagel Wait, really?

@vinnym5607

3 ай бұрын

If this came back in the modern, no doubt in my mind it would've been a threesome and at least one of the guys would be bi, if not gay. Hell, maybe the original premise was that.

@Mew_Mokuba_Akari

3 ай бұрын

​@@vinnym5607 No at the end they did a proper DNA test to determine the father. But they decided they don't care and don't want to know so they literally put the results in the freezer. They never revealed the father

"A change in leadership" killed more network sitcoms than the Black Plague.

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

ha!

@mattm7798

2 ай бұрын

I wonder if that change was Brandon Tartkekoff? Who funny enough IIRC championed saved by the bell. That said, I honestly don't think the spinoff would have done well. The characters weren't really strong enough. They worked better on the main show as side characters.

@petewillson205

Ай бұрын

Family sitcoms where dying, on nbc, ironically picked up fresh prince and blossom, let similar hogan family and my 2 dad's go, plus Alf.

The My Two Dads theme song was one of the best of the 80s ... the best of course being the theme to "Perfect Strangers". I will die all day on that hill 🤣

@Jamessmith-xk3fh

3 ай бұрын

I agree Perfect Strangers has the best TV theme song of all time

@censorshipsucks9493

3 ай бұрын

False. Anything by Mike Post, and/or Pete Carpenter: The A Team, Riptide, Hardcastle and McCormick.....the list goes on.

@MJC_227

3 ай бұрын

Nah, the best theme song of the 80's was Cheers with Golden Girls in second place.

@WesMoast

3 ай бұрын

@MJC_227 good choices for sure but Golden Girls doesn't count in my opinion since it was a cover of a pop song released in the 70s.

@MamaMOB

3 ай бұрын

I'd honestly have to argue for Cheers. I'm sorry but that one's freaking iconic!

The lady reading the will is the voice of the grandmother from the dinosaurs.. #DisneyDiva ❤

@1talldaddy

3 ай бұрын

yeah that's her. She had a very distinctive voice.

Stacy is a DA?? I love that for her. She was one of my favorites growing up.

One of the writers that worked on My Two Dads was Chuck Lorre. Lorre would evolve the concept further with two shows he would create: Dharma & Greg (The families of the couple were similar to the two dads from My Two Dads came from different social/economic backgrounds.) and Two and a Half Men (The idea of two men, who are brothers with a kid, which is the son of one of the brothers.).

@mattm7798

2 ай бұрын

Huh, good point. Dharma and Greg is criminally underrated. Jenna Elfman should have become a mega star, she had so much talent and Mitch Ryan and Alan Rachins were side splittingly hilarious!

@alexubel

Ай бұрын

@@mattm7798 Dharma and Greg wasn't underrated.

@mattm7798

Ай бұрын

@@alexubel Not at the time but now I think it is.

43% of kids in the 80s had a dad that looked like Kenny Loggins.

@atomicabe

2 ай бұрын

ha! I love how specific this statistic is.

Wow, that Greg Evigan sure was charismatic.

Giovanni Ribisi was a standout on the Wonder Years a few years later

@mattm7798

2 ай бұрын

Haha, right! That's where I first saw him. Ah the wonder years, the classic case of an A+++++ show before the star grew up, then became really annoying :) (while funny enough, Wayne became less annoying)

Great video. I love your Backdoor pilot series. Its always hilarious when the main characters of the show take a backseat, so that we get a completely unrelated plot for the rest of the episode. lol

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Yeah, the backdoor pilots find so many ways to move the main characters out of the way for an episode.

I remember Giovanni, or sorry "Vanni" Ribisi from the New Leave It To Beaver.

I can’t get enough of your Backdoor!

I think Marsha Warfield and John Larroquette are the only actors from Night Court who are still alive.

@stingrey1571

3 ай бұрын

Yes and in the reboot they have addressed some of the deaths.

@vinnym5607

3 ай бұрын

Yes. Marsha Warfield is one of the random people I follow on Facebook and she mentioned it.

@mcribs7811

3 ай бұрын

There are a few people left (Didn’t care for Bret Spiner’s return ) that could possibly bring back if they can officially get renewed for a 3rd season. But the smaller roles are slim as some of those actors have passed as well. Hell, John Astin just turned 94. He could be the long lost grandfather. Just sayin’

@COMPFUNK2

3 ай бұрын

@@mcribs7811 We’ll see. Nowadays NBC seems to cancel comedies after two seasons (Kenan; Mr. Mayor; American Auto; Grand Crew (or as I called it, Living Single Jr)…).

@mattalan6618

3 ай бұрын

Bull is dead?

I'm begging you to please do a failed spin-off video about The Facts of Life, that show had SO MANY failed spin-off attempts...

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

It's definitely in the works. Thanks for watching!

these are my favorite type of videos on KZread. Yours are always so great !

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!!

5:37 Two Face just dragged Ethyl into a room. _That's_ the crossover I never expected.

I just finished watching My two dads on Tubi. 😊

I'd love someone to explore the child actor to lawyer pipeline. With this video I only have three examples, but it's wild that child actors either become adult actors or lawyers apparently.

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, Charlie Korsmo also went into law. And Chunk from Goonies is an entertainment lawyer.

@mattm7798

2 ай бұрын

Haha, good question. A number of child actors also become serious scientists like Blossom and Winnie Cooper(and Dolph Lungren) .

My Two Gay Dads ended prematurely🐱

I love this series!

I watched this show on USA. I remeber they also hosted the Saturday cartoons. I was sure that if anyone was going to be a movie star from that show it would be Chad Allen.

I loved BJ and The Bear when I was in my single digits!

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Great show and even greater theme song

liked this 1, although I can kind of see why it wasn't picked up. Greg Evigan also went on to TekWar with William Shatner.

I definitely saw this episode somewhat recently on AntennaTV.

This is a show that I haven't thought about in a long time, but I was a big fan as a kid.

I loved my two dad's when I was young. Yes I am old and watched it on TV. I was in love with the daughter. Then I grew up and fell in love with her sister on Step by Step. Then a few seasons later fell in love with her step sister in the same show.

Staci Keanan's Step by Step costar Christopher Castile was a guest star on My Two Dads during Season 3. He also guest starred on Empty Nest twice before joining the cast of Step by Step and Going Places.

I used to love My Two Dads. The first time I saw an upside down Christmas Tree was on the show. I loved Roy and Corey. My little butt was upset when it didn’t get picked up 😊 💖📺💖📺💖📺💖

I really like your channel very entertaining

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Very cool video!!!

I remember the show’s first run syndication on USA when they got some shows first run in syndication since I was born in 84 I don’t really remember it’s network run but loved it in syndication when I saw it

3 seasons but My Two Dads must have had 4 of 5 different intro sequences LOL!

It's interesting that Butkus was a monster Hall of Fame linebacker and became this lovable character on TV.

*I use to watch this and record this on tape at High school in 90's* 💡

İ would've definitely watched both these shows and the spin off would have been awesome

I don't know how many people work on these videos, it seems at least 2 because there's a lady narrator sometimes but regardless I appreciate you. Thank you for making this pure nostalgia content, I love it 🐢

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! We really appreciate it.

I enjoyed My Two Dads, but if it hadn't been canceled we might never have had Mad About You. I still laugh over Jamie going nuts that all the members of Paul's family kept referring to sleep apnea as "The Apnea." Turns out my brother and I have The Apnea too. 😀

I liked it. Unique idea, best cast, excellent acting. I didn't think either one of them was her father her mother just trusted both of them.

@aph1976

2 ай бұрын

I think either Michael or Joey was Nicole's father and i'm wondering if Nicole's mother knew which of them was the father but she loved them both and wanted both of them to raise her daughter.

There’s a Taiwanese adaptation of this show called “Two Fathers” it’s on Netflix, there’s 73 episodes, it’s set in modern times (2013) . A few changes that the girl was much younger than her American sitcom (she’s seven) . Funny thing is I don’t know if people even know about this show. If you like “My Two Dads” you would probably like the Taiwanese version.

Also Mad About You and Dinosaurs.

Stacey was a doll.

"A Friend of the Family", burned off on August 14, 1988.

1:37-1:39 - I’m an 80s baby and I have never heard of Our House.

@ttintagel

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, when I think of Chad Allen I think of St. Elsewhere or Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Good show! Wilford Brimley, Deidre Hall, Chad Allen and Shannon Doherty.

@wesleybush8646

3 ай бұрын

Sundays 7pm Eastern on NBC 1986-1988.

@pisto30

3 ай бұрын

Great show. I watched it every Sunday with my parents. I recently found the entire series on KZread about a month ago. (the channel's called JarlenaFan if you ever want to check it out)

Never heard of this show until just now 😂

1987!? 😳 Didn’t air here in the U.K til like 1990 6:22 Hey, it’s Phillip from Dream Warriors 😄

I know Bull as the gym teacher from the BEST Chuck Norris movie ever, *"SIDEKICKS.'* #RipJonathanBrandis

I'da rather watched THIS than MY TWO DADS!! I also thought that Lauren Tewes vanished out of show biz as she left THE LOVE BOAT. So, thanks for showing me an aspect of the show that I almost missed, if it hadn't have been for your video.

a show like this would no way work on television today

I knew that I recognized Florence Stanley's voice! She played Bertha Packard: elderly, sarcastic, chain-smoking radio operator. in Disney's 2001 animated film named Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

A blond kid named "Zack"? Hmm... Make a note of that.

@jimthar17

2 ай бұрын

I don't see it going anywhere. What could possibly come of it?

Young Giovanni ribisi looks like Shia labeouf

I loved this show

I remember Dick B. from the BLUE THUNDER tv series

I had the biggest crush on Amy Hathaway, she is still gorgeous !

I always enjoyed the series

3:21 How could the father be indeterminate?!? Does that mean neither were the father? 🤔

@1talldaddy

3 ай бұрын

no it was never revealed who the father was.aka not ruin the plot of the show.

This title would have a whole new meaning nowadays.

I loved this show ❤ Also, I always thought "Friend of the Family" was one of those special episodes and not a pilot spinoff 😅

My two dads actually holds up pretty well despite being very 80s. The actors have great comedic timing and it's generally pretty well written. Stacy Kennan would basically go straight from this to Step by Step(playing a completely different type of character) so for about a decade straight, she was on TV.

My Two Dads looks like an interesting show. I know Staci Keanan more from Step By Step. Staci was a guest on an episode of the Pod Meets World Podcast. She still has a similar voice. Unfortunately My Two Dads is currently not on any streaming service. It is a Sony Television property. Streaming rights could be sold anywhere. However the show might have to be up converted to widescreen HD since 4:3 SD might not be popular.

@johnfire3194

3 ай бұрын

It's on Tubi

What about the MacGyver back door pilot with the three brothers and their mom are private detectives. Cuba Gooding Jr is the baby brother and Della Reese is the mom.

I love your backdoor pilot episodes. Do you remember the episode of MacGyver where MacGyver is only in it at the first, and then the rest of the episode just on the Colton brothers? I think MacGyver shows up at the end of the episode. I’ve always wondered if this was supposed to be a backdoor pilot, or just a one off episode focusing on the Colton’s.

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Yes! An episode on the Macgyver backdoor pilot is in the works!

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

And thanks for watching!

@SuperMarioBrosIII

3 ай бұрын

@@atomicabe How about the Knight Rider backdoor pilot Code Of Vengeance aka Dalton's Code Of Vengeance. 🚗💥📺📼

Is that the guy that ED209 blasted in the board room in RoboCop?

How long was this pilot? Wow, a lot happens

I dunno bout no spin off, but I got a My Two Dads reboot pitch that will blow your mind... and mine LOL

Basically her mom slept around and didnt know who fathered her kid. Classy.

did the show ever mention how the mother died?

all the things you forget about, until someone mentions them...

It’s obvious what went wrong here: Dick Butkus minus Bubba Smith = a recipe for failure.

I thought show was about u know what although I never saw the show. But just hearing the title.

That X-Files episode is one of the best

80s & 90s Movie's & TV Show's Are The Best 💯

Dana was my biggest crush growing up

I would have watched it, if it got picked up

Who can forget the cult classics of Kinjite forbidden subjects and Lisa !

Yes, "Night Court" existed in the same universe as "My Two Dads". I think a lot of the reason spin-offs fail is because they are too similar to the 1st show. Still like the re-runs of the 1st 2 years of My Two Dads.

A former friend (named here too) of mine was a regular and it was a terrible experience for him and most people on this set, it was very toxic and borderline volatile.

That woulda been a kickass show

Before looking up the actress, is the Judge the voice of grandma in Dinosaurs? 🤣 Edit: The answer is yes, Florence Stanley did!

@atomicabe

3 ай бұрын

Yes good call! Another Michael Jacobs show. Florence Stanley has an amazing voice.

@stvojay

3 ай бұрын

@@atomicabe thanks for the reply! And I almost forgot Michael Jacobs did Dinosaurs as well. Great stuff!

Funny to think that before we had shared cinematic universes, we had shared TV universes🤣

I remember this stell wach it today

I am and always will be a huge fan of Dick Butkus.

What about Blossom?

Dan Fielding, true role model

what ever happenwd to D.N.A. tests? Was one of the dads one half of starsky and Hutch?

@1talldaddy

3 ай бұрын

they actually do that.but at the last minute they decided it would be better to just leave things they way they were.

Loved that show, i re watched it a couple of years ago since it 1st aired and i really enjoyed it but it sucks it was only 3 seasons!!??.... i had no idea this was an attempt for a spin off, im also watching married with children for the 1st time and when i saw the ep. with Matt Leblanc and his dad i immediately guessed it was an attempt at a spin off!!!... why did 80s and 90s show always pushed for that!?.... well we got a couple of goods ones.... Family Matters and Different World

@raulzavala9061

3 ай бұрын

The reason for sitcom spin-offs I'm guessing the networks wanted more viewers while the producers wanted more hits which equaled more money for them.

@THE_bchat

3 ай бұрын

The original Star Trek and The Brady Bunch had backdoor pilot episodes in the 1960s & 70s, so it's not an 80s or 90s trend. Spin-offs have always been a thing, going back to the radio era of the 1940s.

11:39 is that Kato Kaelin?

The closest thing we got to a remake is Baby Daddy

Remember The New Monkee's from 1987?🎸🧑‍🎤🎤📺

Times have changed. This show was getting 18 million viewers in its last season and that was considered poor. If a show had 18 million viewers today, the suits at the network would Randy Marsh all over themselves.

I didn't think anybody watched it. And Nicole was one of my crushes

i so would've watched that show