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Jaime Weinman writes about all kinds of television and other kinds of popular culture. He does not write Gossip Girl episode reviews. Follow Jaime on Twitter: @weinmanj

Who's Watching The Kids?

by Jaime Weinman on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:42pm - 4 Comments

Another space-filling intro from an obscure ’70s show (that apparently got shown on TV Land back when TV Land didn’t suck). Remember Blansky’s Beauties? Well, after that show deservedly flopped, Garry Marshall didn’t give up on the idea of the story of hot showgirls living with Scott Baio. He sold NBC on a new show, loosely based on Blansky with three of the same leads: Caren Kaye, Linda Goodfriend and Scott Baio, and NBC bought it, first titled Legs and then Who’s Watching the Kids? By the time this version of the intro aired, Caren Kaye was off the show. And nobody cared one way or the other, because this version flopped too. However, this series can be thanked for introducing Jim Belushi as a sitcom star. Thank you Garry.

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  • ron

    Please. Not another clip with Scott Baio. I’m begging you.

    • Jaime Weinman

      There are shows without Scott Baio?

  • http://bobcathouseconcerts.com Bob LeDrew

    Wasn’t Linda G Richie’s Lori Beth?

    And while I don’t have the foggiest recollection of that show, I can say without reservation that it looks soul-eatingly awful. Was it recalled after an epidemic of people stickin’ pins in their eyes to save themselves from ever seeing it again?

  • http://www.cinephobia.com Stephen Rowley

    The minor point of interest here for me was that – having not seen much of James Belushi’s older work – I’ve never really seen a clip where the family resemblance between he and John Belushi is so strking. Can you find me clip now where Brian Doyle Murray is a spitting image for Bill Murray?

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