WOW, Bringing it back.....

[RoyalBoyle78]

Who remembers this show, My sisters and brother watched it all the time.

You can't do that on television.

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[Misfit]

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Of course. That show launched a couple of careers, though the only one I remember is Alanis Morissette.

[Brandwin]

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I remember that ol' **** eyed girl.

I remember the show, the slime, locker jokes, but my memory is vague. Wasn't there one guy who had like a firing squad?

[RoyalBoyle78]

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I remember that ol' **** eyed girl.

I remember the show, the slime, locker jokes, but my memory is vague. Wasn't there one guy who had like a firing squad?

Yup...LOL

[Bacardi151]

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Barf's burgers,

boy does that bring back memories.

[trobinson97]

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Yep, used to watch it on those slow Saturdays.

[SPTO]

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Loved this show as a kid. YTV here in Canada used to show it ALL THE TIME.

[jake44np]

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I watched this show all the time!
I also remember a few of the episodes got banned in Canada.
The title of this thread says bringing it back, are the bringing this show back??

[55]

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http://www.barthsburgery.com/

[Bacardi151]

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http://www.barthsburgery.com/

Learn something new every day. I thought his name was Barf.

[TJdaSportsGuy]

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"Blue skies, Barthy Burgers, GIRLS!"

[TJdaSportsGuy]

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This thread prompted me to google the show to see if they are, indeed, planning a new version. They are not. But what I did find made me laugh my *** off.

From Wikipedia...

Technology

"Technology" (1984) was a unique "interactive" episode. As Christine McGlade explained during the show's introduction, this episode would provide an opportunity for the show to test some new technology that would allow viewers to influence the outcome of a scene. During the course of the show, whenever the characters disagreed on something, they would "let the viewers decide". Red and green squares would appear on the screen, and viewers would be asked to touch green for a "yes" vote, and red for a "no" vote. Afterwards, the "correct" action would be taken.


Some examples from this episode include whether or not to execute Luke McKeehan (yes), slime Vanessa Lindores in a dungeon scene (yes), and let Lisa Ruddy lose her voice and be unable to talk (yes). The viewers did "vote" to restore Lisa's voice, but only to introduce the opposite sketches, and the viewers "voted" for Lisa to lose her voice again once the opposites were over.


The next example involved going to a commercial. Lisa was to introduce the commercials, but could not because she was still unable to speak, and Lisa informed Christine (via writing notes, which was the only way she was able to communicate) that if there were no commercials, no one would get paid. This was all the prompting Christine needed to initiate the vote, but the vote failed to pass twice, thus forcing Christine to resort to a sort of bribery, including promising that Vanessa would get watered (of course, Christine got watered herself while explaining this) and Eugene Contreras would have "something really bad" happen to him if the vote went through. It worked: Vanessa was drenched, and the "really bad" thing turned out to be a pie in the face for Eugene. And of course, Lisa was able to talk again, and she chirped, "And now it's time for a commercial."


Another example allowed the viewers to "vote" on whether or not the locker jokes scene would go on. The viewers voted NOT to go through with them, which made Christine say, "Boy, the viewers of this show have a brain after all." Then she turned towards the camera and said, "Then again, if you really did have a brain, would you even be watching this show?"


One final vote at the end of the episode involved letting the viewers vote on whether the show would be allowed to end. Surprisingly, the viewers "voted" for the show not to end - which convinced Ross that the technological gizmo was broken. He and Christine were further convinced when they held another vote on whether to take Lisa's voice from her again, and vote came back in favor of Lisa keeping her voice.

I TOTALLY remember this episode! I remember being so impressed with the new technology that allowed me to vote on things in the show from my home TV. I also remember my parents playing along, like it was real, haha. Ahh, the sweet innocent days of childhood!

[Brandwin]

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Learn something new every day. I thought his name was Barf.

Did you really? I thought the same thing.