Series regulars who didn't appear in an episode for temperamental reasons
09-04-12, 05:28 PM
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Re: Series regulars who didn't appear in an episode for temperamental reasons
Weren't Suzanne Sommers of Three's Company and Gary Burghoff from M*A*S*H unceremoniously phased out because of their prima donna-like behaviors?
I believe Chrissy Snow went to go take care of her aunt while Radar was on leave in Seoul, both making their sporadic appearances via phone conversation.
I believe Chrissy Snow went to go take care of her aunt while Radar was on leave in Seoul, both making their sporadic appearances via phone conversation.
09-04-12, 07:50 PM
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Mandy Patinkin decided to not show up for work on Criminal Minds. He quit without telling anyone in advance. Years later he said it was because he did not the violent nature of the show. He did come back and shoot a finale scene later.
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09-04-12, 08:12 PM
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he left between seasons, without letting anyone know. that is true. he had to come back later to shoot a scene explaining his departure for the next season, but reportedly none of the regular cast or crew wanted anything to do with him or the shoot and they had to do it without outside crew. they were all so pissed that he could just walk away without notice or letting anyone know.
09-04-12, 08:41 PM
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huh?
he left between seasons, without letting anyone know. that is true. he had to come back later to shoot a scene explaining his departure for the next season, but reportedly none of the regular cast or crew wanted anything to do with him or the shoot and they had to do it without outside crew. they were all so pissed that he could just walk away without notice or letting anyone know.
he left between seasons, without letting anyone know. that is true. he had to come back later to shoot a scene explaining his departure for the next season, but reportedly none of the regular cast or crew wanted anything to do with him or the shoot and they had to do it without outside crew. they were all so pissed that he could just walk away without notice or letting anyone know.
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...eaks-1.3536240
http://www.aoltv.com/2007/08/20/here...riminal-minds/
09-05-12, 07:23 AM
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09-05-12, 08:28 AM
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Here's his reason and some crew reactions. I still think it was a jerk move.
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...eaks-1.3536240
http://www.aoltv.com/2007/08/20/here...riminal-minds/
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...eaks-1.3536240
http://www.aoltv.com/2007/08/20/here...riminal-minds/
09-05-12, 09:31 AM
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Re: Series regulars who didn't appear in an episode for temperamental reasons
mike brady not in the final ep of one of the great sitcoms in history is easily the most egrigious...
no wonder they needed to have a few movies and specials just to bring him back...
no wonder they needed to have a few movies and specials just to bring him back...
08-01-15, 08:04 PM
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One of MeTV's promos mentioned that there was one episode of Quincy, M.E. where Jack Klugman didn't appear!
From Wikipedia:
From Wikipedia:
A total of 148 episodes were made. Jack Klugman appeared in 147. In the episode "Has Anybody Here Seen Quincy?", Dr. Asten talks to Quincy twice on the phone, but Quincy's voice is not heard and he is not seen on screen. The reason Klugman did not take part in the episode is because he disliked the script written by Michael Sloan and Glen A. Larson for the episode; a body brought into the morgue turns out to still be alive. Although these cases do happen in real life, Klugman thought it laughable that a medical examiner of Quincy's expertise would fail to notice it.
08-01-15, 08:32 PM
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This is sort of backwards from the thread topic, but Jason Alexander was so upset at being written out of a Seinfeld episode, "The Pen," that he threatened to quit of they ever gave him a week off again.
08-01-15, 10:02 PM
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08-02-15, 01:27 AM
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08-02-15, 01:41 AM
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Lisa Welchel was a huge fan of Survivor when she went on. But I'm very confused by your description of Survivor as "sex-laced". I'm pretty sure there's no sexual content on Survivor unless you count the blurred nudity they sometimes have to do. And none of that nudity could be considered sexual in nature anyway.
08-02-15, 10:19 PM
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George Eads and Jorja Fox both got a suspension on CSI for some off the set drama. Both had a salary standoff and Eads had a later altercation with a writer which got him a multi-episode suspension.
Odd. I seem to recall Michael Richards threatened to quit when he wasn't in the Chinese Restaurant episode.
Odd. I seem to recall Michael Richards threatened to quit when he wasn't in the Chinese Restaurant episode.
08-02-15, 10:27 PM
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George Eads and Jorja Fox both got a suspension on CSI for some off the set drama. Both had a salary standoff and Eads had a later altercation with a writer which got him a multi-episode suspension.
Odd. I seem to recall Michael Richards threatened to quit when he wasn't in the Chinese Restaurant episode.
Odd. I seem to recall Michael Richards threatened to quit when he wasn't in the Chinese Restaurant episode.
08-02-15, 11:49 PM
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Steven Hill in Mission: Impossible. Led to Peter Graves taking over in season two.
08-03-15, 12:01 AM
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Patricia McPherson (Bonnie from the original Knight Rider) left the show for 1 season because of a salary standoff IIRC. They brought another actress to replace her for 1 season and then McPherson came back the following season. I seem to recall that was a big deal.
08-03-15, 05:40 AM
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Suzanne Somers held out for more money before the 1980-81 Season of Three's Company and for the first few episodes, they pretended she was away at her aunt or uncles. Since they did want her on the set, but she was still under contract, they would film her calling home to Jack/Janet in another room. The first few episodes they would have a 1 minute phone call from Chissy to Janet to show the audience that she was still on the show.
Finally, they fired her after she demanded too much money (which was unprecendented at the time), and replaced her with her sister Cindy.
Finally, they fired her after she demanded too much money (which was unprecendented at the time), and replaced her with her sister Cindy.
08-03-15, 01:18 PM
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08-05-15, 11:02 PM
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I'm watching Laverne & Shirley on METV and was reminded about Cindy Williams getting pregnant and either demanding or requesting accommodation for her pregnancy in the final season.
08-05-15, 11:37 PM
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Yeah, she asked for them to hide her baby bump behind pillows and even wanted her due date off, since it was a production day. How unreasonable.
08-06-15, 05:52 AM
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He gets paid whether he's in the episode or not.
It was early in the show's run, and Jason Alexander was a stage guy so the show wasn't that important to him at the time. He told Larry David that if they don't need him for every episode, just write him out entirely. They never wrote George out of an episode again, but they did it to Michael Richards who was also missing from that same episode.
It was early in the show's run, and Jason Alexander was a stage guy so the show wasn't that important to him at the time. He told Larry David that if they don't need him for every episode, just write him out entirely. They never wrote George out of an episode again, but they did it to Michael Richards who was also missing from that same episode.
