At Flashbak, my latest article remembers the horrors of science fiction TV clip shows!
Here's a snippet, and the url (http://flashbak.com/deja-vu-all-over-again-5-sci-fi-tv-clips-shows-from-the-depths-of-hell-27225/ )
"Once
upon a time, major TV series in America were expected to be on the air and
producing new material for twenty-five to thirty weeks a year.
Sometimes,
production companies fell behind in this rigorous schedule.
Sometimes
they simply ran out of money, or were budgeting for an expensive, upcoming
sweeps installment, and needed a breather.
And
sometimes, the producers were just rushing to put something together in
anticipation of a writers or actors strike.
All
such production disruptions could necessitate the creation of the dreaded
“clips show,” an episode of an otherwise beloved series in which protagonists
convene to recollect “events” in their lives, sometimes to solve a mystery. But the ploy was…transparent.
These
“memories” are then visualized on screen as, literally, clips from previous
episodes. Even the best of shows in the
1970s, 1980s and 1990s were not immune to the horror of the “clips show.”
Here
are five examples of this unfortunate necessity, and they are all pretty bad."
Very memorable episodes.
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