I've got a whole BULGING folder devoted to strictly Mrs Brown's Boys. I noticed the dilution/diminishing-returns process starting in about midway thru Season 2. All the 'let's get the gang back together, AGAIN' 'specials' didn't help either.
Why do otherwise-brilliant shows just all tend to run out of steam, and most of those ABRUPTLY? I.E., the process isn't death-by-degrees so much as everybody goes on vacation between seasons and are replaced by Special Ed grade-school kids as writers the following seasons.
I think it was about end of S1 & beginning of S2 that O'Carroll just started rehashing the stage shows for the small screen & it showed in the viewing figures. The 'talk show' format started & the figures went off a cliff. Xmas/NY 20/21 they tried going back to the original format but they are bad.
Liberace's 'I cried all the way to the bank' comes to mind
I think shows have a habit of dying because the on screen talent are allowed behind the cameras with production credits, directing scenes or whole episodes, deciding where their character should be going & if they're SJW types....kiss of death after that season
Hear, hear! I applaud - and thank - you for your encyclopedic knowledge of All Things Series. I think you pretty much nailed it for the reasoning behind the majority of faltering-to-the-point-of-unwatchable films and series - those who should have just stuck with writing and/or acting, and allow the director to helm things, etc. Being a HUUUUUUUGE Yes fan (seeing them 4 times prior to Chris Squire's death), I always thought the 'grand-dad' actor could have been Rick Wakeman's TWIN.
https://youtu.be/cFPUkCGG4Yk
I give you fair warning, the best bits are in the trailer
I've got a whole BULGING folder devoted to strictly Mrs Brown's Boys. I noticed the dilution/diminishing-returns process starting in about midway thru Season 2. All the 'let's get the gang back together, AGAIN' 'specials' didn't help either.
Why do otherwise-brilliant shows just all tend to run out of steam, and most of those ABRUPTLY? I.E., the process isn't death-by-degrees so much as everybody goes on vacation between seasons and are replaced by Special Ed grade-school kids as writers the following seasons.
I think it was about end of S1 & beginning of S2 that O'Carroll just started rehashing the stage shows for the small screen & it showed in the viewing figures. The 'talk show' format started & the figures went off a cliff. Xmas/NY 20/21 they tried going back to the original format but they are bad.
Liberace's 'I cried all the way to the bank' comes to mind
I think shows have a habit of dying because the on screen talent are allowed behind the cameras with production credits, directing scenes or whole episodes, deciding where their character should be going & if they're SJW types....kiss of death after that season
Hear, hear! I applaud - and thank - you for your encyclopedic knowledge of All Things Series. I think you pretty much nailed it for the reasoning behind the majority of faltering-to-the-point-of-unwatchable films and series - those who should have just stuck with writing and/or acting, and allow the director to helm things, etc. Being a HUUUUUUUGE Yes fan (seeing them 4 times prior to Chris Squire's death), I always thought the 'grand-dad' actor could have been Rick Wakeman's TWIN.