Alternative Strokes – Gary Coleman grows up (in a manner of speaking) to inherit his adopted father’s money. He decides to “give back” by adopting a family of Romanian gypsies. Favourite line: “Whatchu talking ’bout, Baltazar?”
Still in the Family – Gloria and Meathead live with a wheelchair-bound Edith, their son Joey and his boyfriend, and their adopted Chinese clone. The opening song finds Gloria and Meathead strumming a guitar and wishing for the days of Watergate and the Vietnam War.
Welcome Back, Horshack – Ron Palillo comes back as a low-paid teacher to the ghetto school where he was once a “Sweathog.” The school has no running water, and the students pass through a metal detector each morning. Ron tells them jokes and tries to encourage them to become teachers, just like him.
What are some other classic 70s shows that need a modern spinoff?