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TlalocW

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Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 11:15 AM

Mar 2024

It was actually supposed to be a drama focusing on Moran's character's crippling addiction to buying and hording knick-knacks, but "Joanie Loves Tchotchkes," was misheard by studio heads, and the rest is history.

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📺DEBUT: On this day, March 23, 1982, "Joanie Loves Chachi," starring Scott Baio and Erin Moran, premiered. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 OP

I didn't know it was a "limited run spinoff." I thought it just bombed. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2024 #1

Fun fact TlalocW Mar 2024 #2