Comments on: What’s the Most Ill-Conceived Romantic Pairing of Two Regular Characters on a TV Sitcom? https://popculturereferences.com/whats-the-most-ill-conceived-romantic-pairing-of-two-regular-characters-on-a-tv-sitcom/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Tim https://popculturereferences.com/whats-the-most-ill-conceived-romantic-pairing-of-two-regular-characters-on-a-tv-sitcom/#comment-3765 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:17:44 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2473#comment-3765 Drew and Kate on the Drew Carey Show pretty awful but the worst was Chandler and Monica on Friends. Zero chemistry and the pairing made a marginal show completely unwatchable.

]]> By: Joe Arashikage https://popculturereferences.com/whats-the-most-ill-conceived-romantic-pairing-of-two-regular-characters-on-a-tv-sitcom/#comment-3599 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:54:16 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2473#comment-3599 I know it’s less of a romance than a hookup, but I will take every opportunity I can to complain about Shirley and Chang from Community.

So ridiculous. Completely. So awful.

]]> By: Alex Widen https://popculturereferences.com/whats-the-most-ill-conceived-romantic-pairing-of-two-regular-characters-on-a-tv-sitcom/#comment-3597 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:23:55 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2473#comment-3597 I totally agree about Fez and Jackie. It really did reek of the show’s writers and producers having nowhere to go with Jackie (since she had already dated Hyde and Kelso, and Eric/Topher Grace was already off the show by that last season) and just shrugging their shoulders. Honestly, anytime I think of a sitcom which lasted at least one season too long, “THAT 70’S SHOW” is the first example that comes to mind. Usually when a show loses some/all of their main leads and the supporting cast is running things, that’s a hint from the universe to wrap up. The extra year or so’s salary for eking it out is rarely worth it for anyone in the long run.

Zack Morris’ brief romance with Lisa Turtle in “SAVED BY THE BELL” always seemed odd to me. Their actors dated for 2-3 years in real life so I get that, but it meant Zack deliberately breaking his best friend Screech’s heart, on top of all the other mean spirited and borderline abusive things he did to him across all those seasons (including that one season of “GOOD MORNING, MISS BLISS”). It mingled with the endless Zack/Kelly/Slater triangle and it was dumped pretty quickly, making Screech’s heartbreak over it almost worthless.

Another one which was brief but always leaped out at me was Agnes Skinner and Comic Book Guy from “THE SIMPSONS.” I know the absurdity of it was part of the humor, but I still thought it was kind of icky and/or played to a lot of stereotypes even beyond comedy.

“THE OFFICE” had a couple of these. Most people cite Ryan and Kelly, or Michael Scott and Jan as examples.

]]> By: Geno https://popculturereferences.com/whats-the-most-ill-conceived-romantic-pairing-of-two-regular-characters-on-a-tv-sitcom/#comment-3595 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 02:24:28 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2473#comment-3595 “How I Met Your Mother” marrying Barney with Robin at the worst matchup.

1) Barney was a creep and Robin knew it

2) The show had already planned the conclusion where Robin and Ted are married

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