Say you're a popular TV show and two of its biggest stars leave in a pay dispute; what would you do to keep the show going? You hire clones of the Original, of course, and hope nobody is stupid enough to know the difference! What could Possibly go Wrong?

What discussion of Bad TV would be complete without talking about the single most Expensive series/failure of all time (at the time). All Aboard for a trainwreck!

CAUTION: Language advisory

Even Hell--let alone Telehell--has its limits. With that, here is a list of things that we cannot, will not, and will probably NEVER Review (Unless in certain circumstances)...or at least the ones we can think of off the top of our heads

NEW EPISODE: 16 years after the last ripoff of "Fawlty Towers", John Larroquette tries to avoid the mistakes that Bea Arthur made--even going so far as to get John Cleese's permission to do it--But do we get a well run hotel this time, or is this another place with stains on the mattress?

Catch ALL of our episodes at telehell.libsyn.com

This week, we take a look at one of the two most blatant ripoffs in TV history; as after "Maude", but before "Golden Girls", Bea Arthur tries to show off an impression of Basil Fawlty.

NOTE: This is a 2 Part episode, our "Nine Circles" will return in the next part.

Our maiden voyage into Telehell takes a look at a show that was such a critical and ratings flop in its first episode, that the 2nd episode was a 30 minute apology (Let's see MTV do that today). Jackie Gleason's one and only foray in hosting a game show, You're In The Picture is our first subject…

Don't Forget to LIKE, COMMENT, RATE & SUBSCRIBE

LIKE (FB/Twitter/BlueSky @TelehellPodcast) COMMENT (Anywhere) RATE & SUBSCRIBE (WHEREVER YOU STREAM)

Well folks, the time for Teasing has come to an end. In the next Five minutes; we're going to explain who we are, what we're about, and what subjects we're going to be covering over the next 12 weeks. We look forward to you coming back for more on July 7th.