12. Woops!
Picture two young children playing with a toy at a parade, when suddenly, they accidentally set off a nuclear missile, which wipes out all of humanity in 60 minutes. Did we forget to mention that six eccentric characters survive the blast? This was the premise behind Woops!, a seemingly short-lived comedy that felt like it was born out of a slow news day. Who said a nuclear apocalypse couldn’t be funny?
Woops
As it turns out, a lot of things are funnier than this. Woops! Was a flow and a half, getting the axe after thirteen unlucky episodes. Newsday speculated as to why it didn’t work, saying, “It could have been the funniest show in the world, if there was a nuclear war, and this was the only show left”. Smooth.
13. Co-Ed Fever
You may not have heard of Co-Ed Fever, because it technically didn’t make it broadcast. An attempt to capitalize on the popular National Lampoon’s Animal House, this show was a frat house comedy, which audience found only a fraction as funny as the one it got its inspiration from.
Co Ed Fever
In a way to build buzz, creators aired an episode titled “Pepperoni Passion” as a special preview, intending on gaining some exposure before it was set to launch a few weeks later. Immediately after the launch, the show was canceled altogether. Luckily, it wasn’t alone, as three similar comedies, set in a frat house, came out and failed in the 1979 season.
