It's been 22 years since the That '70s Show the series that captured all of the awkward awesomeness, fashion statements (or crimes), and social progression of life in the 1970's first premiered on Fox. It seems like a lot of the depictions of being very high are drawn from writers being very drunk. Unfortunately, that didn't last forever: The last season of the show only reached seven million households,according to Time. We all looked at her and said, 'You're right.'". No matter what we come up with, they'll say, 'Did you see that '70s show?' More often than not, you'd probably end up with a lot of giggling and some crumbs between the cushions of your couch but you might also get a pretty decent sitcom. And apparently, when Grace returned for the final, he dashed to his car immediately after the last scene while the rest of the cast and crew were getting emotional and saying their goodbyes. The first season of the show features a modified cover version of the song performed by Todd Griffin, lead singer of the 1990s band Graveyard Train, with additional lyrics contributed by composer Ben Vaughn. By casting someone as hyper-masculine as Norris, the producers hoped to establish a clear contrast between the macho Norris and his onscreen son, a bookish nerd who held zero interest in conventionally masculine activities. They're totally different experiences. The role jumpstarted Kunis' career and served as an important milestone in her personal life. The substance abuse issue eventually caused her to leave the show in the third season. In a new time slot up against stiffer competition,That '70sShowfaded in its final season, and what was once a cornerstone hit for the network started to look like a sitcom waiting to be canceled. Kunis toldPeople that in order to nab the role of Jackie Burkhart on the show at age 14, she pretended to be a good bit older than she really was. Most recently, he starred in "Dollface" on Hulu until it was cancelled last year. Grace currently stars as the lead character in the ABC show "Home Economics. However, all good things must come to an end, including That '70s Show. The actor that plays Leo, is Tommy Chong from Cheech &Chong. Over half were male and in their 60s and 70s. But she had to sneak around the producers casting call. Simply the Worlds Most Interesting Travel Site, 15 Things You Didn't Know About 'That '70s Show', Mila Kunis Lied About Her Age To Get The Role As Jackie, They Werent Allowed To Show Marijuana On Camera - So They Got Creative, Topher Grace Got Scouted At A High School Play, The Jackie/Hyde/Kelso Love Triangle Wasnt The Original Love Triangle, Mila Kunis' Height Caused Some Framing Issues, You Can Tell What Year It Is From The Opening Sequences License Plate, Leos Character Was Based Off His Real Life Actor Tommy Chong, Fez (Supposed To Be FES) Stands For 'Foreign Exchange Student', Jackie Is The Only One Who Calls Everyone By Their First Names, Some Of The Cast Members Were Not As Close As Their On-Screen Counterparts, Lisa Robin Kelly Suffered From A Substance Abuse Problem. If it hadn't been canceled and had gone on to a ninth or tenth season, other stories might have been told butit's also very likely thatitwould have overstayed its welcome more than it already had. Although she claimed to have recovered from the troubles that sparked her departure from the show, she made headlines in 2010 for thisDWI mugshotand again in 2012 for allegations of domestic abuse. There was nothing to do. Here's hoping "That '90s Show" does better than its short-lived '80s counterpart, although they certainly can't do much worse. As the cast got more professional opportunities and expanded their careers, they slowly aged out of their roles. Topher Grace was actually cast after and Terry Turner saw him perform in a high school play. Between the show's first and seventh season, audience scores never dropped below 60 percent, the eighth season took a massive dive, dropping all the way to 23 percent. Like most long-running sitcoms,That '70s Showtied up basically every significant loose end during its finale. Not only that, but even Fez's actual name remains unknown by the series' conclusion in 2006. Eric is friends with pretty boy Michael Kelso, stoner Hyde, and foreign exchange student Fez, along with the Formans' neighbor Donna Pinciotti and snobby rich girl Jackie Burkhart. Nowadays, it's become pretty commonplace to see American TV series remaking an earlier British show "The Office" being the clearest example to come to mind. Thrilled to not only step into Donnas shoes again (Ive missed her!) However, Harrison earned a starring role on the Fox series "The Loop" right around the same time. Initially, the showrunnersconsidered recasting the role of Eric, but that idea was abandoned in favor of introducing an entirely new character:Randy Pearson, played by Josh Meyers, who quickly became Donna's new love interest with Eric out of the picture. Fes, is an acronym for foreign exchange student,because in his initial meeting with the gang, they realized they wont be able to remember or pronounce it. It was so random and fun.. Woody Harrelson had one cogent moment in his mess of a monologue during last night's Saturday Night Live. Carsey-Werner Productions exec Jim Kraus commented on the show's appeal in an interview with theNew York Times, pointing out, "The show was a secret pleasure for Fox's core audience, the 18-to-34-year-old concentration of viewers No matter what night it aired and it moved constantly viewers found it and followed it." While Fez's difficult name is played up for laughs, there was some secret meaning behind the scene. And theyre like Well, thats too weird for audiences, so now you and Ashton are together, and I was like, Thats even weirder, she said. In the early days of the show's production, the showrunners were going to call the series, "Teenage Wasteland," a reference to the lyrics of The Who's "Baba O'Riley" (viaThe Hollywood Reporter). "We'd be smoking cigarettes and holding them low, and then they would just pump in this movie smoke that smelled like strawberries. (Foreign Exchange Student). This is not to say Grace didn't keep busy between episodes of That '70s Show,particularly after 2004, the year the series concluded itssixth season. It was 'faking it till you make it' full blown for the entire first season.". What do you get when you throw a bunch of teenagers from small-town Wisconsin into a dingy basement with nothing to entertain themselves but a TV and a bag of pot? Many of the younger actors working on "That '70s Show" got their start from the series. Due to censorship rules, the showing of smoking marijuana was not allowed on cable television. Bob (Don Stark) didn't like that Midge (Tanya Roberts) was too busy with her feminist club meetings to cook him dinner. Hes older now, hes retired, Smith, who is also one of the executive producers, said. After seeing Grace's performance in the play, the couple approached him shortly after he enrolled at USC and moved to Los Angeles and asked him to audition for Eric. There was another lingering haze on That '70s Show, however the lingering haze of drama. Issues off the screen were bubbling up for Kelly, however. Though Kutcher never confirmed the cheating chatter, Moore did issue a statement when they split that suggested she may have been betrayed: "As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life.". One of the most innovative ways "That '70s Show" got around establishing the characters' routine use of marijuana without actually showing it was the rotating camera from the series' signature "circle" scenes. (He said he was working on both occasions.) The. In 2003, he was sentenced to nine months in jail for selling pot pipes. Originally introduced as Hyde's absentminded hippie employer, the show bumped Leo up to main cast member status by Season 4. Kitty Forman (Debra Jo Rupp) is, without a doubt, one of the most kindhearted and loving characters in "That '70s Show." Not only is her laugh contagious, but she truly cares about everyone.. It was like some incense in the background.". From the second season onwards, the showrunners went with another version of the song performed by Cheap Trick. If this gets confusing, check Erics vista cruiser license plate in the opening credits - it always notes what year the episode is taking place. Whether the combinations made any sense was another matter. Valderrama spilled some very private details about the many famous women he claimed to have slept with. Netflix suspended work on Kevin Spacey'sHouse of Cardsafter he was accused of sexual misconduct in October 2017. Her parents placed her in a childrens acting program when she was younger to make new friends - and soon she was landing auditions left and right. However, Karo ultimately felt traumatized and unable to live up to her potential because she had to live in Los Angeles a city that was also home to Kunis, the girl who was her friend until she stole her chicken. When the star was seven years old, she fled Ukraine and moved to the U.S. on a religious refugee visa. The Circle is a way for the creators to showcase a vital component of the '70s - smoking weed. The showrunners came close to using the title of Traffic's "Feelin' Alright" as the name of the show, but Fox felt it wasn't strong enough. In March 2006, Valderrama was a guest on Howard Stern's radio show (via theDaily Beast and ThoughtCo) and actually did what Stern always wants his guests to do: talk about sex. I was convinced I was going to get fired. The finale features the returns of Eric and Kelso and considering that the episode boasts a near-perfect ratingon IMDb, it's safe to assume that fans were excited to see these familiar faces again. In real life, Topher Grace himself left the show in order to play the role of the villain Eddie Brock or "Venom" in Spider-Man 3. This caused a huge shift in the dynamic of the show, due to Erics character being the focus of the show. In most cases, many of the scripts used in "That '70s Show" were recycled in its British counterpart. The former "Bond girl" and star of the real '70s show Charlie's Angels, revealed on an E! Wed be smoking cigarettes and holding them low, and then they would just pump in this movie smoke that smelled like strawberries. This character who would eventually become Randy combined some of the main characteristics of Eric and Kelso, with Meyers acting as a successor to both roles after Kutcher left the show near the start of Season 8, while also serving as a prospective love interest for Donna. Humorously, the specific amount of money Chilton received through his royalties was a hilariously coincidental amount. By the end, many fans hadn't just moved on they actively disliked the final batch of episodes. Every time the theme song aired, the co-writer of the song, Big Star singer Alex Chilton, got $70. Though they did well overall, Rotten Tomatoesaudience scores for the first seven seasons gradually declined as the show progressed. Red and Kitty Foreman dealt with financial and employment instability, and Bob and Midge Pinciotti showed what married life looked like during the '70s wave of feminism. Finally, Kelso became a security guard for the Playboy Club in Chicago, an ironic gig for someone who can't seem to keep his hands off of women. Laura Prepon, 42, played Donna Pinciotti in "That '70s Show" and went on to star in the blockbuster Netflix show Orange Is The New Black. Not only is she reprising her role the spinoff, but shes also directing some episodes. Her husband passed away, in June 2006. In the interview, Valderrama called the Vista Cruiser, "The best thing I've ever acquired from my whole career. Chong was then added back as a main cast member for the eighth and final season, as Leo takes on a job working for Hyde at his record store. Kunis recalls seeing Kutcher from the back, telling People Then he just turns around and it was literally like if we were in a movie, the music would start playing and the violins would go. The minute Kitty knocked on the door and I opened the door and it was her, it could have been yesterday. Mila Kunis spent a large part of her childhood in the Ukraine and was reportedly close friends there with a girl named Kristina Karo. Cookie Notice At the end of season seven, Topher Graces character (Eric) left Point Place, Wisconsin in efforts to get a fully paid tuition after completing a year of teaching in Africa. But in real life, her background is much different than that. The show stars Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart, Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti, and Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso. What fans might not know is that the allusions to '70s rock songs were originally planned to go even further. As they scrambled to try and find a way to carry the show onwards, they introduced a new character,Charlie Schmidt,near the end of Season 7. Kelly died from a reporteddrug overdose in 2013 at age 43. These days, in an age of content oversaturation . If not for that so-called "little white non-truth," she might not have ended up making the Jackie-Kelso ship sail onto a romantic island of marriage and babies together. Due to off-screen struggles, she eventually decided to leave the show and was replaced by actress Christina Moore in Season 6. and our I'd be like if they were rerunning your high school year book all the time. Those in media also know that if the actors in the shot have drastically different heights, it can cause some issues. This has never been elaborated on by the showrunners or Wilmer Valderrama. She didn't appear at all in Season 4 and appeared only in a handful of episodes in Season 5. That '70s Show provided us with one of the last batches of them: Kutcher and Kunis, along with Grace and Prepon, were obvious screen-stealing stars from the get-go. ". The camera needs to see all actors perfectly. ", This article was originally published on TODAY.com, latest project is Netflix film "Your Place Or Mine. This would help the show create some truly magnificent moments between them. While the spelling of Fez became popular as the show went on, Fezs real nickname should actually be spelled Fes. Fez in the finale! Though Randy became part of the main cast with hopes of maintaining the status quo, the characterwasn't exactly likedby fans. The show kind of ended up naming itself after all those legal issues, and we cant imagine a more perfect name. 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