Fox thought they had something with Matt LeBlanc, such that he factored into not one, but two spin-offs from Married.....With Children.
However, after Top of The Heap flopped, Fox tried again with LeBlanc, this time in Vinnie & Bobby, a spring replacement series that ran for nearly 2 full months in 1992. While LeBlanc had perfected the dimbulb persona that would morph into Joey on Friends (and its spin-off, Joey), viewers had gotten tired of Vinnie.
The late standup comic John Pinette co-starred as a fellow construction worker of the title characters, William Melvin (Bill) Belli. Yes, inspired by attorney Melvin Belli.
With spring right around the corner (starts Monday afternoon), here's the penultimate episode, "Spring is in The Air":
Broadway star Robert Torti, who played Bobby, never landed another steady series gig, but did manage a high profile movie role in Tom Hanks' 1996 film, "That Thing You Do!".
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