The Army Game in 1958. The plot concentrated on Bresslaw's character and included Hawtrey, Alfie Bass, Rossington and Michael Medwin playing their characters. ""I Only Arsked"" became Bresslaw's catchphrase. A paperback was produced, and Granada brought out a board game in 1959. Fraser and Bass's characters turned up in a spin-off, "Bootsie and Snudge", between 1960 and 1963 and in 1974. Of the 154 episodes made, only 52 are thought to survive. On 6 June 2005, Network released the first 26 episodes from series 4 under the title "The Army Game – Volume 1". On 14 August 2006, the remaining twenty-four episodes were
The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase Over the course of the show, the staff have considered producing several spin-off television series and films, based on "The Simpsons". In 1994, Matt Groening pitched a live action spin-off from "The Simpsons" that centered on Krusty and would star Dan Castellaneta. He and Michael Weithorn wrote a pilot script where Krusty moved to Los Angeles and got his own talk show. A recurring joke throughout the script was that Krusty lived in a house on wooden stilts which were continuously being gnawed by beavers. Eventually, the contract negotiations fell apart and Groening decided to stop work on the project.