Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series) Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series) Foreign Affairs is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1964. It is a spin-off of "Bootsie and Snudge", itself a spin-off of "The Army Game" and starred Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser as the main characters. The entire series was wiped and is no longer thought to exist. Seven months after the end of the third series of "Bootsie and Snudge", where the title characters worked in a gentleman's club in central London, Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser reprised the roles they first played in "The Army Game". "Bootsie and Snudge" went on
The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase "22 Short Films About Springfield" sparked the idea amongst the staff for a spin-off series entitled "Tales from Springfield". The proposed show would focus on the town in general, rather than the Simpson family. Every week would be a different scenario: three short stories, an adventure with young Homer or a story about a background character that was not tied into the Simpson family at all. The idea never came to anything, as Groening realized that the staff did not have the manpower to produce another show as well as "The Simpsons". The staff believe it is something that they