'80s Comedies That Should Be Adapted for TV
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'80s Comedies That Should Be Adapted for TV

Don't call it a comeback. Which of these flicks would you most like to see remade for the small screen?

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1 Gremlins
Re-cast Billy, dust off Gizmo, and the pair could easily gremlin-splatter and audience-charm their way to ratings gold.
13 55
2 Big
With just a few tweaks to the boy-in-man's-body premise, the possibilities for this beloved Tom Hanks classic are endless.
10 60
3 The Secret of My Success
There'll never be another Michael J. Fox, but a country boy hitting it big on Wall Street would especially appeal to audiences now.
0 46
4 Crocodile Dundee
Whether the action is set in New York or the Outback, the plotlines for a TV remake would practically write themselves.
-1 51
5 Coming to America
Surely one of the Wayans brothers would like to sink his teeth into an updated version of Eddie Murphy's Prince Akeem.
-3 47
6 Good Morning, Vietnam
There hasn't been a TV comedy about war since China Beach; give this Robin Williams flick an update and it'll be just the thing.
-5 43
7 Back to School
The late, great Rodney Dangerfield may have passed on, but his old-guy-goes-to-college shtick is tailor-made for TV.
-12 38
8 Three Men and a Baby
Replace the original bachelors with Kevin James, Dane Cook, and Demetri Martin, and you've got a hit on your hands.
-13 45
9 Risky Business
A hot young teenager running a brothel out of his parents' place would be a stroke-of-genius plot for an edgy sitcom.
-13 43
10 Twins
All this Schwarzenegger-DeVito comedy needs is a new pair of mismatched actors to fit right in with the modern comedy landscape.
-14 44
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