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The Results Are In: Recast Charles in Charge

BuzzSugar — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:30:31 -0700

Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar T-shirt!

Thanks everyone for chipping in your ideas about a new cast for Charles in Charge! I really liked all your hunky ideas for who could play Charles, including Whip's idea for Jake Gyllenhaal and leeluvfashion's suggestion of Penn Badgley. Those are some yummy nannies!

I also liked daisydidi's idea of Dakota Fanning for one of the Powell girls and got a kick out of alethe16's idea for William H. Macy as Mr. Powell.

But it was one commenter's use of the cast of a very funny movie franchise - plus really great look-alike choices for the Powell kids- that won the challenge. Congrats to azulskies!

To see who azulskies chose, along with a new cast photo, read more.

azulskies's cast list:
Charles - John Cho
Mr. Walter Powell - James Eckhouse
Mrs. Ellen Powell - Debra Messing
Jamie Powell - Emma Stone
Sarah Powell - Emma Roberts
Adam Powell - Alexander Gould
Lillian - Catherine Hicks
Buddy Lembeck - Kal Penn

Recast Charles in Charge and Win a Prize!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:30:12 -0700

Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar T-shirt!

I bet you guessed I would get around to this '80s television staple one of these days. This week, the time is right to recast Charles in Charge!

Normally, this is the part of the post where I remind you what the show was about, why it was memorable, etc. But thankfully, the theme song writers did that job for me via these classic lyrics:

New boy in the neighborhood/Lives downstairs and it is understood/He’s there just to take good care of me/Like he’s one of the family/Charles in Charge/Of our days and our nights/Charles in Charge/Of our wrongs and our rights

So basically he's part of the family, but he's a nanny, but the crazy thing is he's - wait for it - a guy!

What young, Scott Baio-esque hunk would you cast as Charles? Who could play his best buddy, er, Buddy? And what about the Powell kids? Who would play Jamie (originally played by ex-Baywatcher Nicole Eggert), Sarah, and Adam? Finally, let's recast Mrs. Powell, Walter Powell, and Charles's mom, Lillian.

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, Sept. 2, complete with a "new" cast photo.

To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar T-shirt, read more.

Characters to recast
Charles (Scott Baio)
Mr. Walter Powell (James T. Callahan)
Mrs. Ellen Powell (Sandra Kerns)
Jamie Powell (Nicole Eggert)
Sarah Powell (Josie Davis)
Adam Powell (Alexander Polinsky)
Lillian (Ellen Travolta)
Buddy Lembeck (Willie Aames)

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Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:30:00 -0700

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! On Charles in Charge, Charles moves in with the Powell family in which there are two blond daughters. One of them is named Jamie (played by Nicole Eggert).
What is the other Powell daughter's name?