12 Movies You Didn’t Realise Were Originally TV Shows

1. Good Burger

Wait, Good Burger started out on television? A very, very common reaction. Yes, Good Burger. Another common reaction? What's Good Burger? Good Burger, for those not into bad '90s comedies, was a 1997 film about two teens flipping burgers looking to save the fast food joint they're enslaved at. There's some sort of backstory about a crashed car, but few viewers took notice. In general, Good Burger has all the hallmarks of a bad '90s comedy: leads who had a chance to break out but never did (though both are still acting today, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell were just starting out at the time), a hip-hop soundtrack released with it that failed to break Billboard's top 100, and an appearance by comedian Sinbad, whose appearance in almost any movie essentially serves as the kiss of death. To be fair to all involved, Good Burger was never going to be Hamlet, but the most amusing thing is that it had already been done, as a comedy sketch on Nickelodeon's All That series also featuring Thompson and Mitchell. By the time the movie rolled around, however, they were also on a second show on the network, Kenan & Kel, and seemed ready to make the jump to bigger things. Apparently wanting to follow in SNL's footsteps when it came to transferring small screen sketches to big screen dollars, the producers went with Good Burger, written by the producers of the first few seasons of All That, Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert. One only has to ask the question why? Why Good Burger? Why not an original concept, or at least a better one? All That ran for ten seasons and was actually quite the successful show, while Good Burger remains bargain bin standard, and very much a product of its time. How many of these did you know/remember? Any TV to Film properties oft forgotten that are worth adding? Comment below!