Welcome Pacosshoesalesman, and thank you for your response. And... yes, you are a little confused on the two.
The "TGAH 2008" endeavor had NOTHING to do with the 2009 Web series. The first was a spinoff of "GAHeroine," and what little we did see get done was not that good. Kimmy McKinley, who played Morgan Hathaway there, is actually a decent comedian, but a terrible actress. The rest of the cast was also not that strong. A lot of the other cast we didn't see and the few we did were also quite a bit wooden. It also just didn't feel like "GAH," and with the runaround we got on the whole issue (not to mention the show being late in three time zones to air and nearly the East Coast on July 4) ended up jilting a lot of on the fence people (even me, who tends to be vocal on the production.
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I'm not entirely sure what happened as far as the fiasco that was the Collazo endeavor of 2008 and why the rest of the episode was not shown. From my best guess, they were told to cease and desist by SJC himself because Collazo had the intention of making it a TV series and a few other things (or short, to sell it). While he had the trademark of "The Greatest American Hero," he doesn't have the copyright, so that was a huge issue.
Note, the above is speculation on my part - I do not know, nor do I know as far as I could research on said project - if this was indeed what happened.
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Now, the StayTunedTV version is quite a bit different. It was produced by Frank Zanca and another fellow. Zanca may sound familiar because he helped with "That '70s Show."
There are a couple of huge differences with the StayTunedTV version - the biggest being that Zanca and co GOT permission from SJC to produce it so long as they did not sell the product.
The production is also much better made. All the actors are rather good, even Brittany Ross who plays the annoying Ashley Rizzo. The only quibble I had with the character was that they made Ross speak about a half octave higher IMHO than she normally speaks. She has a nice voice that fits "perky cheerleader" that didn't need the extra bit.
Allen Rueckert and Morgan Snyder's chemistry as Ralph and Pam was very good (some people did confuse Snyder with Connie Sellecca), and I could see these two actually play the roles if they did a TV series version of the show again.
Don Stark also was good as Bill - though I had to admit I had to get used to Ralph being distinctly taller than Bill. He had the snarkiness down as well as the smarts and quirks such as having to REALLY bite his tongue to not really cuss out Ralph with Ashley in his presence - even though it was her fault.
All this said, they are having trouble to a point trying to get the production funding for the second part that is teased based on the ending of the first episode (it's one episode they divided into six parts). And admittedly there could be some issues with conflicts with the cast, but all this said, I do think there's a chance it'll come back and even if it doesn't, they did at least show a complete episode.
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Now... SJC, what Can I say? The movie has been on and off production pre-stages for as you said about 10 years or so. A lot of it from what I've seen has been funding, and given "GAHeroine" (I'm referring to the 1986 pilot attempt at a spinoff) and what happened there I'd much rather them not produce the film until there's enough to make a decent movie.
Hopefully, "The A-Team" with its update will be such a success that SJC will get the funding and respect needed to get "GAH" off the ground. BUT, if he does, I would want him to get a really good group of actors - known/unknown/mix (which the last happened in the TV show) - as well because if you don't have the right mix of people who understand that this is a weird scenario in real life situations (meaning, you play it straight), it will fail quite miserably. And that is something I do not want to see with this gem of a show - it be messed up like what happened with "The Wild, Wild West" or "Dukes of Hazzard."