George R.R. Martin’s Other Fantasy Series With a Weird Ending [BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 1987-1990]

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was an 80s fantasy drama crime procedural romance TV show featuring a guy named George RR Martin as a writer/producer. Yes, this is before ever writing Game of Thrones. In fact, the experience of working on this show may have even led George to create A Song of Ice and Fire. It was a weird show - and you know I love weird.
This show starred Ron Perlman as “Vincent,” our beast, and Linda Hamilton as “Catherine,” our beauty. They had a beautiful, epic love story. Until things took a bizarre turn in the tumultuous last season. (Sounds familiar.)
I did see this show when I was a kid. My mom liked it and recorded episodes using the VCR. And I kept watching it, waiting for the fairy tale part to kick in and was like, “Why are they in the sewer so much?” I started rewatching it more recently, but the streaming service I was using got rid of it, so I didn’t finish and had to jump to watching the ending on a poor-quality upload, and yes, I’m bitter about it.
Also, it was really bold of me to immediately debut a new haircut in a sweltering hot room. With no idea how to style it yet. Or how it would look on camera. It looks a little off in this video, but it’s super cute in person. (Although, I’ll probably get bored in like two months when summer’s fully over and start growing it back out.)
Upcoming Videos:
-We don't need an upcoming Disney reboot because the perfect live-action movie version already exists.
-This franchise should be the next "Barbie." Kind of. You'll see what i mean.
(As an aside: Sometimes, when I work on a video, there are smaller ideas that crop up that I think about making, so I have shorter videos to post while I work on longer videos. So I have considered making a video about one of GRRM's unsettling short stories. And a video where I finally watch the ending of the CW Beauty and the Beast, and compare it to this show's ending. But we'll see.)

[@KornPop96]

I never watched this show as a kid, but I did watch the whole series with my mom a few months ago. I was surprised how good it was until I saw George R.R. Martin's name on a lot of title screens. It was also funny to see Uncle Phil in season 1 😂😂😂.

[@densonandra]

Internet was out ALL day yesterday. Wake up today, New video on something I thought was a fever dream from my childhood! Let’s go! Great content as always! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you! :) I hope this video brought back a lot of vague and slightly confusing - but ultimately pleasant - memories!

[@marxmaxmuscle1]

I was gonna comment that I watched this with my mom but that seems to be a thing back then judging by the comments. Great content as always!

[@PugMugsly]

I love that this is a thing. I hope everyone comments whether or not they watched this show with their mom.

[@marxmaxmuscle1]

up there with Murder She Wrote@@PugMugsly

[@dua86]

Classic momcore. My mom definitely loved this, and I had no clue GRRM worked on it. Also you should do what I do when talking about George R R Martin, and just call him "Gurm." It's saved me hours. :^)

[@PugMugsly]

I totally should have said "Gurm!" (That's how I say it in my head.)

[@lisapizza5052]

Get Ready Rith Me

[@gozerthegozarian9500]

I used to watch that show as a kid!❤❤❤

[@JoDoSa]

I learned about this movie because of an ERB episode but never looked for it. Oh what I have been missing.

[@MrReded69]

I can't be the only one who thought up an ASOIAF fanfic where Tyrione wasn't a dwarf but a lion man mutant like Vincent. A living embodiment of the Lannister heraldric lion!

[@PugMugsly]

That would be an interesting crossover!

[@MrReded69]

Catherine's death sequence gave me the same frustrated outrage I felt reading The Red Wedding chapter decades later. "WHEN GRRM PLOTHAMMERS A GOOD GUY TO DEATH!"

[@EnigmaticStationary-gc3of]

I'm so glad I found your videos. I've been marathoning your vids all day. I remember my sister used to be obsessed with this show. 😂

[@benjarris8660]

OMG totally forgot about this show, watched it when I was kid and loved it. Had no idea Kawalsky from SG1 was in it. Awesome video, thanks for posting. Your content is always exceptional.

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you! :)

[@carlos_takeshi]

How dare she keep a prime number amount of money in her purse!

[@Kyleology]

Good to know that GRRM has a long history of working on fantasy TV shows that middle age women are oddly in to.

[@PugMugsly]

He's got a niche!

[@back2s0ul]

I vaguely remember this show existing when I was young. I kinda wish the romance wasn't there from the start. I need this relationship to build slowly. I need a Gargoyles Goliath and Elisa situation. Also, is that Dorian Harewood as the slasher? I know that voice from cartoons, don't think I've seen him in shows, but that guy's got a great voice.

[@belg4mit]

Re: CW. You didn't get very far? Wow, that's really something about the series :-P

[@PugMugsly]

I vaguely remember that it had a lot going on. Too much. But was also somehow boring! (Though I’ve thought about revisiting at least a few episodes - and the ending - to see how it ultimately compares to this series.)

[@radicalreactions1633]

It doesn't compare, it's a completely different show - a bad one, with similar names.@@PugMugsly

[@DangerDave-e7u]

I remember watching this show. It was very gothic and romantic. It reminds me of MANTIS and Shadow Man or even Batman TAS. My mom liked the show before she got into Days of our Lives and 90210. Later on, she would just watch Food network and football. I liked VR-5, but NOT Melrose Place. X-Files was icky. I was never interested by Game of Thrones. Thanks for allowing me to vent. Have a nice day.

[@PugMugsly]

My mom liked this show too! I remember watching her VHS recordings and being really confused that it wasn't a fairy tale.

[@ethansloan]

As someone who has never seen Game of Thrones, I must now assume that whole "Red Wedding" thing I heard so much about involves lots of big dudes throwing ethnically-coded little dudes around before they get scared and run away. Also, loving the new haircut, girl. You're slaying harder than the Subway Slasher ;)

[@marywise7661]

this was an awesome show that ALOT of fans loved ( me included) but in season 3 after catherine died thats where i stop.the other woman who plays diana no offense to her but the chemistry is just not there as it was with linda.maybe one day we fans will get the ending we have always wanted

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

I have to admit I was never a fan of this show. I tried to watch it a long time ago with a girl I dated in high school but it just never held my interest. She was obsessed with it tho. She had a poster she got signed by Ron Pearlman at a convention once. She also had the episodes on VHS. I don't remember if she had all of it or just season one but they were commercially released on VHS, apparently. I did know GRRM was on staff, but Sam Peckinpah's nephew and two of the creators of Homeland wrote for the show too. That's kind of fun. I dig your hair, by the way. It's classy. Very professional. Very "Pug Mugsly, Attorney At Law"

[@PugMugsly]

That's interesting that a high school girl liked this show! What I've been hearing so far is that a lot of people's moms liked it when it came out. But perhaps it appealed to a much broader spectrum of women and girls.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

Oh, that is interesting. Her mother introduced her to it so maybe it does mostly appeal to moms. Her mom was a big fan too. It was before our time by several years so I know she grew up with it. But I will also say that in school I often talked to girls about nerdy things like TMNT, MMPR, wrestling, and videogames. Some girls from school came over from time to time to watch Wrestlemania or play games and they seemed to be having fun. I have always thought a lot of women and girls like genre fare but they aren't really encouraged to talk about it as openly because it's not "girly." Especially if they're conventionally attractive. In my experience, if women feel welcomed and safe they usually do like at least some fantasy or SF. It's not that women don't like SF and fantasy. It's just that most of the time they're not included in conversations. At least that's my impression of it

[@rafaelmauricio8000]

Out of all the references they could potray The beast besides and "Angel" is "King Arthur"? Lol they couldve just said "BatMan" and im sure the audience at the time would get it.

[@rafaelmauricio8000]

What? The Beast is Ron PearlMan?.... That guy went unhinged and bonkers recently.

[@radicalreactions1633]

No, he didn't, he's being real. And if you're going to ATTEMPT to make fun of someone, at least get their name right - PERLman,

[@EGT392]

nice haircut

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you! I’m fond of it.

[@kjclayton3544]

Like your hair Christina your still beautiful.😍😘

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you!

[@jordanphilipperris]

The episode where Catherine was dying as the baby was being taken away, that broke me T_T

[@kirstygunn9149]

I used to sit and watch Beauty and the beast with my mum, i loved the sci fi / fantasy elements and my mum loved the romantic elements of the show

[@PugMugsly]

This show was definitely popular with moms!!

[@vuhoang8265]

Another great video. I vaguely remember this TV show. I didn't realize that Ron Pearlman was the beast. I guess he's best when he's not "seen" (i.e. Hellboy). That recap of the second episode reminded me of a movie I saw a movie ****spoiler***** The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020).

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you! :) And I heard that movie was pretty good! (I only read the Wikipedia summary because I can’t do horror movie gore, lol.)

[@baldchinchilla]

This sounds kind of like a live action take on Gargoyles but with more of a focus on human crimes.

[@PugMugsly]

I definitely see the similarities! (Omg, I would love an actual live action Gargoyles.)

[@baldchinchilla]

@PugMugsly I'm kind of surprised we haven't gotten some kind of reboot or film based on the gargoyles series. The original series still holds up.

[@baldchinchilla]

​@PugMugsly it's not a live action but they did announce this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYq4e4uljM1kr8ksi=5Tb6Nf1Y1ABn17j7

[@dc9662]

I drank every time you said, "sepsis." Now, I'm dead. Thanks.

[@PugMugsly]

But at least you didn’t die of sepsis!!

[@dc9662]

​@@PugMugslyGood point.

[@carlos_takeshi]

The guys in hats are a "ripped from the headlines" reference to the Guardian Angels: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels They were a citizens' anti-crime organization that rode the subways and made citizen's arrests, acted like a neighborhood watch, and things like that. They wore red berets and white T-shirts and sometimes red jackets. At the time Beauty and the Beast was airing, they were quite prominent and controversial.

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you for the context!! I would never have made that connection. (It's interesting that the Guardian Angels seem to still be active today. I guess in real life, they didn't lose their leader to a bottomless underground pit.)

[@KingCap74]

Catherine is saved by lion-o.Good stuff.

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you! :)

[@ethansloan]

As someone who has never seen Game of Thrones, I must now assume that whole "Red Wedding" thing I heard so much about involves lots of big dudes throwing ethnically-coded little dudes around before they get scared and run away. Also, loving the new haircut, girl. You're slaying harder than the Subway Slasher ;)

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you! "Slaying harder than the Subway Slasher" should be my new -- very confusing out of context -- motto.

[@azdgariarada]

12:30 That was ALL just the first episode?!? Holy hell. I'm assuming hour long episodes were actually only 44 minutes back then, as they are today, because of commercial breaks? That's a heck of a lot to cram into an opening episode! Also, that's funny noticing Kawalsky in an earlier role. The "cameo" I recognized was the Jason Walker character, as he played Eightball from the movie Full Metal Jacket. His famous "too beaucoup Alabama Black Snake" scene is often quoted (in some circles). But then I also remembered he was on SG1 too! He played the Tok'ra who was briefly held "prisoner" at the SGC when the team was looking for O'Neill while he was being tortured by Baal. Also also, I don't know if it's frowned upon here (some folks find it gauche), but I really like your shorter hair. It looks real nice!

[@ethansloan]

I totally forgot he was on SG1. Good memory.

[@ethansloan]

I totally forgot he was on SG1. Good memory.

[@PugMugsly]

I believe the first episode was about 48 minutes long. But that’s still a LOT for 48 minutes! I already knew the main characters and the general premise of the show going in, but I can’t imagine what it was like back in the 80s for someone watching this for the very first time without any context. And thank you for the hair compliment! :)

[@azdgariarada]

@@ethansloan Well, I did just complete a full rewatch of all the stargates a couple weeks ago, so everything is a bit fresh in the ole noggin.

[@movieforge01]

Scared the tater tots outta me when i was a kid. I would see his face when I closed my eyes.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

I believe you mean it scared the Ore-Ida Tater Tots(TM) out of you, as Tater Tots is a copyrighted term owned by the Ore-Ida corporation

[@PugMugsly]

There is something kinda great about a show where the male romantic lead is terrifying to children.

[@kjclayton3544]

Never heard of this show looks kinda weird I like game of thrones 👍 anyway thanks Christina for letting us know about a forgotten show weird but OK.

[@radicalreactions1633]

If you like the GOT schlock, you wouldn't like this show, it's actually got a point to this show but of course, Georgy-poo never got the point. And it's not forgotten, they tried remaking it in 2012 with the same people in production EXCEPT HIM. The remake failed because it sucked, but it's not forgotten.

[@nelsoncordova6140]

Great video live the haircut! Do Hellboy next!!

[@PugMugsly]

Thank you! :)

[@kjclayton3544]

I date you Christina