What Happened to Danny Masterson and the Cast of That '70s Show?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2023
- Hanging out down the street, you could find the cast of THAT '70S SHOW, Fox's go-to sitcom from 1998-2006. Lasting eight seasons and an even 200 episodes, THAT '70S SHOW had an ensemble that found a charismatic group of characters in the Wisconsin burbs and making the most out of that basement.
Yet, as lighthearted as the show was, some very dark business was going on behind the scenes, as co-star Danny Masterson's rape trial and conviction proved. In this episode, we dig into what's happened to the close-knit cast, many of whom came under fire for their support of Masterson throughout his trial and after his conviction, with this a tale of Scientology, wealth, power, and abuse. That said, it's not all dark, with co-stars like Topher Grace and Laura Prepon going on to long-running careers, and, despite everything, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have had one of the better Hollywood marriages. Yet, one can't deny the Masterson case and the icky support from many of the cast members have cast a shadow over the show's legacy, as well as Netflix's ill-timed sequel series, That '90s Show.
What do you think of the show's legacy now? Let us know in the comments!
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Topher grace got a bad rap because he didn’t hang out with the cast.
He didn’t do that for either
1. Like myself, he liked his coworker but they are HIS COWORKERS!!! Once the work is done. He goes home.
Or
2. He knew the others were doing scummy things and didn’t want to be associated with them.
Also He was the only one of them that wasn't a member of or assotiated with Scientology around that time.
@@concienda not true
The spinoff is alright, though it might have been more compelling had it been about the original characters raising their kids, than about the new generation themselves.
Exactly lol the majority of the people watching it are around the age of the original cast now, so it would have been more relatable and appealing. There are no kids these days watching that 90’s show like we watched that 70’s show lol
It's so strange that when that '70s Show came out it was closer to its era than we are to the show now.
I watched the show from the beginning even though I was only 9 when it started, and now I'm 34... Damn, how the time flys
@@jr2904again you've got lots of time on your hand
Try remembering the final of MASH and then we'll talk 😂😂😂😂
What about Kurtwood Smith ? He deserved a mention too 📺!!
Topher Grace were even in Predators from 2010
RIP Lisa Robin Kelly and Tanya Roberts
Including guest stars:
Tom Bosley
Valerie Harper
Howard Hessman
Don Knotts
Ernie Ladd
Steve Landesberg
Gavin MacLeod
Mary Tyler Moore
Dick Van Patten
Tom Poston
Lyle Waggoner
Betty White
Special Mentions: Alex Chilton, who co-write the song "In the Street" with the long-deceased Chris Bell; David Bowie & Ed Asner, who were referenced in different episodes of the show; and John Panozzo of Styx, whose music was played on the show (like Bell, he died before the show debuted). Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford were mentioned as well.
I regularly rewatch the series, it never gets old for me.
really? the series has been revealed to be super fucking gross. I'll never be able to watch it again.
@@jaredrobinson7071 It's your choice, I respect it.
Yep its in my top 5 favorite TV shows of all time and I rewatch it regularly and always will.
Season one was the best.
Scientology needs to be banned
every fake 🤥🤡 RELIGION besides CHRISTIANITY AND CATHOLIC should be banned 🚫
So must every single other religion
@@JoshuaHackney-pc4bz Catholicism is a Christian denomination
Topher Grace was in Predators and I remember being fascinated by him, was he good? was he evil? was he a traitor? You couldn't tell, it was great
He murdered 2 people who saved his life, and would’ve killed adrien Brody’s character if he had the chance. Plus wasn’t he there for killing a bunch of his medical patients? Good guy 🤣
@@clamcrewcarclub6017yes we discovered all of that by the end of the movie but the point was you couldn't tell at first.
He was also very good in a supporting role in Traffic.
That movie really doesn't get the love it deserves
@@dex4463 ah gotcha I thought you meant at the end of the movie. I had just figured the predators brought him to have a “medic” in their group to keep their prey formidable
What do you mean, “Vengeance” isn’t worth mentioning? That movie was one of the most underrated of last year. Also, “That 90s Show” was not THAT bad!
I rarely find American sitcoms laugh out loud funny & That 70's Show is no exception but it's one of those special shows that's a great comfort sitcom you can just close your eyes & nod off to.
So, the parents don't count then..
I love Topher in Home Economics but its too bad it was cancelled
Thank you for pointing out that the spin off was terrible! As a kid who was a teenager in the 90's, there is NOTHING recognizable!!! I stopped trying to watch it when the main character kept trying to sexually assault every boy at the mall
A kid or a teenager??
Such a weird show. Not very 90s at all. Netflix had a better 90s teen nostalgia show, but cancelled it after one season. I can't even remember what it was called. Edit: found it. It's called Everything Sucks
@@duarteguedes1709 born in 81 so, both.
@@patrickdukart3298 I was born in 82. I’ve always told people that to really be a kid that grew up in a certain decade you had to be born in the earlier part of the previous one…. But yeah, I watched an episode of that too. There was nothing 90s. I think maybe one of the characters sang Alanis Morissette in her room at one point but it didn’t feel like growing up in the 90s I remember.
I was born in 89, there was plenty of recognizable stuff in it
In Good Company was great! Topher Grace's filmography is pretty dope compared to the rest of the cast. His role in Predators was very understated.
It's amazing how evergreen Topher Grace seems now compared with Danny Masterson and the rest of the cast that have abetted him.
Danny Masterson was railroaded
The rest of them didn't know. It's possible to know someone and not know what they do.
He's a rapist, Cletus.@@saratov99
@@oldmanjohnson69 A bunch of them wrote character letters to the judge and Ashton, specifically, mentioned the r*pes in his letter. Honestly they should all probably be in worse trouble for allowing Mila Kunis to be on the show when she was just 14.
@saratov99 yeah what exactly was the evidence against him? It does seem he was railroaded.
The way Conan said "I've heard about you" was so sincere, he didn't look him in the eye. Hollywood circles knew that Danny was doing some awful stuff to girls and women and looking the other way. And now the victims airing out Ashton possibly grooming mila om the show, and that she married a groomer doesn't bode well.
you didnt mention the Forman Sister who died
Ironically, Masterson's brother played the creepy young man who always had beef with Eric. Also played the oldest brother in Malcolm in the middle.
I know one guy whose hanging out, down the street for a long time.
Topher Grace the only non weirdo of that bunch
“ harassment and stalking” shoving a revolver down a woman’s throat- WHILST RAPING HER!!- to keep her from calling through the doir to the guy asking if she was ok- AFTER HE HAD DRUGGED HER!
well described, folks!
Topher Grace seems to me like more of a geek than a nerd, and the character of Eric Forman was more of a dork than a either a geek or a nerd. /pendatic
It is one way to see him. I never saw him as a nerd though. More a sort of everyman, straight up normal to average American high school kid of the 70s. One of those blokes that is always around in the background and there is nothing stand out about him, but a solid reliable type. Even so he can get up to mischief and lark about with the rest of them. He was just one of the masses. Not a bad boy, not especially talented, not truly head turning handsome and so on. Those types were all covered with the other cast members, so you had the bad boy, the ethnic guy, the handsome bloke the pretty girl and the female version of Eric which was Donna. She was more quirky and a bit sharper, but they were just the everyman / woman type that was represented in the show.....
@@Simon-xc5oyHe was more of a snarky degenerate, they all were, but in their own particular way . He took a year off to figure out what he wanted to do with his life but was just dicken around for the majority of it. He routinely burned in his parents basement, was man enough to propose but not man enough to tell his parents about it, got his first arrest from mooning someone, missed his graduation, and forged his dad’s signature, just so he didn’t know he was failing. Not to mention he was a bonified smartass, loved outwitting his dad every chance he got.
He was always eager to make man decisions but never reflected on the outcome of those decisions in the perspective of a man. That’s what makes him really relatable because it’s the general norm for kids to have that mentality today but the seventies was the era that revolutionized it. Him and Red dynamic was realistic to the common household because Red came from a background of growing up to early, being disciplined, punctual, a gentleman, while Eric is the complete opposite, not because he doesn’t know how to or can’t but simply because he didn’t want to.
Yes that is all exactly true. At times I hated the way Red treated him it was borderline cruelty. But he could be so annoying and useless and went out of his way to provoke him. Red being an ex soldier as you say, meant he was strict and by the book, and yet Eric just wants to be a free spirit and enjoy himself. It all fitted and worked as part of the whole cast. The other thing that sort of annoyed me about Eric was that he was not good at anything. He was clever, smart and book clever to a degree, but not practical at all which annoyed Red. And he never learned or improved. If that had been me in that situation, I would have got more and more annoyed and upset with Red and I would have learned how to look after myself and be more self reliant at an earlier stage so I could rebel and get out of there to be my own man as soon as possible. You can see Eric wants to do that, but cant get there as he is just so incompetent at most things. And the writing never lets him change or evolve or improve himself. If Topher had not wanted to leave, his character would still be more or less the same as when he starts in season 1. Jackie matures a little and stands on her own, Donna learns and evolves and grows up and stronger as well. Michael is still an idiot but gets the chance to do what he wants and even Hyde ends up with that record store etc.....Everyone keeps mocking and making fun of Eric because of his faults and issues, and if that was a real person it would wear them down eventually, so they would either try to change or push back harder in some way. But he just keeps keeping on and wings it, and remains a fairly nice person despite everything....Donna likes him for it which is all that matters to him too.....
@@Simon-xc5oy Interesting point about Eric not being good at anything but I Think that’s one of the relatable aspects about him. I think that was a majority of the reason why he was rebellious because it was the only spark he really had in his life besides donna.
Being againt “The Man” was big at that time and he fitted that crowd, probably thinking if he didn’t have an escape from a life of mediocrity soon he’ll end up like his Dad, Bitter and mean. But he was failing to realize until the later seasons he had it better than his dad ever did and instead of taking advantage of the opportunity and being somebody, he was living like his youth would last forever.
A lot of people didn’t like it when he “Moved to Africa” but I really thought it was one of the strongest character developments in the show. He wasn’t making the descion for his Dad, or Donna, or to show off, he was making it as a man, and for his Future. Even though he had barley any screen time in the last episode, that’s probably the most mature I’ve seen him acted in the entire series, he seemed like a young man finally getting his life together.
Aye ... he really ended up in prison 😂
I came across the complete series box set and I found it interesting that they put a sticker over Masterson’s face on the front.
One of them got locked up
Kurtwood Smith and Don Stark portrayed relatively good guys compared to their roles in the 80s.
Smith was Boddicker in RoboCop, and this evil character speaks for itself.
Lesser known or remembered, Stark was Bubba Caldwell in EvilSpeak, where he's a bully who murders an innocent puppy.
Boddicker: B1tches Leave
Red Foreman: IF I HEARD WHAT I THINK I HEARD MY FOOTS GOING IN YOUR ASS.
No one remembers the other sort of spinoff that was "that '80s show"? I don't think it lasted a whole season lol
Face-off came out before that 70 show
I only liked Kitty, Red & Eric in That 70's Show - but thanks for the update, good job!
I remember seeing Topher Grace on Spiderman 3 I immediately shout it FOREMAN!!!
I wasn't as enamored with the show as some, but it was well above average
Kutcher and Kunis could have avoided all the backlash over Masterson if they hadn't tried to downplay his crimes and promote his character. Families have members that are murderers in prison that they still care about. But you can't defend that person as a "good person" even if you still care about them. That's the difference.
Exactly. They can speak to what their relationship is and even commit to supporting him as friends, but speaking to that can't be used to discount what the survivors are saying, and that's how it seems to have come off.
where is Kurtwood Smith Debra Jo?
Such a damn shame that Hyde got into all that trouble. No way they can ever broadcast this show anymore. It's surprising Valderrama hasn't been arrested.
Kunis' commentary track with the director on American Psycho 2 is hilarious.
"John Buchen... fuckin' Buchen!"
Look, im conflicted at the whole Mila and Ashton thing too.. If it came out that my best friend for over 20 years was a terrible person, at first I'd defended them too. You don't want to believe someone you love and spent so much time with, was a monster. Cos that could low-key say something about yourself. I think distancing themselves from him was the best option.
What evidence was there that he was guilty? Standing by your friend who you believe is innocent is a noble attribute. Abandoning a friend in their time of need because defending them is inconvenient makes you a coward.
@@dex4463found the rapist!
Ashton & Mila betrayed Danny. Brock Turner's friend & former school counselor betrayed him in the exact same way after he was sentenced for all three of the charges he was wrongfully convicted of.
I believe Topher Grace didn't become a superstar like a few of the others because he didn't sell his soul and become occultist like Ashton and Mila 😅
What the fuck are you talking about, occultist? There are many problems with Ashton and Mila, you don't need to make up bullshit just to disparage them.
💯I say the same thing.
That's accurate
@@diabolusvincit ya a normal actor pay check. His net worth is 14 million. Meanwhile Ashton's is over 200 million
@@awwhellfreewayy4537still 14 million man come on what is it a rat race
Wait, Conan was a simpsons writer?
Yup
Wait what about the actresses who played Eric’s sister Laurie, I think that one of them passed away
Yes she did. Very sad. She had a drink and drugs problem. It got so bad that they wrote her out. She went away and sorted herself out over time and came back in later seasons. Then went off the rails again. So badly that they ended up recasting her character as it was getting too awkward to explain where the sister keep going. They had woven her into the plot lines and family drama a lot more the second time she came back so they had to keep her in some how and ended up getting a new actress to play here. She passed away a few years back. She as in her 30s and supposed to be playing a teen in the series, and she looked a lot older than a teen, but the drink and drugs took their toll over her time on the show...and it showed.
“We all got excited n then it came out” yup. I saw 2 episodes n i was gone.
Too bad the writers for the "That 1980s Show" sucked.😢
It could have been entertaining...
While it was flawed,I don't think Spider-man 3 is a bad movie at all. At least for me,Topher will always be Eddie Brock/Venom.
Wilmer was Handy Manny! I was too old to watch it, but some kids I babysat loved it. It's a cute Disney show about a Latino handyman with anthropomorphic tools. I'm guessing a lot of people in their late teens / early 20s would know him from that.
4:10 oooh now I remember him in that movie
What happened to your audio quality after the Mila section ended?
Hyde now stars in the live remake of 'Orange is the new black'.
Just here for the comments section.
Topher was in interstellar? I saw that movie twice and didn't remember seeing him there. LOL
Laura prepon also joined the church of scientology.
Yeah Topher Grace didn't 'bond' with the others because they are scientologists or are sympathetic to them. Chong, Don Stark, and Laura Prepon joined Topher in not supporting Masterson.
All religions are cults. Religion is the sanitized word for cult.
Hey now, i liked the tv version of Minority Report!
I have the full season of that 70's show on blueray lol and have a lot of their good movies and bad movies on DVD lol
I blame AVI ARAD for destroying Sam Raimi's ambition in SPIDER-MAN 3
He forced him to include Venom just so he could sell more toys
And so, Raimi made Venom look stupid
I always blamed Raimi for all 3 of those horrible Spidey movies. Webbing from the wrists instead of web shooters??? Blasphemy!
😂
Born in the 80s, grew up in the 90s.
I had to turn off That 90s Show about halfway through the first episode.
Turns out Topher was the only decent person in the cast. He saw sht going on and THAT is why he was distant. Not a diva.
Face-Off one of my favorite Movies John Travolta kicking Danny’s ass.
Rewatching this show now, almost done with season 2. Been years since I’ve watched it!
Donna over Jackie all day everyday!!! Haha
The thing with TV shows only one or two actors go on to have great movie careers in this case it Topher Grace and Mia Kunis
Fell into obscurity seems like
Truely Awesomeness!!!👊✊😆
With a Cast That Turned out to be Really Big Big Movie And TV Star's Now! 👍👌🎃🍁🎃
How are you not going to mention fes role in party monster
We know Prison happend to 1
Conan also predicted Matt lauer’s downfall. He had a reoccurring bit called “creepy Matt lauer” where he showed clips from the today show of Matt being a total perv.
I like that 90s show. I wish we saw more of Eric, but I think it's because Topher Grace was committed to Home Economics.
I remember it! It was as funny like Friends, the Big Bang theory, Angina and Diabetes 😂😂😂
Wait, Donna is in that prison series? I missed the hype, no I have to check it out (Any good scenes with Donna in them? The naughty ones)
Yes a few....she is a nasty piece of work in it though. She is the reason the lead character is in Jail and is shallow, manipulative and devious and a liar to name a few traits. When I first saw her in the show I ended up hating her by the end of the first season, but that is the point. I thought there was something weird about her that I could not put my finger on...part of it was the hair, it was too dark for her skin tone and it made her face look elfin and even catlike. I had never seen the 70s show, and this was the first thing I had seen her in. When I saw her as Donna its like a different person, and I realized her hair was natural red, which explains why it looks so odd in Orange is the New Black. Its dyed and does not suit her at all. But she is very good in both shows. Donna is a great character and Voss or whatever she is called in Orange, is a truly scummy character, who sort of redeems and improves towards the end of the last season, but not by much.
@@Simon-xc5oy Yeah, she do look extremly weird in it, just like you said.
That 90s show kicked ass!!!
So Hyde's creepy but Malcolm's brothers still cool? Right? Right?
I still like Danny . It´s like when some band made some mistakes , i still listen the music . I like him as Hyde . Don´t care about his personal life .
Let’s not say That 90s Show was horrible. You know That 80s Show existed right?
Wait, isn't Boy Meets World already basically that 90s show.
Actually her husband at least, resigned from thorn. As a result of the letters supporting masterson. Im not sure if mila is still a part of the organization.
My family loves that 70s show. My 2 brothers and I could connect to the characters, and my parents had mastalgia.
Fez is on NCIS as a regular
16:55 Wilmer Valderrama is such a creeper
SLOAN has a whole youtube video on how he preys on younger women
I love Wisconsin!!
2:45 lol
What's with your delivery/cadence, dude?
He's like that in every video.
The kids in that 90’s show were very good actresses and actors the 90’s were very different for everyone everywhere, a mass amount of people were getting divorced in the 90’s it was confusing for a lot of people
The laugh track in “that 70’s show” is unbearable loud, once noticed it ruins the show,
Whole show sucked. I was a teen in the 90s and I thought the show sucked even then. Seinfeld and Frasier were much funnier.
I loved his role in venom 3 they just gave him a rough ending in it
Ik wilmers voice from many but face from demi and 29 💀😂
You forgot to mention that Valderrama got with Mandy Moore, Lindsay Lohan and Demi Lovato when they were UNDERAGE!!!
Gross
The AI voice stuttered a bit 😂
I wonder if Ashton really is against child trafficking, or if it's just a facade.
Same feeling here.
@@imustbecrazy5626we may find out soon?
Hate to be that guy, but Face/Off came out in 1997, a year before Masterson appeared in the show. 😅
Weird how you didn’t mention Wilmer’s creepy relationship with Demi Lovato but okay
70s and 90s are funny!
Take me home tonight doesn't get enough love
Willmer has his own problems with dating minors
I liked the 90s sequel/spin-off 🤦♂️
Wait...wasn't Masterson also in Puff Puff Pass and Smiley Face?
Wow
But most Important SpongeBobs Voice Actor Tom Kenny was in 1 Episode in that Show
I’ve been in a court room after Covid, as a witness. I was surprised, in 2021, the defense had to all wear masks. Prosecution team did not have to.
R.I.P.
Poor Danny. Wilmer must crapping his pantaloons these days because it is not over and the man will be coming for him and Ashton.
too bad That 70's show was super gross behind the scenes.
I see people trying to defend Masterson and saying that his charges are made up, but that thinking just perpetuates rape culture. The fact of the matter is that people seldom make up stories that they were abused. So when someone comes forward with allegations of abuse, you can just accept them. And even if hard rape didn't take place, the survivor's experience and feelings of violation are still real, which means something still happened. Dude's a rapist, and it sounds like he's been a rapist for a very long time and that this was known behavior.
There's no such thing as rape culture
@@goldenvulture6818That is how rape culture perpetuates. Congratulations. You're the problem. Do not reply. I do not argue with rapists.
Maybe topher didnt click with the cast because they were linked into scientology...