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Frasier — the spin-off that really did work
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Television spin-offs rarely live up to the original. I was surprised to learn that The Green Green Grass, based on the post-Only Fools and Horses lives of Boycie, Marlene and their son Tyler, ran for four series before being canned. I’ve heard they even tried a spin-off of Last of the Summer Wine called First of the Summer Wine. Sounds terrible to me.
What about investment spin-offs — are they also likely to fail to live up to their parent companies, or, like Boycie, can they thrive on their own?
A business spin-off happens when a big corporation decides to get rid of one of its divisions by listing it on the stock market in its own right.
The division might be