That 70s show who is randy

At one point, Donna even envisioned Randy taking Eric's place by wearing his clothes and embodying his quirks. The character also struck up a relationship with Eric's parents, Red and Kitty. This ultimately resulted in an even lower acceptance of the new character. Eric's absence was a big blow to the series, as was Ashton Kutcher 's limited appearances as Kelso.

That '70s Show struggled when missing two major characters and it was no surprise when season 8 ended up being the show's last. Ultimately, though, abandoning the original plan for Meyers in the show was the right choice. If Meyers had taken over the role of Eric, Grace would have never had the chance to make a surprising return in the series finale. His brief cameo gave the series an appropriate sendoff, and also instilled hope in viewers who wished Eric and Donna would end up together.

Kara Hedash is a features editor and writer for Screen Rant. From time to time, she dives into the world's most popular franchises but Kara primarily focuses on evergreen topics. The fact that she gets to write about The Office regularly is like a dream come true.

After graduating college, writing began as a part-time hobby for Kara but it quickly turned into a career. Introducing a brand new character who is, by design, a weird blend of both characters was never going to fly.

It would be like two cast members leaving Friends and being replaced by a new character in the final season. The lackluster writing of the final season of That '70s Show was also a problem, with Randy never being given his own defined character.

Josh Meyers did his best under the circumstances, but while Randy is far from the sitcom's best character, he ultimately doesn't deserve the scorn heaped upon him. A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games — he even arguably had a little bit of talent for it. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU - where Hawkeye is clearly the best character - to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle.

By Padraig Cotter Published Jan 08, The main source of others' jokes about him is his long poofy hair, which he sometimes emphasizes by allowing them call him girl's names and making comparisons between his hair and hair of female stars.

He also jokes with Donna about them being a couple with him behaving girly and her behaving manly, similar to her past relationship with Eric. Randy is also into music, managing bands and being a part of one. He has a drum kit at his apartment, but he doesn't use it.

He also owns a dog. Randy sometimes mentions his grandmothers: one of them used to put money in his piggy bank when he was a child before her death leading him to be disappointed about the amount of money once he breaks it and the other one has polio and is in a wheelchair. Other known facts about his family are: his parents are divorced, he has no sisters and a gay uncle.

Randy dates Donna for about half of the final season. At first, they insist they are "just friends", with Randy inviting Donna to his family's cabin to meet his band. It was right after this that Fez and Jackie are suspicious that Donna is cheating on Eric.

It turns out Eric had broken up with Donna, and Randy was being the rebound guy. Donna becomes irritated that Randy is a "man slut" he has apparently dated a lot of women. When Bob Pinciotti announces he is selling the house, Randy offers for Donna to live with him.

At first she agrees, but is later weirded out and breaks up with him. He tries to win her back, but his attempts are futile, and they decide to be friends. Apparently, Eric and Randy have never met: Randy comes around after Eric leaves for Africa, and is not around when Eric returns at least, not on that particular day.