Doc, Martin, Joe and a pair of Buddys; More TVVisted titles; Competing gets tougher when services suffer; Finding some kind of sign-off the beaten path

Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Competing gets tougher when services suffer

Think of a term in two words for a service whose business model is suffering, five and four letters. 
The last three letters of each word are the same as each other, and spell a word that is a type of suffering. 
Remove these common letters and rearrange the remaining three letters to name a competing service. 
What are the term and the competing service?
(Note: This week’s Schpuzzle Of The Week was created by Mathew Huffman, a valued friend of Puzzleria!)

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Car Branding Appetizer:
Finding some kind of sign-off the beaten path

Name a synonym of “road” followed by a 2-word car brand. 
Reversing the order of the three words and saying the result without pronouncing the initial consonant sounds will sound like a sign-off. 
What is this sign-off?

John Aston-Martin Balsam Brand Appetizer:
Doc, Martin, Joe and a pair of Buddys


Doc, Martin, Joe, and a pair of guys named Buddy... 
Find a two-word phrase that pertains to the list of names above. 
Interchange those words to name what sounds a lot like a two-word automobile brand name. 
What is that brand name?
Hint: The key to solving this puzzle is to find the first name of an actor who portrayed characters with the first names Doc, Martin, Joe, Buddy and Buddy.

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Riffing Off Shortz Slice:
More TVVisted titles

Will Shortz’s June 3rd/June10 NPR Weekend Edition Sunday two-week creative challenge puzzle reads:
Television today can be so derivative – and so is this two-week creative challenge. The object is to pitch an idea to one of the networks, either broadcast or cable, in which your show’s title is just one letter different from an existing show’s title, past or present. Name your TV show and summarize it in 15 words or less.
Examples:
American I Do’s – Hilarious misadventures of a bumbling wedding planner
You Bet Your Wife – Trivia contest, with wagering, to determine who knows more, husband or spouse
Puzzleria!’s Riffing Off Shortz Slice reads:
The title of each of the following 14 potential TV shows differs by just one letter from an actual past or present show’s title. Name these new titles based on the summaries given for each. 
To aid you, we are providing the genres and time frames of the actual TV show from which each of their titles is taken, along with the number of words in the title: 
1.  A man bases all his life-decisions on a musty Magic 8 Ball he purchased at a rummage sale. 
(Soap opera, 1952-2009; 3 words in the title)
2.  This remake focuses on Boss Hogg and Rosco who are repeatedly hornswoggled by those doggone Duke boys Bo and Luke. 
(Action comedy, 1979-85; 4 words in the title)
3. The Enterprise crew is stranded after crash-landing on a heavenly sphere inhabited by prehistoric creatures.
(Science fiction, 1966-69; 2 words in the title)
4. How commuters pass the time while stuck in bumper-to-bumper freeway traffic. 
(Science fiction, 1959-64; 3 words in the title) 
Note: This proposed TV show title is not exactly kosher vis-a-vis Will Shortz’s rules for this two-week challenge; not only does it change one letter of the original title, but it also doubles a second letter in that title.
5. Candid interviews with people who confess an infatuation with Kentucky Senator Paul or late fan-dancer Sally. 
(Adventure drama comedy, 1977-84; 2 words in the title)
6. During an embargo, Idaho laundry owners hoard potatoes in order to continue guaranteeing crispness in their customers’ collars. 
(Soap opera, 1951-86; 3 words in the title)
7. A bald lollypop-popping cop solves crimes by using his photographic memory. (Crime drama, 1973-78; 1 word in the title)
8. Documentary illuminating the Big Apple’s attitude toward Tom Terrific. 
(Sitcom, 1957-63; 4 words in the title)
9. Operatic diva alters her surname to reflect her newfound infatuation with jazz. 
(Sitcom, 1962-71; 3 words in the title)
10. Millionaire opera queen loads up the limo and moves westward to a “Californy” zip code.
(Teen drama, 1990-2000; 3 words in the title)
11. Steve Martin reprises his role as sadistic dentist Orin Schrivello, but on the small screen. 
(Sitcom, 1959-63; 3 words in the title) 
12. Scientist transforms his family members into midge-human hybrids, similar to “The Fly” films. 
(Musical sitcom, 1970-74; 3 words in the title)
13. Documentary about big-time Hollywood actors who have stepped up into military service to their country. 
(Talent competition, 1983-2004; 2 words in the title)
14. Ferdinand the Bull bucks cowboys off his back then rescues them, ironically, from homicidal rodeo clowns. 
(Sitcom, 1989-93; 4 words in the title)

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