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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 11, 2014 12:50:39 GMT -5
I haven't watched it past the second episode of the second series. I did see Kochanski once, but she was a hologram.
I hear that they do some weird alternate reality/time travel episodes later on in the show, but I haven't looked into it too closely. I want to be surprised.
Maybe they come across some other people later.
Alas, my attempt at levity has fallen flat...  Oh, sorry!
I watched the first episode six months ago and didn't get back to Red Dwarf until last weekend.
I had completely forgotten about that!
Yes. Everybody's dead!
They're all dead!
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Post by shaxper on Nov 13, 2014 1:50:00 GMT -5
I don't watch much TV. I grew up as a latch key kid who spent all my time watching lousy broadcast TV reruns, so I've spent little time in front of the boob tube as an adult. I think there are only three shows pre-1990 that I ever got seriously invested in:
- Dark Shadows (long after it went off the air via the DVD sets)
- Robotech (long after it went off the air via the DVD sets)
- Star Trek TNG (right there when it happened. The only GOOD TV I watched as an adolescent. Captain Picard practically raised me. Of course even this barely counts as only the first two and a half seasons were Pre-1990)
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Nov 13, 2014 14:05:39 GMT -5
I've been watching the 1st season of the original Mission Impossible (1966) TV show. I didn't recall that Peter Graves (Mr. Phelps) was not part of the cast but rather the leader was Steven Hill (Mr. Briggs) He left after the first season after some disputes about the role and the mandatory work he had to do on the Sabbath. Steven Hill was an orthodox Jew. He left the acting profession shortly after but returned and is now known for appearing on Law and Order for 11 years as a D.A.
Also interesting to note that Martin Landau got credit as a special guest star on every show that first year. He hardly missed an episode but was not listed as a regular cast member. Many shows also had one or two of the 5 permanent team players missing.
Peter Lupus, the muscular guy had an interesting career. He first got notice by being cast in numerous sword & sandal films in the early 60s , playing Hercules and other types. After M.I. he hooked up with the U.S. army and starred in many of their promotional films. With the permission of DC Comics, he played Superman in some of these short promotional films. Then he posed nude in Playgirl magazine and that was the end of his Army and Superman roles. |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Nov 15, 2014 5:54:09 GMT -5
Right, some favourite shows pre-90, no particular order
ST TOS
MASH
Dallas
Alias Smith and Jones
Starsky and Hutch
The Equalizer
Wise Guy
High Chapparal
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Post by Duragizer on Mar 7, 2019 17:00:27 GMT -5
In alphabetical order: - Mystery Science Theater 3000
- The Twilight Zone (original series)
I've also enjoyed Star Trek TOS and Garfield and Friends, and the '60s Spider-Man cartoon is so bad it's good. Overall, though, most pre-'90s television is too episodic for my liking. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 11, 2019 9:47:00 GMT -5
Star Trek the original series is my favorite TV series of all time. Beyond that, here are some random favorite pre 1990-TV shows:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Twilight Zone
Bonanza
The Andy Griffith Show
Batman (1966)
The Wild, Wild West
The Rockford Files
Battlestar Galactica
Wonder Woman
Family Ties
The Cosby Show
Cheers
Newhart
McGyver
The A-Team
Fawlty Towers
Dave Allen at Large
The Wonder Years (though it ran 3 of its 5 years in the 90's)
I didn't include cartoons in my list. That's a whole other topic. (I also didn't include The Simpsons since it debuted in December of 1990 and I really think of it as a post 1990 show.)
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 11, 2019 9:52:31 GMT -5
Oh and embarrassingly enough...Hee Haw! -M I remember watching (and enjoying) that back in the day, but haven't seen it in decades. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 11, 2019 10:03:31 GMT -5
Here's a classic TV question.
We watched a recent season finale whose cliff-hanger ending appeared to show the title character being killed. The show is returning next season, so it's unlikely the character is dead. But I started wondering if there are examples of shows continuing under the same title following the exit of the title character (either because of an actor's exit or real-life death). The only one I could think of was Chico and the Man, which continued for a season and a half following the death of star Freddie Prinze, who was replaced by a 12 year-old Hispanic boy.
Are there other examples? Valerie Harper was fired from the TV show Valerie over a salary dispute and was replaced by Sandy Duncan, who played her sister, though the show was renamed Valerie's Family then later The Hogan Family. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 11, 2019 10:05:40 GMT -5
I'm watching the first episode of Battlestar Galactica (1978). The aesthetic is very reminiscent of Star Wars and Starbuck is very much modeled after Han Solo. Yeah, the special effects supervisor (though I may be getting his title wrong) from Star Wars also did Battlestar Galactica, so it's no accident that there's a similarity. And George Lucas was not happy! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 11:13:38 GMT -5
Magnum PI
Wonder Woman
Dallas
Knots Landing
Dynasty
Three's Company
Laverne and Shirley
Golden Girl
The Jeffersons
Good Times
Dark Shadows
As the World Turns
Guiding Light
One Life to Live
The Price is Right
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Patty Duke Show
Dobie Gillis
Knight Rider
The Carol Burnett Show
Buck Rogers
We first got cable in 1984 or so and that opened up a whole new TV world. I could watch shows my parents had enjoyed when they were younger. We watched lots of tv, haha!
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Post by hondobrode on Mar 16, 2019 2:38:48 GMT -5
I was wanting to read a book about behind the scenes of Hill Street Blues, and as far as I can see, such an animal does not exist despite the length and pedigree of the show.
Does anyone know of anywhere or anything they can point me towards to scratch said itch ?
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Post by chadwilliam on Mar 16, 2019 23:33:56 GMT -5
1950's
Gunsmoke
Sherlock Holmes (The Ronald Howard series)
The Untouchables
The Honeymooners
The Lone Ranger
Adventures of Superman
The 1960's
Twilight Zone
Boris Karloff's Thriller
Boris Karloff's The Veil
Doctor Who
Batman
Green Hornet
Adam Adamant Lives!
The Prisoner
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Monkees
The Beatles (Al Brodax cartoon)
Spider-Man
The 1970's
Are You Being Served?
Kolchak the Night Stalker
Night Gallery
Fawlty Towers
In Search of
The 1980's
SCTV
Muppet Babies
Inspector Gadget
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
Police Squad
Perfect Strangers
Married... With Children
Red Dwarf
Quantum Leap
David Letterman
Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett)
Bundy's Late Night Revue (a show which aired here in Winnipeg which ran for about three hours Friday night and featured episodes of stuff like Batman, The Green Hornet, The Munsters, Petticoat Junction, and so forth hosted by Kevin Bundy)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 12:22:33 GMT -5
My Top Ten Shows
Adventures of Superman
Are You Being Served?
Barney Miller
Batman
Green Hornet
Knight Rider
Kolchak the Night Stalker
M*A*S*H
Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Honeymooners
The one in bold is my favorite British Import of all times and I dearly loved this show and I was addicted to it from the get go and these are my top 10 shows of all time.
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 8, 2019 9:52:20 GMT -5
My Top Ten ShowsAdventures of Superman Are You Being Served?Barney Miller Batman Green Hornet Knight Rider Kolchak the Night Stalker M*A*S*H Mary Tyler Moore Show The Honeymooners The one in bold is my favorite British Import of all times and I dearly loved this show and I was addicted to it from the get go and these are my top 10 shows of all time. Are You Being Served? is a good show that I remember watching back in the day, but I think that Fawlty Towers is my favorite British import. I remember they were on back to back Saturday nights (around the mid-80's) on our local PBS station, followed by Doctor Who! Tom Baker! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 9:59:00 GMT -5
My Top Ten ShowsAdventures of Superman Are You Being Served?Barney Miller Batman Green Hornet Knight Rider Kolchak the Night Stalker M*A*S*H Mary Tyler Moore Show The Honeymooners The one in bold is my favorite British Import of all times and I dearly loved this show and I was addicted to it from the get go and these are my top 10 shows of all time. Are You Being Served? is a good show that I remember watching back in the day, but I think that Fawlty Towers is my favorite British import. I remember they were on back to back Saturday nights (around the mid-80's) on our local PBS station, followed by Doctor Who! Tom Baker! Fawlty Towers is a good show too; but I would had a hard time putting it in my top 20; it would made my top 30 if I really want to expand my list. Expanding to 30 ... would be a difficult thing to do here. I had a hard time enjoying Doctor Who and did not watch much of it; because there were better shows on the same time. I had one brother that loves Doctor Who and he craves it and still watches reruns in Houston. |
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