And, baby, I make three.

The last moments of the Howdy Doody show were sentimental, but not sappy, and showed both respect and affection for the audience.

That's because NBC cancelled the show after the episode aired. Originally, there was a "to be continued" caption before the credits. Apparently, ABC produced a TV movie five years later, but almost none of the original cast appeared. 

Quantum Leap's isn't entirely satisfying, but it has grown on me, in the years. I kind of liked the idea that the only thing preventing him from leaping home is himself and a need to fix things and fixing Al's marriage was one of those things he had to fix.

I still think the last episode of Happy Days should have Chuck Cunningham show up at Joanie and Chachi's wedding, in disguise, where he explains he has been secretly working for the CIA and stayed away from the family to protect them.

I would have liked to have seen an ending to the original Battlestar Galactica, which brought them to Earth, in the Earth Year 2492. They are met by a patrol fromt he earth Defense Directorate, commanded by Col Wilma Deering. They nearly engage in battle, before the Vipers, under command of Capt Apollo, break off, when their scanners detect human life forms. They are able to raise communications with Wilma and escort her and her wingman, Buck Rogers, onto the Galactica, where they meet Commander Adama, who explains their situation. A delegation is brought to Earth, where they confer with Dr Huer and the Computer Council. They open up Earth to the Colonies and begin work on a defensive plan. Buck feels they need more powerful allies to fight off the Cylons and he and Lt Starbuck undertake a mission to the throneworld of Draconia, where they broker an alliance with Princess Ardala, aided by the fact that she is deeply attracted to Starbuck. The human Draconians join with the Earth Directorate forces and the Colonial Warriors, to set up a trap for the approaching Cylon fleet, in a situation that reminds Buck of the Battle of Midway.

Call it deja vu, but over at the Atomic junk Shop, they have posted an old Greg Hatcher column about a Wold Newton-style crossover between Kenneth Johnson's tv shows, including The bionic Woman, The Incredible Hulk, V, and Alien Nation (and I suggested adding characters from Johnson's short-lived series, Cliffhangers!). Thus, a Glen Larson Wold Newton Universe would be equally cool and give a better ending to the original Galactica, avoiding that Galactica 1980 crap, and a better second season for Buck Rogers.

wow, I haven't thought about Benson in years! I remember really liking that show as a kid, but I suspect that's another one that doesn't age well. In my head he definitely won that election at the end (I remember thinking as I kid I wanted to see the shows with him in charge!), but maybe that was just what I wanted to happen.

Benson I saw very little of, though I liked the character and the show he came from, Soap. Looking at the dates, I think it was because I was away at school most of those years and didn't have cable tv, so I missed a lot of stuff form that era, unless I happened to see the re-runs during the summer if they were showing them.