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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 11:43:36 GMT
Post some of your favorite TV shows that you think nobody else has heard of or remembers.
When Things Were Rotten- Dick Gautier, Dick Van Patten, Bernie Kopell -1975
Logan's Run -Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies-Urich, Donald Moffat -1977
Heartland -Brian Keith-1989
Open All Night - George Dzundza-1981
The Single Guy -Jonathan Silverman, Joey Slotnick, Ming-Na Wen -1995
Something So Right -Mel Harris, Jere Burns-1996
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 29, 2020 12:33:11 GMT
Post some of your favorite TV shows that you think nobody else has heard of or remembers.
When Things Were Rotten- Dick Gautier, Dick Van Patten, Bernie Kopell -1975
Logan's Run -Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies-Urich, Donald Moffat -1977
Heartland -Brian Keith-1989
Open All Night - George Dzundza-1981
The Single Guy -Jonathan Silverman, Joey Slotnick, Ming-Na Wen -1995
Something So Right -Mel Harris, Jere Burns-1996
I've heard of 'Logan's Run' (tv-series) and 'The Single Guy'. I believe I've heard of 'Open All Night' as well.
'Otherworld'.
'The Fantastic Journey'.
'Science-Fiction Theatre'.
'Cliff Hangers'.
'Tales of Tomorrow'.
'Men Into Space'.
'Ark II'.
'Gemini Man'.
'Man from Atlantis'.
'Project UFO'.
'Salvage 1'.
'Search'.
'Space Academy'.
'Automan'.
'Beyond Westworld'.
'Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'.
'Hard Time on Planet Earth'.
'The Highwayman'.
'The Phoenix'.
'The Powers of Matthew Star'.
'Probe'.
'Something Is Out There'.
'Whiz Kids'.
'The Lost World'.
'Mercy Point'.
'Night Man'.
'Nightmare Cafe'.
'Now and Again'.
'Nowhere Man'.
'The Sentinel'.
'Strange World'.
'TekWar'.
'Time Trax'.
'Timecop'.
'Viper'.
'The Visitor'.
'VR.5'.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 29, 2020 12:36:18 GMT
'The Starlost'.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 6:51:11 GMT
I've heard of 'Logan's Run' (tv-series) and 'The Single Guy'. I believe I've heard of 'Open All Night' as well.
Nice list! There's quite a few in there I've never heard of and others that are really good. I bet we could come out with a list of over a hundred without much effort. Some aren't very good but some were excellent. I was kind of surprised that When Things Were Rotten never caught on. It was created by Mel Brooks and was like a Naked Gun show about Robin Hood. Just silly comedy that I still remember. I found Logan's Run online a few years ago and was able to watch it again. It still holds up. Hard to believe it was cancelled after one season but it was up against Monday Night Football but so it never stood a chance.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 1, 2020 8:25:45 GMT
I've heard of 'Logan's Run' (tv-series) and 'The Single Guy'. I believe I've heard of 'Open All Night' as well. Nice list! There's quite a few in there I've never heard of and others that are really good. I bet we could come out with a list of over a hundred without much effort. Some aren't very good but some were excellent.
I was kind of surprised that When Things Were Rotten never caught on. It was created by Mel Brooks and was like a Naked Gun show about Robin Hood. Just silly comedy that I still remember.
I found Logan's Run online a few years ago and was able to watch it again. It still holds up. Hard to believe it was cancelled after one season but it was up against Monday Night Football but so it never stood a chance. Thanks!!
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Mar 1, 2020 17:48:53 GMT
I loved The Phoenix. I also enjoyed Starman , American Gothic with Lucas Black and Gary Cole, The Lone Gunman, Moonlighting and the vampire series Moonlight.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 2, 2020 0:15:31 GMT
Post some of your favorite TV shows that you think nobody else has heard of or remembers. When Things Were Rotten- Dick Gautier, Dick Van Patten, Bernie Kopell -1975 Logan's Run -Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies-Urich, Donald Moffat -1977 Heartland -Brian Keith-1989 Open All Night - George Dzundza-1981 The Single Guy -Jonathan Silverman, Joey Slotnick, Ming-Na Wen -1995 Something So Right -Mel Harris, Jere Burns-1996 I thought I was the only one who remembers Open all Night. The only shows on your list that I don't remember are Heartland and Something So Right. Do you remember Wizards and Warriors, Homeboys in Outer Space, The Good Guys, or My Living Doll?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2020 1:47:24 GMT
I thought I was the only one who remembers Open all Night. The only shows on your list that I don't remember are Heartland and Something So Right. Do you remember Wizards and Warriors, Homeboys in Outer Space, The Good Guys, or My Living Doll? The only one I remember is Wizards and Warriors. That show was hysterical!
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Post by onethreetwo on Mar 2, 2020 1:48:18 GMT
Nowhere Man
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2020 4:42:27 GMT
Post some of your favorite TV shows that you think nobody else has heard of or remembers. When Things Were Rotten- Dick Gautier, Dick Van Patten, Bernie Kopell -1975 Logan's Run -Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies-Urich, Donald Moffat -1977 Heartland -Brian Keith-1989 Open All Night - George Dzundza-1981 The Single Guy -Jonathan Silverman, Joey Slotnick, Ming-Na Wen -1995 Something So Right -Mel Harris, Jere Burns-1996 I have heard of Logan's Run from Youtube.
Not the other ones, though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2020 4:50:12 GMT
Post some of your favorite TV shows that you think nobody else has heard of or remembers.
When Things Were Rotten- Dick Gautier, Dick Van Patten, Bernie Kopell -1975
Logan's Run -Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies-Urich, Donald Moffat -1977
Heartland -Brian Keith-1989
Open All Night - George Dzundza-1981
The Single Guy -Jonathan Silverman, Joey Slotnick, Ming-Na Wen -1995
Something So Right -Mel Harris, Jere Burns-1996
I've heard of 'Logan's Run' (tv-series) and 'The Single Guy'. I believe I've heard of 'Open All Night' as well.
'Otherworld'.
'The Fantastic Journey'.
'Science-Fiction Theatre'.
'Cliff Hangers'.
'Tales of Tomorrow'.
'Men Into Space'.
'Ark II'.
'Gemini Man'.
'Man from Atlantis'.
'Project UFO'.
'Salvage 1'.
'Search'.
'Space Academy'.
'Automan'.
'Beyond Westworld'.
'Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'.
'Hard Time on Planet Earth'.
'The Highwayman'.
'The Phoenix'.
'The Powers of Matthew Star'.
'Probe'.
'Something Is Out There'.
'Whiz Kids'.
'The Lost World'.
'Mercy Point'.
'Night Man'.
'Nightmare Cafe'.
'Now and Again'.
'Nowhere Man'.
'The Sentinel'.
'Strange World'.
'TekWar'.
'Time Trax'.
'Timecop'.
'Viper'.
'The Visitor'.
'VR.5'. I remember Tekwar, but I never watched it. William Shatner wrote it? I think it was a cyberspace type show?
I have heard of Man from Atlantis, too, and been curious about it. But never seen that, either.
I am subscribed to a Youtube channel which is all about 70s era and one of them is on Salvage I.
Here it is:
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 2, 2020 21:02:16 GMT
I've heard of 'Logan's Run' (tv-series) and 'The Single Guy'. I believe I've heard of 'Open All Night' as well.
'Otherworld'.
'The Fantastic Journey'.
'Science-Fiction Theatre'.
'Cliff Hangers'.
'Tales of Tomorrow'.
'Men Into Space'.
'Ark II'.
'Gemini Man'.
'Man from Atlantis'.
'Project UFO'.
'Salvage 1'.
'Search'.
'Space Academy'.
'Automan'.
'Beyond Westworld'.
'Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'.
'Hard Time on Planet Earth'.
'The Highwayman'.
'The Phoenix'.
'The Powers of Matthew Star'.
'Probe'.
'Something Is Out There'.
'Whiz Kids'.
'The Lost World'.
'Mercy Point'.
'Night Man'.
'Nightmare Cafe'.
'Now and Again'.
'Nowhere Man'.
'The Sentinel'.
'Strange World'.
'TekWar'.
'Time Trax'.
'Timecop'.
'Viper'.
'The Visitor'.
'VR.5'.
I am subscribed to a Youtube channel which is all about 70s era and one of them is on Salvage I.
Here it is:
I'm subscribed to that youtube channel also. It's very entertaining and has tons of classic TV nostalgia.
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Post by marianne48 on Mar 4, 2020 1:38:29 GMT
Happy Days (1970)--This was a summer replacement series. For you young whippersnappers who don't know what that is (anyone under 50, maybe?), back in the olden days of TV, the regular series (especially the variety shows) would run through the fall and winter and be re-run in the spring. Then by summer, a lot of the shows would take a break while shows with a smaller number of episodes would be run throughout the summer in the same time slot. Most of these shows weren't very memorable as they were just placeholders for the regular shows with bigger stars.
I remember this show well (relatively well, anyway--I was 7 years old at the time) because it introduced me to the nostalgia craze of that era. The late 1960s-early '70s focused on the good ol' days of the 1930s and 1940s--skimming over the darker aspects of that time period (the Great Depression and WWII) and concentrating on the fashions, art deco style, and the music and movies of those years. This show was a tribute/parody to the performers of the 1930s and '40s, featuring comedy sketches from Bob and Ray, Chuck McCann, and Louis Nye, while musical acts on the show included such performers as Duke Ellington, Harry James, Benny Goodman, and Helen Forrest. This show played a big part in making me a big fan of classic movies and 1930s-'40s music, even as a kid. It ran for about 10 weeks; unfortunately, copies of the show don't seem to exist.
The Kopykats (1972)--A limited comedy series filmed in England and syndicated, this featured an ensemble cast of impressionist comedians--Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, Fred Travalena, Marilyn Michaels, etc., appearing in comedy sketches and musical numbers. Each episode featured a different guest host--Robert Young, Steve Lawrence, Raymond Burr, and Orson Welles (he made a lot of appearances on variety shows, often poking fun at his haughty image). Are there still stand-up impressionists around these days?
Highcliffe Manor (1979)--A sitcom which was kind of a cross between Soap and Young Frankenstein, starring Shelley Fabares as the owner of a New England mansion serving as a laboratory for a team of mad scientists. It couldn't attract enough of an audience which appreciated its weird humor, and was cancelled after a few episodes.
Mama Malone (1984)--Maybe this was a summer series, too; I don't recall it lasting very long. Kind of a parody of reality shows before there actually were reality shows, this revolved around a sweet Italian/Irish Julia Child-type (her name was pronounced "Ma-lo-Nay") who filmed a live cooking show out of her kitchen in a Brooklyn apartment; as she demonstrated her cooking, she would be constantly interrupted by her friends and family members as they periodically stopped by with their dramas--there was an adult daughter and her young son, as well as an adult son who was some kind of lounge singer and was obsessed with Sinatra. Nice little sitcom which apparently was cancelled after it was discovered that Lila Kaye, the "Italian" star, was actually British; it was too much of a no-no for her to portray Italian "stereotypes."
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Mar 4, 2020 12:12:37 GMT
The Highwayman (Sam J. Jones, Jacko)
Sonny Spoon (Mario Van Peebles)
Police Squad (Leslie Nielsen)
Stingray (Nick Mancuso)
Sledge Hammer (David Rasche)
Blue Thunder (James Farentino, Dana Carvey)
Lady Blue (Jamie Rose, Danny Aiello)
The Lazarus Man (Robert Urich)
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 4, 2020 13:14:33 GMT
The Highwayman (Sam J. Jones, Jacko)
Sonny Spoon (Mario Van Peebles)
Police Squad (Leslie Nielsen)
Stingray (Nick Mancuso)
Sledge Hammer (David Rasche)
Blue Thunder (James Farentino, Dana Carvey)
Lady Blue (Jamie Rose, Danny Aiello)
The Lazarus Man (Robert Urich)
I HAVEN'T heard of (or DON'T remember hearing about nor seeing): 'Sonny Spoon', 'Lady Blue' and 'The Lazarus Man'.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Mar 4, 2020 18:12:30 GMT
The Highwayman (Sam J. Jones, Jacko)
Sonny Spoon (Mario Van Peebles)
Police Squad (Leslie Nielsen)
Stingray (Nick Mancuso)
Sledge Hammer (David Rasche)
Blue Thunder (James Farentino, Dana Carvey)
Lady Blue (Jamie Rose, Danny Aiello)
The Lazarus Man (Robert Urich)
I HAVEN'T heard of (or DON'T remember hearing about nor seeing): 'Sonny Spoon', 'Lady Blue' and 'The Lazarus Man'.
That might be because none of them lasted more than one season.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 5, 2020 3:20:57 GMT
I watched Blue Thunder. I remember Man From Atlantis, Quark, Salvage 1, the amusing Tron rip-off Automan, Manimal...
I have been revisiting the Six Million Dollar Man -starting with the first 3 pilot movies. I need to jump ahead to the Venus Probe, Maskatron, and Bionic Bigfoot episodes.
Anyone else remember Lucan the Wolf Boy?
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Post by theravenking on Mar 18, 2020 16:20:20 GMT
The Agatha Christie Hour
Coffin Island
The Lost Room
Psi Factor
Wild Palms
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Post by amyghost on Mar 18, 2020 16:35:28 GMT
Some great lists--shows I remember clearly, several I hadn't thought of in ages until seeing them here, and a few I don't recall at all. Two personal favorites of mine were Arnie, an early Seventies sitcom starring Herschel Bernardi, that had the potential to be another All in the Family-type of classic; and the mid-Seventies Rafferty, a doc drama starring Patrick McGoohan (who must have needed the money, as you can practically see how much he despised the series just by watching his performance in it).
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 18, 2020 19:12:45 GMT
Most of my memories of forgotten series date from earlier. I had mostly given up on network TV by the ‘80s. Here are a few neglected goodies from the ‘50s. (BTW, I was VERY young during this time.)
Dangerous Assignment (1951). Syndicated. Character leading man Brian Donlevy lead the cast as secret agent Steve Mitchell. The opening is memorial. We would see a foggy street with a street light in the forground. Donlevy would enter, stop by the light, and match a cigarette. Sudenly, a thrown dagger sticks into the light pole. Donlevy gives it a quick look, then ducks off to the right. Music swells and the words “Dangerous Assingment” appear on the screen. 39 nine half-hour episodes were filmed. Based on an earlier radio series. Some can be seen on YouTube.
Soldier Of Fortune (1955). John Russell and Chick Chandler appeared as international adveturers. Two seasons, 59 episodes. Could be seen on local stations into the 1960s. Russell later headed the popular western series “Lawman.”
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957-1959) 4 seasons. Based on a previous radio adventure. David Janssen (The Fugitive) was the title P.I. One of the attractions was Diamond’s switchboard operator, Sam (a woman), who he called at least once every episode. Only Sam’s legs were seen by the audience. The show’s major claim to fame is the trivia question “Who’s legs were Sam’s in season 3?” Answer, Mary Tyler Moore. 30-minute episodes.
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