Old TV Shows
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Married with children was almost cancelled until a woman started a campaign to get it off the air because it was so offensive. That gave it a shit ton of publicity and ratings and stopped it being cancelled.
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@taniwharugby said in Old TV Shows:
@MN5 although Bundy didnt fit the usual male stereotype either...Peggy wanted a piece of him all the time, was always a chore for him!
I'm pretty sure Roseanne was initially gonna be cast as Peggy which woulda made the not wanting sex thing extremely understandable.
Also the Marcy actress was one of the writers so she obviously had a great sense of humour as some of Bundys put downs of her were legendary. Getting Jefferson in instead of Steve was genius too.
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@MN5 said in Old TV Shows:
@taniwharugby said in Old TV Shows:
@MN5 although Bundy didnt fit the usual male stereotype either...Peggy wanted a piece of him all the time, was always a chore for him!
I'm pretty sure Roseanne was initially gonna be cast as Peggy which woulda made the not wanting sex thing extremely understandable.
Also the Marcy actress was one of the writers so she obviously had a great sense of humour as some of Bundys put downs of her were legendary. Getting Jefferson in instead of Steve was genius too.
Those chicken jokes!
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@MN5 said in Old TV Shows:
the not wanting sex thing extremely understandable.
In the early episodes this wasn't the case, they developed it as an ongoing storyline later (maybe mid 1st season or even 2nd season).
Another awesome late 80s and 90s show was Red Dwarf. I always assumed the Lenny herny show Chef was an 80s show but wiki tells me it was the 90s.
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@canefan said in Old TV Shows:
There was a weird as fuck show called Sapphire and Steel around then. I think it was a bit ahead of its time
British show. Was very bizarre and low budget in the classic BBC style. Joanna Lumley and David McCallum. I used to enjoy it but didn't know what the hell I was watching
That was exactly what I thought
All the guys were metals and all the chicks were gems. The beeb made great sci fi back then. Tom Baker's Dr Who and Blake's 7 were unmissable
Not made by BBC - was ITV's response to the popularity of Dr Who by pairing Ilya Kuryakin (McCullum - Man from UNCLE) and Purdey (Joanna Lumley - New Avengers).
Must be time for me to (again) mention Joanna Lumley opening her front door to me wearing only her chemise :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Old TV Shows:
@MN5 said in Old TV Shows:
@taniwharugby said in Old TV Shows:
@MN5 although Bundy didnt fit the usual male stereotype either...Peggy wanted a piece of him all the time, was always a chore for him!
I'm pretty sure Roseanne was initially gonna be cast as Peggy which woulda made the not wanting sex thing extremely understandable.
Also the Marcy actress was one of the writers so she obviously had a great sense of humour as some of Bundys put downs of her were legendary. Getting Jefferson in instead of Steve was genius too.
Those chicken jokes!
Haven’t watched MWC for years but easily recall great moments like when Al’s car went over 1 million miles, coming home to catch Kelly with a guy and showing him the door (repeatedly banging his head into the door frame as he kept missing the opening)
Always showing Peggy’s mom off camera as some giant scary she-beast ( what was Peggy’s maiden name again?)
Married with children was certainly a pioneer show, when it came out people were used to shows like Cosby where it was a more loving supportive family.
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@Virgil said in Old TV Shows:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Old TV Shows:
@MN5 said in Old TV Shows:
@taniwharugby said in Old TV Shows:
@MN5 although Bundy didnt fit the usual male stereotype either...Peggy wanted a piece of him all the time, was always a chore for him!
I'm pretty sure Roseanne was initially gonna be cast as Peggy which woulda made the not wanting sex thing extremely understandable.
Also the Marcy actress was one of the writers so she obviously had a great sense of humour as some of Bundys put downs of her were legendary. Getting Jefferson in instead of Steve was genius too.
Those chicken jokes!
Haven’t watched MWC for years but easily recall great moments like when Al’s car went over 1 million miles, coming home to catch Kelly with a guy and showing him the door (repeatedly banging his head into the door frame as he kept missing the opening)
Always showing Peggy’s mom off camera as some giant scary she-beast ( what was Peggy’s maiden name again?)
Married with children was certainly a pioneer show, when it came out people were used to shows like Cosby where it was a more loving supportive family.
Not the mess the Bundys were.piston wristed gibbon
touchdown Bundy they used to call him....
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as a teen watching MWC, I always wondered where the Kelly's of the world were!
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@taniwharugby said in Old TV Shows:
as a teen watching MWC, I always wondered where the Kelly's of the world were!
Yeah as a teenager she wasnt bad to watch on tv....
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Old TV Shows:
re:MWC, "...dayy old, dayyyy old. Uncle Henry eat a day old bread" was just about the funniest thing my 80's teen self had ever heard in his short dopey life. In fact moronically I STILL say it to myself around the kitchen.
some other 80's sitcoms i was rooting:
Get a life: Chris Elliot the bald paperboy? This show was godhead
Family Ties: this was pretty great for a while there, once you got past the saccarine shit to MJFox and his $$ shtick
Sledgehammer: the blonde cop guy? anyone else rememebr this one?
Moonlighting: loved this. they kept lookign at the camera and talkign to it
Garry Shandling Show so awesome. just mindbending shit.Yup great show, from memory it was one of those comedies that was buried late on tv 2 growing up.
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Old TV Shows:
re:MWC, "...dayy old, dayyyy old. Uncle Henry eat a day old bread" was just about the funniest thing my 80's teen self had ever heard in his short dopey life. In fact moronically I STILL say it to myself around the kitchen.
some other 80's sitcoms i was rooting:
Get a life: Chris Elliot the bald paperboy? This show was godhead
Family Ties: this was pretty great for a while there, once you got past the saccarine shit to MJFox and his $$ shtick
Sledgehammer: the blonde cop guy? anyone else rememebr this one?
Moonlighting: loved this. they kept lookign at the camera and talkign to it
Garry Shandling Show: so awesome. just mindbending shit.I loved Sledgehammer. A funny take on Dirty Harry
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@Catogrande said in Old TV Shows:
@mariner4life said in RIP 2019:
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@mariner4life said in RIP 2019:
If I win enough money to have a classic car collection, a Ferrari 308 is first in there.
Because of Magnum PI? A Hyundai i30 is a faster car, that's what happened to performance.
Pretty much. I just love the way they look
T'was a thing of beauty, almost on a par with the 246 that preceded it.
Edit: Here you go.
http://nicecarsinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ferrari-dino-NCI-6.jpgBoth nice, but nothing on a 62 E type Jag.
Six Million Dollar Man
Original Macguyver
Greatest American Hero
Family Ties
Growing Pains
Who’s the BossAll compulsory viewing growing up
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@ACT-Crusader family ties was great , this was probably my favourite episode
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@taniwharugby said in Old TV Shows:
as a teen watching MWC, I always wondered where the Kelly's of the world were!
Certainly not in Whangarei
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@MN5 think you should venture past Auckland one day bro, did you know there was a whole other island below Wellington too:?
Were plenty of hot chicks about in my teens, plenty of bimbos, plenty of slappers, just not all in the same person!
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Old TV Shows:
Moonlighting: loved this. they kept lookign at the camera and talking to it
Used to like Remington Steele as well. 21 Jumpstreet was pretty good, just like 90210 it seemed perfectly normal to have actors far older than the characters they portrayed.
Near the end of the 80s I really enjoyed Tour of Duty, I guess it followed the success of Platoon?
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@taniwharugby said in Old TV Shows:
@MN5 think you should venture past Auckland one day bro, did you know there was a whole other island below Wellington too:?
Were plenty of hot chicks about in my teens, plenty of bimbos, plenty of slappers, just not all in the same person!
Was in Auckland last week and somehow got 68 Tinder matches in one evening. I think all the sluts up there knew fresh meat when they saw it.
You could spam this thread with Bundy all day, this is one of the absolute classic scenes....
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@canefan said in Old TV Shows:
Near the end of the 80s I really enjoyed Tour of Duty, I guess it followed the success of Platoon?
That was great for two seasons as it was a military show, then they dropped the budget, introduced regular women characters and it turned to shit. China Beach already existed and dealt with that side of the story.
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@Nepia said in Old TV Shows:
@canefan said in Old TV Shows:
Near the end of the 80s I really enjoyed Tour of Duty, I guess it followed the success of Platoon?
That was great for two seasons as it was a military show, then they dropped the budget, introduced regular women characters and it turned to shit. China Beach already existed and dealt with that side of the story.
Yeah, the first couple of years were great. Hill St Blues was probably the biggest drama show of the 80s, funnily I never really got into it. Probably too young
There were lots of feel good family sitcoms in the 80s too. Cosby Show, Growing Pains, Facts of Life. Jones!TV plays a lot of retro stuff, I watch from time to time, for nostalgia's sake
