Old TV Shows
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If I win enough money to have a classic car collection, a Ferrari 308 is first in there.
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There was a weird as fuck show called Sapphire and Steel around then. I think it was a bit ahead of its time
Bit prior to the 80s I thought. Loved that. Was British.
Joanna Lumley and David McCullum.
Who was The Invisible Man, youse fullas forgot that one).
Oh yeah, which reminds me of The Incredible Hulk with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferigno. "Don't make me angry... you won't like me when I'm angry ..."
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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
I see it's been said.
Quite spooky.
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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.
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@antipodean said in RIP 2019:
@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.
This post makes you sound like a hoot.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP 2019:
Airwolf TV star Jan-Michael Vincent dies at 73
Airwolf TV star Jan-Michael Vincent dies at 73
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Jan-Michael Vincent, who became nationally recognisable on the 1980s television series Airwolf, but whose career later foundered in part because of problems with drugs and alcohol, died Feb 10 at a hospital near his home in Asheville, North Carolina. He was 73. Read more at...
Tbh I thought he was already dead.
Airwolf was farking cool. Shit I loved the 80s. CHIPs, Ateam, Magnum, Knightrider, Airwolf. So good.
Duke of Hazard, Logan's Run, Riptide, Greatest American Hero. Great back then, most are almost unwatchable now
Tried rewatching Ateam some years ago, first thing that struck me was there was a female character who appeared in a lot of the easier episodes. Completely unable to recall that from my childhood memories.
Other thing was how hammy it was, couldn’t get through more then an episode or 2 before I gave up.
The 80’s was still a golden age of tv as a kid to watch though. -
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP 2019:
Airwolf TV star Jan-Michael Vincent dies at 73
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Jan-Michael Vincent, who became nationally recognisable on the 1980s television series Airwolf, but whose career later foundered in part because of problems with drugs and alcohol, died Feb 10 at a hospital near his home in Asheville, North Carolina. He was 73. Read more at...
Tbh I thought he was already dead.
Airwolf was farking cool. Shit I loved the 80s. CHIPs, Ateam, Magnum, Knightrider, Airwolf. So good.
Duke of Hazard, Logan's Run, Riptide, Greatest American Hero. Great back then, most are almost unwatchable now
Tried rewatching Ateam some years ago, first thing that struck me was there was a female character who appeared in a lot of the easier episodes. Completely unable to recall that from my childhood memories.
Other thing was how hammy it was, couldn’t get through more then an episode or 2 before I gave up.
The 80’s was still a golden age of tv as a kid to watch though.Agreed , all that shooting and they never hit anyone.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP 2019:
Airwolf TV star Jan-Michael Vincent dies at 73
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Jan-Michael Vincent, who became nationally recognisable on the 1980s television series Airwolf, but whose career later foundered in part because of problems with drugs and alcohol, died Feb 10 at a hospital near his home in Asheville, North Carolina. He was 73. Read more at...
Tbh I thought he was already dead.
Airwolf was farking cool. Shit I loved the 80s. CHIPs, Ateam, Magnum, Knightrider, Airwolf. So good.
Duke of Hazard, Logan's Run, Riptide, Greatest American Hero. Great back then, most are almost unwatchable now
Tried rewatching Ateam some years ago, first thing that struck me was there was a female character who appeared in a lot of the easier episodes. Completely unable to recall that from my childhood memories.
Other thing was how hammy it was, couldn’t get through more then an episode or 2 before I gave up.
The 80’s was still a golden age of tv as a kid to watch though.Agreed , all that shooting and they never hit anyone.
80s action shows were lots of fun but light on realism. Another 2 sci fi series I really enjoyed were Buck Rogers in the 25th century and the original Battlestar Galactica
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Fuck yes!!
It’s like a repressed memory but in a good way, not a Catholic Church molested me way, when these old shows are mentioned.List to date.
A team
Knight Rider
Dukes of Hazzard
Greatest American Hero
Battlestar Galactica
Buck Rogers
Robin of Sherwood
Magnum PI
Rip Tide
Simon and Simon
The littlest Hobo
The Incredible Hulk
Air Wolf
CHiPs
Blake’s 7
Six Million Dollar Man
McGyverNot exactly 80’s but a lot of re runs of Thunderbirds, Joe 90, Captain Scarlet.
Late 80’s you had comedy classics like
Mr Bean
Married with Children
Black Adder
Father TedEdit: Mods this post probably belongs in the tv thread (or perhaps it’s own classics tv thread?)
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@antipodean said in RIP 2019:
@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
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@mariner4life said in RIP 2019:
@antipodean said in RIP 2019:
@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.jpg -
I still love that car despite finding out the interior was full of poverty spec Fiat handles and switches and even after the head of MacLaren replied when asked if their first road car was going to be like a Ferrari “ oh no, we wouldn’t employ anyone that welds that badly”.
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@Virgil Not to forget probably the most influential comedy show of the early to mid 80s,
As a youngster I found it hilarious, even if I didn't get all the subtle jokes. Apart from the spinoff shows of the main cast (Alexei Sayle's stuff, Filthy Rich and Catflap, The New Statesman) the show was like a who's who of comics who would loom large in british comedy for the next 20 years. Off the top of my head, future prominent actors or comics that guest starred on the show included
French and Saunders
Frye and Lawrie
Smith and Jones
Hale and Pace
Emma Thompson
Robbie Coltrane
Lenny Henry
Ben Elton -
@Virgil Not to forget probably the most influential comedy show of the early to mid 80s,
As a youngster I found it hilarious, even if I didn't get all the subtle jokes. Apart from the spinoff shows of the main cast (Alexei Sayle's stuff, Filthy Rich and Catflap, The New Statesman) the show was like a who's who of comics who would loom large in british comedy for the next 20 years. Off the top of my head, future prominent actors or comics that guest starred on the show included
French and Saunders
Frye and Lawrie
Smith and Jones
Hale and Pace
Emma Thompson
Robbie Coltrane
Lenny Henry
Ben EltonI also loved the completely gratuitous and pointless musical cameos in the show, Motorhead and Madness being the ones I most remember.
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Fuck yes!!
It’s like a repressed memory but in a good way, not a Catholic Church molested me way, when these old shows are mentioned.List to date.
A team
Knight Rider
Dukes of Hazzard
Greatest American Hero
Battlestar Galactica
Buck Rogers
Robin of Sherwood
Magnum PI
Rip Tide
Simon and Simon
The littlest Hobo
The Incredible Hulk
Air Wolf
CHiPs
Blake’s 7Not exactly 80’s but a lot of re runs of Thunderbirds, Joe 90, Captain Scarlet.
Late 80’s you had comedy classics like
Mr Bean
Married with Children
Black Adder
Father TedEdit: Mods this post probably belongs in the tv thread (or perhaps it’s own classics tv thread?)
The PC World we live in makes this in particular so fucken good these days and even better than when I watched in the 90s. Bundys sexism and fatism must absolutely trigger the shit out of the far left some of whom find "Friends" offensive.....
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@MN5 said in Old TV Shows:
Fuck yes!!
It’s like a repressed memory but in a good way, not a Catholic Church molested me way, when these old shows are mentioned.List to date.
A team
Knight Rider
Dukes of Hazzard
Greatest American Hero
Battlestar Galactica
Buck Rogers
Robin of Sherwood
Magnum PI
Rip Tide
Simon and Simon
The littlest Hobo
The Incredible Hulk
Air Wolf
CHiPs
Blake’s 7Not exactly 80’s but a lot of re runs of Thunderbirds, Joe 90, Captain Scarlet.
Late 80’s you had comedy classics like
Mr Bean
Married with Children
Black Adder
Father TedEdit: Mods this post probably belongs in the tv thread (or perhaps it’s own classics tv thread?)
The PC World we live in makes this in particular so fucken good these days and even better than when I watched in the 90s. Bundys sexism and fatism must absolutely trigger the shit out of the far left some of whom find "Friends" offensive.....
Bundy did trigger people though 😂. I remember the show was AO in NZ and my parents in particular were appalled. I loved it. It smashed the mould of a typical sitcom which was that Full House/Growing Pains soppy crap.
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@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!
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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!
