The TV Time Machine Thread!

Muffit · February 1st, 2003, 06:03 PM

Hi all! Since our show is only one of many that had a short life even though it was so well loved, I thought I would start the:

TV Time Machine Thread!

Please list any shows you remember that were neat in their day but had a short if colorful life. I know some of you are too young to remember some of these but here goes my favs dating back to 1955:

Captain Satellite (1958)
http://www.captainsatellite.com/
A fun sci-fi/cartoon combo with kids as invited guests. Cheap props (including pie tins as knobs) but great fun!

Charley and Humphrey Show (early 60's)
http://www.tvparty.com/lostSF.html (down near the bottom)
A frustrated horse and a hilarious dog! Loved it!
Sooo sad, most of the footage has been lost now

It's About Time (1966)
http://www.tvparty.com/recits.html
Goofy sci-fi/comedy

Mr. Terrific and Captain Nice (1967)
http://www.tvparty.com/terrific.html
Competing shows about blundering super heroes
10 cubits to anyone who remembers what the CN on Captain Nice's belt buckle REALLY stood for

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Okay friends, add your favorite memories!!!

Flamingo Girl · February 1st, 2003, 07:25 PM

Do they have to be sci-fi?

One of my favorites was one that lasted all of 6 episodes, "Police Squad."

Unoficial Zucke/Abrahms/Zucker Site

As for any more, I'll have to think about it.

Fëanor · February 1st, 2003, 07:47 PM

Starcops
http://web.bham.ac.uk/burforar/starcops.html
BBC 2 show in the UK.. Ran for one season.. the cases of the first Police unit in space.. (near future) was axed in favour of Red Dwarf

best episodes

Conversations with the Dead
a transport malfunctions on the way back from mars when the engines fire until the fuel is exhausted..

Case to be opened in a million years
A mafia operation for smuggling drugs grown in Lunar greenhouses on Nuclear transports goes wrong...

Muffit · February 1st, 2003, 08:07 PM

Good point Flamingo Girl! Does NOT have to be sci-fi. Any show you miss that might stir a memory in others

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Thanks for your input too Kai!

emerita · February 3rd, 2003, 07:58 AM

I loved this one....."SPACE CADET!"
http://www.yesterdayland.com/popoped...oys/ty1417.php

and Flash Gorden and Buck Rogers......

...of course these three were before your time.....but man what cool shows......

Muffit · February 3rd, 2003, 08:37 AM

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Originally posted by emerita
I loved this one....."SPACE CADET!"
http://www.yesterdayland.com/popoped...oys/ty1417.php

and Flash Gorden and Buck Rogers...... ...of course these three were before your time.....but man what cool shows......

Cool Em! I heard of these but of course I didn't get the chance to see 'em when they aired. I did see the original Buck Rogers when a channel began airing the eps in the 70's. The space ship was so funny, you could see the wires, but I'm sure in its day it was great. I liked the mongol looking bad guy.

emerita · February 4th, 2003, 02:56 PM

Oh man, I thought they were the coolest ever. I anxiously waited for them to come on......then of course they made way for Star Trek in 1965.....

Flamingo Girl · February 4th, 2003, 07:37 PM

I remember watching Buck Rogers, my sis had a thng for Gil Gerard. I wondered why his mother would name him after fish parts.

February 10th, 2003, 05:06 AM

I wished the Muppet show had gone on longer. I loved that show and would watch today

emerita · February 10th, 2003, 12:08 PM

Me too. It was a funny show....

Muffit · February 10th, 2003, 12:45 PM

I still love watching the Muppet movies. The newest one Treasure Island is really good

The TV show was great. I still got that tune stuck in my head (or was that Sesame Street?) -- "There are bones, bones, bones bones bones inside of you..."

Flamingo Girl · February 10th, 2003, 07:19 PM

That would be Sesame Street.

I've often wished The Cosby Show had gone on for at least another year.

Micheleh · February 10th, 2003, 08:31 PM

I was one of those strange kids, I guess... I actually liked the Prisoner!

Muffit · February 10th, 2003, 10:08 PM

The Prisoner was great! I started watching half way thru so I missed a lot. But I got to see the end which was really something.

Thanks for reminding me Micheleh!

Oops, sorry I got Sesame mixed up with the Muppets!

February 11th, 2003, 04:52 AM

those were the days! i loved the stuff i watched as a kid. the stuff they show today is crud compared to our younger years!

Flamingo Girl · February 11th, 2003, 09:01 PM

I remember watching reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club. I had such a crush on Bobby Burgess that I didn't mind watching The Lawrence Welk Show.

Muffit · February 11th, 2003, 09:45 PM

My gosh, I remember both of those. My parents loved Lawrence Welk and got me interested in it. The bubbles were great

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Let's see how far back we can go.... Dobie Gillis anyone? The star from Gilligan's Island was in it. Eeks, my age is /really/ showing. Okay, okay, I was awfully young when that one was on and remember being carried upstairs whenever it came on.

This is fun!

Flamingo Girl · February 21st, 2003, 06:56 PM

I wasn't allowed to stay up late on school nights till the early '70's. I got to stay up to watch the Brady Bunch, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, and I think there were some Lassie specials...

ojai22 · February 28th, 2003, 07:02 AM

My favorite show of all time is The Prisoner. I can't say it went off the air too soon because it said what it needed to say, then ended. I have it on tape and pop in an ep now and then.

Another one I really loved was Harry O with David Jensen. No preaching, no politics, just interesting, well-acted stories. I've never seen any re-runs of it. Don't know why. Oh, but I think it ran about 3 years. Too long for this thread, huh Muffit!

March 3rd, 2003, 01:33 AM

I watched alot of shows like knight rider, A-team, emergency and airwolf. But I like watching and collecting british shows like the avengers and Doctor who, none of which I've had seen when I was younger.

Muffit · March 3rd, 2003, 08:43 AM

WELCOME to Colonial Fleets, Erzengel! Love to see new faces! Hope you enjoy it here

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ojai22 · March 3rd, 2003, 09:07 AM

Welcome, Erzengel - fellow Avengers fan! Actually the only one I really loved was with Emma Peel. And the only ep I have is The House that Jack Built. Steed and Peel, what a team....

Flamingo Girl · March 3rd, 2003, 10:16 AM

One of my favorite shows was the Hardy Boys. I keep wondering why none of these Classic TV channels don't bring it back. TVLand showed an eppisode of Nancy Drew during their Chrismas Marathon, but its SO not the same.

Muffit · March 3rd, 2003, 06:16 PM

Ojai, any TV show you loved is fair game here, so that's okay

. It's especially fun to remember the brief ones, but any oldie would be fine. I really liked the Prisoner. I was lucky to catch the final ep and boy was it a surprise. There was a computer game about it too (text graphics only if I remember) and it accurately portrayed the bizarre mystery of it all.

Erzengel, I liked the Avengers too. I even caught a few Dr. Who eps and thought they were interesting.

Flamingo, I watched the Hardy Boys too a couple times. Neat show.

Am hoping myself that Supercar will get broadcast somewhere -- I think the DVDs are coming out, hope I can talk my alter-ego into letting me get that set too

. I am LOVING watching my new DVD boxed set of FIreball XL5 from 1962. My daughter actually likes it and won't let me watch without her

. Time with her is justification enough for the purchase, to my heart.

And thanks to Bsg1Fan1975 , Em and Micheleh too (hope I didn't miss anyone).

Keep 'em coming all!!!

March 3rd, 2003, 09:02 PM

Anyone remember 'Supertrain'? It was 'The Love Boat' on train tracks. The train was way cool, but writing was not to good if I rememeber right. My two cents here.

Jim:colwar:

Muffit · March 3rd, 2003, 09:55 PM

Hi dilbertman! That's a new one for me -- anyone else seen that one?

March 3rd, 2003, 11:44 PM

Muffit

You can get some info on this great show:laugh:, at the links below.

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet...t/showid-2206/

http://www.spudtv.com/features/worst/supertrain.html

http://www.tvparty.com/emflop.html

Jim:colwar:

ojai22 · March 3rd, 2003, 11:47 PM

That's a faint memory, Jim. I don't think it lasted long enough to get out of the station! Could have been interesting, though. Yes, the writing. Same old story!

Flamingo Girl · March 10th, 2003, 08:14 PM

I'm not really a big fan of horror, but I became something of a fan of Gary Cole after watching him on "Midnight Caller", so I decided to check out his next series, which somehoe managed to grab me. It was also an attractive point that it was created by Shawn Cassidy.
Does anyone here remember "American Gothic"?

kingfish · March 16th, 2003, 10:09 AM

Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea was a favorite of mine.