Nostalgia in TV (am I old?)

[wooley12]

Saturday morning ritual



And from 10 P.M until about 7 A.M. every day on all 3 channels

[Chainsaw_Willie]

I saw a "the making of..." show about The Rockford Files, and one of the interviews was with one of the stunt drivers, who said that Garner did a lot of his own driving scenes. Later in the show, Garner took the interviewer for a little drive in one of the Trans Ams, and proved it.

Just 'cause I'm OCD about these things - Rockford's cars weren't Trans Ams but just plain-Jane base-model Firebirds. The one in that clip is a '76 with deluxe interior. Loved that show.

[Marshall Tucker]

Anybody remember a show from the late 70s James at 15/16? For a middle schooler it was awesome. Jive talkin sly, the uncle buys james a ho for his 16th birthday, he later nails the swedish exchange student and gets VD, etc. Hell the pilot was him getting wasted and almost laying a very hot older sister from little house on the parrie. VERY progressive shit for the late 70s.

[The AD]

Anybody remember a show from the late 70s James at 15/16?

I remember it. My parents watched it, but I was a little too young at the time to understand it.

[Trainwreck]

I used to love this when I was a kid:



But the remake was so much better:

[BigDaddy]

WSBK TV 38.

Dana Hershey, Movie Loft!

[jgb@etree]

Night Court was a pretty good show.

If by 'pretty good' you mean fucking hilarious, I agree. Taxi was awesome too. Although MacGyver is probably my favorite show ever.

Edit: Speaking of MacGyver, I'm looking for a few episodes to complete my collection. I'd be much obliged if any of you happens to have a complete collection and could fill in:

S1 E17 - To Be A Man
S1 E20 - The Escape
S2 E15 - Pirates
S2 E16 - Out in the Cold
S2 E17 - Dalton, Jack of Spies
S2 E18 - Partners
S2 E19 - Bushmaster
S2 E20 - Friends
S2 E21 - D.O.A.: MacGyver
S2 E22 - For Love or Money
S4 E01 - Secret of Parker House

[Danno]

Taxi was awesome too.

Reverend Jim Ignatowski is probably the greatest character in the history of TV comedy.

[iceman]

Reverend Jim Ignatowski is probably the greatest character in the history of TV comedy.

Better than Herb Tarlick? Les Nessman?

The episode where Jim does drugs for the first time, and the one where he goes for his Taxi license, though...good stuff.

[jibij]

edit: "The Wild Wild West", that show was so trippy.

Best show ever. Close behind was Twilight Zone and Johnny Quest.

[Tippster]

Late 70's/early 80's Kids TV:









..and then I discovered Marijuana and it was all about:

[Viva]

Speaking of Sanford and Son, here's dialog you don't hear on TV anymore:

[userA]

friday night freshman in high school
love boat followed by fantasy island,
earlier in life the little rascals & three stooges dominated

[iceman]

Speaking of Sanford and Son, here's dialog you don't hear on TV anymore:

"There's enough Niggers in here to make a Tarzan movie." hahaha

[Chainsaw_Willie]

What, 3 pages and no love for the Muppets?

[Cayuse]

What about Laugh In?


Or the Flip Wilson Show?

[GiBo]

I came here to post these two.





One of the best scenes in the series.

Dude, I remember seeing the original airing of that so vividly. I was huge Magnum fan and that blew me away. I never expected that.

[Parvo]

I stopped watching television once BJ and The Bear was cancelled. I always had dreams of becoming a long-haul truck driver until my uncle told me "when you see one truck driver pulled over the side of the road, he's doing meth. When you see two, they're doing each other."

But this thread has finally solved a mystery that has confounded me for over 30 years. When I was 6 or 7, one of my favorite shows was a live action kids show that involved a talking buggy and some teenagers that lived in a beach town. For years I’ve asked friends if they recall such a show and they think I dreamt it all up. Well, a little research yesterday led me to discover the show was called Wonderbug. I can now die in peace.

[BigDaddy]

Never heard of that one, P...


Anyone else remember, "My Mother, the Car"? I think it was on after Mr. Ed.


And one of my all time favs, Hogans Heros:

[Tippster]

Heh - love how they dubbed Schultz with a Bavarian accent.

[Parvo]

Wonderbug



This show made me want to have dune buggy and a black guy for a best friend.
I ended up with neither.

[BrianH]

I watched half of the first season of the original Star Trek.

[MakersTeleMark]

Who could forget good old Mission Impossible?

[jibij]

Sid and Marty Krofft had to be stoners:

[jibij]

Wow. Lots of great Saturday memories here: