Old TV programmes you liked but no one else remembers

briany · 23-01-2019 12:17PM

branie2 wrote: »

The Golden Girls, a comedy about four senior citizens living together in a house in Miami, Florida.

Senior citizens makes them sound like they were decrepit. It's more that they were 3 widows (and one widow's mother) living up their autumn years. Actually, Rue McClanahan was only 51 or 52 when the series started.

branie2 · 23-01-2019 12:18PM

Dorothy, one of the ladies, was a divorcee

branie2 · 23-01-2019 12:30PM

There was a spin-off series called Empty Nest, about a widowed Paediatrician, who lived in the same street as the girls.

briany · 23-01-2019 12:39PM

A show that doesn't get nearly enough love is 3rd Rock from the Sun. What an absolutely brilliant sitcom. I think it's overlooked because of the gimmicky premise and everything being in the shadow of Friends and Seinfeld. It can't be because of the writing or the comedic acting because both of those were second-to-none.

Actually, the premise, while gimmicky, gave so much scope to go mad. The one where Harry is kidnapped by one of his girlfriend's old boyfriends (played by Phil Hartman) and made a carnival exhibit is a particular favourite.

branie2 · 23-01-2019 12:40PM

William Shatner appeared in the show as the Big Giant Head

Ronan|Raven · 23-01-2019 12:41PM

Round the bend with Doc Croc

eagle eye · 23-01-2019 12:44PM

Boys from the black stuff was a great mini-series.

briany · 23-01-2019 12:48PM

branie2 wrote: »

William Shatner appeared in the show as the Big Giant Head

He did indeed. Great casting choice there. Who can play a pompous blowhard better than Shatner?

Lot of strong guest stars and secondary characters on the show. Guest stars like Billy Connolly, Alan Cumming and Roseanne Barr. Secondary characters like Dr. Albright (Jane Curtain) and officer Don (Wayne Knight).

scotchy · 23-01-2019 01:12PM

eagle eye wrote: »

Boys from the black stuff was a great mini-series.

And aufedersein pet.

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Lorelli! · 23-01-2019 01:13PM

sweetie wrote: »

American Gothic , a '95 one season series with Gary Cole; twin peaks influenced about a corrupt sheriff in South Carolina.

I remember I loved this!! Lukas Buck and Caleb! Ah i can't remember much of it now.

Anyone remember the alien conspiracy show Dark Skies? It only lasted one season. I liked that.

I used to like Sliders aswell. It was similar to Quantum Leap.

Another one I didn't really get into much but watched a few episodes was Early Edition where the guy gets tomorrows paper today.

branie2 · 23-01-2019 01:36PM

Boston Public, a drama set in a Boston high school with Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine in Star Trek:Voyager) as one of the teachers.

New Home · 23-01-2019 01:43PM

briany wrote: »

Actually, the premise, while gimmicky, gave so much scope to go mad. The one where Harry is kidnapped by one of his girlfriend's old boyfriends (played by Phil Hartman) and made a carnival exhibit is a particular favourite.

I've the boxset and I don't remember that one! Do you know what series/season it was, by chance?

I loved the fact that they called themselves Dick, Harry and Tommy, aka "every Tom, Dick and Harry" - I copped on to that about 5 minutes before it was actually pointed out in one episode.

New Home · 23-01-2019 01:48PM

Now, if we're talking about more recent old shows, rather than stuff from the last century, does anyone remember the excellent "Love Soup" with Tamsin Greig, Sheridan Smith, Trudie Styler, Montserrat Lombard and Michael Landes, among others?

odyssey06 · 23-01-2019 01:50PM

Chicago Hope, early 90s medical series. Launched at same time as ER and blown away in the ratings. Pity really, it was a totally different kind of show though, more philosophical and less high octane and I think it would have gotten more 'respect' otherwise.
Great cast including Mandy Patinkin (Princess Bride) in the original line-up, but churned through a lot of cast members over its run which didn't help to sustain fan base.

odyssey06 · 23-01-2019 01:52PM

New Home wrote: »

Now, if we're talking about more recent old shows, rather than stuff from the last century, does anyone remember the excellent "Love Soup" with Tamsin Greig, Sheridan Smith, Trudie Styler, Montserrat Lombard and Michael Landes, among others?

Well the original post is for a 10 year old show so maybe we should keep it to TV shows from before 2010? Think Love Soup is older than that.

New Home · 23-01-2019 01:54PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

Well the original post is for a 10 year old show so maybe we should keep it to TV shows from before 2010? Think Love Soup is older than that.

Love Soup was 2005-2008.

rubadub · 23-01-2019 01:55PM

briany wrote: »

Senior citizens makes them sound like they were decrepit. It's more that they were 3 widows (and one widow's mother) living up their autumn years. Actually, Rue McClanahan was only 51 or 52 when the series started.

I would think most would remember the golden girls.

Betty White is 97 now and was the same age as Bea Arthur, both of them were actually a year older than Estelle Getty who was Sophia, the granny. Rue (Blanche) is 76 now. (EDIT: oops was corrected 2 posts down, she died in 2010 aged 76, she was about 12 years younger than the rest of them.)

I guess it was a safer bet to dress a woman in her 60s up to look older as it could run longer and have less risk of health issues.

Ones I think people may have forgotten but will remember are murphy brown, and moonlighting.

There was a new series of murphy brown made last year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_Brown_(season_11)

SuperGrover · 23-01-2019 01:58PM

Midnight Is A Place.

Late 70s I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZv7UHz_m5E

Sardonicat · 23-01-2019 02:01PM

rubadub wrote: »

briany wrote: »

Rue (Blanche) is 76 now.

She passed away in 2010

Koolhanger · 23-01-2019 02:08PM

Does anyone remember Grace Under Fire? A really poor comedy show that I just couldn't stop watching in the 90s. 'Grace' actually turned up in the latest series of The Walking Dead!

Koolhanger · 23-01-2019 02:11PM

Grounded For Life

I used to do be a bartender and this show was on around 2am on Tuesday nights when I'd get home. Easy watching. Famous enough main guy in it (Donal Logue). Was on in the noughties.

branie2 · 23-01-2019 02:23PM

I liked that as well. American-Irish Catholic family dealing with dilemmas.

briany · 23-01-2019 02:33PM

Koolhanger wrote: »

Grounded For Life

I used to do be a bartender and this show was on around 2am on Tuesday nights when I'd get home. Easy watching. Famous enough main guy in it (Donal Logue). Was on in the noughties.

Grounded for Life was one of those sitcoms I broadly liked, but don't really remember ever laughing at.

jonski · 23-01-2019 03:09PM

Gen.Zhukov wrote: »

Any love for the Bearcats around here.
I don't remember much about it now except I liked it. Think I recall they kept dynamite in a box on the running board of the car?

I said I better do a search of the thread before I mentioned it , I don't think I ever met anyone else who watched or even heard of it . I used to love it .

sweetie · 23-01-2019 03:27PM

New Home wrote: »

Now, if we're talking about more recent old shows, rather than stuff from the last century, does anyone remember the excellent "Love Soup" with Tamsin Greig, Sheridan Smith, Trudie Styler, Montserrat Lombard and Michael Landes, among others?

yeah, they worked at a make up counter?

Koolhanger wrote: »

Does anyone remember Grace Under Fire? A really poor comedy show that I just couldn't stop watching in the 90s. 'Grace' actually turned up in the latest series of The Walking Dead!

yep. file alongside Sybil and Ellen as pretty average.

briany · 23-01-2019 03:51PM

Rude Dog and the Dweebs -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGzXn9MX5Y

James Bond jr. -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoWexi-DWFQ

California Dreams -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ltiqJgf24

Nigel Fairservice · 23-01-2019 04:31PM

I remember a guy in my primary school class won a trip to California to meet the cast of California Dreams. Everyone was jealous. The cast came back together and performed the California Dreams song on Jimmy Kimmel a while back...talked briefly about what they're up to.