Looking over this thread, I can’t believe how many people have mentioned TV shows I watched when I was so small I now wonder if I just imagined them. They will always hold a special, nostalgic place in my heart.
Labrat said:
Robin of Sherwood - just loved this mystical, magical '80's version of the legend and still have a lot of fondness for it.
It still runs on the local TV channels from time to time, but I still remember the first time I watched it. I was about four or six, perched upon my Dad’s lap in front of the TV. I liked the old Robin, but Jason Connery was my first crush. =) I think no series ever captured the magic of Sherwood the way this series did.
And the gorgeous Celtic music! Of course, I still have that awesome action sound track running through my head…dum, dum-a-da, dum, dum-a-da, dum dum dum
Labrat said:
X-Files - I'd lost interest somewhere just before Mulder left and still haven't seen the seasons after that, but loved it up till then. [QUOTE]
Oh, ditto! I watched the pilot of this series when I was seven years old and had the flu. I think my temperature went up again after watching it! < g> And for a while, I was convinced I wanted to be a forensic specialist like Scully.
Schnuffichen said:
Who wouldn’t love Bob Saget? Funniest Home Videos were so much funnier in the days when he was presenting it. Wonder what happened to the guy…
Tzigone mentioned
Remington Steele and I can’t believe how many people mentioned
Early Edition ! I’ve never heard a word about it since the first season (I was ten). And it was such a great show!
If there are three shows I can’t help but group together, it’s
Remington Steele, Moonlighting and Lois and Clark. They embody the genre of romantic comedy cum detective series that I loved so much and died out after the 90’s. My generation seems deplorably unable to enjoy anything without state of the art special effects and CGI. And alternate rock.
Tzigone also mentioned
Ocean Girl and
Spellbinder . They had a cult following among school children in their day. I loved all three Seasons of Ocean Girl (How yummy was Jason?) and the two seasons of Spellbinder. I really wanted Rhianna and Paul to get together though! Such a shame.
And after the success of Ocean girl and keeping up the short-lived fad for Aussie dramas, they introduced
Animal Arc , a modern day Noah’s Arc story. That was truly genius. The guy who was cast as Brett, Jason’s little brother in Ocean Girl, was in the starring role of Noah (And man, had he grown up! He was even cuter than Jason!). I think it had no more than one season though.
My favourite show when I was little was the Czech series
Fantaghiro: The Cave Of The Golden Rose. It was better than any Disney animated cartoon. It had rerun when I was fifteen and I found I still loved it. Alessandra Martinez does have the most beautiful eyes, and I’m only now realizing how dishy Prince Romouldo really was. <g> It had a cult following in it’s day.
Also the Japanese serial
Oshin. It defied the sordidness of soap opera’s everywhere and became a classic. Ran for years and years.
I remember watching
SeaQuest , vaguely. Mainly for the talking dolphin.
Everybody Loves Raymond is still my favourite sitcom. Although I don’t know if I would have had the heart to watch it without Peter Boyle…
24 was great for four seasons, although the constant suspense got pretty old. Some humour or something would have been welcome occasionally. And then they killed David Palmer and Michelle. Now I want nothing to do with it.
Stargate SG 1 was my favourite TV show in the era of
Xena and
Hercules (Kevin Sorbo is the sexiest man alive!). But our local TV station yanked it after the first season. (sob!) My Dad watched it with me because he liked Richard Dean Anderson from his
McGyver days. He also recognized Teri at first, from McGyver. I unearthed some photos of her in it, and she looks eerily like a young Alyssa Milano in them. Maybe it’s just the hair.
Speaking of whom, who doesn’t remember
Who’s The Boss? Tony Danza’s glory days. And everybody had a crush on Alyssa Milano.
Besides the above mentioned, the two shows that I considered calamitous to miss was
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and
The Highlander . I’m a Methos junkie, and still remember Tracy Scoggins’ awesome guest appearances as Cassandra. Kung fu; nobody who’d seen Chris Potter and David Caradienne together could ever forget them. It pointed me in the direction of another Martial Arts movie:
Martial Law starring Sumo Hung. The first season was hilarious, and I’m convinced the most beautiful woman in the world is Kelly Hu.
Anybody remember Jane Seymour in
Dr. Quinn; Medicine Woman ? I couldn’t believe how beautiful she still is when she appeared in Smallville Season Four.
I loved
Gilmore Girls with all my heart and soul for six seasons. Now I studiously avoid the seventh, considering what they’ve done to the show. Nothing good could’ve come of the Paladinos leaving. Alexis Bledel is the sweetest actress ever!
AnkS mentioned
Charmed (I was obsessed with it for 7 seasons),
Mahabarata (the most gorgeous cinematic production ever to come out of India) and
Small Wonder (that really happened?). I followed Mahabharata for years when I was small (What’s all the hue and cry about Fauji, anyway?) and I’m still stunned at how it mananged to capture the majesty and integrity of the book so completely. I still have the theme music of Small Wonder stuck in my head. Although that apron still gives me the willies.
Anybody remember
Punky Brewster ? The series, not the cartoon. I never did get to wear mismatched socks.
Another show that I never got to watch through, is a comedy called
Heaven Help Us . A young, newly-wed couple dies in an accident on their honeymoon. They are sent to earth as angels to help people in trouble in order to earn their wings. They are supervised by Mr. Shepherd, who I think was a sort of incarnation of St. Peter. Our TV station yanked it mid-season. Wonder what happened to it? I was heartbroken for months.
Simona, what is
Colombo ? (I’m asking ‘cause that’s the name of Sri Lanka’s commercial capital.)
Desperate Housewives . This show is an addiction more than anything else. The first season was awesome but there is only so much of the suburban cynicism you can take. I started watching for Teri Hatcher and stayed for Marcia Cross. I still collect the episode transcripts, though.
Current favourite show:
Smallville . I hate myself for it. I went out and bought all 5 seasons and binge-watched it. The plots and effects are great, the music is out of this world and the dialogue sucks worse than Electrolux. It’s hard to say who gets on my nerves more, Kristin Kreuk or her character, but her Bambi eyes annoy me so much that I’m sure it’ll be responsible for putting deer on the endangered species list. And it’s not because I’m pro Clois. I started watching firmly accepting that this show was not about romance, and therefore Clark could hook up with anybody he liked. (I only cared about Dean as CK, anyway). But the girl’s overacting plain annoys me. I am now an honorary Chlark shipper. Chloe deserves him.
Plus, it gave me an excuse to ogle Jenson Ackles for a whole season. I started watching
Dark Angel for Jessica Alba (what kid didn’t love
Flipper ?) but stayed for Jenson. I cannot BELIEVE Fox axed it after 2 seasons. That network never did have much sense. But then, I remember that it was WB who took out
Related (starring Lizzie Caplan and Laura Breckenridge), after just one season. When it was well on the way to becoming the best-loved sitcom since Friends (without the gratuitous sex).
Ah. They don't make 'em like they used to.
*sigh*
