The 80s might seem cornball now, but I'd take most of these show's over lame reality TV any day.
@mangot589
3 жыл бұрын
They’re masterpieces compared to now. And, the best part was they were just entertainment. And I’ve never understood reality TV. well, actually, I did like that one where they were outdoors people and had to race to somewhere. I especially remember Patagonia as one season. That was interesting, they were doing something. But who the hell cares about rich people sitting around on their fat asses (literally). We all have families lol. We all know other people. Why is watching someone else’s life so interesting? It boggles. We all LIVE reality TV! Give me some escapism, please.
@MDK2_Radio
3 жыл бұрын
@@mangot589 rich people sitting their asses was the premise of Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, etc.
@gary9346
3 жыл бұрын
@@MDK2_Radio well said.
@coachb2766
2 жыл бұрын
Survivor was worse thing to happen to nerwork t.v.
@joecarroll3371
2 жыл бұрын
@@coachb2766 Totally agree.
@KKAkuoku
6 жыл бұрын
In an alternate universe, Jim Henson lives for 30 more years, and The Jim Henson Hour becomes as iconic as The Wonderful World of Disney
@bloggaloggs
Жыл бұрын
If he'd only lived to a reasonable (not even ripe old) age, just think of all the wonderful things he would have bequeathed to us...
@rogerrambo4172
Жыл бұрын
I'm doing research into unmade Superhero movies & Jim Henson was planning to direct MARVEL'S SECRET WARS: THE MOVIE a live action 15 rated adaptation of the comic storyline in 1988 a full year before Tim Burton made dark superhero movies the norm with Batman. As it would have been a British movie, funding was an issue & killed it in 88 but Henson was still involved in 90 when he died & its interesting to think were his career would have gone had he lived & made other non-Muppet movies.
@bobbystclaire
10 ай бұрын
Boring shows tend to have boring intros, mediocre shows tend to have mediocre intros oh, you got to get a person's attention before you can keep it😊
@andrewtaylor940
7 ай бұрын
He was in the process of selling everything to Disney when he died. His death stopped the sale. His family eventually came back to it and sold years later.
@kellycochran6487
7 ай бұрын
@@rogerrambo4172 That would have been fantastic.
@coachb2766
7 жыл бұрын
William Katt. Greatest american Hero should never have been cancelled. Great theme song. I remember talk of bringing it back. Seemed like a hit at the time.
@southernoregoncatmom6519
6 жыл бұрын
Coach B I loved the show and the theme song.
@mgratk
6 жыл бұрын
I loved The Greatest American Hero.
@weltonvillegal6258
6 жыл бұрын
I loved that show!
@garydavies3222
6 жыл бұрын
True, but its not one of the 22 shown here.
@mannyj4751
6 жыл бұрын
Recently saw reruns and I loved the show back then and now too. The theme song was actually a hit on AM radio too. Those were the days... maybe the last of a great era. Today sucks !
@fuzzywarble
3 жыл бұрын
The theme song for Nothing Is Easy makes it sound like a Barbie commercial
@Avignon94
5 жыл бұрын
My mom was a big fan of those night/daytime soaps. Anyone remember Falcon Crest??
@carlosalomar7877
5 жыл бұрын
Who not!. Dallas, Dynasty, Santa Barbara just to name a few....
@steveespinola7652
5 жыл бұрын
My Mom loved Dallas and Dynasty.
@MMAfighter38113
4 жыл бұрын
Avignon CBS owned Friday nights in the 80s with ‘Dukes of Hazzard’, ‘Dallas,’ ‘Falcon Crest,’ & ‘Beauty & The Beast.’
@dannygallegos7847
4 жыл бұрын
I was a kid in the Eighties and had the biggest crush on Kristian Alfonso
@footy2rock
4 жыл бұрын
Falcon Crest was terrible I thought
@gspendlove
7 жыл бұрын
"TV devours actors at about the same rate that a whale devours plankton." - Bruce Willis
@carlosalomar7877
5 жыл бұрын
Only Bruce made it!...
@markfoster1520
5 жыл бұрын
"We're going to need a bigger boat..." What? That's not Willis?
@not-so-smartaleck8987
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Willis was an expert on whales & plankton...
@kellyweingart3692
2 жыл бұрын
lol
@SteveMacSticky
2 жыл бұрын
TV also devours actor's hair
@RussellFlowers
5 жыл бұрын
By law (United States Constitution, Amendment 28, Section 4), Suzanne Pleshette must have a television series basically at all times, with no more than 7 months elapsing between subsequent series.
@SchofieldAJ
9 ай бұрын
Don't forget about her costar Susan Walters as that beauty was everywhere in the 1980's n early 1990s, ;)
@trashyraccoon2615
9 ай бұрын
Best comment ever
@badger500
7 жыл бұрын
I was 14-18 during this time period, and had a TV in my bedroom, yet recall NONE of these shows. The only reasonable explanation is you have retrieved these intros from an alternate universe.
@TheRealMrSnickers
5 жыл бұрын
badger500 I only remember the Colby’s
@jd-no7rw
5 жыл бұрын
I just found this, and I agree. Though likely many of these were from pilots that their shows got off the ground and were never shown again.
@googleiscomplicated9431
5 жыл бұрын
They are from my universe
@katymvt
5 жыл бұрын
I remember watching You Again (my best friend had a crush on John Stamos), and Nightingales. I remember The Colbys, but I never watched it.
@markfennell1167
5 жыл бұрын
Good comment. I say the same thing. I was around then, though younger. Never saw any of these. The networks must have not given these shows enough of a chance.
@jayuno3009
10 ай бұрын
“Nothing is Easy” looks like it had every 80s tv trope combined into one show. Plus, the theme song is a banger.
@user-ik8ok9qh2u
9 ай бұрын
Scott Grimes (Nothing is easy) is the voice of Steven Anita Smith in American Dad.
@jacklow9611
5 ай бұрын
It sounds like a song that could very easily get extended radio play and be on top of the charts.
@americanIDOLfan11111
6 жыл бұрын
I feel like I'm watching an alternate timeline.
@tripsix263
5 жыл бұрын
@John Bold most likely pilots that never got picked up
@toddstewart9070
5 жыл бұрын
I thought that myself. Biff Tanen became the president so who knows.
@cyphrinfinity9992
5 жыл бұрын
@@toddstewart9070 lol good one there!!!
@henrys3629
5 жыл бұрын
Was going to write that but you beat me to it. Seeing Dolphin Cove. Totally forgot that.
@119Agent
4 жыл бұрын
I only remember Snoops with Venus Flytrap. I also remember High Mountain Rangers which was like the first season of Jesse Hawkes before it got reworked.
@juliesmith8048
5 жыл бұрын
I don't remember any of these and I grew upnin the 80's. Does anyone remember Hardcastle and McCormack
@lelandgaunt9985
5 жыл бұрын
No just McMillan and wife.
@DerKommercial2008
5 жыл бұрын
Just as one of the many X & Y shows, like Jake & the Fatman, Simon & Simon, and the rest. I didn't find it interesting when it was on the air.
@paulr.6993
5 жыл бұрын
Yes! It was kind of a low rent Magnum P.I. type 1980's "buddy-buddy" show. It kept with the likes of Riptide, Simon and Simon, The Fall Guy and to a lesser extent The Greatest American Hero. I watched Hardcastle and McCormick semi regularly on ABC where it ran for a couple of years. They also re ran the show in the late eighties and early ninties on Saturday afternoons or something. It was a decent show in the day, but really does not hold up very well today. It was kind of silly, a lot of shooting, punching and running folks down with cars although no one ever really got hurt. I think it was Brian Keith's last TV show on the downslide and end of his career.
@310McQueen
5 жыл бұрын
My dad watched that show but for me it was only worth watching for the car. Anyone remember the Coyote car?
@paulr.6993
5 жыл бұрын
@@310McQueen I sure do. Every other week it seemed he was having to repair the bullet holes in it. It was almost like the A- Team with all the gun fire but no people were injured. Hah.
@wellston2826
2 жыл бұрын
"Believe it or not" the Greatest American Hero theme song was hardly forgettable as it joined just a very few select television theme songs to make a hit on the music charts and get airplay on radio stations. (Hawaii Five O, Ballad of Jed Clampet, and Petticoat Junction are some of the others.) The show, of course, is another matter.
@channingyourtatum6726
Жыл бұрын
The Greatest American Hero was a great show. Super hero with flaws and doubts. A great mix of comedy and action. Maybe you were watching a different show?
@wellston2826
Жыл бұрын
@@channingyourtatum6726 I had grown up by the '80s and worked nights a lot in that decade, so I didn't have much time for television. I remember watching the show a few times, wasn't exactly my cup of tea, but it wasn't horrible either. What the last part of my comment meant was more about how the show did with general audiences. As I recall it didn't last very long, one or two seasons, wasn't it? I had no intention of trashing the show. Thanks for your reply.
@channingyourtatum6726
Жыл бұрын
@@wellston2826 Without checking, I believe that it was on for 3 seasons. You could technically say 2.5 because I believe the 1st season was a mid-season replacement. Either way, ABC did lose faith in it. I believe that was because it didn't get the ratings they wanted and it was a bit more expensive to produce than they liked. Thanks for your return response and have a great weekend!
@davidl570
Жыл бұрын
@@wellston2826 Eh, I liked it as a kid and thought it was a cool concept, but I also remember thinking that it dragged too much at times.
@sexysadie2901
Жыл бұрын
And you're talking about this because...?
@BanzaiM50
3 жыл бұрын
That Muppet Hour opening unlocked some deep memories, I completely forgot it, but watching it I remembered it frame for frame, crazy how that works
@RussellFlowers
5 жыл бұрын
The one thing i do remember is the "In Stereo where available" logo from NBC.
@paulr.6993
2 жыл бұрын
Good memory. All the networks had that in 1988 and 1989.
@EricMcDowellegm
6 жыл бұрын
I had forgotten the tags "In Stereo Where Available."
@carlosalomar7877
5 жыл бұрын
And CC (closed captions)!.....
@david84ss
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. I pride myself on my memory of the 80s, there is some stuff on here that I have no recollection whatsoever! Thanks
@jacklow9611
5 ай бұрын
I'm not sure if all of these were American-made series. "The Colbys" being the only one I've ever even heard of, I wouldn't know for sure.
@BigLuke1980
7 жыл бұрын
3:30 Wow! Scott Bakula, way b4 his enterprise commanding days. Even b4 his leaping days.
@davequinlan3020
5 жыл бұрын
B'Elanna Torres (Roxanne Dawson) was in Nightingales before her Voyager Days. She was credited as Roxanne Biggs....since she was once upon a time married to DS9's Damar.
@kommissar.murphy
5 жыл бұрын
I never realised how much he looks like Jamie Lee Curtis before....
@SG1Mitchell
2 жыл бұрын
His future wife Chelsea Field in nightingales...
@TheSoapstef
3 жыл бұрын
Oh...I LOVED Nightingales!! These are all so fun to see again. Back then we just didn't have a way to campaign to save shows the way we do now.
@kelf114
9 ай бұрын
We would write letters to the stations and networks. It only worked if they had a large enough response....which was rarely.
@ThatJohnKillion1970
7 жыл бұрын
Awkward mugging for the camera? Check. Forgettable theme song? Check. Failed comedians? Check.
@mannyj4751
6 жыл бұрын
Sad that so many actors had their one chance and then got on a failing show and then disappeared forever...
@frankesposito2182
2 жыл бұрын
That may have been a good thing for them.....Fame & money do not always equate to Happiness !!! !!! !!!
@chalklounge
5 жыл бұрын
I remember watching "You Again?" during its first run. As a child I loved Jack Klugman and figured it'd be awesome because he was in it. Stamos was obviously still an unknown here.
@fromthesidelines
Жыл бұрын
It was based on a British sitcom, "HOME TO ROOST".
@DAYNURSERY
Жыл бұрын
I thought so!
@VaultMasterDBT
9 ай бұрын
I didn't think Stamos was unknown at this point, since his role as Blackie Parrish on General Hospital (1982-84) was popular with soap viewers. He was making his first forays into primetime with Dreams (CBS, 1984) and You Again?, but I think both were the victim of stiff competition. Not even Full House was an immediate hit.
@chrish7975
5 жыл бұрын
What killed these shows is the fact that their intros went on for about 30 seconds longer than they should have.
@TheSickNeeds
5 жыл бұрын
as more and more new shows popped up it was realized that not everyone would be catching first episodes so they often had "Long Versions" of intros that were aired maybe five or six times that would tell the story of what the show was about and then they went to a short version once the show caught on and they could go back to selling more ad space....if it went into rerun the songs might have gotten even shorter again. On some dvd versions they got lazy and just threw on the long version for every episode. I have the Bosom Buddies (Tom Hanks) first season and the bloody theme song is two minutes and fifty eight seconds...they kept the long version for each and every episode on the dvds!!!!
@ian_b
4 жыл бұрын
It was a slower paced, gentler time back then. People would sit back and relax and just watch the intros with their family, pets and horse while the gas mantle gently glimmered.
@justthefacts7414
4 жыл бұрын
@pannoni10 TV lacked personality back then. It's less boring today.
@justthefacts7414
4 жыл бұрын
@@ian_b 😂 I love these kinds of jokes.
@JRIJR75
4 жыл бұрын
Some of the best memories of TV shows come from the theme song... as soon as you hear an opening note or line, you instantly know the show. Today, theme songs are practically non-existent. Also, a lot of theme songs were opportunities for musicians to be seen/heard. Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, many others... not everyone had CMT, MTV, VH1, etc in the 1980s.
@ferociousgumby
7 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the same person composed all the theme songs.
@paulmeinart2851
6 жыл бұрын
ferociousgumby that's good. Think you're right. His name was hammy Hamilton.
@ingridfong-daley5899
5 жыл бұрын
He did. It was Mike Post... everything from Hills Street Blues and Law and Order to Greatest American hero, Quantum Leap, and tons of other shows that never made it past 1st season. The man was EVERYWHERE on television... where there are cops, cities, and electric keyboard, there is Mike Post :)
@@dandiacal oh how awesome--thank you! tv/film composing was my dream as a kid, and Post's music was a big part of that soundscape for me as a 5-8 year old. You rock!! :)
The '80's was a pretty tough time for me. I attempted suicide twice but overcame the horrible times and finally make a pretty decent life for myself.
@phill80
5 жыл бұрын
With Shows like 'Gung Ho' Airing, you'd be forgiven. :P
@ceasarandrepont5331
5 жыл бұрын
Are you still seeking help? Once a suicide thought always a suicide thought!
@markfoster1520
5 жыл бұрын
Yes; Adam Ant has successfully passed the 80s.....now, the 20s.
@not-so-smartaleck8987
4 жыл бұрын
+J.A. 263737668 Yikes, that's a terrible way to look at it. Probably best not to even put the idea in his head.
@flobrez2470
4 жыл бұрын
I hope you are healed and are doing OK now
@Wardner213
5 жыл бұрын
As awful as these intros and shows were I'm really missing the 80's right now.
@davequinlan3020
5 жыл бұрын
I had no idea Scott Bakula was in the Gung Ho TV show. I also spotted Scott Grimes (The Orville, Gordon Malloy) as a kid.
@daviddemar8749
5 жыл бұрын
I spotted Scott Grimes from the orville too!
@johnterpack3940
5 жыл бұрын
I was wondering why that name was familiar!
@recordman64
4 жыл бұрын
Bakula also did Eisenhower and Lutz prior to Quantum Leap. Grimes has done dozens of voices in Family Guy and American Dad.
@elizabethisbell4072
5 жыл бұрын
I loved The Jim Henson Hour! Looked forward to it every Sunday it aired!
@valhallaforever1
5 жыл бұрын
10:06 Nightingales, the story of an obsessive-compulsive woman who can't stop doing Jane Fonda workouts and putting pencil erasers in her mouth.
@carlosalomar7877
5 жыл бұрын
That was the 80s!....
@veltonmeade1057
5 жыл бұрын
lol,,,great comment.
@markfoster1520
5 жыл бұрын
So....we're talking...an hour's worth of content?
@paulr.6993
2 жыл бұрын
Real, proffessional nurses apparently called the show out back in the day. I remember some said it did not depict what actual nurses did and the excess T & A. The women were pretty but I did not contunue watching it because the show was just plain bad. But then again, does TV ever get lawyers, cops, doctors and nurses right?
@LaDracul
5 жыл бұрын
"The Jim Henson Hour" was cancelled for "Baywatch". Tween me was REALLY mad about that.
@LordSkella
4 жыл бұрын
I had forgotten all about Jim Henson Hour! Also the unofficial final star of every show was the blistering sax in the background of every theme song.
@mitchellpak2795
4 жыл бұрын
Susan Walters from “Nightingales” later played “Mulva” aka Dolores on Seinfeld. In the same show, Roxann Dawson later became B’Elanna Torres on Star Trek Voyager.
@audiogus2651
3 жыл бұрын
Oh totally remember watching this show. Came in handy.
@bonghunezhou5051
3 жыл бұрын
In Nightingales she is credited as Roxann Biggs.
@TJ52359
3 жыл бұрын
@@bonghunezhou5051 IIRC she's 'Biggs' in Season 1 of Voyager, 'Biggs-Dawson' for a couple seasons, and ended the show as 'Dawson'
@haweater1555
Жыл бұрын
@@TJ52359 Her married name was "Biggs" when at the time her husband was Casey Biggs. He played Cardassian Legat Dumar in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
@not-so-smartaleck8987
4 жыл бұрын
8:53 Daphne Maxwell Reid, later the 2nd Vivian Banks on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (90s sitcom)
@thomasfulmer9638
5 жыл бұрын
Dads..seems like the inspiration for 'My Two Dads'.
@yankeegirl5175
4 жыл бұрын
I seriously watch My Two Dads to this day!
@hepchaos
5 жыл бұрын
So someone made "Dads", it didn't work; then two years later they make "My Two Dads", same exact thing but with a different cast, and it lasts for four seasons? TV is strange.
@carlosalomar7877
5 жыл бұрын
Sign o' the Times as Prince would say!....
@TJ52359
3 жыл бұрын
looking at the timing of air dates, it was less than 1 year between them my guess is 'Dads" was dismissed as a 'Kate & Allie' Gender flip... whereas 'My Two Dads' had the benefit of hype from '3 Men & a Baby' coming out that fall (similar premise of Bachelors of different "styles" being forced into child care)
@BurnLikeAFlame
6 ай бұрын
Casting can be everything. Shows can end up very different with different actors.
@HorrorHQ
7 жыл бұрын
God I miss Jim Henson.
@fjccommish
6 жыл бұрын
Look what Disney did to the Muppet Show.
@zapkvr
6 жыл бұрын
Jofer Jeff yeah how is god gonna help?
@jondeare
5 жыл бұрын
I spent my Sunday looking up the actors on Wikipedia. It took me a long time...but it was fun.
@marlonmontelhiggins8570
5 жыл бұрын
@@zapkvr - It's a phrasal thing, as well as a tonal thing, dingus.
@zapkvr
5 жыл бұрын
@@marlonmontelhiggins8570 the frickety frack does that even mean?
@manuginobilisbaldspot424
7 жыл бұрын
I remember Snoops because the Reid's had to settle for it after the awesome Frank's Place was cancelled by CBS.
@harveyabel1354
7 жыл бұрын
Looked like a copy of Hart to Hart.
@fgldnglbs
6 жыл бұрын
Amen. Gritty, colorful, eccentric, funny show. I was hoping Frank's Place would succeed so some of the cast would host the(short lived) Jambalaya Jam, a Louisiana music festival in Philly. Didn't work out like that.
@m.woodsrobinson9244
5 жыл бұрын
Frank's Place was a VERY good show, a head of it's time in many ways...
@ChipWhitingtonIII
7 жыл бұрын
Sometimes you can look at these intros, having never seen the show, and know exactly what every character is like. 99,9% of these sitcoms followed the same damn formula
@pnkflyd66
7 жыл бұрын
Jay Lee Yeah.. they all sucked
@mgratk
7 жыл бұрын
They mostly still follow that same formula, lolz.
@hdofu
7 жыл бұрын
Or in some cases look at the intro and not even have a clue if your looking at an hour adventure (sci-fi or fantasy) or a sitcom
@selwynandrews9665
6 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking that same thing...you're 99.9% correct!
@waynestover1176
3 жыл бұрын
I watched every episode of Blacke's Magic. The Colby's I remember as well. I think it was a spin off of Dynasty. I love watching these intros. It is such a neat blast from the past!
@kelf114
9 ай бұрын
If you liked Blacke's Magic, then there's a couple other old shows you may like: The Magician starring Bill Bixby. A magician who gets involved solving crimes. Feather & Gather starring Stephanie Powers and Harold Gould. She's a lawyer and her dad is a con man. They get involved with solving crimes. I used to love those shows.
@harveyabel1354
7 жыл бұрын
Some of these intros seemed to be longer than the shows themselves.
@tarp11z
2 жыл бұрын
Hah! Love it! 😅
@thrashpondopons2776
7 жыл бұрын
Oh My Goulashes! DADS! That was the show! I remember some 30+ years ago I saw an episode where the girl wants to make dinner, but take substantially longer than she should. & the males start to slowly go insane from hunger! It was cancelled right after that & I could never remember the name! Thanks!
@lordcron
4 жыл бұрын
Wow!..... I just long for those days. I had such a good time in my youth. The 70's and 80's was a great time to be a kid and teen. I'm glad I had that chance.
@HeresToPhilipWylie
6 жыл бұрын
15:39 "Do you now, or have you ever, worn a supersuit given to you by aliens? Answer honestly, sir."
@ChristineCAlb1
7 жыл бұрын
Lol at young Scott Bakula. I remember some of these shows-top of the hill & the one with Mr. & Mrs. Reid. RIP Jim Henson.
@paulmeinart2851
6 жыл бұрын
ChristineCAlb1 quantum leap
@franzhaas6889
6 жыл бұрын
I MISS THE 80'S SO MUCH.
@klipkultur2951
7 жыл бұрын
All those names who didn't ''make it''. Hollywood is tough man... and so big.
@joeblow8097
7 жыл бұрын
Klipkultur listen to the nothing is easy theme song
@44excalibur
7 жыл бұрын
At least Scott Bakula got a second chance with Quantum Leap.
@nelsonromero2131
7 жыл бұрын
44excalibur and became captain of the enterprise
@carlosalomar7877
5 жыл бұрын
@@44excalibur And John Stamos too!...
@44excalibur
5 жыл бұрын
@@carlosalomar7877 Yep. lol
@wi1co73
7 жыл бұрын
I loved the Jim Henson hour. The Storyteller was my favorite part.
@kathyjuola6317
5 жыл бұрын
William Coulman I found a DVD of The Storyteller a while back. The DVD cover was blatantly trying to capitalize on Lord of the Rings fame at the time (young kid's picture set in the middle of a huge ring). Just as I was about to make fun of it, I realized what the show was and bought it immediately! :)
@rick420buzz
5 жыл бұрын
It took me years to figure out that the Jim Henson Hour had the Fashion Doll Sketch.
@kellycarson9763
7 жыл бұрын
Jim Henson Hour for TV or Public TV and anything at all connected with his genius to entertain the young and young at heart goes well beyond "memorable" to become a treasured classic. Jim Henson's magic and talent continues to reward all in viewing the treasure left to us that Disney Studios was wise enough to purchase rights to part of his amazing legacy.
@thommeister
7 жыл бұрын
Incredible that 75% of these people were never seen again!
@ExclusiveLM
7 жыл бұрын
Wrong Thomas. All of these people have been seen over 50 thousand times on this youtube video, including yourself.
@godmagnus
7 жыл бұрын
Then you have people like Scott Bakula and John Stamos who went on to much bigger things. Not that they could have gone onto smaller things.
@fgldnglbs
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, all the montages I've seen so far have an incredible trail of dead. No, Exclusive. That we're seeing them here's doesn't change that.
@jeebuschristos8423
6 жыл бұрын
Nothing is Easy... Scott Grimes, he plays the helmsman on The Orville now...
@carlosalomar7877
5 жыл бұрын
@@ExclusiveLM but not on TV (that's what he meant)!...
@PsychoBunny31
7 жыл бұрын
I remember watching Blackies Magic. I can't remember much more about it but I was into magic back at that age.
@not-so-smartaleck8987
4 жыл бұрын
+Aiden Cael, lurch321 It was "Blackes" (10:03), not "Blackies". An innocent mistake (by the orig. commenter) I assume.
@recordman64
4 жыл бұрын
The only reason Blacke's Magic got on the air was that Levinson and Link were hot properties because of Murder, She Wrote.
@0raffie0
7 жыл бұрын
All shit shows, but at least they were in stereo (where available).
@michaelbrown374
7 жыл бұрын
0raffie0 lol!
@Timsterfield
7 жыл бұрын
I miss seeing that notice on TV.....
@southernoregoncatmom6519
6 жыл бұрын
raffie -And closed captioning
@anonUK
5 жыл бұрын
Shit from two directions! Well, count me in!
@mochs62512
4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha!
@frescopotatoemd4757
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! some of these definitely give off an Adult Swim, “Too Many Cooks” vibe!
@scott1178
4 жыл бұрын
I've been having such a blast watching all these montages during the "break". I worked in network TV throughout the 90's and 2000's and just love seeing all the familiar production names and marveling at how many of these actors are still working today. Something that always makes me grin are how many times you see "...With Joe Gorgonzola as Ben Fitzpatrick" and you have to ask who the hell is Joe Gorgonzola and how the hell did his agent land him that credit?! Sometimes I go look them up and see they've had no career whatsoever. Crazy how some of these shows had absolutely no recognizable names in the cast at all yet some are star-studded and they all just failed.
@JasonTheDetectorist
7 жыл бұрын
I was busy watching Star Blazers when this stuff was airing.
@TheBoondoggler
5 жыл бұрын
It seems like there were a billion guys that looked like Leonard Frey in the 80's on TV
@mudvalve
9 ай бұрын
Man, it’s like 80’s primetime tv from another dimension! 😮
@MyFoodsRtouching
5 жыл бұрын
... and Richard Tyson's Mullet as Richard Tyson
@deanarupe73
7 жыл бұрын
You again was actually not to bad. John Stamos has got to be a vampire. He never ages.
@thelessimportantajmichel287
5 жыл бұрын
...and other lies we tell ourselves
@lightninseed
5 жыл бұрын
Uh...have you seen him lately? He ages. He looks damned good doing it...but still...he has aged.
@mt1qua
3 жыл бұрын
You again was called Home to Roost in the uk 1985-1990
@turbopokey
5 жыл бұрын
What the heck?!? I was practically glued to the tv in the 80's and I can't remember any of these. Though did anybody else catch B'lana Torres (sans klingon makeup) in that "Nightingales" intro?
@turbopokey
5 жыл бұрын
Well I vaguely remember the Colby's, but I definitely didn't watch that crap.
@davincent98
5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget your Wilkins coffee when watching the Jim Henson hour
@haweater1555
2 жыл бұрын
You're right. I was in my late teens at the time, and don't remember seeing any. I have the barest memories from other media that "Gung Ho" and "Dynasty The Colbys" existed, but the others I have completely never heard of them before now.
@debbystardust
5 жыл бұрын
Loved the Jim Henson Hour!! OMG, I watched You Again
@whomee2
6 жыл бұрын
wow, I'm amazed how many of these I remember... I really did watch too much TV growing up
@billyjo316
3 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how many of these I watched but have forgotten. Thank for the walk down memory lane
@jacktrppr1
7 жыл бұрын
Of all the movies to base a tv series on.....Gung Ho?
@misha2197
5 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@Sincopare
4 жыл бұрын
A Song For Dee Vee looks absolutely dreadful
@2484marshall
5 жыл бұрын
I now understand all the Family Guy TV show references. Now where do I find the re-runs...
@tommycat1313
5 жыл бұрын
...And 'twas the least of these, "13 East" at 4:16 Its lack of any attempt toward attraction is breathtaking.
@susanjohnson5175
3 жыл бұрын
NBC literally dominated the 80s with Hill Street Blues, Cosby Show, Cheers, Family Ties, Miami Vice St Elsewhere. Those shows never stood a chance if they were up against them.
@christophergraves6725
3 жыл бұрын
Also, L.A. Law.
@TJ52359
3 жыл бұрын
some of them Never stood a chance regardless
@RonSwansonIsMyGod
3 жыл бұрын
Man, you listen to that Jim Henson Hour theme at double speed and you got a little death metal double bass action going on there....
@fromthesidelines
6 жыл бұрын
10:05- Aaron Spelling reworked this controversial 1989 series into the 1995 syndicated series "UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL" , with less emphasis on sex, a slightly different setting, and a new cast. That version lasted nine episodes.
@jackkrom
7 жыл бұрын
The 1980s were treasure trove of forgettable TV, I guess!
@bromixsr
5 жыл бұрын
I consider myself a total child of the 80's, you know sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll...and all that. Even I don't remember any of these.
@ferociousgumby
5 жыл бұрын
"Hey, hey, trying to work it out/Compromise, that's what it's all about/So we're doing the best we can working together/There's gonna be changes, changes in your life/And maybe these changes will open up your eyes/There's gonna be changes, changes in your life/Changes right before your eyes"
@davidjackson2524
5 жыл бұрын
The last one Hardball stars Detective Taggart from the Beverly Hills Cop film (John Ashton) and the bad guy from Kindergarten Cop (Richard Tyson).
@davidjackson2524
5 жыл бұрын
I don't think it came to my side of the Atlantic. I live in Ireland
@sirsoulbrother
7 жыл бұрын
Jim Henson Hour intro looks like Amazing Stories animation.
@klipkultur2951
7 жыл бұрын
Dynasty II had big names: Heston, Ross, Campanella and the great Stanwyck. Wow!
@0raffie0
7 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thoughts, and Ricardo Montalban as well. But yeah, my mouth fell open to see Barbara Stanwick's name in there! (as well as her appearance, only knowing her from her golden age films)
@alcockell
7 жыл бұрын
Shame it still sucked... and after Falcon Crest, Caulfield's career was deep-sixed after a possible start on Grease 2. Even that wasn;t that great...
@TimBoyd2012
6 жыл бұрын
Aaron Spelling was quite skilled at attracting the great Golden Agers. Bette Davis starred in the Hotel pilot, before her role went to Anne Baxter
@reglavcor
6 жыл бұрын
The show was terrible, but it had one of the best theme around
@TheSpasticAvenger
5 жыл бұрын
@ NO!
@woodsz33
7 жыл бұрын
how did the artist/songwriter for the Jesse Hawkes intro theme song not get sued by U2 for ripping off Where the Streets Have No Name?
@mikeb8674
7 жыл бұрын
woodsz33 He threatened to send an endless stream of Robert Conrad's kids to Bono's house unless he backed off.
@mnky75
7 жыл бұрын
woodsz33 it does sound like a crappy U2 cover band.
@carlosalomar7877
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe Bono liked the show!...
@tangerinerose3724
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!
@RobCamp-rmc_0
4 жыл бұрын
Mike B I looked into it, and the original show from which this one was spun off (equally short-lived and unmemorable) was executive produced by Robert Conrad’s daughter and also featured his son-in-law. Comically nepotistic.
@dj2bklyn
5 жыл бұрын
Its amazing to me how many themes were just busted out for TV of the 80s and so fast
@PatTheBatmanFan
3 жыл бұрын
Sab Shimono is from Gung Ho is the voice of Homer Simpson in the Japanese dubs. You can also hear him playing the spokesman of the Japanese “Heavy Manufacturing Concern” in the hot tub in the “Mr. Sparkle” episode (“Hello American investor! I see you are interested in distributing Mr. Sparkle in your home prefecture. You have chosen wisely.”)
@davidbrain1192
2 жыл бұрын
Gung Ho was either a carry on from the movie working class man which starred Michael Keaton and I think the main Asian guy was also in the movie.
@bradlafferty6076
Жыл бұрын
Michael Keaton starred in Gung Ho. Great movie.
@MrFury559
Жыл бұрын
I'll aways remember Sab Shimono from 3 Ninjas #2. :)
@erinmalone2669
9 ай бұрын
“I am disrespectful to dirt! Can you see that I am serious?”
@Jmmoffa
5 ай бұрын
I remember seeing a commercial about Gung Ho, but I don’t think I ever watched the show. I did see the movie with Michael Keaton.
@williamkopko5775
5 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s a great video only remember a hand full of those shows. Hats off to you for remembering them
@johnsmith-qg9qp
9 ай бұрын
If it wasn't for this video, these TV shows would be forever lost.
@edwardwhite4015
5 жыл бұрын
Once 'Hill Street Blues' and 'St. Elsewhere' came out every other drama was obsolete and hokey.
@cityhawk
3 жыл бұрын
Because they were incredibly well written, well cast, and didn’t insult the intelligence of their audience.
@phoenixman8569
5 жыл бұрын
wow Scott Bakula looks so young in the "hung ho" intro!!!
@Darkeklaw
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah. BTW I'm from the Timeline where Gung Ho was a very successful Michael Keaton movie. LOL
@lifepresent3183
5 жыл бұрын
#2 I remember as a cool show at like 2 A.M., funny...I don't recall any others. Glad to never have got to much in to the old tube. Great Vid. Good job
@erinmalone2669
9 ай бұрын
So many modern shows have to run short for the extra commercials, so they don’t have time for the long, old school intros. Maybe just a title card or words over the opening.
@davidjackson2524
5 жыл бұрын
Dee Wallace Stone who costarred as the mother in Nothing Is Easy was also a mother in ET. Also in Nothing Is Easy we have the Chinese kid from The Goonies and the second Indiana Jones film , Jonathan Ke Quan
@jeffreydesmarais9829
10 ай бұрын
The OSCAR winner from The Goonies and the second Indiana Jones film
@funtimeswithtom4108
5 жыл бұрын
Every time I see the Dads intro I think Don Johnson was originally cast but Barry Bostwick was a last minute replacement because those pencil drawings look like Don Johnson.
@v-eye-p8444
5 жыл бұрын
all I did was watch Tv in the 80's I don't remember a single one NBC had the best shows back then , Thursdays , Fridays , Saturdays Sundays where all these come from !?
@sid2112
10 ай бұрын
As you may have noticed the late 80s, we were very excited about computer animation.
@stephenboath924
5 жыл бұрын
the show YOU AGAIN, was an American remake of a very funny UK sitcom, HOME TO ROOST. starring the late JOHN THAW. . and the lady who played the house keeper, went on to appear in the us remake
@phill80
5 жыл бұрын
I knew Quincy's weekly fooling around with women as the Los Angeles County medical examiner would eventually catch up with him. :P
@recordman64
4 жыл бұрын
For a guy as ugly as Jack Klugman (and even he admitted it!), he sure hooked up with some babes on Quincy!
@violinmke
5 жыл бұрын
Heads floating in Peaceable Kingdom. Hysterical.
@Skullsinthecrowd
5 жыл бұрын
In black and white photos like in memoriam! Were they the victims of the animals in the shots? 😀
@specterkev
7 жыл бұрын
I was only a kid then, but damn do i miss the 80s
@scottlarson1548
7 жыл бұрын
Nightingales was famous in the industry for being the biggest T&A pitch in Aaron Spelling's career. The "premise": a bunch of student nurses living together and the air conditioner keeps breaking down. Every actress was evaluated by breast size and ass shape. As for the plot, that never came up. They declared it would be a "40 share", no doubt about it. When they previewed the pilot at a movie theater (common practice in the 80's), the producers sat in the back and couldn't understand why the audience kept laughing at the bad dialog and terrible acting. They concluded the audience didn't represent an average television audience. They were wrong.
@paulmeinart2851
6 жыл бұрын
Scott Larson oh Lord.....blood pressure squeeze innuendo.
@Lazyguy22
6 жыл бұрын
Why would the air conditioning keep breaking down? Literally just for the "oh my goodness it's so hot, I'd better just walk around in a cami and pair of knickers" factor?
@adamantman3200
5 жыл бұрын
I read an article years ago that referred to Spelling's shows as 'Jiggle TV'.
@roberts3741
5 жыл бұрын
I'd watch the hell out of that show
@paulr.6993
5 жыл бұрын
It was criticized back then as being cheesecake by actual women in the nursing profession. I did watch it a few times when it was on, but it was really too stupid to watch, even by today's standards. I think it was a replacement show, but I know it did not last a full season. It was not on TV very long.
@BRBTheFireball
5 жыл бұрын
I remember four of these shows from my childhood: Nothing Is Easy, A Fine Romance, Snoops, and The Colbys. I'd hardly call The Colbys "barely memorable", considering how ABC hyped that show to death back in the day.
@simonalyneenderz3247
2 жыл бұрын
I always thought Snoops was a Tim Reid version of Hart to Hart.
@richsackett3423
2 жыл бұрын
The Colby’s was on three seasons. The reason it was “hyped to death” is it was a successful show. It doesn’t belong on this list.
@BurnLikeAFlame
6 ай бұрын
@@richsackett3423 Two seasons.
@Clock_70
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the memories ❤❤❤
@icemachine79
6 жыл бұрын
I forgot how much crap used to be on TV back in the 80s. That's one reason why libraries and bookshops were still fairly popular back then.
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