I didn't realize how Epic 1982 was in terms of new TV.
@trevorbarnhill9148
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Classics like Newhart, Family Ties, Knight Rider, and Silver Spoons along with underrated shows like Square Pegs and Matthew Star. However, 1982 laud out some huge turds like Star of the Family, It Takes Two, Voyagers, The Devlin Connection, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
@rhianimal19
3 жыл бұрын
Yah, it was the apogee of Network Television for sure. It was all downhill from there. Network shows are mostly ads interspersed with bits of a show now.
@chrisw6164
3 жыл бұрын
Was just thinking the same thing. Show after show was a big hit.
@WillEverett2
3 жыл бұрын
RIGHT?!?!
@gheller2261
4 ай бұрын
Try getting through Family Ties and Newhart now. Both are unwatchable.
@FlintIronstag23
5 жыл бұрын
I'm always amazed watching these 80s TV compilations how much television I used to watch. I hardly watch any network shows anymore.
@mos6507
5 жыл бұрын
No internet back then. It was just TV and videogames.
@morganstorey6380
5 жыл бұрын
Truth. I don't watch any new TV at all, really.
@Madbandit77
5 жыл бұрын
@@mos6507 And radio, magazines, comic books, records, cassettes, etc.
@viewtifuljoe66
4 жыл бұрын
cause tv sucks now.
@PRHILL9696
4 жыл бұрын
TV was huge for me in the 70s and 80s but not since then at all
@theflyxx
4 жыл бұрын
Henry Mancini killing it with the theme songs
@richsackett3423
3 жыл бұрын
I think there are more Mike Post pieces here.
@boopah4365
4 жыл бұрын
Man the St. Elsewhere theme song is quintessential 80's.
@Gunman610
4 жыл бұрын
Mike Post is probably the greatest theme song writer ever.
@theflyxx
4 жыл бұрын
Mike Post IS the 80’s.
@Tubie1111
4 жыл бұрын
Do you remember the theme song album cassette tape?
@arbjbornk
3 жыл бұрын
@@Gunman610 While I totally agree that Mike Post is one of, if not the greatest, theme song writers even (I still have an LP of his theme songs), the St. Elsewhere theme was written by Dave Grusin.
@akaiseigo
3 жыл бұрын
What happened to Howie Mandel? He such a dreamboat back then.
@dangerkennyb3317
5 жыл бұрын
Several shows that went on to be legendarily successful, and even the failures look interesting in concept. Great year for shows.
@aadams1006
4 жыл бұрын
Some of the ones that didn't make it I feel like I would Have watched.
@75aces97
3 жыл бұрын
Agree. Not all of these were good, and the actual shows weren't all as good as the intros, but even the duds don't look lazy or hackneyed or phoned in. Almost every title here looks like it *could* be a good show with the right follow through.
@donbagert
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. This was about as good a batch of shows as on any of the channel's videos that I have viewed.
@manlymcstud8588
3 жыл бұрын
@@75aces97 some of these just suffered from network 'management' and probably marketing dictating a lot of the 'creative' process, like, 'you need a precocious kid!' or, 'where's the comic relief?!' along with the required, 'okay, so who's the love interest?' in other words, they had no bite, just usually miscast and watered-down drivel sticking to the same lame and inoffensive television notes as they ever did. in the fall of '82 i was 13 years old and even i knew most of these things were derivative, rip-offs, and had poorly defined characters meandering around cliche plots. okay, so i was rough on t.v. shows even at a young age, lol. but, i grew up somewhat understanding about these things, too, so bullshit was kind of easy to spot. i actively avoided anything with children in it as much as possible (which is my main gripe with 'indiana jones and temple of doom,' it was just too sugary like that). something like the indiana jones rip-off could have been fun were it not just so... bad, lacking anything broaching on originality. you know when you can't even capitalize on a globe-trotting adventure seeker at the height of indiana jones then you just suck at your job, lol.
@JoeR203
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that "Gavigan" show looked like it inspired "Baywatch". And "The Powers of Matthew Star" looks like it inspired the movie "I Am Number 4".
@molsongrrrl
4 жыл бұрын
Omg! I loved square pegs! I was so bummed when it got cancelled.
@douglasdixon524
3 жыл бұрын
Patty, Lauren, Johnny Slash and Marshall are going to Muffy Tepperman's bar mitzvah. Johnny like totally won't go if you aren't invited.
@kateruterbories2692
3 жыл бұрын
Me, too!!!
@adblau1
4 жыл бұрын
What a strong year. Both for the shows themselves and for the theme songs.
@tonymoretti2347
5 жыл бұрын
I remember drooling over those arcades in Silver Spoons
@mmhthree
5 жыл бұрын
Ya, I remember wanting to live there so bad... looked like so much fun as a kid back then. =)
@tonymoretti2347
5 жыл бұрын
@Darryl Ruiz I was a Heather Thomas kid vavavooom!
@uhill74
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@momuny6485
7 жыл бұрын
Newhart`s theme one of the best ever.
@ladyi7609
6 жыл бұрын
That show was one of the best for the whole family to watch. Well, my whole family thought so anyway.
@ALTDOK667
5 жыл бұрын
I liked St. Elsewhere theme song as well.
@ianfindly3257
5 жыл бұрын
I like his other earlier show where he's a New York shrink better my self.
@thelemonddropskid5445
5 жыл бұрын
It's nice, but when you binge the whole thing, it can get annoying, lol!
@thelemonddropskid5445
5 жыл бұрын
@@ianfindly3257 Can't find The Bob Newhart Show anywhere! All I've seen is snippets here and there on KZitem! I had to research just to understand the gags in NEWHART that reffered to that show... I will have a grand time when I get my hands on this. Never seen it but boy do I want to.
@sun622
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. Denzel Washington was so young. What an awesome actor he has turned out to be.
@la73sh19
2 жыл бұрын
I completely forgot he was in St. Elsewhere! Of course, I could only watch it, in the summer, and during school vacations, lol.
@ceasarandrepont5331
7 жыл бұрын
The memories😁. Thank you. I remember my childhood watching these shows, sitting on the floor in front of the television, and my mom yelling at me for sitting to close. ( 1982 I remember ).
@kevinbrown4073
5 жыл бұрын
You too on sitting to close
@jimmymelendez1836
5 жыл бұрын
*too
@bertrobinson6164
5 жыл бұрын
How old were you?
@bertrobinson6164
5 жыл бұрын
I was 16 in 1982
@romegavadquez6310
4 жыл бұрын
And than the knight rider theme comes on....and everything else is forgotten
@doughorton3635
3 жыл бұрын
All I needed to hear were the first couple of seconds and I knew instantly which show it was!
@chrisw6164
3 жыл бұрын
That happened to me when The Dukes of Hazzard came on during the 1979 compilation.
@klipkultur2951
7 жыл бұрын
That Knight Rider intro is perfect.
@pandaeyes42
7 жыл бұрын
So William Daniels was pulling double duty between "St Elsewhere" and "Knight Rider". Never knew that!
@DavidTSmith-jn5bs
5 жыл бұрын
Along with playing John Adams in the movie 1776, he appeared in a short-lived superhero spoof "Captain Nice." Versatile doesn't begin to describe him.
@bryanhayes1218
4 жыл бұрын
Later he was on Boy Meets World
@SidJustice1
4 жыл бұрын
To this day!
@aadams1006
4 жыл бұрын
You had to watch the intro. It was the coolest tv intro.
@YourHalfSister
4 жыл бұрын
That darn Ripley's Believe It or Not opening sequence being all scary for no reason 😭😭😭😭😭😭 even all these years later.
@gspendlove
3 жыл бұрын
Man, seeing that Ripley's intro brought back the voice of Jack Palance saying "Believe it....or not!" Nobody ever said it like he did. He made that show great, the same way Robert Stack made Unsolved Mysteries great.
@monkeywkeys3916
3 жыл бұрын
Probably one of my favorite shows as a kid including the intro that started me asking questions about what were they going to show. I probably had the preview from last week still fresh in my head.
@williamsanders2439
3 жыл бұрын
Loved that show.
@kateruterbories2692
3 жыл бұрын
Right there with ya!!
@Lyra4ran
3 жыл бұрын
Yup, and every time my mom and I would turn to each other and say, '...I don't believe it.'
@TheKitchenerLeslie
11 ай бұрын
Holly Palance brought things alive in my 8 year old body I didn't know existed.
@kevinpauley-dadbodstyle2935
3 жыл бұрын
Man, 1982! What was in the water? Not only one of the strongest years in the history of cinema, but also in TV! So many amazing shows started this year! Tartikoff was really turning the tide for NBC, starting the "Must See TV" era here! So many wonderful memories from so many of these shows! THANK YOU FOR THIS!
@3xbadboy264
4 жыл бұрын
Finally!...a year with some 'hit TV shows' in the lineup! 👏👏😂😄 Knight Rider, Cheers, Newhart, Remington Steele, St. Elsewhere, Newhart, Family Ties, etc., just to name a few!
@cindypruitt9534
7 жыл бұрын
WOW, powerhouse year for TV. I didn't remember these all premiering in 1982. I was 10 years old that year so I feel in love with Family Ties, Silver Spoons , etc. I didn't appreciate Hill Street Blues until I was older and watched the re-runs.
@markfullilove9983
7 жыл бұрын
cindy pruitt I hated both of those shows, I think only girls liked those shows. Thank god we had cable and Knight Rider.
@marcusdavis9030
6 жыл бұрын
NBC rises from the bottom
@PRHILL9696
4 жыл бұрын
Hill Street Blues was always my favorite. I still love walking by the old Police Station which is now used at times on Chicago PD
@joannapederson7795
4 жыл бұрын
I remember my favorite night-"Cosby Show," "Cheers," then "Hill Street Blues."
@reasonrestored9116
3 жыл бұрын
HSB was and is my all time favourite Tv show. I joined the job because of that show, and my life had what I wanted. Drama and purpose.
@EzekielMessenger
3 жыл бұрын
This is where you can really see the 80s starting to wash off the grime of the 70s.
@chrisw6164
3 жыл бұрын
So true. Even the good tv of the 70s looked so drab. All the old men trying to be cool with their long hair, but they just looked overdue for haircuts.
@pmcmanus420
4 жыл бұрын
I remember in 1982 how the Sixties seemed like a million years ago.
@suzycreamcheesez4371
4 жыл бұрын
from what Ive heard the 60s were something else
@tolfan4438
4 жыл бұрын
More like a Million Miles Away than a million years ago
@mikepatrick5909
4 жыл бұрын
actually the same with with music....
@mileswb
3 жыл бұрын
Not only that, but 1982 is as far away from today (2021, so 39 years) as *1943* is from 1982. I think back to watching "Square Pegs" as a kid whereas people in 1982 thought equally far back to... World War II. Doesn't that seem weird? Like, pop music from 39 years ago would include Van Halen and Madonna, whereas in 1982, pop music from equally as far back in time would be stuff like "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. It just seems like a massively greater change even though it's the same number of years.
@alfredoprime5495
3 жыл бұрын
@@mileswb true, but as far as technological and cultural differences, I'd say that 1982 is closer to us than 1943 was to 1982.
@RetroManMike
2 жыл бұрын
I cannot overstate how much I wish TV was like this now.
@CameronHuff
4 жыл бұрын
Ah Voyagers..a great show that ended too soon. R.I.P Jon-Erik Hexum
@rucksackzen
5 жыл бұрын
Trivia: After “It Takes Two” failed, its kitchen set was later re-used for “The Golden Girls.”
@kellyweingart3692
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Richard Crenna
@kellyweingart3692
4 жыл бұрын
it’s Colonel Trautman and Goose 😁
@RichterPhallos
3 жыл бұрын
I love little bits of trivia like that.
@LarryLeeMoniz
3 жыл бұрын
Nice catch!
@trevorbarnhill9148
3 жыл бұрын
I saw that. I watched an episode of It Takes Two here on KZitem once and was blown away when I saw the kitchen. I was like "What the hell"?
@ThunderHorseBn
5 жыл бұрын
Newhart has the best finale ever.
@frankcabanski9409
3 жыл бұрын
Garbage
@R.Daneel
3 жыл бұрын
@@frankcabanski9409 Despite your reasoned and well articulated argument against it, I'm with @Flavius Belisarius on this one.
@frankcabanski9409
3 жыл бұрын
@@R.Daneel I offered an opinion. You're welcome to disagree - you have a right to be wrong.
@TheJeffro451
3 жыл бұрын
St. elsewhere had a mind bender of a finale scene.
@josephharper3714
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Best ever!
@josephtaylor9970
6 жыл бұрын
I don't know if anyone else noticed, but the male leads of 'Star In The Family' & 'It Takes Two' are connected by one movie - 'First Blood'. Brian Dennehy played the sheriff and Richard Crenna played Rambo's commanding officer
@coolcpa3321
5 жыл бұрын
Meredith Baxter Birney of Family Ties was married to David Birney of St. Elsewhere. They even had a show in the early 1970s called "Bridget Loves Birney".
@Dios67
5 жыл бұрын
Also, Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan were recently in the movie Tron (1982) together.
@jefferyevans7773
5 жыл бұрын
You notice in Seventh Heaven you have Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks- Star Trek one and four...I know, that show didn't come until later but Tucker's Witch reminded of it.
@jefferyevans7773
5 жыл бұрын
Or think of this - in The Expendables you have Stallone and Stathom, both were in different versions of Death Race.
@acholl980
5 жыл бұрын
Which also came out in the fall of that year.
@firestepher72
5 жыл бұрын
The Ripley's Believe it Or Not Intro always used to creep me out as a kid. I still get shivers watching this.
@jlh4jc
5 жыл бұрын
7:12 Thus begins Dr. Robert Hartley's 8 year dream!
@Rockintheparadise997
5 жыл бұрын
Love it! Exactly!
@toshomni9478
5 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the six seasons of the oddly adult imaginings of young Tommy Westphall at 10:25. Maybe everything was just a dream in the 1980s?
@119Agent
5 жыл бұрын
@@toshomni9478 How much of a coincidence is it that TWO tv shows premiered in 1982 that ended up being just a dream. Of course Newhart's ending was a spoof of St. Elsewhere's and Dallas so it wasn't a coincidence as it was Newhart's quirky and illogical universe.
@RobdaVegasMailman
4 жыл бұрын
That settles it...no more Japanese food before bedtime!
@goldenagenut
4 жыл бұрын
@Matthew McPeek... hands down. Anyone who watched the first series went nuts. Leave it to Bob Newhart!
@ladyi7609
6 жыл бұрын
Good gravy, the '80s truly began this year! There were some seriously '80s-esque action here, and some INCREDIBLE classics too, from "Family Ties" and "St. Elsewhere" to "Cheers" and "Remington Steele". What a titan of a season this was, and with "Square Pegs" having soundly beaten every other show to the punch in ushering in a new age of New Wave music and MTV, a sign of the tide truly turning. BTW, I saw a KZitem upload of a CBS News special on how a TV show makes it through the pilot stage and gets onto a network lineup, and the two shows featured on said special were "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and... "Family Ties". It was really something seeing a show that was that big of a hit -- and something that was a part of my childhood -- right at the very beginning, just going through the process of trying to make it on the air.
@CArchivist
5 жыл бұрын
And this season gave us both Pierce Bronson and Denzel Washington!
@kellyweingart3692
3 жыл бұрын
*Brosnan
@etme1000
3 жыл бұрын
Also Charles Brosnan!
@luccadeo69
5 жыл бұрын
Umf Erin Gray and Justine Bateman. 2 of my childhood crushes.
@not-so-smartaleck8987
4 жыл бұрын
Don't remember Erin Gray, but definitely remember Justine Bateman!
@markorendas1790
4 жыл бұрын
ERIN GRAY!!!
@michaelmerck7576
3 жыл бұрын
Erin grey ! What more needs to be said
@douglasdixon524
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, both beautiful young women.
@troy2478
3 жыл бұрын
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 Erin Gray was better known for Buck Rogers in the 25 Century. A few years ealier.
@detroitrockscity
5 жыл бұрын
....and now we have The Kardashian, The bachelor, and remakes from the 70s, that don't hold up to the original. Take me back please.
@gdeangelkick
5 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine -- I counted 2 mega hits (Cheers, Knight Rider), 3-4 enuring hits (Family Ties, Silver Spoons, St. Elsewhere, Newhart), and a few decent shows that sold pretty well. All that in one year. Now we can't ever get one episodic show that doesn't feel like choking on regurgitated cabbage... I'd say there has been one good 30-minute show in 15 years -- "Fresh off the Boat".
@119Agent
5 жыл бұрын
@@gdeangelkick Fresh Off the Boat is the only sitcom I watch in the last 10 years. And it is pretty old school in the way it is put together, almost like it could have come out in the 90's.
@JMFabiano
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I guess for argument's sake we're pretending The New Odd Couple isn't part of this compilation.
@JMFabiano
5 жыл бұрын
@@gdeangelkick I liked The Middle too. Modern Family has lost a step or two but was also perfectly acceptable. So is American Housewife. So of course, 2/3rds of these are gone/will be gone. What did you say about going back to only watching old school shows?
@ITGuy1970
5 жыл бұрын
Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Wire, Stranger Things, and on and on. We're currently experiencing the golden age of television. I grew up watching this crap and it's cringingly bad when compared to modern shows. To pretend any of this is better than what we have now is biased and wholly untrue.
@bronstet
5 жыл бұрын
You know, Matt Houston actually had a pretty awesome opening credits theme.
@mmhthree
5 жыл бұрын
Loved that show! It might've helped that I'm from Texas =)
@tammylawrence8331
4 жыл бұрын
He was gorgeous
@kennethbryant7480
4 жыл бұрын
I loved that show too!
@monkeywkeys3916
3 жыл бұрын
It looked very well polished and kind of campy at the same time. Lookout Magnum PI Here comes Matt Houston.
@RichardGustason
7 жыл бұрын
I think we can all agree that Meredith Baxter-Birney was majestic as f**k.
@briancooper2112
5 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe she is a lesbian. Catherine Bell from JAG to. I am very upset. 😎
@suzycreamcheesez4371
5 жыл бұрын
too not to Fix it! GN @@briancooper2112
@ericpurkey7502
5 жыл бұрын
That explains why Meredith Baxter had problems in the men department divorced. twice.t@@briancooper2112
@seatednorth8190
5 жыл бұрын
To bad she's a fuz bumper.
@TJ52359
5 жыл бұрын
@@briancooper2112 when did Bell 'switch Teams' I could have sworn she was married to a dude back in the JAG days (obvious that does not exclude anything, as evidenced by 'Baxter-Birney'
@havoc4171
5 жыл бұрын
Who sang along with the Cheers theme? 2019
@nylesandrews
5 жыл бұрын
("3-28-19") it's still one of my Favorite Theme Songs of the 80's Especially the Time they also had the Extended Version of the Song I Assume it was before the Cheers Finale Had Started + I also Enjoyed The Theme Song to ("Knight Rider") + the Show as well.
@thecatnat3574
5 жыл бұрын
havoc4171 lol, me
@omfil1085
5 жыл бұрын
Because of ice king from adventure time
@sha11235
5 жыл бұрын
Nice theme, although I was never a fan of the show because it took place in a bar. I have alcoholism in my family so that hurts it.
@collarelbow5183
4 жыл бұрын
@@sha11235 oh grow the hell up!
@wraithstrongopark
4 жыл бұрын
by the time the Gloria intro hit, i was laughing hysterically! thank you for the flashback and the aching face.
@heatwave
7 жыл бұрын
So many great theme songs. It's a shame most shows don't even have them anymore. The one chance that they may make a comeback is that seemingly ever show on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon has a theme song. Hopefully, future executives who grew up on that stuff will be more open to them.
@kurtmardis2244
5 жыл бұрын
I agree. That's something that's missing in today's TV shows. Back then some of the theme songs even had a life of their own on the radio, some becoming hit songs.
@WickedScott
5 жыл бұрын
Cheers and Family Ties and I think Night Court made up a good Thursday night of TV!
@eyehatefarcebook11
5 жыл бұрын
Wicked Scott In 1984-85, the t.v. was locked on NBC on Thursday nights. 8:00 (Eastern) "The Cosby Show" 8:30 "Family Ties" 9:00 "Cheers" 9:30 "Night Court" 10:00 "Hill Street Blues" Man, 35 years later...I still cannot believe how fast time goes by.
@not-so-smartaleck8987
4 жыл бұрын
Eyehate P. That 84-85 TV season started soon after I moved to a new city to begin my career (which lasted 34 years, till retirement...I'm still in that city, for now), so I remember that NBC lineup for that reason--plus the fact that they were all good to great shows.
@norbertop.niebres6320
4 жыл бұрын
@@eyehatefarcebook11 Later in the decade of the 1980s, Hill Street Blues was replaced by L.A. Law.
@tolfan4438
4 жыл бұрын
@@eyehatefarcebook11 second best night in television history
@laustcawz2089
4 жыл бұрын
"Night Court" maintained it's freshness best!
@TimefortheApocalypse
5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed Tales of the Gold Monkey, and was surprised and a little upset it didn't get past one season I remember
@johngrauman4208
3 жыл бұрын
The dog made the show
@kateruterbories2692
3 жыл бұрын
I loved that show!! Have a ceiling fan just like that now!!
@suzannemarie7313
3 жыл бұрын
I loved that show.
@RichterPhallos
3 жыл бұрын
0:20 Square Pegs 1:20 Gloria 2:10 Silver Spoons 3:10 Family Ties 4:10 Star of the Family 5:11 It Takes Two 6:10 Cheers 7:11 Newhart 7:57 The NEW Odd Couple 9:10 Ripley's Believe It or Not 10:23 St. Elsewhere 11:42 Bring 'Em Back Alive 12:46 Tales of the Gold Monkey 13:46 Voyagers! 14:45 The Powers of Matthew Star 16:14 Knight Rider 17:27 Tucker's Witch 18:24 Remington Steele 19:16 The Devlin Connection 20:32 Matt Houston 23:07 The Quest 24:08 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
@etme1000
3 жыл бұрын
upvote this hero!
@Rockhound6165
Жыл бұрын
Many of these became big, big hits. Many, not so much but Hollywood was on a role in 1982. I watched many of them regularly like Cheers, Matt Houston, Night Rider, & Ripley's Believe It or Not.
@theflyxx
4 жыл бұрын
This was a great season when I was an 8 year old. Knight Rider, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, and Silver Spoons were my tune ins that year.
@HorrorHQ
7 жыл бұрын
One of the best years in televison history. Right next to 84-85.
@Nozoki
7 жыл бұрын
One of the best years in movie history, too. So much great stuff that year.
@demetriusdillard2863
6 жыл бұрын
I enthusiastically concur, Jofer Jeff!
@smorgasbordtv4092
6 жыл бұрын
One of the best years in music too Michael Jackson's Thriller was released that year
@kevinnelson66
4 жыл бұрын
@Bob Sebring the 1981-82 and 1983-84 TV seasons were mostly crap.
@acer3573
5 жыл бұрын
Some real classics and "I don't remember that at all" duds.
@profdavebayani
7 жыл бұрын
We want Ripley's It's my favorite.
@CArchivist
5 жыл бұрын
And the Raiders of the Lost Ark inspired shows, Bring 'Em Back Alive and Tales of the Gold Monkey. I enjoy them both, also sadly one season wonders.
@DavidTSmith-jn5bs
5 жыл бұрын
At least their stars, Bruce Boxleitner (Babylon5) and Stephen Collins (7th Heaven), eventually starred in successful shows down the road.
@DavidBDavis-lz7bt
4 жыл бұрын
@@DavidTSmith-jn5bs For Bruce Boxleitner, don't forget Scarecrow & Mrs. King.🌞 But yes, I loved both those shows and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was 18 in 1982; a good time to be young and have adventure in your blood!(lol).
@75aces97
3 жыл бұрын
Both look expensive to film, and didn't do well in ratings.
@kudukilla
3 жыл бұрын
Frank Buck of Bring ‘em Back Alive was actually somewhat of a real life Indiana Jones, he just brought back animals instead of artifacts.
@onyx2626
3 жыл бұрын
@@75aces97I missed those two shows back then, but they looked like the networks were trying hard for the fun factor. NBC had the deepest pockets.
@wdh47211
7 жыл бұрын
Great.....thanks for posting.....so many famous names and so many nobodys......I really look forward to these...THanks.
@metrotek5
5 жыл бұрын
Thank for this trip back ... I time I long for.
@gertibell
10 ай бұрын
Square Pegs was a hit they cancelled too soon. I was in middle school when this came out & EVERY SINGLE kid in that school LOVED that show. We would talk about the new episode all day after it aired. They had a gold mine of a huge chunk of the younger demographic & they threw it away.
@naturekid1335
5 жыл бұрын
I totally forgot about the voyagers. Loved that as a young lad
@kevinnelson66
4 жыл бұрын
Sadly, Jon-Erik Hexum would pass away on the set of Cover-Up after a prop gun went off, causing a fatal head injury two years later.
@progKansas
5 жыл бұрын
Who remember Newhart.?
@jasonplatt2228
5 жыл бұрын
I do! Of course I remember Bob Newhart's other television shows as well, especially the first one where he played a psychologist with Suzanne Pleshette as his wife and a great supporting cast and great writing! On this 1982 Newhart show though, Tom Poston stole the show!
@yankeegirl5175
4 жыл бұрын
Daryl & my brother Daryl & my other brother Daryl! LOL!!
@thadstudebaker3370
3 жыл бұрын
These videos are a reminder of how many different TV shows my all-time biggest celebrity crush, Helen Hunt, appeared on. Sadly, I rarely got to watch those shows because my parents chose to watch something else. She has appeared on so many of these videos that it would seem the shows she starred on didn’t fair well.
@steadfastcoward
7 жыл бұрын
Square Pegs - How could you go wrong with a theme song by the Waitresses?
@ianfindly3257
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah THAT show had an early 80's post-punkish thing going on, which was something that, at the time, made it quite unique, modern, edgy, hip and stand apart from the OTHER shows - which, you'll notice, still look and sound sort of stuck in the late 70's by comparison.
@brianoneill7186
5 жыл бұрын
@@ianfindly3257 CBS had trouble finding 'young, hip' sitcoms for the '80s...so it settled for 40-something yuppie fare like 'Kate & Allie', 'Murphy Brown', and the semi-yuppified stuff that could still appeal to CBS's usual 'grandma' demo, like 'Newhart' and 'Designing Women'.
@jbass6665
5 жыл бұрын
I was a junior in high school when it debuted. It was a cool show. Even my dad liked it. Shame it only lasted one season. Word is, the kids couldn't behave themselves cuz the adults in the room were even worse.
@jnnx
5 жыл бұрын
jbass66 I was in second grade, and I loved it.
@sha11235
5 жыл бұрын
Because the characters were not interesting.
@scott1178
4 жыл бұрын
Astounding how many of these actors are still working today.
@kudukilla
3 жыл бұрын
The hotties of Buck Rogers in their follow up shows: Erin Grey in Silver Spoons, and Pamela Hensley in Matt Houston.
@ukmedicfrcs
3 жыл бұрын
70's and 80's had such beautiful women on TV shows.
@johnbarnes5237
6 жыл бұрын
Check out the full head of hair on Anthony Edwards at 5:59!
@harrygibus
5 жыл бұрын
He probably went into the reading for ER and they were like, "You're a natural but this looks all too familiar - you've got to shave your head!"
@danielhainline8882
5 жыл бұрын
John, I had no idea Helen Hunt starred with Anthony Edwards and the late greats Richard Crenna and Patty Duke on a sitcom before "Mad About You."
@acholl980
5 жыл бұрын
@@danielhainline8882 This was a year before Revenge of the Nerds
@kevinnelson66
4 жыл бұрын
@@danielhainline8882 Helen Hunt had appeared on the ABC series Swiss Family Robinson alongside Martin Milner and Willie Aames in 1975-76.
@ericzerkle5214
5 жыл бұрын
What a line up!!! Why cant TV be as good as it used to be?
@bostonblackie9503
3 жыл бұрын
You know I liked it when there were just three networks. Can't find a thing I want to watch now, too many channels!
@willielarimer7170
3 жыл бұрын
Tv land or metv, antenna tv, cant go wrong
@adamw116
4 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I watched Tales of the Gold Monkey, loved Voyagers and the Powers of Matthew Starr. Both those shows deserve big screen remakes. If their done well! Also, Louis Gossett Jr back on TV in 2019 on Watchman! May he live many more years.
@JrGoonior
5 жыл бұрын
Holy crap!!!! The New Odd Couple, I had forgotten about that one!!!!!
@bbo40
7 жыл бұрын
Weird to see a 'long' TV show intro now a days
@bryanhayes1218
4 жыл бұрын
The shorter intros on network tv shows today.. kill the dynamic of the show
@laustcawz2089
4 жыл бұрын
Some shows have even gotten rid of theme songs.
@davidjackson2524
5 жыл бұрын
Ricky Schroeder in Silver Spoons. He must be acting most of his life. I think he was in a remake of The Champ in 79.
@Trumantop1
5 жыл бұрын
The good old days with theme songs!
@susancooper3210
4 жыл бұрын
St Elsewhere was also shown in the UK - and I adored it - couldn't get enough of it! 😃 It had something really special!
@ravenkahne8484
5 жыл бұрын
Forgot how much Indiana Jones affected that years programming. :)
@austinklein1172
5 жыл бұрын
I LOVED Square Pegs and The Voyagers they were my Favorites.
@douglasdixon524
3 жыл бұрын
"I'm not punk, I'm new wave, totally."- Johnny Slash
@ikd3240
4 жыл бұрын
What a great time capsule. There are a few that I had completely forgotten about, like Tales of the Gold Monkey, and quite a few that I never even heard of. Now I know which shows bombed that season.
@johngrauman4208
3 жыл бұрын
Jack the dog in Tales of the Gold Monkey was great. Why aren’t animals used in television given more kudos?
@timothyhanner8118
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. So many iconic shows. What a great year to be a kid. I would have been in 3rd grade or so.
@jeffking4176
5 жыл бұрын
This one is interesting. A lot of new shows. Some would become iconic. Many went on for several seasons ( even the ones I didn’t like). One notable show, would have continued, if it weren’t for the untimely demise of the main character. The show: “VOYAGERS” A very well done and interesting show. John Erik Hexum, accidentally shot himself, and died. Meeno Peluci was a decent actor, never seemed to get the right breaks. I now own the series on DVD.
@wowzer107
4 жыл бұрын
I believe he accidentally shot and killed himself while doing a short lived detective show called "Cover Up". He was replaced by another actor and the show didn't last much longer, but I remember seeing a couple episodes with the other actor.
@Rockhound6165
Жыл бұрын
He didn't accidentally shoot himself. He was a moron.
@MajesticalHonky
11 ай бұрын
1982 was a good year... some of these were wildly successful.
@shawnn1412
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure I never turned off the TV in 82-83
@Portugal2025
3 жыл бұрын
St Elsewhere was way ahead of its time. Possibly the best medical dramas- actually dramas ever.
@ukmedicfrcs
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Family ties, Newhart, had such a great theme song. I want to go back to the 80's
@divingduck1970
7 жыл бұрын
Who could forget the "urban" version of "The Odd Couple?" Well I had, until now.
@albundy6008
7 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Jones R.I.P Ron Glass
@divingduck1970
7 жыл бұрын
todd krager He was great on Barney Miller. What a wonderful show that was.
@kevinmeerschaert9487
7 жыл бұрын
The new Odd Couple for some reason not only used stories from the original show but in several cases the exact scripts! No doubt it would fail. I already knew to never ASSUME!
@davidhill2020
7 жыл бұрын
They keep bringing it back and it keeps not working
@johnbarnes5237
6 жыл бұрын
I watched one episode and realized they had used the same script from the earlier show. Never watched again.
@rhianimal19
3 жыл бұрын
The Golden Age of network television, when almost nobody had cable
@rhianimal19
3 жыл бұрын
@Cherry Red WTF still watches cable? Everyone streams
@rhianimal19
3 жыл бұрын
@Cherry Red I dropped it in 2015 when Xfinity went absolutely bonkers. Streaming is slowly killing it anyways.
@softrockrules
5 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Newhart and cool Odd Couple theme solid three in a row themes. If I had dollar for every detective that had to chase a crook down a water slide...21:29
@betsyduane3461
3 жыл бұрын
The fall preview TV Guide was early Christmas present back in the day for me as a kid.
@mmhthree
5 жыл бұрын
Alot of bigtime shows started this year, 1982! What a great time in my life as a kid
@mmhthree
5 жыл бұрын
Loved Voyagers!!
@Sweetestsadist
4 жыл бұрын
Demond Wilson without a moustache... ... Life will never be the same.
@brentmartin2859
4 жыл бұрын
He truly grew up to be Sanford's son.
@markorendas1790
4 жыл бұрын
YA TRULY A SAD TIME FOR HIM. HE LOST HIS MOJO FOR REAL WITHOUT IT
@billybrinsfield6485
7 жыл бұрын
Knight Rider, Remington Steel, Mathew Star just to name a few, talk about Memories.
@DavidBDavis-lz7bt
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Houston, too. I think Pamela Hensley was one of the most attractive women on TV of the time, but just the intro let you know that you were in for an enjoyable hour.
@douglasdixon524
3 жыл бұрын
Stephanie Zimbalist looked so good. The Powers of Matthew Star was good but it kept getting changed and the fact that the actor who played Matthew was seriously burned in early filming and had to take off for a year hurt the show.
@Sammydx1
4 жыл бұрын
Usually when I watch these I remember a few shows. I REMEMBER AT LEAST 75% OF THESE. WHAT A GREAT YEAR !
@Marckymarc71
3 жыл бұрын
Ripley's had Lalo Schifrin AND Henry Mancini?! Talk about a powerhouse music lineup!
@RickAiello
6 жыл бұрын
SO many great, classic Theme Songs, for so many great, classic shows. What a great TV year this was!!
@eydie57
5 жыл бұрын
I don't remember the 80s show called The Quest, but there was a 70s show, also called The Quest, starring Tim Matheson and Kurt Russell that I loved. I LOVED Tucker's Witch.
@johngrauman4208
3 жыл бұрын
Tucker’s witch ❤️
@dbgldcndr
2 жыл бұрын
what a wonderful golden channel... thank you!!
@denastyone2788
5 жыл бұрын
Ripleys had the best theme hands down🙄 please do more of these 83 84 85 86 that's where the good shows are
@Dios67
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed on the theme; love that low bass in it.
@westholmes2001
5 жыл бұрын
The lead in "Tales of the Gold Monkey" (Stephen Collins) and the female lead in "Tucker's Witch" (Catherine Hicks) (Note her name is misspelled as "Cathrine" in the credits to "Tucker's Witch") would end up years later being Reverend Eric Camden and Mrs. Annie Camden on "7th Heaven". Also, Hicks starred in the cult horror film "Child's Play" as Karen Barclay, the mother to Andy who she gives the doll "Chucky" for his sixth birthday.
@johngrauman4208
3 жыл бұрын
Jack the dog in Gold Monkey was the show. Why don’t animals get more recognition and respect?
@burpreynolds3250
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, this was a good year for television.
@derikdragon80
5 жыл бұрын
Even if sitcoms are making a comeback (mostly due to the classic television channels), they'll sadly never be the same.
@TJ52359
5 жыл бұрын
For anyone so inclined 'Tucker's Witch' (17: 28 Between Knight Rider & Remington Steele) is available on 'The Archive' a Free Roku app/channel
@richardcourchene7477
7 жыл бұрын
11:20 Denzel Washington. Whatever happened to that guy? sorta fell off the radar after St. Elsewhere...
@ma55aracin9
6 жыл бұрын
richard courchene He's doing great in Hollywood as a well respected actor with several Oscars® to boot and still enjoying the perks of success. Greetings.
@luiscota1196
6 жыл бұрын
LOL some people can't get sarcasm, even if it explodes in their face...
6 жыл бұрын
SpeedWarrior1 WHOOSH!
@nycourtclerk
5 жыл бұрын
@@ma55aracin9 a little slow there aren't you speed
@nycourtclerk
5 жыл бұрын
I knew before I read the responses there would be one person who wouldn't get it
@anthonyfiorito1385
5 жыл бұрын
80's tv shows were the best era. Knight Rider played here in the Australian winter. I remember watching the pilot episode with my cousins at my place. My cousins fell in love with David Hasselhof. At that time my 2 cousins were in there teenage years and l was 7 years old. I fell in love with the car and watched it every week. This is how popular Knight Rider was. It had a big following at my primary school. One intro you dont have in this collection is TJ Hooker which was another favourite show of mine. Brings back alot of memories. When tv show were a enjoyable experience. The only show l watch today is Supergirl on the CW network. To much reality crap today on tv.
@Lonestarr357
7 жыл бұрын
Is it just me, or does the "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" theme sound a lot like the theme from "The Magnificent Seven"?
@RobCamp-rmc_0
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was a clear knockoff, like it was composed for a parody but they earnestly used it in something real instead
@ianrhodes6928
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of these made it across to the UK. 1982 saw the beginning of our 4th TV channel (Channel 4....). Cheers opening episode aired on it's first night. I was hooked at once. It used to air every Friday at 10pm. For while, when Cheers was off season, they'd run Newhart. Monday night at 9.25 was St Elsewhere. Good times.
@dickmiles1
7 жыл бұрын
Hands Down-- St Elsewhere was the best
@UnivegaSuperSport
6 жыл бұрын
Definitely agree. The amount of established and emerging talent from that cast was nuts. It has great characters, great writing, story lines and continuity from season to season. Brought up a lot of controversial subjects that hadn't been presented until then.
@marx686
6 жыл бұрын
Denzel Washington. Howie Mandel. David Morse. Amazing cast!
@jpowell180
6 жыл бұрын
Too bad it was allll a dream ;)
@ladyi7609
6 жыл бұрын
I screamed out loud a little when I saw that show and "Family Ties" being represented, both shows that I've loved since I was a little child.
@jamesricker3997
5 жыл бұрын
Cheers was a close second
@boopah4365
4 жыл бұрын
I realized halfway thru I was singing along with every one of em..
@allanfifield8256
11 ай бұрын
An Outstanding Year of Television new shows! I watched a number of these regularly. And we are past the stars being introduced to smiling inside of oval or round cut-outs.
@DeanStrickson
7 жыл бұрын
True story. A few years ago, a millionaire recluse passed away. In his will, he bequeathed half his estate to the actor who played Matthew Starr. The other half went to the actor who played the lead in the short lived 70s TV show Lucan.
@TheDieselbutterfly
7 жыл бұрын
true story you are totally gay
@DeanStrickson
7 жыл бұрын
TheDieselbutterfly Truer story; your trolling sucks.
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