# Died and gone to TV HEAVEN **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456 "2001-09-09T00:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/1 "2001-09-09T00:20:35Z")
Last night I watched episode one of the A-TEAM! Dirk Benedict wasnt even in it yet, ‘Face’ was another guy. THEN I watched the first episode of ADAM 12, I LOVED that show as a kid! Four episodes of Degrassi Jr High… And today… Brace yourself… I can barely beleive it myself… **GREATEST AMERICAN HERO** I can hardly stand it! my 80’s culture receptors are humming with gleee! We have some new stations on the digital tv service, one has westerns all day (BONANZA!!!BIG VALLEY!!!) two are vintage tv, gilligans island, love boat, (trying to contain myself here!) An all ACTION station, with the above shows, the DIE HARDS, TERMINATORS etc. I am really really loving this! What are your fave vintage tv shows? I used to like Magnum, I wonder if they will show it, and the one Patrick Duffy was in, like aquaman, and the live action Spiderman… I might write to the programmers, I am FULL of suggestions! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/2 "2001-09-09T03:33:56Z")
Oh I loved Magnum P.I. That little thing at the end of the intro where he wiggles his eyebrows? Be still my beating heart. ---
**Author:** ![junkyardangel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@junkyardangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/junkyardangel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/3 "2001-09-09T15:13:19Z")
Oh man, I loved the “Greatest American Hero.” Wish we could get it here. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/4 "2001-09-09T15:29:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kellibelli \* > and the one Patrick Duffy was in, like aquaman… _The Man From Atlantis_ ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/5 "2001-09-09T20:12:08Z")
I’m always amazed that stuff I watched in high school and my early 20s is considered vintage–Greatest American Hero was pretty bad then, with the exception of Robert Culp; I can’t see that it’s improved any with age. But, by the same token, the stuff I consider vintage, The Wild Wid West, The Avengers, The Six Million Dollar Man, have probably fared about the same or worse. Did you like Tales of The Gold Monkey? I actually did. Who played Face in the A-Team pilot? Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/6 "2001-09-09T21:32:38Z")
I can’t believe no one remembers [Automan…](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0084978) 😉 But hey…there is a new [KnightRider TV Movie](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0280130) in the woks ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/7 "2001-09-09T21:46:48Z")
I was always a big _Scarecrow and Mrs King_ fan (I even ran a very large fan fiction mailing list for it for awhile - until it got too big for me to administer to any more) I also liked _Dukes of Hazzard_, _The Monkees_, _Murder, She Wrote_ and _Magnum, P.I._ (it helped that my mom had the hots for Tom Selleck… it was on every week without question! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/8 "2001-09-09T21:48:31Z")
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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/9 "2001-09-09T22:13:48Z")
I LOVE old TV Westerns. TVLand shows some of them - “Gunsmoke”, “Alias Smith and Jones”, “Maverick” and “Wagon Train”. Oh, and let’s not forget “The Virginian”, “Bonanza”, and “Big Valley”. Anyone remember the VERY short-lived early '80s fantasy spoof show called “Wizards and Warriors”? It was utterly hilarious. I have a few episodes on tape. I would love to see the rest. I taped David McCallum on Sci Fi (years ago) when they repeated his short-lived “Invisible Man” series. I like David McCallum - especially in “Man from UNCLE”. Oh, and the fun series with Courtney Cox - “Misfits of Science”? That was a great show - very funny. Anyone else seen it? I know it repeated on Sci Fi several years back. Every Friday afternoon on TVLand, they have their “Ultimate Fan” (this year it’s a guy named Paul Gobel) choose an hour of _whatever_ he wants. I always try to tune in, because you just never know what he will pick. He’s come up with so-so choices that are easy to find on TV, like “Get Smart”. But I almost fell out of my seat (and I let out a huge squeal) when one week he chose an episode of **“Johnny Bago”!!!** This was on in the mid-'90s, and was HILARIOUS. An inept fugitive on the run in a Winnebago. I loved it. (And fortunately, taped it.) I just didn’t expect Paul to pick it! I love the “Ultimate Fan Hour” for that reason - you just never know what you’ll see! Oh - what about “Starman”, with Robert Hays? I liked that show - very sweet. (Fortunatly, I have that on tape too.) ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/10 "2001-09-09T23:00:29Z")
OOOO Six Million Dollar man! I had forgotten that one. I didnt get the name of the Face char in the pilot, it must have been at the beginning which I missed (of course). Little Joe on Bonanzo… Grrrrrrrrrrowl! I remember Misfits of Science too, that was great! I saw episode one of Mork and Mindy too! Very campy. Man from Atlantis! thanks! \ Mmmmmmm TV…\ That show starman with robert hays, did he have a son? Does that son now do the voice for the animated Spiderman. I have GOT to get out more. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/11 "2001-09-10T03:50:24Z")
for YEARS one of the local UHF stations in my area used to play Knight Rider and A-Team reruns back to back for a good portion of the day on weekends. Man, I miss that. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/12 "2001-09-10T06:50:10Z")
Oh yeah Sir Rhosis, Tales of the Gold Monkey! I loved that! There was another one in the early or mid nineties, Key West? It was about a VERY strange part of Florida. Here’s a foreign import. “Luke’s Kingdom” from Australia. I don’t know when it was made but I watched it on KVOS out of Bellingham Wash. in the very early Eighties. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/13 "2001-09-10T10:11:43Z")
ooooooh, tales of the gold monkey. that dog was sooo cool. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/14 "2001-09-10T13:34:15Z")
_Adventures od Brisco County Jr._ Between this show and Evil Dead 2, Bruce Campbell is the coolest. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/15 "2001-09-10T13:35:18Z")
make the _Adventures **of** …_ ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Daniel\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/16 "2001-09-10T14:24:06Z")
Sign me up for all the action/hero shows: Tales of the Gold Monkey Automan Street Hawk Greatest American Hero The Flash Matt Houston i love tv ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/17 "2001-09-10T14:45:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sir Rhosis \* > \*\*I’m always amazed that stuff I watched in high school and my early 20s is considered vintage–Greatest American Hero was pretty bad then, with the exception of Robert Culp; I can’t see that it’s improved any with age. > > But, by the same token, the stuff I consider vintage, The Wild Wid West, The Avengers, The Six Million Dollar Man, have probably fared about the same or worse. > > Did you like Tales of The Gold Monkey? I actually did. > > Who played Face in the A-Team pilot? > > Sir Rhosis \*\* Nope. WW West is still pretty damn cool–I saw the tv series for the first time last year (it ran before I went to work, so I’d watch it after getting up in the morning). Heck of a lot of fun. I have a feeling Automan would suck rocks these days–back when I was a kid, it was awesome, though. Between that, Wizards and Warriors (IIRC) and A-Team, my evenings were pretty full as a kid. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/18 "2001-09-10T15:26:45Z")
\*\*The Black Sheep Squadron Quark Buck Rogers BattleStar Galactica The Wild Wild West Car 54, Where Are You? Adam 12 \*\* ## O And boy do I miss M_A_S_H_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/19 "2001-09-10T17:38:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sir Rhosis \* > **Who played Face in the A-Team pilot?** Found him: [Tim Dunigan](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Dunigan,+Tim). I liked Simon & Simon and Riptide. S&S used to be shown on A&E, Magnum PI still is. Some shows I watch on TV Land from time to time: The A-Team, Hogan’s Heroes, Barney Miller, and Get Smart. I also catch The Black Sheep Squadron on The History Channel on weekend mornings; they also ran a marathon Labor Day Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456/20 "2001-09-10T18:05:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Oicu812 \* > \*\*The Black Sheep Squadron > \*\* Was that the same thing as **Baa Baa Black Sheep** about the WWII pilots stationed on some island? I was in 2nd or 3rd grade when that was on, I barely remember it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/died-and-gone-to-tv-heaven/80456.md?page=2)