# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 460
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9183 "2025-11-09T21:15:26Z")
Did you make the wish by twitching your nose, or crossing your arms and blinking? ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9184 "2025-11-09T21:35:47Z")
TV shows - absolutely None Of The Above ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9185 "2025-11-09T21:44:36Z")
I might check out remakes of some of my top favorite old shows, just out of curiosity. And I’d give 'em a fair chance, even if I have low expectations, because otherwise I’m wasting my time. But there’s nothing I would “actively” want to see redone. What I love most about those shows really can’t be captured again. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9186 "2025-11-09T22:36:18Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > My answer to the old shows is “none of the above.” Those old shows had their day. Enough. There’s no point in repeating them now. The world has moved on. Word for word, I came in to say this. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9187 "2025-11-09T23:03:54Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Word for word, I came in to say this. One hundred percent. mmm ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9188 "2025-11-09T23:14:14Z")
Some have already had cinematic remakes (the poll didn’t specify large or small screen), such as Bewitched (which subtly changed the premise), Get Smart, and The Munsters (I always liked how Edward Herman ended up playing Herman Munster). The Love Boat I found upon some hotel room rewatchings to be rather squicky, as much older guys were dating Julie. I chose Kung Fu since I could see that working better in the modern era than most of the other alternatives. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9189 "2025-11-09T23:31:35Z")
Turns out that there WAS a Kung Fu reboot, in 2021, but was canceled after 3 seasons. [I very rarely watch broadcast TV anymore, other than for sports] ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9190 "2025-11-09T23:33:37Z")
There was also a 1993 sequel, _Kung Fu: The Legend Continues_. As I recall, it was pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9191 "2025-11-09T23:38:58Z")
I really don’t want to see a remake of a series that worked the first time around. Better to remake a show that squandered a premise with real potential. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9192 "2025-11-10T01:34:34Z")
Many of the shows on the list were very much of their time, and I can’t really imagine a modern remake. (_Get Smart_, I’m looking at you.) Others have already been re-booted, and not terribly successfully. Of all the shows on the list, the one I can most imagine being re-introduced to 2025 audiences is _Bewitched_. It was already ahead of its time in regards to female empowerment. I think the same metaphor could very much hit home in these times. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9193 "2025-11-10T03:47:18Z")
I voted for _the Munsters_, because I’m enjoying _Wednesday_. Yeah, that’s the Addams Family. But wasn’t the Munsters really just a remake of The Addams Family? I feel like if we are talking about modern remakes with an all new cast, they are basically the same show. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9194 "2025-11-10T03:51:19Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But wasn’t the Munsters really just a remake of The Addams Family? They actually both premiered within days of each other, in September of 1964 (though the _Addams Family_ cartoons, on which that series was based, had run in _The New Yorker_ for decades prior). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9195 "2025-11-10T04:23:51Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But wasn’t the Munsters really just a remake of The Addams Family? Not really. _The Munsters_ were part of the Universal Monsters nostalgia/revival sparked by the creature feature packages Universal sold real cheap to local TV stations in the early 1960s. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9196 "2025-11-10T04:50:04Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > though the _Addams Family_ cartoons, on which that series was based, had run in _The New Yorker_ for decades prior Yes, the Addams Family is clearly the original, even if the TV version wasn’t earlier. And honestly, the two were similar enough that i think _Wednesday_ counts as a remake of either. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9197 "2025-11-10T08:08:39Z")
You’d never get the DoD to cooperate these days, but I could see a reboot of _McHale’s Navy_ being reasonably successful. Service comedies are due for a comeback. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9198 "2025-11-10T15:13:12Z")
I’d really like a Land of the Lost remake _without_ Will Ferrell. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9199 "2025-11-10T15:29:36Z")
A good hot fudge is my favorite ice cream topping. The addition of raspberries or bananas makes it even better. As for the mistake in the string of Christmas lights, it would bother me every time I looked at it! I would make sure I changed it the next year. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9200 "2025-11-10T17:21:01Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > As for the mistake in the string of Christmas lights, it would bother me every time I looked at it! I would make sure I changed it the next year. If I didn’t fix it right away, it would bother me every time I looked at it, and I would _intend_ get it changed the next year. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9201 "2025-11-10T17:39:32Z")
If i think it’s my spouse, i probably walk over, but i don’t film him. I also don’t think he’s having an affair, even if he’s talking enthusiastically with a woman. God, if he freaked out every time i talk with a male friend, or hugged a male friend, we’d have split decades ago. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9202 "2025-11-10T18:07:24Z")
Why would you not just walk over? Both of the options in the poll are those of someone already in an unhealthy relationship. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=459) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=461)