# Remember those 80's action shows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629 "2002-04-09T06:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 9, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/21 "2002-04-09T18:54:42Z")
Anyone else remember [The Highwayman](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0094479)? Can we do action shows from the 90’s too? **F/X: The Series** and **Viper** , for example. Same mindless entertainment but a decade later. Well, **F/X** wasn’t all that mindless, the writers did try to develop an on-going storyline but then the show just disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/22 "2002-04-09T19:48:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > Anyone else remember [The Highwayman](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0094479)? OY! I couldn’t get enough of Jane Badler in those days, though I found _The New Mission Impossible_ to be a complete waste of time. I always wanted to see a passage like this: MI Recording: Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to prevent international arms dealer Andy Kashoggy from disrupting the peace talks between the nations of Grufunkistan and Brunhilda. Jim immediately decides to skip all the pointless disguises and subterfuge and sneaking around and just has the guy killed in the first five minutes. Mission accomplished! ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/23 "2002-04-09T21:52:31Z")
_Wonder Woman_ debuted in the late seventies but a worthy addition. WW figured heavily in the masturbatory fantasies of many a young man, including my own, in those days. The only time I got to see Lynda Carter in person she was speaking at a Baptist church in Phoenix. She looked nice but…the experience was highly disorienting and WW was never the same for me again OTOH if she had been dressed as a catholic schoolgirl with patent leather mary janes and tartan skirt… mrowr! Did anyone catch the parody _Knight Boat_ on _The Simpsons_? ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/24 "2002-04-09T22:50:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Charmian \* > \*\*I was a TV-whore for anything sci-fi adventurey: “Powers of Matthew Star”, “The Phoenix”. \*\* I can’t believe I finally found someone who remembers The Phoenix. I had just gotten a puppy the day that show premiered. I named the little guy after the hero. So now for the real test of your trivia powers…what was the name of my dog? ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/25 "2002-04-09T23:51:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deb2world \* > \*\* > > I can’t believe I finally found someone who remembers The Phoenix. I had just gotten a puppy the day that show premiered. I named the little guy after the hero. So now for the real test of your trivia powers…what was the name of my dog? \*\* **Bennu of the Golden Light** So, is your dog a retriever? 😃 I loved **The A-Team**. My only persona is partly an homage to Capt H.M. (“Howling Mad”) Murdock, portrayed by the great Dwight Schultz. Years later, I was at a SF convention, a _Battlestar Galactica_ convention, believe it or not, and Dirk Benedict (“Face”) was there. Someone inquired him about the possibility of an A-Team movie (this was before George Peppard passed away). He said it would be virtually impossible to get all four guys into the same room ever again. ☹ Oooo-kay. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/26 "2002-04-10T00:33:52Z")
**CaptMurdock** : Bennu was a dark sheltie and the bestest dog ever. So did you answer that question from memory or did you have to look it up? I cannot believe the cheesy TV I used to watch and you will have to use torture to get me to admit to still liking. I have seen most of the episodes in all of the shows listed in this thread so far. So, how about “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” staring Gil Gerard. I remember in USAF tech school, us women never missed an episode of “Remington Steele”. And I did watch “Greatest American Hero” for just the theme music as well as “Cover Up”. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/27 "2002-04-10T01:23:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deb2world \* > \*\* And I did watch “Greatest American Hero” for just the theme music as well as “Cover Up”. \*\* You watched “Cover Up” for the music and not for Jon-Erik Hexum? ::sigh:: He was dreamy–so short lived. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/28 "2002-04-10T01:45:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leechbabe \* > \*\*I always wanted to be **Wonder Woman** , loved the clothes, loved the action, just loved it. > > \*\* What a coincidence. I always wanted to _do_ **Wonder Woman**. I sometimes think back to how I would’ve gotten my start on puberty without her. It’s a scary thought. And Lynda Carter is _still_ pretty damn hot. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/29 "2002-04-10T01:58:17Z")
I think I’ll move this one on over to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/30 "2002-04-10T02:04:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mersavets \* > \*\*Battle of the Planets! The guys were called G Force. \*\* as long as we’re adding 'toons to the list… YO JOE! \ He’ll fight for Freedom Where ever there’s trouble GI Joe is there! GI JOOOEEE!\ GI Joe! Cool heroes, classic villians, great vehicles on land, sea, & in the air; & nifty toys to go with it! No wonder this is mt favorite 80’s TV show! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/31 "2002-04-10T02:27:47Z")
I saw a review of _Wonder Woman_ once that went like this. “There are only two good things about this show and they both hold up her costume.” ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/32 "2002-04-10T02:30:47Z")
[Tales of the Gold Monkey](http://www.goldmonkey.com/) ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/33 "2002-04-10T02:34:41Z")
Mysterious Cities of Gold! Possibly the best kid’s cartoon ever. \ RAWWWWK Danger! Alert! Head for the hills! RAAAAWWK! \ ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/34 "2002-04-10T05:31:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > as long as we’re adding 'toons to the list… > > YO JOE! Ah, the gauntlet has been thrown… **Transformers,** dammit! At least _we_ got the theatrical movie! Nyahh nyahh! 😃 (This message brought to you by the SDMB’s resident _Transformers_ geek. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/35 "2002-04-10T06:48:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CelticCowboy \* > \*\*And Lynda Carter is _still_ pretty damn hot. 😃 \*\* Did you see her in _Super Troopers_? Yeow! Sizzle! Anyone remember _Half-Nelson_? It stands as proof that any show with a jokey title is gauranteed to be utter crap. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/36 "2002-04-10T07:07:55Z")
The best show has to be the A-Team. I’m convinced that this show is so cheesy, so cliche, that it is in fact a _parody_ of the whole genre of 80s action shows. I loved the dynamic between Murdock and B.A. BTW, Dirk Benedict was _in_ BG, that’s why he was at that con. As for a movie, I keep hearing about it, what with the whole “let’s make every old TV show into a movie” deal, but I have no idea how it would be written or cast. My only demands for an A-Team movie are that Mr. T has to play B.A., and no remaking the theme song (like the Limp Bizkit MI theme). ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/37 "2002-04-10T13:06:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*The best show has to be the A-Team. I’m convinced that this show is so cheesy, so cliche, that it is in fact a _parody_ of the whole genre of 80s action shows. \*\* The true holder of this title is none other than the inimitable **SLEDGEHAMMER**! “Trust me, I know what I’m doing…” ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/38 "2002-04-10T13:42:17Z")
Could’ve been late 70s rather than 80s, but I enjoyed ‘Tales of the gold Monkey’ - an Indiana Jones TV rip-off. Well, I enjoyed it in theory. In practice, it never came on. It was on Wednesday night and was always being pre-empted for something else. Week after week I tried to watch this show that was never on. Finally, one week, it was going to be on! They were actually going to show it! I told my family I was watching it and don’t make any plans for me or the TV because we both had a date. That Wednesday, I sat down to finally enjoy a full episode of Tales of the Gold Monkey. Not 10 minutes into the show, some idiot announces he’s got a bomb in the Washington Monument. Cut to Washington Monument at night. For over an hour we watch NOTHING happen at the Washington monument. Guy didn’t even have a bomb. And once again, no Tales of the Gold Monkey. I gave up after that and, unsurprisingly, it was cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/39 "2002-04-10T13:51:25Z")
Another Battle of the Planets fan here. And of course, Mark was my favorite. Never really understood the point of Keyop, though. Loved **The Phoenix** , **Matthew Starr** , **V** , and all those other sci-fi shows. My favorite of all, however, was **Probe**. I was heartbroken when that show was cancelled. Does anyone remember **The Darkroom**? It was a Twighlight Zone-type show hosted by James Coburn. ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629/40 "2002-04-10T14:39:26Z")
I think this show would be in the same vein as V in that it may have been more SF than action, but I loved the show “Voyagers”. I think it only ran for a few episodes, but I remember loving them. I’m a little foggy as to the basic premise though. I think a boy and some guy named Phineas travelled through time using a pocket watch. Great show. I haven’t seen it since it aired, but I’d like to see it again and see how it holds up to the ravages of time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-those-80s-action-shows/102629.md?page=3)