TV Binge Watch (Part 3)

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Shows with animals that aren’t dogs or cats

  1. Flipper
  2. Daktari
  3. Baretta
  4. Tarzan
  5. My Name Is Earl
  6. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
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Shows with animals that aren’t dogs or cats

  1. Flipper
  2. Daktari
  3. Baretta
  4. Tarzan
  5. My Name Is Earl
  6. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
  7. Gentle Ben
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Shows with animals that aren’t dogs or cats

  1. Flipper
  2. Daktari
  3. Baretta
  4. Tarzan
  5. My Name Is Earl
  6. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
  7. Gentle Ben
  8. Mr. Ed

♫♪ A horse is a horse, of course, of course… ♫♪♫

-“BB”-

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Shows with animals that aren’t dogs or cats

  1. Flipper
  2. Daktari
  3. Baretta
  4. Tarzan
  5. My Name Is Earl
  6. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
  7. Gentle Ben
  8. Mr. Ed
  9. The Simpsons

Jub Jub the iguana, Mr. Teeny the chimpanzee, and Stampy the elephant, among others

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Shows with animals that aren’t dogs or cats

  1. Flipper
  2. Daktari
  3. Baretta
  4. Tarzan
  5. My Name Is Earl
  6. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
  7. Gentle Ben
  8. Mr. Ed
  9. The Simpsons
  10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Four humanoid mutant turtles, a mutant rat, a mutant rhino and warthog, frogs, an alligator, etc.

Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts

A 6-episode Canadian puppet show from 1982, teaching kids about avoiding everyday dangers.

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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
  3. Schoolhouse Rock- animated educational musical show.
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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
  3. Schoolhouse Rock- animated educational musical show.
  4. OWL/TV - A Canadian variety show teaching about nature, science, and health. Included “Dr. Zed”: he performed age-appropriate science experiments like Mr. Wizard, but styled himself as a stereotypical mad scientist.
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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
  3. Schoolhouse Rock- animated educational musical show.
  4. OWL/TV - A Canadian variety show teaching about nature, science, and health. Included “Dr. Zed”: he performed age-appropriate science experiments like Mr. Wizard, but styled himself as a stereotypical mad scientist.
  5. Beakman’s World
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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
  3. Schoolhouse Rock- animated educational musical show.
  4. OWL/TV - A Canadian variety show teaching about nature, science, and health. Included “Dr. Zed”: he performed age-appropriate science experiments like Mr. Wizard, but styled himself as a stereotypical mad scientist.
  5. Beakman’s World
  6. Bill Nye the Science Guy
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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
  3. Schoolhouse Rock- animated educational musical show.
  4. OWL/TV - A Canadian variety show teaching about nature, science, and health. Included “Dr. Zed”: he performed age-appropriate science experiments like Mr. Wizard, but styled himself as a stereotypical mad scientist.
  5. Beakman’s World
  6. Bill Nye the Science Guy
  7. Doctor Who - the show was originally created to be educational, teaching kids about history (through trips to the past) and science (through trips to the future); as time went on, and stories about aliens proved to be the most popular, the educational premise faded away.
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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
  3. Schoolhouse Rock- animated educational musical show.
  4. OWL/TV - A Canadian variety show teaching about nature, science, and health. Included “Dr. Zed”: he performed age-appropriate science experiments like Mr. Wizard, but styled himself as a stereotypical mad scientist.
  5. Beakman’s World
  6. Bill Nye the Science Guy
  7. Doctor Who - the show was originally created to be educational, teaching kids about history (through trips to the past) and science (through trips to the future); as time went on, and stories about aliens proved to be the most popular, the educational premise faded away.
  8. The Magic School Bus

A favorite from my kids’ childhood

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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
  3. Schoolhouse Rock- animated educational musical show.
  4. OWL/TV - A Canadian variety show teaching about nature, science, and health. Included “Dr. Zed”: he performed age-appropriate science experiments like Mr. Wizard, but styled himself as a stereotypical mad scientist.
  5. Beakman’s World
  6. Bill Nye the Science Guy
  7. Doctor Who - the show was originally created to be educational, teaching kids about history (through trips to the past) and science (through trips to the future); as time went on, and stories about aliens proved to be the most popular, the educational premise faded away.
  8. The Magic School Bus
  9. Sesame Street
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Edutainment TV shows

  1. Calling All Safety Scouts
  2. Mr. Wizard/Mr. Wizard’s World - science show aimed at tweens hosted by a guy who looked like a retired Science professor; by the standards of today he was kind of an old grump.
  3. Schoolhouse Rock- animated educational musical show.
  4. OWL/TV - A Canadian variety show teaching about nature, science, and health. Included “Dr. Zed”: he performed age-appropriate science experiments like Mr. Wizard, but styled himself as a stereotypical mad scientist.
  5. Beakman’s World
  6. Bill Nye the Science Guy
  7. Doctor Who - the show was originally created to be educational, teaching kids about history (through trips to the past) and science (through trips to the future); as time went on, and stories about aliens proved to be the most popular, the educational premise faded away.
  8. The Magic School Bus
  9. Sesame Street
  10. Reading Rainbow

Moments when shows jumped the shark

  1. “Hollywood: Part 3” S5E3 of Happy Days - This is the moment that birthed the trope, as Fonzie literally dons skis and jumps over a shark.
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Moments when shows jumped the shark

  1. “Hollywood: Part 3” S5E3 of Happy Days - This is the moment that birthed the trope, as Fonzie literally dons skis and jumps over a shark.
  2. “Not Quite New York” S6E1 of Laverne and Shirley, when they relocated the show to California

-“BB”-

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Moments when shows jumped the shark

  1. “Hollywood: Part 3” S5E3 of Happy Days - This is the moment that birthed the trope, as Fonzie literally dons skis and jumps over a shark.
  2. “Not Quite New York” S6E1 of Laverne and Shirley, when they relocated the show to California
  3. “The Principal and the Pauper” S9E2 of The Simpsons, when the real Seymour Skinner comes to Springfield and then leaves at the end (or rather, put on the back of a train) and the townsfolk decides to just ignore it because it’s easier that way.
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Moments when shows jumped the shark

  1. “Hollywood: Part 3” S5E3 of Happy Days - This is the moment that birthed the trope, as Fonzie literally dons skis and jumps over a shark.
  2. “Not Quite New York” S6E1 of Laverne and Shirley, when they relocated the show to California
  3. “The Principal and the Pauper” S9E2 of The Simpsons, when the real Seymour Skinner comes to Springfield and then leaves at the end (or rather, put on the back of a train) and the townsfolk decides to just ignore it because it’s easier that way.
  4. “Welcome Aboard” S5E17 of The Brady Bunch introduces Cousin Oliver to the show. It was the lowest-rated show of the season, and led to the pejorative of a formerly hit series introducing a small child or baby in an effort to boost ratings, a “Cousin Oliver effect.”
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Moments when shows jumped the shark

  1. “Hollywood: Part 3” S5E3 of Happy Days - This is the moment that birthed the trope, as Fonzie literally dons skis and jumps over a shark.
  2. “Not Quite New York” S6E1 of Laverne and Shirley, when they relocated the show to California
  3. “The Principal and the Pauper” S9E2 of The Simpsons, when the real Seymour Skinner comes to Springfield and then leaves at the end (or rather, put on the back of a train) and the townsfolk decides to just ignore it because it’s easier that way.
  4. “Welcome Aboard” S5E17 of The Brady Bunch introduces Cousin Oliver to the show. It was the lowest-rated show of the season, and led to the pejorative of a formerly hit series introducing a small child or baby in an effort to boost ratings, a “Cousin Oliver effect.”
  5. “Crossroads: Part 2,” S3E20 of Battlestar Galactica. The hidden “Final Five” unique Cylons had been presented as a huge deal, and a key part of the Cylons’ great plan, but when the identities of those five – all of whom had been masquerading as humans on the fleet – were finally revealed, it turned out to be confusing, requiring significant retcons in order to justify it, and the Five turned out to not be large factors in the final plotline. As it turned out, the showrunners did not know all along who the Final Five were, and chose the five characters out of a flawed process of elimination at the eleventh hour.
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Moments when shows jumped the shark

  1. “Hollywood: Part 3” S5E3 of Happy Days - This is the moment that birthed the trope, as Fonzie literally dons skis and jumps over a shark.
  2. “Not Quite New York” S6E1 of Laverne and Shirley, when they relocated the show to California
  3. “The Principal and the Pauper” S9E2 of The Simpsons, when the real Seymour Skinner comes to Springfield and then leaves at the end (or rather, put on the back of a train) and the townsfolk decides to just ignore it because it’s easier that way.
  4. “Welcome Aboard” S5E17 of The Brady Bunch introduces Cousin Oliver to the show. It was the lowest-rated show of the season, and led to the pejorative of a formerly hit series introducing a small child or baby in an effort to boost ratings, a “Cousin Oliver effect.”
  5. “Crossroads: Part 2,” S3E20 of Battlestar Galactica. The hidden “Final Five” unique Cylons had been presented as a huge deal, and a key part of the Cylons’ great plan, but when the identities of those five – all of whom had been masquerading as humans on the fleet – were finally revealed, it turned out to be confusing, requiring significant retcons in order to justify it, and the Five turned out to not be large factors in the final plotline. As it turned out, the showrunners did not know all along who the Final Five were, and chose the five characters out of a flawed process of elimination at the eleventh hour.
  6. Mork and Mindy- Season 4, Episode 5- when they added a baby named Mearth . Mearth was played by the adult Jonathan Winters.
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Moments when shows jumped the shark

  1. “Hollywood: Part 3” S5E3 of Happy Days - This is the moment that birthed the trope, as Fonzie literally dons skis and jumps over a shark.
  2. “Not Quite New York” S6E1 of Laverne and Shirley, when they relocated the show to California
  3. “The Principal and the Pauper” S9E2 of The Simpsons, when the real Seymour Skinner comes to Springfield and then leaves at the end (or rather, put on the back of a train) and the townsfolk decides to just ignore it because it’s easier that way.
  4. “Welcome Aboard” S5E17 of The Brady Bunch introduces Cousin Oliver to the show. It was the lowest-rated show of the season, and led to the pejorative of a formerly hit series introducing a small child or baby in an effort to boost ratings, a “Cousin Oliver effect.”
  5. “Crossroads: Part 2,” S3E20 of Battlestar Galactica. The hidden “Final Five” unique Cylons had been presented as a huge deal, and a key part of the Cylons’ great plan, but when the identities of those five – all of whom had been masquerading as humans on the fleet – were finally revealed, it turned out to be confusing, requiring significant retcons in order to justify it, and the Five turned out to not be large factors in the final plotline. As it turned out, the showrunners did not know all along who the Final Five were, and chose the five characters out of a flawed process of elimination at the eleventh hour.
  6. Mork and Mindy- Season 4, Episode 5- when they added a baby named Mearth . Mearth was played by the adult Jonathan Winters.
  7. Diff’rent Strokes - Season 7 - Phillip Drummond marries Maggie McKinney; Maggie and her son Sam move into the penthouse. Dana Plato was dropped and Todd Bridges was gone for numerous episodes so the family dynamic changed as Arnold became an older brother to Sam.