# TV Shows lost in the mists of time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324 "2012-04-09T23:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/41 "2012-04-10T14:32:44Z")
[**Hard Time on Planet Earth**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096606/) a sci-fi series that aired back in the late 80’s about an alien exiled to Earth in a human form who had a floating orb as a companion. The series featured plenty of ass kicking and feats of super strength by the alien. I remember loving it as a kid, but it only lasted a few episodes and I never heard a thing about it after it left the air. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/42 "2012-04-10T14:38:53Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I suspect any I might list are probably repeated regularly on various US cable channels, but anyhoo: > > _Boston Common_ > _Probe_ I do remember **Probe** , rather vaguely. But I used to love **Boston Common**! Anthony Clark was hilarious, used to do great standup comedy too, and then he went and did that dismal **Yes, Dear** show, bleh. And the girl who played his sister, Hedy Burress, was smokin’ hot. Her getting topless with Angelina Jolie in **Foxfire** was a dream come true. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/43 "2012-04-10T14:44:42Z")
Casey Jones… Saturday morning – Champion the wonder horse. The Cities of Gold and all that stuff – fond memories. My favourite was Casey Jones a steamin’ and a rollin’ Casey Jones you never have to guess When you hear the tootin’ of the whistle It’s Casey at the throttle of the Cannonball Express! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/44 "2012-04-10T14:44:57Z")
I can’t find any YouTube links, but anyone remember _Almost Anything Goes_? Teams from different towns would compete against each other in wild ‘n’ wacky stunts. There was a big pool they always had to rope across, or fight each other in boats, or something. It was the '70s, I was a kid, and I loved it. It seems like it aired around the same time as _Real People_, which I also adored. Sarah Purcell and Byron Allen were like _real people_ to me! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/45 "2012-04-10T14:46:00Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > [T.H.E. Cat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.H.E._Cat) 1966-1967 show about a bodyguard, Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat. Written by Harry Julian Fink who went on to write Dirty Harry among other things. > Very dark, very film noir. > I loved that show. It starred Robert Loggia as a former circus acrobat and master cat burglar. We named one of our cats after the character, btw. My “lost” show is _Shenanigans_, a 1965 children’s game show starring Stubby Kaye. The kids would advance along a giant game board while doing silly things-a sort of proto Nickelodeon show. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/46 "2012-04-10T14:47:22Z")
I should dig out my old diaries. I remember always writing down my favorite shows and my thoughts about them! ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/47 "2012-04-10T14:50:32Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Ah, thanks for the correction. I dunno. To my 10 year old self Benny Hill was English (and so on at a more reasonable time of day) and Kenny Everett was Australian (down under late at night). I also thought he was far funnier and dirtier than Benny Hill. Perhaps because I was sneak watching late at night. And I loved, loved, _loved_ his space cowboy cartoon segments. Well, all right… I’ll let you off this time. Just don’t make me tell you again [in another six years.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7426420&highlight=Kenny+Everett#post7426420) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/48 "2012-04-10T15:00:35Z")
_Cupid_, ill fated Jeremy Piven vehicle about a guy who might possibly be Cupid, or maybe just delusional. No one seems to remember this show but me and my one friend. _Eerie, IN_ Tweener moves to a small Indiana town but he (and his friend) are the only ones who seem to notice everyone is super-bizarre. Madcap and semi-supernatural adventures ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/49 "2012-04-10T15:01:24Z")
The ultimate forgotten TV show was “Night Walk”. > **[Night Walk (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Walk_(TV_series))** > > Night Walk was the first in a short but frequently-repeated series of late-night television programs aired on Global in Ontario from 1986 to 1993. It would later be supplemented by similar programs such as Night Ride and Night Moves. Despite having a seven-year run on Global, only two episodes of Night Walk and one episode each of Night Ride and Night Moves were originally produced, and were repeated nightly during late-night hours. > Each of the shows was a first-person view of a trip through par... It was the ultimate depressive midnight-drunk (or stoned) show - all it consisted of was a POV filming of a guy wandering around Toronto at night, while sad lonely music played. Later, it was supplemented by “Night Ride”, the same idea, but with the cameraman riding the subway at night. It was oddly hypnotic. Nothing ever happened. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/50 "2012-04-10T15:07:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [It’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_About_Time_(TV_series)) [About](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1G-TsdNWGg) [Time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYe6g6vGUac). Oh, dear, seeing that brings this other Joe E. Lewis vehicle to mind: [Car 54 Where Are You](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz9HfEEUqA&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/51 "2012-04-10T15:14:52Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > Oh, dear, seeing that brings this other Joe E. Lewis vehicle to mind: > [Car 54 Where Are You](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz9HfEEUqA&feature=related) Joe E. _Ross_–Joe E. Lewis was a very different person. Joe E. Ross, I am told, was the biggest jerk in Hollywood, which is pretty impressive when you consider the competition. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/52 "2012-04-10T15:16:37Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > Oh, dear, seeing that brings this other Joe E. Lewis vehicle to mind: > [Car 54 Where Are You](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz9HfEEUqA&feature=related) I used to watch Car 54 all the time with my dad. FTR, I’m only 31 so it was long since in reruns in the 80’s. He’d always think he was being so tricky by saying 'Do you recognize them?" “Yes dad, it’s [Herman and Grandpa](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GzDSYCqX7vo/TKbAhpiz8NI/AAAAAAAABxM/immuzF4Sps8/s1600/Car+54.jpg) from the [Munster’s](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfl54jXp9x1qbz1b3o1_500.jpg), just like it is every time we watch the show” But when ever it’s on now I get to point that out to other people. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/53 "2012-04-10T15:23:05Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Joe E. _Ross_–Joe E. Lewis was a very different person. Joe E. Ross, I am told, was the biggest jerk in Hollywood, which is pretty impressive when you consider the competition. Oh, I knew I ws typing something in wrong, but didn’t take the time to check. Thank you for correcting me. Never did like Ross…always repelled me. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/54 "2012-04-10T15:27:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I recall this. It was about a guy who gets cracked on the head and falls into the water. He’s rescued, but has amnesia. One of the few things he can remember are the words _Coronet Blue_. It turns out that he apparently doesn’t exist – his ID doesn’t seem to match up with any existing records. So he spends the series trying to find out who he is and what the hell “Coronet Blue” means. > IIRC, the screte wawsn’t revealed during the run of the show – it didn’t last long enough. But you can read all about it here: (Spoiler warning) > > [Coronet Blue - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronet_Blue) Sounds like an inspiration for _John Doe_. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/55 "2012-04-10T15:31:25Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > Never did like Ross…always repelled me. I always loved Joe E. Ross, and was disillusioned to find out what a \*dick \*he was. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/56 "2012-04-10T15:33:40Z")
I always loved the Bill Bixby show “The Magician,” which ran for just a year in the early seventies. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/57 "2012-04-10T15:38:33Z")
Ultraman! ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/58 "2012-04-10T15:43:27Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I used to watch Car 54 all the time with my dad. FTR, I’m only 31 so it was long since in reruns in the 80’s. He’d always think he was being so tricky by saying 'Do you recognize them?" “Yes dad, it’s [Herman and Grandpa](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GzDSYCqX7vo/TKbAhpiz8NI/AAAAAAAABxM/immuzF4Sps8/s1600/Car+54.jpg) from the [Munster’s](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfl54jXp9x1qbz1b3o1_500.jpg), just like it is every time we watch the show” But when ever it’s on now I get to point that out to other people. Herman yes - but it was the cook from Bilko - not Grampa… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/59 "2012-04-10T15:43:35Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > _Cupid_, ill fated Jeremy Piven vehicle about a guy who might possibly be Cupid, or maybe just delusional. No one seems to remember this show but me and my one friend. I absolutely remember this show. I loved it, and I wish they’d bring it back. Very smart writing. > [@](#): > > _Eerie, IN_ Tweener moves to a small Indiana town but he (and his friend) are the only ones who seem to notice everyone is super-bizarre. Madcap and semi-supernatural adventures ensue. I loved this one! I’m pretty sure you can still find the whole run of it on Netflix; at least you could a few months ago when I watched it. My favorite episode was the one where the Stepford-like mom sealed her twin boys in Foreverware every night. As for my contributions, I’ll add: _[Pearl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_%28TV_series%29)_, starring Malcolm McDowell as a stuffy uppercrust English professor and Rhea Perlman as a working-class woman who went back to college. _[Dweebs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dweebs_%28TV_series%29)_, starring Peter Scolari as a Bill-Gates-style scatterbrained millionaire head of a software company, and featured the various programmers and the “normal” woman who was hired to be their receptionist and functioned as their window on the non-nerd world. Loved that show. It only lasted a few episodes, sadly. Scolari was great in it. _The Paper Chase_, with John Houseman as law professor Kingsfield. Quite popular in its day but I never see it on in reruns anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324/60 "2012-04-10T15:43:53Z")
[Dinosaurs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaurs_(TV_series)), one of Jim Henson’s last projects (he died before it launched). It ran against the early seasons of The Simpsons and given that both followed the usual sitcom template of inept dad, sensible mom and 2.4 children it’s not surprising that it didn’t last too long. But I still occasionally utter the phrase “We’re gonnna need another Timmy” when opportunity presents itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-lost-in-the-mists-of-time/618324.md?page=4)