# TV Shows Only You Remember **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 8, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022 "2021-07-08T20:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/282 "2021-07-12T15:44:50Z")
How about the original _Smothers Brothers Show_ . Not the variety show, but the sitcom in which Tommy’s character died, so he was an angel who could take to his brother, played by Dick? Interesting Trivia note – it was the last CBS sitcom to be filmed in black and white > **[The Smothers Brothers Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Show)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Smothers Brothers Show is > an American fantasy sitcom featuring the Smothers Brothers that aired on CBS on Friday nights at 9:30 p.m. ET from September 17, 1965, to April 22, 1966, co-sponsored by Alberto-Culver's VO5 hairdressing products and American Tobacco's Tareyton cigarettes. It was the first television show to feature the Smothers Brothers as regulars, following a series of night club and guest appearances. It lasted one season, consis... ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/283 "2021-07-12T15:55:01Z")
Here’s one that I remember seeing, but for the life of me can’t remember what it was called or who was in it. It was set in the 40s, possibly immediately post-WW2, about a single guy who had four or five young women as his charges. Most were oldish teenagers (one or two white, one African American, one Asian) and one towheaded nine-or-so-year-old. There were musical numbers, some fantasy and some diegetic: I remember one of the girls entering a talent competition in which she performed “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and it looked not unlike the musical numbers from the first MCU Captain America movie. Anyway, this show ran in the summer of 1987, and I can’t recall a title or a single cast member. Does this ring a bell for anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/284 "2021-07-12T16:09:18Z")
_[Rags to Riches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rags_to_Riches_(TV_series))_ I looked at the [Wikipedia list of TV shows that premiered in 1987](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1987_American_television_series_debuts). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/285 "2021-07-12T16:50:58Z")
I’ll see your _ **Automan** _ and raise you _ **The Highwayman** _: > **[The Highwayman (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwayman_(TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Highwayman is an American action-adventure themed television series starring Sam J. Jones, set in "The Near Future." It was created by Glen A. Larson and Douglas Heyes. The pilot aired in September 1987 and was followed by a short-lived series of nine episodes, with significant changes to the cast and format, that ran from March until May 1988. It was summed up by many reviewers as a cross between Mad Max and Knight Rider. > Opening narration... The whole premise of the show was summed up in a single line by Jane Badler: “What _are_ you, some kind of _government agent_?!?” 🤨 “DC Montana,” HA! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/286 "2021-07-12T16:54:55Z")
**Fun Fact:** “Magoo” is Russian for “I can [do it].” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/287 "2021-07-12T17:05:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **The Highwayman** _ : Nine episodes total, and they had time travel? Sheesh. Lots of interesting guest stars. And someone had a sense of humor: Episode six, characters Chief Clifton and Lt Broadside, played by the same actors from McCloud’s Chief Clifford and Lt Broadhurst. And the proposed spinoff was “McClone”? It probably sucks, but I think I’ll have to hunt this one down. Hope it is available. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/288 "2021-07-12T17:05:48Z")
Who remembers [Remember WENN](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115333/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)? It was AMC’s first attempt at producing a series, back when the network took the name American Movie Classics seriously. The show was about a small-time radio station in Pittsburgh during the 1930s and leading into World War 2. Despite its low budget, it had a knack for getting first-rate guest stars, often from Broadway. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/289 "2021-07-12T17:10:27Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Who remembers [Remember WENN](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115333/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)? Today I learned that the creator and primary writer of _Rememer WENN_ was Rupert Holmes. Yes, the “Pina Colada Song” guy. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/290 "2021-07-12T17:55:16Z")
I was going to mention “The New Show” also. The one sketch I remember featured John Candy as a guy who repaired food, and fortunately someone else did as well. [Roy’s Food Repair](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCxscU0hWok) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/291 "2021-07-12T17:57:39Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > _[Rags to Riches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rags_to_Riches_(TV_series))_ > > I looked at the [Wikipedia list of TV shows that premiered in 1987](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1987_American_television_series_debuts). Wow, thanks! I had no idea it lasted that long. I always thought of it as a fun mid-summer replacement series that came and went. But then I was 13 at the time and my time in front of the tube was limited by the 'rents. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/292 "2021-07-12T18:14:07Z")
I vividly remember the Dick Tracy cartoon as one of the worst cartoons I’ve ever watched. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/293 "2021-07-12T18:15:26Z")
This show was a Canadian import I used to watch on MPS/SP TV in the '80s. Some bits were incredibly non-PC, which I love. The late great Bob Einstein, famous for playing daredevil Super Dave Osborne, was a regular. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AxyXIGMuuiA/hqdefault.jpg "The Best Of Bizarre (Uncensored) Volume 1 - Episode 10") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxyXIGMuuiA) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/294 "2021-07-12T18:21:16Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Many have not seen _Better Off Ted_ . B.O.T. ran for a while on Netflix. Less remembered is creator Victor Fresco’s previous show [Andy Richter Controls the Universe](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307716/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0). ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/295 "2021-07-12T18:29:54Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Who remembers [Remember WENN](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115333/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)? I do, and I’m ashamed of myself for not mentioning it in this thread sooner! It was, as you say, filled with top name guest stars, and it was very well done. It wasn’t a musical, but the radio station setting did allow for a fair number of songs. That’s probably related to Rupert Holmes’s involvement. It also ended on a cliffhanger–would our lovely heroine choose the solid and dependable, but boring, guy, or the exciting but untrustworthy rogue?–which was destined to never be resolved. Several of the cast members used to turn up on _Law & Order_ now and then. It always amused me to see them. “Hey, the murderer is Victor Comstock from Remember WENN!” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/296 "2021-07-12T18:48:23Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I imagine you’re too young to remember **these shows**. I loved them! I watched all of them. And, in the other direction, “Sea Hunt” with Lloyd Bridges. I think “Ripcord” inspired my brother to start jumping out of planes. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/297 "2021-07-12T18:50:56Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I think “Ripcord” inspired my brother to start jumping out of planes. Perfectly good ones, you mean? 😲 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/298 "2021-07-12T18:55:42Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Strange. I have absolutely no memory of ever seeing Dick Tracy onscreen before the Warren Beatty movie. > But I vividly remember Joe Jitsu. Not surprising. Dick was on for a second at the beginning and the end of each episode, and in the middle when the detective would call in during a big fight or something, and all the action would stop while he did so. Carried on Channel 11 in NY, with “Officer” Joe Bolton as host. ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > Perfectly good ones, you mean? I went up with him once, and came down with the plane, not him. The plane was missing a big door, aside from that it seemed fine. Staring at a big hole in the side of the plane does encourage one to keep their seat belts buckled. Not seat belts, actually - everyone sat on the floor. ---
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We didn’t have cable until 1992 so I was watching whatever the networks put out. I remember (and was a big fan of) **Rags to Riches** and **Herman’s Head**. I was super in love with the guy who played Herman, William Ragsdale. I guess he may have been my first crush! (I was 11) I don’t think **Caroline in the City** was that obscure. Especially if it was tied to Seinfeld. **The Letter People** felt obscure but at least in my school, it was shown in kindergarten class. Anyone else watch it at school? ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/301 "2021-07-12T19:56:26Z")
_Shrimpenstein!_ was only shown locally in LA: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DRmpRCjcCFU/hqdefault.jpg "Shrimpenstein (1967) Pt. 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRmpRCjcCFU) I barely remember Super _President_ (we could sure use him now!): > **[Super President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_President)** > > Super President is an American animated cartoon that aired Saturday mornings on NBC from September 16, 1967 to December 28, 1968. The series was produced by the DePatie–Freleng animation company. > In the show, the President of the United States has extraordinary superpowers, including increased strength and the ability to change his molecular composition, and uses them to protect the Free World, as well as his hapless Vice President. The show was relentlessly criticized for its bad taste and low ... _Bump in the Night_ was a rare children’s TV foray into stop-motion: > **[Bump in the Night (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_in_the_Night_(TV_series))** > > Bump in the Night is an American stop-motion animated series by Danger Productions and Greengrass Productions. The show was filmed using stop-motion animation and aired on ABC from 1994 to 1995. It was created and directed by Ken Pontac and David Bleiman. > Mr. Bumpy is a small green, purple-warted monster living under the bed of a ten-year-old boy, where he eats dirty socks and dust bunnies as if they were delicacies. His best friends are Squishington, a blue monster that lived in the bathroom's ... Most of the other obscure TV shows I recall watching tended to be shown on LA’s Public Access: _New Wave Theater_ – Vintage Punk and New Wave bands _Colin’s Sleazy Friends_ – Interviews with porn stars _Kurt Max_ – Concert footage of great ’60s/’70s rock music acts [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=16)