# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/322 "2021-07-13T00:33:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > There was a similar situation in the fall of 1964, when my older brother wanted to watch _ **World War I** _ . I had absolutely no objection to that, except it too was on opposite _ **Combat!** _ In that one, World War One is the obvious winner. How can you watch Combat! before you watch World War One? ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/323 "2021-07-13T00:34:39Z")
I was nine at the time and could only watch one of the two. I’ve more than made up for it since. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/324 "2021-07-13T00:37:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Just bought season 1 on DVD. And if I had a Jeep, I’d paint it with zebra stripes! When I was little, I wanted a Jeep like that. (Specifically, the CJ-6s they used.) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/325 "2021-07-13T01:05:16Z")
Remember _Fernwood 2-Night_ and _America 2-Night_ with Martin Mull and Fred Willard? I don’t think any of Willard’s lines were scripted. His genius was recognizable even back then. And Mull’s expressions when watching performances were priceless. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wf3diZco9hE/hqdefault.jpg "FernWood 2 Night - Swim Babes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf3diZco9hE) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/326 "2021-07-13T01:21:16Z")
I loved “The Champions”. I don’t know if “clueless boss” is a TV trope but it should be one. BTW Stuart Damon passed away recently. RIP. (It is a TV trope. Cited examples were Henry Blake and Arthur Carlson.) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/327 "2021-07-13T04:14:43Z")
i remember that was actually rerun on Nick at nite back in the late 80s when they were in the “golden age” era but it was the one lasts show before the 1 am repeats so I don’t think it was popular … i think the other was the ann southern show where she worked in a big city hotel … ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/328 "2021-07-13T04:46:07Z")
I always wanted a jeep like **this**. Still do! [![](https://metvcdn.metv.com/zSE7Q-1515535160-10972-list_items-ratpatrol_georgeheart.jpg) ](https://metvcdn.metv.com/zSE7Q-1515535160-10972-list_items-ratpatrol_georgeheart.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/329 "2021-07-13T04:48:17Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > **The Letter People** felt obscure but at least in my school, it was shown in kindergarten class. Anyone else watch it at school? Yes. And one more character. ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/330 "2021-07-13T04:52:05Z")
When you say _ **The Ann Sothern Show** _, do you mean **this one**? > **[Private Secretary (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Secretary_(TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Private Secretary (also known as Susie) is an American sitcom that aired from February 1, 1953, to September 10, 1957, on CBS, alternating with The Jack Benny Program on Sundays at 7:30pm EST. The series stars Ann Sothern as Susan Camille "Susie" MacNamara, devoted secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands, played by Don Porter. > Susie MacNamara (Sothern) is a former stage actress, a WAC veteran of World War II and single woman who works as t... I remember it being on a local MPS/SP station around 04:00 back in the '80s, right after I broke up with a girl named Susan. One of the best things that ever happened to me! ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/331 "2021-07-13T04:52:17Z")
The Ascent of Man was a short series with Jacob Bronowski as the narrator. During the program he presented his view of the world…scientist, musician, mathematician and philosopher all in one package. In my view one of the greatest minds of the modern age. But I don’t know anyone else who remembers the show. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/332 "2021-07-13T04:53:41Z")
_Run, Buddy, Run_ war mentioned up-thread–and I googled to make sure that the poster didn’t mean _Run, Joe, Run_. ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/333 "2021-07-13T04:55:50Z")
Oh, I remember it! It was the first documentary series I watched on PBS back in the '70s. It was on Sunday nights, and followed by _ **Monty Python’s Flying Circus** _. I mentioned it recently in another thread. ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/334 "2021-07-13T05:58:55Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > When you say _ **The Ann Sothern Show** _ , do you mean **this one**? Ha, that reminds me of the [Gale Storm Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gale_Storm_Show) where she plays a cruise director decades before Love Boat. Before this she was in [My Little Margie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Margie) where she had a very close relationship to her father, which I found a bit ooky even at 8 years old. ---
**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 13, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/335 "2021-07-13T06:08:52Z")
I remember watching _ **My Little Margie** _ when I was three or four years old. I was fascinated by how the portraits came to life at the beginning of the show. I also spent time trying to figure out how they did the ghost effects on _ **Topper** _. As I recall, these were on more or less together with _ **Love That Bob** _ and _ **The People’s Choice** _. I thought Cleo (the talking basset hound) was hilariously funny but had mixed feelings about Schultzy (Ann B Davis). ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/336 "2021-07-13T09:13:29Z")
> **[A New Kind of Family (TV Series 1979–1980) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078664/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)** > > A New Kind of Family: With Rob Lowe, Eileen Brennan, Lauri Hendler, David Hollander. Two single mothers rent the same house, sight unseen, from an unscrupulous real estate agent. With their money gone and no place else to go, they decide to move in... I used to go home from school for lunch and this was on as filler at 12:30 in the UK. I watched it as the 9year old me had a weird crush on Eileen Brennan after seeing Private Benjamin. I didn’t realize that Rob Lowe was one of the kids. It lasted one season and the IMDB trivia claims it came last in the ratings. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/337 "2021-07-13T10:17:28Z")
pretty much a proto Kate and ally eh ? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/338 "2021-07-13T11:04:14Z")
They made some new episodes of _Danger Mouse_ from 2015-2019, with Alexander Armstrong doing the voice. They’re a little too polished to have the charm of the original series, but some of the new material is pretty good. One of DM’s new villains is a scientist monkey called Isambard King Kong Brunel. Makes me laugh every time. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/339 "2021-07-13T11:05:46Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > _Run, Buddy, Run_ war mentioned up-thread–and I googled to make sure that the poster didn’t mean _Run, Joe, Run_. I did exactly the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/340 "2021-07-13T11:48:53Z")
Without googling, who knows what show had the catchphrase “Grits and greens strike again.”? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/341 "2021-07-13T12:45:38Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Without googling, who knows what show had the catchphrase “Grits and greens strike again”? _Flo_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=18)