# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/382 "2021-07-13T20:26:39Z")
So do I. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/383 "2021-07-13T20:29:07Z")
Mayor Teddy Burnside: “Handle it, handle it!” ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/384 "2021-07-13T20:32:24Z")
Anyone else from the Indianapolis broadcast area remember “Time for Timothy” with Timothy Churchmouse? It came on early Sunday mornings. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/385 "2021-07-13T20:57:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Then there was [Video Village](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf1pwMWpgcM), a game show dumber than any other with the exception of [Shenanigans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyX9t8iM8eY) Sometimes I think I’m not getting enough Stubby Kaye, but then someone like you comes along and shows me that “none” is pretty close to correct . Except for Cat Ballou, but that’s mostly for Jane Fonda in cowboy garb. ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/386 "2021-07-13T21:23:57Z")
**This show** certainly had a dramatic opening: https://www.youtube.com/embed/wsgqKv_Xi48?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLTKmp3L0wn-VS-k9al-MJORjc8DX4OzR3 John Bromfield was married to French actress Corinne Calvet, who was cast in the Martin and Lewis picture _ **My Friend Irma Goes West** _. Bromfield’s movie career was sabotaged after Calvet refused to sleep with producer Lew Wallace. _ **US Marshall** _, also starring Bromfield, was a sequel to this series. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/387 "2021-07-13T23:20:48Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Most people remember Gerry Anderson’s _Thunderbirds_ and _Fireball XL5_ (gotta love the opening sequence), but not too many people liked _Supercar_ as much as I did. I wanted a Supercar toy a lot, but never got one. This probably explains much about my current personality. _Supercar_ was my favorite show when I was about 6 years old! I did have a Supercar toy—an orange battery-powered thing that would scoot around on the floor in various patterns. I wish I still had it; it would probably be worth a fortune now! ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/388 "2021-07-13T23:28:37Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > If you remember **Tales of The Gold Monkey** you might also remember the other **Raiders of the Lost Ark** inspired show that came out that year, [Bring 'Em Back Alive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_'Em_Back_Alive_(TV_series)). I remember both. The genre got an addition about five years ago with a mini-series called **Hooten and the Lady** , which was slightly better than the terrible title would suggest. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/389 "2021-07-14T00:20:42Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I remember both. The genre got an addition about five years ago with a mini-series called **Hooten and the Lady** , which was slightly better than the terrible title would suggest. Also about two years ago with [_Blood & Treasure_.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_%26_Treasure) Although I think both of the latter two are in the neo-pulp genre of the Tomb Raider and Uncharted franchises rather than the retro-pulp of Indiana Jones, _Tales of the Gold Monkey_, and _Bring 'Em Back Alive_ (but, of course neo-pulp draws heavily on retro-pulp). ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/390 "2021-07-14T00:48:07Z")
Remember the “Magnificent Marble Machine?” I thought the ginormous pinball machine made for a cool game show prop. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rU7n6Ncojx8/hqdefault.jpg "The Magnificent Marble Machine Part 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU7n6Ncojx8) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/391 "2021-07-14T01:09:36Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I loved “The Champions”. A couple of us oldsters were explaining how we grew up listening to old radio shows (my Sunday nights were spent way out in the country at grandma’s cottage, with a huge floor-standing radio). And I mentioned that _The Shadow_ was my first superhero. _The Champions_ might have been my next ones. They also had “super” powers as a function of mental abilities they learned in the Tibetan mountains. I was impressed by how restrained their powers were. At the time I thought “Well, of course, because the show is British.” Mental discipline only slightly augmenting their strength (and jumping ability… not sure why), and giving them telepathy with each other. Handy for spies! I may watch a whole episode, but I’ll bet it’ll seem slow-paced compared to today’s fare. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/392 "2021-07-14T05:19:58Z")
**The PJs** (1999-2001) - Claymation-style stop motion cartoon about an inner-city black project. It caught a fair amount of flak in its day for having “stereotypes”, but I never thought it went too overboard, and seeing poor blacks being acknowledged in _any_ context in mainstream television was refreshing. Mainly I found the writing consistently good and didn’t see anything that was a massive turnoff, which was more than I could say for any other primetime cartoon at the time. **Siberia** (2013) - A typical reality TV gaggle of contestants meet for what they think is going to be a Survivor-style contest in a remote part of Russia. Things quickly go south, with disasters wrecking both their camp and supplies, their host mysteriously vanishes, and they find themselves zapped several decades in the past and confronted by angry Cossacks. And then things gets weird. One of those “high concept” shows that got so wrapped up in its enigmas that it never bothered to nail down what the heck it was supposed to _be._ A survival drama? A time-slip mystery? A fight against nature and a hostile foreign presence? A surrealist adventure? Had some fun with this, but by the end I was as done with this as the actual Survivor. **Son of Zorn** (2016) - [Did a thread on this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-zorn-should-i-be-concerned/767555). The underlying lesson everyone should learn from this is that if your show is going to have any kind of liberal bashing, much less completely bake it into the premise, you absolutely have to blast it out of the park. The viewers _must_ become slavering diehard fans _right away_ and feverishly shout down any and all opposition. If they’re saying things like “It just didn’t click for me,” “It has potential,” “Something feels a bit off,” “I’m not seeing the point,” or “I’ll give it a few weeks and see how it goes,” it is **doomed**. The chances of it surviving the backlash from viewers who don’t give a free pass to slavering right-wing punching down are zero. [Here’s an idea of what I’m talking about](https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/47441-son-of-zorn/#comments). With each passing year South Park looks more and more like lightning in a bottle. Heck, even Beavis and Butthead got its Quote For The Ages. The only time you ever hear about Son of Zorn anymore is when I need something to harp on for a discussion like this. Shame. ---
**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 14, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/393 "2021-07-14T09:09:09Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > **Son of Zorn** (2016) - [Did a thread on this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-zorn-should-i-be-concerned/767555). The underlying lesson everyone should learn from this is that if your show is going to have any kind of liberal bashing, much less completely bake it into the premise, you absolutely have to blast it out of the park. The viewers _must_ become slavering diehard fans _right away_ and feverishly shout down any and all opposition. If they’re saying things like “It just didn’t click for me,” “It has potential,” “Something feels a bit off,” “I’m not seeing the point,” or “I’ll give it a few weeks and see how it goes,” it is **doomed**. The chances of it surviving the backlash from viewers who don’t give a free pass to slavering right-wing punching down are zero. [Here’s an idea of what I’m talking about](https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/47441-son-of-zorn/#comments). With each passing year South Park looks more and more like lightning in a bottle. Heck, even Beavis and Butthead got its Quote For The Ages. The only time you ever hear about Son of Zorn anymore is when I need something to harp on for a discussion like this. Shame. I liked **Son of Zorn** and was disappointed that it got cancelled (or not renewed). I didn’t _love_ it, but it was a fun concept and they did some fun things with it, albeit unevenly. Plus I like Tim Meadows. I’m baffled by your characterization of the show here and in the other thread though, and unless the “backlash from viewers who don’t give a free pass to slavering right-wing punching down” was further down that thread you linked to than I read, I’m baffled by your characterization of those people’s reactions too. It was an okay show about a cartoon He-Man/D&D barbarian type trying (not very successfully) to live in the real world and relate to his somewhat estranged son, not political satire. ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/394 "2021-07-14T12:27:03Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > **The PJs** (1999-2001) - Claymation-style stop motion cartoon about an inner-city black project. It caught a fair amount of flak in its day for having “stereotypes”, but I never thought it went too overboard, and seeing poor blacks being acknowledged in _any_ context in mainstream television was refreshing. Mainly I found the writing consistently good and didn’t see anything that was a massive turnoff, which was more than I could say for any other primetime cartoon at the time. I remember _The PJs_. Eddie Murphy played the lead character, a property manager of a public housing project. Funny show. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/395 "2021-07-14T12:36:30Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Anyone else from the Indianapolis broadcast area remember “Time for Timothy” with Timothy Churchmouse? It came on early Sunday mornings. I do, but only vaguely. I never really watched it, but I occasionally saw bits of it while getting ready for Sunday school. That was enough for me. For those who never had the “pleasure” of seeing “Time for Timothy,” it was a religious-themed local show for children, with puppets of a mouse and his friends teaching lessons in morality. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/396 "2021-07-14T17:55:02Z")
The Magic Door, a Jewish kid’s show, was usually on very early Sunday mornings. Davey and Goliath would be on before. or after the Magic Door. And I think at one point they were followed by Gumby. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/397 "2021-07-14T18:30:53Z")
It wasn’t obscure, but I would suspect most on the board never saw the Huntley-Brinkley Report, which ran from 1956 to 1970 and featured in-depth news (unlike today). It also had the opening notes of the 2nd movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony as its theme music. It took me years to find that out back in the days of no internet. It’s still my favorite Beethoven symphony. ---
**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 14, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/398 "2021-07-14T20:00:38Z")
Also alluded to in Tom Lehrer’s “So Long, Mom, I’m Off to Drop the Bomb!” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EGT6bdlcLPI/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Lehrer: So Long, Mom - A Song For World War III (concert live) (1965)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGT6bdlcLPI) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/399 "2021-07-14T20:54:19Z")
I got hailed as a genius by an 8th-grade teacher for comparing _The Courtship of Miles Standish_ to _Cyrano de Bergerac_. She was amazed I had even heard about the latter. I never had the heart to tell her that I saw the Mr. Magoo version. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/400 "2021-07-14T21:00:37Z")
I remember trying a couple of episodes and not laughing once. I could hardly believe Lorne Michaels produced it. * * * **She-Wolf of London** was fun. They avoided the trope of having the title character “wolf-out” every episode, and had her and the male lead run afoul of various supernatural menaces. Sort of a proto-_Buffy_. One of the few that didn’t have a supernatural element was a brilliant pastiche of _Star Trek_ (ok, of _ST_ fandom and conventions) that must have been an inspiration for _Galaxy Quest._ ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/401 "2021-07-14T21:36:29Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > > [@terentii](#): > > > > 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. > > I regularly watched Bizarre as a kid. Strangely, it was a show made by Americans but shot here in Toronto. It was fairly racy for prime-time comedy (plenty of dorsal nudity and double ententres), but I think maybe it was made for American cable? It always seemed very low-rent, kind of shoddy production values. And it also was an odd mix of meta fourth-wall-breaking, pull the curtain back on the comedy-style sketches, and hoary old schtick (ie: lots of pies instead of a punchline). Really hard to find now, I think there were a couple of best-of DVD compilations at one point but that’s about it. I think this aired on showtime I remember this sow for 2 reasons … when I was in school one of my classmates mentioned he saw it and it had some skit about a man and a sheep… and he had questions and the teacher had a fit we were discussing it because well ewww … Well when I finally saw the actual show … well I wasn’t impressed it was cheap and tried to be afunny dirty real people parody in a jr high age level way the second reason was It was the first time I had seen “super dave Osbourne” which I found laugh out loud funny because of the way they presented it it was like a "wide world of sports " promo where after every skit they’d cut to a promo saying "stay tuned for the super dave stunt grand finale " … and I didn’t know yet he was supposed to fail so when he did after that hype When I went back to school after summer break I found the friend that first mentioned the show and told him how dumb it was except for super dave he let me in on the fact he always failed … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=21)