# 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:** 9
**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 10, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/162 "2021-07-10T15:26:59Z")
I never got to see _ **Vendetta** _, but I did hear about it around the time I started high school. I was reading an article in some YA magazine, and a British girl listed it as one of her favorite shows (“All about the Mafia!”) along with _ **Dick van Dyke** _. When it comes to flops, **these two shows** definitely qualify. The second one was replaced with a nighttime version of _ **The Dating Game** _. Episodes of both are on YouTube. > **[The Ugliest Girl in Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugliest_Girl_in_Town)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Ugliest Girl in Town is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC. It ran from September 26, 1968, to January 30, 1969. > Timothy Blair is a Hollywood talent agent. He falls in love with Julie Renfield, a British actress who is visiting the United States to do a movie. After the movie is finished, she returns to England. To help his brother Gene complete a photography assignment, Timothy dresses as a hippie and poses for a photo shoot.... > **[The Tammy Grimes Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tammy_Grimes_Show)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Tammy Grimes Show is an American sitcom starring Broadway actress Tammy Grimes that aired during the 1966–67 season on the ABC network. The Tammy Grimes Show was one of the few prime time series of the era canceled after only four episodes. > Grimes played Tammy Ward, a spendthrift heiress under the financial thumb of her Uncle Simon (Hiram Sherman). The series also stars Dick Sargent (billed as Richard) as Tammy's uptight twin brother Terrance... I have to add _ **this show** _, which I found hilariously funny when I was in sixth grade: > **[The Pruitts of Southampton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pruitts_of_Southampton)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Pruitts of Southampton is an American situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The show was based on the novel House Party (1954) by Patrick Dennis. It was ABC's attempt to turn female stand-up comic Phyllis Diller into a sitcom comedienne very much in the style of Lucille Ball. > The program starred Diller as Phyllis Pruitt, and featured Gypsy Rose Lee and Richard Deacon in supporting roles with Diller feeling ... ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/163 "2021-07-10T15:57:35Z")
Great thread so many: Barrier Reef [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nJ6X8J_EXeE/hqdefault.jpg "Barrier Reef Opening and Closing Credits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ6X8J_EXeE) Fantastic Journey [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QCqwQJWALks/maxresdefault.jpg "The Fantastic Journey Theme (Intro & Outro)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqwQJWALks) Party Game [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zr012dc0KXs/hqdefault.jpg "Party Game - Show Open") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr012dc0KXs) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/164 "2021-07-10T16:02:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There was a show in the late-'70s, or possibly very early-'80s about a space ship that got caught in a time warp and returned to Earth in the future. The space ship was a Space Shuttle, and I’m pretty sure one of the actors was Ike Eisenmann, I can’t remember the name of it. Closest I can think of is the Planet of the Apes TV series. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BHWYuv36Mto/hqdefault.jpg "Planet of the Apes TV series opening titles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHWYuv36Mto) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/165 "2021-07-10T16:34:03Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Anyone else remember “ **Babes** ”, an early-'90s sitcom about three overweight sisters? It was fairly controversial at the time, yet fairly funny. I remember it, but as I was 14 or 15 at the time it aired I had no interest in watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Yogeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yogeekgirl/32/4129_2.png) [@Yogeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/166 "2021-07-10T16:49:29Z")
> **[Seeing Things (TV Series 1981–1987) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078685/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)** > > Seeing Things: Created by David Barlow, Louis Del Grande. With Louis Del Grande, Janet-Laine Green, Martha Gibson, Frank Adamson. A newspaper journalist has strange visions which help him in the solving of crimes. This one! I hardly remember it myself so it’s possible I may not have known how popular it could’ve been. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/167 "2021-07-10T16:51:10Z")
I remember that show, vaguely. Karl Malden played the hard workin’ blue collar dad. There was one episode about KM’s erectile dysfunction (which I didn’t-couldn’t watch, but eww) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/168 "2021-07-10T17:03:19Z")
Here’s one: 1966, Peter Duel and Judy Carne, meet-cute, newlyweds in NY, “Love On A Rooftop”. It played one season and disappeared, but thought to have influenced ‘Dharma and Greg’ ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/169 "2021-07-10T17:32:48Z")
A Year at the Top with Paul Shaffer and Greg Evigan - two musicians who make a deal with the devil to become superstars - a summer premiere, cancelled in 5 episodes by September (1977) (I watched all five) > **[A Year at the Top](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Year_at_the_Top)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A Year at the Top is an American sitcom that aired for five episodes on CBS from August 5 to September 2, 1977. Produced by T.A.T. Communications Company, the series was created by Heywood Kling and co-executive produced by Don Kirshner and Norman Lear. > Based on the Faust legend, the series stars Paul Shaffer and Greg Evigan as two struggling musicians who make a pact with the son of the devil for a year of success. A Year at the Top also stars N... ---
**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 10, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/170 "2021-07-10T17:42:52Z")
I remember this. It was part of ABC’s Thursday night’s lineup, which included _ **Bewitched** _ and _ **That Girl** _. I remember Judy’s asshole father, but I had forgotten about Rich Little and the goofy character he played. > **[Love on a Rooftop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_on_a_Rooftop)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Love on a Rooftop is an American sitcom about a newlywed couple, Dave and Julie Willis, and their humorous struggles to survive in San Francisco on Dave's apprentice architect's salary of $85.37 a week. Matters were complicated by the fact that Julie's rich father did not approve of their less than luxurious lifestyle and often took it upon himself to try to improve it, much to Dave's chagrin. > The series was produced by Screen Gems, the productio... All of **these** were on the 1966 schedule, but none of them did too well. I really liked _ **Blue Light** _, which later had the first few episodes combined to produce a full-length movie. I wanted to watch _ **Jericho** _, but it was on opposite _ **Batman** _. I kept wishing CBS would move it to a different time slot, but they cancelled it instead. > **[Baron (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baron)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Baron is a title of nobility. > Baron, The Baron or Barons may also refer to: > **[The Man Who Never Was (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Never_Was_(TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Man Who Never Was is a 1966 ABC-TV 20th Century Fox Television television series starring Robert Lansing and Dana Wynter. It has no connection with the better-known earlier 20th Century Fox book and film of the same name, and ran for only one season of 18 episodes between September 7, 1966, and January 4, 1967. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television, was filmed in Europe with the pilot episode being filmed in Berlin and Munich. John N... > **[T.H.E. Cat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.H.E._Cat)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > T.H.E. Cat was a US television action drama that aired on NBC Fridays from 9:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. during the 1966–1967 television season. > The series was co-sponsored by R.J. Reynolds (Winston) and Lever Brothers and was created by Harry Julian Fink. > Robert Loggia starred as the title character, Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat. The series preceded the 1968–1970 ABC television series It Takes a Thief, which was also about a cat burglar who uses his skil... > **[Blue Light (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Light_(TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Blue Light is a 1966 American espionage drama television series starring Robert Goulet and Christine Carère about the adventures of an American double agent in Nazi Germany during World War II. It aired from January 12 to May 18, 1966. > A theatrical movie, I Deal in Danger, was created by editing Blue Light's first four episodes together into a continuous story. I Deal in Danger was released in 1966 after Blue Light's cancellation. > Prior to Nazi ... > **[Jericho (1966 TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_(1966_TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Jericho is an American espionage series set during World War II. The series stars John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents, and aired on CBS from September 1966 to January 1967. > Norman Felton who had previously co-produced The Man from U.N.C.L.E. came up with the idea of a World War II espionage series produced by his Arena Productions through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television for the CBS television network. The characters were perh... Eric Braeden (aka Hans Gudegast) pretty much made a career out of playing a Nazi on different shows. _ **Jericho** _ is also notable for having had young Walter (“Ensign Chekov”) Koenig as a guest star. Episodes of most of these are on YouTube. I have to add **this show** , which was really good but suffered an unusual fate: > **[Coronet Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronet_Blue)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Coronet Blue is an American adventure drama series that ran on CBS from May 29 until September 4, 1967. > It starred Frank Converse as Michael Alden, an amnesiac in search of his identity. Brian Bedford co-starred. The show's 13 episodes were filmed in 1965 and were originally intended to be shown during the 1965–66 television season, but CBS put the show on hiatus when they reversed an earlier decision to cancel the drama Slattery's People. The n... ---
**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 10, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/171 "2021-07-10T18:37:48Z")
Yeah, jump those rotten Nazis! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p0_Tk5rz6W8/hqdefault.jpg "Jericho 1966 Main Title") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0_Tk5rz6W8) The full two-minute-long version of **this jazzy theme** is also on YouTube: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Nqjw6gLDeLU/hqdefault.jpg "Coronet Blue (TV series) - Opening Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqjw6gLDeLU) The networks used to run promos like **this** before the start of each new season. I recommend watching it at twice the normal speed. Make sure you catch the end. Holy technology! Dig that Bat-microview TV cartridge! Is this the first time a home VCR was featured in a scripted television show? 😲 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kHapib9rV4E/hqdefault.jpg "ABC PROMOTIONAL FILM. 1966 Season. 7 Nights To Remember. Hosted by Adam West") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHapib9rV4E) ---
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One of the first and only sitcoms I’ve ever gotten into was _Caroline in the City,_ which was on NBC starting in 1995, between _Seinfeld_ and _ER_. I don’t remember much about it, but it had a romance storyline that I liked. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/173 "2021-07-10T19:33:15Z")
Oh, definitely _Brimstone_ (1998). John Glover was great as The Devil. Strangely, in spite of being only a little over 20 years old, nobody I mention it to seems to remember anything at all about it. Since it was produced, many TV shows and movies have borrowed heavily from it. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/174 "2021-07-10T20:08:51Z")
I’ve brought this one up before, so I’ll just quote my self from: > [@shows canceled first season- that should not have been canceled.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-canceled-first-season-that-should-not-have-been-canceled/822738/78): > > One I think no one will remember, because I was probably one of the about half a dozen people in the weekly audience: [\*\*United States \*\*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080300/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt)(1980) lasted only six weeks. Starring Beau Bridges and Helen Shaver. Nominally a family comedy (husband, wife, two kids in suburbia), it didn’t have gags and pratfalls so much as situations and reactions, with observational humor dominating (in my recollection). The reason I call it ahead of its time is that it was a boundary pushing sitcom about 35 years b… I dug up the prom for the show, which doesn’t quite capture just how dark the show was. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-GEmkl7W9ts/hqdefault.jpg "NBC United States promo 1980") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GEmkl7W9ts) ---
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_Then Came Bronson_ A modern day (1969) Lone Ranger. From Wikipedia: _The series features Parks as the protagonist, James “Jim” Bronson, a newspaperman who becomes disillusioned after the suicide of his best friend Nick ([Martin Sheen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sheen)), and with “working for [The Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man)” after a heated argument with his editor._ _In order to renew his soul Bronson becomes a vagabond searching for the meaning of life and seeking experiences that life has to offer (as revealed in the series pilot). During his travels, he shares his values with the people he meets along the way and to whom he lends a helping hand when possible. Bronson rides a [Harley-Davidson Sportster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson_Sportster) [motorcycle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle) and, as such, he was viewed by some as a modern version of the solitary cowboy wandering the American west. The motorcycle had previously been sold to Nick by Bronson. After it is left at the scene of the suicide by his friend, Bronson buys it back from the widow._ _Though the opening promises a journey of self-discovery, the premise of each episode is that Bronson enters someone else’s life at a crucial point and acts as a catalyst for change._ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then\_Came\_Bronson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then_Came_Bronson) I often cite this as my secret dream and influence on how I treat friendships. Be there to be an ear to listen and a shoulder to lean on, then move on. _Easy Rider_ trailers were shown on TV at the time and I’ve always associated them with the series. Even at 9 years old, I related to the idea of traveling across America. Oddly, living in Hawaii means flying anywhere and I hate flying and traveling of any kind. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/176 "2021-07-10T22:43:17Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Oh, definitely _Brimstone_ (1998). John Glover was great as The Devil. Strangely, in spite of being only a little over 20 years old, nobody I mention it to seems to remember anything at all about it. Since it was produced, many TV shows and movies have borrowed heavily from it. I loved that show. It was cancelled much too soon. Anyone remember a short-lived sitcom from 1978 called [Husbands, Wives, & Lovers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands,_Wives_%26_Lovers)? ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/177 "2021-07-10T22:51:10Z")
Wail Till Your Father Gets Home [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ecQkZ_xIQJQ/hqdefault.jpg "Wait till your father gets home (1972) opening titles.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecQkZ_xIQJQ) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hVbZId6BxWc/hqdefault.jpg "Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp Opening and Closing Theme 1970 - 1971 (With Snippets)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVbZId6BxWc) When Things Were Rotten [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uG9YaXgF1pw/hqdefault.jpg "Classic TV Theme: When Things Were Rotten (Mel Brooks)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG9YaXgF1pw) ---
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> [@peccavi](#): > > I dug up the prom for the show, which doesn’t quite capture just how dark the show was. I remember that one. It was a Norman Lear confection, and one of its interesting points was that it had NO LAUGH TRACK. That might have been what sank it. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/179 "2021-07-10T23:12:04Z")
> [@Things that are tricky to Google](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-tricky-to-google/824272): > > The other day, I was thinking about an obscure short-lived comedy series called “United States” and wanted to learn more about it. Googling " ‘United States’ television series" was not helpful. Eventually, I used the IMDB search which gave me the name of the star (Beau Bridges) and I was able to use that information to find articles about what I was actually looking for [United States (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_(TV_series)) Today, I wanted to learn a little more about the USENET slang term “AOL” (which I know… ---
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I remember Lancelot Link and When Things Were Rotten…. Anybody recall Hot L Baltimore? Lots of star power. > **[Hot l Baltimore (TV Series 1975) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072512/)** > > Hot l Baltimore: With James Cromwell, Richard Masur, Conchata Ferrell, Al Freeman Jr.. Somewhat steamy/racy (for the time) carryings on in a ruined old hotel (the "E" burned out some time before and was never repaired). ---
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> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > However, my absolute favorite, flying miles over my head, was **Fractured Flickers** with Hans Conried. So, is anyone surprised that I held a flirtatious email conversation with his daughter? (embarrassed 😳) It was a great job! I was making my best dough with internet access and time to spare. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=10)