I had absolutely no memory of that show, until I clicked on the link. Then I thought, “That seems oddly familiar”. Then the frog on the gazebo and the owl and the hippo, and, yep, very clear memories. I definitely watched…that intro. I still can’t tell you anything about the show itself. And age gives a different perspective: I now find the frog, owl, and hippo unspeakably creepy.
Make A Wish with Tom (Harry’s brother) Chapin.
Chaos with Tim Blake Nelson as a triple-badass CIA agent.
Okay, he was the only good part of the show, and he wasn’t the lead.
I think this was already in reruns when I caught it, but there was this space show about some guy in a yellow shirt and a guy with elf ears in a blue shirt treking around from star to star. I think there was a green woman in one of the episodes.
I agree he was the best part, but I didn’t think he was the only good part. But from what I recall, there was a distinct tonal shift from the pilot somewhere along the line, and the episodes also seemed to be aired out of order, which definitely didn’t help. It went from anti-establishment action-comedy to a blander action-adventure show, but it would switch tones and approaches back and forth from episode to episode.
Sometimes the CIA Deputy Director of Operations was actively trying to sabotage the C.H.A.O.S. unit and get them disbanded, and they were running ops against him. But in other episodes he had a grudging respect for them and defended them in bureaucratic fights. I assume the producers tweaked the premise sometime during the production run, but that the episodes appeared out of order, so it was a tonal mess.
Little known fact:
William Shatner, star of TJ Hooker, had a major role in that show.
Its title will come me…
^ “‘Wagon Train’ To The Stars”
Just one? 
I remember watching that one as a kid, but mostly for the planes.
That one stands out to me, because I liked it, and then it was gone. Obviously it was before the age of easy information, as I kid I wasn’t reading Hollywood trade rags (or whatever), and the show wasn’t popular enough to get mainstream reporting on its departure, so it was all just a mystery. There was this show I liked, and then it wasn’t on TV anymore.
Galactica 1980 was like that too, but I think even as a kid I knew that one was bad, so wasn’t at all surprised when it vanished.
That one filmed here in Toronto, which once again I found hilarious, because like Hannibal, it portrays a Washington D.C. that’s almost always under a foot of snow and is populated by Canadian day players. It was also, I think, on the PAX Network in the states, so there was occasionally some heavy-handed Jesus talk worked in.
There was a sitcom that lasted for one season called It’s Your Move that starred a pre-Hogan Family Jason Bateman. I think I saw maybe two episodes of it, including one where a dead rock band’s performance is faked by the main characters rigging some dressed skeletons up marionette-style. Strangely, my best friend in university had also only seen one or two episodes, and that was one of them. I remember one time either that Grateful Dead video (“Touch of Grey”) or some cheesy horror movie that used the same device (or maybe even Weekend at Bernie’s) came up, and from that point on, “Just like in that episode of It’s Your Move starring Jason Bateman!” became one of those inside joke running gags that we found hilarious but nobody else got.
I was just thinking of that a few months ago. Psychedelia for the pre-teens.
I remember that one! I thought it was hilarious!
The Dregs of Humanity. I liked It’s Your Move.
How about Mann and Machine?
if i remember hermans head originally was done by a comedy troupe on stage
I remember that show after it was canceled and the guy who was the wizard the actor did an arc on la law and suddenly died …I’m thinking suicide or something like it
She is finding a career in directing now.
Weirdly, Disney borrowed most of the premise of Gold Monkey for their animated Jungle Book character series TaleSpin.
That reminds me of “You Again?”
Jack Klugman is a divorcee of ten years when his free-spirited son moves back in with him. The son was played by John Stamos.