# TV Shows that apparently, you're the only person ever to watch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383 "2004-02-27T00:29:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crazy150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@Crazy150](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy150)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/21 "2004-02-27T03:04:09Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Duckman. > > I seem to be the only person I know that has heard of/watched that show (cartoon) Nope! I’ve seen it many times! Duckman rules!!! ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/22 "2004-02-27T03:11:10Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > I am apparently the only person who remembers two PBS kids’ shows: a sort of trip-around-the-world show called _Big Blue Marble,_ and a bilingual sort of Sesame Street-type show called _Villa Alegre._ I can still hear the damn theme song to _Villa Alegre_ in my head; it’ll take me a week to get rid of it now. I remeber both of them but I only ever watched _Big Blue Marble_. Good show, for the time. It would be interesting to see an episode now. And I too am haunted by the _Villa Allegre_ song. When it was on I was the only person I knew who watched _Crime Story_ but I have since met some other fans (some on this board). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/23 "2004-02-27T03:12:20Z")
Well, apparently, I’m not the only person who ever watched _Quark_. When it aired, I didn’t actually know what sex was, aside from the fact that it was how babies were made, so the Ficus pollenating with the Hot Chick bit was kind of lost on me. In retrospect, the scene was hilarious. Anybody else remember _Holmes and Yo-Yo_ ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/24 "2004-02-27T03:14:01Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > I’ve never found anyone in real life who remembers Tooter Turtle, even though Neo channels him in The Matrix (“Help me, Mr. Wizard!”). Over and over again I tell you, Tooter: _Be just vat you iss Not vat you iss not. Folks vat do zis Has der happiest lot._ Yeah, I remember Tooter the Turtle and Mr. Wizard the Lizard. Used to run with other Jay Ward cartoons like Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, and Go Go Gophers. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/25 "2004-02-27T03:14:24Z")
_Brooklyn Bridge_: Kinda like _The Wonder Years_ only it involved a Jewish family in, uh, some burough of New York. And it was in the 1950’s. _It’s Like, You Know_: ABC said it was the next _Seinfeld_ (I think one of the _Seinfeld_ producers was involved in some way). It had a weird, quirky vibe to it. It lasted about half a season. _Arrested Development_: Unless I’ve been whooshed, it’s been cancelled. A comedy on Fox with few laughs but with a weird faux documentary feel and soap-opera-like story arcs. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/26 "2004-02-27T03:16:15Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > I am apparently the only person who remembers two PBS kids’ shows: a sort of trip-around-the-world show called _Big Blue Marble,_ and a bilingual sort of Sesame Street-type show called _Villa Alegre._ I can still hear the damn theme song to _Villa Alegre_ in my head; it’ll take me a week to get rid of it now. I’ll see your _Big Blue Marble_ (or I saw it anyway) and I’ll raise you _Powerhouse_ and a sign language show that I would swear was called _Studio See_ but IMDB doesn’t seem to have heard about. Also _Grapevine_. Not the remake (which just sucked) but the original, 6 episode series in 1992, which is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on TV. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/27 "2004-02-27T03:24:31Z")
> [@Thea Logica](#): > > Anybody else remember _Holmes and Yo-Yo_ I have fond memories of that little series from my childhood. Practically as a ritual, I would have a cup of _Betty Crocker Mug-O-Lunch_ macaroni and cheese along with it. Which has **also** since been discontinued. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/28 "2004-02-27T03:25:45Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > [_Quark_] was basically a parody of Star Trek, Except for the pilot episode, which was a parody of _Star Wars_. (“Use the Source!”) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/29 "2004-02-27T03:39:33Z")
Anyone remember _The Great Space Coaster_? It was on our local UHF station at about 7:30 AM. My brother and I used to catch it before we headed off to school. Apparently it was some kind of educational show, with comedy bits and a feel-good-about-yourself message thrown in. Two astronauts (a man and a woman) rode around in a little flying saucer. I also remember a Muppet-like gnu delivering a faux new broadcast each day. “Gary Gnu’s News!” ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/30 "2004-02-27T03:42:17Z")
Look for _Newsradio_ reruns on BIO starting on 3/1. Or at leat that’s what TiVo tells me. ---
**Author:** ![International\_Playboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@International\_Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/International_Playboy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/31 "2004-02-27T03:56:14Z")
There was an educational kids’ show I used to watch on Sunday mornings in the 1960s, “Discovery 67.” The show was on for at least a couple of years and the number in the title changed to correspond to the year. Later in the 70s, there was another show, whose name escapes me, but the host would link one thing after another, starting from and (I think) returning to the main topic at the end of the show. This was done at a rather rapid pace. I think he may have played a guitar as he narrated the show. Just tried to see if I could find it at [Yesterdayland.com](http://Yesterdayland.com) and looks like that site doesn’t exist anymore. There was an afternoon kids’ program from Baltimore, hosted by [Bob McAllister](http://www.tvparty.com/lostwonder.html), where he often played a superhero character named Mike Fury. McAllister later went on to be the second host of another Sunday program, “Wonderama.” Also watched [Diver Dan](http://www.planetxmagazine.com/diverdan.html), about a deep sea diver who walked around and talked to marionette fish. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/32 "2004-02-27T03:59:25Z")
This is gonna date me. A clone of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” called “Turn On”. Only one episode aired, and this was before the days of VCRs, so the chances that anyone else saw it are very small. Because it really sucked. My only excuse is … I was very young, young enough to think something starring Tim Conway might be funny. And that’s very, very young. ---
**Author:** ![International\_Playboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@International\_Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/International_Playboy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/33 "2004-02-27T04:00:22Z")
(Always coming up with more after I post.) Just remembered “It’s About Time,” about astronauts who went back in time and lived among cavemen. And while looking for the name of the show I mentioned above, I was reminded of [The Good Guys](http://www.tvobscurities.com/shows/good_guys.htm), with Bob Denver. ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/34 "2004-02-27T04:14:43Z")
Ok here are mine… _Tales of the Gold Monkey_ loved the show, with Stephen Collins _Duets_ I believe Ellen Degeneres started on that show. and I think I was the only person who watched _The New Monkees_ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/35 "2004-02-27T04:16:33Z")
> [@KSO](#): > > _The Young Riders_, at least, I think that’s what it was called. One of the cast members was Steven Baldwin. The premise was a bunch of “Wild West” characters–Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, etc.–all working for the Pony Express supervised by an old coot named Teaspoon. One of the twists was that “Jo” was a woman–all the “boys” knew but Teaspoon didn’t. > > Anyway… That was my favorite show when I was 10. I used to get to stay up 30 minutes later the night it was on. 🙂 I don’t know anyone who watched **The Charmings** or **So Weird** , and most seemed to have missed **Herman’s Head** too. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/36 "2004-02-27T04:25:27Z")
> [@International Playboy](#): > > (Always coming up with more after I post.) > > Just remembered “It’s About Time,” about astronauts who went back in time and lived among cavemen. > > And while looking for the name of the show I mentioned above, I was reminded of [The Good Guys](http://www.tvobscurities.com/shows/good_guys.htm), with Bob Denver. I remember _It’s About Time_! It’s about time! It’s about space, About two men in the strangest place! I loved it when a kid. In the second season the astronauts got back to our time, bringing with them the cave family they’d been friends with. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/37 "2004-02-27T04:28:33Z")
The word ‘weird’ above reminds me of ‘Weird Science’ (the tv show, not the film). But I guess that’s not that unknown. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/38 "2004-02-27T04:34:40Z")
> [@Kalessa](#): > > I suspect the Mr. Bogus was a local show, (snip) I doubt it. I don’t think that any of the affiliates we were picking up in our neck of the woods (Southeast MO) had the cash to produce cel animation, even if they farmed it out to the cheapest pack of slaves in Korea. Who is driving? Bear is driving! How can this be? NewsRadio: Big fan. A&E was playing it in the daytime (at least in Summer 2002). I occaisonally do the “Cigarette?” gag. Pull out the pack, say “Cigarette”, and when your mark accepts or declines, say “I was talking to the cigarette. Cigarette, prepare to pleasure me!” Duckman: Again, big fan. Empty Nest: Watched it all the time. My paternal grandmother insisted on it when it was on. I vaguely remember spin-offs regarding it, but I’m not sure if it spawned a spin-off or was one itself. Man. That opened up the gate. NBC: Dear John; Nurses. CBS: Doctor Doctor FOX: The Edge (sketch comedy featuring some of Bill Plympton’s animation) ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/39 "2004-02-27T04:40:15Z")
_Sitting Ducks!!!_ Anybody ever seen it? It’s about modern urban ducks living in Duck Town, and not far away there is a city full of alligators, with their own Duck BBQs, fast food joints, etc… Then an unusually soft hearted alligator visiting Duck Town on a feeding raid somehow encounters one of the ducks (Bill) on a personal level and makes friends with him. It’s a “kid’s show” with a lot of plays on culture, race, anthropology, psychology, etc., plus it’s full of hilarious slapstick. Quack! ---
**Author:** ![rdm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@rdm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rdm)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/40 "2004-02-27T04:45:08Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > _Brooklyn Bridge_: Kinda like _The Wonder Years_ only it involved a Jewish family in, uh, some burough of New York. And it was in the 1950’s. > > _It’s Like, You Know_: ABC said it was the next _Seinfeld_ (I think one of the _Seinfeld_ producers was involved in some way). It had a weird, quirky vibe to it. It lasted about half a season. > > _Arrested Development_: Unless I’ve been whooshed, it’s been cancelled. A comedy on Fox with few laughs but with a weird faux documentary feel and soap-opera-like story arcs. I remember both those two shows. BUT: Arrested Development is not canceled, yet. It’s had new eps the last four weeks, minus this last Sunday due to the SatC finale. It’s the best show on TV, and it’s getting alright ratings. Still 9 episodes in the pipeline, no news on renewal. WATCH IT! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383.md?page=3)