# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/101 "2004-02-27T21:05:04Z")
> [@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. No you’re not, I remember both of these. Now I have the _Villa Allegre_ theme in my head too, thankyouverymuch. Lalalalalala laaa Villa Allegre! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/102 "2004-02-27T21:14:08Z")
> [@jeevwoman](#): > > _Greatest American Hero_, where William Katt played a hapless English teacher who stumbles upon a Superman-like costume that gives him superpowers when he puts it on. I don’t think this qualifies as obscure – there are enough fans of this series out there who’d jump on a GAH appreciation thread. The show ran for three seasons, with an attempted pilot for a sequel, _The Greatest American Heroine_ (Ralph reveals his identity to the world, the aliens make everyone forget and tells Ralph to pick a successor, Ralph gives the suit to an idealistic liberal schoolteacher, she butts heads with Robert Culp’s character…). > [@](#): > > The theme song was "believe it or not, I’m walking on air . . . " Got that as my cell phone ringer right now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/103 "2004-02-27T21:16:35Z")
> [@teleute12](#): > > A friend of mine just discovered “Sports Night” - I’ve never seen it, but apparently the two main charichters are “soinlove”, to quote the friend. It’s a great show from Aaron Sorkin, now available on DVD. But there’s no way Dan and Casey were “soinlove.” They’re both hetero sports casters, and besides, everyone (especially Natalie) kept telling Casey he was in love with Dana. ---
**Author:** ![jeevwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jeevwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/104 "2004-02-27T21:21:12Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > I don’t think this qualifies as obscure – there are enough fans of this series out there who’d jump on a GAH appreciation thread. The show ran for three seasons, with an attempted pilot for a sequel, _The Greatest American Heroine_ (Ralph reveals his identity to the world, the aliens make everyone forget and tells Ralph to pick a successor, Ralph gives the suit to an idealistic liberal schoolteacher, she butts heads with Robert Culp’s character…). > Got that as my cell phone ringer right now. 🙂 You’re kidding, right? Three seasons? I sooo missed a lot of them, then. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/105 "2004-02-27T21:25:57Z")
> [@RadioWave](#): > > Does anyone else remember _The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin_. It might have been more popular in GB than it was here in the US. I remember, but wasn’t it called _The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Reginald Perri_? In DFW it played on the PBS channel (13) in a block of British shows I think Friday or Saturday evening. I think the shows were _Benny Hill, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, the Two Ronnies_ and then_Reginald Perrin_. ---
**Author:** ![JeanLinen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@JeanLinen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeanLinen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/106 "2004-02-27T21:28:38Z")
Bigfoot and Wildboy - late 70’s Saturday morning show Voyagers - show where a time traveler and a stowaway he accidentally picked up travel through time using an ‘Omni’, I believe, to make sure history occurs the way it is supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/107 "2004-02-27T21:32:43Z")
> [@Zap\_Rowsdower](#): > > I remember, but wasn’t it called _The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Reginald Perri_? In DFW it played on the PBS channel (13) in a block of British shows I think Friday or Saturday evening. I think the shows were _Benny Hill, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, the Two Ronnies_ and then_Reginald Perrin_. Although that would make sense, it was in fact simply called [_The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perring_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073990/). God I loved those BBC block nights. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/108 "2004-02-27T21:37:22Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > It’s a great show from Aaron Sorkin, now available on DVD. But there’s no way Dan and Casey were “soinlove.” They’re both hetero sports casters, and besides, everyone (especially Natalie) kept telling Casey he was in love with Dana. Ahhh, there’s ways around the Dana situation. _Sport Night_ was extremely popular with the slash crowd due to Dan and Casey’s close relationship. You can watch it on a couple of different levels… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/109 "2004-02-27T22:15:54Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I remember Quark. I nominate Misfits of Science. Misfits of Science!!! God, Courtney Cox was sooo hot then. I remember ‘Switch’ with Robert Conrad as a con man swindling crooks. It seemed to fit after ‘It Takes A Thief’. I remember a show called ‘The Stutz Bearcats’, a western with an old car instead of horses. I remember an early 80s one (title missing) where the widower father with two children hires a goofy(but cute) witch as a nanny. Can’t think of her name, but she’s definately a Central Casting regular. I remember GIGANTOR, where the kid with the remote control box was constantly beating up the North Korea…errr…Ping-Pangians with his Giant robot. I remember a space show where 3 people living in an agricultural society open a doorway by mistake & find their entire world has been put aboard a giant super-ship…but that a meteor destroyed the bridge, killing all the command crew and the super ship was slowly heading towards a comet I remember a cartoon that was Pre- Fractured Fairy Tails that was in black-and white. It had Col. Bleep, a robot cowboy named Squeek, and a caveman called Scratch…all in a place called ‘Zero-Zero-Island’ I remember lusting after the girl in ‘Eight Is Enough’ who later got the dancing part in ‘1941’. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/110 "2004-02-27T22:22:51Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > Ahhh, there’s ways around the Dana situation. _Sport Night_ was extremely popular with the slash crowd due to Dan and Casey’s close relationship. You can watch it on a couple of different levels… _Please_ tell me you are kidding. Dan had a thing for the INCREDIBLY hot Rebecca ([Teri Polo](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001632/)) and she was definitely starting to get a warm fuzzy feeling for Dan. Who’d want another man when you could cuddle up next to her? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/111 "2004-02-27T22:26:56Z")
I remember watching a bunch of these…\*Big Blue Marble, _Villa Allegre_, _Nowhere Man_, _Brisco County_, _Gigglesnort Hotel_, _Jennifer Slept Here_, _Herman’s Head_ (hearing Lisa Simpson’s voice saying she wanted sex with Herman was weird). Here’s mine: Three pretty good action shows that didn’t last long: _Stingray_, _Viper_, _The Highwayman_. A whodunit/mystery of the week: _F/X: the Series_. And a sit-com: _Soul Man_. Dan Aykroyd as a motorcycle-riding Episcopal priest, sort of an American _Vicar of Dibley_ with the genders switched. > [@jeevwoman](#): > > **Small Wonder**? A horrific, horrific show about a girl robot, called Vicki, who lived with a family and was passed off as a 10 year old girl. She always wore a red and white dress. [Do **not** click here](http://smallwonder.hispeed.com/). You have been warned. ---
**Author:** ![jeevwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jeevwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/112 "2004-02-27T22:38:06Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [Do **not** click here](http://smallwonder.hispeed.com/). You have been warned. Bastard!! 😃 I cannot believe that this show was on for 4 seasons. And interesting notes on _Voyagers_: a. the star, Jon-Erik Hexum, later accidentally shot and killed himself on the set of his next show, _Cover Up_ b. The actor who played the boy, Meeno Peluce, is in fact the real-life half-brother of Soliel Moon Frye, who played Punky Brewster. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/113 "2004-02-27T22:41:11Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > _Please_ tell me you are kidding. Dan had a thing for the INCREDIBLY hot Rebecca ([Teri Polo](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001632/)) and she was definitely starting to get a warm fuzzy feeling for Dan. Who’d want another man when you could cuddle up next to her? Well, if you’re writing about that situation, it’s obvious that Rebecca’s just gonna dump him, Dan will be crushed and, of course, turn to his good friend Casey for consolation. 🙂 If this distresses you, don’t go anywhere near the [Sports Night FanFiction Archive](http://www.trickster.org/sportsnight/). But this [site](http://members.tripod.com/isabella.m/icant.htm) has a collection of scripts written by fans for a virtual third season. (and is totally het, I haven’t read them so I don’t know what happens with Rebecca). ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/114 "2004-02-27T22:53:50Z")
> [@quietman1920](#): > > …I remember a space show where 3 people living in an agricultural society open a doorway by mistake & find their entire world has been put aboard a giant super-ship…but that a meteor destroyed the bridge, killing all the command crew and the super ship was slowly heading towards a comet… … and the ship contained many different “worlds”, long cut off from each other. You might think a science-fiction series starring that guy from 2001 and created by Harlan Ellison would be pretty cool. Watching a few episodes of “The Starlost”, however, should change your mind. The premise was intriguing, the execution was terrible. Still might make a decent movie or miniseries. > [@tremorviolet](#): > > Sport Night was extremely popular with the slash crowd due to Dan and Casey’s close relationship. According to slashers, just about every fictional character is gay. Signs of affection toward one another? Homoeroticism! Open hostility? Overcompensation! Cold indifference? Denial! > [@](#): > > Does anyone else remember The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. It might have been more popular in GB than it was here in the US. The unsuccessful U.S. remake was called “Reggie”. Empty Nester Richard Mulligan played the title character. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/115 "2004-02-27T23:20:30Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > The Adventures of Brisco County , Jr. > > It was the best show ever and I mourn its passing. I loved Brisco County Jr. Very campy. Anyone remember a short lived series called Raven? Had Lee Majors as a side kick? ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/116 "2004-02-28T00:15:36Z")
_The Brendan Leonard Show,_ anyone? It ran on ABC Family all last summer. It was sketch comedy, written, performed, and filmed by Brendan Leonard and his friends. I loved it, because it was exactly like what my friends and I do when we hang out together. _Sitting Ducks_ is one of my favorite shows. ---
**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 28, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/117 "2004-02-28T00:43:43Z")
Damn, I’ve seen a lot of these. I remember one episode in _Nurses_ where the neighbor in Empty Nest, Charlie, was an orderly. The line I remember: “According to this toe tag, it’s time for my nap.” Shoulda known it was an Empty Nest spinoff. Also, there was a really, really hot Asian nurse. Jem: I remember it, and promptly changing the channel as soon as it came on; for it was a “girly” cartoon. I also seem to remember a line of Jem toys being hawked. Out of this World: I don’t know if this has been pointed out (and I’m quite drunk at the moment), but the crystal thing was actually the girl’s father. She had the ability to freeze time, but only in the room she was currently in. I remember one episode where she used her ability outside, and everybody in the city was frozen. She could also un-freeze people frozen in time by touching them. Small Wonder: Yet another crappy Fox sitcom, in the tradition of Charles in Charge. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: I remember seeing a show or two of this. From what I saw, it was pretty good. The Edge: I mentioned it first, but I remember two recurring sketches: “Cracklin’ Crotch”, and “Right This Minute”. Conan the Adventurer: Frankly, all I remember of it is a snatch or two from the opening theme. Herman’s Head: Again, only an episode or two. It seemed pretty good, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/118 "2004-02-28T02:00:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Jem: I remember it, and promptly changing the channel as soon as it came on; for it was a “girly” cartoon. Same here, for exactly the same reasons. It was on immediately after G.I. Joe or some other macho beat-em-up cartoon, and it was my signal to turn off the TV and get ready for school. As for my nominations… _Stark Raving Mad_: Starred Tony Shalhoub as a crazy writer and Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser!) as his publisher or something. The show was hilarious, but sadly lasted only one season. _M.A.N.T.I.S._: A wheelchair-bound scientist creates a mechanical suit that lets him walk and everything, and he used it to fight crime. A really good show, I thought, but it seemed to have died off early. My friend is the only other person I know who watched it. _Ultraman_: A Japanese show, kind of like Godzilla meets Captain Planet. This guy would don a super-suit, grow huge, and become Ultraman and go fight the latest giant monster to plague civilization. The monsters were always polluting in some way, and pollution was Ultraman’s weakness. There was a video game (SNES) based on it, but I still don’t know anyone who remembers this show. ---
**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 28, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/119 "2004-02-28T02:10:59Z")
**Sir Dirx** : As I recall, _Ultraman_ came on right before Mr. Bogus. Also, I remember MANTIS on the Sci-Fi Channel, but I also think it was just a half-step above Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers on the suck scale. ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-apparently-youre-the-only-person-ever-to-watch/231383/120 "2004-02-28T02:29:23Z")
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