I’m sorry, but Charlie’s Angels and Wonder Woman didn’t go half far enough. Honey West would still be on the air with a bit more nudity and violence. Yeah, and Let’s get those assistants on Dr. Who in the act with this too.
NYPD Blue. Because, if you added nudity, violence, and profanity to all these other classic network shows, it would be jarring and take the viewer out of the story, whereas nudity, violence, and profanity were much of the draw to NYPD Blue in the first place. And so it wound up being the utter tameness of the nudity, violence, and profanity that took the viewer out of the story. Thus NYPD Blue needed more nudity, violence, and profanity to work.
They’d have to change the opening advisory, though:
[INDENT]This police drama contains full nudity, excessive violence, and harsh profanity, which adds NOTHING to the story. Also, a cop drinks directly out of the milk carton and puts in back in the refrigerator. They should NOT be allowed to put that on television! Kids see that and they think it’s okay! Well, it’s NOT okay! Viewer discretion is advised.[/INDENT]
Sorry, I was channeling my mom for a second there.
If American Gladiators was more violent, it would probably resemble The Running Man or the video game Smash TV (if the cable TV standard wasn’t an issue), which would be awesome, especially with the whole gameshow cheesiness feel.
As for my picks, I’d like to see the original Star Trek with more sex. You know Spock and Kirk had threesomes with some of those alien babes, they just couldn’t show it on TV.
Both Matlock and Maude would have benefited from a heavy dose of nudity. And not just TV nudity, but porn star type nudity. Maybe a crossover where Andy Griffith bends Bea Arthur over a couch. Okay, let’s throw in the golden girls for a little four way action between Estelle Getty, Bea Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan. Yes, some hot, steaming senior citizen sex!
The Andy Griffith Show. I always wanted to see Barney go completely over the edge and pistol whip Otis the drunk into oblivion. And punch Goober in the mouth.
I think Aunt Bea would’ve made a good madam in the Miss Kitty mold as well, maybe using Thelma Lou and Helen Crump.
In fact, my friends and I would come up with different plot lines for classic shows when we were kids. Things like changing Uncle Charlie from My Three Sons from a kindly, caring old uncle into a psychotic arsonist, intent on burning down the neighborhood because he kept having flashbacks from WWII. Or exposing Mike from the Brady Bunch to be a philandering womanizer (possibly a pimp, turning Carol out for tricks), while Greg turned into a drug dealing blind blues guitarist complete with shades.
Some were pretty obvious, others were more complicated and unexpected.
I could probably force myself to watch some nude professional wrestling. The women of course. Though I’m sure there are Dopers here interested in the other half of the venue.
Oh–VIOLENCE. I thought Cal wanted more NUDITY on American Gladiators. Which would reveal that packages those steroided hulks pack are fresh from the deli.