# What old TV Shows need to have a "Reunion" Show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051 "2010-01-22T23:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/21 "2010-01-23T19:39:11Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I’d love to see a Cheers reunion. I think all the major cast members are still alive, and dammit, the characters were all so warmly written and engaging that I’d like to find out how they are all getting on. “Frasier” featured an episode set in Boston that was a de facto “Cheers” reunion… In fact, Fraiser had various episodes on it’s run with all of the cast members of Cheers except for Kirstie Alley, who wouldnt go on for religious reasons.(Scientology) ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/22 "2010-01-23T19:44:31Z")
I’d be interested in seeing a _Happy Days_ reunion where Chuck comes home. Regarding _Gilligan’s Island_, we all know there _was_ a reunion movie with a couple of sequels, right? ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/23 "2010-01-23T19:52:16Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I’d love to see a Cheers reunion. I think all the major cast members are still alive, and dammit, the characters were all so warmly written and engaging that I’d like to find out how they are all getting on. _Cheers_ is actually one of the few shows that I liked to watch that I don’t think needs a reunion. _Frasier_ had enough episodes where the characters from Cheers came to visit that I felt like we caught up with them pretty well (and they had become boring) including one episode where Frasier returned to Boston and attended Cliff’s retirement party- the main characters of _Cheers_ who were not present were spoken of (much like at a high school reunion) and the audience was made aware of what had happened when they moved on. I felt like that gave plenty of closure for _Cheers_ and like I know where those characters would be today. But I guess if one hadn’t watched _Frasier_ then a reunion could be fun. One show that I think would be fun to see a reunion is the original cast of _That 70s Show_. I quit watching it way before it ended so I am not sure how the finale went or if there was one, but I’d like to see the same character as they would be in the 2000s and where their lives led. ETA; And once again it pays to read other’s posts during the preview; then I would not have repeated so much information! Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/24 "2010-01-23T20:53:13Z")
The _Dick Van Dyke Show_–although they are missing characters. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/25 "2010-01-23T21:29:09Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > The _Dick Van Dyke Show_–although they are missing characters. [The Dick van Dyke Show Revisited](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409892). ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/26 "2010-01-23T22:09:05Z")
_Hogan’s Heroes_. Newkirk and LeBeau go to an ex-POW reunion in Miami and get recruited into helping Michael Westen pull a long con. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/27 "2010-01-23T22:11:29Z")
[Better Off Ted.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12027906) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/28 "2010-01-23T22:18:41Z")
TJ Hooker ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/29 "2010-01-23T22:27:15Z")
I’d still watch another Star Trek movie with the TNG cast. Or maybe an all new series with someone from TNG, DS9, or Voyager as captain. ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/30 "2010-01-23T22:47:42Z")
Northern Exposure. I would like to see Todd Palin (Sarah’s husband) move to Cicely. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/31 "2010-01-23T22:54:42Z")
How about a _Taxi_ or _Barney Miller_ reunion. Maybe they could go to Latka’s funeral. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/32 "2010-01-23T22:58:43Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Anyway, I’m gonna go with Star Trek’s DS9. I concur although they made if very difficult to get them all together after the series finale. Jake and Kira are still staring out of the window… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/33 "2010-01-24T03:06:28Z")
Star Trek TNG would be the one Trek should I’d like to see. At the end, the characters pretty much stayed together unlike the other shows. I think they’d still be having fun adventurers for years to come, until all that stuff in the movies happened. I thought this when the series ended and I still think so. Malcolm in the Middle would make an interesting reunion show. Malcolm’s in Harvard, Reese is getting into trouble as a permanent janitor at school, I forget what the others were up to though. But the fact that Lois forced Malcolm into Harvard to use his genius brain to become president so they could help middle class families like them intrigues me. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/34 "2010-01-24T03:09:55Z")
Do you mean a reunion show were the cast gets together and just talks about it or they actually do another episode? The only two newly remade reuions I thought were good were _Return to Mayberry_ and _Still the Beaver_ I would like to see a _Mama’s Family_ reunion. I was so sorry the cancelled it just at the point where Naomi had her baby. I’d have loved to see Mama and newborn. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/35 "2010-01-24T03:15:28Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > _Hogan’s Heroes_. Newkirk and LeBeau go to an ex-POW reunion in Miami and get recruited into helping Michael Westen pull a long con. My idea for a _Hogan’s Heroes_ reunion was to see them at an actual reunion after the war, then a long flashback to some complicated job they pulled just as the war was ending, then back at the reunion they finally meet the mastermind who planned their entire operation. And it’s Colonel Klink. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/36 "2010-01-24T03:18:36Z")
I like the way you think. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/37 "2010-01-24T03:19:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > My idea for a _Hogan’s Heroes_ reunion was to see them at an actual reunion after the war, then a long flashback to some complicated job they pulled just as the war was ending, then back at the reunion they finally meet the mastermind who planned their entire operation. > > And it’s Colonel Klink. No. Shultz. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/38 "2010-01-24T04:46:03Z")
For many years, I’ve waited in wild anticipation for a reunion show for _**[Me and the Chimp](http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/1840/Me_and_the_chimp.jpg)**_—that zany American sitcom from 1972 starring Ted Bessell as a frustrated dentist and his adorably mischievous chimp, “_Buttons_”. While the logistics of developing a heart-touching reunion show is still quite possible, the current incarnation may lack a bit of the original’s [light-hearted zaniness](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46916491@N08/4299641598/). ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Baldy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Gary\_Baldy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/39 "2010-01-24T05:02:34Z")
Ah-hmm! [Married with Childred did have a reunion, sort of.](http://crackle.com/c/Star-ving) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051/40 "2010-01-24T05:04:23Z")
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, the Reunion Show! I understand many of the cast and crew are still available. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-tv-shows-need-to-have-a-reunion-show/526051.md?page=3)