I’ve often wondered if Love, American Style held up.
I’d think her Adam’s Apple might be an obstacle to oral sex, but what do I know?
The one with George Peppard was “Banacek”.
The Dukes of Hazzard. At the time, I loved it - pretending to be Bo Duke, sliding over a recliner arm pretending it was the window of the General Lee. That was the fun. I’m certain that if I tried to watch it now I would die of embarrassment.
Pretty much any show aimed at kids would by definition fit the bill. Okay, Warner Brothers cartoons don’t really count, they were more general audience and could appeal to adults, but the rest, yep.
This is a listing of shows people have voted as most wanted to be released on DVD, but the ones with the green checks already have been. The highest ranked is Batman, followed by Ed, Family Matters, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place. I know that a lot of people would like to see *Scarecrow and Mrs. King *and The Carol Burnett Show.
From the '50s:
Anything starring Lucille Ball
Howdy Doody
The Pinky Lee Show
Ozzie & Harriet
The Life of Riley
Sing Along with Mitch
Amos ‘n’ Andy
Soupy Sales
Lawrence Welk
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Real McCoys
Queen for a Day
Amazingly, there was actually some excellent programming among all this drek.
A local station in Chicago played that Sunday mornings last year.
The cheese factor is prevalant, the effects are prety silly, the storylines are painfully simple and you wonder why Character X did this or that, but the show still has a certain innocent charm to it
When I was a teenager I loved a show called Salvage 1. A guy who owned a junkyard realized that he could make a fortune if he could retrieve the junk left on the Moon from the Apollo missions and sell it for scrap. So he built a rocket ship out of junk, made friends with a couple of teenagers, and had all sorts of wacky adventures.
It starred Andy Griffith, so you know it was a top quality show.
That I will never again watch.
On the other hand, perhaps it comes from much practice with the Prince of Darkness.
The live-action Spiderman from the 1970’s. Really loved it when I was 7, but now I bet it would be seriously dumb.
I’ve already been hurt with Alf, watched some reruns on Nick at Night and it got REALLY old after a couple episodes.
Some I have watched recently:
Magnum P.I. - still great.
WKRP - holds up well, though some episodes more than others.
Superfriends - and I mean the really old ones, the Wendy and Marvin ones. I guess I liked the Zan and Jayna ones too, but not as much. Mostly due to their uncreative form of conveyance. (An Eagle and a bucket of water? C’Mon). Anyway, not all that great, but the nostalgia factor is fantastic. Worth it just for the sound f/x, background music, voice acting, Ted Knight narration, etc.
Jonny Quest - see above. I still wish I had that spider thing for my commute. And who doesn’t remember that shrieking invisible monster that they poured paint on?
Dukes Of Hazzard - brutally bad.
Miami Vice – it’s still pretty to look at (all the colors coordinate) and the music’s still good, but except for some “special” episodes (Evan and the one with Ted Nugent), it’s awful. Don Johnson in particular – he yelled all his lines.
I was disappointed with Soap too. Too much laugh track, or if it wasn’t a track, too much live audience laughing at every single freakin’ line.
Agreed! I loved that show.
I’d also like to see the ‘Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?’ game show again, though I knew it was dorky the first time I watched it. The host (Lynn Thigpen, I think) was fantastic. Plus, yay, geography.
Yeah, I’m with AuntiePam in thinking Miami Vice wouldn’t be as cool and badass as I remember.
Also loved the Dukes, but I even recall that as being somewhat cheesy from an 8-10 yo perspective, so I shudder to think what I’d think now.
Your syntax in that sentence is scaring me.
*Wacky Races*. I was surprised to learn that there were only seventeen episodes made, as the show seemed to have been on the air for a couple of years without repeating. Each member of the family had a favorite competitor:
Me – Professor Pat Pending
Sister Kathy – Penelope Pitstop
Brother Mike – Peter Perfect
Brother Mark – Creepy Coupe
Mom – Slag Brothers
Dad – Dick Dastardly (“He’s going to win this time, kids! Just watch!”)
We also owned, and frequently played, the board game based on the show. I suspect I’d find both Wacky Races experiences less delightful some forty years later.
Oh, that’s a good one! I’ll agree with that and Six Million Dollar Man.
I loved Wild Wild West. I’ve tried to get my Tivo to find episodes, but it hasn’t. Get Smart, another childhood favorite, was really pretty lame when I watched a few episodes a few months ago. OTOH, *WKRP *and Third Rock from the Sun has held up pretty well. OTOOH, I got the DVDs of Northern Exposure for Christmas last year and didn’t get through the first season. Either it got a lot better, and I’d forgotten about the early shows, or I had much worse taste in High School than I thought I did.
I’m a trained professional – kids, don’t try this at home. 
DuckTales. It is on DVD, and I’ve debated buying it.