# What tv show that's off the air do you miss the most? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267 "2014-03-22T05:47:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/101 "2014-03-26T00:09:34Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “Bearcats” - Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole and a 1910 (?) Stutz Bearcat combine for adventure in the Old West. 15 (?) episodes. Cool car; went out and bought a model kit. I remember that one! Yes, it was cool. [I see it was a 1914 Stutz Bearcat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearcats!). and the series title was _Bearcats!_ with an exclamation mark. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/102 "2014-03-26T00:51:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I remember that one! Yes, it was cool. > > [I see it was a 1914 Stutz Bearcat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearcats!). and the series title was _Bearcats!_ with an exclamation mark. Only **13** episodes; if you get a chance to see the made-for-TV pilot movie, it’s well worth a look–“Powderkeg!” (also with an exclamation point!). One-hundredth anniversary of the car from the show; whatta ya say, Hollywood? Time for a commemorative DVD package? Shouldn’t be too expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/103 "2014-03-26T01:23:48Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “Bearcats” - Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole and a 1910 (?) Stutz Bearcat combine for adventure in the Old West. 15 (?) episodes. Cool car; went out and bought a model kit. > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I remember that one! Yes, it was cool. > > [I see it was a 1914 Stutz Bearcat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearcats!). and the series title was _Bearcats!_ with an exclamation mark. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Only **13** episodes; if you get a chance to see the made-for-TV pilot movie, it’s well worth a look–“Powderkeg!” (also with an exclamation point!). > > One-hundredth anniversary of the car from the show; whatta ya say, Hollywood? Time for a commemorative DVD package? Shouldn’t be too expensive. Sounds like we should start a thread on obcure-but-cool TV series. Remember _The Second Hundred Years_? With Monte Markham. A child’s father (Markahm) disappears while gold prospecting in Alaska in 1900. The child grows into an old man, at which time his father is found frozen, then thawed out and brought back to life. So the father is still a young man, and his son is elderly. Ran two seasons. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/104 "2014-03-26T01:28:32Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Sounds like we should start a thread on obcure-but-cool TV series. Remember _The Second Hundred Years_? With Monte Markham. A child’s father (Markahm) disappears while gold prospecting in Alaska in 1900. The child grows into an old man, at which time his father is found frozen, then thawed out and brought back to life. So the father is still a young man, and his son is elderly. Ran two seasons. And the grandson looked exactly like his grandpa. IIRC, Arthur McConnell played the son/dad. \*“What’re you doin’ on the floor?” “Playin’ with my grandson!” \* ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/105 "2014-03-26T01:29:32Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Only **13** episodes; if you get a chance to see the made-for-TV pilot movie, it’s well worth a look–“Powderkeg!” (also with an exclamation point!). Was that the episode with the vintage biplane? :o ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/106 "2014-03-26T01:37:46Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > We recently finished _The Sopranos_. Wish there were more of those. If you have not yet seen Breaking Bad, you may enjoy that. It has many similarities to The Sopranos. I hope you will enjoy that. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/107 "2014-03-26T01:48:08Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > If you have not yet seen Breaking Bad, you may enjoy that. It has many similarities to The Sopranos. I hope you will enjoy that. Thanks, but saw it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/108 "2014-03-26T02:58:48Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Was that the episode with the vintage biplane? :o The biplane (from 1929, oops! Off by 15 years) was in episode #12. There IS a DVD compilation 🆒 put out last year. Outta my way! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/109 "2014-03-26T12:05:17Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > IIRC, Arthur McConnell played the son/dad. Correction: Arthur \*\*O’\*\*Connell. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/110 "2014-03-26T12:09:00Z")
Two obscure comedies that were actually quite good: _ **McKeever and the Colonel** _ and _ **I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster** _. > **[McKeever and the Colonel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKeever_and_the_Colonel)** > > McKeever and the Colonel is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from September 23, 1962 to June 16, 1963 on Sunday nights at 6:30 P.M. Eastern Time. Its setting was a fictional military academy known as Westfield. Dick Powell's Four Star Television produced the series. > Gary McKeever (played by Scott Lane) was the lead character, a likable but mischievous cadet. He often found himself in trouble with the camp commandant, the pompous Colonel Harvey T. Blackwell (played by character actor ... > **[I'm Dickens, He's Fenster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Dickens,_He's_Fenster)** > > I'm Dickens, He's Fenster is an American sitcom starring John Astin and Marty Ingels that ran on ABC from September 28, 1962, to September 13, 1963. > The series starred John Astin and Marty Ingels as Harry Dickens and Arch Fenster, "inept Los Angeles carpenters" who were friends, and who worked for the Bannister Construction Company. Physical gags about activities of construction workers formed the basis of each episode. > Fenster was a single playboy who had a bachelor pad and a multi-volume "l... ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/111 "2014-03-26T13:49:30Z")
I miss Beavis & Butthead. Heh. Heh heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/112 "2014-03-26T17:17:54Z")
Numb3rs ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/113 "2014-03-26T18:35:11Z")
CNN Headline news. I know I can get the same thing online, but it was nice to be able to sit down any time of day and get a full half-hour news summary. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/114 "2014-03-26T22:04:39Z")
Gardening with Stan, with Stan Westaway, a half-hour locally produced (had to be, it was so bad) Sunday show on CBC TV a million years ago. Boring, boring, boring. I remember it because one year the CBC pre-empted it for the Grey Cup game, so I phoned the CBC and complained. "But . . . but (splutter splutter) it’s the _Grey Cup!"_ “I don’t care! I want to know more about my tulip bulbs!” ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/115 "2014-03-28T05:33:09Z")
It had a fairly good run but I would have liked to have seen more **Grounded For Life** , and not only because of Megyn Price. 🙂 Put me down for \*\*My Name is Earl \*\*as well. I was quite irritated when that whole thing went down. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/116 "2014-03-28T07:05:33Z")
Batman ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/117 "2014-03-28T10:06:09Z")
I’d really like to see _Futurama_ picked up again. Great series, very funny and with a different dynamic to _The Simpsons_. Also, _Duckman_. One of the pioneers in “animation for grown-ups” and very funny as well. For the Johnny Quest fans, I suggest you check out _The Venture Bros_, which started off as a pastiche of the Hardy Boys/Johnny Quest “Boy Adventurer” genre and only got more awesome from there. A character who is very clearly intended to be Johnny Quest as a messed-up adult is also one of the characters in the show, too. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/118 "2014-03-28T13:36:44Z")
Page 3, and no love for **FREAKS & GEEKS!!!** We only got one season, and it ended with Lindsay running off with some Dead Heads in a VW to follow the Grateful Dead for a summer…talk about a cliffhanger. The show was hilarious and very well written. It deserved tons more credit than it received. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/119 "2014-03-28T13:46:54Z")
Defintiely miss The Sopranos, it didn’t tie up in a nice bow like Breaking Bad, but I miss that series as well. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267/120 "2014-03-28T14:02:16Z")
There was a show called “My Boys” that I enjoyed. I liked it because it didn’t have the annoying canned-laughter laugh track. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-thats-off-the-air-do-you-miss-the-most/684267.md?page=7)