# Your favorite show nobody but you remembers. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006 "2017-04-07T20:30:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/1 "2017-04-07T20:30:34Z")
When Fox first came out with their TV channel I watched and liked their sit-coms. Even before Herman’s Head, which is remember by many, there was Duet and its spin-off Open House. Duet was about a newlywed couple and Open House was about a real estate brokerage that starred Alison LaPlaca (why isn’t she more famous?) being bitchy and a young Ellen DeGeneres before she came out, chasing men. So many shows just disappear from HGTV and I really miss the DIY, home decor tips, designing on a budget type shows that they used to do. But there was one show back then that was just. . . strange at the time. Living with Ed-- a reality TV show starring crazy environmentalist Ed Begely, Jr and his put-upon wife. He rode a stationary bike to either make coffee or turn on the computer and hung out with a guy who rigged his car to run on waste restaurant grease. Bill Nye showed up every now and again. Jackson Brown showed up too. Do you fondly remember short-lived TV shows on one has ever heard of? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/2 "2017-04-07T20:38:07Z")
_ **SEARCH** _: > **[Searching](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_(TV_series))** > > Searching or search may refer to: ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/3 "2017-04-07T20:42:23Z")
As a kid, I developed the biggest crush on Ann Jillian from [Jennifer Slept Here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085038/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). I also appreciated Courtney Cox in [Misfits of Science](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088568/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). Does anyone else remember these shows? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/4 "2017-04-07T20:43:15Z")
Yes. It was sometime around 1975-1976, and called Spirit of '76, or The Spirit of '76. I haven’t been able to find any record of it. A man with a guitar (he was white, and I think had a brown beard) sat in a room and told stories and sang songs about the American Revolution. Occasionally there would be spots that were slightly animated (basically just a few paintings) and he would narrate these. One episode was about women during this time. I can still sing the theme song. “You know the high road to freedom was a hard road to travel/Plenty of times we wound up in a fix…” I even tried to find someone on this board who remembered it, without any luck. I didn’t think it was local, but I grew up in central New Jersey and watched New York shows, if that helps. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/5 "2017-04-07T20:44:16Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > As a kid, I developed the biggest crush on Ann Jillian from [Jennifer Slept Here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085038/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). > > I also appreciated Courtney Cox in [Misfits of Science](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088568/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). > > Does anyone else remember these shows? I watched Misfits of Science all the time. I was a “Johnny B.” fan. He had powers kind of like the Flash. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/6 "2017-04-07T20:49:20Z")
One that I liked that has fallen down the Memory Hole was a show on Showtime called Leap Years. The premise was that it was the story of a group of friends at three different periods of their lives: just after college which was a few years in the past, the present (which would have been the early 2000s I guess) and then a few years in the future. It was entertaining and had good performances. It also had a puzzle box aspect since you saw the future but had no idea how they got there. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/7 "2017-04-07T20:59:32Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > As a kid, I developed the biggest crush on Ann Jillian from [Jennifer Slept Here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085038/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). > > I also appreciated Courtney Cox in [Misfits of Science](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088568/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). > > Does anyone else remember these shows? Remember both of them. Have all of the episodes of MoS as avi files of old VHS transfers somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/8 "2017-04-07T21:01:30Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **SEARCH** _: > > [The Search (disambiguation) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_(TV_series)) Are you saying you remember a TV show called Search that has no wiki or are you suggesting I search wiki for TV shows? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/9 "2017-04-07T21:06:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **SEARCH** _: > > [The Search (disambiguation) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_(TV_series)) On [DVD](https://www.amazon.com/Search-Complete/dp/B00I9BU2IC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491599042&sr=8-1&keywords=search)including the pilot film ([Probe](https://www.amazon.com/Probe-Hugh-O-Brian/dp/B00501LJI6/ref=pd_bxgy_74_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00501LJI6&pd_rd_r=MD1D5Z5DJ3Q8DBWWYGHF&pd_rd_w=yVv24&pd_rd_wg=87sa8&psc=1&refRID=MD1D5Z5DJ3Q8DBWWYGHF)). In other ambiguous, overused one-word titles, I was fond of [Chase](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069572/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_26), one of the “elite cop squad” shows of the 70s. I think it is lost forever. I know I’d buy it if it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/10 "2017-04-07T21:10:45Z")
**[Ten Speed & Brown Shoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenspeed_and_Brown_Shoe)** ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/11 "2017-04-07T21:16:29Z")
There was a series that was on for one summer several years ago called “Johnny Bago”. It was about a guy who is on the run from the mob, driving a [del]stolen[/del] borrowed Winnebago around the country. Along with the mob, he is also pursued by his ex-wife who is also his parole officer. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/12 "2017-04-07T21:17:03Z")
**BJ and The Bear** was my favorite show as a little kid. I can’t remember much about it and am curious about going back and watching a couple of episodes. All I remember is a chimp, and a guaranteed big rig crash in every episode. To a 6 year-old boy, nothing else is really necessary for quality TV. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/13 "2017-04-07T21:22:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **[Ten Speed & Brown Shoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenspeed_and_Brown_Shoe)** I sure remember it well. Wish the pilot movie was available! Availble on DVD - haven’t made it through the series yet. Other ones I fondly remember that are at least also available on DVD or iTunes: Bearcats! (exclamation point in title) Raines (another Jeff Goldblum detective show) Logan’s Run The Invisible Man (David McCallum) Barbary Coast (William Shatner) Not available on DVD or anywhere I can find Q.E.D (Sam Waterston as a turn of the century genius inventer) Strange Luck Memphis Beat ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/14 "2017-04-07T21:26:17Z")
Hey, I remember BJ and The Bear and Ten Speed and Brown Shoe. I didn’t watch them but I remember them. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/15 "2017-04-07T21:27:44Z")
_James at 15_ (later renamed _James at 16_). As near as I can remember, it was about a sensitive teenage boy trying to fit in at a new school and city following his parents’ divorce. It was controversial because the title character lost his virginity at the age of 16. I remember liking the show at the time, but I was pretty young when it aired. I don’t remember much more about it. As far as I know it has never been released on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray or any streaming service. Then there are a few that most Americans wouldn’t recognize only because they were produced in foreign countries. The first two seasons of the Canadian crime drama _Durham County_ were some of the best TV I’ve seen. The Israeli drama _Prisoners of War_ (originally _Hatufim_ in Hebrew) was the basis of _Homeland_. As much as I liked the first few seasons of _Homeland_, the original was even better. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/16 "2017-04-07T21:29:06Z")
Grandpa Goes to Washington - with Jack Albertson and Larry Linville House Calls - with Lynn Redgrave and Wayne Rogers Tenspeed and Brown Shoe - with Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen Cavemen - with Nick Kroll and Julie White Grosse Pointe - with a bunch of people including Nat Faxon My Secret Identity - with Jerry O’Connell Quark - with Richard Benjamin and Conrad Janis Riptide - with Thom Bray, Joe Penny, and Perry King Anything But Love - with Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis FM - with Robert Hays and Patricia Richardson ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/17 "2017-04-07T21:34:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > So many shows just disappear from HGTV and I really miss the DIY, home decor tips, designing on a budget type shows that they used to do. I miss Design On A Dime! And that Christopher Lowell show. There was one sitcom I liked with Pamela Reed – looking at IDMB, it must have been **Grand**. {hey, that sounds like an expression} > [@Biggirl](#): > > Are you saying you remember a TV show called Search that has no wiki or are you suggesting I search wiki for TV shows? I think he’s saying throw that final parenthesis inside the URL. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/18 "2017-04-07T21:52:51Z")
I loved James at 15 and 16. One scene really stood out to me. He moves to Boston from a small town and had to ride the subway. He stares dumbfounded at the map totally confused by it. It contained 4 subway lines, two going east-west and two going north-south. They made a hashtag pattern. There was absolutely nothing complicated about it. But it was filmed in such a way to make look scary. Fast zooms in and out, quick cuts to the the map corners, then James slack-jawed wonder. The weird thing is, I remember loving the show and crushing on James but I do not remember anything specific about it except for that one subway scene. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/19 "2017-04-07T22:00:36Z")
I’ve mentioned it before, but the obscure [Nanny and the Professor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_and_the_Professor) from 1970 is little known and a nice little show I loved as a kid. > [@Chefguy](#): > > **[Ten Speed & Brown Shoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenspeed_and_Brown_Shoe)** I liked this show, great cast too. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/20 "2017-04-07T22:20:04Z")
\*\*Dweebs \*\*- an early proto-version of _Big Bang Theory_ starring Peter Scolari as a Bill Gates-type socially awkward software millionaire running a software company with his nerdy friends. They hire a pretty, socially adept receptionist when they move the business out of the garage. Only a few episodes, but funny. \*\*Pearl \*\*- Malcolm McDowell as an arrogant English professor, and Rhea Perlman as a working-class woman going back to college. The chemistry between them was fun. \*\*Cupid \*\*- No, not that one. The original, with Jeremy Piven. Smart writing, good stories. Didn’t last long. **Swamp Thing** - USA series. It was terrible, but I loved it. I second **Anything But Love**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006.md?page=2)