# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![PAjoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pajoe/32/58_2.png) [@PAjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PAjoe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/281 "2017-04-11T16:44:23Z")
How about “The Invaders” with Roy Thinnes- i was little when that came out and i thought it was really scary. Also the British marionette show “Captain Scarlet” as well as “Fireball XL5” which had a really snappy theme [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrK0rmeSlTk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrK0rmeSlTk) and then there was “Wonderfalls” which only lasted one season. ---
**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 11, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/282 "2017-04-11T16:45:55Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Doris Day did have her own show in the late '60s or early '70s. It was a “gentle” comedy and I think she played a widow. McLean Stevenson was her boss in at least one season, and I’m pretty sure Denver Pyle played her father. Her other boss was some dude with a mustache; can’t think of his name right offhand. His name just came to me in a flash: John Dehner. The theme song was “Que Sera, Sera,” sung by Doris herself. ---
**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 11, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/283 "2017-04-11T16:48:16Z")
> [@PAjoe](#): > > How about “The Invaders” with Roy Thinnes- i was little when that came out and i thought it was really scary. Also the British marionette show “Captain Scarlet” as well as “Fireball XL5” which had a really snappy theme [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrK0rmeSlTk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrK0rmeSlTk) Gerry Anderson and Supermarionation! _ **Supercar** _, _ **Stingray** _, _ **Thunderbirds** _! Way cool! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/284 "2017-04-11T16:48:24Z")
Yes! Nearly 6 pages in, and I don’t think anyone’s mentioned my two favorite “forgotten gems”. The first, _[Strike](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqLp-DBVyoo) [Force](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ95sH0_oz8)_, was what I would now consider a guilty pleasure, but back when I was in 7th grade, this show was _awesome_. Robert Stack leads a crack squad of LAPD’s finest as they battle the darkest elements of the city. This show stood out at the time for its hyper-violence - (according to [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_Force_(TV_series)), “at one point the series was labeled the most violent in American TV history”). Now, watching it decades later, what stands out is the uber-cheesy dialogue. Examples (from 2nd link above): (Two cops doing a crossword puzzle on a stake-out) Dorian Harewood (African-American cop): “What’s a five-letter word for color of night?” Michael Goodwin (white cop): “Black.” DH: “No, no; K-night.” MG: (smiles smugly) “White.” DH: (side-eye glance, shakes head) “It figures…” Frightened Witness: “My God! Who are you people? What do you do?” Cool-and-Collected Robert Stack: (shrugs) “This is what we do.” My other forgotten gem is _[It’s Your Move](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrtykB68_w)_. There was nothing like this show when it debuted in '84 for its sole season. It featured a smart-ass, amoral, ruthlessly manipulative Jason Bateman doing battle - and winning! - with the various people in his life, including adults. His foil was played by David Garrison, who later went on to semi-stardom as Steve Rhoades in _Married… with Children_. I’ve watched this show recently, and it still largely holds up, IMO, due to the two male leads and the terrific writing. However, the show went in the shitter towards the end of its run after they watered-down Bateman’s character and made him vincible, in response to parental complaints to the producers. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/285 "2017-04-11T16:51:14Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > His name just came to me in a flash: John Dehner. The theme song was “Que Sera, Sera,” sung by Doris herself. If I have the right show, wasn’t she a fashion designer/model? (Even then, they did the “slightly out of focus” dealie for close-ups) ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/286 "2017-04-11T17:02:34Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > If I have the right show, wasn’t she a fashion designer/model? > > (Even then, they did the “slightly out of focus” dealie for close-ups) As I recall, she worked for a publishing house as the assistant to Stevenson (and presumably Dehner as well). But it was one of those shows (like, f’rinstance, \*\*\*Buck \*\*\*_ **Rogers** _) that seemed to change formats every season (_ **DD** _ ran for two or three). And yeah, Doris was by this time getting a bit long in the tooth, but she was still quite attractive! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/287 "2017-04-11T17:03:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Doris Day did have her own show in the late '60s or early '70s. It was a “gentle” comedy and I think she played a widow. McLean Stevenson was her boss in at least one season, and I’m pretty sure Denver Pyle played her father. Her other boss was some dude with a mustache; can’t think of his name right offhand. I was amazed to see, in Best Buy a few years back, a complete box set of the Doris Day Show. I just can’t imagine great demand for that. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/288 "2017-04-11T17:03:43Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _Old_? You want _old_?!? > > _ **Sheriff of Cochise** _, a modern-day (1950s) western > > \*\*\*Topper \*\*\*with Leo G Carrol > > _ **Love That Bob** _ with Bob Cummings and Ann B Davis > > _ **My Little Margie** _ with Gale Storm > > \*\*\*Checkmate \*\*\*with Sebastian Cabot > > _ **The Roy Rogers Show** _ with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans > > _ **Sky King** _ who flew the Songbird > > _ **Sea Hunt** _ with Lloyd Bridges > > The abovementioned _ **Ruff and Reddy** _ > > The very first episode of _ **Rocky and Bullwinkle** _ with the scrooch-gunning Moonmen > > I watched all of these in my dad’s TV shop when I was three or four. I remember 'em all (except Ruff & Ready). You were just a kid! I was about six for most of these. [aside] My Little Margie was one of those single-father series that were so prevalent for a while. Bachelor Father, Family Affair, My Three Sons, Bonanza, Andy Griffith, The Rifleman, even The Beverly Hillbillies. No mention was ever made of the moms or what happened to them. Here’s an interesting [list](http://www.tvdads.com/tvd1950.shtml). [/aside] ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/289 "2017-04-11T17:10:56Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I remember 'em all (except Ruff & Ready). You were just a kid! I was about six for most of these. I wasn’t even a _kid_, just a babe-in-arms! 😃 What was the series with Mike “Mannix” Connors, who drew his concealed .38 at the start of each show? (I could Google this, but I’m having connectivity problems at the moment. ☹ ) ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/290 "2017-04-11T17:17:55Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > _[Strike](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqLp-DBVyoo) [Force](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ95sH0_oz8)_, was what I would now consider a guilty pleasure, but back when I was in 7th grade, this show was _awesome_. Robert Stack leads a crack squad of LAPD’s finest as they battle the darkest elements of the city. This show stood out at the time for its hyper-violence - (according to [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_Force_(TV_series)), “at one point the series was labeled the most violent in American TV history”). Now, watching it decades later, what stands out is the uber-cheesy dialogue. I remember watching Fred Ziv’s _ **Highway Patrol** _ (starring Broderick Crawford) for the first time in years when I was 16 or 17. I could not _believe_ how cheap and cheesy it was, despite its kick-ass signature tune/march! ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/291 "2017-04-11T17:27:44Z")
One no one has mentioned yet is “World of Giants” (different show from “Land of Giants”). You can read about it on Wiki. Basically it starred a 6 inch high spy who was used to infiltrate various places. He’d always run into nasty cats or something. The start of the show showed the letters W O G with a voice-over announcing "WOG (pronounced as a word to rhyme with “log”) World of Giants. I was ten when it came on, and as far as I know it’s never been repeated. Ten years later we got the British SF/detective show “The Champions”. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/292 "2017-04-11T17:28:50Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I remember watching Fred Ziv’s _ **Highway Patrol** _ (starring Broderick Crawford) for the first time in years when I was 16 or 17. I could not _believe_ how cheap and cheesy it was, despite its kick-ass signature tune/march! I just watched all the episodes of this on DVD within the past few months. Crawford seemed noticeably drunk in many shows. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/293 "2017-04-11T17:34:49Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I remember watching Fred Ziv’s _ **Highway Patrol** _ (starring Broderick Crawford) for the first time in years when I was 16 or 17. I could not _believe_ how cheap and cheesy it was, despite its kick-ass signature tune/march! “10-4!” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/294 "2017-04-11T17:35:27Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > [Unhappily Ever After,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unhappily_Ever_After) an unabashed knockoff of _Married…with Children_ except the Dad was divorced and owned a stuffed bunny (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait) that only he could talk to. Despite lasting five seasons, it failed in syndication and has never been released on DVD or Blu-ray. And a serious babe daughter. ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/295 "2017-04-11T17:38:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > My Little Margie was one of those single-father series that were so prevalent for a while. Bachelor Father, Family Affair, My Three Sons, Bonanza, Andy Griffith, The Rifleman, even The Beverly Hillbillies. No mention was ever made of the moms or what happened to them. Here’s an interesting [list](http://www.tvdads.com/tvd1950.shtml). This is a great site! I actually remember watching an episode of _ **The Baileys of Balboa** _ back in 1964 or '65; it was CBS President Bill Paley’s answer to _ **Gilligan’s Island** _, which he loathed. The plot was, everybody wanted to know how a very young Clint Howard was able to catch so many fish off the pier. The answer was, he used bits of peanut butter sandwiches as bait! ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/296 "2017-04-11T17:45:05Z")
As far as old goes, I love the Burns and Allen Show. George stepped through the fourth wall regularly and it was truly the original show about nothing. But I discovered this gem as an adult, not a kid. ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/297 "2017-04-11T17:45:47Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > And a serious babe daughter. A real Ugly Duckling story, too. [Here](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FYeiradj9Ss/VGnHYZjyGbI/AAAAAAAANyI/x8fjnankFVU/s1600/nikki%2Bcox.jpg) she is as a kid. ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/298 "2017-04-11T17:45:49Z")
> [@smokey78](#): > > Actually a show I think nobody if few heard of? I woke up one night and couldn’t sleep so I randomly turned onto MeTV? or AntennaTv? and saw “Land of the Giants” I was stunned I’d never heard of this series, but then I realized why, at just two seasons it never landed in syndication. MeTV or whatever broadcasting company it airs on, manages to I assume show 1-2 episodes a week to stretch the series to 26 weeks to a year. > > Some funny anecdotes I looked up: the series takes place in 1983 but with the clothes the cast had on, obviously filmed in the 60s. Everyone was in tip-top shape cuz the cast had to perform their own stunts pretending to be little folks in a land of giants (using the electric cords to slide down from tables to floors) . The Land of the Giants looked like Earth complete with English speaking giants but somehow was not Planet Earth. Of \*\*course \*\*they had to be in great shape: Can you imagine what the gravity on that planet was like? They were lucky they weren’t crushed under their own weight! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/299 "2017-04-11T17:49:02Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Not sure if either of yours really count, Fawlty Towers is well remembered and cherished by large numbers,. Strangely, I cant stand it, altho i love Cleese. And here is horrible show no one remembers- with a infectious theme song: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/i81zu_oz_t0/hqdefault.jpg "PRUITTS OF SOUTHAMPTON opening credits ABC sitcom with sponsor") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i81zu_oz_t0) ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006/300 "2017-04-11T17:50:23Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > As far as old goes, I love the Burns and Allen Show. George stepped through the fourth wall regularly and it was truly the original show about nothing. But I discovered this gem as an adult, not a kid. This was rerun late at night when I was in college. I was surprised when my roommate actually laughed out loud at it. (I was a few years older than he was, and old enough to remember when it was on earlier.) Burns and Allen, and Jack Benny. They just don’t make 'em like that anymore! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006.md?page=16)