# Your TV "holy grails" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099 "2012-03-18T01:41:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/201 "2012-04-04T16:14:50Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I’m guessing you’re thinking of [Bad News](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wM58YXp2x0). I bow to your superior Google Fu. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/202 "2012-04-04T16:41:02Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I did not know this, but A/V equipment is definitely not an area of even mild expertise to me. What I don’t understand is why they even CARE. Who came up with this silly region thing, and why? It’s a method of artifically segmenting markets so they can charge higher prices where the traffic will bear them without being undercut by (re)importation. For instance, if it were possible to region-code groceries, the existing price differentials between city and rural stores could be increased, leading to hihger profits. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/203 "2012-04-04T16:51:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I bow to your superior Google Fu. Well, that particular video was on my mind because I think someone else linked to it in some other thread not too long ago… don’t remember who it was, though. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/204 "2012-04-04T17:02:19Z")
I used to love watching SCETV’s [NatureScene](http://video.scetv.org/program/naturescene/). It was a half hour program featuring a Naturalist and his sidekick sauntering around and discussing the flora and fauna of various natural areas. The conversations were low-key with kind of a southern drawl, but I found them really interesting and relaxing to watch. I would have loved to go with Rudy and Jim on one of their forays. ---
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/205 "2012-04-05T01:31:42Z")
I’m a big Tarzan fan and have had absolutely no luck finding the various television shows, particularly the Ron Ely and Joe Lara series. None on any home video releases I can find, very few have been uploaded online, and I’ve had no luck via “alternative” methods. My other is old episodes of soaps, particularly Days, all of it’s episodes have been saved but virtually none are available. I also wish MGM would get around to either releasing Sea Hunt on DVD, or at least uploading more episodes on Hulu. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/206 "2012-04-05T02:37:03Z")
> [@Rubixcube](#): > > I’m a big Tarzan fan and have had absolutely no luck finding the various television shows, particularly the Ron Ely and Joe Lara series. None on any home video releases I can find, very few have been uploaded online, and I’ve had no luck via “alternative” methods… Pity, I loved that show. I thought Ron Ely did a fine job. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/207 "2012-04-05T02:38:42Z")
Didn’t read whole thread, but there was a TV movie Svengali, I adore [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086399/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086399/) Peter O’toole AND Jodie Foster in a made for TV!! ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/208 "2012-04-05T02:44:51Z")
> [@Rubixcube](#): > > I’m a big Tarzan fan and have had absolutely no luck finding the various television shows, particularly the Ron Ely and Joe Lara series. None on any home video releases I can find, very few have been uploaded online, and I’ve had no luck via “alternative” methods. My other is old episodes of soaps, particularly Days, all of it’s episodes have been saved but virtually none are available. I also wish MGM would get around to either releasing Sea Hunt on DVD, or at least uploading more episodes on Hulu. Season one of the Ron Ely Tarzan is available from the Warner Archive [http://www.wbshop.com/product/tarzan++season+one+part+one+1000278425.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=Search](http://www.wbshop.com/product/tarzan++season+one+part+one+1000278425.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=Search) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/209 "2012-04-05T03:28:53Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > They had this music they’d play in the background when the contestant got hosed that used to crack me up. I used to call it “the degradation tune”. My mother loathed this show as much as my father and I loved it. > > I remember where some lady is all psyched up and Edward’s tells her she’s won a Mercedes (or some other high-priced car). He proceeds to pull out a Matchbox car. Hilarity ensued. Cue the degradation tune. IIRC, the show was ten times more hilarious than these descriptions. If it’s the one I’m thinking of, the build up was great. In the case of the one woman who fainted, they started out with a 4 tires. The woman thought she had won a car, then, 4 people came out with ribbons and tied her (loosely) with them. Then, the guy kept on in a similar vein, and the woman was almost screaming/crying/passing out. In the end, she won a big bucks car. Found it! https://www.youtube.com/embed/pYFaGqUBr6c?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/210 "2012-04-06T00:17:46Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@psiekier](#): > > > > I _swear_ there was an episode of the Weird Al Show on MTV where he played a music video of a heavy metal band singing a deliberately off-key version of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”. I thought the name of the band was “Bad Axe”, but I’ve never been able to find any promising references matching Weird Al and Bohemian Rhapsody that don’t involve his polka rendition instead. > > I’m guessing you’re thinking of [Bad News](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wM58YXp2x0). My memory is fuzzy on this, but hat has _got_ to be the right one. Thank you, **Thudlow Boink**. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Conrad\_Shadowdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Dr.Conrad\_Shadowdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Conrad_Shadowdale)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/211 "2012-04-06T04:02:39Z")
I am so glad to see this thread, but haven’t seen what I was hoping to see!!! 1. Room 222, featuring Judy Strangis (soon to become DynaGirl) in a key role as Helen Loomis. I understand that some creep stalked her unmercifully and she retired from acting to avoid something nasty. Judy made my heart beat faster on those Friday evenings of long ago. 2. Also, I recall watching a B&W movie on a DFW station (WFAA?) in the 70’s. The movie was a “horror” movie and featured, as villian, a murderous maniac. At the conclusion, the police “killed” the villan and all seemed to end well and left the scene. Then… The maniac resurrected (IIIIIIII - am - the MAAAANIACCCC…)and threatened to sneak into the homes and slit the throats of anyone who watched the movie and told the secrets of the movie. No idea of the title, the stars or when it was made (I assume late 40’s). I swear, this is only the second time I have mentioned it to anyone (and I will not sleep well tonight). Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/212 "2012-04-06T12:07:08Z")
There are several British TV shows I’d like to see, but I don’t know if they even exist any more. They had two science fiction TV series in the 1960s with similar names – _Out of This World_ and _Out of the Unknown_ – that adapted several science fiction short stories and short novels. I’ve known about them for years, dever since I read about them thirty years ago in the _Science Fiction Encyclopedia_. I’ve since seen one episode on YouTube. Also, as a avid _Judge Dee_ fan, who was, in fact, turned on by the Nicholas Meyer-produced American Judge Dee TV movie, I’[d be very interested in seeing the six episode British TV version (Timothy Dalton is in one episode!) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/213 "2012-04-06T13:45:46Z")
I liked Herschel Bernardi in _Arnie_. Sadly, it never been released on DVD, though an episode or two is on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/214 "2012-04-06T14:04:01Z")
I’ve wanted to get “Miracle on 34th Street” with Sebastion Cabot for my wife but it doesn’t seem to be available. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/215 "2012-04-06T14:15:51Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I’ve wanted to get “Miracle on 34th Street” with Sebastion Cabot for my wife but it doesn’t seem to be available. It’s available on Netflix streaming but that appears to be it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/216 "2012-04-06T14:46:23Z")
> [@Dr.Conrad\_Shadowdale](#): > > 1. Room 222, featuring Judy Strangis (soon to become DynaGirl) in a key role as Helen Loomis. The first two seasons of Room 222 are available on DVD. Netflix has the Season One set, which is also available through the usual retail outlets; Season Two can only be purchased directly from Shout Factory. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/217 "2012-04-06T16:35:04Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It’s available on Netflix streaming but that appears to be it. :smack: I can’t believe I didn’t look there. Thanks **hajario**! ---
**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:** [April 6, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/218 "2012-04-06T20:06:33Z")
I saw a show years ago; it was a satirical year-end news recap hosted by Christopher Hitchens. A bit of googling and it was probably [Everything You Need to Know](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298638/) on Comedy Central in 1993. There was a song about the people who had died that year, including Fred Gwynne and Pat Nixon. Online information about the show is very meager. ---
**Author:** ![elbravoiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@elbravoiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbravoiv)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/219 "2012-04-07T00:34:45Z")
i’ve come to learn to not go back and watch them on youtube… they’re never 1/2 as cool as i remember them, it’s too disappointing, the best ones live in your head and there alone ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/220 "2012-04-14T10:10:18Z")
Remembered another one… many years ago the Beeb showed a series called _Seven Little Australians_, the final episode of which features the tragic death of one of the characters. It was horribly sad and scarred many a child for life. Don’t think it’s ever been shown again since, or if it has it’s been heavily edited. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099.md?page=12)