# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/141 "2012-03-25T23:51:05Z")
Stompin at the Savoy, I watched it on youtube but I wish I could see a clearer version. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/142 "2012-03-26T02:03:57Z")
Once again, I was going to post something, and there it was on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/143 "2012-03-26T03:08:13Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Ok, I admit. These was some show on Spanish language TV I used to watch once in a while. It was a comedy. But they had girls in the tiniest outfits possible, in fact they would not be allowed on US broadcast TV today. Any idea of the name of this? It was actually quite funny (when I got the joke), but I admit I watched mostly for the girls. Was it by any chance set at a beach resort? There was a Venezuelan show called “Bienevidos(?)” that comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/144 "2012-03-26T04:07:21Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Was it by any chance set at a beach resort? There was a Venezuelan show called “Bienevidos(?)” that comes to mind. There were a few re-occuring gags like a bungling stage magician, a police station which seemed only to arrest hookers, oh and a “not so little girl” who always wanted her step-dad to spank her. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/145 "2012-03-26T12:19:00Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > For me I think this was a tv movie that was meant to be a series. It was about a small genetically engineered creature that was essentially to be a servant. The creature was short, round, bald with big eyes, though the details are fuzzy. Two docs or lab workers go on the run with the thing and try to avoid recapture. > > I think it came out in the early 80’s but have never been able to find any referene to it. Found it! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at4TWrBy8og](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at4TWrBy8og) Wishman from 1983. ---
**Author:** ![ads95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@ads95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ads95)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/146 "2012-03-26T12:53:08Z")
About 100 episodes of “Doctor Who” from 1963 through 1969. In particular, episode 4 of “The Tenth Planet” ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/147 "2012-03-26T13:05:57Z")
I remember watching the Star Wars Christmas Special when I was a kid. I’d watch anything that had anything to do with Star Wars. Now, I would love to see it because it was just so weird. The campiness went over my head back then. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/148 "2012-03-26T13:24:25Z")
When I was a kid in the 70s, my sister and I would watch the “Sid & Marty Kroft” shows, and there was one called “Electra Woman and Dyna-Girl”. I heard at some point that they did a pilot for a reboot in 2001 with Markie Post playing Electra Woman as a washed up boozy slut. Dunno if it ever aired, but I happened to stumble across the episode last night: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOitJbSBSg) ---
**Author:** ![sliv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sliv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sliv)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/149 "2012-03-26T20:58:43Z")
I vaguely recall a show about a general hospital in space. Orbiting around Pluto, maybe? Unfortunately I can’t remember any of the actors. I feel like I saw 2, maybe 3 episodes before it disappeared. The special effects were pretty good for the era, too, which I think was the late 90s. Ring any bells for anyone? I also remember enjoying “Misfits of Science”, but I can’t imagine that it’s aged well. Also still unavailable on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/150 "2012-03-26T21:18:09Z")
> [@ads95](#): > > About 100 episodes of “Doctor Who” from 1963 through 1969. > > In particular, episode 4 of “The Tenth Planet” I see what you did there… ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/151 "2012-03-27T02:19:58Z")
> [@sliv](#): > > I vaguely recall a show about a general hospital in space. Orbiting around Pluto, maybe? Unfortunately I can’t remember any of the actors. I feel like I saw 2, maybe 3 episodes before it disappeared. The special effects were pretty good for the era, too, which I think was the late 90s. Ring any bells for anyone? > > I also remember enjoying “Misfits of Science”, but I can’t imagine that it’s aged well. Also still unavailable on DVD. > **[Mercy Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Point)** > > Mercy Point is an American science fiction medical drama, created by Trey Callaway, David Simkins, and Milo Frank, which originally aired for one season on United Paramount Network (UPN) from October 6, 1998, to July 15, 1999. With an ensemble cast led by Joe Morton, Maria del Mar, Alexandra Wilson, Brian McNamara, Salli Richardson, Julia Pennington, Gay Thomas, Jordan Lund, and Joe Spano, the series focuses on the doctors and nurses in a 23rd-century hospital space station located in deep spa... ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/152 "2012-03-27T13:19:32Z")
Oh yes - many of mine have been noted: \*\*New Treasure Hunt \*\*(circa 1975). My mother hated this show because Geoff Edwards seemed to come up with new ways to humiliate contestants who picked badly. One episode in particular sticks out. Some lady gives up some decent amount of cash and wants to keep her box. Edwards does his schtick of looking inside the box, building up the poor sap’s hopes, and tells her “You’ve WON 25 thousand…lira” (Italian currency that at the time might have been worth a penny to the lira). Contestant goes from elation to being crushed in an eyeblink. The original **Jon Stewart Show**. There was an episde with William Shatner and Gilbert Godfried as guests. Godfried comes out in an Andrew Dice Clay get-up, imitating his then trendy monologues but filling it with various homophobic jokes. The college-aged audience is appauled and stone silent. But in the background, you can hear Shatner guffawing. Priceless. An anthology show hosted by Orson Welles from the early 70’s called “ **Great Mysteries** ”. Top of the list: a local show run on New Jersy Network called **Uncle Floyd**. I’m sure it ran over a decade. Loads of cool musical guests (probably no VHS/DVD clearances were ever negotiated). Lots of innuendo humor (it was supposedly a kids show). ---
**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:** [March 27, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/153 "2012-03-27T14:17:08Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Top of the list: a local show run on New Jersy Network called **Uncle Floyd**. I’m sure it ran over a decade. Loads of cool musical guests (probably no VHS/DVD clearances were ever negotiated). Lots of innuendo humor (it was supposedly a kids show). You Tube has tons of uncle Floyd, including political commercials from when he ran for Governor. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/154 "2012-03-27T18:25:48Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > I see what you did there… I don’t. (Must be something about episodes that were destroyed.) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/155 "2012-03-27T19:01:40Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Oh yes - many of mine have been noted: > > \*\*New Treasure Hunt \*\*(circa 1975). My mother hated this show because Geoff Edwards seemed to come up with new ways to humiliate contestants who picked badly. One episode in particular sticks out. Some lady gives up some decent amount of cash and wants to keep her box. Edwards does his schtick of looking inside the box, building up the poor sap’s hopes, and tells her “You’ve WON 25 thousand…lira” (Italian currency that at the time might have been worth a penny to the lira). Contestant goes from elation to being crushed in an eyeblink. IIRC, they must have hand-picked only the loopiest of studio audience participants, and then the cream of the crop of those as contestants. It always seemed a parody of game shows…Chuck Barris at his best. > [@BwanaBob](#): > > Top of the list: a local show run on New Jersy Network called **Uncle Floyd**. I’m sure it ran over a decade. Loads of cool musical guests (probably no VHS/DVD clearances were ever negotiated). Lots of innuendo humor (it was supposedly a kids show). I miss Uncle Floyd…you had to watch for a few weeks to catch even some of the inside jokes. The Ramones were on quite a bit. It’s the only show I remember watching on UHF. Will have to go catch those YT vids now. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/156 "2012-03-27T20:13:37Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I don’t. (Must be something about episodes that were destroyed.) Yeah, that’s the list of episodes that the BBC famously destroyed their copies of. Occasionally one or two have shown up at a TV station somewhere but the odds are that most of them are gone forever. ---
**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 27, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/157 "2012-03-27T20:45:34Z")
What was that show where the people survived a nuclear bomb and somehow all found each other at a farmhouse? It was only on for one season, I think around 1994. One person survived because they were in their bank’s vault, another person survived because they were in their Volvo (“the world’s safest car!”), but I can’t remember the rest. It was an American sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/158 "2012-03-27T20:53:18Z")
I started this thread [Help ID this Saturday Night Live video - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577522) looking for a video but never found it. As explained in the thread, it was a video of many famous faces quickly shown to the beat of the music. I’m almost positive it was David Bowie’s _Fame_. Still convinced I saw it and didn’t dream it. Also, I would love to see my Dad’s car commercials from the 1960s. They couldn’t find a salesman who spoke Spanish in those days, so my Dad was tapped for the job with his broken New Mexico gringo speak. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/159 "2012-03-27T22:23:47Z")
God, I hadn’t thought of this in years, but this thread brought it back! In the mid-80s I saw a handful of episodes of this show that had a kind of proto-_Princess Bride_ feel - I don’t think it was as good (well, it was several decades ago and dubbed into Italian, but from what I can tell…) but it had that mix of fantasy, tongue-in-cheek comedy and a full-on good-versus-evil underlying story line. I was a kid and it was the first time I’d seen that mixture, and I \*loved \*it. Some slightly fancy Googling (I only knew the title in Italian) and it turns out it was called _Wizards and Warriors_ and I’m not the only one who loved it and wishes it was out on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099/160 "2012-03-28T02:15:29Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > What was that show where the people survived a nuclear bomb and somehow all found each other at a farmhouse? It was only on for one season, I think around 1994. One person survived because they were in their bank’s vault, another person survived because they were in their Volvo (“the world’s safest car!”), but I can’t remember the rest. It was an American sitcom. [Woops!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woops!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-tv-holy-grails/616099.md?page=9)