what were you watching in the '80s

what TV shows did you watch in the 1980s?

on television in the wood house, you would find the following:

facts of life, gimme a break, max headroom, 21 jump street, moonlighting, LA law, the cosby show, silver spoons, the hogan family, MASH, battle of the network stars, star search, you can't do that on television, the muppet show, remington steele, hunter, knight rider, st. elsewhere, the one where stars become circus performers, double dare, alice, dukes of hazzard, press your luck, love connection, the $100,000 pyramid, hollywood squares, the wonder years, hart to hart, miami vice, the monkees (played on MTV), cheers, johnny carson, mr. wizard's world, and probably a zillion more.

My wives leaving in droves!

ROCKET MICK wrote: My wives leaving in droves!

that's on TV, rocket, TV.

unless you were married to a few celebrities, in which case you might have actually seen them on TV!

AgentWood wrote:

ROCKET MICK wrote: My wives leaving in droves!

that's on TV, rocket, TV.

unless you were married to a few celebrities, in which case you might have actually seen them on TV!

I once went out with one of the NOLAN sisters!Check them out nd GUESS which one! I'm in the MOOD for DANCING.

Lemme see. Dr Who, The Goodies, Countdown, Greatest American Hero, The A Team, Knight Rider, The Love Boat, Fat Albert, etc ect.. . These are just the first few to come to mind, so I could argue that these were the most important ones to me.

NOOLigan wrote: Fat Albert

Wha?

Burt Reynolds wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Fat Albert

Wha?

Google it. Ignorance is no excuse these days.

NOOLigan wrote: Lemme see. Dr Who, The Goodies, Countdown, Greatest American Hero, The A Team, Knight Rider, The Love Boat, Fat Albert, etc ect.. . These are just the first few to come to mind, so I could argue that these were the most important ones to me.

crap. i forgot about the love boat, fat albert, the greatest american hero (i had a crush on the guy) and the A team. also mr. belvedere, fantasy island, and the joy of painting(probably the best show ever! 'happy little trees'). there was a serious bob ross cult following.

Burt Reynolds wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Fat Albert

Wha?

He ain't HEAVY he's my BroTHER

ROCKET MICK wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Fat Albert

Wha?

He ain't HEAVY he's my BroTHER

WHAT you TALKING ABOOT WILLIS?

Burt Reynolds wrote:

ROCKET MICK wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Fat Albert

Wha?

He ain't HEAVY he's my BroTHER

WHAT you TALKING ABOOT WILLIS?

i think this is an ancient navajo saying::

the world don't move to the beat of just one drum, what might be right for you may not be right for some.

confucius, maybe.

Burt Reynolds wrote:

ROCKET MICK wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Fat Albert

Wha?

He ain't HEAVY he's my BroTHER

WHAT you TALKING ABOOT WILLIS?

Ah Different Strokes, one I missed.

Night Court (something about Markie Post....... )

WKRP In Cincinnati

The Jeffersons

Max Headroom

and Bob Newhart were my faves; I honestly never watched Dallas, Dynasty, etc, and only caught passing episodes of things like Cheers.

loved USA's Night Flight and IRS's The Cutting Edge on MTV, about the only places one could see worthwhile musical acts on a consistent basis, I was quite happy when Night Flight started showing SNUB TV on a regular basis.

Green wrote: Night Court (something about Markie Post....... )

WKRP In Cincinnati

The Jeffersons

Max Headroom

and Bob Newhart were my faves; I honestly never watched Dallas, Dynasty, etc, and only caught passing episodes of things like Cheers.

loved USA's Night Flight and IRS's The Cutting Edge on MTV, about the only places one could see worthwhile musical acts on a consistent basis, I was quite happy when Night Flight started showing SNUB TV on a regular basis.

yep, night court. and i loved newhart!

anyone else watch dance party USA?

Green wrote:

The Jeffersons

i wish i was living in a deluxe apartment in the sky.

I'm beginning to recollect why I didn't watch much TV in the 80s...

Except for Cheers.

Rainbow, Fun House and whatever else Pat Sharpe or Michaela Strachan was in.

Used to love the BBC 6 o clock news when it went 'dadadada-da-da,dun, dun,dunduuun'

HILL ST BLues

grange hill

Cheers

Howard's WAY??????????woz this 80's-i was all at sea:D

Comrade Shampanyov wrote: I'm beginning to recollect why I didn't watch much TV in the 80s...

Except for Cheers.

errr, nevermind. Love the Bush pic.....

The 80's was TV!

Dr Who Battlestar repeats Blakes 7 Sapphire and Steel repeats Magnum Quincy Hill Street Blues Cagney and Lacey TOTP Blockbusters Coronation Street The Tube Miami Vice The Kenny Everett Show Dangermouse

And a load of other stuff that doesn't instantly come to mind!

dangermouse! forgot all about him (and his trusty sidekick penfold).

i left out family ties, as well. michael j. fox as alex p. keaton epitomized the reagan years!

The smurfs

NOOLigan wrote: The smurfs

the smurfs were a little too creepy for me. the female smurf must have gone at it with every other smurf, being the only girl. i'm even more disturbed because they're all clearly related.

AgentWood wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: The smurfs

the smurfs were a little too creepy for me. the female smurf must have gone at it with every other smurf, being the only girl. i'm even more disturbed because they're all clearly related.

That classic scene of Donnie Darko comes to mind. :)

NOOLigan wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: The smurfs

the smurfs were a little too creepy for me. the female smurf must have gone at it with every other smurf, being the only girl. i'm even more disturbed because they're all clearly related.

That classic scene of Donnie Darko comes to mind. :)

i'd forgotten that. nice one!

A-Team Magnum Chips Bareta Dynasty Benny Hill show ALF Miami Vice Automan

Fallguy Million Dollar Man Battlestar Gallactica Sledgehammer CHiPs Dukes of Hazard Happy Days Greatest American Hero

that was when I had control of the remote, but if my sister got her hands on it..

Little House on the Praire Bionic Woman Wonder Woman (though I didn't fight this one as she was hot) Isis Lavern and Shirley

AgentWood wrote:

i left out family ties, as well. michael j. fox as alex p. keaton epitomized the reagan years!

sadly, i had a massive crush on MJF...

kids from fame air wolf

sky one are to remake balkes seven!

80's... Boy thats an eternity away... Maybe some series where later here, than at your country so don't bother if there's 70s in it...

Miami Vice, The Professionals, The Fall Guy, Riptide (what happened to Joe Penny? ), All Creatures Great and Small, ALF, Scarecrow and Mrs. King...

Bere wrote: 80's... Boy thats an eternity away... Maybe some series where later here, than at your country so don't bother if there's 70s in it...

Miami Vice, The Professionals, The Fall Guy, Riptide (what happened to Joe Penny? ), All Creatures Great and Small, ALF, Scarecrow and Mrs. King...

War Tim Thaler in den 80ern?

NOOLigan wrote:

Bere wrote: 80's... Boy thats an eternity away... Maybe some series where later here, than at your country so don't bother if there's 70s in it...

Miami Vice, The Professionals, The Fall Guy, Riptide (what happened to Joe Penny? ), All Creatures Great and Small, ALF, Scarecrow and Mrs. King...

War Tim Thaler in den 80ern?

1979

Link

Ah OK... first shown x-mas 1980.

Bere wrote:

NOOLigan wrote:

Bere wrote: 80's... Boy thats an eternity away... Maybe some series where later here, than at your country so don't bother if there's 70s in it...

Miami Vice, The Professionals, The Fall Guy, Riptide (what happened to Joe Penny? ), All Creatures Great and Small, ALF, Scarecrow and Mrs. King...

War Tim Thaler in den 80ern?

1979

Link

Ah OK... first shown x-mas 1980.

Nah genug. Horst Frank war cool. Er hat auch auf vielen meiner Hoerspile gesprochen. Die Stimme ist einmahlig.

NOOLigan wrote:

Bere wrote:

NOOLigan wrote:

Bere wrote: 80's... Boy thats an eternity away... Maybe some series where later here, than at your country so don't bother if there's 70s in it...

Miami Vice, The Professionals, The Fall Guy, Riptide (what happened to Joe Penny? ), All Creatures Great and Small, ALF, Scarecrow and Mrs. King...

War Tim Thaler in den 80ern?

1979

Link

Ah OK... first shown x-mas 1980.

Nah genug. Horst Frank war cool. Er hat auch auf vielen meiner Hoerspile gesprochen. Die Stimme ist einmahlig.

Tja... R.I.P. ... Ich habe ihn auch sehr gemocht. Mein Gott der ist schon fast 10 Jahre tot.

Hammer House OF Horror (the tv series) The Martian Chronicles Mind Your Language (or was that late 70s? ) Open All Hours The Young Ones Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy Brookside Brass The Tube Max Headroom One Summer Blackadder Wogan Howard's Way The New Statesman Spitting Image!! dipped in and out of Dallas , Dynasty and all the other American stuff - Dukes Of Hazzard , A Team etc . V

Mostly shite then

and i even remember half day closing

Fall Guy Million Dollar Man CHiPs Greatest American Hero Bionic Woman Wonder Woman Lavern & Shirley Charles Angels Different Strokes Alice Leave It To Beaver Donna Reed Show The Jeffersons Code Red Hawaii Five-O T.J. Hooker

...just to name a few!

Spitting Image Blake's 7 (or was that the very late 70's?) Not the Nine O Clock News (ditto) HHGTTG The Young Ones The News (is that still going? It seemed a very badly plotted show, far too many characters and story lines were never fully resolved) Christ, its hard to remember this stuff. Only seem to be able to remember the early 80s...hang on, that's probably cos I had no telly in the late 80's.

oh how i forgot

The Singing Detective.Probably THE best TV series of the 80s.How could i forget those dark foggy November Sunday nights watching it then peering out of the curtains afterwards and there always seemed to be a mysterious hatted figure under the streetlight outside

Fast forwrd to 6.30 for Dry Bones.Now hear the words of the lord.

404 error wrote:

The Young Ones

they showed this on MTV in the mid-'80s over here. i had a crush on rik mayall.

EdelBrock wrote: Sledgehammer

Bloody hell, now that's a blast from the past - I used to love that series (it used to be shown late at night on either ITV or Channel 4 over here)...

Hmmm... Wonder if it's ever been released on DVD?

alf,my sister sam, saturday morning cartoons,american bandstand,tales from the darkside,twilight zone,weird movies.mind you i was only between 6-8 yrs old. i remember that fairly well.

Winnie the Pooh, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, some Japanese shows on NHK, Strawberry Shortcake, the list is endless.

BillONdollar wrote: Fall Guy Million Dollar Man CHiPs Greatest American Hero Bionic Woman Wonder Woman Lavern & Shirley Charles Angels Different Strokes Alice Leave It To Beaver Donna Reed Show The Jeffersons Code Red Hawaii Five-O T.J. Hooker

...just to name a few!

fall guy!!.is that the one with the blonde with tight jeans?? she was a honey trap bt had a ace bottom! god her ass was fucking ace

...damn, that I can remember? Let's see...

• The A Team
• Punky Brewster
• Transformers
• The Smurfs
• Care Bears
• Speed Racer
• Diff'rent Strokes
• Gimme a Break
• The Facts of Life
• M*A*S*H
• Perfect Strangers
• Knight Rider
• Mr. Wizard's World [R.I.P. Mr. Wizard, Sir]
• Count Duckula
• YO! MTV Raps
• 21 Jump Street
• Moonlighting
• Cheers
• You Can't Do That on Television [*best.show.ever.*]
• The Cosby Show
• LA Law
• Miami Vice
• CHiPs
• Mr. Belvedere
• Growing Pains
• Who's the Boss
• Night Court
• WKRP in Cincinnati
• Family Ties
• Dangermouse
• ALF
• Magnum P.I.
• Happy Days
• Lavern and Shirley
• Hawaii Five-O
• The Real Ghostbusters

*titles in blue are cartoons*

For a kid growing up in the 80's, I did watch a lot of T.V.!

hibster wrote: sky one are to remake balkes seven!

Crikey!

I would say that it's bound to be a disaster, but I thought that about the Battlestar remake... and that's been jolly impressive.

i completely forgot about punky brewster, jennifer! she was my hero. i thought she was so cool....

AgentWood wrote: she was my hero. i thought she was so cool....

As did I!

I still remember the one episode when she witnessed on T.V. the Challenger explosion. Of course, I was awful young at the time, I didn't really understand it at first. Then a couple of years later I saw the rerun. And then I finally understood.

Happy Days and Six Million Dollars Man were my favorites

Trans-Small-Town Order Express wrote:

AgentWood wrote: she was my hero. i thought she was so cool....

As did I!

can't have been a patch on my own personal heroine - marmalade atkins. alright, cock?!

Ooooh good one nora!

Some good programmes on this thread take me back..

What about Amber and Ginger Lynn,Zita and the everpresent Peter North back in the 80's? Remember them?

Amazing to think Peter North's townhalls still produce the most bountiful specimen known to man,all these years on.Outstanding!

El Jarvo wrote:

Boatraceface wrote: What about Amber and Ginger Lynn,Zita and the everpresent Peter North back in the 80's? Remember them?

And Traci Lords!

Who'd have thunk she could sing too!

All other things being *supposedly* equal, she was quite the actress to pull off what she did.

21 Jumpstreet Booker Tour of Duty

Indeed!