08/25/2004: some stuff and some other stuff.
Slow week on the site, I know. Don’t worry, bidness will be a’pickin’ up next week — three new articles between this weekend and the next, and absolutely none of them having to do with Italian thumb wrestling or Crayola crayons. Next article’s looking pretty saha-wank so far.
Oh, an early request: I’m gearing up for the coming X-E Halloween season. Had shitloads of fun doing last year’s Halloween Countdown and I can’t wait to get on the ball with that again this year — especially because the length of the daily entries won’t preclude me from actually letting them be “daily.” Loads of fun stuff planned, stay tuned. My request: if anyone out there has any Halloween materials they think I might be able to use on the site, please e-mail me. (feel free to use this link to do so) I don’t have very many specifics on what I’m looking for, but here’s a few: Halloween television specials, Halloween commercials (these can be in file format or on VHS), Halloween-inspired print ads, so on and so on. If it looks like something that would be on X-E during the Halloween season and you’re willing to part with it, lemme know. Oh, please don’t post what you’ve got in the comments section — kinda ruins the surprise for everyone else if I use it. :crazy:
To close things out, another survey topic: name your five favorite television shows ever, in any order. Did we already do this one? Oh well.
Discussion Thread: 168 comments
Simpsons was great, Angel, Star Trek the Next Generation, Dr. who, Mr. Rogers
Posted by
dfggfg @ 08/25/2004 12:38 PM EDT
well i’ve loved unsolved mysteries since i was little, buffy the vampire slayer, saved by the bell, the oc, annndd this japanese show called unbelieveable (that has NOTHING to do with the fact that i used to be on it… cough..)
Posted by
Lucy @ 08/25/2004 12:48 PM EDT
Halloween is coming so soon…can’t wait
btw Matt what ever happened to the hooking me up with some promo spots for my site ;p
Posted by
gamersource @ 08/25/2004 12:54 PM EDT
Hrm… The Young Ones, Simpsons, Futurama, The Bernie Mac Show, aaaaaaand I always did like Bewitched…
Posted by
Gretchen @ 08/25/2004 12:56 PM EDT
Can’t wait for the Halloween countdown!
Favorite TV shows EVER:
The A-Team
Three’s Company
The Simpsons
Sanford & Son
The Three Stooges
Posted by
J-Dog @ 08/25/2004 1:04 PM EDT
Easy…
Seinfeld
Simpsons
Alf
All in the Family
and a tie between Family Guy and Welcome Back Kotter
Taxi kicked some major ass too
Posted by
Goody @ 08/25/2004 1:13 PM EDT
Shit…I forgot about the Honeymooners…Three way tie…Family Guy, Welcome Back Kotter, and the Honeymooners…
Hmmm, guess it wasnt that easy
By the way, I am psyched about the Halloween countdown. Its really what brought me to the site in the first place so I cant wait to see this year’s.
Posted by
Goody @ 08/25/2004 1:18 PM EDT
Quantum Leap
Babylon 5
Space: Above & Beyond
X-Files
He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe (excrutiating now, but I think the level of enthusiasm I felt for this show when I was 4 eclipses anything I’ve felt for a TV series since…!)
Posted by
Andrew @ 08/25/2004 1:28 PM EDT
I think I can pull this one off:
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Batman: The Animated Series
Futurama
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
Posted by
Meg @ 08/25/2004 1:55 PM EDT
Wow, yo guys brought up some good ones.
In no order, these shows definetly ruled my life when they are/were on:
Simpsons
Family Guy
Babylon 5
The Shield
and ole skool G.I. Joe
Special mention goes to Stargate, Transformers (orginal and Beast Wars, and finally Andromeda
Posted by
Yeti Hunter @ 08/25/2004 1:57 PM EDT
1. Dave Letterman when he was on NBC.
2. It’s Gary Shandling’s Show
3. The old Howard Stern show from WWOR.
4. The Morton Downey, Jr. Show (pablum pukers!!!) (may he R.I.P)
5. Yo! MTV Raps! (when Fab 5 Freddy was the host)
Honorable mentions to the Ren & Stimpy Show; 120 Minutes (pre-1992, when alternative was still alternative and you could see videos from the likes of Joy Division, New Order, They Might Be Giants, the Cure, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, etc.); U.S.A. Cartoon express (from the early 90s when they replayed the old Fat Albert episodes followed by the Hanna-Barbera shorts of Huckleberry Hound, Pixie & Dixie & Mr. Jinx the cat); Iron Chef and of course (snore) the Simpsons.
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/25/2004 2:14 PM EDT
Oh, and DeGrassi Jr. High, and not the new Nickelodeon crap (sorry Matt), I’m talking the days when Wheels and Snake used to star and Joey wore fedoras and polyester shirts every day.
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/25/2004 2:17 PM EDT
This could be brutal, but i’ll give it a shot.
Saved by the bell
Full House
Fresh prince
Salute your shorts
and…south park.
there’s plenty more, but hey, i can only put 5. by the way matt, you need to see the movie "the invisible maniac" ASAP. you will never be the same.
Posted by
Adam @ 08/25/2004 2:18 PM EDT
Unsolved Mysteries - (yay Lucy!)
ATHF
The Cosby Show
Simpsons - (of course)
Three’s Company
Of course there are more, but these are the ones that I was really really excited when it was time for them to come on originally. Some just make me say MEH since they’ve become syndicated, but only because I’ve seen them 3,000,000,000 times. Oh and Pedro, I would have to agree about when Dave was on NBC. Probably best around ‘86 - ‘89
Posted by
Blah...blah @ 08/25/2004 2:24 PM EDT
cant leave out rescue 911, with the theme music bill shatner, it’s gravy from there. also "family" matters, also "starcade", and "GUTS" on nickelodeon(sp) with that chick with the annoying british accent. okay, just 2 more, i promise (for this post). "where in the world is carmen sandiego", and "legends of the hidden temple".
Posted by
Adam @ 08/25/2004 2:28 PM EDT
Blah…Blah,
No doubt about late 80s Letterman on NBC. I used to tape it every night and watch all of them in a row on Friday nights with my friends (we were in Jr. High at the time, so we weren’t really interested yet in going out, getting drunk and hooking up.) Who can forget when Larry "Bud" Melman made regular appearances on the show, race the Pope, Biff Henderson’s golf cart of death. Those were the days . . .
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/25/2004 2:30 PM EDT
The Muppet Show
Fraggle Rock (yes, I loved anything Jim Henson)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The A-Team
You Can’t Do That On Television
Though I admit, I did like the stupid (original) Degrassi series growing up.
Posted by
Bex @ 08/25/2004 2:32 PM EDT
Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist
Felicity
24
Alias
Quantum Leap
Posted by
jerome @ 08/25/2004 2:37 PM EDT
Gots a lot of fave shows, so here’s five at random.
Robotech
Doctor Who
Land of the Lost (original)
The Prisoner
Brimstone
In the meanwhile, I’ll go through my Dr. Demento tapes for a big list of Hallowe’en tuneage to pass along. Not even Sept. and already getting spooky giggles……
Posted by
kingklash @ 08/25/2004 2:42 PM EDT
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
The Simpson’s
Futurama
The Soprano’s
Seinfeld
…
Also in 6th - 10th (incase Matt decides to re-use this topic AGAIN) 
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
King of the Hill
Charlie Rose
Quantum Leap
Biography
Posted by
Barry J. Deeper @ 08/25/2004 2:43 PM EDT
Facts of Life
Monk
King of the Hill
Quantum Leap
My So-called Life (including my so-called crush on Clair Danes)
Posted by
Shelby @ 08/25/2004 2:58 PM EDT
-Muppet Show.
-All in the Family.
-H.R. Pufnstuf.
-The Monkees.
-Monty Python.
Runner ups: Munsters, Gilligan’s Island, Hogan’s Heroes,Green Acres, Malcom in the Middle, Seinfeld.
Sure, They’re all mostly old titles, but it’s not my fault they don’t make good stupid sitcoms anymore.
Posted by
cheaptrick @ 08/25/2004 3:02 PM EDT
The dude says his favortite show’s are……
The Simpsons
Six Feet Under
Family Guy
South Park
The Office
Posted by
The Dude @ 08/25/2004 3:03 PM EDT
The dude has realized he left out Monty Python’s Flying Circus, the dude would like to remove Family Guy and replace it with Monty Python, the dude has spoken.
Posted by
The Dude @ 08/25/2004 3:05 PM EDT
Top 5 TV shows of all time…
ALF (can’t stand it anymore, but I used to worship ALF)
the Kids in the Hall
Monty Python
Mr. Dressup
TMNT
five favorite? That’s tough to narrow down but here we go (in no particular order):
*Honeymooners (even though I haven’t seen it in years
*Three’s Company
*Simpsons
*Sledgehammer
*Cosby Show
Posted by
broc @ 08/25/2004 3:18 PM EDT
OK, my top five favs:
*The Weird Al Show
*Haywire
*Mystery Science Theater 3000
*Columbo
*Spider-Man (any of ‘em)
I particularily loved the Billy Kwan segments of the old Haywire show (even tho, in essence, it was repackaged stuff).
KIDS! BE LIKE BILLY!
Posted by
AlphaCentaurian @ 08/25/2004 3:21 PM EDT
21 Jumpstreet (DVD Oct 26)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Silver Spoons (nothing can ever match the anxiety I felt waiting for Ricky and Jason Bateman to appear)
Little House on the Prarie (I WAS Nellie Olsen)
Love Boat/Fantasy Island
Posted by
becka @ 08/25/2004 3:22 PM EDT
futurama
simpsons
family guy
mxc
the munsters
……was elfonso robero on silver spoons?
Posted by
sexy nigel the pharoah wizard @ 08/25/2004 3:52 PM EDT
yep. He was a cool kid.. wore a michael jackson red zipper jacket.
Posted by
becka @ 08/25/2004 4:20 PM EDT
I used to watch Billy kwan on a show called "Almost Live!" from Seattle. Comedy Central used to show it. A.L. was also home to the High-Fivin’ White Guys.
Posted by
kingklash @ 08/25/2004 4:26 PM EDT
Bringing "Where’s Waldo?" to the Big Screen
Posted by
ME @ 08/25/2004 4:30 PM EDT
ATHF
Good Eats
Clerks the Series
Law & Order
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
too many cartoons for a grown man…
Posted by
Billy @ 08/25/2004 4:31 PM EDT
my 5 faves:
Family Ties
Seinfeld
Simpsons
Sopranos
The Odd Couple
Posted by
Jenny B @ 08/25/2004 4:35 PM EDT
-Mystery Science Theater 3000 (I even built my own bots)
-Dangermouse
-X-files
-24
-The Simpsons
Posted by
a piece of milk @ 08/25/2004 4:37 PM EDT
Alphabetically:
Angel
Babylon 5
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
MST3K
Twin Peaks
I’m sure I could mention about 2 dozen runners-up too. I loves me some TV.
Posted by
Annie @ 08/25/2004 4:57 PM EDT
*A-Team
*Who’s The Boss?
*Sex And The City
*Full House
*Pretty much any reality show that isn’t centered around "finding love"
I can not wait for the Halloween goodies!!!
Posted by
Kristal @ 08/25/2004 5:10 PM EDT
My name is the worst name ever. Kingi Pope, i mean seriously…
Posted by
Kingi Pope @ 08/25/2004 5:24 PM EDT
Seinfeld (and Curb Your Enthusiasm, because its basically the exact same show)
Cheers
Barney Miller
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Everybody Loves Raymond
Posted by
Jason @ 08/25/2004 5:30 PM EDT
voltron
webster (F-gary coleman)
what’s happening (re-run…enough said.)
happy days (the older ones, chachi’s a douche.)
transformers (the original)
Posted by
Sal @ 08/25/2004 5:33 PM EDT
1) Spiderman and his Amazing Friends
2) Doogie Howser, M.D.
3) Extreme Elimination Challenge
4) Get a life
5) Macgyver
Posted by
El Bang @ 08/25/2004 5:39 PM EDT
Halloween stuff in stores already. I do loves the Halloween but COME ON it’s still August, people!! I wuz in a Duane Read here in the city and they had all the candy and decorations…I can’t stand it.
So of course I bought candycorn, you know, the good kind with the little pumkins mixed in, and ate the whole bag.
So sick…
Oh, yeah fave shows: Lost in Space, STNG, MST3K, Ark II.
Posted by
Astroboy @ 08/25/2004 5:39 PM EDT
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08/25/2004 Entry: "some stuff and some other stuff."
Slow week on the site, I know. Don’t worry, bidness will be a’pickin’ up next week — three new articles between this weekend and the next, and absolutely none of them having to do with Italian thumb wrestling or Crayola crayons. Next article’s looking pretty saha-wank so far.
Oh, an early request: I’m gearing up for the coming X-E Halloween season. Had shitloads of fun doing last year’s Halloween Countdown and I can’t wait to get on the ball with that again this year — especially because the length of the daily entries won’t preclude me from actually letting them be "daily." Loads of fun stuff planned, stay tuned. My request: if anyone out there has any Halloween materials they think I might be able to use on the site, please e-mail me. (feel free to use this link to do so) I don’t have very many specifics on what I’m looking for, but here’s a few: Halloween television specials, Halloween commercials (these can be in file format or on VHS), Halloween-inspired print ads, so on and so on. If it looks like something that would be on X-E during the Halloween season and you’re willing to part with it, lemme know. Oh, please don’t post what you’ve got in the comments section — kinda ruins the surprise for everyone else if I use it.
To close things out, another survey topic: name your five favorite television shows ever, in any order. Did we already do this one? Oh well.
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Halloween stuff in stores already. I do loves the Halloween but COME ON it’s still August, people!! I wuz in a Duane Read here in the city and they had all the candy and decorations…I can’t stand it.
So of course I bought candycorn, you know, the good kind with the little pumkins mixed in, and ate the whole bag.
So sick…
Oh, yeah fave shows: Lost in Space, STNG, MST3K, Ark II.
Posted by
Astroboy @ 08/25/2004 5:42 PM EDT
Sorry for the double post. Down, computer! Down boy…
Posted by
Astroboy @ 08/25/2004 5:43 PM EDT
The Electric Knight, Starring Ernie Reyes, Jr. The annoying little shit from from Red Sonya. But damned if he wouldn’t karatify yo ass.
There was also a cool show circa 1986 on CBS about some teenagers with superpowers that only lasted a season or two, anybody know?
Posted by
El Bang @ 08/25/2004 5:45 PM EDT
Um…five favorite?
Sportcenter
Beast Wars
Around the Horn
X-Play
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Posted by
Walks @ 08/25/2004 5:46 PM EDT
Hey, El Bang-
Was it "The Tomorrow People"?That was on Nick, though…
-Astro
Posted by
Astroboy @ 08/25/2004 5:52 PM EDT
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Simpsons
Futurama
Faulty Towers
Mr. Bean
It was harder than I thought narrowing it down to five…no room for South Park or Cheers.
Posted by
Mr King @ 08/25/2004 5:59 PM EDT
There is a lot of support for Aqua Teen Hunger Force out there. I like that!
Matt you should use Meatwad instead of Hulk this year for your alternate article writing voice.
Posted by
Yeti Hunter @ 08/25/2004 6:20 PM EDT
Astro, That name rings a bell, but my cable never carried Nickelodeon as a kid. I’m researching it now.
Posted by
El Bang @ 08/25/2004 6:30 PM EDT
My five all time favorite shows?
5. Hogan’s Heroes
4. Futurama (The Simpsons is rated higher because I’ve been a fan longer and there are more episodes, but Futurama’s percentage of great or perfect episodes is way higher)
3. The Simpsons
2. Mystery Science Theater 3000
1. Star Trek
Yeah, so I’m a geek. At least I have the courage to admit it.
Posted by
Eric @ 08/25/2004 6:45 PM EDT
3 of these shows are recent shows. Either I didn’t watch TV as much when I was younger, or TV’s just better now. My 5 Faves in no particular order:
The Incredible Hulk (I said no order, but this one is really my favorite ever)
Perfect Strangers (Balki Bartokomous = greatest character ever)
24
The Shield
The Sopranos
Honorable mention: Family Ties, He-Man, Who’s the Boss, Family Guy, Transformers, The FBI Files
Posted by
T.J. @ 08/25/2004 6:53 PM EDT
Sorry, It was Whiz Kids, and they didn’t have Superpowers, they were computer geeks. I can’t believe a memory from age 7 burbled up through the bong resin.
Posted by
El Bang @ 08/25/2004 6:58 PM EDT
The Famous Five
Voyagers!
Friday the 13th: The Series
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
Dungeons and Dragons
Posted by
F-13 @ 08/25/2004 7:32 PM EDT
Well, only 5? Hmmmm…
The Golden Girls (DVD coming soon!! YIPPEE!!)
24 (Keifer streched it last season with the drug addiction sub-plot. I wonder how he knew just how to ‘act’ that part? hehe.)
Rosanne!!
Seinfeld/C.Y.E. (as someone else stated, they are pretty much the same show, but on HBO, they can swear! Even better, but no Kramer 
)
Holy shit, one more? That’s it? Naahhhh
Full House, Family Matters, Double Dare & Unwrapped, Mad About You, Spongebob, Transformers, TMNT, MacGuyver, Saturday Night Live, Sifl and Olly, Arrested Development, Malcom in the Middle, GI Joe, Fraggle Rock, Today’s Special, Kids in the Hall, The Muppet Show…
oops sorry…
[Urkel]Did I do that?[/Urkel]
Posted by
kidneyboy @ 08/25/2004 7:53 PM EDT
Oh yeah, Matt you should dress up as Madd Corey Haim this year, black out some teeth and make a little bald spot on the side of your head. That would rock my socks.
Posted by
kidneyboy @ 08/25/2004 7:54 PM EDT
(Arsenio Hall) Woot, woot! Go Corey! Yeah, Corey! You’re the Haimster! It’s your birhday! And you’re crazy! (/Arsenio Hall)
Speaking of, has anyone seen the extras for the 2 Disc Lost Boys DVD coming out? I’m psyched.
Top five:
5.
4. DangerMouse
3. MythBusters
2. Don’t Just Sit There!
1. Freaks and Geeks
Yeah, I’m probably totally alone w/ those, huh?
Posted by
trajeal @ 08/25/2004 8:21 PM EDT
Hey, where’d number 5 go? Oh, well. It was The Outsiders, The Series (David Arquette before he became the CALL-ATT dork).
Posted by
trajeal @ 08/25/2004 8:22 PM EDT
Damn. At Wal-Mart just an hour ago, there was this great life-size dancing skeleton in a suit, and I was going to take its picture, but there were two truckers pretending to talk to it and I was afraid they’d kill me. I would’ve sent Matt the picture…
Well, I do remember the price. It was $59.97. I told my sister, "That is clearly the most worthy use of sixty dollars in the whole store."
Posted by
Goz @ 08/25/2004 9:04 PM EDT
ok ok ok
1. Homefront
2. Young Riders
3. Garfield and Friends
4. The Andy Griffith Show
5. ER
6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Posted by
rimmie @ 08/25/2004 9:08 PM EDT
wow. is it nearly the halloween countdown, again? that would make it the first year anniversary that i’ve been visting the site 
my favourite tv shows, in no particular order:
the simpsons
care bears
the brendan leonard show
sesame street
late night with conan obrien
matt, can you do a survey asking people’s favourite nostalgic tv shows?
Posted by
Rachel Cakes @ 08/25/2004 10:02 PM EDT
My five favorite TV shows change every few months, but at this moment they are (live action - if it were animation, we could be here all night)…
Remember WENN
The Monkees
Night Court
Perfect Strangers
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
I’m definately looking forward to an X-Entertainment holiday season, from the first inklings of Halloween (has anyone else already seen Halloween ready-bake cookies on the shelves?) to the last tooting of the horn midnight on New Year’s. Halloween and fall usually waits another week or two down here in south Jersey, mostly because we need to get over the big Labor Day holiday (and the tourists) before we can move onto the next one.
Posted by
starwenn @ 08/25/2004 10:12 PM EDT
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Family Guy
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Star Trek: The Next Generation
5. The Simple Life 2: Road Trip!
4. Reno 911!
3. Family Guy!
2. Any WWE Programming!
1. The Golden Girls!
Posted by
Chad @ 08/25/2004 10:24 PM EDT
long time reader/first time poster. i can’t really limit myself to just 5 so here are my faves:
+ the wonder years (my all time fav show
+ welcome back kotter (before vinny barbarino and kotter left the show)
+ three’s company (terri was my fav blonde roommate)
+ the simpsons (seasons 1-9 the tracey ullman shorts are awesome too. those need to be on dvd)
+ good times (this show show just clicked with me)
+ fat albert (hey hey hey)
+ fresh prince (seasons 1-3…..the first half of season 4 had some good ones too. basically it died when they announce "we’re having a baby" as does any show)
ha. thats all i can think of for now.
Posted by
+chris+ @ 08/25/2004 10:40 PM EDT
1. MST 3K
2. Freaks and Geeks
3. The Simpsons
4. Mr Show
5. The White Shadow
Posted by
Scott P @ 08/25/2004 10:57 PM EDT
Favorite five? Hmmm… In no particular order:
1) Firefly
2) Buffy
3) Doctor Who
4) Highlander
5) Well, those previous four are the shows I’ve watched religiously– the fifth, then, I suppose would have to be a toss up between Whose Line (both versions, they’re equally addictive), Carnivale, old school Ninja Turtles, Red Dwarf, MST3K, The Prisoner, and The Avengers.
Posted by
Pirate7L @ 08/25/2004 11:11 PM EDT
So many choices…..
MST3K
The State (sketch comedy)
Sifl and Olly
Upright Citizens Brigade (sketch comedy)
all stuff on adult swim that isn’t anime ( well, except that Baby Blues show it really really sucks)
Clone High
Saved by the Bell (guilty pleasure)
South Park
Early Eps of Beavis and Butt-Head
The Head
The Maxx
Video Power (the tips/cartoon version not the game show version. YOu had to love how campy the show was using characters from differnt Acclaim titles, like a poor man’s captain N. Where else could you see Tyrone from Arch Rivals and Mr. Big from NARC in the same place??)
The original Disney afternoon
Posted by
phunqsauce @ 08/25/2004 11:14 PM EDT
5, with me it has to be either more or less, so I’ll go with more! I loved Pokemon (though haven’t watched it in ages) Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura and Serial Experiments Lain… hmmm, and as far as non anime those would be Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead, Garfield and Friends, Married with Children, Monty Pythons Flying Circus and Unwrapped. There are probably more, but most of those are the ones I try to catch whenever they are on TV.
Posted by
sailor moon @ 08/25/2004 11:32 PM EDT
Conan O’Brien (I laugh like a retard whenever Frankenstein wastes a minute of my time) and TV Funhouse too.
Posted by
sailor moon @ 08/25/2004 11:34 PM EDT
HalloowweeeeeEEEeen!
1.X-Files
2.Jamie Kennedy Experiment
3.Saved By The Bell
4.Third Watch
5.ER
(Matt, Im looking for halloween goodies for ya!)
Posted by
Cameron L @ 08/25/2004 11:36 PM EDT
1. MST3k
2. Simpsons
3. Law and Order
4. Deep Space Nine
5. Ren and Stimpy
Posted by
SHANE!!!! @ 08/25/2004 11:47 PM EDT
Matt, do a review of this film I found called CANE TOADS. Check IMDB. Unbelievable.
Posted by
JC da King @ 08/26/2004 1:02 AM EDT
Current Fave top five:
-Sliders (well, the first 3 seasons up until they killed Arturo)
-M*A*S*H
-Family Guy
-Futurama
-The Simpsons
Shows that I used to watch religiously and are "all time" favourites:
-Seinfeld
-Quantum Leap
-The X-Files
-Star Trek: TNG
-TMNT (The first cartoon series, not the newer one, although it’s pretty good, too)
-Whose Line is it, Anyway?
-The Wonder Years (is this on DVD yet????)
-You Can’t do That on TV
-And probably a slew of others that I can’t remember right now…
Posted by
Cameron T. @ 08/26/2004 1:05 AM EDT
1. Fraggle Rock
2. Th Cosby Show
3. Saved by the Bell
4. The Mr. Show
5. (tie)The Conan Barbarian Cartoon (somebody has got to remember that)
5. Banana splits
Posted by
Ally @ 08/26/2004 1:31 AM EDT
1. MST3K hands down. When it comes to laugh a minute comedy, nothing beats a guy and two puppets mocking terrible movies. I still have many of the Sci-Fi Channel episodes on VHS, and wish I’d thought of taping them earlier. Sure, the occasional episode just sucked rocks, but overall this has to be the funniest TV series that never took itself seriously of all time. As a bonus, it lives on in most Msties inability to watch any movie without make irreverent comments.
After this they’re just in the order that the come to me.
The Simpsons - all of the above reasons and I especially want to highlight the fact that the Simpsons however many years later is still doing great, is funny, and that just amazes me. No stagnation here.
Justice League - Well, the third season (or new series depending on your point of view) has been hit and miss so far, but seeing Batman, Superman, Wonder-Woman and the Flash together has been great. I love that show, and have seen every episode despite not having cable. Thank heavens for the blessing of P2P.
Whose Line is it Anyway? - My recent obsession has been downloading WLIIA?. While I’m not a huge fan of the constant sexual references, I just love the raw, on the edge feel of it. This is as close as I come to reality TV. There’s always something new and funny, now matter how old the episode, and those guy’s talents for coming up with things on the spot is just amazing.
I guess that’s all. Those are my big ones. Interestingly, the power of P2P has also given me the opportunity to view some of the classics from my youth. Take my advice - if you like the happy memories, don’t see the shows you loved as a kid again. Case in point, remember the Super Mario show and how Zelda was always on on Fridays? I RELIGIOUSLY watched Zelda on Friday despite never caring much for the rest of Mario’s crap. If I missed it, there were serious reprocussions in my house. The other day I saw the first episode and half of the second and had to stop. I’m so lucky my mom didn’t just put me out of her misery, that show was AWFUL. Between Link’s obsession with kissing Zelda (I mean, he really needs major mental help) and 4 "Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me Princess"es per episode, it sucks. It’s tempting to relive your childhood in our digital age. Take my advice and don’t do it.
Posted by
Rono @ 08/26/2004 1:34 AM EDT
I can’t keep myself away from the site when Matt starts talking about putting holiday stuff up. I don’t know how I ever got through the holidays before X-E came along. I don’t think I’d be wrong to say that this site lives for Halloween & Christmas. The others get their piece of the pie, but these 2 make the site what it is.
I don’t mind you rushing it because it lasts even longer that way. When you wait untill the last second, it goes by in a blink. So.. bring on the Horror movies and Christmas specials. August isn’t too early for me. October through December is my reason for breathing. I’m a nut for that stuff. Just seeing something mentioned about Halloween on here made me giddy, is that wrong?
I know I can’t be alone on this. Who’s with me? haha
Posted by
Matt (#2?) @ 08/26/2004 2:36 AM EDT
Are you afraid of the dark?
Fifteen
Liquid Television
Tales from the darkside
Monsters the tv series
Tales from the crypt
Ren and stimpy
Night Galley
Old MTV and Nickelodeon
ect.
Posted by
Psuedo Bohemian @ 08/26/2004 4:36 AM EDT
Top 5 - no order
1:Blakes 7 - that was some nasty sci-fi action + best cliffhanger ending EVER IN THE HISTROY OF THE WORLD!!!!!
2:Simpsons - WHo doesnt like it? And if you don’t you can’t argue its importance.
3:Quantum Leap - Oh boy…
4:Seinfeld - No hugs, no learning, no schmaltz. Wicked funny.
5:Scrubs - Hugs, learning and schmaltz. Still wicked funny tho.
Honourable mentions:
Spaced - Sitcom for the discerning waster fanboy.
What not to wear - Love those snooty english chicks dissing ugly people. Meeooow!
Cartoons
1. 80’s G.I Joe
2. 80’s He-Man
3. Thundercats
4. Captain N
5. Legend of Zelda/Mario Bros. (Sorry Zelda surpassed Mario according to my standards.)
T.V.
1.Family Guy
2.Simpsons
3.Cosby Show.
4.Seinfeild
5.Full House
Now it’s Just all News, ESPN and WCP(Oh and Football) for me.
Posted by
Rowan Steele @ 08/26/2004 7:54 AM EDT
I’ve been visiting XE for more than 2 yrs now but I’ve never posted anything. Matt is my favourite website owner of all time! I thought this topic was extra special though because it gives me the chance to mention Degrassi and Queer as Folk.
So my favourite tv shows of all time are:
1. Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High (not the new Degrassi!!!)
2. Queer as Folk
I can’t possibly rank the other shows that I’ve loved, so I’ll list them: X-Files, 90210 (pre-college years), Melrose Place, Felicity, David E. Kelley shows, Amazing Race, Simpsons, Six Feet Under, Queer Eye, any flopped show that Ivan Sergei starred in like Jack & Jill and Once a Thief (kidding…), Muppets, Sesamee St, Letterman, Oprah, any sappy daytime soapies
Halloween countdown - WooHoo!! That’s what drew me in to X-E to begin with, sweet anticipation…
Top 5 (only 5!?!)
In no particular order…
Mystery Science Theatre 3000
Nip/Tuck
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Angel
Almost all of Adult Swim on cartoon Network
Honorable Mention goes to Spongebob Squarepants, Spiderman & his Amazing Friends, Justice League in all it’s forms old and New, Transformers, He-Man & She-Ra, Muppet Show, X-Files, Star Trek, Next Gen, DS9 & Voyager, Fairly Oddparents, Jem (She was truly outrageous) and too many more to list - what can I say there’s no accounting for taste, right?
Posted by
ripley26 @ 08/26/2004 9:00 AM EDT
1. Good Eats
2. Seinfeld
3. Simpsons
4. TNG
5. Three’s Company
Posted by
Y2JB78 @ 08/26/2004 9:44 AM EDT
In no particular order:
Twin Peaks
Star Trek TNG & DS9 (tie)
Three’s Company
Danger Mouse
X-Files
Honorable Mention: Alias
Posted by
marvel bunny @ 08/26/2004 9:53 AM EDT
Holy crap, forgot liquid television. Aeon Flux, oh man . . . .
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/26/2004 9:53 AM EDT
They go hand-in-hand. Like sex and a Star Trek sound effects CD.
Posted by
dfggd @ 08/26/2004 9:54 AM EDT
Sesame Street, Golden Girls, Simpsons, Seinfeld, The Waltons
Posted by
B-Dawg @ 08/26/2004 9:56 AM EDT
i liked this survey better when we did it 6 months ago, but to reiterate.
seinfeld
simpsons
the kids in the hall
batman animated/ducktales
3 south
current favs: reno 911 and addams family
Posted by
mikey @ 08/26/2004 10:08 AM EDT
Matt, what’s YOUR favorite five?
I know Golden Girls has to be #1 on your list.
Posted by
J-Dog @ 08/26/2004 10:26 AM EDT
2 of my favorite shows are viewable right here. http://tv.yahooligans.yahoo.com/
super mario bros super show and zelda. watch the mario ep called bad rap. it has a guest appearance by one sgt slaughter.
Posted by
billionsknivez @ 08/26/2004 10:45 AM EDT
Oh, how could I forget Carnivale? squeee would be so disappointed. Definitely number one for Most Amount of Time Spent Online Trying to Figure This Damn Show Out catagory.
Posted by
trajeal @ 08/26/2004 10:59 AM EDT
Let’s have a contest to see who can guess Matt’s Top Five.
Yeah, Golden Girls must be right up there. The old He-Man and Transformers. Roseanne. Uh, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, maybe?
Posted by
trajeal @ 08/26/2004 11:02 AM EDT
Golden Girls would have to be #1. Roseanne would be real high, not sure if it’d make the top 5, but maybe. Get A Life would, though. I haven’t decided on the last three. :0
Posted by
Matt @ 08/26/2004 11:08 AM EDT
Lets try this again
-Playmakers (R.I.P)
-XPlay
-South Park
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force
-(Whatever)
Posted by
Walks @ 08/26/2004 11:09 AM EDT
In no particlular order:
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Six Feet Under
24
Friends
If you disagree with anything on this list, you are entitled to your opinion, but your still wrong!
1)Seinfeld
2)Simpsons
those 2 are in a class of their own. I can still watch 4 a night in reruns and laugh every time
3)Curb Your Enthusiasim
4)Buffy the Vamipre Slayer
5)Beverly Hills 90210
Did you guys know that Aaron Spelling tried to buy Degrassi Jr. High and when they wouldnt sell he made 90210 instead?!?!
Honourables: the above mentioned degrassi jr. & sr. high(not the new junk), Alias, 24, Angel, Dead Like Me
Posted by
Paulzy @ 08/26/2004 11:30 AM EDT
Aww, contest over.
I was just reading at IMDb that three of the cast members from The Outsiders, The Series died. It’s like Poltergiest of the TV persuasion. Rodney Harvey, 30, (Sodapop) died in 1998 of a drug overdose. Harold Pruett, 32 (Steve Randel) died in 2002 of a drug overdose. Kim Walker, 32, (Cherry Valance) died of cancer in 2001. She also (famously) played Heather Chandler in Heathers. Makes the line, "Did you eat a brain tumor for breakfast?" sort of foreshadowing, huh?
Posted by
trajeal @ 08/26/2004 12:35 PM EDT
Quantum Leap
MacGyver
Forever Knight
Buffy
Stargate
Posted by
Melinda @ 08/26/2004 12:37 PM EDT
Top 5 in any order, eh..
1. Sliders
2. Roseanne
3. Simpsons
4. BH 90210
5. Gomer Pyle USMC
5.5 Big Brother
Posted by
G4L @ 08/26/2004 12:44 PM EDT
Kinda makes no difference if you *did* do this one before, all the answers will probably be different anyway..
Ok, Here goes..
Dead Like Me
The Simpsons
Stargate: Alantis
Family Guy
Red Dwarf
Posted by
Cyanyde @ 08/26/2004 1:13 PM EDT
Ally I know exactly what you mean about Conan the Barbarian cartoon. I used to watch it all the time on Fox. There was one summer when they moved it to like 3 pm weekday afternoons, and I’d do all I could to run home from volunteering as fast as I could to make it. I saw the entire series that summer. Except when they got to like the last episode I either missed it (doubtful), Fox didn’t play it, or they never made one. I remember them about to go into some huge climactic battle with the snake guys again, one that I’d never seen before, and then it just ended without finishing the battle. The next day they went back to playing the very first episode.
Man that pissed me off something fierce for a couple of months. I had forgotten about it until now. ARGH! It makes me so mad. If it weren’t for that, that cartoon would easily be in my top five, I remember it as being awesome but since I feel that the show screwed me, its cut.
My top five shows (and this is so unfair to a bunch more shows I used to love)
-Futurama
-Simpsons
-Trailer Park Boys
-Star Trek TNG
-Seinfeld
Posted by
machinesquad @ 08/26/2004 1:30 PM EDT
1. Mr. Show
2. The Adventures of Pete and Pete
3. G.I. Joe
4. He-Man
5. Family Guy
Honorable mentions to:
Seinfeld and Simpsons and Smiley’s Saturday Sports Spectacular (on my local cable access)
Posted by
The Unstopable @ 08/26/2004 1:38 PM EDT
machinesquad, I am sorry you missed the final episode, but there was one. Similar to "Mighty Max" having a final episode and why I still have a lot of respect for early 90’s cartoons. After Conan there was "Conan and the Young Warriors" (CBS spin-off to the syndicated original).
Posted by
ME @ 08/26/2004 1:42 PM EDT
1. The Simpsons
2. Seinfeld
3. WKRP in Cincinatti
4. Bosom Buddies
5. What’s Happening
Runner-ups include The Master, Happy Days, MASH, and The A-Team.
Posted by
mutton72 @ 08/26/2004 1:46 PM EDT
I never liked the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon too much but I always liked the opening sequence. It used to come on after Pee Wee’s Playhouse, or maybe it was Muppet Babies on Saturday morning. I guess I’m really odd for only watching the opening sequence but then again isn’t it supposed to catch your eye? One big orgy of eye candy which is especially true for cartoons. SPeaking of Muppet Babies I was always a fan of how they showed the clip of the TIE fighter in the opening sequence. I could go on and on about great opening sequences but i was wonering what some of your favorites were?
Honorable Mention: THe Smurfs, especially the part where Gargamel screams "TOTAL DESTRUCTION FROM MOUNTAIN TO SHORE!!!!!!!" it sounds so wicked with that echo effect plus with the destruction that ensues…
Posted by
phunqsauce @ 08/26/2004 1:58 PM EDT
Dang, Halloween around the corner already? It seems like just yesterday I was checking out X-E’s Advent Calendar. How time flies….
Anyway, my top 5 list:
5.Stargate SG-1
4.Buffy/Angel (tie)
3.The Simpsons
2.MST3K
1.Quantum Leap
Posted by
4thDown @ 08/26/2004 2:11 PM EDT
Does anyone remember that show in 1986 called "The Wizard?" He was a midget McGyver who made toys that did crazy shit. And each episode he made some new random toy that somehow had something to do, or amazing way to foil that weeks jewel theif. And the villains were almost always jewel theifs, or pirates, or pirate jewel theifs.
It was such an amazing show because the lead was a midget who was treated with respect and dignity by the norms. I wish they’d remake it into a movie.
Posted by
New Guy @ 08/26/2004 4:04 PM EDT
New Guy:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090547/
http://home.hetnet.nl/~motinni...20The%20Wizard%20page%201.html
Posted by
ME @ 08/26/2004 4:29 PM EDT
Wasn’t it called The Wiz? I loved that show. Was that the same guy that played in the movie Time Bandits? Now, there’s an awesome movie.
Posted by
trajeal @ 08/26/2004 4:29 PM EDT
You could split this into 2 polls really. Fave shows now and fave shows then. When I was a kid I crazy looooooved the following five:
1:Knightrider -dude solves myesterys in wicked car
2:Whizz Kids - kids solve mysterys with wicked computers(!) and wicked bmxs
3:StreetHawk - dude solves mysterys on wicked motorbike
4:A-Team - dudes solve mysterys by wickedly shooting everyone
5:Blakes 7 - dudes, and spunky dudettes, have no time to solve mysterys as they are wanted criminals being hunted like dogs and trying to escape in their wicked spaceship.
Honourable mentions: Family Ties, Different Strokes, Saturday Morning, truly THE greatest morning. Cartoons, muppets, etc Oh yeah!
If there are any Ali G fans around, check out this commencement speech for Harvard’s 2004 Class Day. Once it starts playing skip ahead to 01:25:30 for his segment.
Real Player video file
Read the speech
To be honest, if I was a parent, I would probably go crazy having just paid full or part of my kid’s tuition to Harvard and then witnessing that speech.
Posted by
ME @ 08/26/2004 7:20 PM EDT
1. Twin Peaks
2. Melrose Place
3. Golden Girls
4. Alias
5. Blossom
Posted by
Gareth @ 08/26/2004 7:56 PM EDT
i forgot about Mr. show, cowboy bebop, and trigun so my original post is now changed to
futurama
trigun
simpsons
Mr. show
cowboy bebop
Posted by
sexy nigel the pharoah wizard @ 08/26/2004 8:07 PM EDT
I love
Futurama
The Nanny
Golden Girls
Murder She Wrote
Hell I’ll admit…My Little Pony and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were always big faves. LOL
Three’s Company
**********************
Anyway I was just wondering Matt, everyone keeps talking and anticapating how great your Halloween countdown is going to be, any pressure on you?
Posted by
Jessie @ 08/26/2004 8:44 PM EDT
The Simpsons
Sonic the Hedgehog
The X-Men cartoon from around ‘93
Frasier
Beast Wars
Runners-Up: Futurama, Family Guy, Happy Days, I Love Lucy, Bill Nye the Science Guy (heh), Transformers G1, SNL, South Park, both TMNT animates series, Malcom in the Middle, Maximum Exposure, Real TV, countless others…
I wish there was more GOOD stuff on TV. I cannot wait until the "Reality" Show fad is over…
Posted by
marril159 @ 08/26/2004 8:57 PM EDT
Beast Wars
Sliders (Agreed with above…s’no good after they killed him.)
Invader Zim
Transformers G1
Empty Nest
I miss Empty Nest…
Posted by
The REAL Mother of Kane's Baby! @ 08/26/2004 9:07 PM EDT
I have to admit after reading all of the others most of mine are pretty generic.
Alf
Anything nick at night
usa up all night with rhonda shear/ and or gilber godfrey
Hey dude
real world
Posted by
Jems @ 08/26/2004 9:11 PM EDT
thanx machinesquad for proving i’m not going crazy. The only thing i can clearly remember from 1st grade is watching the conan show and acting out the episodes with my friends at lunch time. I even made cardboard ninja stars to be that one girl. Don’t get me wrong everyone TMNT was awesome. I just never acted it out. though i did have the action figures. It seems nobody ever remembers conan. When i mention it they think i’m talking about the live series. But yes thank you for helping me make sure my brain wasn’t making something up.
Posted by
Ally @ 08/26/2004 9:53 PM EDT
Can’t wait for the Halloween countdown. If I still had two VCRs, I’d make you a copy of this entire Halloween tape I have. Taped way back in the day. Has Halloween themed episodes of Garfield, Peanuts, and most importantly, Ghostbusters, and probably a crapload of related commercials (and I’m pretty sure that the BK Doubles and McDonalds McRib commercials you have are both on there). Figures my last good ‘copying’ VCR died about a year ago.
Favorite shows? There’s a tie between my two all time favorite shows, Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Saturday Night Live. After that, there’s too many to list.
Posted by
Larry @ 08/26/2004 10:51 PM EDT
1. Northern Exposure (Two words - Chris Stevens)
2. Land of the Lost (Ahh, sleestaks and the "dad" that was always sweating!)
3. Brimstone (was brilliant. I could beat the people who took it off the air!)
4. various Adult Swim shows (Aqua Teen, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop being the top 3 of ‘em :P)
5. Rescue Me (I’m in love with Denis Leary :D)
Posted by
Ryane @ 08/26/2004 11:45 PM EDT
YAH!! Another X-E halloween special. I almost forgot how close halloween was creeping up…well no not really. Anyway, I’ll try to find something you could use Matt. Hmmm five favourite shows eh?
Not in any particluar order:
Seinfeld
Family Guy
InuYasha
Bewitched
Macguyver
Posted by
well @ 08/27/2004 2:14 AM EDT
I am truly sickened by the presence of Blossom on ANYONE’s top five list. I wish I could get those few hours of my life back from Joey and Blossom and Six — no wait, Six was hot. She can have them.
Posted by
Shelby @ 08/27/2004 3:47 AM EDT
my best five fave toons you probably don’t remember - til now:
Mummies Alive
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
Rocko’s Modern Life
Disney’s The Weekenders
Project GeeKeR
Also these are all cartoons Matt has never talked about (OK, as far as I know he’s never mentioned any one of them). If you’ve never seen them yourself, dude, you missed out.
OK I go now bye.
Posted by
plsburydoughboy @ 08/27/2004 6:54 AM EDT
Sorry for the double post. Me bad with PC too, uh, yes, sir.
Too make up for it, here’s the next five faves you won’t remember:
Mighty Orbots
Original CBS Conan series
Calamity Jane
Reboot
M.A.S.K.
Well actually, you might remeber some of this shit, but hey, you’ll thank me for reminding you anyway. Ciao now.
Posted by
plsburydoughboy @ 08/27/2004 7:06 AM EDT
Here are my top 5, in no particular order… which is a lie, because they’re in the order in which I think of them, now aren’t they?
Happy Days, Sesame Street, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Perfect Strangers, & Saved By The Bell.
After some thought this becomes difficult… alas here goes.
Family Guy
Newsradio
Adventures of Pete and Pete
South Park
Dammit I can’t list them all. It’ll Give me a headache.
It’s weird, I’ve been seeing Halloween stuff in the mail. I guess it’s because there aren’t any holidays between the Fourth of July and Halloween that can have a marketing and product tie-in.
Posted by
dggfg @ 08/27/2004 8:42 AM EDT
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Salute Your Shorts
Pete and Pete
The Wonder Years
Posted by
Kappin @ 08/27/2004 9:27 AM EDT
I forgot:
Misfits of Science
Manimal
Automan
The Electric Company
Does anyone else but me remember the first three?? Little help here!
Posted by
ripley26 @ 08/27/2004 10:29 AM EDT
MoS: The original bargin-basement live action superheroes. Sorry, Mutant-X.
Manimal: Suave, rich dude turns into one of three beasts, ’cause that’s all the SFX budget would allow.
Automan: Geeky police officer creates an artificial man on his computer. Probably used some of the same data used by the dudes in "Weird Science." Shiny.
Electric Company: Taught me to read by age three. Morgan Freeman was the coolest Dracula.
Posted by
kingklash @ 08/27/2004 11:53 AM EDT
Matt, did you see the article about Bea Arthur getting crazy about having a pocketknife taken away, and she said that the terrorists put it there. Sounds kinda fucked up.
[url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/08/25/ddish.DTL[/url]
Posted by
kidneyboy @ 08/27/2004 12:12 PM EDT
Wow I hadn’t realised I’d been reading X-E for over a year, but I guess I have.
As for 5 favorite shows:
The Simpsons
Futurama
South Park
Red Dwarf
Spongebob Squarepants
Knight Rider
A-Team
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Incredible Hulk
Max Headrom
Honorable Mentions:
3 2 1 Contact
Mr Wizards World
Posted by
Loudgeek @ 08/27/2004 1:36 PM EDT
McGyver
Pee-Wee’s Play House
X-Files
Rosanne
and…
Muppet Babies
Posted by
BettieBoo @ 08/27/2004 5:45 PM EDT
Oh– and Count Duckula!
Posted by
BettieBoo @ 08/27/2004 5:50 PM EDT
Sorry to post again, but I have to ask, does anyone remember the show VEGETABLE SOUP? It aired on PBS (ch. 13 and 21 here in NY) in the late 70s/early 80s (may have reaired later in the 80s). It was really trippy. I have only one memory of the show (other than opening credits w/ the theme) which is a rastaman beating a drum. Even at the time I saw it (i was probably 4 or 5) thought it was completely insane, but I still remember it to this day. Was it a dream?
And what about Magic Garden? Did I dream that one too. "We’d like to say hello, hello and how are you."
Thanks all.
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/27/2004 6:19 PM EDT
Matt:
Thanks for the heads up on the Times Square TRU! Saved me a trip into the depths of open mouthed, slow moving, from-Podunk tourist hell.
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/27/2004 6:23 PM EDT
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Dawson’s Creek
Seinfeld
The Sopranos
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Simpsons would make it if it was a litle more consistent. But then again, if granpa had tits, he’d be grandma.
Posted by
Kyle @ 08/27/2004 7:08 PM EDT
Pedro, you are in luck that I happened to find the best Vegetable Soup segment, Outerscope, for sale a few days back by accident. I linked to the seller in case the auction ends early and any interested parties here can contact them directly.
The local UHF shopping-channel-turned-Spanish-speaking-network-affiliate in the Boston area, Channel 66, used to show Vegetable Soup early Sunday mornings with some other kid programs to meet the FCC educational requirement within the past five years. I have no idea if they still show it.
After a quick search, I just discovered that the same Channel 66 out of Worcester used to be an all music video channel called V-66. I don’t remember that, but it reminds me in the early 1990’s, we had a local affiliate of The Box. I guess New York City and the UK are well aware of this channel, but I seemed to be one of the few around this area at the time. The Box was just scrolling listings of music videos (Similar to the channel/TV Guide network on your cable that tells you what is on each channel) and you would call in the 900 number code for what videos you want and it would be put on your phone bill. If you were patient, The Box would show free videos.
Should any X-E readers in the Boston area still have an antenna, I do, you can pick up MTV2 on Channel 24. It is one of those newer low broadcast channels, I think, that is not very clear unless probably directly underneath the Needham radio towers.
Posted by
ME @ 08/27/2004 11:38 PM EDT
Well, of course I couldn’t pick just five, so I made these lists:
Super faves, aka the HBO/Comedy Central geek-out:
-Mystery Science Theater 3000
-The Sopranos (I think maybe I’ve mentioned these first few once or twice)
-Curb Your Enthusiasm (Totally different from Seinfeld, at least for me!)
-Carnivale (I was shocked you left it off, trajeal! psst: Remember when I spammed the blog talking about when I saw all the cast members at the Museum of TV & Radio? The Q&A panel is going to be on the DVD!)
-Chappelle’s Show (He deserves every penny of that 50 mil (Reno 911! would prolly be next on this list))
Them cartoonie things:
~Ren & Stimpy (Anybody have word on the status of Adult Party Cartoon? Cancelled, or what?)
~Rocko’s Modern Life (I’d mention something about Camp Lazlo, but I’m still enjoying keeping that as my little secret.)
~South Park
~Blue Gender (Like, is this the most overlooked AS show, or what?!?)
~Cowboy Bebop (I’ll admit, after seeing them so many times, about 1/2 of the episodes are totally boring now, but that other half, whew! Can’t wait for Samurai Champloo!)
Classics and whatnot:
*All In The Family
*Mary Tyler Moore
*Roseanne
*The Monkees
*I Love Lucy/The Lucy Desi Comedy Hour (I actually preferred the latter, where they lived on a farm and raised chickens and met celebrities. Didn’t so much care for The Lucy Show, though I’ll reference "Luuuuuuuucille!" on occasion. That’s probably more a result of the MST3K though :))
Get a Life
Kung Fu
Married with Children
Dungeons & Dragons (cartoon)
Omaha Mutual’s Wild Wild World of Animals
Posted by
Krappy Kat @ 08/28/2004 7:11 AM EDT
Get Smart
Welcome Back, Kotter
Good Eats
Star Trek TNG
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
5. South Park
4. Hey Dude (yeah sue me!)
3. ATHF "I should not walk that a child may live…that’s what it does!"
2. Ben Stiller Show (as far as I can see everyone forgot this one!)
1. Welcome Back Kotter
Posted by
Knegative @ 08/28/2004 12:18 PM EDT
Sorry to double post, but I remember the Box! One night somebody kept playing TLC videos, so somebody else decided to play Walking Contradiction about 20 times in a row. That was a good night. Well maybe just for a Green Day obsessive like myself.
Posted by
Knegative @ 08/28/2004 12:24 PM EDT
….in a little bowl of Vegetable Soup!
I miss Woody the Spoon.
Posted by
kingklash @ 08/28/2004 4:03 PM EDT
Pedro -
I so remember The Magic Garden. The hosts were Carol and Paula - there was a (pink?) squirrel named Sherlock and the Magic Tree as well as the Chuckle Patch of Daisys/Daisies? I was very young and watched it every day. PBS ya gotta love it!
Posted by
ripley26 @ 08/28/2004 4:55 PM EDT
Top 5 all time? Well let’s see..
5. Walker, Texas Ranger- There’s just something appealing about watching Chuck Norris spin-kick various Texas trash every week.
4. WWE- I was no athelete growing up, so of course I lived through the exploits of the Ultimate Warrior.
3. Bozo’s Circus- Virtually every day of my grade school existence began with cinnamon toast and this show. HUGE deal when someone actually won the Grand Prize Game.
2. Duck Tales- I LOVED this show when I was younger. The 5 part mini series when Unca’ Scrooge and the boys travel with Launchpad McQuack to find the city of gold changed my life…for the better.
1. Double Dare- It was everything that I had ever hoped life could be, and it was all contained in 30 minutes. Trivia I could answer, physical challenges, and an obstacle course which routinely included a gigantic nose that you HAD to pick. Awesome.
Posted by
Owangotang @ 08/28/2004 6:16 PM EDT
Favorite television shows? Hm…
*Cowboy Bebop - Say what you like, anime superfreaks… "He’s just another moron who doesn’t know shit about anime hopping on the bandwagon,"… "I’ll bet you’ve never even watched another anime series,"… "Oh, he saw it on Cartoon Network… another one of THEM"… Regardless, I’ve seen a good bit of anime (though admittedly nothing I’ve had to import), and Cowboy Bebop’s not only the best anime series I’ve ever seen, it’s among the absolute best dramas I’ve seen in any genre, animated or not. I pity the fool who hasn’t given Cowboy Bebop a chance.
*Nowhere Man - Oh God, it’s been YEARS since I last saw an episode of this, but I still remember being absolutely insane over it. Been waiting to catch it in reruns but I’ve never seen it again anywhere.
*NYPD Blue - Rarely do you get writers and actors this good working on the same show. NYPD Blue has characterization that reveals scores of other cop shows to be the formulaic hack jobs they are.
*Law and Order - Yes, I’m a Law and Order junkie. I need my fix- the original, Special Victim’s Unit, Criminal Intent, it doesn’t matter. I don’t know if it’ll be as potent without Jerry Orbach…
And, um…
*The Upright Citizens’ Brigade - Man this show was hilarious. I can’t believe it got cancelled (but then again, I guess it just didn’t have the staying power of, say, Crank Yankers *shudder*). At least it’s being shown in reruns on Comedy Central.
Okay, maybe not my absolute favorite television shows (I did’t include X-Files, for one thing), but that’s a pretty solid list. Yay.
Posted by
Night_Trekker @ 08/30/2004 1:32 AM EDT
ok lets see…
beetleborgs
biker mice from mars
street sharks
sha-na-na’s TV show
thunderbirds
gigantor
Posted by
Roberto Don Juan Smith @ 08/30/2004 2:28 AM EDT
Me:
Those puppets look might creepy. Vegetable Soup was completely mindblowing. I might bid on that.
Ripley26:
Ah yes, the Chuckle patch. Wasn’t there also a fox that lived in a tree that was addicted to popcorn. I remember him always begging those two hippies for more popcorn.
Oh and one more: ROMPER ROOM!!! My buddy Sam actually got on the show once. Sadly he doesn’t have a tape of it. I think that that giant bee (can’t remember his name — anyone? anyone?) was the inspiration for bee man on the Simpson’s, but I could be wrong.
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/30/2004 10:21 AM EDT
The bee (you know, like from Nature) was known as a Do-Bee. ‘Cause all us kids who growed up with Romper Room would rather have been Do-Bees than Don’t-Bees. Romper stomper friggin’ boo! I see you, and you, and especially you! Hmm, you wore that special for me, didn’t ya?
Posted by
kingklash @ 08/30/2004 11:29 AM EDT
Thanks kinglklash, I was beginning to lose my mind trying to remember his name. Do-Bee, right, like a doobie. Uh, did I say that . . . And I remember how she used to talk to the camera as if she saw us kids watching. Creepy shit, man.
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/30/2004 12:21 PM EDT
Pedro-
When I lived in South America, there was a weird show called "El Chapulin Colorado" - he was some obscure superhero or something. I SWEAR that is where the bee guy on the Simpsons came from. From the costume, to the "aye yay yaaaayy" business - it is uncanny.
I have no idea if this show is still on or anything, but Google it and check it out!
:o)
Posted by
Gretchen @ 08/30/2004 12:55 PM EDT
Gretchen:
Which country? I’ve lived in Peru and Argentina and have not seen that one.
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/30/2004 6:28 PM EDT
Top 5 Shows:
5. Simpsoms
4. Real Ghostbusters
3. Futurama
2. Family Guy
and finally, how can anyone not love…
1. Beakman’s World
Posted by
DJ Babiuk @ 08/31/2004 3:46 AM EDT
Pedro-
I lived in Venezuela back in the late ’70s, early ’80s… I have no idea how far-reaching that show was, but I remember watching it all the time.
"No contaban con mi astucia!"
haha - we used to say that all the time…
Posted by
Gretchen @ 08/31/2004 9:33 AM EDT
Gretchen:
Hysterical. I was in Arequipa, Peru in the early 80s and only remember watching Batman in spanish, the Adam West one, but dubbed over. They used to show many episodes per day and TV wasn’t 24/7. Strangely, Batman and RRRobeen essentially taught me Spanish. : )
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/31/2004 10:14 AM EDT
If you have the Adam West Batman Movie on DVD, it has trailers for the film in Spanish. I like to watch some of my DVDs with alternate language turned on. UHF in French sounds insane!
Posted by
kingklash @ 08/31/2004 12:15 PM EDT
Pedro-
That’s so cool! How long were you there?
The only other cinematic event I really remember was going to a drive-in almost right after we moved there and crying because Pinnochio was in freakin’ SPANISH and I couldn’t understand a word of it. Gawd, I was annoyed about that. I think I was 8 when that happened… I still get shit for it from my sister.
Posted by
Gretchen @ 08/31/2004 1:00 PM EDT
Gretchen:
I was in Arequipa 1981, I think, for nearly a year — must’ve been 81 b/c when my parents moved us back to NY, I entered 1st grade. Went back a few times in the summer for 1-2 month stretches. Lived in Buenos Aires for a few months after college, but prefer Peru. I’ve never visited Venezuela, but have always wanted to go. I considered Margarita Island for my last trip, but my travel agent convinced me Aruba is better (only 14 miles away from mainland Venezuela.) Plus, at the time, things w/ Chavez were not going well and there were lots of demonstrations and general political unrest.
I hate to bother the bd, w/ our chatter, so if you want to continue discussion click my name. If not, that’s cool.
Thanks in advance to the gang for not flooding me w/ spam, hate-mail and porno!
Pedro
Posted by
Pedro @ 08/31/2004 2:00 PM EDT
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Number one in this hood G)
The Daily Show
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (The one where they showed Mario and Legend of Zelda cartoons)
Family Guy
Posted by
Sheep @ 08/31/2004 3:06 PM EDT
only 5? I guess it’s a good thing i never had cable until i was 18..
All time:
The Simpsons
Scrubs
e.r.(before Carter was stabbed)
Law & Order
The FOX Kids Spider-Man Cartoon from the 90’s(say it’s a classic all you want but the 60’s show was just too horrible for me…)
Posted by
selvig @ 08/31/2004 3:16 PM EDT
Cowboy Bebop, Duck Tales, The original Batman, ECW, X-Play (Morgan Webb!!!) all get honorable mention status, but there’s no way I can rank any of them higher than the Ninja Turtles or the Mario Brothers.
Posted by
Sheep @ 08/31/2004 3:17 PM EDT
Hmm…TV shows..
Simpsons
Survivor
X-Files
Trading Spaces (the first three seasons, now it sucks)
Tie between Futurama, Family Guy and South Park
Posted by
Happygirl @ 08/31/2004 9:47 PM EDT
Oooooh…
A-Team (def’nitly)
Thundercats when I was a kid (even though v scary when u’re six)
CSI
L&O Criminal in Tent (sorry.)
The Blinkins (anyone else remember that??)
Reboot, especially the later series
Airwolf
Noel’s House Party - an hilarious Brit show I only ever saw one ep of.
GooHa! That’s more than five… and there were so many others, like the Invisible Man. I just can’t decide…
Comedy Searchlight (allright, it was only a mini-series, but it was still the funniest thing I’ve seen on comedy central ever)
The Job
Rescue Me
Star Trek: Deep Space 9
Farscape
who here knows the common thread amoung the first three?
Posted by
Betrayer @ 09/05/2004 12:54 PM EDT
Yay!!!!~“1111 for long-lived threads!
Tv shows as follows:
1.Transformers- though watching the DVD’s now makes me wonder how i swallowed saturday morning tv.
2.Power Rangers-in any of their incarnations.
3.M.A.S.K-it pisses me off that no-one remembers this fucking show. It’s not the Jim Carrey one. Matt, do an article on M.A.S.K.
4.Thundercats-i considered buying one of those TC logo shirts, but instead opted for an original TC toy sword.
5.Voltron-i barely remember watching this show, but i had all 5 cats.
I wish i’d kept my old toys; especially optimus…
Posted by
mypurposevague @ 09/07/2004 4:05 AM EDT
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