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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.

Posted by Matt on 08/25/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 168 comments

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.

Chestnuts roasted by plsburydoughboy @ 08/27/2004 7:06 AM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Mike Fireball @ 08/27/2004 7:11 AM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Arctic Orange @ 08/27/2004 8:33 AM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by dggfg @ 08/27/2004 8:42 AM

The Simpsons
Family Guy
Salute Your Shorts
Pete and Pete
The Wonder Years

Chestnuts roasted by Kappin @ 08/27/2004 9:27 AM

I forgot:

Misfits of Science
Manimal
Automan
The Electric Company

Does anyone else but me remember the first three?? Little help here!

Chestnuts roasted by ripley26 @ 08/27/2004 10:29 AM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/27/2004 11:53 AM

Knight Rider
A-Team
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Incredible Hulk
Max Headrom

Honorable Mentions:
3 2 1 Contact
Mr Wizards World

Chestnuts roasted by Loudgeek @ 08/27/2004 1:36 PM

McGyver
Pee-Wee’s Play House
X-Files
Rosanne
and…
Muppet Babies

Chestnuts roasted by BettieBoo @ 08/27/2004 5:45 PM

Oh– and Count Duckula!

Chestnuts roasted by BettieBoo @ 08/27/2004 5:50 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 08/27/2004 6:19 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 08/27/2004 6:23 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 08/27/2004 7:08 PM

Pedro, you are in luck that I happened to find the best Vegetable Soup segment, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=nostalgic70s&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50">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 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166063/">Vegetable http://www.artstomp.com/vegetablesoup.html">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 http://www.worcestermass.com/dynamix/v66.shtml">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 http://web.archive.org/web/20010119175200/http://www.thebox.com/">New http://www.broadband-pbimedia.com/cgi/cw/show_mag.cgi?pub=cw&mon=090400&file=mtvn_box_talks.inc/">York http://www.broadband-pbimedia.com/cgi/cw/show_mag.cgi?pub=cw&mon=103000&file=package_deal.inc">City and the http://web.archive.org/web/20020605111235/http://www.thebox.co.uk/">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 http://www.bostonradio.org/radio/tvdial.html">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.

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 08/27/2004 11:38 PM

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

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/28/2004 12:18 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/28/2004 12:24 PM

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 http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2105">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 :) )

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 08/28/2004 1:43 AM

Get a Life
Kung Fu
Married with Children
Dungeons & Dragons (cartoon)
Omaha Mutual’s Wild Wild World of Animals

Chestnuts roasted by Krappy Kat @ 08/28/2004 7:11 AM

Get Smart
Welcome Back, Kotter
Good Eats
Star Trek TNG
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose

Chestnuts roasted by MonsterDog @ 08/28/2004 7:43 AM

….in a little bowl of Vegetable Soup!

I miss Woody the Spoon.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/28/2004 4:03 PM

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!

Chestnuts roasted by ripley26 @ 08/28/2004 4:55 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Owangotang @ 08/28/2004 6:16 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 08/30/2004 1:32 AM

ok lets see…
beetleborgs
biker mice from mars
street sharks
sha-na-na’s TV show
thunderbirds
gigantor

Chestnuts roasted by Roberto Don Juan Smith @ 08/30/2004 2:28 AM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 08/30/2004 10:21 AM

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