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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Razor X on September 12, 2011, 06:55:41 PM
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And funny convo about the tv shows guys! The earliest TV shows I remember are Family Ties, the Golden Girls, Magnum PI and Saved By The Bell.
I thought I'd start a separate thread on this one, since I can remember shows way older than this. :-[ . I have vague recollections of watching the original Hawaii Five-O with my mom. My dad would sometimes work late and she'd let me stay up until he got home. I remember the opening credits and the theme song but not much else. I also had a major thing for Marlo Thomas when I was about 3 or 4.
A lot of the shows I really remember watching as a young kid were daytime reruns of shows whose prime time runs I was too young to remember: The Lucy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Beverly Hillbillies and Bewitched are the ones that immediately come to mind.
What are the earliest shows you can remember watching?
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Boomtown, Romper Room, The 3 Stooges, The Farmer's Daughter, My 3 Sons, Uncle Gus, The Flintstones (in prime time!), Jonny Quest.
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I dont remember Mario Thomas in Hawaii Five O. I just remember Jack Lord, his sidekick (the son of Helen Hayes), and a Japanese guy.
I remember Romper Room although I dont remember what it was actually about
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I dont remember Mario Thomas in Hawaii Five O. I just remember Jack Lord, his sidekick (the son of Helen Hayes), and a Japanese guy.
Marlo Thomas wasn't in Hawaii Five-O. Different topic. :D She was That Girl.
I remember Romper Room but I don't think I've ever heard of Boomtown or Uncle Gus.
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I go back to the very start or almost : Milton Berle , Howdy Doody, Capt. Video,Lone Ranger. *!d
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Both Boomtown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomtown_(1956_TV_series)) and Uncle Gus were local to New England.
(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dennissylvesterhurd.com%2Fblog%2F021705.jpg&hash=6eb6d87a447c3d2b759b8199840569c4d1cfad90)
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And Miss Jean never called my name through her magic mirror on my birthday.
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I dont remember Mario Thomas in Hawaii Five O. I just remember Jack Lord, his sidekick (the son of Helen Hayes), and a Japanese guy.
Marlo Thomas wasn't in Hawaii Five-O. Different topic. :D She was That Girl.
I remember Romper Room but I don't think I've ever heard of Boomtown or Uncle Gus.
:o Sorry, I thought it said MARIO Thomas (rather than MARLO). I dont know him, her OR That Girl :D
I googled the cast of H-Five O but couldnt find a Mario Thomas :D
(Its 3am, I dont have my glasses on, so blame it on my failing eyesight)
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Oh, and Captain Kangaroo and Bozo.
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I remember when we lived in Los Angeles, which was around 1969-1970, we were all forced to watch the Tom Jones show on a Thursday evening because my mother would have died (apparently) if she didnt get to see the show.
Eww.
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Tom Jones! <shudder>
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I also had a major thing for Marlo Thomas when I was about 3 or 4.
Oh gosh, so did I (maybe I was a few years older). I thought she was totally hot, and I loved that she had that kite.
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=86383
Couple years later I watched the show again and heard her whining "But, Donald!" and thought to heck with that chick. Then years later learned that she was married to Phil Donahue.
(She's been on the brain lately since I read that Alyssa Milano just had a son and named him Milo Thomas.)
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I dont remember Mario Thomas in Hawaii Five O. I just remember Jack Lord, his sidekick (the son of Helen Hayes), and a Japanese guy.
Marlo Thomas wasn't in Hawaii Five-O. Different topic. :D She was That Girl.
I remember Romper Room but I don't think I've ever heard of Boomtown or Uncle Gus.
I googled the cast of H-Five O but couldnt find a Mario Thomas :D
:o Sorry, I thought it said MARIO Thomas (rather than MARLO). I dont know him, her OR That Girl :D
(Its 3am, I dont have my glasses on, so blame it on my failing eyesight)
Marlo Thomas is Danny Thomas' daughter. She was quite the bomb back in the day before she made the ill-advised decision to marry Phil Donahue. !*u%e
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I remember when we lived in Los Angeles, which was around 1969-1970, we were all forced to watch the Tom Jones show on a Thursday evening because my mother would have died (apparently) if she didnt get to see the show.
Eww.
I never knew he had his own show.
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Sure did!! ...and I thought it was a good show......must be an age thing.
some call it senility ;D
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Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Howdy Doody, Gunsmoke, Ed Sullivan. Twilight Zone, Hit Parade.
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I remember Laugh-in, Flip Wilson as well as a bunch of cop / detective shows like Adam-12, Dragnet, Mannix, The Fugitive along with the sitcoms like Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Beverly HillBillies, and The Brady Bunch...
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I used to watch the reruns of Adam-12 and Emergency all the time.
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Martin Milner went from driving a Corvette across the country on Route 66 to driving a Plymouth squad car on Adam-12. Wow, what a come down!
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Was Little House on the Prairie big in the US? I know it was made in the US, but it was absolutely HUGE here, but just like Baywatch and several other shows, I'm wondering if it was more popular here than it was there.
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Was Little House on the Prairie big in the US? I know it was made in the US, but it was absolutely HUGE here, but just like Baywatch and several other shows, I'm wondering if it was more popular here than it was there.
Yes, that was one of my favorites when I was a kid.
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Martin Milner went from driving a Corvette across the country on Route 66 to driving a Plymouth squad car on Adam-12. Wow, what a come down!
How could I have forgotten Route 66...Great show.
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Was Little House on the Prairie big in the US? I know it was made in the US, but it was absolutely HUGE here, but just like Baywatch and several other shows, I'm wondering if it was more popular here than it was there.
Yes, that was one of my favorites when I was a kid.
Mine too :) I wasnt overly crazy about the later episodes (after Mary went blind and married the ugliest guy in Minnesota), but I liked the earlier seasons :D
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Disney. Lambchop and the Waltons on sunday eves are my earliest memories period... TV or otherwise :)
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How could I forget The Outer Limits.... scared me silly, and I loved it!
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For me it was Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, Incredible Hulk (I worshiped Lou Ferrigno), and reruns of the Brady Bunch, I Love Lucy, Bob Newhart, and the Mary Tyler Moore show, to name a few.
In the U.S., there are several retro-themed TV networks on the air. Antenna TV, MeTV and RTV (Retro TV). Depending where you live, they may be available on an over-the-air local station. It looks like people want a return to classic TV. I know I do!
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How about Sesame Street and Mork & Mindy? They were very popular here, as was the police show with Erik Estrada and the geeky looking blond guy. Happy Days was a BIG success in the UK, but I dont believe Laverne & Shirley was ever aired here, and neither was Joanie Loves Chachi (thankfully). That was taking things one step too far :D
Soap (the show with Billy Crystal) was very very very controversial here but also very popular.
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How about Rhoda? The people of the UK never warmed to the MTM show, but Rhoda was a big success.
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I remember when we lived in Los Angeles, which was around 1969-1970, we were all forced to watch the Tom Jones show on a Thursday evening because my mother would have died (apparently) if she didnt get to see the show.
Eww.
I never knew he had his own show.
Yeah, I remember hearing that a guitar player from Jones' band got electrocuted on the set. Not sure how it happened but I remember it being on the news when I was ..... younger.
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I think this was the guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill
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hmm, how about Topper, and for those from New England Captain Bob, and Boston Movietime and if you want to get scary local, NH tv station has the Clyde and Willie Maye Joy Show direct from the Circle 9 Ranch! We're talking late 50's early 60's here.
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I've never heard of any of those :(
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I was in Germany a lot during the 80s and they were nutz about "Dallas" and "JR". I reme,ber all of the shows y'all are talking about. I'm now addicted to the ,"Seinfeld" reruns and "King of the Hill"...there are many messages if you listen.
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Dallas was HUGE here, as was Dynasty. Knots Landing too, but not quite as huge. There was also a similar show called Savannah which was popular here for a while but I dont know what happened to it. It seemed to have a very short life.
Seinfeld was aired here but I dont think it was very popular. I never saw it. Speaking purely for myself, I dont understand American humour (humor) too well unfortunately, and American comedy all looks and sound the same to me, especially sitcoms.
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Speaking purely for myself, I dont understand American humour (humor) too well unfortunately, and American comedy all looks and sound the same to me, especially sitcoms.
And it's vice versa over here. British comedy is a lot like watching paint dry. Although I do get a chuckle out of Eddie Izzard.
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I enjoy, "Are You Being Served"...a very old Brit comedy on PBS.
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I enjoy, "Are You Being Served"...a very old Brit comedy on PBS.
Me too! I have the entire series on DVD. 30+ years later this show is still hysterically funny. :*))
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I enjoy, "Are You Being Served"...a very old Brit comedy on PBS.
Me too! I have the entire series on DVD. 30+ years later this show is still hysterically funny. :*))
I live out in the country and you don't expect sophistication or even people that watch PBS...last week I moved up in the check out line of the supermarket and said,"Are you free?" The woman laughed and told me she loves that comedy...ya never know, eh.
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The entire leading cast of that show, apart from one, are all dead now :(
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I was aware that many died. Which one is still alive?
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Frank Thornton.
http://www.nndb.com/people/724/000132328/frank-thornton.jpg
I think the most recent to die was Trevor Bannister, or possibly Wendy Richard.
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I knew Wendy and Trevor died... May the Captain rest in peace. :(
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No, the captain is still alive :) You asked me which one was still alive, so thats why I gave you the link to his picture - so you could see the one living cast member :D
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Frank Thornton.
http://www.nndb.com/people/724/000132328/frank-thornton.jpg
I think the most recent to die was Trevor Bannister, or possibly Wendy Richard.
Wendy Richard died about two years ago.
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I'm into "Doc Martin" nowadays. I was an avid "Eastenders" fan until BBC America stopped showing it.
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A good friend of mine lives in the village that Doc Martin is filmed in. Port Isaac, in Cornwall. Very pretty place. Boring as hell, but pretty.
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Very cool. They are filming their 5th season as we speak, I believe.
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I saw them shooting some scenes from "Lewis" when I was in Oxford.
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^3p*s^ 4*4 Long live the Captain!!!
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When Ming was a mere child, and had not seized the throne, He recalls: "Boston Blackie," "Your Show of Shows," "Hopalong Cassidy," "Howdy Doody" (Clarabelle was My court jester for some time until a too-topically satirical shtick... well, let's just say Clarabelle is not with Us anymore).
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I saw them shooting some scenes from "Lewis" when I was in Oxford.
And you didnt drop in for a cup of tea and a fondant fancy? Shame on you :D
I live 8 miles from Oxford
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I saw them shooting some scenes from "Lewis" when I was in Oxford.
And you didnt drop in for a cup of tea and a fondant fancy? Shame on you :D
I live 8 miles from Oxford
Now you tell me .....
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Well I'll have the teapot at the ready next time ;)
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Well I'll have the teapot at the ready next time ;)
OK. Milk (semi-skimmed),no sugar and McVitie's chocolate digestives, please. :)
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You didnt strike me as a semi-skimmed kind of guy :D
I only use regular (full fat) milk, but not to worry, I'll send my butler out to the Piggly Wiggly Albertsons Kroger Ralphs Vons A&P Tesco to buy some, along with some digestives :)
I dont drink hot drinks though, so I'll just have a diet coke ;)
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I take it that Piggly Wiggly is no more.?
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I take it that Piggly Wiggly is no more.?
I think they're still around in the south and midwest.
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I take it that Piggly Wiggly is no more.?
I think they're still around in the south and midwest.
Last one I knew of closed years ago in the Crescent City.
On TV--no one's mentioned my favorite--Rocky and Bullwinkle. I wish they'd do reruns.
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Since the topic of Brit TV came up, I'll add in "Yes, Minister" / "Yes, Prime Minister" and the whole Inspector Morse series as favorites.
By the way, McVitie's Plain Chocolate Whole Wheat Biscuits are great. There's a store near me that sells them, but I can't bring my self to pay $5 for a sleeve of cookies>
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If this website is current, then they are still around:
http://www.pigglywiggly.com/store-locations
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Since the topic of Brit TV came up, I'll add in "Yes, Minister" / "Yes, Prime Minister" and the whole Inspector Morse series as favorites.
By the way, McVitie's Plain Chocolate Whole Wheat Biscuits are great. There's a store near me that sells them, but I can't bring my self to pay $5 for a sleeve of cookies>
Best Britcom of all time: To The Manor Born.
And you can get McVities cheaper than that online.
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Piggly Wiggly's are all over the place down south.
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To the Manor Born - with Penelope Keith! I remember it!
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Piggly Wiggly's are all over the place down south.
Piggly Wiggly, is in many small towns in Panhandle Florida
O0
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Best Brit comedy, IMO, Fawlty Towers. Series--Upstairs Downstairs on PBS--damn near proved we were still a colony, people didn't answer the phone on Sundays when it was on.
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There's one British comedy that cracks me up..."The Vicar Of Dibley". There are so many funny characters and they spilled the beans that there are British Rednecks. And I understand it was on the air for over a dozen years. Good show, do y'all know it?
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There's one British comedy that cracks me up..."The Vicar Of Dibley". There are so many funny characters and they spilled the beans that there are British Rednecks. And I understand it was on the air for over a dozen years. Good show, do y'all know it?
Yes.
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What are the earliest shows you can remember watching?
Not necessarily all-time favs, but earliest I remember:
Primetime: Hawaii 5-0, Medical Center, Marcus Welby, That Girl, Love American Style, Brady Bunch
After school: Speed Racer
Saturday Morning: Banana Splits, Super Friends, Pink Panther
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Best Britcom of all time: To The Manor Born.
Oh yes, To The Manor Born was outstanding. I love Britcoms, and aside from Manor, I would never get tired of watching:
Fawlty Towers
The Young Ones
Keeping Up Appearances
Ab Fab (Series 1-3; the later ones were a little too mean-spirited for my tastes)
Blackadder
And not a Britcom per se, but The Benny Hill Show was also a hoot!
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Benny Hill Show..... :*)) :*)) :*))
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For me it was Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, Incredible Hulk (I worshiped Lou Ferrigno), and reruns of the Brady Bunch, I Love Lucy, Bob Newhart, and the Mary Tyler Moore show, to name a few.
Yes, yes, yes! Plus All in the Family, Good Times, Maude, One Day At A Time, and SOAP!
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Another Britcom that I really liked -- and I've never met anyone on either side of the Atlantic who remembers it -- was Two's Company with Elaine Stritch and Donald Sinden. She played an American writer living in London and he was her oh-so-proper and oh-so-disapproving English butler. It ran from 1975 to 1979 on ITV and was shown on A&E here in the US in the early 80s. They didn't make that many episodes, which may account for why it isn't better remembered, but I found the entire series on DVD a few months ago and bought it. It still cracks me up.
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I've not watched broadcast TV since about 1971. Don't have cable TV today and don't have a digital converter, so current TV only shows DVD's. Might watch a DVD once a month. So many other things to do in life than watch TV.
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Talking about British shows what about an oldie but a goodie, it ran from '72 - '85 "Are You Being Served Yet?
I can't be the only one that was hooked on that really stupid campy show.
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Back a page or so, Mr. Ming said Clarabelle isn't with us any more. i think The Captain (Kangaroo} left the stage about the same time. RIP
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Dallas was HUGE here, as was Dynasty. Knots Landing too, but not quite as huge. There was also a similar show called Savannah which was popular here for a while but I dont know what happened to it. It seemed to have a very short life.
Oh yeah, the primetime soaps ruled in the late 70's-late 80's with:
Dallas...which spun off Knots Landing
Dynasty...which spun off The Colbys
Falcon Crest
Flamingo Road
And less campy, but soapy nonetheless:
St. Elsewhere
Hill Street Blues
L.A. Law
And continued into the 90's with shows like:
90210 which spun off Melrose Place which spun off Models, Inc.
Dawson's Creek which spun off Young Americans
Felicity
And I remember Savannah as well!
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There was a Brit Com that was on for a few years called 'Allo 'Allo. It took place in France during WW2 and was very funny.
Some old US shows that I remember: I Dream of Genie, The Munsters, Sanford and Son, Chico and the Man, and Three's Company
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Hate to admit this, but...
HEE-HAW
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Back a page or so, Mr. Ming said Clarabelle isn't with us any more. i think The Captain (Kangaroo} left the stage about the same time. RIP
Some where I heard they were one and the same person?
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There was a Brit Com that was on for a few years called 'Allo 'Allo. It took place in France during WW2 and was very funny.
Some old US shows that I remember: I Dream of Genie, The Munsters, Sanford and Son, Chico and the Man, and Three's Company
Allo Allo was very popular here. For me, it was funny for a while, but every episode was basically moulded around the same joke, and I thought it became quite old quite quickly!
The other show which I felt the same about, and which I think aired in America too, was 'Keeping Up Appearances'. There's only so many times you can tell the same joke, especially when it wasnt all that funny to begin with :(
As for Three's Company - it was only a US show because it had been Americanized :D It was based on the UK's very own Man About The House, which was seriously successful here in the 70s, and spawned a few spin offs, including Robins Nest (Threes a Crowd) and George & Mildred (The Ropers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_About_the_House
I remember Flamingo Road too, and LA Law. I remember Hill Street Blues too, but I never watched it.
Did anyone mention The A Team? :D
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As for Three's Company - it was only a US show because it had been Americanized :D It was based on the UK's very own Man About The House, which was seriously successful here in the 70s, and spawned a few spin offs, including Robins Nest (Threes a Crowd) and George & Mildred (The Ropers)
Two's Company, not Three's Company. Completely different show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_Company_%28TV_series%29
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Well whichever was the show with the guy and the two chicks, then thats the one which was originally a British show :D
I never saw the US version so I have no idea what it was called :D
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Who is Clarabelle? :o
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Geez, nobody has mentioned Monty Python yet!
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Who is Clarabelle? :o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarabell_the_clown
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Geez, nobody has mentioned Monty Python yet!
Thank God for that...
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Who is Clarabelle? :o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarabell_the_clown
X Man, you are like a living, breathing version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Or the Encyclopaedia NewJersica :o
Im not worthy, Im not worthy :D
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How about Batman? Wonder Woman? Hong Kong Phooey? Banana Splits? Josie and the Pussycats? (although she might have been English)
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As for Three's Company - it was only a US show because it had been Americanized :D It was based on the UK's very own Man About The House, which was seriously successful here in the 70s, and spawned a few spin offs, including Robins Nest (Threes a Crowd) and George & Mildred (The Ropers)
Two's Company, not Three's Company. Completely different show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_Company_%28TV_series%29
X Man, I think you might be incorrect wrt this :o
Twos company was a terrible British comedy. Three's Company was the show based on Man About The House. That link you gave is to Twos Company (crap English comedy). Three's Company is the thing with John Ritter and the two girls I've never heard of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%27s_Company
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What was the British comedy that gave birth to the American Version called "Friends".
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I dont think there was one. I think Friends was born in the USA. The only similar British comedies that spring to mind are 'Cold Feet' and 'Coupling', but I think they were probably inspired by Friends.
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"Coupling", that's the one. OK, I thought it was the other way around. Funny show. It was a bit sexier than the American version.
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Yeah I know. Generally speaking, shows here tend to be a little more 'open' :o than American shows. We have a thing called 'watershed', and 'watershed' happens at 9pm every night. Once the clock strikes 9, just about anything goes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watershed_%28television%29
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As for Three's Company - it was only a US show because it had been Americanized :D It was based on the UK's very own Man About The House, which was seriously successful here in the 70s, and spawned a few spin offs, including Robins Nest (Threes a Crowd) and George & Mildred (The Ropers)
Two's Company, not Three's Company. Completely different show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_Company_%28TV_series%29
X Man, I think you might be incorrect wrt this :o
Twos company was a terrible British comedy. Three's Company was the show based on Man About The House. That link you gave is to Twos Company (crap English comedy). Three's Company is the thing with John Ritter and the two girls I've never heard of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%27s_Company
No, I meant to link to Two's Company (the English show).
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X Man: busted
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Talking British - - -What about David Allen ??????
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Never heard of him :(
Do you mean Dave Allen, the so called comedian? If so, he was Irish.
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Thank you Andy - -That I did not know
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No prroblem
He was on tv a lot here, and I think he might have lived here at the time of his death, but he was definitely Irish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_%28comedian%29
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Yes, Andy - -that is the guy