Other Popular Shows from Yesteryear! What's your favorite?

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rubber chicken · #31 Post by **rubber chicken** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:53 pm

Cool, sometime soon I'll be receiving a late Sherlock Holmes related Christmas present: a book entitled Subcutaneously, My Dear Watson, all about Holmes' opium/cocaine habit, and the use of the drug in the late nineteenth century. Needless to say I can't wait to get it!

Tom_Magnum · #32 Post by **Tom_Magnum** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:25 pm

I like the A-Team and the Dukes of Hazzard besides Magnum. Although they are both cheesy, I found them goodhearted and clean (other like dirty bad tv shows nowadays).

Frodoleader · #33 Post by **Frodoleader** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:32 pm

RTN also shows Dragnet. I've really enjoyed the episodes I've been able to see.

Hey, this is my 100th post! After almost two years on the forum I finally hit triple digits! Guess I'd better get the MPI dvds out and watch them more often. Then I could offer my two cents more!
...wait, that may not be a good thing...

Operation Chessboard · Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:54 am

[quote="Carmen"]Hey Kahunagirl!! Highlander is one of my favorites!! Not for many reasons, but one important: Adrian Paul :!: :wink:
Still like to watch Simon & Simon, Riptide and Paradise (Lee Horsley) whenever I can catch an episode[/quote]

Paradise was a great show. It was more than just a western... it was a show that embraced universal themes of love, loss, sacrifice, honor, right and wrong, good and evil and the value of family. I remember reading an article about Lee Horsley when Paradise was on the air and he mentioned that he and Tom Selleck were good friends who shared many similar hobbies such as westerns, horses and working their ranches. I remember LH also saying that TS was a big fan of the show.

Italian Ice · #35 Post by **Italian Ice** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:25 am

I can't believed nobody mentioned Mike Hammer (the one with Stacy Keach). I loved that show!

Can't believe the haven't put this one on DVD. Don't think its on TV anymore though.

Frodoleader · #36 Post by **Frodoleader** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:44 pm

Italian Ice wrote:I can't believed nobody mentioned Mike Hammer (the one with Stacy Keach). I loved that show!

Can't believe the haven't put this one on DVD. Don't think its on TV anymore though.

Yeah, Mike Hammer was a real good detective show.

Steve · #37 Post by **Steve** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:11 pm

For the last few months, our "retro-station" here in Chicago has been running what they call "Saturday Night in Black & White". It's wonderfull with great old shows from the 50's and 60's. My two favorites have been Route 66 at 8:00pm followed by77 Sunset Strip at 9:00pm. The stories are sometimes non-sensical, but the guest stars are remarkable. It really got me to thinking why there was such an influx of Private Eye/Detective shows on television from the 50's up thru the 80's. Some shows made them seem so suave and romantic, ever in danger, ever solving crimes that police didn't have a clue about and the good looking woman always falling for them. Where did this come from? I somehow doubt if the life of a real Private Investigator is like the suave, smooth Efram Zimbalist, Jr. , but more like that of Luther H. Gillis .........

Italian Ice · #38 Post by **Italian Ice** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:30 pm

Man, I don't recall many of the shows you people are talking about. I'm truly one of the "children" of this site..........

Tom_Magnum · #39 Post by **Tom_Magnum** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:02 pm

You think you're the child of this site....

Well, does anyone else like The A-Team or The Dukes of Hazzard? Both great shows if you ask me.

#40 Post by **Doc Ibold** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:21 am

I'll admit I'm a fan of the A-Team... and all the seasons are pretty good, with the exception of the 5th one.

I used to LOOOOOOOOOVE Dukes of Hazzard as a kid, but it hasn't held up too well for me, suffice it to say.

-D

Tom_Magnum · #41 Post by **Tom_Magnum** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:48 am

Thanks Doc! This is awesome!

golfmobile · #42 Post by **golfmobile** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:13 am

Okay, I've got one for you guys. "Evening Shade" with Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Charles Durning, and Michael Jeter -- who STOLE every episode he was in! I really liked that show. I think Ossie Davis was in it too. It may have lasted only one season? But I always watched and thought it was a pretty good sit-com.

Anyone else a fan of this one?

golf

Shermy · #43 Post by **Shermy** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:38 am

I remember watching Evening Shade for a while in the mid-90s. It was pretty funny, and Michael Jeter was definitely a highlight. The only episode I actually remember had Jeter babysitting some kids and putting them in a box if they misbehaved. (I primarily remember that one because he also quoted Dirty Harry in it.)

Most of the action shows I liked in the 80s haven't aged very well (ie. A-Team; Dukes of Hazzard; etc.), but I've recently been watching a lot of Incredible Hulk episodes on Netflix. This is one series that shouldn't hold up at all, and yet somehow does. Bill Bixby really did a great job of keeping everything grounded.

Italian Ice · #44 Post by **Italian Ice** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:45 am

OMG, I was just watching an episode of Remington Steele and this group of lines came up. If any of you remember this one it's pretty funny.

Episode: Cast in Steele

Steele goes to Dorothy Lemore's mansion to discuss her fan letters, as she has someone threatening her.

Rings doorbell, and Dorothy opens a 2nd floor window........

Dorothy: Who is it?
Steele: Oh, Ms Lemore, its Remington Steele.
Dorothy: Congratulations
Steele: I'm the private detective Lloyd Nolan called you about.
Dorothy: Oh....... I expected somebody more like Tom Selleck

Don't know if anyone remembers this one. Pretty funny when I heard it though

Carmen · #45 Post by **Carmen** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:59 pm

Remember another one: Spenser - for hire, I always liked Hawk best....