Your pick for the best TV show from the Eighties... by chrisisall

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Your pick for the best TV show from the Eighties...

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Sunday, December 7, 2008 02:17
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:32 AM

CHRISISALL

Airwolf? Miami Vice?

No way. THIS was the best show from the Eighties, IMHO:

What are other Browncoat opinions?

Memory laneisall

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:03 AM

CHRISISALL

So, er, I guess I'm the only one here who was alive back then, eh?

Makemefeeloldwhydonchaisall

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:07 AM

PEULSAR5

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

The Greatest American Hero!!

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:10 AM

CHRISISALL

Shirley you jest.

Chrisisall

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:13 AM

PDCHARLES

What happened? He see your face?

V

Give me more alien lizard babies, scaly Freddy Krueger, and water sucking Beastmaster NAO!

Speaking of which, check it:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366112/

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:46 AM

PEULSAR5

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

DON"T CALL ME SHIRLEY!!

Airwolf!!

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:57 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Right now, I cannot honestly think of anything good from the 80s, with the exception of the tail-end of "Soap," which began in '77. I can't really judge most of it since I wasn't drawn to the shows everyone else seemed to watching, the Magnums, the MacGyvers, the A Teams, and stuff like that.

Of course, it probably had more to do with the fact that the early 80s saw the breakup of my first marriage, the beginnings of my second, along with working two jobs to put my wife through college, then starting on our family. I guess I just didn't watch a whole lot of tv that decade.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:11 PM

GINOBIFFARONI

http://www.sledgehammeronline.com/

Trust me, I know what I'm doing

Television is ephemeral, so the greatest compliment any TV show can receive is to be remembered.

It's clear that a lot of people fondly remember a half hour comedy series that ran on the ABC network from 1986 to 1988 called "Sledge Hammer!"

The show chronicled the adventures of a gung ho police detective who shot first and asked questions six months later. (In fact, he forgot to yell "Freeze" before firing.)

Sledge Hammer and His GunHammer's best friend was his Magnum, and he habitually spoke to it. (Hey, people talk to their pets, right?)

Why so many people young and old remember "Sledge Hammer!" is a mystery.

Maybe it's because the show was an odd duck. Perhaps it's because current television is bland, with every situation comedy revolving around a living room and kids.

Or… it could be because a lot of people are insane.

Whatever the case, "Sledge Hammer!" is frequently referred to as a "cult" show.

For the sake of clarity, let's look up the dictionary's definition:

Cult (noun)
Usage: often attributive
1: formal religious veneration.
2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual.
3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious.
4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator.
5: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book).

It's clear that description number three applies to the TV series "Sledge Hammer!" since many of the devotees wear flowing robes and are into human sacrifices.

The purpose of this site is to unite "Hammerheads" around the world, creating a formidable army of men, women, children and barnyard animals who'll wrest their will on society and plunder all those who don't share our same misguided beliefs.

Sorry, I've just described the Republican Party.

Lets party like its 1939

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:25 PM

OPPYH

Chrisisall, you have one NBC juggernaut of the 80's, what about MIAMI VICE. Tell me you have love for the VICE.

Edit: I just read the top line of your post where you mention Vice...so whoops! Obviously your a fan.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:28 PM

OPPYH

Also,
THE FALL GUY.

ST. ELSEWHERE

HILL STREET BLUES

CHARLES IN CHARGE because of Nicole Eggert(wait was she jailbait when she made that show..?)

These are all on equal ground for me, so any one can qualify as my favorite depending on the day questioned.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:21 PM

PEULSAR5

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
Also,
THE FALL GUY.

ST. ELSEWHERE

HILL STREET BLUES

CHARLES IN CHARGE because of Nicole Eggert(wait was she jailbait when she made that show..?)

These are all on equal ground for me, so any one can qualify as my favorite depending on the day questioned.

Scott Biao(sp?) dated her so I have to say no. And you are right--She was (and is still) smoking. (Josie Davis, the other sister also grew up well.)

Wasn't into St. Elsewhere all that much, but liked Fall Guy and loved Blues.

I think if you were to pick a show that personified the 80's, I have to agree with Oppyh and our esteemed threadstarter and say Miami Vice.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:42 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

Don't worry I'm not afraid to admit I was alive then (though I was a mere child).

For me it's a toss-up between Night Court and L.A. Law.

BTW My mom's fav was Quantum Leap (She had a thing for Scott Bakula). she would never forgive me if I didn't mention it.

Mama mia, that's a spicy meatball!

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:05 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Airwolf? Miami Vice?

No way. THIS was the best show from the Eighties, IMHO:

What are other Browncoat opinions?

Memory laneisall

So you won't tell us your best show, just posting a red X?

I watched gobs of Tv in the early 80's. To much.
I'll go with Eischied, Stingray, Magnum PI, Fridays.
I wanted to like Fall guy, as a Lee Majors fan. But Doug Barr, or his character, just dragged. Heather Thomas was fine. Would rather watch reruns of Six Million Dollar Man, or Big Valley (which I do).

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:29 AM

NCBROWNCOAT

REMINGTON STEELE of course,

It wouldn't be Thursdays without MAGNUM, PI. Oh, Tom Selleck and his moustache! I also loved Higgins in all his stuffiness. And yes Higgins was Robin Masters.

And of course HILL STREET BLUES and ST. ELSEWHERE.

Speaking of St. Elsewhere, what other show would let Howie Mandel play a doctor, give Mark Harmon AIDS and end up as a fantasy of an autistic boy?

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:30 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
ST. ELSEWHERE.

That, Vice, Blues, Magnum...there were some good ones...I just think Mr. Steele was the most fun & consistently entertaining.

IMHOofcourseisall

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:59 AM

SINGATE

Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
Trust me, I know what I'm doing

Television is ephemeral, so the greatest compliment any TV show can receive is to be remembered.

It's clear that a lot of people fondly remember a half hour comedy series that ran on the ABC network from 1986 to 1988 called "Sledge Hammer!"

This is the show that popped into my head as soon as I saw this thread. Some of my favorite moments...

Hammer blows up an entire building in order to take down a sniper on the roof.

Hammer takes target practice inside his apartment.

Hammer tries to disarm a nuke and fails. In the aftermath we hear his captain's famous cry, "HAAAMMMMER!".

Another show I have to mention is Married with Children. Even though it went well into the nineties the early seasons were brilliant.

_________________________________________________

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:17 AM

BORIS

Bring em back alive
The A-team
Magnum PI
Manimal
The Young Ones
Tucker's Witch
The last seasons of "Barney Miller"
Moonlighting
Mork and Mindy
Hill St blues
The Fall Guy
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Trapper John MD
the Cosby Show
Hunter
Santa Barbara
Thirty Something
Benson
Who's the Boss
Cheers
21 Jump Street
Chips
Family Ties
Jake and the Fatman

Wo! it's a wonder I had time to do anything other than watch TV!!

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:58 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by boris:

Thirty Something

Y'know, even with all the whining, I really liked that show a lot!

The used-to-be-thirty-something Chrisisall

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:17 PM

RALLEM

I didn't get to watch much television in the 1980s because I was in the Army then, but I did like Magnum PI.

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:31 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I'll have to retract my previous statement and select Hill Street Blues. I had been thinking that was a late 70s show, but it started in '81.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:07 PM

PEULSAR5

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

I also liked Simon and Simon.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:39 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Guess I forgot Rockford Files.

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Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:23 AM

FREMDFIRMA

Hands down,

Stingray.

I stole half my real life MO from that guy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_(NBC_TV_series) <-Add or paste in manually, link engine hates that final parenthesis

-F

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Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:39 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Tales of the Golden Monkey
Scarecrow and Mrs King.
Dukes of Hazzard
V the miniseries was great!

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Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:39 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Hands down,

Stingray.

I stole half my real life MO from that guy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_(NBC_TV_series) <-Add or paste in manually, link engine hates that final parenthesis

-F

Yeah, buddy! Loved Ray's explanation of why he operates the way he does, in the pilot episode.

Quote:
"The world runs on money. Everybody walks around with this invisible number in their heads. You hit the figure close enough, the penny drops, you own the man. In Hong Kong, you can buy a murder for five bucks. In New York City, a sloppy job runs you five hundred. A neat, clean, professional hit, upwards of ten grand. On skid row, they'll kill you for your shoes. I take money out of the equation. My hands don't sweat, because I'm never at the pay window."

I couldn't find a clip of that on YouTube, but it's at 9:13 on this one...

Here's some further discussion on his barter system...

Stingray drives for justice again on YouTube
http://thesop.org/index.php?article=7805

But I can't believe nobody's mentioned... The Equalizer!

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 2:02 PM

SERYN

When did Quantum leap start? As I recall my sister and I were regularly glued to that one. Mostly in the 80's, being a young'un, i was watching cartoons, but i don't think thats what you're looking for.

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 2:17 PM

CHARLIEBZ

I loved Tales of the Gold Monkey! My thirteen year old self was obsessed with that show.

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 2:44 PM

OPPYH

Quote:
Originally posted by CharlieBZ:
I loved Tales of the Gold Monkey! My thirteen year old self was obsessed with that show.

The complete series was supposed to be released on dvd this year, but the plans were canceled

Hopefully next year.

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Sunday, December 7, 2008 2:17 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

CharlieBZ

I think I must've been around 11-12 when that was on here in the UK. I thought that show had a lot of ingenuity. Real pity it only went on for 1 season.

I hope they release it on DVD soon.

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