Best nostalgic tv memories. by OPPYH

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Best nostalgic tv memories.

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Monday, January 9, 2012 10:15 AM

My signature says it all. I love 70's tv. Some of my best memories of the decade where escapist tv was king, and reality tv was The Gong Show.

SOme of my favorite memories:

-watching the Love Boat, and Fantasy Island every Saturday night. Great stuff.

-Battlestar Galactica(70's) Sunday nights. Is there anything better than this? Maybe, but at the time....no way.

-Planet of the Apes. Like I said escapism. This show is the best.

-Buffy(WB) Didn't catch it till the second season, but dammit on toast, I was blown away. At the time thinking "I can't believe this show is better than the X-Files".

-Firefly. Fox Friday which consisted of only one show for me(sorry John Doe). I remember telling most of my friends to watch it at the time, and they ignored me. When it was released on dvd they saw the light.

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Monday, January 9, 2012 10:55 AM

CHRISISALL

Some of my favourite TV memories:

Lee Majors punching off John Saxon's face.
Bill Bixby seeing his own reflection in a pond and tears falling.
Terry Carter ordering Lorne Greene to launch.
Lindsay Wagner crumpling to the floor expecting to die in a nuclear blast she could not stop in time.
William Shatner saying "Let's get the Hell out of here."
Philip Ahn saying "Learn more ways to preserve rather than destroy. Avoid rather than check. Check rather than hurt. Hurt rather than maim. Maim rather than kill. For all life is precious nor can any be replaced."
Angela Cartwright saying goodbye to Mr. Nobody.
Dennis Weaver watching the truck go off the mountain.
William Gregory Lee saying "Fight them, Maxie. Promise me you'll fight them. X5/599. I've got a heart for you."
Nathan Fillion saying "Everybody dies alone."

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, January 9, 2012 3:05 PM

TRAVELER

A memory burned into my soul.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Monday, January 9, 2012 4:21 PM

OPPYH

Traveler, Is U.F.O a pretty decent series like Space 1999? I have always wanted to see it. I know tastes differ, but if you say it's good, I'll buy it today.

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Monday, January 9, 2012 4:44 PM

TRAVELER

It was not a bad series. A lot of episodes were more about the misadventures of humans rather then the aliens they were fighting.
The Andersons, who created UFO, were originally in to science fiction puppet animation and took their knowledge of creating models from that and applied it to this series and later to "Space 1999".
Here is a website that does a better job of giving detaials of the show then I.

http://www.ufoseries.com/

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Monday, January 9, 2012 4:48 PM

OPPYH

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Some of my favourite TV memories:

Lee Majors punching off John Saxon's face.
Bill Bixby seeing his own reflection in a pond and tears falling.
Terry Carter ordering Lorne Greene to launch.
Lindsay Wagner crumpling to the floor expecting to die in a nuclear blast she could not stop in time.
William Shatner saying "Let's get the Hell out of here."
Philip Ahn saying "Learn more ways to preserve rather than destroy. Avoid rather than check. Check rather than hurt. Hurt rather than maim. Maim rather than kill. For all life is precious nor can any be replaced."
Angela Cartwright saying goodbye to Mr. Nobody.
Dennis Weaver watching the truck go off the mountain.
William Gregory Lee saying "Fight them, Maxie. Promise me you'll fight them. X5/599. I've got a heart for you."
Nathan Fillion saying "Everybody dies alone."

The laughing Chrisisall

Great list Chris.

I just watched The Bionic Woman "Doomsday is Tomorrow" with the scene you mention. Fantastic. Ms. Summers is at her best when she is either dorky, or vulnerable.

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Monday, January 9, 2012 5:12 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:

I just watched The Bionic Woman "Doomsday is Tomorrow" with the scene you mention. Fantastic. Ms. Summers is at her best when she is either dorky, or vulnerable.

That ep, more than any other of BW rocked my world. Johnson was a god to me back then, and Wagner was my pretend girlfriend. I watched her on every Mike Douglas/Merve Griffin-type interview show.

Oh, and UFO was da bomb, if you can afford it, GET IT.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, January 9, 2012 6:11 PM

OPPYH

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

That ep, more than any other of BW rocked my world. Johnson was a god to me back then, and Wagner was my pretend girlfriend. I watched her on every Mike Douglas/Merve Griffin-type interview show.

Oh, and UFO was da bomb, if you can afford it, GET IT.

I'm going to purchase UFO this very week.

IF you don't have the Bionic Woman though, seasons 1, and 2 are usually on the cheap. Saw both at at Target a couple weeks ago for $10 each!
They are $15 now.

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Monday, January 9, 2012 6:12 PM

OPPYH

Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
It was not a bad series. A lot of episodes were more about the misadventures of humans rather then the aliens they were fighting.
The Andersons, who created UFO, were originally in to science fiction puppet animation and took their knowledge of creating models from that and applied it to this series and later to "Space 1999".
Here is a website that does a better job of giving detaials of the show then I.

http://www.ufoseries.com/

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

Thanks Traveler. Looking forward to this.

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Monday, January 9, 2012 6:32 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:

IF you don't have the Bionic Woman though, seasons 1, and 2 are usually on the cheap. Saw both at at Target a couple weeks ago for $10 each!
They are $15 now.

I don't- thanks for the heads up- I must consider...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 2:31 AM

LWAVES

Some good choices and I have several nostalgic TV memories but the winner by a huge margin is this one:

It is early Saturday evening, the football results were all in, Bruce 'I should have died in the 80s' Forsythe was hosting a crappy game show and dinner was being cooked in the kitchen. The familiar 'duh-duh-duh-dum' music came on and you sat transfixed to the screen for about 25 mins as the Doctor worked his way through his latest adventure, leaving you on tenderhooks as the cliffhanger arrived with the shriek of the end credits music. Next Saturday couldn't come quick enough.
There was nothing better in the 70s and 80s that gave you the same feeling.

As for other memories:

Robin Of Sherwood: Hearing the beautiful music from Clannad, but also the fact the Robin Hood was treated in a serious way (despite the fantasy elements). Saturday evening again.

Fawlty Towers and Father Ted: So few episodes but so many classic moments. Comedy genius wrapped into a compact TV show.

The Professionals: Bodie and Doyle rolling over car bonnets (hoods), jumping fences and screeching the tyres of their Capri's around corners during a car chase.

Battlestar Galactica (Orig): Up until this I wanted to be an X-wing pilot. After the pilot movie aired I wanted to be a Viper pilot. In some ways I still do.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 2:55 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Used to watch:

Six Million Dollar Man
Bionic Woman
Wonder Woman
Battlestar Galactica
Space 1999
The Love Boat
Fantasy Island
Three's Company

Got some pretty fond memories of sitting around the ol' cabinet tv with my family watching these shows in the evening.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:14 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
Battlestar Galactica (Orig): Up until this I wanted to be an X-wing pilot. After the pilot movie aired I wanted to be a Viper pilot. In some ways I still do.

The Viper Pilot Chrisisall '79

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:55 AM

ECGORDON

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

It's hard to recall my first TV memories, but in the late '50s/early '60s I was glued to the set for Twilight Zone. Then came The Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, Thriller, then Lost in Space (which was fairly good starting out then devolved into sheer stupidity), on to boldly going where no man had gone before - Star Trek!

I don't think I've ever seen UFO, although I heard about it. Probably was on a station we couldn't get. This was before cable, only two stations in town (CBS & NBC), with another (ABC) we could sometimes get out of Dallas a hundred miles away. While there are some shows I'd like to see again, there are others I'd rather not even mention. I did watch things back then simply because I didn't have a lot of selection, but some of them are best forgotten.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:56 AM

LWAVES

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
Battlestar Galactica (Orig): Up until this I wanted to be an X-wing pilot. After the pilot movie aired I wanted to be a Viper pilot. In some ways I still do.

The Viper Pilot Chrisisall '79

You ****ing b*st*rd Chris.

I am so jealous. Did you have the jacket as well?

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:27 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
Did you have the jacket as well?

No, I didn't, but I will by Summer, got all the material, pins, patches & buckles for it, just need the time to sew it all up. Got most every thing else done. Everything upgraded. The boots were not cheap...

Which, back on topic, says a LOT about my fond memories of Galactica on TV back then. The three hour premiere blew me away that Sunday night.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:21 AM

MACBAKER

Thomas Sullivan Magnum:"Ivan, did you see the sunrise this morning?"

Ivan: "Yes. Why?"

BOOM!

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:33 AM

CHRISISALL

No words necessary, I think.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:02 AM

OPPYH

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

The Viper Pilot Chrisisall '79

You rule.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:08 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
You rule.

Then how come no one ever follows my orders?!?!?!?

Thanks. I worked hard on that costume so long ago, and even harder on my ongoing upgrade. I just love the design of it. Heck, I love the designs of most everything on Galactica.
Except Hector & Vector *BLARG*

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:13 AM

JEANDUPONTEL

I have almost the same list as BROWNCOAT1, except Battlestar Galactica and Three's Company (i'm not sure this one aired in France though).

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:01 PM

LWAVES

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

No words necessary, I think.

The laughing Chrisisall

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If the Viper was my fantasy piloting dream then this was my real(ish) piloting dream.
The howl of the engines, the sleekness rising up out of the cave in the Valley of the Gods.
Heavily armed poetry.

Please tell me that you don't have a uniform from Airwolf as well.

BTW Looking good on the Viper pilots uniform. When I got into prop collecting I thought about uniforms/outifts but the cost put me off. I bet this lot incl. the jacket has set you back a bit.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:21 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
Please tell me that you don't have a uniform from Airwolf as well.

No, just two shoulder patches I'm waiting to put on a good jacket!

Quote:

I bet this lot incl. the jacket has set you back a bit.

The jacket you can have made for under $300, but MY materials ( on-sale Halloween fabrics, Salvation Army base jacket for the lining, pins, patch & buckles inc.) came in at a paltry $100- good thing I can sew!
Holster material, belts, recharges- $50.
Gun (kit) $60.
Vintage Sidi boots from eBay (not in great condition), Meltonian dye, leather conditioner, metal toe covers- $200.
Total price- $410. But this was a piece at a time over a whole yahren.

And yeah, Airwolf is my near-real piloting dream too. Love to go up in a Bell 222 sometime.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:00 PM

TRAVELER

Here's one I rediscovered a few months ago. Sadly it went off the air after nine episodes, but eight of them are on You Tube. Eve is a hoot.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:38 PM

PEACEKEEPER

Keeping order in every verse

For me,it's got to be Monkey."Born from an egg on a mountain top.The funkiest monkey that ever popped".

Peacekeeper---keeping order in every verse!!!

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