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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:14 PM
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Former obscure TV sitcoms that you think you're the only one who knows of:
There was a thread on this about a month ago, but I wanted to revive it. What former obscure sitcoms do you remember that you think no one else knows of?

I'll start (shows from my childhood in the late-80's/very early 90's):

Dear John
Hearts Afire
Home Free
Davis Rules
Nurses

Can you think of any else??
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:15 PM
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1. I remember Dear John and Nurses
I even watched Dear John

Deeaar Jooooohn....
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:15 PM
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3. Right oooooor wroooooong.....
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:16 PM by SmileyBoy
Something something something something, Deaaaaaaar Jooooohnnnn....:D
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:16 PM
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6. who was John, again?
I can see him, but cannot think of his name...
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:20 PM
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21. Ralph Bates?
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:23 PM
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28. Was this a horror show?
:shrug:
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:24 PM
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33. No - he was in a lot of sixties and seventies horror movies,
but I'm pretty sure he was also the John of Dear John.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:22 PM
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25. Found it: Judd Hirsch
he was even nominated for the role!

http://www.thegoldenglobes.com/welcome.html?tv/dear_john.html
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:24 PM
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35. Oh - the US remake of the original.
Got it.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:28 PM
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51. Oh, I see.
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-59020
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:31 PM
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64. Hooray! My knowledge of pointless trivia is undimmed.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:33 PM
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71. I have noticed that you are a master at that!
:D
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:19 PM
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17. Damn that's an earworm!
http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/dear.htm
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:20 PM
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19. by the time you read these lines, I'll be gone....
that's what I remember
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:21 PM
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23. Oh yeah, I remember that line.
I think it's all coming back to me now.:D
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:24 PM
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31. The Lying guy on Dear John was hilarious
:bounce:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:24 PM
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36. Ingore
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:25 PM by underpants
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:04 PM
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116. Was it a . . . SEXUAL problem??
:bounce:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:15 PM
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2. Fractured Flickers
Beat that!
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:27 PM
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45. I remember it
But it really wasn't a sitcom.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:34 PM
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76. It was a 'com' though...
Good on you, NoPasaran!
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:15 PM
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4. Chelmsford 123...saw it once in Scotland
About the Roman occupation of Brittania

Funniest thing I have ever seen
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:17 PM
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7. "They call me Mungo, the Evasive"

"Why is that?"

"Who wants to know?"
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:16 PM
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5. Rewind
Rags to Riches
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:17 PM
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8. Filthy Rich and Catflap, Mr. Don and Mr. George.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:18 PM
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14. Loved Filthy Rich.
Don't know why though.
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:20 PM
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20. Extreme childishness.
That's why I loved it, anyhow.
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gpandas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:17 PM
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9. texas wheelers
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:17 PM
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10. It's a Living, Babes, Good Grief
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:26 PM
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42. It's A Living! I liked that one too.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:27 PM
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47. Self-delete. Wrong place.
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:29 PM by Left Is Write
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:17 PM
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11. I can't remember the name of it...
But it was about Prince Charming and Snow White raising their kids. It only lasted half a season.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:23 PM
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27. "The Charmings"
Yahoo picks actually found a Charmings fan site....and here it is!
http://www.charmings.org/
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:44 PM
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96. That's it!
I thought the show was funny.
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BeTheChange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:17 PM
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12. That's My Bush
DUers probably have more knowledge of it then the general population :)
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:30 PM
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55. I saw it two or three times. Was that on Comedy Central?
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BeTheChange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:08 PM
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121. Yup.
Sometimes late at night you can catch marathons. I think they only made 9 episodes before they got shut down. We have them on VHS somewhere.

I love the one where GW takes E.
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:18 PM
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13. Herman's Head
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:28 PM
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49. I liked that one. The woman who voices Bart Simpson was in it.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:34 PM
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75. And Hank Azaria, as well.
Azaria played Herman's (William Ragsdale) friend.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:59 PM
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112. Nope, Lisa

Yeardley Smith
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fertilizeonarbusto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:18 PM
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15. "The Duck Factory"
With a very young Jim Carrey. It was actually good, believe it or not.
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Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:27 PM
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46. ooops...
you beat me to it, fertilizeonabusto!
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fertilizeonarbusto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:37 PM
Response to Reply #46
88. Remember Jack Gilford in it?
Hee-larious.
"Ok, everyone back to woik"
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:19 PM
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16. Arnie
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:09 PM
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122. With Herschel Bernardi?
I remember that!
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:19 PM
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18. Max Headroom.
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:34 PM by kick-ass-bob
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:35 PM
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78. HOORAY!! I WIN!
No one remembers Max Headroom!
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:36 PM
Response to Reply #78
83. Sorry, I remember it.
I even had a Max Headroom lunch box when I was in Kindergarden.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:38 PM
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did you post in my lunchbox thread yesterday?
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:44 PM
Response to Reply #83
95. Yep, I remember it, too.
Sorry, you lost.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:46 PM
Response to Reply #78
100. Everyone remembers THAT
I win for CPO Sharkey below
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:37 PM
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87. One of my favorites
Too bad the 2 hour version on video sucked.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:21 PM
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22. The Hot l Baltimore
Yes, the "e" was missing from the title.

A short lived Norman Lear sitcom from the 70's.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:23 PM
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30. James Cromwell
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-9626
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:06 PM
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119. I loved that show. Conchata Ferrell and Richard Masur . . .
I LOVE Conchata Ferrell.
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:22 PM
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24. "It's Your Move"
<eom>
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thom1102 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:40 PM
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133. Jason Bateman... I remember that one!
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jandrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:22 PM
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26. F-Troop and Love American Style
Classics.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:45 PM
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97. I Remember Love American Style
That's a real oldie.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:23 PM
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29. aka Pablo and Hello Larry were my favorites.
Paul Rodriguez and McLean Stevenson vehicles, respectively.

Can't forget The Five Mrs. Buchanans, The Mommies, She's the Sherriff, Blansky's Beauties, etc.......

What about Pink LAdy and Jeff?
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:26 PM
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I liked Hello Larry!
And apparently, I was one of the very few. :-)

"Pink Lady and Jeff" was one of the worst shows ever aired. Just plain hideous. "Pink Lady" could barely speak English and Jeff was NOT funny.
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:28 PM
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50. Well Hello Larry (Hello Larry)
You talk to people all day for a livin/
and all those easy answers you are givin/
are you really livin your life that way/
Portland is a long way from LA (a long way)

Well Hello Larry (Hello Larry)/
Two kids to raise alone just aint that easy/
The questions they are askin aren't that breezy/
The answers you are givin don't always pay/
But that's the way it is with kids today

The calls are comin in/
You better start to grin/
Cuz you never know just what they're gonna say
Hello Larry


I did that from memory. Please, please help me.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:32 PM
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67. I watched Hello, Larry, but goodness only knows why.
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:24 PM
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32. When Things Were Rotten
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flygal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:54 PM
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141. I loved that one
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 03:58 PM by flygal
Great theme song

"Once a time when things were rotten
soon a band of merry men....he got 'em"

"they robbed the rich, gave to the poor,
except what they kept for expenses
So whenever things are forgotten,
we'll remember back when things were rotten
Yay for Robin Hood"

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/w.html
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:24 PM
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34. Then Came Bronson
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:25 PM
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37. Obscure Detroit area sitcom: Hamtramck
A couple episodes (or maybe only one) aired on channel 4 in the 80's starring local DJ Tom Ryan (aka Count Scary) and former Tiger pitcher Dave Rozema.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:30 PM
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56. You're kidding me?
Now that's obscure. Was it any good?
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:31 PM
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63. no, it was real
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:43 PM by Strawman
I'm not kidding. I remember it being in the "so bad it was great" category but apparently it won a local Emmy.

http://www.detroitsportsbroadcasters.org/member.php?memberid=97

"Ryan has also hosted 'Free Sports Weekends' on the Pro AM Sports Service cable channel locally, and starred in 'Hamtramck,' which was an Emmy Award winning show."
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:35 PM
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80. Dave lived next door to my In-Laws
Pretty funny guy. I could see him in a sitcom.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:25 PM
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38. "It's Your Move"
Starring Jason Bateman and David Garrison (who played Marcy's first husband on Married With Children). Basically, he was a schemeing high school kid, kind of a precursor to Ferris Bueller. The Dregs of Humanity episode is a classic.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:34 PM
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73. Oh, that was a great show!
So cynical for its time. I remember the episode where his overweight friend was eating moldy Oreos, and said, "They're okay once you scrape the green stuff off."

Why that show wasn't a huge hit, I'll never know.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:25 PM
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39. I remember Dear John, Hearts Afire, and Nurses.
I watched Dear John and Nurses regularly.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:25 PM
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40. C.P.O. Sharkey staring............???
Don Rickles

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-6986/
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:53 PM
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108. I was gonna say that one!! n/t
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quispquake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:25 PM
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41. Quark
Starring Richard Benjamin & the Doublemint Twins...it was a Star Wars parody that I liked quite a bit!!!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:29 PM
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52. I remember that show
man was it awful

I thnk it was a Friday night show..on NBC
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:45 PM
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98. Dangit! I was gonna use that one
It was a StarWars/StarTrek parody. The first officer was a half plant vulcan clone thingy.
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Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:26 PM
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43. The Duck Factory
starring Jim Carrey! Believe it or not, I actually have a autographed picture of the cast from 1983! (I'm such a dork!)

I remember Dear John and Hearts Afire (Wasn't Billy Bob Thornton in that with John Ritter and Markie Post?), but the other three... no clue!
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:26 PM
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44. Doctor, Doctor
Starring the guy who played Max Headroom. HILARIOUS, but never found a steady spot on the schedule.
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Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:32 PM
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68. Just The Ten of Us....
I'm sure people remember this one, but it's a random one...

(But Dennis Haysbert played a part on it for two years!) And Jamie Luner (From Melrose Place and The Profiler!)
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:34 PM
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72. I remember that one.
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:34 PM by SmileyBoy
It was made by the same people who produced Growing Pains.
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Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:35 PM
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82. Yes...
I knew it was a spin-off of SOMETHING, but I couldn't remember!
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 05:10 PM
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155. I LOVED doctor doctor as a kid
thought it was the funniest thing on TV.
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Jessica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:28 PM
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48. I don't think I'm the only one who knows it, but ...
... I always remember Small Wonder for some reason.

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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:30 PM
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57. Oh, lord!
Was she a robot?
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Jessica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:31 PM
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62. Yes!
In the mid-late 80s.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:32 PM
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66. EEEWWWW!!! That was a horrible show!!!
That and Punky Brewster. *shudder*
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Jessica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:36 PM
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84. Yes .. yes it was.
But - as a little girl at the time, I enjoyed it. :)
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:37 PM
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86. I was a little boy at the time and I hated it.
:D
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:46 PM
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99. I remember that one.
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:22 PM
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152. I loved that show!
I remember when some boys were making fun of her and she used her robot powers to beat them in basketball!
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:29 PM
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53.  We Got It Made. My Two Dads. Top Of The Heap.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:30 PM
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59. Everyone remembers My 2 Dads.
Mother was a whore, yadda yadda.
:P
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:31 PM
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65. Well, not *everyone.* There's some young'uns here, you know.
:7
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:29 PM
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54. My World And Welcome To It
Based on the writings of James Thurber
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:49 PM
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104. I loved that show.
:D
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:56 PM
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154. I loved that show too
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tsakshaug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:30 PM
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58. Mr. Terrific
1967 Don't remember much but the theme song

A scientist, both wise and bold,
set out to cure the common cold.
Instead he found this power pill,
which, he said, most certainly will
turn a lamb into a lion.
Like an eagle he'll be flyin'.
Solid steel will be like putty.
It will work on anybody.

But then 'twas found this potent pill
made the strongest men quite ill,
so the secret search began
to find the one and only man.

What they found made them squeamish,
for only Stanley Beamish,
a weak and droopy daffodil,
could take the special power pill
that sent him soaring through the skies
fighting foes and fighting spies.


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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:31 PM
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61. I remember it...William Daniels starred in it.
God, this is obscure. :-)
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Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:30 PM
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60. Ghostwriter
DeGrassi
Night Flight
Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:23 PM
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153. I miss ghostwriter n/t
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:33 PM
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69. Does anyone remember The Torkelsons?
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:35 PM
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77. I do. It was a piece of crap.
Not funny at all, probably because they marketed it as a wholesome family show. I didn't like those even at the age of 11.
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:36 PM
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85. self delete
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:37 PM by DelawareValleyDem
misplaced
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:33 PM
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70. My Mother The Car and Captain Nice...
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:02 PM
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114. Wasn't Jerry Van Dyke in that?
My Mother the car? I remember it.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:15 PM
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125. He was indeed...
On the Internet Movie Database site it says he turned down the lead in Gilligan's Island for this...
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:43 PM
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135. So was Avery Schriver.
I actually liked that show.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:34 PM
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74. Duckman?
I don't know maybe other people know about it? :shrug:
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:38 PM
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90. A lot of people remember it. One of the most brilliant cartoon shows ever.
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:39 PM by SmileyBoy
They still play it on Comedy Central in the wee hours of the morning a couple times a week.

It had the most brilliant social commentary I ever saw on TV.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:41 PM
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93. That, and Cornfed was the man! Or pig rather....
:P
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:46 PM
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101. It was playing recently on Comedy Central
Recorded a bunch of it on Replay (tivo clone). Very cutting.
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:35 PM
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79. flying blind
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:35 PM
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81. No one remembers "The Farmer's Daughter"
I guarantee that. :-)
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:51 PM
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105. Inge Stevens?
I remember that.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:52 PM
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107. Yes...
And William Windom played the congressman Inger Stevens worked for.
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flygal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:48 PM
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137. I DO!!
When I was in high school it was on the Family Channel along with the Patty Duke show. Watched it all the time - so there :P
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:38 PM
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89. The Montefuscos
and Top of the Heap with Matt LeBlanc and Joe Bologna
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:39 PM
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91. I remember Top of the Heap.
It was a spinoff of Matt LeBlanc's recurring character on "Married with Children". It wasn't even slightly funny.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:40 PM
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92. The Duck Factory
I think that was the name of it. About a cartoonist....starred some unknown goofy guy.....}(
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:42 PM
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94. It's already been mentioned twice in this thread now.
:D
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:47 PM
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102. well shit.....the third time's a charm!
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:47 PM by peekaloo
damn tunnel vision.
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Jesus H. Christ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:48 PM
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103. My Hero.
It's a real cheesy Britcom.

Actually, I think they're still making it. One episode had the series' "bitch" deck The Chimp.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:52 PM
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106. "On the Rocks" Took place in a CA prison.
Was on around 1976-77.
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:56 PM
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110. I was just going to mention that one...
My father loved that show and never missed it. They had a white guy on the show named "Cleaver", I think, who was hilarious!
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:54 PM
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109. The first E/R with George Clooney
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 02:57 PM by gollygee
E/R with the slash.

It was a sitcom with Elliot Gould playing his dad. Edited: I guess Elliot Gould wasn't his dad - George Clooney just played a med tech. Jason Alexander was in it too.

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-2860/ER_1984/
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:57 PM
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111. Prisoner of Cell Block H? anybody?
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 02:59 PM
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113. The Australian show?
I remember it.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:23 PM
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128. Yep. That one
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:15 PM
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126. holy crap, i remember that show!
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 03:15 PM by chimpsrsmarter
it used to be on our UHF station.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:24 PM
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129. I watched it on the early Ted Turner station in Atlanta
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 03:24 PM by Solly Mack
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:04 PM
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115. Temperatures Rising -- Cleavon Little, early 70s. n/t
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:05 PM
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117. "Grand", "Petticoat Junction", "Love, Sydney"
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 03:07 PM by Rabrrrrrr
I'd love to get copies of Grand. What a great show it was! And a great cast.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:07 PM
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120. The Petticoat Junction girls were total babes?
I had a crush on them when I was a kid. Especially the redhead. Meredith McCray, was it?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:10 PM
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123. Looks like she was in it for a couple years
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534297/
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:06 PM
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118. "Open All Night"
About a guy and his family who run a convenience store, circa 1982 or so on ABC.
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:13 PM
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124. Gems from the early days of the Fox network:
"Down the Shore"
"Mr. President"
"Top of the Heap"
"Parker Lewis Can't Lose"
"True Colors"
"Flying Blind"
"South Central"
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:29 PM
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131. I remember South Central. Good show.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:16 PM
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127. From the Sixties
"Happy" - A sitcom featuring a talking baby.

"Good Morning, World" - A sitcom about two radio DJs.

"The Queen and I" - It featured Larry Storch as the cruise director on a cruise ship.

"The Tammy Grimes Show" - This one was so bad, it was yanked after only three episodes and replaced by the prime-time version of "The Dating Game".

"Accidental Family" - This was Jerry Van Dyke's gig after "My Mother The Car" was cancelled. It was yanked after a few episodes and replaced by the prime-time version of "The Hollywood Squares".
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:48 PM
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138. "Love on a Rooftop" with Richard Benjamin. and"Jean Arthur Show"
Jean Arthur show lasted 2 episodes.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:03 PM
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145. "Love On a Rooftop" Starred Judy Carne & Peter Duel
You're thinking of one of my all-time favorites - "He & She", starring Paula Prentiss, Richard Benjamin, Keneth Mars, Jack Cassidy, and Hamilton Camp.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:06 PM
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147. Thats it!! Thank you for clearing that up. I often mixed those up.
Peter Duel of "Alias Smith & Jones". Was found dead at age 28 from an apparent suicide or mysterious circumstances.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:16 PM
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150. He Also Played the Nerdy Brother-In-Law on "Gidget"
If I remember correctly, he was watching TV with his girlfriend, got up and said "I'll be right back", and walked in to the next room. When she heard a gunshot, the girlfriend ran into the other room and found his body.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:25 PM
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130. OK. What about " The Now Explosion"?
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:35 PM
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132. Drop The Dead Donkey
well, to anyone in North American anyway. Brits will know it.

The CBC had the first 2 seasons on way back in the very early 90's...around 8 pm or so Mr Bean came on, then after DTDD...I kept on telling everyone to watch the show, no one did; Mr Bean was obviously a hit, and DTDD was never played here again.

Funny stuff, luckily I got it on tape, even if a lot of the jokes were about politicians now long gone.
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thom1102 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:43 PM
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134. This wasn't a sitcom but "Tomorrow People"
A British show on the startup Nickelodeon about the next step in human evolution. Anyone else remember?

Also, a sitcom on NBC about interstellar garbage men. I can't remember the name.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:46 PM
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136. "Mothers in Law" and "Mr. Peepers".
Mothers in Law with Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard.
Mr. Peepers with Wally Cox.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:49 PM
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139. Amanda's, Condo, Best of the West
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 03:49 PM by BigMcLargehuge
Amanda's was the Americanized version of Fawlty Towers and starred Bea Arthur in the Basil Fawlty role.

Condo starred the latino guy from The Electric Company and I think McClain Stevenson as neighbors in an upscale condominium

Best of the West, was a crappy western sitcom about a chicken sherrif and his family
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flygal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:51 PM
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140. Goodtime Girls
Edited on Wed Jan-05-05 03:53 PM by flygal
Set in WWII - only lasted one season. Adrian Zmed - anyone, anyone...

"back in the 40's when everyone cared.."

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/g.html
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:55 PM
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142. Hazel !
Car 54 Where are you? , and .. the Phil Silvers Show.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:58 PM
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144. I watched all of those religously.
50's & 60"s TV was great, wasnt it?
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obreaslan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:57 PM
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143. Here's one....
The Mr. Rhodes show, starring Comedian Tom Rhodes as a high School teacher.

http://www.tvtome.com/MrRhodes/
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obreaslan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:03 PM
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146. I almost forgot the George Carlin show.....
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-918/
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Mike Niendorff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:06 PM
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148. "Makin' It"

aka: Danny DeVito does disco.


MDN
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:09 PM
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149. San Pedro Beach Bums
Only lasted a couple of episodes.
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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:21 PM
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151. The Tony Randall Show
On the Rocks
Nobody's Perfect
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 05:14 PM
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156. The John Larroquette Show
I always thought that was pretty good, but it had trouble finding an audience.

Also, Sledgehammer (not terribly obscure), the Fabulous Teddy Z, and the Charmings (I was a kid, so I can be forgiven).
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