What TV show do you remember that you believe no one else does?

Alfred Jodocus Kwak.
I am quite sure you have never heard of it.

@ibstubro I remember that show! Kind of like Thurber, it had him drawing cartoons, and interacting with them.

The show I loved that no one (mostly) remembers is KopyKats. A show full of impressionists like Frank Gorshin and Rich Little doing very funny bits. I remember Orson Welles and Robert Young were two of the guests.

@ragingloli I’m quite sure I’ve not heard of it as well! lol

@ibstubro….I remember that show with William Windom! It was really avant garde.

I remember “Maya” with Jay North and Sajid Khan. I remember “Love on a Rooftop” with Judy Carne. I remember “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” with Louise Lasser. I was still reading Dick and Jane, but I remember these shows. I had a little girl crush on Sajid Khan: link

Can you blame me? <sigh>

@filmfann Wow, you really DO remember my show. We loved William Windom so much. I remember a bit about thunder scaring the dog and shaking some kind of tin sheet to make the sound and fake the dog out.

I might remember Kopycats if I saw the intro. Then again I might simply be confusing the Drew Carey game show. I was always a great Rich Little fan, though, so I probably did see it.

I Married Joan; Trouble with Father; My Little Margie.

the adventures of pete and pete… no doubt a few people will know it though.

@DarlingRhadamanthus I only remember Jay North from Dennis the Menace. I really liked Judy Carne, so odds are that I saw her show, but it might not have appealed to me and is lost in the mists. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was sort of like watching a train wreck for me…I wasn’t really enjoying it, but I had a hard time not watching. lol

@poisonedantidote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_and_pete

I was too old to have watched it, but I’m sure others here have.

@ibstubro….I agree about “Mary Hartman”...what was funny about it was that it was produced by Norman Lear…and crafted to look and feel like you were watchiing a train wreck so if it made you feel that way…it worked! LOL! (It was a full-blown satire of a soap opera…in case anyone else wonders what we are talking about .) It played at night, after the news on a daily basis for a few years. The characters bordered on insanity and it was very satirical.

Gumby.

Wait ‘Til Your Father Gets Home
The Duck Factory

I’ve met only 2 Americans who remember that the British surrealist sitcom The Goodies aired briefly on American public television stations in the mid-1970s. I only remember that I’d seen it because when I was in Australia ~20 years later, I saw the “Kitten Kong” episode and a flood of memories came rushing in.

Colonel Bleep. “Far out in space… on the plant Futura…”

@Aster I remember I Married Joan! But I never would have had I not noticed it in your reply.

How about, “Car 54 Where are you!”

“There’s a holdup in the Bronx
Brooklyn’s broken out in fights.
There’s a traffic jam in Harlem,
That’s backed up to Jackson Heights.
There’s a scout troop short a child,
Khrushchev’s due at Idlewyld…
Car 54 where are you?”

Wow! Great memories here! I loved Misfits of Science, which only lasted one season, I think. Silly, but fun.

@EGGIE No, silly, I remember Gumby!

@aprilsimnel

Wait ‘Til Your Father Gets Home must not have been picked up in syndication here, because I would have watched it, given the opportunity.

The Duck Factory I remember, but I don’t think I ever watched it. Jim Carrey was an acquired taste for me, and he still pushes his luck, now and again.

“My Mother the Car” with Jerry Van Dyke.

@Ben_Dover

I only know Car 54 from re-runs and I was fairly old by the time I saw those. It was fairly silly. lol

@llewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfits_of_Science

Wow, now THAT is obscure. I remember it now, but would have never in a million years known it on my own!

@poisonedantidote – I think a great many American people between 25–40 have seen Pete and Pete. I know it was meant for tweens/teens, but there was a very mature sense of humour on that show. I used to watch it on Saturday evenings while having dinner when I was at uni. I mean, Michael Stipe as “Captain Scrummy”? The hell?

I knew of Misfits of Science, but I never watched it.

Jokebook, possibly?

I was 8 when it came out. Neither my parents nor the neighbor’s parents would allow us to watch it since it had sexytime themes.

@kevbo Wiki doesn’t even have a listing for it. I’ve never heard of it, and the intro you posted may be an indication of why it lived and died in 1982. lol

@poisonedantidote I have the first two seasons on DVD and recently watched the third season on YouTube. It’s still one of my favourite shows.

I watched Space Cases, which my younger brother has to strain to remember. I also loved The Puzzle Place which just about everyone I know seems to have forgotten. It was a pleasant puppet show that aired after school (and I recognized several of the performer’s by voice when it first aired, which made me a happy-camper.) While I’m going on about puppets, Allegra’s Window was another good one.

My younger brother claims we used to watch Adventures in Wonderland, but I have no recollection of this show at all. The YouTube clips kind of wig me out.

Then there’s the stuff I wish I could forget… like the Donkey Kong show…

Supercar

http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/supercar.html

@boffin I loved Supercar and Fireball XL5

one of the reasons I think Team America is Genius

@poisonedantidote I spent a lot of time hating “Pete and Pete”. Stupid little brother loved that show. I was more into “Salute Your Shorts”

I guess my list would mostly consist of obscure early 90s Disney Channel syndicates, like “Flash Forward” and “The Torkelsons”

@Ben_Dover Oh, so you’re an old goat too, eh? LOL
Yes; I remember Car 54 , the title for sure, but never watched it.
What about the Arthur Godfrey Show? Remember Julius La Rosa?
Do u remember the I Married Joan where she lost her wedding ring? Or the time Godfrey told an audience member he’d better be
quiet or he’d be kicked out of the audience?
How about Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca? God, he was a riot!

@Seek_Kolinahr

I remember.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Torkelsons

My Mother, the Car
It’s About Time (“It’s about time; it’s about space; it’s about three men in a strange, strange place!”)
My Favorite Martian

Of course, everyone of a certain age recalls Dark Shadows. Amazing that such a piece of shit was as popular as it was. (Just like Twilight, I guess.)

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My dad loved comedians, so besides most of the shows mentioned above, I remember the ones that starred Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, and Burns and Allen (George was one of the first, if not the first to break the third wall and speak directly to the viewer) and best of all, Sid Caesar, where so many comic geniuses got their writing and performing start, including Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. Here is a comprehensive list of old TV shows to bring back more memories.

The Brady Brides And if anyone did happen to watch it, they’ve had the sense to erase it from their memory.

@CyanoticWasp I adored Dark Shadows.

Jossy’s Giants
Rockliffe’s Babies
Why don’t you? Go switch off your television set & go & do something else less boring instead!!!!
Jigsaw
Animal Magic
All in the game
Magpie

Name that Tune! buzzzzzzz
The Price is Right

@aprilsimnel – I remember Wait ‘til Your Father Gets Home. Be afraid, for I even remember part of the theme song.

No one I know remembers The Roman Holidays

Jossy’s Giants!! Used to love that show :)

@aprilsimnel I remember Wait Til Your Father Gets Home (though I didn’t really like it very much). I LOVED The Goodies, but then I’m British, it was very popular here.

I bet no-one else remembers Sapphire and Steel…

@ibstubro I remember My World and Welcome to It! Until I read this question I thought I was the only one!

@aprilsimnel, “I love my mom and dad and my brothers too and the groovy way we get along…” I remember Wait Til Your Father Gets Home! Tom Bosely was the voice of the dad.

A couple of other shows I remember, Holmes and YoYo about a cop who gets a robot for a partner (at least I think that’s what it was about), Mr. Sunshine with Jeffrey Tambor, and Blind Justice starring Ron Eldard and Max Headroom.

@ibstubro

Hey, all that tells me is that Wikipedia remembers. ^_^

Every time I go into the Salvation Army, it brings to mind the episode where the teenage daughter bought a stained dress from the Salvation Army, and her mom altered it to make a Cotillion gown. Then the snobby chick is like “Well, at least I don’t shop at the salvation army!” and ripped off the flower to show the stain.

I don’t know why that particular scene is imprinted in my brain, but it certainly is.

One Life to Live
The Secret Storm

Quark
Herman’s Head
Whoops!
Tenspeed and Brownshoe
Holmes & Yo-Yo

Not exactly obscure, but Sigmund and the Sea Monsters had my number.

All of Sid and Marty Krofft’s other early stuff: H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Lidsville, then Then Land of the Lost, which conquered all.

@Aster The Arthur Godfrey Show sounds familiar, but individual episodes are lost in space for me.
How about Leave it to Beaver,
Father Knows Best,
Mr. Ed

DOBIE GILLIS!!!!!!

@aprilsimnel I still remember the theme song to Wait Til Your Father Gets Home

I don’t remember the name of most of them.

I remember a TV show where a guy turned into animals and fought Crime.

When Fox first became a network they had a werewolf show that was quite scary.

I also remember a show where a guy had a watch that helped him access electronics and computers.

And what about that show, I think it had Jason Bateman, where his dad was a spy or something like that and he disappeared? My memory is very fuzzy.

Anybody know the names of these?

@tinyfaery Manimal! I think that’s the show with the animal/man crime fighter.

@SuperMouse Yay!

Before Speed Racer. Before Astro Boy. There was Tobor the 8th Man.

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies your Speed Racer reminded me of Kimba the White Lion!

@tinyfaery Werewolf?

That could be it.

@tinyfaery The other two… are definitely obscure to me. The only show with a watch I remember is the one where the watch stopped time. And that was a TV movie, I think.

The Flying Nun
Donna Reed

Undeclared. The sequel to the more well-known Judd Apatow series: Freaks & Geeks.

@rpmpseudonym Love that show.
@mrentropy Herman’s Head was the first thing that came to mind.
@poisonedantidote I loved Pete & Pete.

I don’t know how many people remember Fluppy Dogs. Brooklyn South, That’s 80’s Show, California Dreamin’, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, WMAC Masters.

Barney! Does anyone remember the kids show Barney? The big purple dinosaur and his little green and yellow helpers? Cumohn! You all remember that show don’t you?

No. I didn’t think so.

Barney Miller—man, I loved that show.

@CyanoticWasp OMG, You will not believe how many people I have asked if they remember It’s About Time, It’s about space . . . . to a bunch of blank stares!

@shpadoinkle_sue Yay for Herman’s Head. I really wish they’d release it on DVD. It had a fairly good run.

Not too obscure, but IMO one of the best comedies ever, News Radio. Very few people seem to know wtf im talking about whenever I bring it up.

WKRP in Cincinnati.Where’re Jenny and Baily!

@uberbatman I loved Phil Hartman in that.
@Ben_Dover Dr. Johnny Fever – awesome.

Oh! Remember Max Headroom?

@llewis N..N..N…N…N…. Yes!

How about Rango… with Tim Conway! It was on for only barely a season.

And speaking of Conway, what about McHale’s Navy?!?!?

And how about Rowan and Martin’s “Laugh In?!?!?!”

@Ben_Dover
Now Rango is OBSCURE!
The next video was Tim Conway telling about a show called “Turn On” that began broadcasting in New York and by the time it reached California, it was off the air, canceled. Talk about brief run!

Oh Jeez how could I forget the Supermarionation of The THUNDERBIRDS.

AND

Don’t forget Space 1999.

Oh boy it’s gonna be a vintage SciFi Sunday!

I might even have to pull out all stops and watch some MST3K reruns…

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies

I barely recognize The Thunderbirds…somehow it was under my radar when it was popular. A shame.

Stingray? Got to be for RealEyesRealizeRealLies !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPu9mLfLoOA&feature=related

That’s FUCKING AWESOME!

Now I’ve got that song in my head… Stingraaaaaaaaay… stingray!

“Anything can happen in the next half hour!”

So well done.

Sledgehammer.
Human Target

@mrentropy Sledgehammer was one of the funniest shows ever on television.

@SuperMouse Yeah, it was. I’d like to see it again. And Doctor, Doctor.

@ibstubro Yeah, Rango ranks up there with obscurest! It ran against Family Affair with Brian Keith for tenure and lost out. I really liked Rango better, but TV back even then was becoming schlock!

@mrentropy Doctor Doctor was a HOOT!

OMG…I had completely forgotten Sledgehammer. It was hilarious!

Thanks!

No one else mentioned Cisco Kid?

I know that this guy gets lots of cult like attention for his role in Xena Warrior Princess which I proudly admit I have never seen but does anyone else remember Bruce Campbell in The Adventures of Brisco County Jr? That was another great, long forgotten show.

@CyanoticWasp The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine.

I loved that show! I actually remember most of the shows mentioned here.

Remember when they had to have a composer, full orchestra and masterful conductor for a theme song?

Rockford Files
Hawaii 5 O
and this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd85Qim_Z6A
(I even remember thinking he kinda ran like a girl, even back then! He,he)

One of my top 5, I should be ashamed to admit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbk81X6WHA4

Another personal fav:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVRX_5tGOlo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRlbmV39Zhw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvmgrnsaE1U&feature=related

Heh! Okay, I’ll stop, but Diana Rigg was SUCH a doll!

Three’s A Crowd
Monte Carlo (It was a variety show that frequently included Charro. It has to have been a 70’s show.

Burn the Barn! “It will serve as a lesson to other humans”! That’s what you get for not remembering the Planet of the Apes TV series.

Along with the animated version being one of the most fantastic dark cartoons. Very well done and very much in line with the style of Johnny Quest.

Japanese Anime didn’t have anything on these old masterpieces.

Oh man, remember the animated version of Star Trek with original actors voice overs? Excellent writing and story lines rivaling the original live action series.

And speaking of Green Acres… How about Petticoat Junction!!!!

Haha how did anyone find a market for shows like Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and Beverly Hillbillies? That stuff was pretty big for a while there.

Golden Palace the Golden Girls sequel starring Don Cheadle as the hotel manager!

Fish? A spin off from Barney Miller…

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies

I STILL love Oliver Wendel and Lisa Douglas! Green Acres is classic TV. I believe it was a spin-off OF The Beverly Hillbillies.

Petticoat Junction was all about T & A. lol

Wasn’t there a spin off from Gilligans Island? I vaguely remember the Howells got their own TV show after the movie release. Something like that. Don’t remember that one very well.

Big Bruce Campbell fan, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Tarzan series in B&W starring Buster Crabb. Surely , no one else saw that!

@Aster Not to be picky, but if it had Buster Crabb, then it was probably a serial and not a TV series. Although the serial may have played on TV at some point.

Also, I think Crabb only did one Tarzan movie. Unless this is a different Buster Crabb than Larry“Buster” Crabb?

It wasn’t a movie. He was on a lot , really often but I can’t remember how often. The “plots” were not connected like with soap operas. A new plot for each show as I recall.
But I never saw him in a full length movie.

Actually, “Tarzan the Fearless” wasn’t even a real movie, it was all the serial episodes edited together to make one long movie. But that’s the only Tarzan role to his name that I know of.

Ron Ely had a Tarzan show in the late 60s, though.

@Aster And don’t forget the Tarzan TV show with Johnny Weissmuller!

Johnny Weissmuller. Hmmm..sounds so familiar. But Buster is the only Tarzan I remember clearly jumping thru the trees in black and white.
There was one other show on at the same time I liked even better. It is so hard to describe. It was b&w , of course, and had this really skinny really mean “king” of sorts and it looked like it was shot in a scary basement. It was on regularly like Tarzan but I just can’t remember much about it. He wore long robes and I think a pointy hat and had all these male subjects with no shirts on? and helmets and that’s all I remember. I was really little. It was the sort of show that would have what we called a “ray gun.”
(which I had, btw and I want to ask a q about toys tomorrow).

Dobie Gillis reruns on Nick at Nite= luuurvvvve to my 8 year old heart.

Ohhh….and Danger Mouse!

I think Weissmuller was an Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist… The Mark Spitz/Michael Phelps of his day. Now can you imagine Michael Phelps getting his own Tarzan TV series just because of his Olympic fame?

Tarzan is a pretty safe bet though with minimal acting skills required.

CPO Sharkey. It starred Don Rickles and a bunch of other goofballs. They were in the navy and Rickles had to whip the boys into shape, but they were such screwups that nothing ever went right.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073969/

@Aster Flash Gordon? Emperor Ming?

Yes; Flash Gordon and Ming. Excellent !!!

@Aster Those were also movie serials from the 30s :) Unless it was the one with Steve Holland that ran in the 50s.

@Aster Wow…Those Flash Gordon shows were like the beginning of sci fi on the tube!

Whitney and the Robot It was a kids show a long time ago.

”From my video to my radio…”

Anyone remember a show called, Wonderfalls? Very short lived – canceled after four episodes, but the entire series was released on dvd. It was/is a really great show.

@aprilsimnel I loved that show. I always bring up Master Blaster.

@rpmpseudonym

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM8ebTGulZs

The opening was very promising. I probably woulda watched it.

@ibstubro, if you are interested, Amazon has the complete series for only $17. (I already own it & love it)

Generational: My first thought was that Rhoda’s dad had died. RIP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gould

@ibstubro _ Aw, gee. :(

@aprilsimnel I know Peace to dad, he was cool.

[oldest and most obscure] Captain Happy and the Space Cadets
same time as Flash Gordon
[flash in the pan] Murphy’s Law

and except for @gailcalled and/or @Jeruba Big Brother

and where is Sky King and Zorro and Davy Crockett and Johny Yuma?

Max Headroom was a cult classic, not easily forgotten, just like Twin Peaks

@jbstubro

Inkwell may be the original source for your My World and Welcome to It show about the cartoonist
Out of the Inkwell movie shorts repackaged for early TV [as were other cartoons, many very unPC by today’s standards]
Our Miss Brooks
Topper
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman‘s spinoff Fernwood Tonight
All That Glitters role reversal Norman Lear

My bad above “Captain Happy and The Space Cadets” was actually called Space Patrol with a main character Cadet Happy

Omnibus and Candid Camera
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Equalizer

@anartist Somebody else does remember “Have Gun Will Travel.” There’s supposed to be a movie in the works, starring Eminem. And, if you’re interested, Netflix has several (if not all) seasons of HGWT available for streaming.