Great TV shows that aren't on anymore.
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Gopher a 45
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Simon and Simon and Magnum P.I. had the best theme music EVER.
The Rat Patrol was great, but I don't remember if they ever actually got anywhere or just drove around shooting Afrika Korps guys.
Not trying to be snotty, but the shows Connections and The Day the Universe Changed were really good also, if unfortunately educational.
John
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The Rat Patrol was great, but I don't remember if they ever actually got anywhere or just drove around shooting Afrika Korps guys.
Not trying to be snotty, but the shows Connections and The Day the Universe Changed were really good also, if unfortunately educational.
John
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What I enjoyed most about watching TV in the past is the fact it was all entertainment, I didn't have to worry about what show supported what political view. All that seemed to change with the abortion issue.
Does anyone remember Space Rangers? I loved that show. It barely lasted a season.
Dr. Who? My first husband LOVED that show...he watched it till 3 am on the night of our wedding! Knew I'd made a BIG mistake right then and there. Maybe that's why I have the urge to shoot the TV if that show comes on.
Does anyone remember Space Rangers? I loved that show. It barely lasted a season.
Dr. Who? My first husband LOVED that show...he watched it till 3 am on the night of our wedding! Knew I'd made a BIG mistake right then and there. Maybe that's why I have the urge to shoot the TV if that show comes on.
Geez, do any of you have cable? Many of the shows mentioned in this thread are on cable channels in my locale every day, Combat in particular. I also regualarly see Simon and Simon (BTW, Parker Jamison is also an RKBA supporter, though not as outspoken as Gerald McRaney; Jamison nearly died several years ago from cancer) and Magnum, PI.
Gopher, I agree with your assesment of theme songs, particularly for Simon and Simon. When you hear the first bar of that song, with its wickedly nasty overdriven slide guitar, ya just gotta BOOGIE! And then when they add in those funky saxes...well, if that song don't make you tap your toes, better check your pulse. Funny thing is, the first year of the series, the song was different. It had lyrics, and sounded like something a 3rd rate mariachi band would have composed.
I can't believe how many of you like The A-Team. Talk about bad shots! These guys were supposedly one of the best Green Beret teams in Vietnam, but in evey big gunfight they get into, they expend about a thousand rounds of ammo and no one on either side gets so much as a scratch; and every time they get into a jam, B.A. seems to be able to coble together something to get them out using all that plate metal and oxy-acetylene equipment the bad guys just happened to forget about. They must have some of the dumbest bad guys in the history of crime on that show.
As far as I'm concerned, the best shows in TV history are on right now. Tales of the Gun, Arms in Action, World at War, Modern Marvels, Weapons at War,, and many other excellent shows about the tools of war and peace, and the people who used them. Between A&E, TLC, THC, Discovery, Discovery People, and Discovery Wings, I could just about fill each 24 hours with nothing but guns-and-weapons related shows. In the last week alone, I've seen shows about tanks, airplanes, subs, bows, the first guns, cannons, etc.
The golden age of TV shows for entertainment may have past, but IMHO, the golden age of good TV shows about history, and particularly the history of warfare, is just beginning. A couple of weeks ago, on Modern Marvels, they highlighted the development of the machine gun. At the beginning of each commercial break, they presented an interesting factoid. One was that of the 68,000 MG's produced for WW I & WW II, half are currently in the hands of US civilians. The next factoid was that since the NFA of '34, only one of these legally owned MG's has ever been used in a crime, and it was done by a cop. Who among us, knowing the anti-gun bias of mainstream media, would have thought we'd ever see mainstream TV presenting info such as that?
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Gopher, I agree with your assesment of theme songs, particularly for Simon and Simon. When you hear the first bar of that song, with its wickedly nasty overdriven slide guitar, ya just gotta BOOGIE! And then when they add in those funky saxes...well, if that song don't make you tap your toes, better check your pulse. Funny thing is, the first year of the series, the song was different. It had lyrics, and sounded like something a 3rd rate mariachi band would have composed.
I can't believe how many of you like The A-Team. Talk about bad shots! These guys were supposedly one of the best Green Beret teams in Vietnam, but in evey big gunfight they get into, they expend about a thousand rounds of ammo and no one on either side gets so much as a scratch; and every time they get into a jam, B.A. seems to be able to coble together something to get them out using all that plate metal and oxy-acetylene equipment the bad guys just happened to forget about. They must have some of the dumbest bad guys in the history of crime on that show.
As far as I'm concerned, the best shows in TV history are on right now. Tales of the Gun, Arms in Action, World at War, Modern Marvels, Weapons at War,, and many other excellent shows about the tools of war and peace, and the people who used them. Between A&E, TLC, THC, Discovery, Discovery People, and Discovery Wings, I could just about fill each 24 hours with nothing but guns-and-weapons related shows. In the last week alone, I've seen shows about tanks, airplanes, subs, bows, the first guns, cannons, etc.
The golden age of TV shows for entertainment may have past, but IMHO, the golden age of good TV shows about history, and particularly the history of warfare, is just beginning. A couple of weeks ago, on Modern Marvels, they highlighted the development of the machine gun. At the beginning of each commercial break, they presented an interesting factoid. One was that of the 68,000 MG's produced for WW I & WW II, half are currently in the hands of US civilians. The next factoid was that since the NFA of '34, only one of these legally owned MG's has ever been used in a crime, and it was done by a cop. Who among us, knowing the anti-gun bias of mainstream media, would have thought we'd ever see mainstream TV presenting info such as that?
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Shoot straight regards, Richard at The Shottist's Center http://forums.delphi.com/m/main.asp?sigdir=45acp45lc
The A-Team came along right when the TV sensors were cracking down on violence. I recall seeing someone connected with the show interviewed. They decided if they never showed anyone actually being shot or wounded they'd never get cancelled for violence. They were right... they got cancelled because there's only so many times a person can stand to hear Mr. T say "Foool" without it getting annoying. Sorry guys, I liked the show at first too, but it got pretty repedative pretty fast.
King,
I love the educational and historical shows too...but when you want to just relax and veg-out, there's nothing like good old junkfood TV!
King,
I love the educational and historical shows too...but when you want to just relax and veg-out, there's nothing like good old junkfood TV!
High Incident-good cop show, don't know what happened to it. Married With Children-Unhappily Ever After. Northern Exposure is probably still my all time favorite. Hogan's Heroes. There used to be a physics professor on PBS named Julius Sumner Miller who was really entertaining, but I forget the name of the show. Major Dad was good. Hermans Head. The New Twilight Zone.
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So many good old shows, so much old crap. At the risk of repetition I do miss
Dr. Who (Tom Baker naturally)
The Avengers
Secret Agent
The Prisoner
Mystery (at least some of them)
and on and on
I only saw a few Blakes Seven -- couldn't connect with it since the PBS station serving my area moved it around. It got a little old quick.
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
Law and Order - even if they do get anti RKBA too often so the older ones seemed better.
The Equalizer
Magnum PI
Miami Vice
Murder She Wrote
Cheers
Night court
The other Harry Anderson show where he played to columnist
and definitely never My Mother the Car
And many others I'll probably think of later.
Jim in IN
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Dr. Who (Tom Baker naturally)
The Avengers
Secret Agent
The Prisoner
Mystery (at least some of them)
and on and on
I only saw a few Blakes Seven -- couldn't connect with it since the PBS station serving my area moved it around. It got a little old quick.
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
Law and Order - even if they do get anti RKBA too often so the older ones seemed better.
The Equalizer
Magnum PI
Miami Vice
Murder She Wrote
Cheers
Night court
The other Harry Anderson show where he played to columnist
and definitely never My Mother the Car
And many others I'll probably think of later.
Jim in IN
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