GREAT TV Shows. Not good, great.

snek

snek

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I am so grateful to my Father for letting me stay up some nights to watch shows even if they were syndicated reruns. As I got older I got more of the humor and found them even funnier than before so my joy was doubled. A given is none other than M.A.S.H.

 
I never knew how edgy or on the bubble that show was until later in life when I watched reruns. All in the Family took on issues and hot topics that nobody else did and in ways few have since. Groundbreaking.

I love that episode where they are talking about the Kings of Queens and somebody mentions to Archie he is joining the Queens of Queens!!!
 
I never liked All in the Family. Too many people I knew identified with Archie Bunker and even proclaimed proudly that they WERE Archie Bunker.

Like that's something to be proud of.

I do recognize that it was ground-breaking by shining a light on important social issues that, up to that point, had been largely ignored.
 
Texanne said:
I never liked All in the Family. Too many people I knew identified with Archie Bunker and even proclaimed proudly that they WERE Archie Bunker.

Like that's something to be proud of.

I do recognize that it was ground-breaking by shining a light on important social issues that, up to that point, had been largely ignored.
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Yup, good point. I too remember in the days when a lot of people (primarily men) proclaimed they were like AB. Even if I thought I was like that character, I don't think I would brag about it. But others felt a need to do it back in the day.
 
The Dick Van Dyke Show. Most of the episodes are still topical today. Brilliant writing and acting.
 
Marijuana is the flame, Heroin is the fuse, LSD is the bomb!!!



That line was used in a fun electronic song in the 90's, produced by...Ellis D.

 
Sometimes I run across shows I loved as a kid, "Hogans Heroes" "Twilight Zone" and "The Bob Newhart Show" in syndication and marvel at how easily I was entertained.

The best TV memory for me is the early days of Monday Night Football. I always loved watching football. I may be alone here, but no sportscaster before or since has measured up to Howard Cosell. His intro to Monday Night Football and narration of the halftime highlights gave me an adrenalin rush like I was about to run out on the field and play.
 


You know you watched it. "Who shot JR?" It was the question that the entire world wanted to know.

The answer was living at the SRD, at UT. It made some good publicity for the University.

I was a student at Texas then and shot the sh#t at Disch Faulk, a lot. Sometimes it got on the local sports because of Danny Elzner, a local sportscaster, at the time. Somehow the world wasn't as interested, it seemed.
 
The Carol Burnett Show with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman had some gut-busting funny skits. Those guys would get cracked up and couldn't control it sometimes. It made the skits even funnier.
 
Crockett said:
The best TV memory for me is the early days of Monday Night Football.
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Not only were Howard Cosell and Dandy Don a lot of fun, but like you said, the highlights from every weekend game at halftime were very entertaining as well. For some reason they stopped doing that after a couple of years.
 
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Great comedy and satire, on an adult level, diguised as a children's show. There was no way the kids understood even half of what the writer's put into that show. The endless pursuit of "Cold War Days" characters Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale, and Fearless Leader. They all tried so hard to snuff out our heroes, Moose and Squirrel, to no avail. All this was narrated by veteran actor, of radio and television, Bill Conrad.

All the other zany characters. Then there were the shows within the show. Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman, with the Wayback Machine, to history and adventures. Dudley Do-Right, the befuddled Canadian Mountie that battled the wily Snidely Whiplash, while trying to win the hand of the lovely, Sweet Nell. There was "Fractured Fairy Tales" that turned Mother Goose stories into a more hip learning experience. They were narrated by old time film actor, Edward Everett Horton. "Aesop and Son" put a new and more fun spin, on the old Greek's tales.

Bullwinkle was also had "Bullwinkle's Corner" and "Mr. Know-It-All" for more fun. We are still waiting for Bullwinkle to "pull that rabbit out of his hat." This time for sure, well maybe, with a new hat.

Movies have been made out of several of these characters. All from what posed as a simple kid's cartoon show. It was so much more and a real cult favorite, for adults then and now. I enjoyed it as a kid and still do today. I bet many of you do too.
 
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Great comedy and satire, on an adult level, diguised as a children's show. There was no way the kids understood even half of what the writer's put into that show. The endless pursuit of "Cold War Days" characters Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale, and Fearless Leader. They all tried so hard to snuff out our heroes, Moose and Squirrel, to no avail. All this was narrated by veteran actor, of radio and television, Bill Conrad.

All the other zany characters. Then there were the shows within the show. Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman, with the Wayback Machine, to history and adventures. Dudley Do-Right, the befuddled Canadian Mountie that battled the wily Snidely Whiplash, while trying to win the hand of the lovely, Sweet Nell. There was "Fractured Fairy Tales" that turned Mother Goose stories into a more hip learning experience. They were narrated by old time film actor, Edward Everett Norton. "Aesop and Son" put a new and more fun spin, on the old Greek's tales.

Bullwinkle was also had "Bullwinkle's Corner" and "Mr. Know-It-All" for more fun. We are still waiting for Bullwinkle to "pull that rabbit out of his hat. This time for sure, well maybe, with a new hat.

Movies have been made out of several of these characters. All from what posed as a simple kid's cartoon show. It was so much more and a real cult favorite, for adults then and now. I enjoyed it as a kid and still do today. I bet many of you do too.
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That was a great cartoon series. If I knew where there were re-runs of these, I would watch it. Funny but some of those Rocky & Bullwinkle characters remind me of some of our HF posters!
 
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Whatsamatta U. should be required viewing by all college football fans, it's still timely today.

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Filling those roles with Hornfans posters would be interesting.
 
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The Carol Burnett Show with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman had some gut-busting funny skits. Those guys would get cracked up and couldn't control it sometimes. It made the skits even funnier.
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I think I have the perfect example of this. Note, the skit with Tim telling the story of the Elephant has a story behind it. He was known for improv and even getting the stage people in on it. He would purposely try to get the others to lose composure. Vicki Lawrence, aka Momma, was never a cut up and played it straight. Tim, one day, was up to his shenanigans and they were told he had something extra for them. Her husband, part of the production told her to cut up if necessary and she did for the first time. It's hilarious. Enjoy.



Here she is explaining it. Greatness.

 
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@snek the dentist office skit is another one I remember with Tim and Harvey cracking up.

Tim Conway also played a boss in an office and Carol was his dimwitted secretary, Mrs Wiggins.
 
Informative and touching. "I think Conway's goal in life is to destroy Harvey".



Tim and Harvey, best friends.

 
I loved Rocky and Bullwinkle, and I grew to love it more as I started to really understand the jokes. That's the reason I also loved another animated series, Animaniacs, although it hasn't been around long enough to be considered classic. The characters were cute and cuddly, and the action was funny and entertained children, but the jokes were for the grownups.
 
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