10 Forgotten 1980s TV Shows... That Shaped Our Childhood

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@ArchivesOfTime2024 2 ай бұрын

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@JoesephCastro-l6c Ай бұрын

Big fan of sledge hammer when it first aired. Still remember that show and David rasche.

@StandWatie1862 Ай бұрын

The show was hilarious

@tylerbrunton7696 Ай бұрын

I loved watching Sledge Hammer! as a kid. Thank goodness for DVD decades later. I even picked up the two-issue Marvel comics run and had it signed by the artist.

@ArchivesOfTime2024 Ай бұрын

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@dermagnus8482 Ай бұрын

Not forgotten. The best decade in humanity.

@WeirdScienceComics Ай бұрын

Great american hero - with a quick scene from flashy gordon

@DrJekyll38 Ай бұрын

The sad fact about "Automan" and "Voyagers!" is while they told XLNT stories, the special effects of one and varied period creation of the other made production very expensive. The same thing happened to the wonderful series "Quantum Leap" about a decade later.

@davidhanson9160 Ай бұрын

I have The greatest American hero, voyagers, misfits of science, Manimal, the powers of Matthew star and Auto man on dvd and I re-watch them all once a year or so.

@paulspace4046 2 ай бұрын

Can you not read your script? Or the screen? It's "Greatest", not "Great."

@thebigguy8336 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! That was driving me nuttier then I already am!😵‍💫

@angel196989 2 ай бұрын

I was wondering if this f*ckiing guy knew how to read. Holy sh*t

@billybarnett2846 Ай бұрын

I hate these types of channels that pronounce things wrong.

@royallison5307 Ай бұрын

The Greatest American Hero was the victim of bad timing.The main character had the last name of President Reagan's would be assassin's last name, Hinckley.

@billybarnett2846 Ай бұрын

@@royallison5307No it wasn't. That show was all over the place. They changed the character's names, family members, etc.

@marietucker7614 Ай бұрын

The GreatEST American Hero! Gest it right, sheesh!

@ambrabridges2161 27 күн бұрын

"Tenspeed and Brown Shoe," starring Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen, should be on this list. That show was the genesis of my ongoing Goldblum crush.

@OfSoulAndSin 2 ай бұрын

Loved Voyagers

@johnw8578 Ай бұрын

I loved Voyagers! And I totally forgot about Sledgehammer!

@lauraanderson2750 Ай бұрын

Loved these show. Should have included Airwolf.

@cranktheac9595 2 ай бұрын

Believe it or not, George isn't at home🎶

@pmrode 2 ай бұрын

greatest American hero

@darrenbent7601 2 ай бұрын

I never saw The Highwayman, Riptide or The Powers of Matthew Star, but the rest are some of my all time favourites, along witht he likes of Simon & Simon and The Whiz Kids. But, wasn't it "The Greatest American Hero", not "The Great American Hero"? That is what it was called on TV here in New Zealand.

@ChairmanChico Ай бұрын

It was “Greatest”. AI fail. 😂

@cranktheac9595 2 ай бұрын

George isn't at home🎶

@steveayers1053 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone remember a show from the 80's called "On the rocks"? It only lasted 1 season I think.

@jimster46 2 ай бұрын

The show came on in 1975

@steveayers1053 2 ай бұрын

@jimster46 wow, didn't realize it was that early!

@scottcaldwell7480 2 ай бұрын

I know a lot of people loved Greatest American Hero, but I alway thought it was a little too silly. Remember when they changed his name from Hinckley to Mr. H?

@SteveSpikes 2 ай бұрын

Ralph's last name was changed to Hanley after the assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan. The "kids" only called him "Mr. H."

@darrellhall6622 2 ай бұрын

Voyager lost the main character in real life. He died.

@SteveSpikes 2 ай бұрын

Jon-Erik Hexum did die on the set of the next series he was on - COVER UP, opposite Jennifer O'Neill.

@darrenbent7601 2 ай бұрын

The same thing happened with Misfits of Science too. The guy playing the main doctor in the series died not long after the season aired.

@SteveSpikes Ай бұрын

@@darrenbent7601, Dean Paul Martin - son of Dean Martin, himself.

@tomsenior7405 Ай бұрын

Sadly, the only one of these screened on British Telly, in my Region was Greatest American Hero. I have fond memories of the couple of episodes we saw. It is possible that a few of other shows from this list were broadcast at some point. The majority never made it across the pond. While home-grown rubbish, such as Easterners, garnered audiences of 30 Million (Population 60 Million), North American imports barely registered. Notoriously, Baywatch, was saved because of acceptable British viewing figures. On balance, I would much rather have had the opportunity to have seen Sledge Hammer than most of the stuff churned out by the BBC and ITV. Once again, it seems much of what was popular in the States, never had a chance in the UK. On the other side of the coin, when smash hits like "Starsky and Hutch" came along, it destroyed beloved shows like "Dixon of Dock Green". Dixon was a British Bobby who solved crimes while walking his beat, or by trundling along on his bicycle. At the time of Starsky & Hutch he had been upgraded to his little Panda Car. The actor who played Dixon was 80 years old when the show ended.