Automan, Manimal, The Wizard, Wizards and Warriors, Misfits of Science, Shadow Chasers, The Phoenix, Powers of Matthew Star, Starman, Outlaws, The Highwayman
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@The_Notorious_N.O.E.8 жыл бұрын
There should be a channel where they play nothing but these kinds of tacky shows. I would watch that over any reality bullshit TV any day
@teganbigone23668 жыл бұрын
+NotoriousNoe ... This is what TVLand SHOULD have been and utterly failed to be.
@paladinjones18337 жыл бұрын
There are a couple of channels like that: Cozi, MeTV, Antenna TV... Hulu has a pretty good selection, too, and no commercials!
@melodiefrances38982 жыл бұрын
God yes!!!
@lukemason22 жыл бұрын
I agree with this assessment
@ObiWanGinobiliTopFan2 жыл бұрын
Yes... so instead of being warped by the mind-numbing fakeness of reality tv, you'd be all dazzled up by 80's cheese and weirdness. 😂
@smallvillefan728 ай бұрын
So glad I grew up in the 80s. A golden age for creativity and imagination on television. I remember many of these shows... Manimal, The Phoenix, Automan, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, The Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, Airwolf, and cartoons like Transformers, GI Joe and Masters of the Universe were all favorites of mine.
@sonicguyver74455 жыл бұрын
In an age endless "reality" shows I would love to see some of these revisited. Imagine Automan done now but still set in 80s.
@PhilipHarwell10 ай бұрын
I’m on board!
@strikeforcealpha93439 ай бұрын
Or 'Manimal' lol
@stevebonds51579 ай бұрын
Automan was before its time. Has the potential to be fantastic if made today.
@labelledamedumanor48769 ай бұрын
I could picture both in the same show.
@suburbohemian9 ай бұрын
Yeah,maybe now when he makes the hard lefts, his passenger's face won't be smashed up onto the window (LMAO, loved that gag)...of course if he'd worn the seat belt that might have helped more..lol..
@777Kareena5 жыл бұрын
The 80’s was so magical, if only we had their powers now 💥👾👨🏻🎤🦄🤖🤠
@Shenruss8 жыл бұрын
Given a choice between these and the current glut of so-called "Reality" TV shows that just showcase boring people behaving in the _worst_ possible way for attention... I'll take _these shows_ any day of the week, and Twice with reruns on Sundays. Thank you.
@boy18inva8 жыл бұрын
"Thumbs UP!" Excellent comment!
@Donatello978 жыл бұрын
+Shenruss The 80's and early 90's were amazeballs, if I could go back to circa 85-89 I would in a heart beat. TV & commercials in this day and age is truly depressing.
@Shenruss8 жыл бұрын
Testify, _Testify_ my dude!
@83croissant8 жыл бұрын
Um, okay, why the comparison of two entirely different types of shows? Why the false equivalence? Who would ever be in a situation to make that choice? Given that ultimatum by an evil god or something, I would probably just read books. But I live in 2015, when there are more quality television shows currently than I have time to watch, and I can see many of them commercial-free, plus the best of the past, at any time of my choosing, without having to rely on the quixotic networks's schedule. Today I watched Peaky Blinders and Twin Peaks. These are the days of miracles and wonders. No one need ever see a reality show again, or even an AD for a reality show. Just don't use a TV.
@Shenruss8 жыл бұрын
***** Sigh...Killjoy much, brother? What we're saying is, even with the current crop of decent shows, they are the _exception_, NOT the norm, where there is an obvious *glut* of badly scripted sitcoms, shit retoolings of older shows, and piss poor, cheaply made "reality TV". For a generation that grew up with good and great TV, while we may appreicate the internet, it's a _damn shame_ that a still relevant form of media is becomign so passe due to the crap storm of elements that are being portrayed on it. This is why we are singing the praises of these shows past.
@DAZZYVANDAM7 жыл бұрын
The 80's what a amazing decade!!! Sorry kids you missed out!
@pineapplepizza40165 жыл бұрын
Saturday morning cartoons was the best thing about the 80s as a kid.
@austinklein11725 жыл бұрын
I know right!
@MzuMzu-nx1em5 жыл бұрын
Born '76 , 90 were better
@SwansLover19825 жыл бұрын
Chidi Akara me a 2000s kid. we had Minecraft not fortnite
@camcordernonsense52644 жыл бұрын
@Chidi Akara a point
@NBK11225 жыл бұрын
MeTV needs to put some of these on their Sci-Fi Saturday Night schedule. I like Wonder Woman, but she needs a break.
@paulruffin82355 жыл бұрын
I was anywhere between 5-14 when these shows came out and I remember loving Misfits of Science and Automan.
@taoist325 жыл бұрын
Paul Ruffin I remember just a few. Misfits of Science, Manimal, Wizard! Auto man. The others must have been at times I couldn’t watch tv.
@chris1pugsley Жыл бұрын
Me too
@theblacksp1derman Жыл бұрын
Def watched those along with Starman, too bad Automan didn’t last past S1 😡
@vaderfett32299 жыл бұрын
Man... there should be a TV channel that plays all these shows 24/7!
@virgilpillay8 ай бұрын
Agreed
@mikeysuzefour6 жыл бұрын
I'm still proud to say that I was an extra in "The Highwayman" series. (Filmed all over Phoenix, AZ.) :)
@TheGodParticle6 жыл бұрын
Mikey_Suze Four will you ever be able to wash off the smell of cheese? Lol
@darkhierophant49145 жыл бұрын
Really? I grew up in Phx. I never knew it was filmed there. However, i was a kid back then.
@lonebikeroftheapocalypse95275 жыл бұрын
What are you, 90?
@donbishop16345 жыл бұрын
Coooooool!
@camcordernonsense52644 жыл бұрын
Applause!!
@gknipe9 ай бұрын
Loved Manimal. Used to play it with friends at school. Matthew Star ripped the sound fx from Star Wars. I watched this to see if there were any faces that went on to bigger and better things. Courtney Cox did not disappoint.
@31webseries8 ай бұрын
The Matthew Star story sounds exactly like the movie "I Am Number Four" from like 10 years ago. Maybe it inspired it.
@kurtkyre7 ай бұрын
Kevin Peter Hall played The Predator in the first movie
@shannonbrown3097 ай бұрын
I think I recognized maybe two other names and/or faces from all these. I was surprised to see Lou Gossett Jr. in the intro for such a tacky show!
@MyNameIsUnavailable7 ай бұрын
Max Wright became the dad in Another Science Fantasy show... A.L.F.
@loraa3873Ай бұрын
@@shannonbrown309Lou paid his dues that's for sure😂
@hudsonsirheshicks26535 жыл бұрын
The 80’s were just the best. Simpler times... Better times.
@Jizzlewobbwtfcus5 жыл бұрын
Better toys too
@ramairgto725 жыл бұрын
Notice how most everything was "outer space" based? Some of these, if not most I have no memory of, but man, we had such high hopes..
@picmman5 жыл бұрын
You get 2 peckers up for your comment.😎
@Tracymmo4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the recessions and constant threat of nuclear annihilation were the best.
@Dingdongwitchisdead3 жыл бұрын
We had no time as kids to worry about nuclear threats and such, we were to busy playing outside with our actual real life friends. When we actually did come in was to enjoy our favorite shows. They really were better and simpler times. Who cares about modernity, we had what we needed and didn’t focus on what we didn’t.
@StefanTravis8 жыл бұрын
Oh god I want to be a teenager in the 80s again. Might not mess it up this time.
@notsoseriousmoonlight8 жыл бұрын
+Stefan Travis Me too, Stefan, me too...
@alexpalmer91018 жыл бұрын
+Stefan Travis Amen. If I could, I'd live my whole life from 1970 to 1989, and then restart at the beginning again. Those were the best decades IMO.
@junetynf8 жыл бұрын
+Stefan Travis Glad I wasn't a teen back then... I would'e been somewhere drunk watching Knight Rider and been more of a reckless driver than I already was in my 20s. Lmao
@teganbigone23668 жыл бұрын
+Stefan Travis ... I miss the 80s so bad it physically hurts. Those were my Middle & High school years. What the hell have we done to the world since then?! The future seemed so bright. I'd gladly turn in my computer to go back to an Atari. "Now you're playing with power!" Remember that?
@playsbass19698 жыл бұрын
mee too
@sampark18687 жыл бұрын
man the mountains outside of LA must've been full of production crews filming cheezy scifi shows.
@rodriguez10255 жыл бұрын
A statement more true than any of us may ever really know.
@internettroll76049 ай бұрын
I remember when the Phoenix came on. I was a kid and watched the first couple of episodes and then it just disappeared. During the 80’s and 90’s I would bring up the show to others and they had no idea what I was talking about and I was wondering if I remembered things correctly. Thankfully the growth of the internet set things straight
@shibolinemress89135 жыл бұрын
"The Highwayman": Tim Russ as "D.C. Montana" really made me laugh! Tuvok meets D.C. Fontana! 🖖😂
@cellytron11 ай бұрын
No wonder he auditioned so hard for Star Trek! It was destiny!
@420WILD8 ай бұрын
I'd never heard of him before TNG. Wild to see him in earlier stuff.
@user-ie9tq2ej6k5 ай бұрын
THANK YOU. After all these years, I still haven't watched most of ST:V, and I couldn't figure out where I knew the name "Tim Russ".
@naughtyvalues5 жыл бұрын
Tacky? Like hell! Thats was a great decade to be alive. Wish I could find a way back to the 80s
@Draeka7 жыл бұрын
Man, I'm having a nostalgia attack.
@tranz2deep7 жыл бұрын
...AND IT HURTS!! Sorry. But as good as some of the concepts were, the execution was more of an execution; you know, killing the show?
@Norfolk2505 жыл бұрын
I’ll never forgive you for causing me to recall MANIMAL.
@user-ys9fg4ol9s9 ай бұрын
I remember back in the 1980s , I was chosen along with some other kids in my class to be a part of a test group for a NEW show that was going to air on T.V. The show was Manimal and we wrote down our opinions of it! This brings back so many memories of that time when it happened!!
@MyNameIsUnavailable7 ай бұрын
City?
@maggiemcneal10497 жыл бұрын
I loved some of these shows! My most 3 favorites were Starman, Phoenix, and Manimal! 80's tv was awesome!
@mrbonzoorubber28 жыл бұрын
They need to put all these shows on the Sci Fi channel
@alfredfeliciano5438 жыл бұрын
+jeremy oliveria even though it's still Sci-Fi Chanel now it's named simply SyFy Imagine greater they need to bring even these one time Sci-Fantasy hits of the 80s so that Sci-Fi/Fantasy fans of today can watch at least a couple of these one or two season of these mentioned shows from when we were growing up as kids in the 80s that's back in our days. better these gems for SyFy in a SyFy 80s Weekend than those silly ass,crappy reality TV Shows and even some of today's shows that have no taste or class.
@mrbonzoorubber28 жыл бұрын
and put MST3K back on the air
@mrbonzoorubber28 жыл бұрын
I agree
@evanjackson27778 жыл бұрын
+Alfred Feliciano They did. Back in the 90s.
@greyeyed1238 жыл бұрын
+Evan Jackson Some of them in the clip above still have the Sci-Fi logo in the corner, lol.
@shaharadegan99938 ай бұрын
Fantastic trip down memory lane. I remember Manimal, Misfits of Science and my All-time favorite Starman.😊❤
@imperatorrm5 жыл бұрын
LOL Louis Gossett Jr. watching that book on a fishing line pass his head. He was filming An Officer and a Gentleman at the same time and won an Oscar for that role.
@albertmas37526 жыл бұрын
The Starman theme is so much incredible...One of the best I've ever heard in series. It reminds me of the Legend of Zelda theme.
@helgenx6 жыл бұрын
Say what you want, but the 80's had some fucking amazing music.
@okidoke48225 жыл бұрын
70's were much better for tv shows
@SM-sy5cd2 жыл бұрын
This awesome decade was where people still had original ideas, and could use their own imagination to create new tv shows, and not try to remake everything and put a weird 2020 twist in it and expect it to work. I remember of watching a few of these back then, didn’t think it was tacky then or now.
@dancingvirgil8 ай бұрын
LOL. Must be great living your life in nostalgia
@coppermutant8 ай бұрын
The disco episode of Automan though ...
@kanaric8 ай бұрын
nothing is original about any idea in these videos, stop being a boomer. Literally the first one is a tron ripoff
@Blankcanvas19838 ай бұрын
Yea, and NOT remaking,recasting and changing what made the movie the movie and still calling it its original name. I heard that. My birth year says it all :)
@31webseries8 ай бұрын
@@kanaric How does someone stop being a boomer if they are, I'm guessing, literally that age? The same will happen to you before you know it.
@dongeonmaster8547 Жыл бұрын
I love some of these shows and others somehow escaped my notice. There are several in this line up I'd never heard of.
@nickfooz7 жыл бұрын
man technology in the 80's was so advanced! and full of neon everywhere.
@ZombieDeathRace7 жыл бұрын
The Wizard was awesome. I was truly sad when David Rappaport killed himself. He was a gifted actor, and one of my favorite Time Bandits.
@gunfighterzero7 жыл бұрын
that show mever got a fair chance, he was awesome
@joeyshuny57 жыл бұрын
The little man killed himself?? That's really sad. Poor guy.
@gunfighterzero7 жыл бұрын
He had bad depression, he went into the woods and shot himself in the chest on his son's 14th birthday..
@zapkvr7 жыл бұрын
Oh my that's horrible. The poor boy.
@Ezzell_7 жыл бұрын
yea...his life was cut short
@rexrexington29256 жыл бұрын
That was absolutely amazing! So many wonderful memories from my childhood just came back to me. I seriously can not thank you enough. The one the complexity blew me away was the misfits of science, from what I remember (I could be wrong it was over 30 years ago) it was pulled after something like 4 episodes. Seeing that again was completely unexpected, I literally said no way out loud. The 80's, good times man good effing times, thank you again :)
@MrKaywyn5 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how good a lot of these shows look.
@sidneyfrederickson39417 жыл бұрын
Chuck Wagner (Automan) actually has had a long, successful career in musical theater and New York based soaps. He freely admits his Hollywood foray was a mistake and he was cast for looks alone. He was the original Prince in Sondheim's "Into The Woods" and played Javert for four years in the touring version of "Les Miserables" This past year he played Jean Valjean in the concert version of Les Mis here in OKC.
@VanielDeeform6 жыл бұрын
Born in 82, but British and not seen any of these. Thank you very much for compiling and sharing these lesser known gems (for someone like me) They are badass and make me smile
@solarchos4352 Жыл бұрын
Oh god, I loved Misfits of Science. I was still in elementary school back then. I remember that show being on Saturday nights and I'd spend all week looking forward to it.
@GobiSubramaniam8 ай бұрын
Me too. It was funny, humors and sometimes, digs deep into the heart. A few episodes still stick in me, like the one where a guy from a foreign land came on a canoe-like boat, carrying a small statue of his family so he could put them onto a space shuttle (which he believes will carry them to heaven).
@EphemeralProductions6 ай бұрын
Courtney’s first show! :) ❤
@EphemeralProductions6 ай бұрын
@@GobiSubramaniam❤️
@C.O.G.8 ай бұрын
Just because these series didn't "catch on" doesn't mean they were "tacky". I loved Automan, The Wizard, Starman and The Phoenix. Some of my favorite 80s shows.
@carmenprimm74987 ай бұрын
I completely agree with you. I grew up on these shows and have very fond memories of my childhood . I never considered these shows tacky considering what on television now I'd take so called "tacky" anyday.
@C.O.G.7 ай бұрын
@@carmenprimm7498 , same here. So many current TV series are really tacky.
@jquiznos22837 жыл бұрын
Dude. Hats off to you for this sick montage. I was expecting Voyagers to be in there.
@mikvance9 жыл бұрын
Tacky? You mean awesome!
@notthatguy14477 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@VNVgirl7 жыл бұрын
I'm with you Mikvance!
@antgto5 жыл бұрын
Man, I've always loved the Misfits of Science theme. So fantastically '80s.
@nilsnyman67675 жыл бұрын
Tacky? TACKY? How dare you? Compared to things like Jersey Shore, The "Krap"dashians? This stuff is tv gold!
@Tracymmo4 жыл бұрын
You haven't left 2007, but that's ok.
@camcordernonsense52644 жыл бұрын
Yeah there's not to much of interest on television for me. I wish reality could step aside or be still an option with some other stuff that doesn't get cancelled the minute out of the gate and has a high viewership of support.
@timothychamberlin69854 жыл бұрын
God bless you....
@ricomajestic2 ай бұрын
@@Tracymmo Stick to your golden bachelor! Haha!
@putiadams2846 жыл бұрын
Oh the 80s...how i miss you😂
@erilaz76 жыл бұрын
"Co-Starring Jacko as Jetto" -- that always cracked me up! I especially remember Jacko from his Energizer battery commercials. "It'll surprise ya!"
@greenergrass355 жыл бұрын
Damn....TV Nostalgia is something else. Makes me want to put on my old Spiderman UnderRoos, make a glass of Strawberry Quick, and lay back in a Pier 1 basket woven chair. 🕶️👍🏾
@will-love-lvx10 ай бұрын
Right??!!
@misterflibble66015 жыл бұрын
I remember watching the pilot for "The Phoenix" and and finding it a fascinating and compelling premise and also being disappointed with is short run
@neosrt106 жыл бұрын
The 80s age of Electronic Keyboard music with electric guitars violins trumpets and psychedelic video effect neon intros to accompany low res video . Loved every minute.
@ProjectLifeCommand6 жыл бұрын
00:00 Automan 01:05 Manimal 02:03 The Wizard 03:04 Wizards and Warriors 04:04 Misfits of Science 05:25 Shadow Chasers 06:50 The Phoenix 08:10 Powers of Matthew Star 09:39 Starman 11:03 Outlaws 12:44 The Highwayman
@ProjectLifeCommand6 жыл бұрын
The special effects with computers may look bad, but keep in mind that in the 80's, the best computers available to the public then were 8 bit screens with only green numbers and digits, before Windows was created and before Mouses were created. So look closer at the video editing these shows used with green screens! The government always has technology 30 or 50 years before the public gets a hold of it. We just got the technology that they always had, so imagine what they have right now!
@dangc83155 жыл бұрын
No V or other world?
@hot2warm5 жыл бұрын
@@dangc8315 I guess he doesn't consider them "tacky."
@porcupineinapettingzoo Жыл бұрын
So much diversity!
@Nhamp200010 ай бұрын
Bring back Manimal!
@rwfrench66GenX9 ай бұрын
I’m 57 and I remember about half of these shows by name, and of those I probably saw a few episodes of each. I remember watching Starman because of the Jeff Bridges movie. Automan looks like it’d be fun to revisit! I bought Captain Planet on DVD recently and the graphics were great for the time and look great in 4K! The movie The Last Star Fighter looks great in 4K too!
@thenuclearsandwich5 жыл бұрын
These were some of the most entertaining shows of my childhood. No regrets. Only fantastic memories.
@DevinParker6 жыл бұрын
Oh, man, I loved these shows when they were on TV. Don't remember Shadow Chasers or Outlaws, but I burst out laughing just now when I heard the premise for Outlaws. Automan was us being excited about computer animation after "Tron." David Rappaport (also from "Time Bandits") was basically the Peter Dinklage of the 80s. Misfits of Science was about as close to the X-Men as you could expect Hollywood to get back then. And of course Wizards and Warriors was a gift for any D&D-loving kid at the time.
@Trygvar139 ай бұрын
I remember most of them except Maninal.
@JohnBrown-wk4io9 ай бұрын
For the Sci fi & fantasy enthusiasts these shows was as good as it got back when. I remember loving automan, wizards & warriors, & manimal.
@stevensallsorts9 ай бұрын
@Trygvar13 yeah mccorkindale was deep into plans to resurrect it, but sadly he died :(
@JustWasted3HoursHere8 ай бұрын
David Rappaport was great in "Time Bandits". He was also cast as Kivas Fajo for the Star Trek next Generation episode "The Most Toys" and even filmed several scenes, but sadly he took his own life before they finished and the part eventually went to Saul Rubinek. Here's David playing his version of that character: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqe6aHqhh7KAiZosi=vd2nQPt4HBkkfm79&t=45
@joelellis70358 ай бұрын
I don't remember Shadow Chasers, but I do remember Outlaws. It had a good pilot. When it turned into a "P.I." show, I went, "Oh, c'mon!"
@aloper0726 жыл бұрын
The intros to a lot of the shows today are so short as to allow more time for the story (which I like), but the "long" intros of yesteryear are one of the things that made these shows so memorable to all of us!
@celticlass85739 ай бұрын
Yeah you'd hear the intro for Fraggle Rock, The A-Team, McGuyver, Knight Rider, Magnum PI, Transformers, Battle of the Planets and you'd get SO EXCITED you were about to watch it!
@0g0dn09 ай бұрын
I do miss extended intros, they were the ultimate ad for the show that was coming up. They brought all the hype.
@crpggamer Жыл бұрын
I'm amazed that there are so many TV shows I missed in the 80s. I watched so many sci Fi movies and TV shows. The biggest was probably Battlestar Galactica in the 80s. I watched only the show with Dirk Blackpool out of all these. I think I must have been too young.
@neosildrake8 ай бұрын
I am so happy to have experienced the 80s while growing up.
@tranzco11737 ай бұрын
Did you get AIDS?
@vicdmise7 жыл бұрын
I think you mean AMAZINGLY FUN & COOL 80s SCI-FI/FANTASY TV
@kforcer5 жыл бұрын
I think you nailed it.
@VNVgirl7 жыл бұрын
These all look so cool! The Phoenix really looks amazing
@terrgall5 жыл бұрын
Boy do I love this stuff! Everyone is aging along with me!!
@mistreme83415 жыл бұрын
One can see why teens like me, back then, read comics and went to the mall as much as possible. Thank god for MTV.
@SeaOfTides10 жыл бұрын
None of these shows are tacky. They have likeable characters, imaginative stories, creative plots, inspired props, exciting action, intelligent and witty dialog.
@Rhyno1868 жыл бұрын
I think the most surprising was seeing Courtney Cox in "Misfits of Science"! Holy crap! Who knew?
@FutureGirl20338 жыл бұрын
I knew!
@RetroRobotRadio7 жыл бұрын
That is the show I know her from.
@euphoric11837 жыл бұрын
when ı was reading your text ı see courtney cox😂😂😂😂
@ibtaba7 жыл бұрын
Did she go on to do anything else after this show?
@jackkrom7 жыл бұрын
I did not know. I don't think she wants to be remember for that part!
@mistertor Жыл бұрын
I don't know about the word tacky. Definitely formulaic and paint-by-numbers, but most of them were quite fun for those of us who were the right age back then. One thing I really appreciate about this old-fashioned sort of television intro is the way the names of the regular cast members were displayed with their pictures. I wish my favorite shows would do that these days.
@bookworm5433 Жыл бұрын
Yep, this was back when things actually had to have a story and you couldn't rely solely on special effects. Awesomeness that will never be again. R.I.P. the 80's.
@vintagethrifter2114 Жыл бұрын
No matter how stupid the entire concept was.
@mrgault10010 ай бұрын
Every single one of these shows were utter crap.
@celticlass85739 ай бұрын
@@mrgault100 Clearly you weren't around to actually watch them, troll.
@jongaulthero9 ай бұрын
@@celticlass8573 Actually I was, ignorant cunt.
@g.k.16699 ай бұрын
As a teenager of the 80's, I agree. I realized it at the time and avoided them. Watching this just made my stomach turn. @@mrgault100
@raphfelix63058 жыл бұрын
damn i miss the 80s
@DianaTPascal8 жыл бұрын
+RAPH FELIX I have chest pains from the nostalgia
@charlesmandus5748 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@bitzofdataz8 жыл бұрын
Don't panic. It's probably just gas...
@torn8omickey10 жыл бұрын
Having God send outlaws from the old west to the 1980's so they can start a detective agency is a perfectly reasonable premise for a TV show.
@dostagirl95518 ай бұрын
Oh man, I’m just overcome with nostalgia. Manimal, Misfits of Science, and Starman were among my favorites. I’d completely forgotten about Highwaymen until I saw the intro. ❤
@baronzaebos88885 жыл бұрын
80's tv plots tended to be quite innocent and sometimes just silly but there was a charm there too. Kids don't want the complications of adult life. They want heroes and villains clearly drawn out. Nowadays kids TV seems more complex, it spends a hell of a lot of time on character development and dialogue and interrelationships, the adventure and action gets watered down for fear they might copy the violence they see. It did me no harm. Lets just let kids be kids. Do we have to pressure them and lecture them at every turn?
@randallterry47077 жыл бұрын
Never heard of some of these shows, but "Starman" was one of my favorites. Loved me some Robert Hayes!!!
@Fiendstein7 жыл бұрын
i LOVED Misfits of Science! one of the first shows i can remember seeing as a kid. i was soooo hooked during its short running.
@Nerval-kg9sm Жыл бұрын
I really liked most of these shows, when I was a kid. Automan got me interested in technology in the 5th grade, Manimal got me interested in Zoology.
@Ladygaga40475 жыл бұрын
Truth is.. They where magical times in TV history that will never be repeated. If we had the opportunity to actually go back in time to the 80s we actually wouldn't watch TV so we where lucky to have witnessed what we had at that time in TV history.
@hugostiglitz42156 жыл бұрын
Weird Science and Real Genius, my two favorites, there was nothing like the 80s, anyone who was a teenager living in that decade knows exactly what I'm talking about
@scottlyttle5586 Жыл бұрын
Did you ever see the Weird Science TV series on USA Network? was mid 90's.
@kimberlyjeanne94569 ай бұрын
Real Genius! Throwback lol 🤘🏻
@tureytaino27857 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a trip to memory lane. They were not tacky, they were really cool shows, way better than the "reality" shows and the stupid court shows of today.
@HowlingMoonCinemas7 жыл бұрын
+Turey Taino EXACTLY! Now THOSE are some tacky stupid shows to watch! They rip people off by not needing to add any special effects or cool music! They practically just grab a home camera and film real life! HAHA!! How frick'n BORING! I HATE boring reality shows! I'd rather just watch my own daily life! HAHAHA!!
@My2Cents17 жыл бұрын
LOL the problem is obviously you, because you've been watching all the wrong shows... like, forever. Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Bones, Battlestar Galactica (new), Farscape, X-Files, Eureka, Penny Dreadful,... I can make the list a lot longer, but dude... I kinda envy you because if you seriously think there haven't been an "really cool" shows since the 80... you are in for such a treat.
@classic35117 жыл бұрын
Walking dead comes first.
@tureytaino27857 жыл бұрын
CLASSIC I hate everything that has to do with zombies.
@HowlingMoonCinemas7 жыл бұрын
Turey Taino Right on! I hate zombies and gay ass vampires! I'd love to watch a bad ass tv series of a werewolf that kills zombies and vampires though! That would be a damn good show! A single werewolf killing off tons of vampires and zombies!
@ryancampbell8645 Жыл бұрын
Way more t&a in the Automan intro than I ever would have anticipated
@RobertLoves5 жыл бұрын
Somehow I expected Max Headroom to be in there 😂
@playmeri7 жыл бұрын
I was crazy about The Phoenix
@55Porter6 жыл бұрын
Holy crap. I remember watching Wizards and Warriors when I was about 4 or so. For literally 35 years I have wondered what was the show from the early 80's that turned into a comic book scene every time it went to commercial. Now I know! Unbelievable.
@thatvikingtemper8 ай бұрын
Thank you for creating this video! I remember watching most of these shows as a kid in the '80s. I still wish they'd release "The Highwayman" series on DVD. I was obsessed with that show, even though it got cancelled quickly. 😆
@philipchiu98357 ай бұрын
Gotta love those high tech 80s computers lol. 😅😂 I remember those were so cool to a 10 year year old...me lol. What memories.
@avocado66239 жыл бұрын
The 80s was the best. The decade the music was fun, we never took ourselves seriously, and midgets could make a career out of acting.
@avocado66239 жыл бұрын
***** Name another.
@gentlepersuader9 жыл бұрын
Wulf Hervé Villechaize
@avocado66239 жыл бұрын
Gentle Persuader That makes my point...
@Perktube17 жыл бұрын
sportster1988 or wrestling.
@rfahy726 жыл бұрын
Peter Dinklage is about the most successful midget actor besides Billy Barty & Tattoo from Fantasy Island.
@hollywoodguy707 жыл бұрын
Tacky? I loved almost all of these shows!!! lol
@cellytron3 жыл бұрын
I like Melody Anderson so much, I wish she had made major stardom. She was in all kinds of slightly successful projects and she always killed
@NBK11225 жыл бұрын
I used to watch Automan, Misfits of Science, The Powers of Matthew Star and Starman. I remember Manimal, but never watched it. I have a slight memory of The Phoenix. I never heard of the rest of the shows. Probably because I joined the Navy in '83 and missed the opportunity to see them. I wish I could see Wizards and Warriors because it had Taxi's Bobby, Zorro and Newhart's Stephanie in it
@Holammer8 жыл бұрын
Automan tacky? Why I never! Good day sir! :D
@xavierprotocols7 жыл бұрын
MANIMALS would be cool to remake now with the special effects they could do :D
@ferociousgumby5 жыл бұрын
Desi Arnaz, Jr. . . Dean Paul Martin. . . the genes got pretty watered-down.
@ChildePC5 жыл бұрын
These were a great season of shows. The 2000s would be lucky to have any good tv shows.
@candyextreme84066 жыл бұрын
It may be tacky by todays standards but back then it was great! Depending on how old you were.
@Administrator_O-55 жыл бұрын
Sure as hell beats the complete crap genre the Kardashians started! At least they were creative then, now we get Honey Boo Boo, 90 Day Fiance, 100 different shows about little people...🙄
@Tracymmo4 жыл бұрын
@@Administrator_O-5 You need to watch a decent channel to find decent TV.
@Administrator_O-54 жыл бұрын
@@Tracymmo that used to be the SciFi channel, until they became Syfy & the WWE Network
@christhechris66777 жыл бұрын
The 80's were the best times EVER!
@thedanksavatron77825 жыл бұрын
I remember getting upset when they canceled The Phoenix as a kid..
@camcordernonsense52644 жыл бұрын
Me too. I didn't know what cancelled meant and thought that was aseason and it was coming back like the other shows did. So when my dad reminded me and explained it..sadness
@dingorex9 ай бұрын
Starman was the one I never missed I was glad that it had a final episode of sorts. Great interview with Robert Hayes in Starlog magazine about the kidding around behind scenes.
@BrienMalone9 жыл бұрын
I take exception to the use of the word tacky ;) This was my Friday night childhood! I watched every one of these shows.
@dracoreptox43807 жыл бұрын
The Manimal & Phoenix were Very Interesting Shows.
@robertwelch32405 жыл бұрын
Two of my favourites.
@lonebikeroftheapocalypse95275 жыл бұрын
Manimal sucked ass
@dewayneprince675 жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite shows.
@camcordernonsense52644 жыл бұрын
Was phoenix like one or two episodes? Loved them both.
@TimeStrider4 жыл бұрын
The Phoenix was definitely my favorite from this time period.
@joeschizoid77625 жыл бұрын
The drama behind the scenes of "The Highwayman" was a lot more interesting than the show itself. Stars Sam Jones and Jacko - the Aussie rules footballer turned battery pitchman - quarreled throughout the filming and threw hands at least once.
@Madfattdeeb9 ай бұрын
It's literally a list of my most of favorite childhood shows.
@petirgarda10057 жыл бұрын
My God! i almost forgot The Wizard! thanks for bringing out the good old memory of the show! The toys in that show were fantastic!! I still remember the "Strong Man" action figure which helped the creator (the short guy) escaped from a cage/prison by pushing out the bars so they could slid out, ooh the memories!
@ellietrotta86269 ай бұрын
The whole series is on internet archive 😊
@OriginalNeoSupreme7 жыл бұрын
Wow, never realized how much Manimal looks like Harvey Dent from the Dark Knight.
@mrvampire75775 жыл бұрын
How are these shows “tacky” when compared to the excrement of the “reality” shows now?
@JaimeWulf5 жыл бұрын
You're comparing apples to oranges, my friend...
@ecso8285 жыл бұрын
I think he's comparing pizza to raw sewage. (The pizza being the 80s shows.)
@mccallosone49035 жыл бұрын
heres a tip...more than one kind of thing can be terrible
@tennektrey52275 жыл бұрын
Mr Vampire I almost shot myself during The Bachelor! 👎🏻
@nancysorto47695 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I was thinking the same thing; plain old jealousy lol
@erich6096 Жыл бұрын
I always sought out these types of shows in the 80's when I was a kid. I tried predicting which shows would be featured in this montage before watching it. I correctly predicted 3 of them. Automan, The Phoenix, & The Powers of Matthew Star. I completely forgot about Manimal, probably because I didn't like it, even as a kid. The Misfits of Science and Starman (the series) I do remember but had totally forgotten about. All the remaining ones I don't remember at all or had never heard of. Other tacky 80's sci-fi shows I guessed would be in this montage, which are not. Otherworld, Mr. Merlin, Voyagers, & Q.E.D. (slightly more Victorian or steam punk but was a tacky quasi sci-fi). I was also going to say Beauty & the Beast but I think that one may have been early 90's. Does anyone remember Tales of the Golden Monkey? It was a wanna be Raiders'esqe TV series which attempted to cash in on the popularity of Indiana Jones at the time.
@m_d19059 ай бұрын
Loved Tales of the Gold Monkey.
@milo145647 жыл бұрын
A time when television was fun and didn't take itself so seriously. I watched that all except Shadow Chasers. Wizard was a particular favourite along with the Phoenix.
@Actheman19789 ай бұрын
Man, you missed out; Shadow Chasers” was great!
@dbreid1016 жыл бұрын
I had completely forgot that Courtney Cox was in Misfits of Science. Loved that show as a kid.
@nmart1n5 жыл бұрын
TV Gold. The ideas were great 👍🏽
@vfvs11a4 ай бұрын
I love that with a lot of these you can draw a straight line to whatever big movie the TV series is trying to emulate.