12 1980s TV Shows... That Sparked MAJOR Controversy During Its Time!

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[@suemiller2522]

To this day, Skeletor is my favorite baddie. "Fools! Books are the real treasures of the world!" "Myah!" 😂

[@squirellmaster1]

The Cosby Show doesn’t fit this video, it wasn’t controversial during its time, it wasn’t until decades later when allegations against Bill Cosby came out that there was controversy.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

Agreed!

[@GAMECLOSET]

5:28 Why during the segment about Miami Vice is there a clip from Back to the Future here? This is when Marty is being chased by the Libyans after Doc Brown is gunned down. Asking for a friend from 1985.

[@gregstilwell7760]

The Day After wasn't a television series, it was a movie

[@trinitybernhardt9944]

A tv movie. They acknowledge it was a movie. I can see why they didn't want to change the title just for it, but it was definitely impactful and controversial.

[@KenMinor-ek1xs]

At the time these shows were produced they were revered for their entertainment value,and still should be!

[@julayrivera]

I liked the video, but I think that a video of this kind needs to include “The Golden Girls”. A TV Show about retired women breaking all kinds of boundaries and traditions about the roles old women should have, deserves a place in the video. Instead of knitting in the rocking chair, these women are screaming to the world, “We are not dead yet, we are very much alive, and we have dreams”.

[@stephenwatts985]

The 80's had the greatest shows. Period

[@Eminems_woman_4_life]

I remember some of the shows from my early childhood in the 80s (i was born in the late 80s and they were good

[@deewilson3239]

No

[@AKayfabe]

the Day After, I saw it as a child. Everyone was freaked out. I wasn’t exactly freaked out, I liked it. but then then some of us watched Threads and realized The Day After wasn’t so disturbing after all.

[@OlagGan]

The BBC used to be good at producing programs like this. If you "enjoyed" Threads try The War Game. It was actually shelved until 1984 after Threads was shown. Also not so much post apocalyptic, try "It happened Here:, made, by the same people 3uo made TWG. This was more Dystopian view of Britain after a successful invasion of the UK by Nazi Germany. This heven had accurate equipment. FFS they even had a bloody Elefant. No idea how they managed to get their mitts on an Elefant.

[@josephkern7056]

Threads was brutal. Definitely one of the bleakest programs!

[@karinporter9849]

John Ritter was absolutely brilliant RIP

[@mattmc5069]

Ill never forget Nancy McKeon in "strange voices" that tv movie was incredible and honest

[@KevinToohig]

Alf was funny as hell

[@Jmmoffa]

I wouldn’t consider a lot of these shows controversial, but what about Diff’rent Strokes, Kate & Allie and My Two Dads those were considered controversial shows at the time.

[@nursemel77]

Alf but no Murphy Brown? Old ladies were clutching their pearls over single motherhood

[@scottcaldwell7480]

ALF? Seriously, ALF?

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

What was so controversial about ALF?

[@sureshmukhi2316]

I was about to say that. ALF?? ALF, controversial? Not where I live.

[@HolidayDecorator]

​@@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427Would you believe an ILLEGAL ALIEN(immigrant)?🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@karinporter9849]

Anyone watching in December 2024?

[@sureshmukhi2316]

Yes, this video is only 4 days old

[@coryb7311]

Yes! It’s a new on though

[@bridgetgillen1683]

On The A-Team, BA Barracas never once said “I pity the fool!” Only Mr. T’s character Clubber Lang said it in Rocky III

[@throatwobblermangrove8510]

No, he said "I pity the foo!" lol

[@HolidayDecorator]

I still watch the A-Team and sure enough, B.A. Barracas ABSOLUTELY DOES say "I pity the fool" in the show, and quite often in almost every episode.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Um, The Day After was a tv movie not a tv show!

[@Maven775]

It was a show. It wasn't a series, but a TV show by definition doesn't have to be.

[@marypalmer1027]

Soap was a hit because of the talent of its cast and writers. Billy Crystal, a major talent, gave an endearing quality to an openly gay character. Probably did not change minds about the acceptability of the gay a lifestyle. But remember, Soap also had morally ambiguous plot lines that involved adultery and deceit.

[@hueyiroquois3839]

10:45 Those of us who grew up playing games like cops & robbers and cowboys & Indians don't understand that attitude.

[@donaldsalkovick396]

5:28. Why you showing a clip from "back to the future" during the Miami Vice part?

[@daleheger3255]

I remember my high school teacher request us to watch the TV shows Day After

[@sharikajeter3612]

"Married With Children" was only considered controversial because of ONE woman complaining about an episode she saw with her kids. She went public and basically single handedly boost that show's ratings. FOX was still new at the time and its shows was barely going past season two. "The Cosby Show" was NOT controversial during its run. It was 30 years later, when we heard about Bill Cosby's "alleged" crimes. He was tried, convicted and served his time in jail. Still unfair that "The Cosby Show" isn't streaming anyway, but RACIST Roseanne Barr's sitcom can be seen every night on Cozi and probably on other streaming channels.

[@briancorvello3620]

15:20 Yeah, and when the movie came out in 2010, where some of the bad guys were indeed killed, people complained about THAT, saying it wasn't being loyal to the original. You just can't please everyone.

[@angelapalmer3464]

The A-team was the BEST! I loved talking about it at school the next day!

[@jamesbonnen]

12:13 I could have swore that HEMAN was a syndicated program that came on everyday

[@angelagokool9514]

It's such a shame that a brilliant show such as The Cosby Show was overshadowed by his real-life controversy. His actions made us forget what a positive role model he was. Mr. T., despite the A-Team's issues, was also a positive role model. He never drank, or did drugs, or engaged in any negative behaviors. My mom said that my grandmother used to watch Soap, because she thought it was a riot! But, when Grandma had tried to convince a friend to watch it, according to my mother, Grandma's friend had replied that the church didn't allow it, thus solidifying the show's controversy. Despite Three's Company's issues, it had later become a staple of Nick at Nite. In fact, it was described as "Unreality TV," in the previews, during the late 90s. Not only was Alf a sitcom, and an animated series, but also a made-for-TV movie, in 1996. He'd also appeared in ads for 1-800-Collect. My sister and I used to laugh so hard, at that movie! Also, in the 90s, Dallas's Patrick Duffy and Three's Company's Suzanne Somers had played stepparents, on Step by Step, as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe had led to a spin-off series, She-Ra, aimed mostly at girls. My sister and I used to play with the toys.

[@lisab7977]

Out of all these shows, I’ve only seen Three’s Company and Soap. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@tkg4me]

Dallas created the best super villain of all time

[@TimBoyd2012]

Almost everybody on that show was a villain.

[@gregoryt1139]

45/47 is JR Ewing. He even got shot, too. And every Dem that went up against him is Cliff Barnes.

[@katwernery6505]

You forgot that Roseanne had I believe the first kiss between two women on television. If it wasn’t the first, it was definitely one of the first.. I remember right before that episode. There was massive amounts of protest over what amount into a few seconds. Thank God, we have moved past that.

[@mattharden82]

Married with children is the greatest sitcom of all time

[@sureshmukhi2316]

Star Trek: The Next Generation should be on this list for the reason it was controversial because even before it started, die hard Original Series Trekkies were complaining because Star Trek without Kirk, Spock or McCoy is not STAR TREK.

[@larryk731]

The A team was a live action cartoon

[@gregoryt1139]

Hmm, Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd shot a ton of rounds and missed every time, too.

[@marypalmer1027]

Sometimes, I forget that many readers are not old enough to remember these shows and so your pontification and editorial views are accepted as some kind of historical fact.

[@MAB1273]

11:00 let's not pretend our parents paid that much attention to us.

[@julymiller7456]

The Day After was the only one you showed which was a movie, not a series, although I do agree about the controversy. Soap, by your own admission (1977-81) hardly had any 80s in it's seasons. It's 4th and last being, as I recall my own research, was its lowest rated and only full season in the 80s.

[@gophersmith]

I'll never forget Ba-Barakus, and time travel in Miami Vice. Long live the 2880's!

[@billyray9103]

Why was there a clip of Back to the Future in the Miami Vice segment?

[@kerriethompson2073]

I just saw! Wired!

[@melmiller]

It was blade runner. I am guessing it was because the scene had Edward James Olmos in it, who is also in Miami vice. They also had some none original Cosby show scenes. Kinda wonder if they asked AI for clips 😂

[@billyray9103]

@melmiller the one I'm talking about is when they fire the rocket launcher from the van towards the DeLorean. It's clearly visible

[@horselightning]

The real controversy of the Cosby show way before Cosby got in trouble. Was that many back folks didnt consider the show representative of a rea black family.

[@Alter_Onkel]

😮Run to the light, Carole Anne!😮

[@Tarot.barbarian]

I remember watching Masters of the Universe in the early to mid-eighties. Orko was not a household name.

[@HolidayDecorator]

I think they have ORKO confused with Orkin(Pest Control).🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kennypangman4636]

Cute how they slid in a little Back To The Future while talking about Miami Vice.

[@KevinToohig]

They were just tv shows

[@vinauttv7167]

Alf and Married With Children need to switch places on this list.

[@slactweak]

Are we NOT going to talk about the fact that the segment on Miami Vice used scenes from Blade Runner and Back to the Future?

[@uuouuo5480]

I'm not sure how "iconic" Mr T's "I pity the fool" catchphrase was in relation to _The_ _A_ _Team,_ given that his character never said that on the television programme. His character in _Rocky_ _III_ was the one who originated that catchphrase.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

11:39 -- So THAT'S where the Roll Arrow in MegaMan Battle Network 4 comes from! For those who don't know if Roll's opponent in a Net Battle is hit by the arrow, whatever Battle Chips they have waiting to use are canceled!

[@empressofherteatable]

Why is there a picture of Jodie Comer from Killing Eve when they're showing Jodie (Billy Crystal) from Soap?

[@clowneater100]

5:29- That's a clip from Back to the Future not Miami Vice. :)

[@beckydennis6591]

When I was little I thought that He-Man was chanting the power of Grace cow. I'm just now learning it was the power of Grayskull

[@jamesbonnen]

15:48 BAA RACK US!!

[@COMPFUNK2]

A large number of big stars got their start on Soap.

[@nocursewm2938]

I was a kid when Three’s Company was on TV. Even then I understood the absurdity of the premise. A guy had to pretend to be gay because a straight man with 2 women roommates was immoral according to the landlord. But I do agree that some shows like that would probably not be okay for network TV today.

[@nycsguy]

Married with Children "brutally honest"? Satire maybe, but brutally honest - no.

[@probochronicles3991]

18:46 I'm actually watching the series now....

[@kylethoren1949]

"I pity the fool" was never uttered on The A-Team. That's from the rocky movie.

[@zannido3125]

1. Leave He-man alone 2. That sure looks like Chuck Norris in the Ateam clip 3. The problem wasn't violence on the Ateam it was they wouldn't give woman a decent role on the show

[@drcrusher0]

Interspecies relationship?? Really?

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

Soap was like nothing that came before or sense.

[@karinporter9849]

What he said is Exactly how I feel about the Cosby show or fat Albert or little bill

[@cherisenunez2530]

How could Bosom Buddies not be on the list?! Two men dressing as women to rent an apartment in a female only building.... Starring Tom Hanks... Really?

[@ILJ68]

The Cosby Show was not the catalyst for Black led shows. The 70’s were. Sanford and Son Good Times What’s Happening The Jeffersons Without these, there never would have been a Cosby Show

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Married...With Children was meant from the very start to be everything The Cosby Show and especially the more wholesome sitcoms like Full House were not. The ANTI-Cosby Show, the ANTI-Full House. Just like how a few years later, Sega from the very start wanted Sonic to be everything Mario was not. Though I suppose the anti-Mario title was already taken by Wario...

[@aoilpe]

The Day After - seen once - was it aired ever since ?

[@ILJ68]

The Day After but not Holocaust? For shame!

[@brianbelmont4100]

Love ALF

[@ILJ68]

Three’s Company is a remake of British sitcom Man About The House. The original series, with the Ropers even copied episodes scene for scene just with American actors

[@janeteggleston6978]

Did anybody notice the back to the future clip early in the video Or the GI joe clip when he was talking about the A. team Seriously did you think wrong notice

[@PugulisticLinguistics]

Soap was so damned funny, it was a shame...

[@jianozi]

The day after was a TV movie it was not a TV show

[@mistermattmoose]

alf was cool. married with children i stopped watching after 3 years. cosby i stopped watching after 1 year. soap was funny but i didn't get to see it much. never watched the others.

[@thadoc5186]

This list is whack.

[@hellhound1389]

I grew up on married with children, Roseanne, Alf, and the A-team. I couldn't stand the Cosby show. I watched the Bundy family to see what Al was gonna do next. To me the true star in the Conner family was Dan not the shows namesake. The more adult humor of Alf never flew over my head but I was a very mature and bright child. Finally the A-team inspired me to be who I became from my favorite character colonel Hannibal Smith with the stogie hanging out of his mouth and his line "I love it when a plan comes together"

[@TheSaltydog07]

Junk tv.

[@tridoc99]

Someone please tell me I’m not the only white guy who grew up in the 70s and 80s loving The Cosby Show that didn’t see it as a show about a black family but a show about an American family and didn’t even think twice about the possibility of the parents being a doctor and a lawyer. I think I was the norm not the exception which just shows how race relations have deteriorated over the last 40 years thanks to wokeness and race baiting.

[@andrewft31]

No you definitely were not the norm especially if you lived in certain areas of the country. I am originally from Alabama and people saw the Cosby Show as being something that wasn’t realistic.

[@fgtw96way]

was a good show to see ,a great black family life and be successful in America be respectful and kind to each other and great values to live by,

[@HolidayDecorator]

​@@andrewft31same with us in Florida too. Hi neighbor!👋

[@HolidayDecorator]

There were a few shows listed I never watched, well I watched the pilot and decided, NOT FOR ME and never watched them again, still haven't and never will. Which shows did I really dislike, Dallas, Dynasty and Roseanne. BLECH! Now I loved Alf, He-Man, Miami Vice, and SOAP with Miami Vice being my #1 favorite, Alf being 2nd and He-Man in 3rd place. SOAP was amusing at times, other times it was a bit boring, and why it comes in last, in the 4th spot. Okay shows were The Bill Cosby Show, Married with Children and Three's Company. Although I felt Three's Company was much more entertaining than Cosby's show was. And even Married with Children was really off the wall humorous many times. I hated Peggy Bundy, But Al and his son Bud always had me laughing, and his blonde air-head daughter, Kelly reminded me of 2 of my younger sisters (both blonde) that were so similar to her it was eerie.