They should have a streaming network with every episode of every tv show ever,no matter how obscure, from the 50's to the 90's...imagine it...
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Not a bad idea, Amyjo!
@Solodolo844 жыл бұрын
I would definitely sub to that asap. These clips and intros almost brings me to tears. You begin to fully understand just how much content was made, how much work was put in, how many familiar faces we came across. In the words of Phil Collins "you just another face i met on my tv show" 🍻
@will-love-lvx Жыл бұрын
Dude, yea. Like a megaarchive. I'd watch it.
@kateruterbories269211 ай бұрын
Actually that would be great!!
@Frogchannelgaming11 ай бұрын
It's like there could be a totally underground world/network of TV shows past and then some
@kurtispopp5 жыл бұрын
TV producers in the 80s sure did love them some slap bass and saxophones.
@jdslater15 жыл бұрын
kurtispopp that and a bassoon!
@coachb27665 жыл бұрын
Erin Moran and Scott Baio were such big stars in those days. Surprising that a decent show couldn't be built around them. RIP Erin Moran I must have been doing homework when most of these came on. '82 was Junior year in high school.
@75aces973 жыл бұрын
For me it was TV of the early 90s, but a lot of people don't seem to remember shows from their high school years. It's probably healthier if you missed out on TV in your teen years.
@tolfan44383 жыл бұрын
Did you ever hear about Joanie and Chachi getting huge ratings in Korea? Turns out Korean language Chachi is their word for penis. So the show is aired as Joania loves Dick
@coachb27663 жыл бұрын
@@tolfan4438 That's funny 😅😄😃. Now we know. Such a shame that Erin fell into before her death.
@DoctorInk205 жыл бұрын
That Police Squad intro. 🤣 I freaking love the Zucker Brothers.
@vsgfilmgroup5 жыл бұрын
The movies did it even better, as it should be.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Don't we all, DoctorInk20...don't we all.
@DoctorInk205 жыл бұрын
@@demetriusdillard2863 *(cue mock freeze frame)*
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Thanks, @@DoctorInk20! Other than the "And Rex Hamilton As Abraham Lincoln!" tag during the opening credits of "Police Squad!," the freeze frames that appeared during the closing credits were my favorite part!
@donaldpaluga4 жыл бұрын
Surely you can't be serious
@robmclean43525 жыл бұрын
5:53 Based on the weather update on the screen, this episode was taped off WJKW-TV8 (CBS; now WJW-TV, Fox) in Cleveland on April 5, 1982, at 9:30pm EST. This was the first of "Making the Grade"'s six airings, temporarily replacing "House Calls" in the time slot.
@will-love-lvx Жыл бұрын
Nice catch.
@EdKazO-Vision3 жыл бұрын
Clearly, America was not ready for Police Squad, a show that parodied every other program on the schedule.
@shawnn14125 жыл бұрын
I'm feeling better about my childhood right now. I only remember a couple of these. Maybe I did do something besides watch TV.
@bloodrunsclear4 жыл бұрын
The snow warning in Ohio is still pretty ominous O_O
@ericshippie156310 ай бұрын
Betty white and the Chippendales. You have me sold
@jdslater15 жыл бұрын
One thing I noticed watching anything from the 80s is that they really made a point of telling you the city it was set in. I suppose it’s cheap and easy just to have a lot of footage of landmarks
@donaldpaluga4 жыл бұрын
Maybe they need to split Chicago Story up into three series, and call them Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, and E. R.
@Solodolo844 жыл бұрын
@@donaldpaluga Chicago🎶🎶🎶🎶
@75aces973 жыл бұрын
Not just the 80s. In the 70s Laverne & Sirley opened with some Milwaukee scenery, Bob Newhart and Good Times had Chicago, WKRP had Cincinnati landmarks, One Day at a Time had Indianapolis aerials, Dallas reminded you with footage in case you missed the title (that could also count as 80s, I guess). Shows seemed to start phasing out elaborate intros at some point after Molly Dodd, but still in years since, Cleveland establishing shots in Drew Carey, Office had Scranton scenery, Turnpike cuts on Sopranos, and night footage of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
@swalton7969 Жыл бұрын
Just the theme songs alone, make me want to watch these shows. Thanks for sharing.
@Panwere364 жыл бұрын
I don't care what anyone says.. _T.J. Hooker_ was a great TV vehicle to show Shatner could portray someone other than Kirk!
@ForeignerFan743 ай бұрын
Thanks For Sharing!
@robmclean43525 жыл бұрын
By my count, 13 of the 19 programs are either comedies or police shows, with "Police Squad!" (and arguably "TJ Hooker") being both!
@AdrianRennie5 жыл бұрын
Cheers RwDt09!! Love to the memories! ah TV! ❤️🎭📺
@Portugal20255 жыл бұрын
Whoa, Meg Foster instead of Sharon Gless in Cagney and Lacey. I don’t remember that
@ludhugs5 жыл бұрын
pnighswander Cagney & Lacey started as a 2-hour movie pilot with Loretta Swit of MASH fame as Cagney, with Tyne Daly as Lacey. When it got picked up as a series, Swit was still on contract for MASH, and Meg Foster became Cagney. The network decided to switch her out for Sharon Gless at the start of the second season and the rest became history. Of course it wasn’t a given at first, since Gless was better known back then for comedic roles...
@yaywhewclips2425 жыл бұрын
I thought Foster was tons more sexier than Gless. Maybe that was the problem, Meg was TOO pretty.
@TJ523595 жыл бұрын
@@yaywhewclips242 not disputing her attractiveness... but there's something about her eyes that always weirded me out
@tomservo56954Ай бұрын
@@yaywhewclips242The network thought Foster and Tyne Daly didn't contrast the way Daly and Swit did...and as such, believed people would think they were lesbian
@cromagnatron71552 жыл бұрын
Can’t…….take…….eyes……away. These videos are great. Thanks
@ladycharlenegrace80234 жыл бұрын
The snow announcement got me! I was like its already icing do we got to have snow too??
@RadioLaPrincess5 жыл бұрын
Two of these shows became hits: Cagney and Lacey and TJ Hooker. I remember watching both Janie Loves Chachi and 9 to 5 and both were kind of stupid (and didn't last long). Ironically the blonde in 9 to 5 was Dolly Parton's sister. That Chicago show had a good theme and good scenery looks like something my parents probably tried out.
@stillnotwoke5 жыл бұрын
T.J.Hooker before Heather Locklear? Cagney and Lacey before Sharon Gless? Who knew?
@DeanStrickson5 жыл бұрын
mick moran Cagney and Evil-Lyn. I’d watch that show.
@RwDt095 жыл бұрын
@Ted Harrington Loretta Swit played Cagney in the TV movie. Meg Foster was in the first season of the series, being only in the limited-run airing in the spring of '82. The show returned in the fall with Sharon Gless taking over the role.
@julymiller23085 жыл бұрын
@@RwDt09 That explains why when I researched the stars there were three Cagney's. Btw, why didn't they keep the theme and just change Meg Foster's card. They did it with other series.
@laustcawz20893 жыл бұрын
@@RwDt09 As I recall, there was a huge write-in campaign from fans to keep "Cagney & Lacey" on the air.
@tomservo56954Ай бұрын
@@laustcawz2089It was canceled in 1983...the campaign brought it back in March 1984.
@charliem98314 жыл бұрын
Making the Grade, that was one groovy opening number!!!
@jeffreybaker1005 жыл бұрын
At 5:54 when the opening theme of MAKING THE GRADE and the Cleveland area had a winter snow advisory scrolled across the screen! I'm no stranger to that in the Buffalo area where I reside
@gregorygriffin63413 жыл бұрын
WAIT...A...MINUTE!!!! I NEVER in life knew there was a sitcom based in/on MY city of ST. LOUIS!!! Dont know how long it lasted, but I feel so proud!!
@asecretone5 жыл бұрын
KEATON FTW!!
@marysewall9135 жыл бұрын
Betty White was once young? The View needs Chipadelles dancers!
@yaywhewclips2425 жыл бұрын
she was 60, that was OLD in 1982, now a baby.
@ferociousgumby5 жыл бұрын
She looked amazing, and still does.
@CrossJeniel2 жыл бұрын
Betty white dead
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Of the nineteen programs that premiered on the (then) "Big Three"--ABC, CBS, and NBC, of course--in the spring of '82, only "Joanie Loves Chachi," "T.J. Hooker," "9 To 5," "Teachers Only," and "Cagney & Lacey" survived. Outstanding job, RWdt09...keep up the good work, bro.
@ChipWhitingtonIII5 жыл бұрын
Damn... Nicky Katt has been acting since forever.
@daviddavidson80505 жыл бұрын
Hello! A lot of these shows I never even heard of. Thanks for sharing!
@yaywhewclips2425 жыл бұрын
new game show: Which Chippendale dancer is straight??
@laustcawz20893 жыл бұрын
Trick question?
@gregorygriffin63413 жыл бұрын
10:19. Wu-Tang legend ODB (R.I.P.) sampled this theme for his track, "I Can't Wait" in '99. Pull it up and check it out.
@suedenim5 жыл бұрын
Dunno if that Chicago cop show was any good, but it had a hell of a cast. Cop shows were clearly in a transitional phase. You had various shows clearly influenced by Hill Street Blues, Police Squad! and the sort of show Police Squad! made fun of in T.J. Hooker.
@RwDt095 жыл бұрын
Chicago Story actually wasn't too bad and a rarity as a 90-minute weekly series in the 80s. It never seemed to gain ratings traction with its ill-suited time slots, first on Saturdays at 8:30, then shifting to Fridays at 8:30 during its spring and summer run and so was gone by the fall.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Seems to me that "Chicago Story" was a quick but uninspired attempt to cash in on the critical and commercial success of "Hill Street Blues" (also airing on NBC); unlike "Hill Street Blues," however, "Chicago Story" was axed by the "Peacock Network" that summer after only thirteen episodes.
@mr.rashadgrice795 жыл бұрын
Seems To Me The Show Got Repurposed 35 years Later As Chicago PD, Chicago Medical etc... Remember Alot Of Shows Were Cancelled Because There Only 3 channels worth of real estate. If it didn't stick to a certain formula viewers were used to it Got cancelled. Whether it had potential or was awful
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Good point, @@mr.rashadgrice79. Thanks for commenting.
@TheKitchenerLeslie10 ай бұрын
This must be the year my brain started coming online because I remember too many of these for someone who was 6 or 7 years old.
@maundamartin598 ай бұрын
YUP..?..Myself born in 73 remember the Phoenix and Tj HOOKER. THESE OTHER SHOWS.....NOT A CLUE especially CHICAGO.......I SAW RICHARD DAWSON. AND CRAIG T NELSON.....THEY BEEN WORKIN CONSTANTLY FOR 50 YEARS AND STILL IS.
@demetriusdillard2863Ай бұрын
It's "Lawson," not "Dawson," @@maundamartin59.
@nightvision_8875 жыл бұрын
2:43 Peter Bonerz???
@savvybear117815 жыл бұрын
He was no dabney Coleman that's for sure
@FutureGirl20335 жыл бұрын
Yep. Peter Bonerz. Smh.
@1Sparkyny10 ай бұрын
TJ Hooker shoulda been co-starring Shatners hairpiece to give it due respect.
@PewPewLookout5 жыл бұрын
i wasn't old enough to watch or remember any of these shows in the 80s but it's nice seeing these intros all the same
@naturalobserver61305 жыл бұрын
Police squad was the best of the bunch!
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
I enthusiastically concur, Jeff! It's a pity that ABC axed it after only six episodes (ABC's then-head honcho, Tony Thomopoulos, lamented that "Police Squad!" required "too much attention to watch"); luckily, I have the entire run on DVD.
@chrisw61643 жыл бұрын
By far. One of the funniest shows of all time.
@75aces973 жыл бұрын
This must have been hours before Michael Keaton's movie career took off.
@ianfryer83865 жыл бұрын
Wait - there was a Herbie the Love Bug TV show in 1982? Whatever it was like, that dopey theme song killed its chances stone dead!
@heatwave5 жыл бұрын
And, it was sung by series star Dean Jones.
@jamesauburn5 жыл бұрын
I'm lucky enough to be able to say that 8-year-old me watched every episode of both "Police Squad" *and* the notorious "No Soap, Radio" when they aired. (Of course, I can say the same for "Joanie Loves Chachi", which rather mitigates the coolness of that.)
@donaldpaluga4 жыл бұрын
I wonder why NO Soap Radio was never made into a movie [/sarc]
@RobCamp-rmc_04 жыл бұрын
I watched all of the episodes of Police Squad as a tween in the early ’90s when they were re-aired on ABC (if I remember correctly). Not hard though, since there were only six. I don’t know of any independents running Joanie Loves Chachi in syndication (were enough episodes even made?), but I wouldn’t have watched it anyway.
@johnclavis6 ай бұрын
1982 was a dark time in television
@StillLateToTheParty4 жыл бұрын
Hardly remember any of these shows. Was 14 at the time and guess I only watched MTV and cable...
@75aces973 жыл бұрын
Seems to be a common thing around here. For me it was TV of the early 90s, but a lot of people don't appear to remember shows from their high school days.
@lizisasleep3 жыл бұрын
Why would they let Scott Baio sing
@asldkjaslkdj3 жыл бұрын
Police Squad!!! Yes!!!
@Portugal20255 жыл бұрын
Wow. Two words. Writers strike. I feel better about TV today
@scottwilliams44835 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your time
@RwDt095 жыл бұрын
Thanks. No problem.
@morgan87574 ай бұрын
i remember making the grade
@CrossJeniel2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@williamwatson43545 жыл бұрын
Strange, I remember more of the shows from the 60's then I do the 80's.
@theoldar5 жыл бұрын
TJ Hooker was a success and Police Squad was a failure. What a world!
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Blows your mind, doesn't it?
@DavidTSmith-jn5bs5 жыл бұрын
They did make 3 Naked Gun movies out of it so SOME people liked Police Squad.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Amen to that, @@DavidTSmith-jn5bs.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
It's painfully obvious that "Baker's Dozen" was inspired by "Barney Miller," which (sadly) ended its eight-season run that spring. Coincidentally, Doris Belack played Fish's wife, Bernice, in a second season episode of "Barney Miller" called "Fish"--she was filling in for Florence Stanley, who was co-starring with Jerry Stiller on the short-lived sitcom "Joe And Sons" during the 1975-76 season--which was essentially a backdoor pilot for the eventual spin-off of the same name ("Fish" premiered on ABC in February of '77 and lasted two seasons and thirty-five episodes); that episode also marked the first appearance of the late Steve Landesberg as Det.-Sgt. Arthur Dietrich, who subsequently replaced Abe Vigoda on "Barney Miller" when Vigoda departed to work on "Fish" full-time (Fish retired from the NYPD at the start of "Barney Miller's" fourth season in September of '77).
@donaldpaluga4 жыл бұрын
Sweep the leg!-Victor Isbecki
@demetriusdillard2863Ай бұрын
Along with Gil "Buck Rogers" Gerard, Martin Kove (aka John Kreese from "The Karate Kid") always reminded me of a life-sized action figure.
@historiador19765 жыл бұрын
What a trip through memory lane! In the 80s here in Chile we were in the last years of Pinochet's regime and with it the local TV industry was in ruins, only local news, telenovelas, game shows and morning shows prevailed, so there was a lot of the air time to fill...and unlike your fellow Americans I remember most of this shows that I watched as a kid. And yes they were all dubbed in Latin Spanish from Mexico. Mostly of them were justified cancelled trash (we got some weird shows like "No Soap, Radio" or "The Phoenix", even the legendary awful Supertrain and Hello Larry were transmitted over here), maybe it was Pinochet's idea to numb our brains with tv garbage, but seeing the opening credits and remember many of them made me feel a lot of nostalgia. Muchas gracias por tu canal ;)
@aadams10064 жыл бұрын
Police Squad, tho...I have them all on DVD.
@bloodrunsclear5 жыл бұрын
Hooker is a good cop!
@jettlightning5 жыл бұрын
Have you got anything on "Slick Trick Quigley Private Eye" circa 1953?
@givemebackmypurse.68945 жыл бұрын
I always enjoy when you upload a new video. Thanks.
@RwDt095 жыл бұрын
I'd like to do it more often, but I do it when I can.
@domshaheen73565 жыл бұрын
Donnelly Rhodes was so fine.
@NemoUberKitty3 жыл бұрын
If I was ever bad as a kid, my parents would make me watch Joanie Loves Chachi as punishment.
@julymiller23085 жыл бұрын
Series I'd love to have seen when originally aired: 9 to 5 (cuz Carmen Sandiego before the cartoon), Herbie the Love Bug, Teachers Only, Making the Grade, TJ Hooker, Cagney and Lacey (tho I thought it starred Sharon Gless.... Guess she replaced Meg Foster later), Jokebook Maybe: Shape of Things (Chippendale kinda ruins it a bit), Joanie Loves Chachi (love that song), No Soap Radio (theme even SOUNDS hilarious), Report to Murphy, Baker's Dozen, Chicago Story, QED Saw on KZbin (liked it): Police Squad LORD NO!! (Don't like the intro) The Phoenix
@Melinda81624 жыл бұрын
I know all the guys are gonna "comment" on what the females on there look like NOW, BUT I wonder what those 'Chippendale' guys look like now??! 😬😨. 😁
@donaldpaluga4 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@jacktrppr15 жыл бұрын
I'm still trying to understand what "Soap, No Radio" means. Starring Steve Guttenberg. About roller coasters apparently
@RwDt095 жыл бұрын
It was a nonsensical surreal comedy set at an Atlantic City hotel and the title reflected its inexplicable sense of humor.
@ferociousgumby5 жыл бұрын
Hmmmmm, is it on KZbin? (excuse me)
@RobCamp-rmc_04 жыл бұрын
“No soap, radio” is the usual punchline to an anti-humor joke
@EdKazO-Vision3 жыл бұрын
It was the adventures of a merry crew of roller coaster maintenance mechanics.
@cartoonjoe5 жыл бұрын
Yeesh! Talk about some dreary tv shows...
@buckster25753 жыл бұрын
No soap rodio I watched it but forgot the name over the years.
@ma55aracin95 жыл бұрын
WTAF?! Never heard about that particular H-B series in my life, besides.... *Top Cat* *Yogi's Treasure Hunt* and.... *The Flintstones* ....among their most famous ones, that is. Maybe I should look that one up. Otherwise, great work on this compilation as usual, bro. UPDATE: After watching the only available episode of Hanna-Barbera's *Jokebook* on YT, I must say that it was pretty hilarious. Whoever decided to cancel it after just those 3 episodes @ NBC must have been fired without any compensation whatsoever for acting like a frustrated preacher on the wrong network. #JustTellingItLikeItIs
@chrislang94425 жыл бұрын
1:46 David Ruprecht of Supermarket Sweep
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
The one and only!
@NostalgiaTheatre4 жыл бұрын
Minus the goofy sweater
@ruthwoytsek77505 жыл бұрын
Man, I'd forgotten about Keaton on TV.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Keaton literally began his career on the boob tube, Ruth...prior to "Report To Murphy," Keaton had co-starred on the equally short-lived duds "All's Fair," "Mary," "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour," and "Working Stiffs."
@DavidTSmith-jn5bs5 жыл бұрын
And Working Stiffs was on for only 4 weeks!
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Sad but true, @@DavidTSmith-jn5bs. Due to heavy competition from both ABC's "The Ropers" and NBC's "CHiPs" in its Saturday night timeslot (8 pm EST), CBS did indeed cancel the slapstick sitcom after only four telecasts (leaving five additional episodes unaired).
@laustcawz20893 жыл бұрын
@@demetriusdillard2863 His real name...Michael Douglas!
@demetriusdillard28633 жыл бұрын
That is correct, @@laustcawz2089! Michael Keaton was born Michael John Douglas! Keaton decided to change his last name (due to Screen Actor's Guild requirements) to distance himself from the star of "The Streets Of San Francisco," as well as to avoid confusion with legendary talk show host Mike Douglas. It's been long rumored that Keaton selected his adopted surname upon seeing a photo of Diane Keaton, but that's not the case.
@southernlightning7755 жыл бұрын
Love ur channel 😁🤙
@donsmith34775 жыл бұрын
Wow some of these are painful - Herbie, Shape of Things and Joanie loves Chachi
@ChipWhitingtonIII5 жыл бұрын
Hadn't seen many of these... only Police Squad, T.J. Hooker, Cagney & Lacey... though I think I checked out by this season.
@anotherguy27415 жыл бұрын
Everything else was a bunch of flops. The only one I liked was Police Squad, which became the basis for the Naked Gun movies.
@ktkat19494 жыл бұрын
No wonder George Wendy aka Norm always ended up at Cheers if he worked as a teacher!~
@demetriusdillard2863Ай бұрын
Had "Making The Grade" succeeded, it's highly doubtful George Wendt wouldn't have cinched his iconic, Emmy-nominated role as accountant Norm Peterson on "Cheers"!
@gregggoss22105 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a forgettable bunch of crap. I think I only remember about a quarter of these shows. I was working nights at the time and when I wasn't working I was going to concerts. Looks like I didn't miss anything. Good video man. I really enjoy your stuff.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Not everything that premiered that spring was "a forgettable bunch of crap," Gregg...though it lasted only six episodes (due to the incompetence of ABC's then-head honcho, Tony Thomopoulos [Thomopoulos yanked "Police Squad!" from the schedule because it "required too much attention"]), "Police Squad!" has truly stood the test of time and still remains as relevant--and hilarious--as ever. And it also spawned the equally hilarious "Naked Gun" film trilogy!
@gregggoss22105 жыл бұрын
@@demetriusdillard2863 , yeah, that was probably the exception. Naked Gun movies were hilarious.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
My sentiments exactly, @@gregggoss2210 ! Thanks for commenting, bro!
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
They were indeed, @@gregggoss2210. I'll never grow tired of watching the "Naked Gun" trilogy. May Leslie Nielsen continue to rest in peace...he is still missed.
@Mia71895 жыл бұрын
Only ones I remember are TJ Hooker, Police Squad and Cagney and Lacey. Had no idea that Michael Keaton once had a TV show.
@eydie575 жыл бұрын
He was on another show before this called All's Fair. It also starred Richard Krenna and Bernadette Peters.
@RwDt095 жыл бұрын
@@eydie57 Working Stiffs was another one in the fall of '79 co-starring with Jim Belushi. It lasted only 4 episodes.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Don't forget 1978's "Mary," @@RwDt09 . "Mary" was a short-lived comedy/variety series starring Mary Tyler Moore that aired on CBS in the autumn of '78 on Sunday nights, following the long-running, Emmy Award-winning newsmagazine "60 Minutes." Along with a pre-"Batman" Keaton, two up-and-coming talents named David Letterman and Swoosie Kurtz were among the regulars. Due to scathing reviews and mediocre ratings (it was scheduled directly opposite ABC's cult sci-fi drama "Battlestar Galactica"), CBS yanked "Mary" in October of '78 after only three telecasts. Undaunted by "Mary's" swift cancellation, Moore decided to revamp the format slightly--with both Keaton and Letterman in tow--the following spring with "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour," which premiered in March of '79. Despite Moore's efforts, "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour" was as unsuccessful--both critically and commercially--as "Mary" had been the previous autumn, and CBS canceled it in May after eleven episodes.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
It seems like Keaton couldn't make a dent in Tinseltown during his salad days. It wasn't until his breakthrough role in the sex comedy "Night Shift" (directed by Ron Howard) that the bigwigs in Hollywood finally woke up and began noticing Keaton's incredible talent. And the rest is history.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
"All's Fair" was one of Norman Lear's very few failures, @@eydie57. Despite Lear's involvement (as well as the talents of both Richard Crenna and Bernadette Peters), CBS put the kibosh on the political sitcom after only one season and 24 episodes in the spring of '77.
@chrisw61643 жыл бұрын
“No Soap, Radio” intro tells you absolutely nothing about the show. Other than Steve Gutenberg is in it.
@seatspud3 жыл бұрын
Which is precisely when they changed channels when his name appeared.
@tomservo56954Ай бұрын
@@seatspudBefore he sold his soul to the Stonecutters...
@xenniealchayliss24894 жыл бұрын
Is 90.4 inches still the all-time record?
@ferociousgumby5 жыл бұрын
What is a "No Soap, Radio"? What does it have to do with a rollercoaster and a police whistle? I'm confused.
@RwDt095 жыл бұрын
It was a nonsensical sitcom with no real rhyme or reason to it. A clip of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXapepqJo7hlbK8
@yaywhewclips2425 жыл бұрын
Michael Keaton was also in a teacher show that i really liked. But B4 Night Shift movie (which also featured Shelly Long)?
@misha21975 жыл бұрын
Michael Keaton is hot!
@julymiller23085 жыл бұрын
Still was in Batman
@lp-xl9ld5 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes, POLICE SQUAD! IN COLOR! Never mind that TV had been all color since 1966... But apart from that, T.J. HOOKER and CAGNEY AND LACEY, the rest of these provoked a "you've GOT to be kidding...oops, guess you aren't" reaction
@tomservo56954Ай бұрын
That was part of the parody...as was the voice over by Hank Simms, who did those for nearly all the Quinn Martin shows.
@sirhcffoh2947 ай бұрын
I googled the names of all the actors
@maundamartin598 ай бұрын
Judson Scott KHANS RIGHT HAND MAN IN STAR TREK 2
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
Despite the swift cancellation of "Making The Grade" (six episodes aired on CBS that spring), Steven Peterman (6:37-6:40) would co-star on another short-lived high school-based sitcom, the cult hit "Square Pegs"--featuring a pre-"Sex And The City" Sarah Jessica Parker--that autumn. And "Making The Grade's" creator and executive producer, the late Gary David Goldberg, would also hit pay dirt that same season with a little sitcom on NBC called "Family Ties."
@laustcawz20893 жыл бұрын
Don't recall a Steven Peternan in the cast of "Square Pegs".
@demetriusdillard28633 жыл бұрын
@@laustcawz2089, Steven Peterman played the recurring role of teacher Rob Donovan in five episodes of "Square Pegs."
@laustcawz20893 жыл бұрын
@@demetriusdillard2863 Co-starring & playing a recurring role on a handful of episodes isn't really the same thing.
@tomservo56954Ай бұрын
FAMILY TIES was originally developed as a one hour drama...with Matthew Broderick as Alex.
@demetriusdillard2863Ай бұрын
I already knew Matthew "Ferris Bueller" Broderick was up for the role of uber-conservative Alex P. Keaton (a role ultimately vacated by the one and only Michael J. Fox), but I had no idea "Family Ties" was initially envisioned as an hour-long family drama...looks like I learned something new today. Thanks for commenting, @@tomservo56954.
@Panwere365 жыл бұрын
And the irony is that the only male lead show in this bunch that got more than one season is T.J. Hooker.. so much for the myth that William Shatner couldn't carry a series on his own.
@TJ523595 жыл бұрын
To be Fair to that 'Myth' Adrian Zmed was a very pretty man and they signed Heather Locklear with Season 2 (in doing so she pulled off the rare feat of working as a regular/recurring character on two series at the same )
@Panwere365 жыл бұрын
@@TJ52359 , I tend to agree. The first season, however, Shatner carried the show while Zemed blossomed till they found the right cast with the right chemistry. Adding Locklear started the ball rolling, and then adding James Darren gave them the perfect dynamic. Zemed's departure left a void, but by then people were getting tired of the standard cop show as it was. The era of the police procedural was about to dawn, but it still had a surprising run for what it was.
@ferociousgumby5 жыл бұрын
16:06 don't think that'd fly now
@thorodinson552010 ай бұрын
Where was Heather Locklear?
@demetriusdillard2863Ай бұрын
Heather didn't join "T.J. Hooker" until its second season.
@demetriusdillard28635 жыл бұрын
The theme from "Making The Grade" is eerily similar to the theme music for "Too Close For Comfort."
@Lynn174 жыл бұрын
I didn't notice that because I was too distracted by the advisory warning scrolling across the bottom of the screen, so it makes me think of a snowstorm.
@demetriusdillard28634 жыл бұрын
Thanks for commenting, @@Lynn17!
@funkyflashman5 жыл бұрын
Never heard of O.E.D. but it looks like something that would be popular today in PBS or the BBC network.
@DavidTSmith-jn5bs5 жыл бұрын
It was suppose to be like "The Wild, Wild West" and "The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr." in that they featured stories from the past that used futuristic technology and an evil scientist who wants to rule the world. It probably lacked the fun, clever writing and good cast chemistry of those two shows.
@popcornnroses4 жыл бұрын
I'm curious - are you in the US? I don't remember Q.E.D. ever being on one of the broadcast networks - I remember it as airing on Showtime in the US. And I've NEVER heard of "Jokebook", where and when did that air? I also noticed "Fame" was missing even though it had premiered on NBC in January. But dont' get me wrong, I LOVE these - they're so much fun. And "The Shape Of Things" - WOW, I thought I was the only person that remembered that show. I also remember a show that ran in January 1982 called "NBC Funnies", it was on Friday at 8 PM and lasted maybe four weeks - NO ONE except my wife seems to remember that show, most of which was done by Bill Plympton...if you ever find the intro for that, I'll be amazed!
@RwDt094 жыл бұрын
Q.E.D. aired on CBS Tuesdays 8-9 pm March 23-April 27, 1982. Jokebook might've been what you remember as NBC Funnies, it aired on NBC Fridays 8-8:30 pm April 23-May 7, 1982 (3 weeks) - there's no record of the title NBC Funnies in any of my sources. As Fame was a winter debut, not a spring one, it naturally wasn't included. And I'm in Canada.
@archer19493 жыл бұрын
Variety shows and A Happy Days spin off. The Seventies took a long time to die.
@waltkowalski90409 ай бұрын
Loved me some TJ Girdle..I mean Hooker.
@tomservo56954Ай бұрын
Or as MAD magazine called it, T.J. SCHNOOKER (the concept of a desk jockey cop going back on the streets)
@TJ523595 жыл бұрын
seems very 'cop-heavy' ...
@WilliamBKeck5 жыл бұрын
I remember reading that in some foreign country, I want to say Korea, that the first episode of Joanie Loves Chachi was the highest rated show ever, because in their language Chachi means dick.