5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 8 - TV Shows Based on Movies

[@TIDbitRETRO]

Vanessa Angel single-handedly kept Weird Science on the air for 5 seasons. 🔥

[@patricksowders7989]

Not really that show was actually pretty good

[@Donathon-xt2nl]

OMG she's gorgeous.. series was fantastic 😍❤️

[@bigbearkat2010]

Have to agree. I remember rewatching a few episodes on Hulu or somewhere else a few years ago and only got like three episodes in before I stopped because I thought Wyatt was whiny and Gary was a creep.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

And we do mean "single handedly."

[@TIDbitRETRO]

@@MidlifeCrisisJoe 😂

[@iyeetpaste3797]

_Parker Lewis_ was a fun show! The scene that always comes to mind first is when big dude punches the front of a bus and it falls to pieces.

[@613harbinger316]

I liked their reality-bending stuff as well. My favorite was the infinite trenchcoat his friend wore.

[@multitudeofidols]

I loved _Weird Science_ and remember it back-to-back with _Duckman._ Unfortunately, it was a show that overstayed its welcome, declining in quality in Season 4. Having Chett unable to have his mind wiped of Lisa's magic, getting involved in the shenanigans, and then starting a potential romantic arc between the two was where the end began.

[@brandonpage7087]

Oh yeah, I remember Duckman! Awesome show, that should be included in a future episode of forgotten tv shows.

[@kevynhansyn2902]

You and I see eye to eye on the same thing. I always think about Duckman, and I remember the Back to back times back on the USA network.

[@stephennootens916]

I remember we use to stay up late and watch weird science, duck man and USA up all night on the weekends when.we were kids.

[@LadyBern]

Yeah I remember that and even after that they dropped it. Must have realized that plot wasn't working.

[@BIacklce]

The Duckman crossover episode made me cringe

[@DarrenJSeeley]

I remember the campaign to "save" Starman more than any of the episodes themselves. The series did have the heart of the original film - which is one of John Carpenter's best.

[@secret.headquarters]

I remember watching the film when I was a kid and being bored silly. I thought John Carpenter was going to be full of murders and horror. I watched it again recently and really enjoyed it though :)

[@richmcgee434]

That movie was mostly forgettable tripe, but it did have one memorable line it it. "Red means stop, green means go, yellow means go very fast." The series was significantly more interesting, albeit very formulaic.

[@dennisdavidov782]

Also worth a mention is the 1998 show "The Net" based on the 1995 Sandra Bullock movie. It was pretty fun as a conspiracy-thriller show and the lead was very good.

[@curryman999]

The lead bad guy (Trelawney?) was also pretty good, but I don't remember seeing him pop up in anything else.

[@supastar25]

I remember that show...it was good IMO...and you're right the lead was very well cast.

[@alucard624]

It's literally the only other thing I've seen Brooke Langton in besides The Replacements.

[@kri249]

I actually remember that show. And Tim Curry was the voice of her laptop thingy.

[@theautisticfilmmaker1944]

Freddy's Nightmare is one of my favorite forgotten horror TV show of 1988.

[@jeffh278]

Its on Tubi

[@theautisticfilmmaker1944]

@@jeffh278 yep! Freddy's Nightmares is on Tubi, for now, and then, you need to watch Sanctuary on Pluto TV, you got that!?

[@juggernautheadcrush4161]

Not only did I remember Weird Science I could have named Vanessa Angel and Lee Tergesen off the top of my head. Tergesen is an awesome television actor who's been on everything (he was the murderer on 3 different Law and Order shows) but was phenomenal as Tobias Beecher in Oz.

[@leonzaduncan2438]

I used to watch this show all the time and didn't know it was a movie.

[@ChoppaBoy]

@@leonzaduncan2438 Same! Came here to mention that.

[@dhenderson1810]

Did he play the same character in those 3 eps of "Law And Order" or was he three different characters and the team investigating didn't notice how similar the three murderers all looked?

[@juggernautheadcrush4161]

@dhenderson1810 He played 3 different characters. Since all 3 law and orders feature different casts, handle 3 different areas of investigation and 2 of the shows are more than 20 years old you get some crossover with the need for experienced character actors.

[@dhenderson1810]

@@juggernautheadcrush4161 Oh, I thought that he might be like a recurring baddie in it.

[@jamesmoss3424]

The Starman TV 📺 show should never be canceled in the first place. 😀👍

[@Madbandit77]

Agreed.

[@Morbos1000]

Happy you talked about Ferris Bueller and Parker Lewis. I remember Ferris being the lesser of the two shows despite it being the one directly taken from the movie. Maybe not having the constraints of being a sequel to the movie allowed Parker Lewis Can't Lose to become the better show. By the way, Family Guy references in one episode with Peter dressed as Parker Lewis and declaring that Parker can't lose even to Batman.

[@TimothyCollins]

Truth is, Parker Lewis can't lose was simply... better. At least as I remember. Parker Lewis had a much more surreal take on the same subject matter.

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

@@TimothyCollins Well it doesn't take much, that Ferris series was garbage.

[@soriacx]

@@TimothyCollins Yes, Parker Lewis took the best from the Ferris movie and took it up to eleven with its comic style and unusual camera angles. Plus the "new" characters were much more fleshed out, Jerry with his coat-of-all-trades, Mrs. Musso was a likeable character even as the baddie, and who could forget the Kube... Eat now??

[@TimothyCollins]

@@legospaceman4978 I vaguely remember a joke on Parker Lewis about a locker leading to an underground club or something...

[@soriacx]

@@TimothyCollins It was a passageway to the secret "Flamingo Radio" studio, which the gang, of course, used to set up the pirate radio again. I also remember another locker gag, the door could be opened both sides, one side was an ordinary locker, but open it the other way and you got a filled locker. How was that physically possible? Rule of cool 🙂

[@johnst3296]

You gotta do one on Alien Nation. Totally surpassed the (very good) movie ...

[@Madbandit77]

Hear, hear...

[@timothyduffy8538]

Great movie and great series. Might be too well known for this particular series though.

[@johnst3296]

@@timothyduffy8538 I think among us yeah, but a lot of people have no idea. I think it should be on the level of star trek, it was that good from my point of view. Would be nice if some stream service were pushing it. I don't believe it is other than bootleggers on KZbin?

[@richmcgee434]

Agreed. The film was quite good, but the series managed to do even better with the premise.

[@thecinematicmind]

Surreal how the MASH book has been completely eclipsed by both the film and TV show.

[@MarcoBayod_MB]

Parker Lewis was amazing! I watched Scrubs feeling the same vibe

[@deanfranz]

Now that you've said this, I've gotta give SCRUBS another watch

[@richmcgee434]

The other show that had that same surrealist comedy feel (albeit for a slightly younger audience) was the Adventures of Pete & Pete, which on Nick around the same time Parker Lewis was running.

[@arri275555]

Worked with Richard Riehle on a film many moons ago.He played the principle in Ferris Bueller. Richard, is absolutely the most humble and kind person ever. It was an honor to work with him

[@shoutingstone]

I do love these forgotten TV show episodes. Despite growing up in the 80s & 90s and spending much of that time glued to a TV., I'm constantly surprised how many shows you dig up that I've never heard of

[@pdzombie1906]

I loved Starman, Parker Lewis, and Airwolf. Studios should learn you can only take name recognition so far. Sometimes inspiration works better than buying a name to build a franchise (I'm looking at you Amazon)... Thanx, Cecil, great as usual!!

[@shainewhite2781]

00:58, they had this show on syndication on Syfy.

[@Reject101Personal]

Clerks: The Animated Series would have been a good shout for this. Maybe theres a list of forgotten animated shows based on films you can do?

[@scottmarshall5755]

The animated series is awesome. I think just too early. Would probably do well now though.

[@richmcgee434]

Be careful what you ask for. He'd have to cover the atrocity that was the Spaceballs animated series as well.

[@adam-l74]

Our family regularly watched the Starman series, sad it never had a chance to conclude. Another odd movie to series I remember is Working Girl starring Sandra Bullock

[@TonySamedi]

I remember the Weird Science show, think I saw that long before the movie. I really enjoyed it, but I was also a pretty young teen boy so right in the target audience wheelhouse. I vaguely remember Starman, I may have to check that one out now that I'm older and probably more appreciative of what it was going for. Don't remember Blue Thunder the movie or the show, but I do remember Airwolf. I think I had a toy of the helicopter from the show back when I was a kid.

[@Malum09]

i LOVED the Weird Science show, it took me years to see the movie

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

Parker Lewis is one of my favourite TV shows of all time. It was wholesome, funny, and brilliant. The cartoonish style was absolutely refreshing. One of the most hilarious details that I still remember, is Lemmer's nemmesis, who was a black guy called Remmel, with short and blond hair XD. I was 14 years old at that time, so the show hit me really hard.

[@richmcgee434]

I don't know if I'd go that far, but it was very, very good. Far better than almost anything in its era. Always thought it had a very similar vibe to the Adventures of Pete & Pete, which was a contemporary of Parker Lewis albeit aimed at a slightly younger audience. Early 90s were a good stretch for surrealist humor on TV.

[@swishatweek1841]

I love revisiting my youth with videos like this !!!

[@guyvizard549]

Heck yeah! I used to watch Weird Science! Of course, USA is where I used to watch Up All Night and was introduced to TROMA movies. I remember the show being alright. One of the best things Lee Tergensen ever did. He was the stand-out. The two main characters were like cartoon versions of their movie counterparts. But they had pretty good stories and ridiculous problems every episode. Then again, I was like... 12. So who knows?

[@snorpenbass4196]

The thing is, the ones that failed were the ones that pretty blatantly missed the entire point of the movie they were based on. The reason? 80's-90's TV was still horrendously conservative in its values, and couldn't fathom the kind of TV we have today. For all that some complain about it today, modern shows get away with a LOT more than they did 30 years ago, both in terms of plots and themes.

[@Madbandit77]

That's because cable around that time wasn't as big as today, and the Internet barely existed. Some do complain about the fracturing of entertainment, but having more options is better than watching something someone from Topeka, Kansas finds entertaining.

[@shainewhite2781]

7:15, love that movie!! "Awesome, totally awesome! Way to go, Hamilton!" Lol!

[@JF-xj3cu]

since you showed Robocop in the beginning I think "Movies for adults that were made into kid friendly spinoffs" would make for a great video. Be it animated or live action conversions.

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

Good list. Rewatched Blue Thunder on GetTV a couple of years back when they aired the series on Saturday late night programming. I used to watch most of these, except for Fast Times. Starman was pretty good. Though I found similarities to, I think it was called The Phoenix. All I remember of the show is that the lead guy had powers and was being hunted by Richard Lynch. Ferris Bueller was okay, didn't recall most of these until this video. Thanks. If you ever do a part 2 to this list, I have suggestions. F/X: The Series (with a pre Matrix Carrie Anne Moss) , the original RoboCop (with a pre Rescue Me Andrea Roth) and Alien Nation.

[@fisheyenomiko]

"I think it was called The Phoenix." OMG! Yes, I remember that show! Though I can't remember much about it... "Alien Nation"! I remember that show, too. (-:

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

@@fisheyenomiko I'm the same way about a lot of my life. I can't recall most things, "thanks" to sleep apnea. I hate that. Sadly I remember more about useless stuff than the important things. I can tell you more about TV shows from back then than my school years.

[@CantankerousDave]

Also, Clerks: The Animated Series. I think it’s hilarious, but ABC yanked it after only a couple episodes.

[@baronvg]

I remember there was an episode of Parker Lewis where they had a “post credits” scene involving Ferris Bueller & Cameron sitting in an auditorium (all in shadow) while the Parker Lewis cast is working on stage and they talk about how (in regards to the just finished episode) that’s how you make a good episode. Lmao so meta for early 90s!

[@nater86zx]

I thought of that episode as I watched this, too and remember it well. "So that's how they do it... C'mon Ferris, let's get out of here." I had a bunch of Parker Lewis rerun episodes on VHS I taped off of the USA network.

[@baronvg]

@@nater86zx I remember as a kid there was a poll either in class or school or somewhere and it was what show has the best school. I don’t remember the choices but the show that won was Parker Lewis lol

[@bluesman99999]

I remember watching both Starman and Weird Science. It sounds like the critics were actually right about something when it came to Fast Times. There's no way you can take Fast Times at Ridegmont High and translate it to network television without losing the essence of it.

[@Madbandit77]

That's the same thing that happened to the Animal House TV version, Delta House.

[@richmcgee434]

@@Madbandit77 Oh yeah. I'd nearly forgotten that dog of a show.

[@dhenderson1810]

Maybe they should have had "Fast Times" be like a US version of the Canadian teen drama "Degrassi High", which dealt with teen pregnancy, suicide etc.

[@randygiles845]

I remember watching Starman with my Mom when it originally aired, and then being disappointed when they didn't do a season 2.

[@Rickbane01]

Weird Science was a hit in Australia. I remember watching it when I was young.

[@theodoremartin9333]

Fast Times at Ridgemont high is one of the best and truest high school portrayals ever. There is no way the themes of the movie could ever be put in a sitcom. The subplot of JJL getting an abortion without parental consent is heavy but we all remember things like that happened in that day. Also, Spicolli's character was spot on but that movie was released before Nancy Reagan's successful "Just Say No" first lady's platform which was very influential in the mid to late 80s. No way a character like that could have been on primetime. Saved by the bell was pretty much a watered down Fast Times and it did touch on heavy subjects... drinking and driving also drug usage both were portrayed as really bad and served as a lesson for the characters

[@MidlifeCrisisMedia]

I used to watch the Starman tv series religiously when it was originally being broadcast since I loved the movie, and I still do. Definitely going to check them out on Tubi to see how well they hold up from my memory. Thanks for the info about where to see them!

[@bigsarge2085]

Haha, in the 1990's I remember watching the "Weird Science" TV show whenever I could at a friend's house. We didn't have cable.

[@EvaFull]

Weird Science was one of my favorite Cable Only Comedies when it was airing. I seem to remember a block with that & Duckman… 💭 💭 💭

[@alankohn6709]

I've seen The Blue Thunder TV series and Airwolf and it boiled down to this Blue Thunder was a cop show that happened to have a helicopter in it and while the acting was fine none of the actors really stood out. Much of what made the movie work was the screen presence of Scheider and Mcdowell. Airwolf was an exiting spy action series with a wiff of Sci Fi Jan Michael Vincent was magnetic and Ernest Borgnine was a famous star of TV and movies.

[@quietinsound8087]

Plus Airwolf had a brilliant and catchy theme tune, sometimes that makes all the difference.

[@surrealkit4843]

I watched every episode of Weird Science. I really loved that show. I knew it long before the film.

[@r0kus]

I liked _Starman_ a lot as well. That said, often the plots of _Starman,_ _The Incredible Hulk,_ and _The Fugitve_ could be interchanged, and I would not be surprised if some were. All were one-off episodes wherein the protagonist finds himself in new town, is able to help people who need it, only to be forced to move on by the single-minded antagonist trying to capture him.

[@m.e.3862]

Had no idea Parker Lewis was on for that long! I just remember the actor going on to co star in Stargate sg1. It's no surprise it beat Ferris Bueller because Charlie schlatter was miscast. That guy was not the cool, laid back FB from the film.

[@fisheyenomiko]

A few more obscure movie-based tv series: "Alien Nation", "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", "Tremors" (with Michael Gross playing his movie role), "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles".

[@Madbandit77]

Cecil already handled The Crow in his short-lived, comic book based TV series video.

[@richmcgee434]

The Alien Nation show was surprisingly decent, considering the rather narrow focus of the original film (ie buddy cop scifi). Then again, Weird Science wasn't exactly the deepest movie plot either and look how well that show did.

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

I remember Blue Thunder. There was also a show based on the movie Alien Nation.

[@williamduhamel7726]

Remember when FOX was brand new? There were shows that made it big like Married…with Children and 21 Jumpstreet. But there were some forgotten shows like Women in prison, Bandit, and the adventures of Beans Baxter. You should do an retrospective of that in the future

[@Madbandit77]

There wasn't never a show called Bandit on Fox, and Cecil already handled Beans Baxter.

[@jameslucas2992]

Severed Ties. That's a flick I'd like to see you cover one day. It's weird and I recently figured out the name of it after years of trying since I was a kid.

[@shainewhite2781]

4:12, I love Dana Carvey!

[@Madbandit77]

Before Blue Thunder: The TV series, he was on a short-lived sitcom called "One Of The Boys" with Mickey Rooney and Nathan Lane. It's on the Crackle TV app. Lane recently was on "The View" and noted Rooney thought Dana was gay. Man, Rooney's gaydar was WAY off, and he worked on MGM musicals...🤔

[@tydelwave]

So excited to watch this when I get home. Love this new series!

[@Reject101Personal]

This is part 8... its not a new series. Part 1 was done almost a year ago

[@wjhull]

I remember liking Weird Science, but literally the only thing I remember about it is the line, "Whenever you figure, you make a 'fig' out of 'u' and... 're'". Which I still use to this day.

[@richmcgee434]

A good catchy line makes all the difference. The only thing from Starman (the film, not the show) that I can still recall clearly is the "how stoplights work" line, based on the alien observing human driving firsthand. "Red means stop, green means go, yellow means go very fast."

[@legomech1946]

Love these videos. Now we need an "Inspired by Video Games" one with Maniac Mansion!

[@blazerocker1734]

I watched the Starman TV series having never known about the Jeff Bridges film. I finally learned about it around 2001 or so. Great video.

[@dicegeeks]

I remembered Blue Thunder, but none of the others. How about covering Hard Time on Planet Earth, Otherworld, and The Highwayman?

[@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME]

I recall that Police Academy had both a live-action and animated series.

[@kri249]

I loved watching Parker Lewis as a kid after school. And years later I would also enjoy watching Weird Science after school also. I was just wondering if the episodes that were never aired in the US were aired in other countries, like Australia. And then Cecil mentioned the whole series was released here. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

[@newspooiechannel]

It should be noted that some of the writers from Parker Lewis Can't Lose would go on to write for Weird Science's earlier seasons. Writers from the later seasons of Weird Sceince would then go on to write for the TV spinoff for Honey I Shrunk The Kids' first season. I seemed to recall USA Network doing well with the ratings of Weird Science on Saturday nights, but as soon as they moved the series to Sunday nights (early Monday morning), it killed the ratings. Though the last episode of the series was written AS a final episode, so perhaps USA moved it not wanting to devote much prime time real estate to a show already having ended.

[@TheStrykerProject]

Wow...Fast Times as a network TV show? LOL - I'm surprised that lasted longer than 11 minutes of the pitch meeting! I'd definitely love to see the Weird Science and Starman shows, though!

[@grkpektis]

Out of these I've only seen weird science, loved that show as a kid watched it every week with my family

[@jonnyrizz]

Love these, keep 'em coming

[@nintenjoe8630]

Man, i loved the Weird Science Show as a kid.

[@mackmcmillan9905]

0:41 - That is a glorious Canuckistan Tuxedo, man!

[@pong86r]

Weird Science was such a great show! So was Parker Lewis Can't Lose. I really wish there was a deep dive on that show because it's so damn good

[@nater86zx]

Corin Nemic (Parker) did an interview for a podcaster a couple years ago and talked about how Parker's outfits were based on hip hop fashion of the day.

[@joshuafrohm921]

I love the weird science sitcom I'd love to watch it again

[@kirk1701]

_Blue Thunder_ is available to watch on Crackle, for those who are interested.

[@Phaota]

Of them all, "Starman" and "Weird Science" were the best. Glad you mentioned "Park Lewis Can't Loose", which was also a fun series that definitely had its origin from "Ferris". I sold my old Kenner AT-AT and Imperial Shuttle toys to one of the writers of that series back in the 1990s.

[@Highice007]

The movie Blue Thunder is my all time favorite. John Badham's direction is tight, and thrilling. The areal stunts by legendary stunt pilot James Gavin were the best ever filmed. It was a gritty action packed serious film. Sadly the tv show, whch i only found out about six years ago, was too family friendly and tame for good story lines.

[@captaintoyota3171]

Wish i had a library of these old shows on dvd or something. Just endless enjoyment of old oddities

[@justintoner9817]

Wow, of this bunch the only one I knew about was Weird Science because I watched it when it was on USA network, I thought it was a fun show. Had no idea about these other ones. Thanks Cecil!

[@haruruben]

5:45 OMG I watched the heck out of Weird Science when I was a kid. My whole family absolutely loved it, so creative. Vanessa Angel was so beautiful, I thought for sure she was going to be a huge star and then poof never saw her again

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

I know it's not really your thing, but I still appreciate your highlighting the 'Weird Science' tv-show. It was a huge favorite in my family for years. =) (They even did an episode paying tribure all things slasher-movies!) So, thanks!

[@speedmastermarkiii]

So Jennifer Aniston played Ferris Bueller's sister in the TV series, a part that was played by Jennifer Grey in the movie. Jennifer Grey would later famously ruin her career thanks to a nose job, while Jennifer Aniston would find fame playing a character on "Friends" whose backstory included getting a nose job.

[@markoyamashitach]

That ending clip is exactly how high school was for me... probably explains a thing or two about today's world... lol I remember watching Starman and Weird Science when I was younger. Never managed to catch the others. Likely because we moved around a lot back then due to my parents constantly being deployed to various places and spending a lot of time on bases in Europe back in the day. One thing I do remember though was just how scrubbed movies were prior to being shown on TV. Between scenes being completely removed (for content) and ads being inserted instead of overlaid, plus you had practically every word considered "bad" poorly dubbed out by someone that didn't even sound like the actor, "edited TV-PG and TV-PG13" was a poor man's way of seeing a movie way past it's VHS home release date. Kinda miss those days though. Always felt like something new was just about to be discovered when you went to the rental store or passed around the tape with episodes you missed between friends. Maybe because you had time to have that anticipation build up while you peddled home on your bike back then lol.

[@petermartin4142]

The helicopter in Airwolf looked cooler than the one in blue thunder. And you can’t beat Ernest Borgnine.😂😂😂

[@scottpaul7427]

I saw many of these as a kid, including Blue Thunder. The only two things I remember about it is that they had a ground team in a truck or van that used the radio callsign Rolling Thunder and that it wasn't as good as Airwolf.

[@Chris-il6iq]

I had no idea about some of these spinoffs. I knew about Buffy because I actually watched the movie as a kid many times but never watched the TV show, same goes with Ferris. The movie Starman I've seen so many times but I had no idea about the TV show. Anyway, it is so cool to see what I've missed.

[@AHalevonEric]

Michael Manasseri is still a very prolific actor with indie films like The Pickle Recipe. He made an offbeat superhero movie too called A Mosquito Man you might enjoy.

[@shainewhite2781]

4:55, Air Wolf.

[@JerryD9000]

Came for the great content, left feeling old. I remember actually watching about 70% of these.

[@sonder420]

Cant wait for you to make a 2 hour retrospect on scifi channels the invisible man.

[@CantankerousDave]

Two seasons of some of the best banter you’ll ever come across. Largely improv, as I recall. And an invisible man beats the living crap out of a mime for yucks.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

My mighty Decepticon Army is standing by!!!

[@sisterdebmac]

Starman's on Tubi?! Greatest thing I've learned today. I love that show.

[@ghostbustersquickresponseu5159]

I feel so old. I remember watching all of these first-run.

[@naglma]

GBF really deserves 1M subscribers.

[@CERTAIND00M]

So, there IS an alternate timeline where Chainsaw also played Spicoli! I thought that was just something I dreamed up as a kid.

[@noizetv4240]

I used to record shows on VHS when I was a kid, and Weird Science was one of the shows I enjoyed rewatching.

[@moserfugger6363]

STARMAN should have been a hit. Had all the right ingredients and was very well made. One of the few examples where an adaption of a movie into a tv show actually worked and made sense. I'm sure if they'd given the show more time it would have found an audience. Greetings from Germany :)

[@shainewhite2781]

4:00, I saw the movie, but not the TV series.

[@shainewhite2781]

2:25, very meta! Lol!!

[@chrisbaker8533]

As soon as you mentioned "Ferris bueller", i immediately thought of "Parker lewis can't loose". Glad you mentioned it. IMHO, Parker was definitely the better or the two.

[@TrevorNWhite]

Fascinating to learn about all the stuff that doesn’t even make the cut for streaming!

[@Cander509]

I was overseas for most of the 80’s so finding this channel was a stroke of entertainment luck for me.. and it looks like I didn’t miss anything important.😆

[@kutter_ttl6786]

After first being introduced to Lee Tergesen on Weird Science it was kind of jarring to see him on Oz, the tone of the shows was completely opposite of eachother.

[@glarryg2318]

I may be in the minority here, but I thought that Lisa from the "Weird Science" TV show was prettier than Lisa from the "Weird Science" movie.

[@grantcoleman8547]

Same. Always thought women in the 90s were more attractive than women in the 80s.

[@PhantomBugler]

Saw all these at least once while they aired, except Blue Thunder. I also remember a pilot for a Mr. Mom sitcom.

[@slip6hazard9]

Hey dude, I know this is off topic but I was wondering, do you do any other VO or Narration for other channels? I was watching a couple recent videos on the channel "Audit the Audit" and I couldn't help but think "Damn this dude sounds a lot like the Good Bad Flicks Guy"

[@ADarkandStormyNight]

Two forgotten shows that could really use some love are Todd and the Book of Pure Evil and Hollistan. Hollistan also featured tons of crazy horror star cameos and recurring characters, such as Kane Hodder, Danielle Harris and even had the lead singers to Twisted Sister and Gwar as main cast members.

[@colinf2920]

I had totally forgotten about Todd and the Book of Pure Evil until your post! Only vague memories about it now, but have a strong feeling of really liking it and a sudden desire to watch it.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

Worth noting that the Fast Times TV show had an original theme song written specifically for it by Oingo Boingo. It’s pretty catchy and hard to find. Alas, it’s not a full song, they just wrote 60 seconds of music and lyrics because that’s all that was called for

[@SunGawdRa]

I friggen LOVED Parker Louis! And Airwolf! And Weird Science! I think I always thought I was the weird one for liking the 'off brand' versions. Except Weird Science, but I can give you a very good reason why that stayed on as long as it did...

[@2buxaslice]

I loved the Weird Science TV show, though I thought I would hate it because I love the movie. I actually ended up watching OZ on HBO because I was flipping through the channels one night and saw Lee Tergesen was in it. I was so surprised that he got more work after Weird Science that I had to see what it was about and loved it.

[@Madbandit77]

He was also appeared on "The Americans". Solid character actor, that guy.

[@djkangal]

Memories of "Weird Science" was definitely something I thought I imagined. I guess I caught some of it before or after "Duckman".

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

I very much enjoyed Blue Thunder. It was no Airwolf, but it was fine! 🥺 Woah, Weird Science had Lee Tergesen in it?? He's done some good roles in the 2000s. I particularly enjoyed him in Generation Kill, Castle and Law & Order SVU (the first appearance, as Billy Skags)

[@jayfrancis84]

I actually watched the Weird Science TV show while it first aired.

[@bluray76]

Hell yeah great list. I remember all these. I have starman and blue thunder on dvd that I take very good care of. Ferris buelller I have recorded on a vhs somewhere. Glad you covered these.

[@BenChanNYC]

Any love for "Private Benjamin?" It starred Lorna Patterson (replacing Goldie Hawn) and Eileen Brennan (who reprised her role from the movie)