@rickyparker3853 5 жыл бұрын
Actually Scarecrow and Mrs. King was a hit show! And it was good! I watched it EVERY week. I was 16 years old that year.
@suzannemarie7313 3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite shows.
@felix121984 2 жыл бұрын
This is Kate Jackson's fourth hit show.
@claytoncourtney1309 Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure where they said Scarecrow Mrs King wasn't a hit show. They said of the shows that premiered only six made it to a second season. They did not say that there weren't any hits or any series did not go more than two seasons
@carolynjimenez5819 Жыл бұрын
Who said it wasn't
@BluePoetProductions Жыл бұрын
Webster, Hardcastle and McCormick, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and Hotel are 4 of the 6 that went on to be successful. I would have to go look up the others, to see which other 2 got past 1 season.
@harryhughdiner4231 2 жыл бұрын
0:18 It's not Easy 1:29 We Got it Made 2:10 Oh Madeline 2:59 After MASH 3:57 Jennifer Slept Here 4:48 Just our Luck 5:52 Webster 6:51 Mr. Smith 8:01 Manimal 9:01 Hardcastle and McCormick 10:33 Scarecrow and Mrs. King 11:45 Whiz Kids 12:58 Boone 14:11 The Rousters 15:40 Yellow Rose 16:20 Cutter to Houston 17:34 Trauma Center 18:54 Bay City Blues 20:22 For Love and Honor 21:41 Emerald Point N.A.S. 22:55 Lottery $ 23:54 Arthur Hailey's Hotel
@alfonsogreen2722 2 жыл бұрын
I was 5 years old at the time. Some of these shows I never watched or heard of
@sgtdedhed Жыл бұрын
Spoiler alert...😂
@75aces97 Жыл бұрын
@@alfonsogreen2722good reason for that. They were...not good.
@bigorange2082 10 ай бұрын
@@Mike-ke4ypas a kid I loved MASH. I wanted to love that show but it was awful.
@alfonsogreen2722 10 ай бұрын
These r the shows I never heard of or never watched It's not easy Oh Madeline Jennifer slept here Just our luck Mr. Smith Manimal Yellow Rose Cutter to Houston Trauma Center Bay city blues For love & honor Emerald Point NAS
@jimmydesanta1363 Жыл бұрын
hardcastle and mccormick was just an absolute phenomenal show!
@JymmGarner 10 ай бұрын
Stephen J Cannel made some awesome shows in the 80s
@ap14rcf70 8 жыл бұрын
Hardcastle and McCormick was actually fun.
@johnashley327 5 жыл бұрын
Was a junior in high school. These videos are like time machines. These shows are triggering all kinds of memories.
@andrewbevan4662 5 жыл бұрын
The other theme tune was better though...
@ecclestonsangel 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was a really good show. It came out when I was a sophomore in high school. That and Scarecrow and Mrs. King were my favorites. The 80s were the pinnacle of great tv shows. Miami Vice came out the very next year. It don't get any better than that. That's why I mostly watch streaming services now. With the exception of The Orville, everything else on tv now SUCKS!!!!!
@ShanesTubes 3 жыл бұрын
I'll admit I was intrigued when I saw Stephen j cannell was a creator. I still watch 21 jump street, that was a fun show.
@AztecCamera2 9 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about these old intros is playing the "Look! It's him/her!" game. Incidentally many of these are just awful.
@boat6float 9 жыл бұрын
It's somewhat relieving that TV was as bad 32 years ago as it is now.
@feliciak9968 5 жыл бұрын
boat6float I always tell people that nostalgia it what makes people think media was better “back then”. Nope; there was a lot of clunkers back then and some new gems now.
@119Agent 5 жыл бұрын
Before they were stars meets after they were stars meets "who?"
@not-so-smartaleck8987 4 жыл бұрын
"playing the 'Look! It's him/her!' game" Of course--that's the only reason why these flashbacks to crappy shows from 30-40 years ago is interesting. Well that, and perhaps being reminded of the 1 or 2 shows (out of all of them) that were actually halfway decent.
@jlh4jc 3 жыл бұрын
To us, many are bad shows. But to actors, it's their resume. Many have been able to parlay these experiences to more successful shows because of exposure and connections they make.
@Cathari 9 жыл бұрын
I don't care what anyone says...i loved "Scarecrow & Mrs. King". great theme song too.
@tranurse 9 жыл бұрын
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is still my favorite show of all time.
@Raeperk57 9 жыл бұрын
+Psychokinetic2k He's now on Hallmark's Cedar Cove. His character is married to Barbara Niven.
@OWOT-re5jf 6 жыл бұрын
Great successful show
@daleholbert3111 6 жыл бұрын
Hated it
@daleholbert3111 6 жыл бұрын
Cutter to Houston and Trauma Center must of on lasted a few episodes
@thurdi 10 жыл бұрын
It's great to revisit these to see the long list of bit players that have been forgotten by time as well as the ones that went on to become famous. Thanks so much.
@rodneybrimer1712 7 жыл бұрын
Damn, forgot how much I liked Hardcasle and Mcormick. Soon as music started I remembered it . Brian Keith reminded me of my grandpa. Tough and cool.
@PerthTowne 9 жыл бұрын
Good to see the theme from Scarecrow and Mrs. King again. The theme was great, and the show was fun. It's amazing how long that theme was though. They'd never do anything like that now.
@mrcydonia 5 жыл бұрын
Man, look at all those amazing computers in "Whiz Kids"! I bet they had at least 64 kilobytes of RAM!
@not-so-smartaleck8987 4 жыл бұрын
Which was powered by a couple of hamsters running on wheels in cages.
@tejaswoman 10 ай бұрын
My first computer, a Compaq in 1990, had a 40 MB _hard drive_ instead of just measly floppy drives. Huge step up. Now we routinely take a single photograph or send an email that takes up that much room.
@jodejack 7 жыл бұрын
I hated Manimal when the guy turned into an eagle and his hands became claws. claws are eagles feet. his hands should have been wings dammit!
@lucaskulis2982 5 жыл бұрын
bahahahahaha
@mrcydonia 5 жыл бұрын
I never gave that much thought, but yeah, that is maddening.
@davidjackson2524 5 жыл бұрын
jodejack and the lead guy from Manimal, Simon McCorkindale, died of Cancer about 10 years ago.
@lk8181 7 жыл бұрын
some great memories here. These were my formative tv watching years. I loved Whiz Kids! Family always watched Scarecrow and Mrs King. Hardcastle & McCormick was lots of fun too. TV wasn't necessarily better or worse than it is now, but just different. 80's had far fewer serialized, or long story arc type shows. Most of your hourly shows back then didn't require you to watch every week to fully understand the story. Instead you watch weekly just because you enjoyed it. You also had far fewer channels back then too, so shows were broader but you still had interesting idea/niche shows like Manimal or Jennifer Slept Here. Now if you'll excuse me I want to find some episodes of Scarecrow & Mrs. King to veg out to!
@yaywhewclips242 7 жыл бұрын
"ALbert" from LHOTPraire. I liked Whiz Kids too. I recall an ep where the black kid took control the city traffic control system.
@carenlissner454 11 ай бұрын
I remember many of these too. Whiz Kids was just right for my age...we knew we were on the cusp of something our parents didn't quite understand.
@fjccommish 10 ай бұрын
LOL out loud if watching this garbage helped form you.
@user-mj8nf2vp7q 7 жыл бұрын
I wrote a report on Scarecrow and Mrs. King being my favorite show in the 6th grade. We used to watch Lottery, Webster, and Hotel too... great shows!
@playmeri 9 жыл бұрын
I loved Madeline Kahn!
@boat6float 9 жыл бұрын
"Is that a 10 gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show?"--Blazing Saddles
@joshgellis3352 5 жыл бұрын
Kahn was also a major Disco artist- 'Forbidden Love'.
@carlesq. 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah she was good,enjoyed her in Clue
@1964DB 5 жыл бұрын
I loved the episode of Oh Madeline when she tried to teach Johnny Mathis how to sing. Such a funny lady gone too soon.
@mapster72map75 4 жыл бұрын
I adored that show! She was so brilliant and funny.
@DigiFootageFX 5 жыл бұрын
My grandmother used to love that "Hardcastle and McCormick" show. I remember it as a little kid that she would watch that all the time.
@robertkoscinski8023 5 жыл бұрын
Just watched the whole series of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" on DVD. Great show!
@sabster74 5 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else watch the intro to "Hotel" and thought that the entire cast looked like they were bored and just trying to look busy? Thank God they changed it after the pilot.
@cpsheedy 5 жыл бұрын
The 70s still had a firm grip in 83.
@PreApocalypseJitters 7 жыл бұрын
I was the only kid in my class who raved about Hardcastle & McCormick, felt punched in the face when the show ended after 3 years.
@harryschultze6690 7 жыл бұрын
It was one of my favorite shows at the time
@HD-er2cq 6 жыл бұрын
PreApocalypseJitters I was crushed too. Loved the dynamic between Brian and Daniel.
@vivienleigh2121 5 жыл бұрын
I watched it.
@sabster74 5 жыл бұрын
The Coyote X was the real star of the show.
@ziggy72170 9 жыл бұрын
""Hardcastle and McCormick"" !!! ( Rock'in Theme Song .Loved It !)
@MakeLifeExtraordinary 5 жыл бұрын
God I loved Whiz Kidz. It was only on for a season or two, but it was good and covered a crazy subject back in the early days of home computers and no internet... hacking. It and War Games inspired my love for computers and programming. Such awesome times! I think about that show a lot.
@carenlissner454 11 ай бұрын
It was a pretty good time to be a kid (especially a vid kid)
@johnfreeman440 10 ай бұрын
i was 10 when it was on TV for the one season, but I remember it absolutely driving me to get that Commordore 64 for Christmas and continue on to a lifetime in IT.
@not-so-smartaleck8987 4 жыл бұрын
17:21 Shelley Hack was gorgeous. Too bad I never heard of "Cutter to Houston", although honestly I never watched dramas too much (in this case, a medical drama).
@PtolemyJones 5 жыл бұрын
It appears I picked a perfect time to be stationed overseas.
@JamesPawson 4 жыл бұрын
Wall to wall garbage.
@survivingchicago5797 5 жыл бұрын
I’m so proud of little Emmanuel Lewis that he grow up to be the mayor of Chicago, it’s so good to see a child actor become a success in their adulthood! Way to go Emmanuel👍
@TheRedDevil_NC Жыл бұрын
lol
@scottlarson1548 8 жыл бұрын
I sometimes tell kids and young adults that TV networks once had "specials" that showcased their new shows that would be on (for a while) next fall so we could go to school or work and talk about which ones we were most excited about. Television was a different thing back then.
@HR-rl4ke 5 жыл бұрын
Yes it did I also remember that!!
@vivienleigh2121 5 жыл бұрын
I watched those specials too.
@cdtharpe5438 5 жыл бұрын
Remember Saturday Cartoon preview shows? You knew it was Fall then...
@kevinthetruckdriver353 5 жыл бұрын
You have to remember. Satellite TV was with the big satellite dishes on top of your house. That was expensive. Cable TV was starting up & *YOU HAD TO HAVE A CABLE BOX.* Meaning one channel at a time. Home video was new (VHS / Betamax). Where you could tape *(over the air)* one program & watch another. TV's were expensive for big screen. Besides, *TV's back then had picture tubes with solid state electronics.* *Different times.*
@TJ52359 5 жыл бұрын
I swear I saw one as recently as the summer of 17... - when i found the first one of these, (this is #5 today) that's what I thought it was and i know for sure in the mid 00's some networks would stick a DVD of said "promo-reel" (or what ever you call it) inside the Box sets of of the past year's Seasons of certain shows
@sha11235 5 жыл бұрын
That Mr. Smith thing was one of the craziest things to put on TV.
@JavMacHer 11 ай бұрын
Couldn’t wait to see that train wreck. Can you recommend any episodes?
@MegaCrowdaddy 9 жыл бұрын
I remember most of these shows failing, but I've honestly never heard of "The Rousters"....How in the WORLD was this not a hit???? Carnies fighting, trucks jumping, guns shooting. Chad FREAKING Everett, Hoyt FREAKING Axton, Jim FREAKING Varney! I'm ready to buy the DVD set now!!!!!
@yell0wberry 6 жыл бұрын
MegaCrowdaddy it kind of sounds like a similar show that once aired on CBS on Friday nights
@mapolloni73 6 жыл бұрын
Jim Varney the carny.
@johngrauman4208 5 жыл бұрын
It wasn't all that bad
@119Agent 5 жыл бұрын
@@mapolloni73 Wasn't he a carny on the Simpsons too?
@mapolloni73 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah you're right, he was Cooder on the Simpsons.
@suedenim 6 жыл бұрын
The people who make intros REALLY fell in love with the use of still photos in the 80s!
@mcraft2240 10 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same. Every intro seemed to be the same.
@DrummerGrrrl 5 жыл бұрын
Bruce and Kate! So awesome together!
@1964DB 5 жыл бұрын
I got married in November of 1983, so I missed most of these. Hubby and I worked most evenings and not much of our time off was spent watching TV.
@jenniferlacex 8 жыл бұрын
I love this stuff! Thank you so much for posting it!
@Daehawk 5 жыл бұрын
That intro to Hardcastle & McCormick though..VROooooom.
@pattibrooks1907 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much !! Love all the vids you put out on the shows for that year !!
@TimBoyd2012 6 жыл бұрын
I had been wracking my brains for years trying to remember the name of the sitcom with Shabu the Genie. Thanks!
@jaydean8843 5 жыл бұрын
Hardcastle and McCormick was a good show.
@80sgirl96 8 жыл бұрын
OMG ... "Jennifer Slept Here".
@lindquist96 7 жыл бұрын
Complete with Glenn Scarpelli!
@yell0wberry 6 жыл бұрын
80's Girl The show might’ve lasted an extra season if Ann Julian didn’t get sick
@bdh70 5 жыл бұрын
I remember this show. It was pretty bad and the theme song was horrid. My grandma didn't like it either
@janetstrayer698 5 жыл бұрын
I barely remember but I so watched this
@sha11235 5 жыл бұрын
@@janetstrayer698 Me too. I am actually friends with Brandon Maggart, who played the dad. And I reminded him that Georgia Engel had passed away. She had this stupid voice on the show, drove me crazy.
@marx686 5 жыл бұрын
Ive never heard of most of these, but I was working a lot and raising a family. Great video collection!!!
@kristopherjohnson9641 5 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! I'll have whatever the networks were smoking that year.
@beingkitschroeder2507 10 ай бұрын
I think the "Scarecrow and Mrs King" and "Hotel" were the only of these shows I watched. Anne Baxter as "Victoria Cabot" taught me to treat everyone in the workplace with the same level of respect, regardless of their position. I went on to eventually become a Catering Sales Manager at a similar luxury hotel in Boston and that was a tidbit I held on to forever! I had a HUGE crush on Bruce Boxleitner, back in the day. Possibly still do...
@GOGOSLIFE 7 жыл бұрын
After being reminded of the crap that was on tv at the time, I now remember why I watched MTV, lol.
@nowthatsjustducky 5 жыл бұрын
I will admit that I enjoyed both Manimal and Lottery; but most of the others I don't remember. 1983 may have been the year where my old TI-99/4a computer and the Atari 2600 took up the greater share of my indoor amusement. Of course, TV in the 80s also had to compete with the real world even harder to keep kids indoors or otherwise away from other more productive yet still fun activities.
@PapagenoMF 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, the "Yellow Rose" had an all-star cast for a television show if I've ever seen one. I'd actually watch that.
@TJ52359 3 жыл бұрын
a lot of 'before they were stars'
@notthemusewere 7 жыл бұрын
Oh, my god. I was IN the 82d Airborne when "For Love and Honor" aired. We'd all watch it in the rec room. We never laughed so hard.
@44excalibur 5 жыл бұрын
A lot of these shows were the result of an enourmous amount of cocaine back in the 80s.
@emmanuelx4586 9 жыл бұрын
Mr. Smith may have been panned by critics and Manimal didn't last long, but I have to give credit to NBC for picking them up. At least they were shows with unique premises, giving viewers the chance to watch something different.
@bbabylan 8 жыл бұрын
Hardcastle and McCormick ran for 3 seasons...not one. I'm also certain Webster was more than a one season filler too.
@hughmiller4916 8 жыл бұрын
Hardcastle and McCormick, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Webster, and Hotel all had more then one season. And if I'm right Webster was the longest.
@justme_66 7 жыл бұрын
Ron Lanham Webster was a phenomenon, very popular.
@rah62 7 жыл бұрын
AfterMASH made it to a second season.
@nowthatsjustducky 5 жыл бұрын
I never really got into the detective couple or duo action adventure genre back in the day. Tempted to try getting into some of them now; same with the just as popular, "Don't You Wish You Had Our First World Problems? useless uppercrust elite melodramas" like Falcon Crest, Dallas, and Dynasty.
@ladyi7609 5 жыл бұрын
I definitely saw more than a few seasons of "Webster" as a kid! Emmanuel Lewis seems to have escaped the child star curse by being a super success as an adult, outside the entertainment industry. I heard he's a lawyer or something.
@steadfastcoward 7 жыл бұрын
You reminded me, other than Hardcastle and McCormick and a couple other show, just how bad TV really was for the fall of 1983. It topped most of the 1970s clinker years.
@brianmoore6490 10 ай бұрын
Whiz Kidz was my favorite show. They had the craziest concept that they could use computers to solve crimes..😂🤣😂🤣
@Duke_Togo_G13 5 жыл бұрын
Manimal was so underrated. I loved that show back in 83.
@Rockhound6165 10 ай бұрын
Oh, God. Manimal was Cop Rock bad.
@jaycee_baron 9 ай бұрын
@@Rockhound6165No, it was awesome.
@bigbabysld 9 жыл бұрын
WOW...WHIZ KIDS, I used to love this show, when it stopped coming on I was like "wasn't whiz kids supposed to come on tonight?"
@landrykkb 8 жыл бұрын
NBC's "Duck Factory" as well as CBS' "Domestic Life" were also 2 more eggs that were laid during the 1983-84 season.
@magictea1812 5 жыл бұрын
I loved the show Hunter growing up. I didn't realize Stephanie Kramer was in We got it made.
@75aces97 10 ай бұрын
She probably hoped nobody remembered her being in We Git It Made.
@reesepacker7983 10 ай бұрын
83 that 70's hangover was still in effect...the music intro styles , the format the fashions especially the hair had not overly changed ...to me the REAL 80s started in 84/85..like most decades in the late 20th Century there always seemed to be carry over of about 3or 4 yrs into the next decade ..since 2010 not so much anymore ...most distinctions now all seem tech based
@KafkasCat 8 ай бұрын
Fun cooincidence...there was Sharon Stone in Bay City Blues and immediately after was Rachel Ticotin in For Love and Honor. Both accresses had a fantastic fight scene togfether in Total Recall.
@Bugiddle 3 ай бұрын
Hardcastle and McCormick had one of the best theme songs ever! I've always loved Brian Keith. My dad used to watch this show.
@cooperhilinsky5939 7 жыл бұрын
I would love to see Bay City Blues now. I'm a huge sports junkie and they actually looked to have a decent cast.
@beckymigdal3140 11 ай бұрын
Excellent cast
@LibraGamesUnlimited 7 жыл бұрын
Say what you will, at least the bulk of these shows were creative and attempted to be original and do something. I would take any one of these over the average 'reality show' on today.
@JohnHolton 6 жыл бұрын
Exactly. We can sit here and say "this was crap, that was crap" but they were trying to be original and air something that was entertaining, not just trying to fill 3 hours every night as cheaply as possible.
@PerpetualArt 5 жыл бұрын
I agree with all the above comments.
@evilsWa 5 жыл бұрын
Chris McWilliams but...sitcoms still exist currently. What a dumb comparison. Reality TV was the best comparison and not you know actual sitcoms now? Also many of these are cheap attempts to capitalize on the sitcom and cable craze that was happening at the time. The exact same thing that reality shows do today. Take off the nostalgia glasses.
@durhay 7 жыл бұрын
My mom loved "Lottery!" A running gag was one of the guys could not miss his favorite soap opera.
@ukmedicfrcs 5 жыл бұрын
Madeline Kahn one of my favourite female comedic actors.
@gregteigland4788 10 ай бұрын
With so many cable channels how do we not have a channel with these 80s shows. Have a few long running shows and mix in lot of other short run shows. Better then the garbage on tv today.
@Laceykat66 8 жыл бұрын
Ouch, but I REMEMBER "We got it Made," theme song and everything. It was a Thursday night entry the same time they had Cheers. NBC would soon have "Must See Thursday," but not this year. Now, I do not remember the Ken Howard one at all and I was a BIG TV watcher back then. He must have really needed the money.
@yell0wberry 6 жыл бұрын
Laceykat66 Ken Howard wind up being Diane Carol’s love interest in dynasty anyway
@sallyvillarreal4294 5 жыл бұрын
14:53 Hey Verne, it’s Ernest!
@Zoomer30 8 жыл бұрын
Definitely remember that Scarecrow and Mrs King theme.
@CynicallyObnoxious 6 жыл бұрын
I loved that show as a kid
@user-mj8nf2vp7q 7 жыл бұрын
The Yellow Rose had an all star cast.
@ladyi7609 5 жыл бұрын
It still makes me cringe. Seeing the intro of "Cutter to Houston" makes me think that was a considerably less stereotype-crammed show. (Also whoa, Alec Baldwin!)
@kimwatchesstuff 5 жыл бұрын
@@ladyi7609 Seems all the young hunky men get their start as Dr.s lol
@beckymigdal3140 11 ай бұрын
Sam Ellliot!
@jasondownsnet 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I totally remember Hardcastile and McCormick intro; especially when he snatches the money and the car jumps. Did it last? I feel like it did otherwise I wouldn’t have remembered it...hotel, I remember being a tiny kid and thinking Connie Sellica was beautiful before I even knew what beautiful was. If I remember correctly, Mission Imposssible was either before or after that Hotel. For some reason I relate the Mission Impossible intro to Hotel.
@andysalter7192 2 жыл бұрын
Hardcastle and McCormick has the greatest TV theme ever !
@djhutcherson6761 5 жыл бұрын
It still looked a lot like the late 70's in many ways...
@GoGreen1977 5 жыл бұрын
I was a single, professional young adult in 1983. I must have been working and playing hard back then since I don't remember very many of these shows. I think I only watched "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" regularly. Maybe "Hardcastle and McCormick" once in a while. Of course, I watched "Cheers" and "Remington Steele" religiously, but I believe they premiered in '82.
@rexgrl3 5 жыл бұрын
Hardcastle and McCormick and Scarecrow and Mrs. King were efing awesome, the rest were stupid! Oh, and Hotel was fun esp. after they replaced Betty Davis with Anne Baxter!
@WolfpackEntertainmentYT 5 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Slept Here. How did that get one episode, much less a whole season? That show was so stupid, i was watching in a few minutes ago, and turned it off in five minutes
@jodejack 7 жыл бұрын
wow, this brought back some memories. I've seen probably over 1/2 of these shows. loved the 80s.
@Kalbuir66 Жыл бұрын
I was 10 in 1983 so I pretty much remember all of these shows. My top ones were Hardcastle and McCormick, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Manimal and Hotel.
@ralphus44 4 жыл бұрын
My God, most of these shows look God awful. A show about an orangutan? And Manimal? Seriously? Interesting to see a whole slew of future babes turning up in these TV shows, though, like Sharon Stone and Kelly Preston.
@stixnfeet7818 7 жыл бұрын
That theme song, Jennifer Slept Here!. Somebody got paid or that!
@Sistererica 7 жыл бұрын
So evidently 1983 owes us an apology.
@FoScoJo 6 жыл бұрын
The six shows that lasted more than one season: We Got It Made AfterMASH Webster Hardcastle and McCormick Scarecrow and Mrs. King Hotel
@not-so-smartaleck8987 4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe AfterMASH is on that list, LOL
@TJ52359 3 жыл бұрын
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 I think that might be Semantics as the Episode Count is only 30... Par for the course in the 70s... I would not be shocked if CBS Ordered all 30, based on MASH's longevity - Season 1 ended on Episode 21 in March well ahead of 'May Sweeps' and the last 9 were burned off in the Fall
@75aces97 10 ай бұрын
I remembered nbc being a famous disaster that fall-none of its new shows got a second season-but didn’t know only 6 got renewal. And AfterMASH barely qualified. So I guess all 3 networks were clueless about what audiences liked.
@paullambert8701 10 ай бұрын
In 1983, my bedtime was 7 pm. I never got to see any of these.
@dgontar 5 жыл бұрын
the music for that theme song at 11:48 to 12:58 is an electronic version of parts of the 1st movement of Mozart's piano concerto 21. The parts are spliced together.
@not-so-smartaleck8987 4 жыл бұрын
OMG, they should've left the parts "un-spliced"!
@malisafoster9355 9 жыл бұрын
Trauma Center:Oh my God! It's Victoria Chase! Wendie Malik in hr earliest role and so young looking here.
@pauldianno6464 6 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen some of these intros since i was 9. LOL Jennifer Slept Here & We've Got It Made.
@sylvias4899 5 жыл бұрын
"Hotel" was like "The Love Boat" with guest stars every week and on dry land.
@Rbyrd77 7 жыл бұрын
My goodness, I dont see how some of these made it past the 1st commercial break !!!
@aaronsnyder5989 9 жыл бұрын
Mr. Smith looks amazing!
@phillyflash43 9 жыл бұрын
wow aftermash is as distant now as the korean war was in '83
@boat6float 9 жыл бұрын
Crazy, uh?
@Mark2756042 6 жыл бұрын
"AfterMASH" actually had one very successful season, either in the top-10 or narrowly missing it in 1983-84. It was when they moved it to Tuesday night up against "The A-Team" for season 2 that "AfterMASH" came apart.
@TJ52359 5 жыл бұрын
I can understand and forgive MASH for taking 11 Seasons to portray a 4 year war, and being another "20-years later" show (Happy Days, Wonder Years, That 70s show, Goldbergs, etc) but where is the logic in doing a 30-years later post-war spin off?
@transitdude3352 5 жыл бұрын
First, HOTEL was great and had one of the best tv themes and well diversified casts on television. Second, I wanna beat the shit out of everyone who created and approved MR. SMITH.
@75aces97 Жыл бұрын
Looking back, are we sure NBC's writers weren't all trying to get fired that year?
@aljr357 7 жыл бұрын
Webster and after mash are two of the six that had more than one season.
@rockisheaven 3 жыл бұрын
The others are Hotel, Hardcastle and McCormick, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and We Got It Made. What a dismal season of TV.
@tackyman2011 5 жыл бұрын
I had forgotten how 1970s the '80s still were.
@75aces97 Жыл бұрын
My own working hypothesis is that 1960s shows were high concept fish out-of water stories and country hokum, 70s TV was detective shows and topical issues and sitcoms about social issues, and nobody at the networks knew what the heck audiences wanted out of 1980s TV. Most shows introduced from 1979-83 were a mix of movie spinoffs (Bad News Bears, Private Benjamin, 9 to 5, Foul Play, Walking Tall), recent movie knock offs (Battlestar Galactica, BJ and the Bear), and bad ideas. Most of them failed quickly and deservedly.
@HM2SGT 10 ай бұрын
*Out of the hundreds of names in all these casts, we recognize a dozen, perhaps a score. And how many have we heard of recently, or even since the end of the 20th century?*
@ColoradoViews50 9 жыл бұрын
Kind of sad to see Amanda Peterson in that one show.
@MiceOnParole 3 жыл бұрын
After Mash...oh dear 😩
@user-vm7xw5om3l 7 ай бұрын
My goodness! Some of the stars in these failed shows are amazing! Alec Baldwin, Cybil Shepherd, Wendy Malik, Sharon Stone, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Madeline Kahn, Bruce Boxleitner, Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Anne Jillian, and so many more! They literally all had their token Negro, and beautiful woman. What an interesting era.
@aljr357 7 жыл бұрын
Hardcastle and Mc cormick was a great show
@1RungAtATime 7 жыл бұрын
This is about when I started doing drugs, which probably explains why I don't remember most of these shows.
@davidcorbin9456 5 жыл бұрын
Glad I was in the navy at this time and missed this junk.
@75aces97 Жыл бұрын
You're a better man for it 😆
@wytewillow00 5 жыл бұрын
Not only don’t remember much of these, but never heard of them. 17 years old, we didn’t watch much tv. We were out having too much fun or listening to our music 😁 Did love Manimal though as goofy as it was. Bet it would b a super hero hit these days.
@75aces97 10 ай бұрын
That seems to be a common theme with people I’ve talked to. No matter when you were 16 or 17, you probably didn’t watch a lot of TV. I have almost no memory of TV from when I was that age.
@hatednyc 6 жыл бұрын
I would love to go back to 1983 for about 6 months
@MrSamAxe 7 жыл бұрын
Goulardi aka Ernie Anderson the ABC voiceover man!
@coverallfan 9 ай бұрын
I really liked as a kid (I was 11) Jennifer Slept Here, We Got It Made, Lottery, and Hardcastle & McCormick. I remember Oh Madeline. I swear I have never heard of Boone or The Rousters. I miss intros and theme songs!
@elc1960 9 жыл бұрын
We Got It Made was one of the last of the "Jiggle TV" shows, a throwback to the recently completed '70s when sitcoms only needed to have a hot babe prancing in tight, skimpy outfits with no bra to get ratings. (Come to think about it, it worked pretty well for Charlie's Angels, Three's Company; even Too Close for Comfort was basically a "jiggle" show.) AfterMASH was an interesting concept that simply fell flat. Let's face it, when Hardcastle & McCormick (Knight Rider meets The A-Team?) is one of the few new hits in a season, it's a really friggin' bad TV year.
@PapagenoMF 5 жыл бұрын
please bring back the "jiggle show". please. please. please.
@andysalter7192 2 жыл бұрын
Sex sells .....what a shock !?.
@elc1960 2 жыл бұрын
@@PapagenoMF The old shows are still on AntennaTV and MeTV, provided one has those stations within their broadcast region.
@elc1960 2 жыл бұрын
@@andysalter7192 Yup, since the dawn of man. or at east the advent of two genders within our species...as the French say, "Vive la difference!" (Or is it "LE difference"? Sorry, I'm not French and it's hard to keep the articles and such straight.)
@janelleschlossman6523 11 ай бұрын
I didn't watch a lot of TV except some on the weekends. I worked a lot, and had a toddler. I saw The scarecrow and Mrs King a few times. I wish I'd seen the Madilyn Kahn show, I liked her!
@greg6500 9 ай бұрын
So many old shows seem to just use still images in their intros, never thought of that before