So, did Miss DiPesto Dis the Pesto? Just askin.

Terrific, vastly underrated & important show.

I ADORED ‘Moonlighting.’ The series ended on such a pitiful note. The 1st 2 seasons of it are the best.

@@videodoe I thought the way they ended it was hilarious & sincere.

I remember the concept of 'Middle Class Family gets a Butler' (no idea what the in Universe reason was for this) and of course stock sitcom Family: Lecherous Teen Boy, Brainy Daughter, Bratty Preteen and the Pre-Teen and Belvedere had 'Dennis/Mr. Wilson type relationship' beyond those 3 points I only know it from a Cameo/Joke on Growing Pains a few seasons later (The Daughter Guest starred, and they actually cite Belvedere with Ben meeting her character and telling someone "She kind of looks like the Girl from Mr. Belvedere." with them following up with "are you sure she doesn't look like Mr. Belvedere."

Think I used to watch the show starring Joe Pesci . 1985 I was mostly at the video arcades in those days.

Moonlighting theme song and show were superb. Excellent chemistry between the cast.

Geena Davis 6:15

Who??

Chubby Checker And The Fat Boyyyyyssss.... Jus doin tha twist!!!

Gary Williams no recollection of this show, and I'm ashamed

With Meg Ryan of all people, lol

I will cry if Terry never called anyone on the set an egg sucking dog.

"Street Hawk" got decent numbers up against "Dallas"--finishing 47th out of 77 shows for the season which is considerably better than other recent entries against "Dallas" had performed for the network--but ABC clearly didn't have any confidence in the show. They scheduled the final three episodes on Thursday against "Cosby Show" and "Magnum", ensuring horrifically low ratings and its cancellation only weeks later.

I loved that motorcycle.

@@Mark2756042 I don't even know why the other networks even bothered broadcasting anything on Thursday night at the time. NBC had it locked down tight.

I don’t remember that show even existing, but looking back, it had an all-star cast.

Otherworld's theme suspiciously sounds like that one theme in DOOM.

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Kinda reminds me of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

The only episode of Otherworld I remember was one where the kids end up on a world where they essentially "invent" rock-and-roll. A little cringe nowadays but at the time I thought it was clever.

it lasted eight episodes. Kay "Granny" Gardella, the TV critic for the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, apporved of it.

You're out of your mind. These shows mostly sucked.

I have One episode on video tape! Pathetic resolution, but I managed to at least get it into my Computer!

Jonathan Banks ended up becoming pretty famous appearing on a Narco Drama called Breaking Bad- it’s got the same premise as OtherWorld except with Meth

ABC had a terrible track record of micromanaging their shows and badly altering the creators' vision. It almost always ended badly.

Yes, you did! Bill Raferty for the win, LOL! 🤣😂🤣

Bruce Jenner acting. Who knew?

@@censusgary From what I've heard, he can't even "act" his way out of the proverbial paper bag which is that "reality" program, falsely so-called, he's in now, which program he's ostensibly trying to use as some kind of a springboard to run for governor of California in their recall election. (As though he has even a half-chance of winning!) It's been a long and far fall for him since his peak in the Summer Olympics in '76 and '84!

15:55 Yeah! That's John Getz! He was in David Cronenberg's "The Fly" alongside Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, and had a cameo in "The Fly II" (he was the only cast member to return for the sequel). And he played Joanna Cassidy's boyfriend in "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" who puts the moves on Christina Applegate's character. That's all I can think of off the top of my head, but he popped up in a lot of stuff in the '80s and '90s.

Facts

Then the show truly was “AGONY”.

...and if Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Jr. were not her parents, the show would not have ever been made at all.

@@dlighted1277 facts

@@dlighted1277 Actually, Desi Arnaz, Jr. is her brother. Their father was Desi Arnaz, Sr.

How did CBS promote it? "You'll love this Lucie!"

She was also featured on Under One Roof (recalled a disaster!)!!

I disagree about "Mom"..yes, it may have some moments of crude humor, but it does a great service for Alcoholics Anonymous with its accurate portrayal of that program (many people in and out of the program have hailed the show for this reason). The writing has been on fire lately, too..and Mimi is one of the greatest assets of that cast!

Geoff Chisholm You mean Frank McPike!

Oh, man I forgot about "Wiseguy"!

"Half Nelson" That show also had a couple of ex-NFL stars in it, Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith (13:45-14:00), FWIW. Also, Victoria Jackson (I assume the same Victoria Jackson that was later on SNL).

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 Dick and Bubba had shown up in many shows for a paycheck, even The A-Team.

@@clxmasisland6724 And many, many commercials for Miller Lite.

Better Joe Pesci driving than Caitlyn Jenner driving.

The 1984-85 season produced MANY long-running and iconic shows. Very few would refer to it as a "dismal season".

@@Mark2756042 , every season has a part that was bad.. and this part of that season was. Dismal may have been hyperbole on my part.. but then if you want to take dismal... look back just two seasons at the NBC 1983-1984 season. Actually, the entire season for all three networks was dismal, and only shows getting renewed were worth watching that year. NBC became a force only because within two years almost all long running shows on ABC were coming to an end.

All the Emmy awards Moonlighting received indicates it woulda been successful in any season.

@@bottlerocket3218 , maybe.. but considering the controversy and the infighting between its leads... I don't think so.

ABC was more interested in promoting Aaron Spelling's latest cop show, "MacGRUDER & LOUD" (of the "L.S.P. D."). It was originally scheduled before "MOONLIGHTING" in March 1985.....and was cancelled by the end of the season, along with most of his other new series.{"FINDER OF LOST LOVES", "GLITTER"}.

At least success was just a year away for Bronson Pinchot.

Terry looks better today than Meg.

That same scream I think was made by Orson during one of the Paul Masson outtakes not saved on film (" _(howling goat)_ the French champagne...")

Perfect in what way? It certainly wasn’t a great era for television.

@@censusgary whaaattt??? 😱

No, I was thinking the same thing as I watched this.

I’m wondering how low Dean Martin’s career had sunk at that point, for him to get last billing (after the dog!) on a tenth-rate TV series.

Last billing often gets reserved for a big star.

+ludd911 Do you think a bunch of manatees were moving balls in a tank at the casting office?

william woods Like in how Family Guy gets their plot ideas? It's either that or they borrowed a Bingo tumbler from the local nursing home and wrote the names of actors on the balls. "B4 - Bubba Smith"...."G 23 Ken Wahl"...

Exactly. These choices can't be deliberate.

william woods I don't know Wildside starring Harold Rollins as Bannister Sparks, Terry Funk as Prometheus Jones and Meg Ryan as Cally Oaks seems promising. Or not.

I want to see Bruce Jenner and Caitlyn on the same show.

He was also on "Murder, She Wrote"

He was in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. Yes, seriously.

I never knew about it back then (was it in a terrible time slot?), but it looks like fun.

It was on at the same time as Diff’rent Strokes, in a strange cruelty of the 80s.

I liked it too. I once tried to record the theme on tape but my brother messed it up.

James Gordon Cooper was my grandfather’s name. Everyone called him Gordon.

@@censusgary I would have thought either Jim or Coop. :)

@@LibraGamesUnlimited Back before I knew him, some people apparently called him “Blondie.”

@@censusgary :)

try to find what it ran up against during those 6 weeks in Spring of 1985.

"DALLAS". 😏 Brandon Tartikoff was determined to attract young males who didn't watch that.....only it didn't work.

And "Donald" was the First Man.

The woman that created SOAP crated that show. Awful!!

Even the show's producers conceded it was horrendous.

I watched that show back in the day. It was... not good. They basically tried to recreate "Soap" in the White House, with the "gimmick" of a female President. The plots were silly, the jokes were stale, and the show just never clicked.

I remember Hail to the Chief. It did have a good cast, I thought. I remember it being billed as "an equal opportunity offender"...and it certainly was that(lol).

Why didn't Randy Newman do the theme?

@@clxmasisland6724 "L. A. We love it!" It might have helped, especially on a different evening.

And being in the front row lol.

Not a Spin Off, But I would not be shocked if it wasn't "inspired by"... it would seem to fit the sub genre Of 'Actor who was Everywhere 20 years ago now solves crime on TV" (See MSW, Matlock, Father Dowling)

Really? TAXI didn't do half bad. Granted, DEAR JOHN and NUMBERS didn't last that long but they were pretty good while they were around. His other shows, though...

@@lp-xl9ld Dear John was great if you needed a cheesy laugh.

You'd all be dead if it wasn't for my son David! Sorry, had an Independence Day flashback.;)

Judd Hirsch was in many, many TV shows. Some were good, some were bad, and some were good but cancelled anyway.

In that event, the title would be: "Watch Me Make a Fool of Myself!" The alternate syndication title would be: "Me, Myself and I".

Holland Taylor likes the lady parts.

That didn't premiere until the *fall* of 1985.