Lost in Time: Remembering 80s TV Shows Cancelled Too Soon

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Step into the time machine and journey back to the golden age of television with us! In this video, we pay tribute to the forgotten gems of 80s TV, shows that were gone too soon but left a lasting impact on our hearts. From the quirky misfits of "Misfits of Science" to the cybernetic adventures of "Automan," we'll explore the beloved series that never got the chance to shine. Join us as we reminisce about "Tales of the Gold Monkey," "Max Headroom," and "Bosom Buddies," and lament the premature endings of these memorable shows. Whether you're a nostalgic enthusiast or a curious newcomer, this video is your guide to the lost treasures of 80s television that deserve a second look. Let's honor the spirit of innovation and creativity that defined this unforgettable era of television! #80sTV #CancelledTooSoon #Nostalgia #LostGems
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00:00 Intro
01:00 Misfits of Science
04:41 Automan
05:40 It's Your Move
08:24 Tales of the Gold Monkey
09:48 Max Headroom
11:26 Our House
12:33 Just Our Luck
14:16 Bosom Buddies
16:26 Square Pegs
17:43 Voyagers
18:45 Conclusion
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@Ireneharnack1138 Жыл бұрын

My two favorite DVD collections are ,"The Misfits of Science" &;"Max Headroom", I love them both!

@eyesolatedrock Жыл бұрын

Misfits of Science was awesome!

@Darthsinned 11 ай бұрын

Misfits was good

@j.p.6932 11 ай бұрын

There’s a DVD of Misfits??

@Ireneharnack1138 11 ай бұрын

@@j.p.6932 yup! It's German but can be changed to the original American spoken English, it also requires an International DVD Player.

@j.p.6932 11 ай бұрын

@@Ireneharnack1138 I’m gonna have to get it!!! I only remember Courtney and the guy with lightning hands;, but so much fun.

@Manetho72 Жыл бұрын

Although it started in 1979, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century gets my vote. It had a good first season, then they changed the format, and then a writer's strike ended. I didn't know it was cancelled for years!

@markelijio6012 Жыл бұрын

It lasted for two seasons.

@MrRezRising 10 ай бұрын

"Chicago, Chicago...yeah"

@v.rafaelrodriguez1996 3 ай бұрын

There was a great drama I believe from the 1990's that dealt with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's. It was called "I'll Fly Away" starring Sam Watterston before "Law & Order", and it was gone way too soon.

@BrianJNelson Ай бұрын

It's Your Move had one of my favorite episodes of any show. The two of them went on a game show and the neighbor told the kid in order to get them on he had to make up an elaborate backstory for the both of them about being explorers or some such nonsense. As a result, the kid was supposed to have sleeping sickness due to being bitten by tsetse flies on one of the trips. The kid used this fact to great effect when it cam time for him to answer questions only he would know, where he "fell asleep" mid show much to the neighbor's chagrin. I loved that show.

@haletosis1380 Жыл бұрын

Oh these shows take me back. Especially Voyager. Family loved that one. My aunt was heartbroken when that lead actor died so tragically. Good list here my dude.

@juliemcarthur3004 Жыл бұрын

I loved voyagers

@Darthsinned 11 ай бұрын

Bought on digital (prime)

@weltonvillegal6258 11 ай бұрын

I loved the show and cried when Jon-Erik Hexum passed. So sad.

@juniorjames7076 11 ай бұрын

I was in the 5 grade when Voyager was showing, and our History/Social Studies teacher always planned her lesson about that weeks time travel episode (she knew its all we would be talking about in class anyway so might as well make it part of the lesson!!).

@Rockhound6165 9 ай бұрын

He didn't die tragically. He died stupidly.

@Rockhound6165 9 ай бұрын

One I'm surprised you didn't mention was Police Squad. It was the creation of the Zucker brothers of Airplane! fame and it starred Leslie Neilson and George Kennedy. The show only lasted 6 episodes. However, it turned into a huge movie franchise that most of you would remember as The Naked Gun series. The reason the show was cancelled was because the producers didn't think the audience wouldn't get the sight gags. The movie franchise proved them wrong. Oh, and Just Our Luck is our first example of 'get woke, go broke'.

@94Trish 8 ай бұрын

I just rewatched Police Squad. It was way ahead of its time.

@crystalshaw8744 7 ай бұрын

I loved that show and was so angry they canceled it.

@JENSATFAR 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for including Jon-Erik Hexum. His loss is still devastating.

@Dulcimerist 8 ай бұрын

You forgot Whiz Kids! I loved that show a lot, and then it just disappeared after 18 episodes. Sledge Hammer was my favorite TV show from the 1980s. It got renewed for a second season, though.

@Tim_the_Enchanter Жыл бұрын

Sarah Jessica Parker would become insufferable over time, but I recall liking Square Pegs a lot, and being disappointed when it went away.

@youknowwhoyouare2269 8 ай бұрын

Wild how KZfaqrs use comments as therapy safespace to vent their frustrations and petty grudges

@johnhenryclark911 3 ай бұрын

Sarah Jessica Parker Was A Pretty Nerdette! 🤓😍 For A 13 Year Old Teenage Boy! 😍🤓🤓 Just As I Was Getting Ready To Watch "Square Pegs" 📺 It Got Canned!😳😱🤯🥺😢

@drakesavory2019 Ай бұрын

"I am not an animal! Iiiiiii am a Weemawee student!" "I'm going to pretend I didn't see that."

@douglasdixon524 Ай бұрын

@@drakesavory2019 Hey Marshall, Slash and I are going into the city after school tomorrow, wanna go? We're taking the Slashmobile. Ask Patty and Lauren too.

@drakesavory2019 Ай бұрын

@@douglasdixon524 Rough Tops Eat Kool Jello

@raymondtitano3819 Жыл бұрын

"Lottery" from 1982, an ABC midseason replacement that lasted seven episodes, about two agents who deliver the prize money and the people who are affected by their newfound wealth. Spoiler alert: money can't buy happiness.

@kevinpayton2664 Жыл бұрын

I remember that show.

@terenatalbott8 10 ай бұрын

I like that show.

@BigAL68xyz 10 ай бұрын

I remember Cracked Magazine did an article imagining if Lottery! had done a crossover with Dynasty. "Blake Carrington III? I am thrilled to inform you that you have just won an incredible sum of money! Here is your check for one million dollars! Any questions?" "Just one: When do I get the incredible sum of money you mentioned?"

@nowthatsjustducky 9 ай бұрын

The kidney donor episode indicated at the end that money can some times buy happiness. I remember the freeze frame at the end with the boys playing their ColecoVision... One year later: Two happy, healthy young millionaires.

@luisreyes1963 4 ай бұрын

LOTTERY was one of my favorite shows of the 80's. It should have lasted longer, despite the fact that anthology series were on the way out of Network TV.

@laneneely1077 Жыл бұрын

Going to the beach, that close to the water, and not expecting to get wet? You go Courtney Cox. That surfer dude had it coming.

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 11 ай бұрын

Courteney Cox danced with Bruce Springsteen in one of his music videos.

@andrewp7509 11 ай бұрын

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc that's how she got her lazy eye

@matthrivnak6572 9 ай бұрын

As a teenager in the 80's, I watched all those shows!

@FionaOfMountLawley Жыл бұрын

11:28 Age of Wilford Brimley (playing a retired pensioner at the time Our House premiered):- 52. Age of Brad Pitt (playing the commander of an M4 Sherman tank in an active theatre of war) at the time Fury premiered:- 51.

@Manetho72 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, some actors always look old. Brimley made it to 85, though.

@jamesday9701 Жыл бұрын

I'm a little disappointed that there was no mention of Manimal or Street Hawk.

@kevinpayton2664 Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about Street Hawk. Another short-lived '80s show was the comedy Police Squad. It was so funny and it launched the Naked Gun movie series.

@JokerLokison 10 ай бұрын

@@kevinpayton2664 Oh gahd! Police Squad for sure!!!!! The network (ABC, right?) screwed the biggest pooch on that one!

@bearddadrip 17 күн бұрын

Streethawk was great!

@bySterling Жыл бұрын

It’s your Move (I’d read Jason character was influencing real life teen boys negatively copying his bad behavior and a lot of parents we’re complaining to the network about) and Bosom Buddies especially cut way to soon! Great video flashback bro

@yell0wberry Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, I think Jason Bateman‘s character on it’s your move was loosely based on his character on Silver spoons as Derrick…. The producers of Parker Lewis can’t lose probably used that show for cheat sheets.

@QueenOfTheNorth65 11 ай бұрын

It’s your move was hilarious. Jason Bateman was talented even then.

@MrShortWhiteGuy 11 ай бұрын

Episode 14 killed the show when Matt's mom catches him in a scheme. There was no where for the show to go after that.

@Sean1983 10 ай бұрын

@@MrShortWhiteGuy Agreed - show lost its edge after that.

@seatspud 10 ай бұрын

It's Your Move, where you can see Steve Rhodes clash with a young Michael Bluth.

@13blackcatzzz Жыл бұрын

Square Pegs was a freaking GREAT show! And it gave us Jami Gertz!!

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 11 ай бұрын

Believe it or not, Jamie Gertz is worth 8 Billion.

@susanscott8653 9 ай бұрын

Totally!🤟

@francescathomas3502 9 ай бұрын

I hated Jamie Gertz. She was a spoiled brat in Square Pegs and she was still a spoilt entitled brat in the movie Twister!!

@DFisk75 8 ай бұрын

I had read an article about square pegs that said one of the reasons why it was canceled is because the cast couldn't keep their clothes on and we're all messing with each other.

@sixfootfive6556 7 ай бұрын

I loved this show!

@christianwootton100 Жыл бұрын

I really liked Starman with Robert Hays. Thank you so much for including Voyagers here. Automan must have costed a fortune to produce. Slightly before the 80s but Supertrain could have been better if managed differently.

@yell0wberry Жыл бұрын

I was enraged when they stopped small wonder, Vicky, the robot was ahead of her time

@christianwootton100 Жыл бұрын

@@yell0wberry Small Wonder was fun as well. Remember Out Of This World? Good memories.

@yell0wberry Жыл бұрын

@@christianwootton100 yes, I remember that show with Donna Prescow, it also reminds me of her other 80s show that should have stayed on the air, a little longer, Angie, with Robert Hayes

@terenatalbott8 10 ай бұрын

Starman was my favorite. I loved small wonder as well.

@SimpLeeBeth 5 ай бұрын

Starman was dope! 💯❤️

@kennethlivingston9108 Жыл бұрын

I'm a child of the 80's & I remember all those shows too!😁👍 Just for reference, TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY takes place in the Pacific just before the outbreak of WORLD WAR II. The show makes reference to the Japanese Imperial Forces preparing for their ATTACK on the US!

@MrRezRising 10 ай бұрын

Didn't the first episode end with a gigantic gold monkey in a cave somewhere...?

@c.w.winger221 3 ай бұрын

But the narrator said it stars a former flying tiger (ww2) pilot, flying a 1930's plane, prior to 1915. How can any of that be wrong?

@dimitriberozny3729 2 ай бұрын

Views confused this show with Ba Ba Blacksheep and that’s why it failed.

@chewey3rd Жыл бұрын

Darkroom was an early 80's anthology horror series that only lasted one season but it was excellent. James Coburn was the host and the stories were very well done.

@tomlamb9677 Жыл бұрын

I was so mad when it got cancelled. I have the episodes on dvd R ,

@luisreyes1963 Жыл бұрын

Guess that show was a bit too sophisticated for those who prefer brainrot like The A Team or The Dukes Of Hazzard. 😑

@jay1hi547 9 ай бұрын

@@tomlamb9677I wish I had it I love anthologies.

@94Trish 8 ай бұрын

I loved it as a kid.

@carolmosbaugh9540 22 күн бұрын

"We Got it Made" with Teri Copley, Matt McCoy, & Tom Villard. Silky yes but I loved it.

@kirkrjb 11 ай бұрын

Tom Hanks was asked if he would do a reunion show for Bosom Buddies. He said only if Peter would and Peter said no that part of his career was over.

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 11 ай бұрын

Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari worked together again in the 1996 movie, That Thing You Do!

@SuperMarioBrosIII 4 ай бұрын

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Both appeared on Family Ties albeit not together LOL!

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 4 ай бұрын

@@SuperMarioBrosIII WOW! The trivia champion 🏆 strikes again. I am always so glad to hear from you. I'm so fascinated by your knowledge of trivia on everything. You should go on the TV game show, Jeopardy. You would give the other contestants a run for their money!

@SuperMarioBrosIII 4 ай бұрын

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Aww thank you! And thanks for the suggestion. I apperciate it very much! Hope you are doing well and take care! 🤗♥📺🙏

@alanvallazza9781 Ай бұрын

Rip Peter Scolari

@razer2981 Жыл бұрын

Saw Bruce Springsteen video Dancing in the Dark. And said. That's not somebody random. That's that girl from that show!

@caeserromero3013 10 күн бұрын

15:13 That's Wendie Jo Sperber in the middle. She was later in the movie Batchelor Party with Hanks (rumoured to be his consolation prize for missing out on Mahoney in Police Academy). Wendy also played Marty McFly's sister in BTTF...

@augmentedhat16 Жыл бұрын

I loved Max Headroom. I can still,remember getting the show bag at the Easter show. And thanks for bringing up Automan. I was trying to remember the show where a guy has a blue suit.

@markelijio6012 9 ай бұрын

Max Headroom has ran for seven successful seasons from 1985 to 1991 on ABC after a series of failures such as Automan, Voyagers, Darkroom, Otherworld, Wizards & Warriors, Manimal, Tales of the Gold Monkey and Misfits of Science.

@katemaloney4296 10 ай бұрын

I believe that had 'Voyagers' not been canceled, Jon-Erik Hexum would still be alive. However, his follow-up show 'Cover Up' had great potential but went completely off the rails after his untimely death. 😢

@MikeO-hs5xw Жыл бұрын

Happy to see Tales of the Golden Monkey and Voyagers. I have always had fond, but foggy, memories of both those shows.

@markelijio6012 11 ай бұрын

Both short lived shows were failing miserably for both networks.

@fjtalleyauthor2242 Жыл бұрын

Voyagers was excellent! If you think about it, it's like a live-action version of Mr. Peabody and Sherman from the Bullwinkle days. It was educational and fun, and I was sorry to see it canceled. Also, it's tragic that Jon-Erik Hexum's accidental death made it impossible to revive with the original cast.

@yell0wberry Жыл бұрын

I loved that show as well. That kid could have at least joined his sister punky Brewster in helping her show go at least another season or two.

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 11 ай бұрын

Jon-Erik Hexum's accidental death was preventable.

@yell0wberry 11 ай бұрын

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc exactly, he should’ve known better to think that he would definitely die from shooting himself in the head with a stage gun 😑 (where the hell do these damn trolls come from?)

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 11 ай бұрын

It was a dumb and deadly move on his part.

@yell0wberry 11 ай бұрын

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc a stage gun is usually not supposed to kill you, nobody is disputing what he did was dumb, but 99% of everybody on set probably thought he wouldn’t have died because of it

@robertbroughton1443 11 ай бұрын

Then there was Code Red, a show about the LA City fire department. It aired a few years after Emergency went off the air in 1978. Another show that got cancelled, although from the late 70's was the BJ, and the bear spinoff called The misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. That show was hilarious imo.

@shannonblanchard8195 6 ай бұрын

Wasn’t Adam Rich in that show?!? It was good

@robertbroughton1443 6 ай бұрын

@@shannonblanchard8195 Yes he was, as Danny Blake who was adopted by the Rorchek family.

@shannonblanchard8195 6 ай бұрын

@@robertbroughton1443 ty

@mongoslade277 21 сағат бұрын

Singing the theme to The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo right now!!

@robertbroughton1443 20 сағат бұрын

@@mongoslade277 I'm glad that I'm not the only one who remembers that show.

@markelijio6012 Жыл бұрын

"Our House" lasted for three seasons on NBC from 1986 to 1989 and moved to Disney's Freeform also lasted for five more seasons from 1989 to 1994 for Lorimar Television (1986-1993) and Warner Bros. Television (1993-1994) under Time Warner.

@Dorelaxen Жыл бұрын

Oh man, Misfits of Science was my favorite thing back in the day. Still is a great show. Ray Walston playing a nursing home resident that gets super strength from eating irradiated burgers was awesome. Another show I'd toss in there is Otherworld. Really cool concept and visual design, plus it had Mike freaking Ehrmantraut, Jonathan Banks as, what else, a bad guy.

@Poizenne 11 ай бұрын

I wouldn't mind a reboot of Otherworld. Loved that show.

@dfangirl72 9 ай бұрын

is Jonathan Banks the one from the TV series wiseguy?

@Dorelaxen 9 ай бұрын

@@dfangirl72 Yep!

@luisreyes1963 4 ай бұрын

@@Poizenne I would love to see it revived on Hulu, or at least Apple TV.

@jasongibson3496 11 ай бұрын

I love and a big fan of The Golden Girls, I wish it had lasted two more seasons on NBC. That way the show could have ended around the mid 1990s, for example the show could have ended in the Spring of 1994 or the Spring of 1995, but it did not happened, because Bea Arthur wanted to leave in the spring of 1992. Even Betty White said in a interview that the program could have lasted a couple of more seasons, but she also if one the actors is unhappy working on the show, you have to let the show go.

@markelijio6012 Ай бұрын

In many ways you’re so right!

@brandonpage7087 Жыл бұрын

Loved this!! You should totally do another video on this subject. There are so many many, far too many to name, short-lived 80s tv shows.

@MetalMama-Mimi523 11 ай бұрын

Sqaure Pegs & then later Freaks & Geeks were both phenomenal shows about those high school years and both were never given a chance. It's Your Move, Jason Bateman was fantastic in that show & my sister and I will still tell people we saw The Dregs of Society back in the 80's just to see if they'll know what we're referencing. Max Headroom were too ahead of its time. That was such a cool & funny show, which funny is something you never really got with sci-fi shows.

@rony41165 Жыл бұрын

Geena Davis starred in a series called Sara which did well in the ratings but was cancelled cause nbc didn’t have room for it. There was another show called all is forgiven starring Bess Armstrong that did well in the ratings but was dropped due to limited time slots.

@markelijio6012 Жыл бұрын

A lot of veteran stars were having a string of television flops that do not make money.

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 11 ай бұрын

The networks had deprived viewers of good television by dropping TV shows that shouldn't have been cancelled.

@luisreyes1963 4 ай бұрын

The Bess Armstrong sitcom was called On Our Own, it even featured Dixie Carter before her star turn in Designing Women.

@rony41165 4 ай бұрын

@@luisreyes1963 the one im talking about was duting 84-85 season. In our own ibthink was in. 1980

@markelijio6012 Ай бұрын

@@luisreyes1963 After a string of flops, Bess Armstrong has made a healthy comeback when she made guest appearances on The Love Boat, Touched by an Angel, The Nanny, Frasier, Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, One Tree Hill, Castle, House of Lies, True Blood, NCIS, Drop Dead Diva, Zoo, Switched at Birth, Scandal, Longmire, S.W.A.T., Grey's Anatomy, Bosch, I Love That for You and The Good Doctor as well as Batman: The Animated Series and Tales from the Crypt among many other things, including her debut in the 1978 TV movie, Getting Married followed by a few great follow-ups and one TV mini-series was 1984's Lace for Lorimar Television (1984-1994)/HBO Independent Productions (1994-present) under the Time Warner banner from May 19, 1985-present.

@JLvatron 11 ай бұрын

It's Your Move was legendary, especially with the Dregs of Humanity episodes!

@marcussmith4913 Жыл бұрын

The golden monkey... I remembered a movie like Indiana jones only it had a plane the Indy guy traveled around in. Also, I remember the killer monkeys on the island. When I grew up, I thought I had just imagined the show. Considering there was no movie like it that seemed to exist. 40 years later KZfaq finally opens up and answers my question. The movie I thought I might have imagined was called the golden monkey. Crazy.

@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын

It also had Roddy McDowell as a hotel/bar owner...

@Manetho72 Жыл бұрын

And there was another one just like it at the time that also only aired for a season titled "Bring 'Em Back Alive." It starred Bruce Boxleitner before he was on Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

@bryanhayes1218 11 ай бұрын

Tales of The Gold Monkey

@Shan_Dalamani 11 ай бұрын

@@Manetho72 Bruce Boxleitner was also on How the West Was Won. James Arness starred in that one as well. Best Western series I saw other than Bonanza.

@travisdsimmon 3 ай бұрын

I don't remember all of these, but it's weird that i remember watching them on different televisions. My parents divorced when i was 7 in 83. I remember coming home on Sundays from my dad's and watching Our House. I remember Chad Allen being every girl's crush.

@traciemullet 4 күн бұрын

Our Time was one of my favs from the 80’s. I was so disappointed when it got cancelled.

@deeboy4378 Жыл бұрын

The was a show called "The Wizard". .me and my brother loved. . it was pretty much a little person, toy maker Magyver. . Who wld solve crimes. . . I think it only had one season. . I use to think I must of imagined it till I found some episodes on KZfaq. . . I do believe its star was one of the little guys from Time Bandits.

@mbowsher76 11 ай бұрын

I was just thinking of this. It starred David Rappaport of Time Bandits fame..he had all these inventions he would use to help solve mysteries. Loved that show!

@danas62 10 ай бұрын

Thank you....I remember that one!

@tomlamb9677 Жыл бұрын

In Nov 1981 - to Jan 1982 , ABC aired a “ Twilight Zone “ like series called “ Darkroom “ hosted by James Coburn . Due to a lawsuit , it was canceled after 7 episodes. Also a crime drama titled “ Today’s FBI “ aired for one full season that same year .

@luisreyes1963 4 ай бұрын

I wasnt aware that Darkroom was cancelled due to a lawsuit, since I can't find anything online about it. A pity it only lasted 7 episodes.

@Dulcimerist 8 ай бұрын

Voyagers was my favorite show! It got me excited about history.

@erikwaters6678 Жыл бұрын

Just finished watching Automan on DVD. Classic 80s.

@cristinhopkins2748 10 ай бұрын

I am SO happy I found your channel!! I LOVE everything 80s! You reminded me of so many shows that I LOVED!! Wilfred Brimley ❤❤ amazing! I feel like there were a few of them that shld NOT have been cancelled!! Bosom Buddies was a HUGE FAVORITE of mine. It makes me sad when folks have NO idea what I'm talking about!

@jeantoal8364 10 ай бұрын

Another good show that didn't last long enough was Sledge Hammer. Loved Square Pegs & the show that came on after it Dreams with John Stamos (between General Hospital & Full House)

@SimpLeeBeth 5 ай бұрын

Sledge Hammer, yes! "Trust me. I know what I'm doing" 🤣😂🤣❤️

@billriddle9215 5 ай бұрын

Beat me to it. @@SimpLeeBeth

@mongoslade277 21 сағат бұрын

Looking for this comment. Sledge Hammer!!

@beccaRey Жыл бұрын

Great video! I remember almost all of these shows! I was particularly sad when Voyagers! was canceled.

@SmashVentura Ай бұрын

Great channel man! Enjoyed this episode very much and brought back a lot. One show that comes back to me is a show called The Wizard on CBS in the 80s. It was about a little person who was also a toy maker. loved that show but seems like ti was here then gone again.

@jamesbaynes6580 9 ай бұрын

Your channel is great! The clips of the shows run a bit long, but it’s great seeing these again.

@caeserromero3013 10 күн бұрын

Tales of the Gold Monkey was a great show, sadly ended too soon. Collins crimes aside, it was another Belisario gem and a lot of the actors turned up in his other shows like Magnum, Airwolf & Quantum Leap. It was set just before WW2 by the way, not WW1. It was a clear Raiders cash in, but artfully done, and cancelled too soon. Caitlin O'Heaney, who played Sarah Stickney-White, would later go on to play the 'Hot teacher' in the under-rated 80's gem Three O'Clock High.

@GregNumber5 2 ай бұрын

A comedy show with just a few episodes I wished wasn’t cancelled is No Soap Radio. There’s a couple bits of it here on KZfaq.

@TommygunNG 6 ай бұрын

“Bosom Buddies”: The two stars reunited briefly in Tom Hanks’ 1996 movie, “That Thing You Do.”

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 4 ай бұрын

Tom Hanks wrote and directed the film.

@andreajanota6258 6 ай бұрын

The funny thing about this his the 80s, actually gave shows a better chance than the 00s actually did. The 80s often gave a season where the 00s only gave a few episodes if lucky before cancelling them.

@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg 8 ай бұрын

Game shows weren't immune to quick cancellation! I can recall when The Price Is Right with Tom Kennedy had its 1985-86 run along with The $100,000 Pyramid (1985-88).

@megamanj2004X 11 ай бұрын

It’s Your Move was very underrated and most of the staff and David Garrison would all work together again on Married with Children, which like It’s Your Move had an edge. Funny you mentioned The Dregs of Humanity episode, the very next episode right after that infamous Dregs of Humanity episode, he actually did caught by his mom when he tried to find a way to get his mom’s boss a raise and it backfires badly on him. That episode marked the beginning of the format change into a more traditional sitcom after the fuss about parents made about the Matt Burton character being a bad influence on kids as well as the move to Saturdays from Wednesdays. Very brilliant video overall here.

@MrShortWhiteGuy 11 ай бұрын

Matt getting caught by his mom in a scheme killed the show. There would be no reason for her to trust him in future episodes. It's Your Move was a great show.

@lenoreandreas4000 25 күн бұрын

I **loved** Bosom Buddies! Had no idea as a 16 year old that it was problematic. Square Pegs was exactly what we needed at the time. Never heard of 90% of the rest on this list.

@jerzeyguy71 14 күн бұрын

A little extra info, on an episode of Bosom Buddies, they flash back to high school, and on the wall is the football teams players, T Hanks is the QB and P Scolari is listed as another player, then other cast members are listed as well.

@markjamesmeli2520 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I consider myself a vintage TV junkie. You've opened my brain with this!! I don't remember 90% of these. In 1988, my dad had terminal cancer and from late 1987 to 1989, I didn't watch much TV because I wasn't enjoying it as much. BOSOM BUDDIES and SQUARE PEGS have always been well referenced shows, I didn't realize they were ratings duds. Eventually, my 80s TV "must" watches were NEWHART and EMPTY NEST.

@markelijio6012 3 ай бұрын

Bosom Buddies (1980-1982, ABC; 1982-1984) was great fun, but Norman Lear's Square Pegs (1982-1983, CBS) was a flop.

@Robroy333 Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see a Max Headroom reboot today!

@markelijio6012 9 ай бұрын

Stick with the 1985-1991 seven year run on ABC with Matt Frewer.

@user-mp8hi2id2u Ай бұрын

That was Awesome, Voyager, Automan, The Misfits of Science, Bosom Buddies…..The Wizard.

@invisigoth777 3 ай бұрын

one later show, in the 90's early 2k that only did one season was the Phantom, they updated the purple suit, had a good story line, and when the kid decided to take the role as the next Phantom..the Ghost who walks..... it ended

@mariovaccarella6854 2 ай бұрын

I remember Tales Of The Golden Monkey. It was like an Indiana Jones movie. It also starred Jeff McKay, I believe, who was on & would later go back to Magnum PI. Bosom Buddies was also good, with Tom Hanks & Peter Scolari & Dan Aykroyd's Future Wife, Donna Dixon & others.

@richreyes4640 11 ай бұрын

Wow Kevin! Thank you! I cant believe i knew every single show. There must be more i forgot about. It was different back then. We must be around the same age. Not that many chanels. I do remember lee van cleef as a ninja. "Master" and "Ten speed and brown shoe" Thanks again!

@kevindrane2919 Жыл бұрын

I LOVED "It's Your Move"

@marcusgurley9495 Жыл бұрын

great video! i was looking for "Street Hawk" on here!

@Beamer276 7 ай бұрын

I love this compilation! How about "Love, Sydney" with Tony Randall and Swoosie Kurtz; "Doctor Doctor" with Matt Frewer; "Sydney" with Valerie Bertinelli, Matthew Perry, and Craig Bierko; "Baby Makes Five" with Jenny Lewis; "We Got it Made" with Tom Villard?

@Janovus 4 ай бұрын

Tales of the Gold Monkey actually took place shortly before World War II. The main character was an ex pilot for the Flying Tigers.

@ebransc09 Ай бұрын

Also we did not fight Japan in world war I

@ezrashachar47 8 ай бұрын

love this stuff thanks

@MChantal76 10 ай бұрын

OMG, there were a ton of shows from the 80s that I wish didn't get canceled. Starman(1986-1987) Amazing Stories(1985-1987) The Storyteller(1987-1989) Braingames(1983-1985) Kidd Video(1984-1985) Sledge Hammer!(1986-1988) Werewolf(1988-1989) The Insiders(1985-1986) Puttin' On The Hits(1984-1985) The Comic Strip(1987-1988) Out of Control(1984-1985)

@luisreyes1963 9 ай бұрын

Amazing Stories, Sledge Hammer! & Werewolf were the only shows I recall fondly.

@shannonblanchard8195 6 ай бұрын

Omg! Putting on the hits!!!!yeeeessss

@doobiejones9388 11 ай бұрын

I was already to jump in here all indignant that you didn't mention Square Pegs. But you did. I was a freshman and sophomore in high school when it was aired. Loved it. Thanks 😊😎

@jaketschida7016 7 ай бұрын

OMG! That brought me back to the 80's. I remember watching all them show except for Just Our Luck. Couple years ago I bought Tales of the Golden Monkey on DVD and been looking for Misfits of Science and Voyagers.

@lurkerrekrul 10 ай бұрын

With the exceptions of Just Our Luck, Square Pegs and Bosom Buddies, I watched and loved all of these shows. It's Your Move - I LOVE the Christmas episode where they were mixing up a chemical in the bathtub and giving it as gifts, either as cologne or liquor. At one point his sister come out and complains that it's starting to eat through the tub. Norman says that if he thinks so little of him that he'd give him a bottle of the stuff, he can forget it. Matt casually picks up a notepad and crosses his name off the list. Of course also the two part episode with the Dregs of Humanity. :)

@code-chimp 10 ай бұрын

I don't remember Voyagers being cancelled so much as Hexum accidentally fatally injuring himself with what he thought was "harmless blanks" while joking around with castmates on a different show.

@randawilliams9243 4 ай бұрын

LOVED Automan, Tales of the Golden Monkey, Max Headroom, Bosom Buddies, Square Pegs.

@moomoobosshogg973 6 ай бұрын

Thank u for taking me back to my childhood I loved all these shows they was all gone to soon thank you thank you

@hysterikole1 11 ай бұрын

I loved Misfits of Science when it was on. I was thinking of it when i saw the title of the vid...glad you included it

@hysterikole1 11 ай бұрын

Square Pegs, too! and Voyagers! You really hit my tv-watching years right here

@cjp1599 Ай бұрын

Loved "it's you move"... there was also Spencer around that time. It was about a skinny blond haired highschooler...

@TheNotSoFatman72 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic Vid!! Can't say enough good stuff! Liked and gladly subbed!👍

@kootybear 8 ай бұрын

I never knew about Misfits til watching some KZfaq videos last year sometime. I mean, I was only 8-9 when it came out. I will be looking for it on DVD shortly. It looks like it would have been a great show and would love to see more.

@jrebecca0195 11 ай бұрын

New subscriber here and lover of all things 80's! Keep up the good work!

@mountstneonstudios 6 ай бұрын

It's crazy how some of these shows feel like they were on a lot longer than they actually were, but others seemed like they were on for a week retrospectively.

@namesy Жыл бұрын

In the UK we never had the show. We just had the pilot episode released as a stand alone movie! I loved it! The premise has kinda been redone though (to a point) in the UK show simply entitled Misfits. Which if you haven’t seen, you should totally check out.

@Thundarr100 25 күн бұрын

I was going to suggest the series Paradise (aka Guns Of Paradise). It was a western starring Lee Horsley (probably best known for his titular role in the show, Matt Houston) as a gun slinger named Ethan Allen Cord who ends up inheriting his sister's four kids when she dies. He gives up being a gun fighter and becomes a farmer, but his previous life keeps coming back to bite him in the butt. Turns out that it was more popular than I remember, being renewed for a second and third season. But I also remember the show ending without any kind of satisfying conclusion. So while it wasn't cancelled after only one season, it was still cancelled too soon.

@tomservo5347 7 ай бұрын

As an 8 year old I loved 'Misfits of Science'. Another one was 'StreetHawk' which featured a 'futuristic' crime fighting motorcycle and sped up film during 'mach' speed sequences. Still that show and 'ChiPs' made me a lifelong motorycle enthusiast.

@SimpLeeBeth 5 ай бұрын

OMG! I can’t believe you started out with one of my all-time favs! I talk about Misfits of Science ALL OF THE TIME! I was so mad when it ended!!! And... everyone loves them some Jason Bateman! I forgot all about that one. I mean... it was no Ozark, but I dug it. Max Headroom is the obvious one. It was impossible not to love ...a bit like Jason Bateman 🤣😂🤣💯 Our House was awesome!!! Bosom Buddies and Newhart??? 🔥🔥🔥 Def a couple of all-time favs, too! I kind of remember Square Pegs and have def seen it referenced a lot over the years, but I was pretty young still, and I didn’t get to see many, if any re-runs, like I did with Bosom Buddies. (I think that's why I remember BB more, anyway.) *I was born in '78. Great list! Thanks!!! xo

@bobbylibertini Жыл бұрын

It's Your Move was one of the best shows EVER! With the vast majority of everything ever produced by Hollyjewood being utter crap, the rare gem that slips through gets cancelled after 18 episodes?!!!!!!!!!

@Pug71 6 ай бұрын

It’s Your Move was absolutely awesome. Was so pissed when this show got concealed. Tales of the Gold Monkey was really good as well.

@Night-Mayor 26 күн бұрын

Interesting fact: Tales of the Gold Monkey was used as the blueprint for Disney's Talespin. Placing Baloo the Bear as the Stephan Collins character.

@shaner743 2 ай бұрын

There was also a 80’s show called The Charming’s which was short lived and very funny. Sure wish it would come out on DVD.

@markelijio6012 Ай бұрын

I’m sorry but that’s not your decision. I don’t think it’s fair to say anything about this and that when it comes to everything that’s all. I think it’s fair to say that they don’t have the time to do this because that’s not important anymore. Let them decide what they want to do and figure out an better way to do things. We have plenty of chores to do and don’t have to argue about television stuff anymore. I’m sorry but I cannot go on and on for a long time - sometimes it’s best to let everything else go away and moved on with our lives just like the way we used to.

@sahmnancy 2 ай бұрын

My brother always threw himself up against the car window whenever I was driving and making a turn. I half believed I dreamed Automan.

@knighth2452 3 ай бұрын

Manimal and Other World always comes to mind when I see a list like this.

@missdebbie8131 Жыл бұрын

I loved "Our House"...I remember Diedra Hall giving a speech to a boyfriend that had to do with lying by omission and the last lines were "you're a self-centered, deceitful man and I am very happy you're not in my life. And I will be even happier when you're not I'm my house" or something like that... I cannot see Matt Freur or Max Headroom without having "Lawnmower Man 2" start playing in my head....cringe.

@markelijio6012 9 ай бұрын

After the bonafide success of Emmy winning programs Dallas, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest...Lorimar Television was looking for new ways to produced more successful programs and they are Rituals, ALF, Our House, Full House, Paradise, Midnight Caller, Family Matters, Sisters, Dark Justice, Homefront, I'll Fly Away, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Time Trax and Babylon 5 with better ratings.

@markelijio6012 9 ай бұрын

Lorimar has found some great success since The Waltons and Eight is Enough but they produced one of the most popular sci fi programs for the production company: the Emmy Award winning Max Headroom with Matt Frewer. Aired on ABC and ran for a total of seven successful seasons from April 1985 to March 1991. Filmed at Pinewood Studios, London, England and the Burbank Studios, Burbank, California.

@gutenbird 4 күн бұрын

Loved It’s Your Move. Remember it got real good and then disappeared.

@1964amora Ай бұрын

I wished these shows would come back on tv some of them are your favorites

@rony41165 Жыл бұрын

In 1983 there was a midsession show called Ryan’s four a medical drama starring Tom skerrit and Tim Daly. It did well in the ratings but the network dropped it cause they had another medical show on the schedule so they dropped Ryan. And ironically the show they picked to standby didn’t last the full season.

@markelijio6012 Ай бұрын

And so, it didn’t last long because the network has finally dropped for good reason.

@tricorvus2673 20 сағат бұрын

Watching 7/2024. RIP Shannon Dougherty.

@colinwilson4609 22 күн бұрын

Does anyone remember the Madeiline Kahn show. The only line I remember from it was when she said "sure I went to the University of Saskatchewan. No one else would have me." The way she pronounced the word Saskatchewan with her New York accent gave my fourteen year-old Canadian self a serious case of the giggles. The Kahlua probably helped.

@MusicGoodies- 20 күн бұрын

Just subbed!

@BETMARKonTube 11 ай бұрын

I also liked *Misfits of Science.* But I should say... I liked the IDEA of that. In my young age I also started to draw a comic, based on that concept (and yes, I saw that show BEFORE the Marvel comics). But my "need" to make a comic was fed from FRUSTRATION: the show had great potential, but everything was so slow and their skills never grew up to make it cool. I wanted more action and excitement. As same as for the show *"My Secret Identity",* where I was hoping all the time to see the character to learn to master his powers and start to be cool, but it was slow, not that funny and at the end of the season he was still lame like he just got his powers that week. For god's sake! He had a scientist friend able to create any freaking impossible device, to compensate his inability to fly (he can only float) and make other possible useful gadgets... but they chose to keep the castrating argument "I'm not going to help you to become a super hero, jeopardising your incolumity !", perfectly knowing that he would have kept going to act on his own, but without his precious help. (because in fiction, geniuses are all stupid).

@BETMARKonTube 11 ай бұрын

To prove my point: even in the clip he used for this video, he had to add cool music to a collection of the few action scenes toke from different episodes and focus on the only 2 character with an interesting power. And still, you can see every scene is terribly slow and they take forever to use it once... and the small man just kinda fit inside small holes. That's all of the action of the show.

@user-zd7id9rx3f 23 күн бұрын

I really felt bad for Hexum after he accidentally killed himself. I remember his parents donated his heart to someone on the recipient list.

@TheFuriousfunk 9 ай бұрын

Damn, I loved a lot of these, Max Headroom, It's Your Move, Square Pegs, Bosum Buddies, Tales of The Gold Monkey were must watch TV. I also wish Otherworld would have gotten more seasons, i loved the concept and that episode where they realized their world didn't have the Beatles so the kids formed a band and played Beatles songs to become famous seems awfully familiar to the movie from a few years ago when that dude did the same thing.

@chickiemaui Жыл бұрын

Gotta love those 80's special effects! 😂

@JokerLokison 10 ай бұрын

Type II Diabeetus! Wilford Brimley looked grumpy, but he was actually really friendly and down to talk to fans over social media or otherwise. I told him once we had a neighborhood kitty that had an uncanny resemblance to him and we named it Wilford Brimley. However, when Wilford had kittens, we changed her name to Winifred Brimley. He thought this was pretty funny and said he wish we'd had a photo to share. Unrelated to Type II Diabeetus or Quaker Oats, I have a cat currently who I inherited from my post-military friend and mentor who passed through the veil in 2021. 3 of them in fact. He wasn't good at naming cats. They were Fat Girl (who's not fat), Naughty (who's really well behaved...mostly), and White Guy (which is true, but he has orange spots, too. And he's hooge.) When we adopted them, we changed their names to Beep (a reference to her voice), Naughty (it was the only good one), and Ron Howard. This cat has an uncanny resemblance to the actor/director, Ron Howard, and whenever anyone sees him for the 1st time and asks his name, they chuckle and agree! lol When he stands he's nearly the same height that Opie was on Andy Griffith, as well! Oh, did I miss it, or did "Manimal" not make this list? I remember when it was relegated to a very late time slot, I would stay up to watch. But then they'd switch its times without warning or announcement. Then... The Manimal turned into a hawk and flew away, never to ignite the imagination of young dudes again. I would sign up for Manimal experiments in a heartbeat! lol 🤣

@markdepeppo4274 Ай бұрын

a good name for the white cat with orange spots, could be Creamsicle.

@JokerLokison Ай бұрын

@@markdepeppo4274 Yeah, for sure, but this is a hubungous male cat. If we hadn't named him Ron Howard, it woulda been Opie. The resemblance is crazy. Wish I could post his pic! He's a whole case of creamsicles and not really fat, just physically LARGE. lol