Author Topic: Your fave TV shows when you were little. (Read 6585 times)

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #35 on:** April 24, 2016, 11:04:07 PM »

Quote from: Zook on April 24, 2016, 01:43:14 PM

Charmed was too cheesy for me. Even Buffy the Vampire Slayer in all its cheese, wasn't as cheesy as Charmed.

Speaking of Buffy, that's another show I loved (aside from Season 6) growing up, and it still holds up as well.

Another show I never watched till recently, but think it's really good. Again, that was part of the style at the time, and Buffy was pretty self aware about the campiness.

Outcrier · « **Reply #36 on:** April 25, 2016, 04:16:12 PM »

Some series that were big here in Brazil during my childhood and that i still like:

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
My Wife and Kids
El Chavo del Ocho (does anyone here knows it?)
Dragon Ball Z

Kotowboy · « **Reply #37 on:** April 25, 2016, 04:18:24 PM »

I loved Fresh Prince. Never saw Dragon Ball Z.

Outcrier · « **Reply #38 on:** April 25, 2016, 04:24:08 PM »

My Wife and Kids was popular in the States?

Kotowboy · « **Reply #39 on:** April 25, 2016, 04:27:12 PM »

Or those other two.

And I live in the UK.

sylvan · « **Reply #40 on:** April 25, 2016, 05:00:08 PM »

Quote from: Accelerando on April 22, 2016, 09:40:01 PM

Damn it was great to be a kid of the 90's

Stop trying to steal my childhood bro!

Does anybody remember High Mountain Rangers, starring Robert Conrad and his sons. I was all about that show. Me and my brother would play High Mountain Rangers around the neighborhood, I was Matt and he was Cody. He actually adopted that as his name and was called that all the way through school.

El Barto · « **Reply #41 on:** April 25, 2016, 06:40:37 PM »

As a young lad I always found Three's Company oddly compelling.

Actual favorite shows would have been Soap and Star Trek. To a lesser extent, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, and WKRP. Cartoon wise it was Merry Melodies and Pink Panther or GTFO.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #42 on:** April 25, 2016, 07:05:05 PM »

I loved Three's Company as a kid. The humor was simple, but entertaining. I doubt anyone else could have mastered the role of Jack like John Ritter did. It was really his show, the rest were just along for the ride.

I remember a while back you mentioned Soap here, and made me realize I had totally forgotten about it. I revisited it on Netflix and was reminded how hilarious it was. Burt Campbell is probably one of my top 5 all time favorite TV characters.

El Barto · « **Reply #43 on:** April 25, 2016, 07:30:49 PM »

Quote from: Cool Chris on April 25, 2016, 07:05:05 PM

I loved Three's Company as a kid. The humor was simple, but entertaining. I doubt anyone else could have mastered the role of Jack like John Ritter did. It was really his show, the rest were just along for the ride.

I remember a while back you mentioned Soap here, and made me realize I had totally forgotten about it. I revisited it on Netflix and was reminded how hilarious it was. Burt Campbell is probably one of my top 5 all time favorite TV characters.

All of the people in Soap were great, but it was as an ensemble that they really killed. Any time more than 3 of them are on the screen at once it's fantastic. Burt was great, but that's largely because Richard Mulligan was such a fine (and underrated) actor. I have a hard time picking a second best character (Bob steels the show in my book), but it might be Sanders. Also the secondary characters were always fantastic. Gordon Jump as Peace of Chilief Tinkler, Howard Hessman as the two lawyers, and El Puerco with his posse were excellent additions.

Big Hath · « **Reply #44 on:** April 25, 2016, 09:36:35 PM »

Soap was great

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #45 on:** April 26, 2016, 08:11:35 AM »

Spectreman
A-Team
Knight Rider
Dukes of Hazzard
Misfits of Science
GI Joe
Transformers

Kotowboy · « **Reply #46 on:** April 26, 2016, 12:27:02 PM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 26, 2016, 08:11:35 AM

Misfits of Science

That definitely rings a bell.

Big Hath · « **Reply #47 on:** April 26, 2016, 12:57:53 PM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on April 26, 2016, 12:27:02 PM

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 26, 2016, 08:11:35 AM

Misfits of Science

That definitely rings a bell.

yeah, I remember that one. Didn't last long.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #48 on:** April 26, 2016, 02:08:12 PM »

No, unfortunately, it didn't. 16 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfits_of_Science

Adami · « **Reply #49 on:** April 26, 2016, 02:23:11 PM »

Anyone remember Dino Riders?

I can't tell if I loved the show, or just loved the toys and enjoyed the show a bit.

Also Voltron. Though upon retrospect, it's essentially the same episode over and over. Bad guys send a monster, dudes fight monster with 5 lions, evil witch makes monster grow, lions make voltron and cut monster in half with sword.

Did I just describe Voltron or Power Rangers?

King Postwhore · « **Reply #50 on:** April 26, 2016, 03:17:22 PM »

As a teen I watched Voltron and Star Blazers.

Ben_Jamin · « **Reply #51 on:** April 26, 2016, 07:29:25 PM »

Let's see....

The usual '90's cartoons
Where in The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Xuxa
The Puzzle Place
Wishbone
Family Matters
Married With Children

Zook · « **Reply #52 on:** April 26, 2016, 07:49:31 PM »

Quote from: Adami on April 26, 2016, 02:23:11 PM

Anyone remember Dino Riders?

I can't tell if I loved the show, or just loved the toys and enjoyed the show a bit.

Also Voltron. Though upon retrospect, it's essentially the same episode over and over. Bad guys send a monster, dudes fight monster with 5 lions, evil witch makes monster grow, lions make voltron and cut monster in half with sword.

Did I just describe Voltron or Power Rangers?

I think there were like 30 shows like this in Japan, but in Power Rangers, they never cut the monster in half. They hit it with the sword, sparks flew, and the monster spun around and dropped dead.

JustJen · « **Reply #53 on:** April 26, 2016, 08:07:37 PM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 22, 2016, 11:56:04 PM

Quote from: Kotowboy on April 22, 2016, 04:37:49 PM
This is an oddity. It was Australian.

What....... what is this? I've never heard of it, but now I'm curious. It sounds like the name of some obscure experimental prog band.

JustJen · « **Reply #54 on:** April 26, 2016, 08:12:24 PM »

When I was little I was a huge fan of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Later I watched the lineup in KevShmev's early post - Cosby, Family Ties, etc. My mom and I watched Cheers together from start to finish, all those years. Loved Night Court too. I loved watching certain re-runs like All in the Family, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley. We loved Mork & Mindy.

For awhile there was a Dungeons and Dragons cartoon and I liked that a lot, but not as much as Scooby Doo. Nothing is as awesome as Scooby Doo meeting the Globetrotters, or Don Knotts, etc.

Adami · « **Reply #55 on:** April 26, 2016, 08:17:01 PM »

pogoowner · « **Reply #56 on:** April 26, 2016, 08:58:28 PM »

Batman: The Animated Series
Iron Man
X-Men
Spider-Man
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Beast Wars
Animaniacs
Pinky and the Brain
Doug
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Seinfeld

One of these things is not like the others...

Outcrier · « **Reply #57 on:** April 27, 2016, 06:31:34 PM »

Spider-man was cool.

Also, X-Men Evolution and Justice League.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #58 on:** April 28, 2016, 05:25:22 AM »

Quote from: JustJen on April 26, 2016, 08:07:37 PM

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 22, 2016, 11:56:04 PM
Quote from: Kotowboy on April 22, 2016, 04:37:49 PM
This is an oddity. It was Australian.

What....... what is this? I've never heard of it, but now I'm curious. It sounds like the name of some obscure experimental prog band.

Don't YouTube the theme song. it's annoyingly catchy and you'll have it stuck in your head FOREVER

I left Dubai in 1988 and I can still remember it

Chino · « **Reply #59 on:** April 28, 2016, 05:42:18 AM »

Mr. Wizard's World
Double Dare
Global Guts
Legends of the Hidden Temple
I Love Lucy
Happy Days
Salute Your Shorts
Kenan and Kel
The Munsters
Ren and Stimpy
Doug
Hey Arnold
American Gladiators

JustJen · « **Reply #60 on:** April 28, 2016, 06:26:25 AM »

I keep wanting to come back and add in Seinfeld but the title says "when you were little" so I am severely limited. There were only 13 channels on TV when I was a kid and channel 6 was HBO that you had to stand up and go to the TV and switch a switch on a set top box manually to receive, and 4 was just the time and temperature channel.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #61 on:** April 28, 2016, 06:38:42 AM »

How could I forget Ren & Stimpy ?

I adored that show.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #62 on:** April 28, 2016, 06:41:15 AM »

Also, I forgot You Can't Do That on Television

Logain Ablar · « **Reply #63 on:** April 28, 2016, 06:43:53 AM »

Quote from: JustJen on April 28, 2016, 06:26:25 AM

I keep wanting to come back and add in Seinfeld but the title says "when you were little" so I am severely limited. There were only 13 channels on TV when I was a kid and channel 6 was HBO that you had to stand up and go to the TV and switch a switch on a set top box manually to receive, and 4 was just the time and temperature channel.

13 channels? Oh luxury!

We had 3. I remember it was a massive deal when we got Channel 4. A guy had to come out to the house to tune in the TV to receive it..

Anyway, another couple I thought of:

Thundercats
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #64 on:** April 28, 2016, 06:55:05 AM »

For the old farts.

Solid Gold and Real People & That's Incredible!

JustJen · « **Reply #65 on:** April 28, 2016, 07:04:49 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 28, 2016, 06:55:05 AM

For the old farts.

Solid Gold and Real People & That's Incredible!

I forgot about That's Incredible! I also liked Kids are People Too.

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #66 on:** April 28, 2016, 07:59:12 AM »

The ones that stand out to me the most are

The Simpsons
The X-Files - this was my jam in my tweens
The Animals of Farthing Wood - I don't think this ever aired in the US. Me and my brothers played the shit out of this in the early 90s. I rewatched a good chunk of it out of nostalgia recently, and holy crap, is it dark for a kid's show.

MY BABIES MY POOR BABIES

Also,
Animaniacs
Dexter's Laboratory
general Looney Tunes stuff
Doug
Land of the Lost
Friends, once I was a teen

Oh, also, Mr Bean

Logain Ablar · « **Reply #67 on:** April 28, 2016, 08:11:02 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on April 28, 2016, 07:59:12 AM

The Animals of Farthing Wood - I don't think this ever aired in the US. Me and my brothers played the shit out of this in the early 90s. I rewatched a good chunk of it out of nostalgia recently, and holy crap, is it dark for a kid's show.

Mice kebabs - some sick stuff there! Did George R.R. Martin have a hand in writing that show?

kaos2900 · « **Reply #68 on:** April 28, 2016, 02:00:57 PM »

Quote from: Accelerando on April 22, 2016, 09:40:01 PM

Batman: The Animated Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers
Duck Tales
Darkwing Duck
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Tale Spin
Animaniacs
Tiny Toon Adventures
Muppet Babies
Rugrats
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Boy Meets World
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Saved By The Bell
All That
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Salute Your Shorts
Clarissa Explains It All
Doug
Eureka's Castle
Gummi Bears
Timon and Pumbaa
Wishbone

Damn it was great to be a kid of the 90's

Pretty much this list though I'd add Power Rangers, X-Men, Batman The Animated Series, Double Dare, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and American Gladiators. I was also big into the Saturday morning WWF show too.

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #69 on:** April 28, 2016, 03:11:57 PM »

Quote from: Logain Ablar on April 28, 2016, 08:11:02 AM

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on April 28, 2016, 07:59:12 AM
The Animals of Farthing Wood - I don't think this ever aired in the US. Me and my brothers played the shit out of this in the early 90s. I rewatched a good chunk of it out of nostalgia recently, and holy crap, is it dark for a kid's show.

Mice kebabs - some sick stuff there! Did George R.R. Martin have a hand in writing that show?

That joke gets made pretty often, believe it or not, on account of the fact that the show kills off a character every 2 or 3 episodes.

News: DreamTheaterForums is a place for people who just don't have the time for music anymore.

Author Topic: Your fave TV shows when you were little. (Read 6585 times)