Obscure TV Shows You Are Embarrassed To Admit You Enjoyed

**Eric** · 02-17-2013, 21:29

Obscure TV Shows You Are Embarrassed To Admit You Enjoyed

I'll get the ball rolling: Father Dowling Mysteries. That is the one where Tom Bosley ( Father from Happy Days) was a priest who solved mysteries. I am also a bit ashamed to admit that I thought his nun assistant was mildly hot.

Eric

HollowHead · 02-17-2013, 21:30

I was addicted to Alien Nation. HH

**Eric** · 02-17-2013, 21:32

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I was addicted to Alien Nation. HH

That was a decent show. No need to be embarrassed by that. Now if you had said Murder She Wrote...

*ASH* · 02-17-2013, 21:32

Roswell

Buffy lol

**Eric** · 02-17-2013, 21:37

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Roswell

Buffy lol

I remember a Buffy episode where they spent the entire show frantically trying to prepare for the arrival of a really horrific demon. The problem was that they had very little info on it. They had a picture of it and some text under the pic that they couldn't translate.

They finally translated the text at the end of the show, as the demon materialized. The demon was indeed fierce looking, but it was only about three inches high. Turns out, the text translated as, "Shown Actual Size." Someone simply stepped on the demon and squashed it.

Eric

Spiffums · 02-18-2013, 17:41

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Originally Posted by *ASH*

Roswell

Buffy lol

Sis got me the Buffy Box Set for Christmas. We used to watch it back in the day together.

Kingarthurhk · 02-19-2013, 17:00

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Originally Posted by HollowHead

I was addicted to Alien Nation. HH

Me too. and the original V series.

Goodrich · 02-17-2013, 21:35

21 Jump street.

*ASH* · 02-17-2013, 21:37

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21 Jump street.

forgot that one lol . hey it was almost cool .

countrygun · 02-17-2013, 21:43

About 25 years ago there was a short-lived "summer replacement" show that went about 5 episodes and it was hilarious. It starred Brian Keith as a crotchety old man that had to move back in with his kids and grandkids.

I will never forget one scene when they are all discussing the TV news report about a gung shooting with "X" number of rounds fired and one person hurt.

Keith's character is talking to his son and says,

"I got the solution for this gang problem, handgrenades"

"Dad, they can't give the cops handgrenades"

"Who's talking about the cops? Give 'em to the gangs, they can't kill each other worth a darn with guns"

**Eric** · 02-17-2013, 21:38

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Originally Posted by Goodrich

21 Jump street.

Dude... Hang your head in shame.

(I watched it too.)

HollowHead · 02-17-2013, 21:40

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21 Jump street.

Holly Robinson. Yum. HH

*ASH* · 02-17-2013, 21:44

trapper john md
midnight caller

HollowHead · 02-17-2013, 21:52

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midnight caller

My wife went out with Gary Cole before we met. HH

Adjuster · 02-17-2013, 22:16

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My wife went out with Gary Coleman before we met. HH

Gary Coleman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Coleman

Gary Cole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole

?????

maxmanta · 02-21-2013, 12:38

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Holly Robinson. Yum. HH

Ironically, Elizabeth Berkley was the one I LEAST wanted to see naked.

maxmanta · 02-21-2013, 12:40

I was, and still am, a serious Cow & Chicken fan.

Oh...and MLP:FIM. I am ashamed.

Dennis in MA · 02-21-2013, 12:48

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Forever Knight.

Also, in the late 70's/early 80's there was a show about some people who made a rocket in their junkyard using a cement mixer as a capsule. They collected space debris for fun and profit.

I just cant remember the name of it.

Andy Griffith was the pilot. It started out as a TV Movie I think and it was popular enough they made a one-season Sunday Night TV show out of it.

SALVAGE 1!!!!! (Thank you IMDB!) Bad bad bad show. The whole thing was the gub'mint trying to shut him down as he tried to launch rockets. Funny stuff.

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The Muppets! Still know every characters name.
Alf
77 Sunset Strip
The Smothers Brothers
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

Smothers Brothers was great. Also great when they re-hashed it in the late 80's. It died a quiet death, but DANG it was very good produced television.

RHVEtte · 02-25-2013, 21:51

Well, I was a 90's kid, which meant I got to enjoy such wonders of television programming as Swat Kats (with a K because that's EDGY), Biker Mice from Mars, and Samurai Pizza Cats. I also remember one featuring super-powered mummies driving a sarcophagus-shaped batmobile. Y'know, looking back on 90's cartoons, I have to wonder what the hell the execs were smoking.

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I was, and still am, a serious Cow & Chicken fan.

Oh...and MLP:FIM. I am ashamed.

C&C infuriated me to no end, though I think I was exactly the wrong age to enjoy it. Too young to catch the euphemisms so it was just random and annoying to me, and by the time I found it again, the jokes seemed juvenile. Though my sister says I act like I'm 83 most days, so take that as you will.

I watched a couple episodes of MLP to see what the big deal was. My thinking being that there had to be some sort of reason behind the following. We seriously had a couple guys on the floor back in college nearly come to blows over their favorite character. Though they also nearly came to blows over which was better, Bud Lite or Miller Light, so again, take that as you will.

But anyway, to get back on a tangentially related topic, I watched a couple episodes but never really got into it. I respect what they were/are trying to do, though, which seems to be to make a kid's show that parents can watch without giving themselves boredom-induced concussions similar to the multi-level approach behind the old Adam West Batman. The inclusion of a Benny Hill chase montage was the giveaway.

ETA: By the way, if you just have to watch the Benny Hill bit, for the love of God, use Youtube and not Google. Google is NOT your friend here. There are some things that should never be seen.

**janice6** · 02-17-2013, 21:36

Quark and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

itstime · 02-17-2013, 21:44

I'm just going to say most of the ones that will be mentioned here and made fun of. Lol

21jump street was mentioned. I was young alright.

How about 90210. Yea yea. I did.

**Eric** · 02-17-2013, 21:46

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I'm just going to say most of the ones that will be mentioned here and made fun of. Lol

21jump street was mentioned. I was young alright.

How about 90210. Yea yea. I did.

It got harder and harder to believe the characters were in high school, as the hairlines receded, didn't it?

Eric

10mm Sonny · 02-17-2013, 21:46

I've been watching The Carrie Diaries.

So...... Somebody please shoot me.

*ASH* · 02-17-2013, 21:53

there was one i cant remember name damn it . guy looked like Michael Caine came on late nights . he was retired spook and helped people in trouble .

i just cant think of it

10mm Sonny · 02-17-2013, 21:58

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there was one i cant remember name damn it . guy looked like Michael Caine came on late nights . he was retired spook and helped people in trouble .

i just cant think of it

The Equalizer

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088513/