long forgotten t.v shows & movies.

I seem to remember the 70's and 80's were full of crazy shows that only i seem to remember. I know how frustrating it is when you remember something and no one has a clue what your talking about. of course youtube has made this much more satisfying. One show I remember that absoultely no one else seems to is "The powers of matthew star" :



allot of short lived series filling a young mind with stuff. I have many more. you?

another great one:



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I have one for you, this is an episode of a late 50's early 60's series entitled...

One Step Beyond

Google Video Link

Think Twilight Zone BUT, these shows were all based on true stories....

or perhaps some street hawk action...



oh the 80's. good times.

another great one (possibly responsible for mike myers snl skit years later)

1950s Sci-Fi show. Science Fiction Theatre!

www.imdb.com...

www.tv.com...

I present for you edification (and lots of chuckles):

EXOMAN!!

A one shot movie that was supposed to serve as a pilot for a TV show that didn't go anywhere. A very blatant Iron man ripoff.






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Another Fav:

ROCKY JONES SPACE RANGER
(complete with the usual glitches - note they even spell 'Ranger' wrong (RANAGER) in the opening credits).

One reason I liked it was because of Vena (played by Sally Mansfield) and the cool cape she got to wear. This was one impetus that fueled a life-long fascination with cape wearing, haha.)





Full Show - Vena and the Darnamo


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some good ones so far! This one no one ever remembers, i loved it when i was a kid:

reply to post by tasteslikethunder

Is that Voyagers? (I didn't watch the vid, I just saw the screenshot at the beginning.)

Awesome. It's on METV on Saturdays in Chicago.

C

or some people may not know that before Sam Raimi and company there was a show on tv with super 70's funk soundtrack and cheese o' plenty...



ouch.

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wow exoman! i had no idea. where did the funding come from for shows like this. i mean thank goodness -but really!

Ah, the memories..
Wish I was a kid again.
www.retrojunk.com...


www.retrojunk.com...

There are only a few who will remember this show:



Created by the same guy (Jay Ward) who went on to do Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Here's another great show. I actually attended this show when I lived in Pennsylvania.



One child remembers:

AS A CHILD in the Pittsburgh '60s, the only thing better than a snow day from school was appearing on Ricki and Copper. The show aired each weekday morning on Channel 4 but was videotaped at the studio several days before so the children could see themselves on TV--and also, no doubt, so the producers could edit out any kid who cried for Mommy.

I was a 5-year-old in kindergarten when I made my starring appearance. That was the average age of a Ricki and Copper kid. The show took place on a woodland set constructed inside a Channel 4 studio. Each episode featured half a dozen children or so; one by one, each child would appear on camera with Ricki and her golden retriever, Copper (who died during the run of the show and was replaced by the younger Copper Penny, although I wonder if the kids would have know the difference).

You would sit on a log, tell Ricki your name and where you lived, answer a few questions about your hobbies and interests, then sing a little song and tell a little joke. Ricki, of course, would always "give up" on your joke, and Mr. Boom Man, a boom microphone with a hat and mustache, would rumble laughter when you told Ricki the punch line. Then you would go sit around a picnic table to wait. When all the kids had finished, Ricki would sing "Happy Birthday" using everyone's name in the song.

Then we'd eat cake.

And what cake it was. It was frequently chocolate cake and little kids in white outfits would soon, unsupervised, end up covered in chocolate. Hilarious.

Im going to say the

Twilight Zone...

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You mean like this kid ?

classic show.

"not the momma"

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Nice tie!



Think they call that the Kentucky Colonel.

The station that did Rikki and Copper also hosted Fred Rogers who later became known as Mr. Rogers.

One of his early show was The Children's Corner with Josie Carey and Meow, Meow.



Great TV.

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love the show dinosaurs. whats with the metallic boobie behind the baby though? hmmm...

see what you wanna see i guess?



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