Obscure 80s TV shows

[mrph]

So. A question. Which, if any, of the following shows have you seen...

[Poll #423359]

Update: Sledge Hammer! season one is about to come out on DVD, it seems. Hmm. Whatever its flaws, season one had 'Magnum Farce' and a very funny finale... :)

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[sarcaustik.livejournal.com]

The Highwayman....?

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I think it involved a big truck rather than some Michael Praed-alike in a tricorne. :(

[sarcaustik.livejournal.com]

*Rapidly loses interest*.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Vigilante with no name fighting crime. The cabin of his truck doubles as the cockpit of his detachable helicopter.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

A bit like Mad Max crossed with Knight Rider. Some details can be found here.

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Sledgehammer the forerunner to the .... gah, it's gone. Anyway, of the Airplane ilk.

[rat-bastard.livejournal.com]

Nope. That was Police Squad, which preceded The Naked Gun movies.

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm glad that at least someone had a clue what I was on about!

[razorjak.livejournal.com]

Dear god I feel old now.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Judging by some of the poll answers, You Are Not Alone. :)

I'm feeling much better now that I know I didn't hallucinate some of these, anyway. Although it seems we're the only two people alive who remember Tales of the Gold Monkey...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*does some research* Ah, in Germany Tales only ran on cable tv before I had access to it.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

And me. Terminal (geographically-challenged) Raiders of the Lost Ark geek that I was, I watched *everything* in that genre in those days.

[sciolist.livejournal.com]

Ich auch for Tales...

[drivenapart.livejournal.com]

Chelmsford 123 was stunningly brilliant! However, I still have never been able to get the image of Rory McGrath in a fur loincloth out of head...and it still hurts today.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Hmm. That explains a lot about you, really... :)

[grega.livejournal.com]

He throws a mean sheep too :o)

[blu-matt.livejournal.com]

How could you forget Terrahawks. How could you!?

I think Zelda made an appearance on that celebrity Big Brother thing, but she's calling herself Jackie Stallone now...

[juudes.livejournal.com]

Sledgehammer was great late-night ITV viewing for unemployed people. I found it unaccountably hilarious! David Rache went on to appear in another obscure-and-dire-but-unaccountably-hilarious US show called Nurses, which they repeat from time to time on Freeview-available channel abc1.

I remember some of the others, but I don't believe I ever sat through an entire episode!