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mrph ([personal profile] mrph) wrote2005-01-23 12:47 pm
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Obscure 80s TV shows

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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[identity profile] sarcaustik.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
The Highwayman....?

[identity profile] ankaret.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Sadly, I think it involved a big truck rather than some Michael Praed-alike in a tricorne. :(

[identity profile] sarcaustik.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
*Rapidly loses interest*.

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Vigilante with no name fighting crime. The cabin of his truck doubles as the cockpit of his detachable helicopter.

[identity profile] mrph.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
A bit like Mad Max crossed with Knight Rider. Some details can be found here.

[identity profile] sheepthief.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Wasn't Sledgehammer the forerunner to the .... gah, it's gone. Anyway, of the Airplane ilk.

[identity profile] rat-bastard.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Nope. That was Police Squad, which preceded The Naked Gun movies.

[identity profile] sheepthief.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm glad that at least someone had a clue what I was on about!

[identity profile] razorjak.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 05:55 am (UTC)(link)

Dear god I feel old now.

[identity profile] mrph.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
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...

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
*does some research* Ah, in Germany Tales only ran on cable tv before I had access to it.

[identity profile] inulro.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
And me. Terminal (geographically-challenged) Raiders of the Lost Ark geek that I was, I watched *everything* in that genre in those days.
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[identity profile] sciolist.livejournal.com 2005-01-24 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ich auch for Tales...

[identity profile] drivenapart.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] mrph.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. That explains a lot about you, really... :)

[identity profile] grega.livejournal.com 2005-01-23 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
He throws a mean sheep too :o)

[identity profile] blu-matt.livejournal.com 2005-01-24 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
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...

[identity profile] juudes.livejournal.com 2005-01-24 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
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!
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