80s TV shows. good or bad any favorites

80s TV shows. good or bad any favorites

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bluebear

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604 posts

155 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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well i'm on a bit of a nostalgia roll just now. Just watched thundercats and a bit of Automan. Now tonight its a bit of Street hawk. Anyone else miss these TV shows or are they best left in the past ?


Daz68

3,370 posts

211 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Still watch Auf Wiedersehen Pet often. Great stuff.

Dracoro

8,685 posts

246 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Co-incidentally, I watched an episode of Street Hawk earlier biggrin

In many ways it's dated and clearly from it's time but it's fun to watch in a nostalgic way.

I also have nearly all the Knight Rider episodes too biggrin

Nothing else from the 80's really entices me though. That said, if something like Airwolf came on some repeat channel, I'd watch it.

Most the rest can be left where they are though.

A-Team can certainly be left in the 80s biggrin. It was just the same story repeated over and over. Help some "helpless" group/family against local rogues. They'll have to fly there so need to drug BA. Face will get with the daughter. Hannibal will smoke a cigar and "feel a plan coming together". Murdock will wind up BA. They'll always end up in a shed and plaster some old truck with metal sheets and machine guns made out of pipes etc.

jaybirduk

1,867 posts

168 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Screw your turbo motorbike, Airwolf would kick its butt smile

miniman

25,013 posts

263 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Back in the day, I never noticed that regardless of the show - Airwolf, Knight Rider, Streethawk, Blue Thunder - they only filmed the "action" scene once, then replayed it every episode.

B Huey

4,881 posts

200 months

Thursday 24th November 2011
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Anyone remember Crime Story, epic cops vs gangsters story set in early 60s Las Vegas.

Made by Abel Ferrara and Michael Mann, I have it on DVD and is still brilliant.

It's available on Amazon for peanuts.

Edited by B Huey on Thursday 24th November 23:02

993AL

1,939 posts

219 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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Hill Street Blues is worthy of a mention I think.

MarsellusWallace

1,180 posts

202 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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Airwolf-bad but good if you get my drift

Miami Vice-loved every series


Jasandjules

69,946 posts

230 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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Got be airwolf, though I like streethawk too - excellent music....


AshVX220

5,929 posts

191 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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I'd never heard of (or seen) Automan before.

One that I remember enjoying was "Manimal", a bloke that could change into a animals.

Nobaccymaccy

572 posts

203 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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993AL said:
Hill Street Blues is worthy of a mention I think.
yes

Let's be careful out there

Ady1970

31 posts

163 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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Airwolf was great. Loved the heli. Remember enjoying automan and streethawk as well. Couple of others to mention. How about "The Fall Guy" and "Blake's 7". I know Blake's 7 only just makes it in as it ran from 78 to 81.

Raify

6,552 posts

249 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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AshVX220 said:
I'd never heard of (or seen) Automan before.

One that I remember enjoying was "Manimal", a bloke that could change into a animals.
He could turn into either a snake or a bird, his range was....limited.

Anyone remember Cover Up? No-one else I know does. If it didn't have a wiki page I'd think I'd dreamt (nightmare perhaps) it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_Up_(TV_series)

AshVX220

5,929 posts

191 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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Raify said:
AshVX220 said:
I'd never heard of (or seen) Automan before.

One that I remember enjoying was "Manimal", a bloke that could change into a animals.
He could turn into either a snake or a bird, his range was....limited.

Anyone remember Cover Up? No-one else I know does. If it didn't have a wiki page I'd think I'd dreamt (nightmare perhaps) it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_Up_(TV_series)
I'm sure I saw him turn into a black Panther once?!?!confused

Raify

6,552 posts

249 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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AshVX220 said:
I'm sure I saw him turn into a black Panther once?!?!confused
I was being facetious, but snake and bird were the favourites. Didn't Manimal turn into an A&E doctor on Casualty recently?

marshalla

15,902 posts

202 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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Nobaccymaccy said:
993AL said:
Hill Street Blues is worthy of a mention I think.
yes

Let's be careful out there
or do it to them before they do it to us.

Raify

6,552 posts

249 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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AshVX220 said:
I'm sure I saw him turn into a black Panther once?!?!confused
Holy cow! The effects weren't exactly American Werewolf in London hehehttp://youtu.be/6iQ-mzYRl3s


Sprouts

865 posts

190 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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A Very Peculiar Practice was a great, odd show.


Zod

35,295 posts

259 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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Sprouts said:
A Very Peculiar Practice was a great, odd show.

It was great and weird. Who was the manin character? I remember her and Troughton, but not the main one.

cazzer

8,883 posts

249 months

Friday 25th November 2011
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The adventures and romance of a sensitive and cultured lion-man and a crusading District Attorney assistant.


Anyone?

No? Just me then....