Originally posted by piemanI read the question as "which show do I miss appearing on?"
Likewise...but the TV show (well, game show) I was on is still running. Canadians in their late 20s will remember VIDEO and ARCADE TOP 10...I was on there twice, and won once.
Anyhow...
The shows I miss, that I used to enjoy watching:
Beakman's World Bill Nye the Science Guy Bizarre Camp Wilder Dead Like Me GI Joe GO BOTS WCW Saturday Night WWF Superstars WWF Cavalcade of Wrestling
I also remember a game show where the entire idea was to NOT LAUGH at a comedian. Can anyone remember it?
(edited by Oliver on 12.4.06 0826)
It was called "Make Me Laugh" and it was on til about 2001, i think.
I noticed that no one put "Tuesday Night Titans" on their list. That was a classic.
I also miss "Starcade" the game show where kids would answer trivia questions about video games then challenge each other to play a certain game and the winner would win a video game.
I also liked "The Joker's Wild" with Jack Barry.
Was Frank Sinatra Jr. on "Manimal"?
No one mentioned "Cop Rock". Man was that a stinkeroo.
(edited by britishiles on 12.4.06 1436) www.oklafan.com Big Show: Why is he getting the Intercontinental Title shot and not me? RVD: Ahhh...maybe 'cause you're a tool. Big Show: Look. I am 7'2". I am 500 pounds. I'm a giant. RVD: Oh ok. You're a giant tool.
Also: The Cosby Show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air WCW Nitro WCW Saturday Night (I actually miss this much more than Nitro as it provided me MUCH entertainment on Saturdays as a kid) Seinfeld New York Undercover (if only for the expositions set to music)
Then my favorite show to get cancelled after 6 episodes, and I have talked about this before. It was "The Usual Suspects" on Fox with Sam McMurray as the detective and YOU as the rookie partner. It was a murder mystery and the final segment was where Sam figured it out. My family and I would tape the show, watch it together, and pause it right before the final segment. Each of us would then give our thoughts on "who done it." Good times, good times.
It's amazing the amount of A and B-list celebrities that came out of that show:
Adam Sandler Dennis Leary Colin Quin Kari Wuhrer Ken Ober Alicia Coppola
Other Mtv shows that I really liked:
Alex Winter's (played Bill in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) "The Idiot Box" "The Jenny McCarthy Show" (Yes, I actually liked her show) Andy Dick in "The Andy Dick Show" and "The Assistant"
Also gotta give a shout out to FOX's "The Ben Stiller Show"
(edited by Kevintripod on 12.4.06 1609) "Oh it's on like Donkey Kong." - Stifler, American Wedding
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Originally posted by Santa SangreStarcade is still on, along with Legends of the Hidden Temple, on THE N.
As long as I'm here:
Salute Your Shorts...At least play the reruns.
Legends of the Hidden Temple's on Nick Games and Sports, I think, not the N. Starcade, dunno about that.
I never saw the '70s version, but man...I found the late '90s version to be virtually unwatchable. I remember watching it and thinking "Christ, why WOULD you laugh at this hacky crap?" I gave it a few chances, thinking that maybe one particular episode just had bad comedians, but I never found any of them to be particularly funny.
I miss Nick Arcade.
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Actually the original Make Me Laugh was pretty good. The remake was horrible.
www.oklafan.com Big Show: Why is he getting the Intercontinental Title shot and not me? RVD: Ahhh...maybe 'cause you're a tool. Big Show: Look. I am 7'2". I am 500 pounds. I'm a giant. RVD: Oh ok. You're a giant tool.
Originally posted by AWArulzFor me, it's NYPD Blue. I was devoted to that show. Tuesdays at 10PM were fixed for it seems like forever for both Mrs. AWA and I for years. I think she liked it more than I did. I still think it's the closest to depicting real coppertude (that was me in a former life) of any cop show.
Absolutely agree....IMO, it was the best show on TV until 1998. Then Mr. Smits gets killed off and the show completely "Jumped the Shark". I tried my damndest to stick with it during the Rick Schroeder era, but he was so bad and unnatural in the part that they lost me as a regular viewer. I do own Seasons One and Two on DVD so far, Season Three is out and Season Four is coming out this summer.
I also miss "Dream On". They whetted our appetite by releasing Seasons One and Two on DVD, but there is no talk of releasing Seasons 3-6. Bastards.....
"Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought this on" - Tony Soprano
Obviously, the correct answer is Mission: Impossible. They used to show the reruns on fX back when it was fX instead of FX. You know, when it first started, they had a loft that took up an entire floor of a building overlooking a park in NYC, and most of their original shows were filmed in the building or in the park. Like Jeff Probst's viewer call-in show, or the morning show with Tom Bergeron and Regis' producer Gelman's wife Laurie Hibberd. Apparently Phil Keoghan worked as a roving reporter. God I miss that network.
I was going to tape all the old shows, but right when I started, they took it off and started playing Miami Vice instead. I got to see about 90% of the shows.
My love for Mission; Impossible is such that it outweighs my hate for Tom Cruise.
Dead Like Me is pretty much my only one. Too much was left to do.
The new Battlestar Galactica as well, but that's probably not the intent of the question, being as it'll be back for the next season in a few months... :-)
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