Favorite sitcoms from the 80's.

[Lord_Dagoth]

Going back to the 1980's, what sitcom did you like?

[ozchick]

I loved 80's sitcoms....arrrrggh there were soooo many! Keep in mind I was a young-un at that time my faves were:

Family Ties
Growing Pains
My Two Dads
The Hogan Family

hmmmm thats about all I can remember at the moment. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">I never really watched sitcoms, since I was a kid growing up in the 80s. Here is some of the things I watched in the 80s:

Alf
Full House
Growing Pains
Jem
G.I. Joe
Rainbow Bright
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
lots more man! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif</font color>

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> As soon as I saw this, one word came to my mind. ALF!

Married with Children isn't bad either. </font color>

[Ryall]

Cheers, the best sitcom ever. And old Taxi re-runs. And My Two Dads, of course. And does Soap still count or was that the late '70s? Loved that as a kid.

[Matthew]

Agreed!

Cheers imo is #1 sitcom of all time hands down barr none!

Taxi I like, Family Ties, Alf was ok.

There are soo many good ones, Fresh Prince, (or was that early 90s, those years go by in a blur. )

Chris, I think soap counts, it ran into the 80s I believe.

[Razorback]

I was a Soap fiend. They used to replay it on Comedy Central or E! (I can't remember which) some years ago. Genius!

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">It was on E! I remember this because 'One Day At a Time' came on right after.</font color>

[Omaru]

Taxi
Cheers
Red Dwarf
Blossom (or was that early 90's also)
Out of this World
Married with Children

ones I weren't fond of but still watched occasionally
Roseanne
Mash

[Efexeye]

Married With Children
Mr. Belvedere
The Golden Girls

[karmattack]

Family Ties
Cheers
Silver Spoons
Diff'rent Strokes
The Facts of Life
Night Court

I don't know why, but so many of the more adult themed sitcoms of the 80's depressed me, Cheers included.

[jjcourtright]

No sense in replying, all the good ones have already been said.

[AskewView00]

Cheers was cool and so was Full House, but nothing can beat Alf.

[BAMSS04]

I can't think of any more good ones....They've been stolen from me. Alf=Awesome ....Full House=Funny.....oh, America's Funniest Home Videos...I think that started in the 80's..... The Wonder Years or was that 70's.....

[Threadkiller]

Punky Brewster
Webster
Benson
The Wonder Years

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Speaking of Punky Brewster, they are going to be realeasing the first season on DVD! I loved that show (but yet, forgot to put it on my fav. sitcoms of the 80s list).</font color>

[Matthew]

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Silver Spoons

[/ QUOTE ]

Gorf was my favorite video game when I was a kid.

[Threadkiller]

That's a pretty obscure reference. What was the name of his pinball machine?

[Kates]

Ohhhh

Alice... I remember that one with the flo lady

sad to think... my all time besto was Punky Brewster :S ugh.. even went for holloween one year as her :s lil star rubber bands to!

[Matt1]

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Speaking of Punky Brewster, they are going to be realeasing the first season on DVD! I loved that show (but yet, forgot to put it on my fav. sitcoms of the 80s list).


[/ QUOTE ]

If Punky is getting a DVD release, this whole TV on DVD thing has gotten seriously out of control.

[KingBison]

The only real sitcom in the 80's was the show with a theme song so cool, it was on the charts for like 10 weeks, plus it launched the career of a little know actor named William Katt( House anyone??)For those deprived souls out there with an empty childhood, Greatest American Hero is a show about a Special-Ed teacher who gets visited by aliens. They give this teach the "Suit of Unearthly Powers" which grant the wearer super strength,flight, invisibilty, flames, telekenesis, vision of events without being there, protection from bullets and fire. Theres also a bunch of other powers but heres the catch. Our special ed friend lost the manual to the suit. What do you get when you cross a power suit, A special ed teacher, and a lost manual. Ill tell you what you get, one hour of pure genius. If you dont know the show, You definately know the song:

Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.

Or how about the very famous George Costanza version

Believe it or not, George isnt at home
Please leave a message at the beep
I must be out or Id pick up the phone
Where could I be??
Believe it or not Im not home.


Greatest American Hero?... More Like Greatest American Sitcom!

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/gramhero.jpg God Bless you Bill Katt, God Bless you!!

[Efexeye]

Dude, don't call kids in Special Ed classes "tards".

You show your ignorance and immaturity when you do.

[KingBison]

I guess making fun of special ed is a no no on the shoot. Funny what you can and cant make fun of on this site. Ill edit my post. I apologize to the people i have insulted.

[Efexeye]

I just take it raw because I'm a teacher, and I have to tell kids constantly how to behave towards the Special Ed students. I guess I just feel that an adult (or semiadult) should know better. Calling a kid a 'tard or a retard because they are retarded is no different than calling someone by a racial epithet.

While we're on the topic, saying something is "gay" or calling someone a "[censored]" is just as bad as any racial slur, yet it's considered okay and funny. I know when you say something is gay it doesn't mean that it is homosexual, but it's still not very considerate towards homosexuals.

[KingBison]

Was that last part directed towards me or my post?? Not sure.

I totally understand where your coming from. But there are so many grays areas when it comes to what you can and cant make fun when it comes to social or racial groups. Example, its ok to say to your friend "Dude you ride the short bus to school" but I cant say tard in my post. Weird.

[Threadkiller]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Saying something to your friend in private is not the same thing as saying it on a public message board.

Your friends know you and know what you mean when you say it. On a public message board you run the risk of being misunderstood and coming across as a total ass.

You might say that to your friend. But would you say it to him loudly on a crowded subway? In front of your old sunday school teacher?

[Efexeye]

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Was that last part directed towards me or my post?? Not sure.


[/ QUOTE ]

No, not directed towards you, just a general comment on homophobia in our society...

[KingBison]

Point taken.

Would you think less of me if I said yes to your question??

[Matthew]

Was the pinball machine "Black Night" ???

[jjcourtright]

Holy cow! I remember Greatest American Hero, and I remember watching it all the time. Sadly, the fact that I watched it and knowing the song are my only memories of it. I also recall that I used to watch Perry Mason movies with my mom simply because they had the Greatest American Hero in them.

Have I mentioned that I have George's song (with Jeff substituted for George) as my voice mail message?

[KingBison]

Thats awesome. Thats funny you have that as your voice mail. I had it on my answering machine for a while but it got old. But none the less its a classic episode.

[Threadkiller]

I couldn't find the name of the pinball machine from Silver Spoons on Google. However, I did find that he had Asteroids Deluxe and Tempest in addition to Gorf. Tempest was a badass game.

[Omaru]

I too must add the wonder years to my list
and Doogie Howser MD, he had a livejournal 11 years before every else.

[Mighty_Wingman]

I can't think of the name of it but there was one that had a grumpy old white-haired guy , with two really hot daughters (a blonde and a brunette) and a really dumb gay guy that lived with them in San Francisco .

Sound familiar to anyone ?

[ratm1966]

Greatest American Hero
Family Ties
Cheers
Night Court
MASH
Taxi

[Threadkiller]

The show of which you speak was called:

Too Close For Comfort

starring none other than JM J. Bullock and Ted Knight (from Caddyshack fame).

http://timstvshowcase.com/tooclose.jpg

I had to resort to a friend to find the answer though.

[Matthew]

Tempest was a kewl game! So was the original Star wars, I remember sitting in that fake cockpit for hours!

[KingBison]

Man, I just have to say that Ted Knight is not famous for Caddyshack. He was already famous when he made caddyshack. What made him famous was a little show in the 60's

Mary Tyler Moore Show

http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/73/039_31506.jpg

[MiloBloom]

Mary Tyler Moore show! Fabulous! I have a couple of really shortlived favorites: "Day by Day"-early Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Thora Birch and "The Charmings"-Paul Winfield as the magic mirror.

[KingBison]

Hello new person, thank you for making your first post a good but weird one.

[MiloBloom]

My pleasure. I've never taken part in a message board before. I'll try to keep my natural offensiveness to a minimum.

[Matt1]

Don't worry friend, we cannot smell you over the internet.

Just kidding pal, welcome aboard.

[The_Master_Cheif]

I watched plenty of them then. But there's one I just can't figure the name to or the very plot to. The only thing I can remember about it is that it was about an old red-headed lady that brought up 4 girls. Two of them were very hot, with one of them two having blonde hair and hazel eyes, the 2nd one having brunett hair and green eyes. The third girl was very fat and looked like a pig child with long hair and chinese looking eyes, while the 4th girl was short and black. Can anybody think the name to this 80's show and maybe post a pic or two of the group. I just can't remember the 80's anymore. Guess it's because I watch too much Malcolm in the middle and play my X-Box too much.

[JK]

It was called "The Facts of Life"

also, i before e.

[karmattack]

And since we're giving out points for rare pics, extra points to the person who can post a screen-cap of George Clooney shagging all 4 girls.

Extra-extra points if Mrs. Garrett is in there too.



EDIT: If you can't tell, newbs, this is a joke. Do NOT post porn. All porn should be PM'd to me. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[jjcourtright]

</font><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr />
also, i before e.

[/ QUOTE ] Fuck, I read his post three times looking for the spelling error and couldn't find it. I got it now.

[karmattack]

Oh, man is that priceless. That takes it from being a quality Halo 2 reference, down to being......a misspelled cullinary arts reference.

[The_Master_Cheif]

Now I remember a little bit more. It was called The Facts of Life. The only thing is I couldn't stand the theme song to it so I closed my ears and turned my head away from the TV set. Isn't the green eyed brunette haired girl with a ponytail now a country singer of some sort that took some time out to vacation up in switzerland? I think her real name is Shania something. She's married to an ugly looking dude named Mudd Lange, I think. I knew she would sing After that show ended in 1988.

[Jason_Brown]

You take the good
You take the bad
You take them both
And then you have
The facts of life.
The facts of life.

An Alan Thicke classic.

[The_Master_Cheif]

Isn't Alan Thicke a [censored] homosexual that all mankind should avoid like the plague?

[Threadkiller]

Aren't you a babbling imbecile that can only find his conversational equal by talking to himself or a piece of moldy cheddar ... who should be avoided by like the plague?

[The_Master_Cheif]

I remember you now, you bastard! You're one of the minions of Grimace or the one they called Grimace from the very first Moviepoopshoot posting boards, ain't you! Beleive me, I had a wonderful time then batteling every minion of Grimace there was. I've even fought the one whose screen name was "Bandit Reynolds Style", "Mayor McCheese", "Bluntman and Chronic", and "Affleckie". I know your organization of friends, Threadkiller! Or as you were then known on the very first Moviepoopshoot boards as "Grimace"!

[Jason_Brown]

You are no longer "Most Entertaining Newbie of the Day". Please watch the gay-bashing.

[Threadkiller]

A mindless follower of the almost infamous but really just mildly annoying Cameltoe. I might have known.

No, I'm not Grimace. But the Grimace lives. Nothing can kill the Grimace.

[The_Master_Cheif]

So Jason Brown, you must be allies with Threadkiller and another minion of Grimmace as well from the very first moviepoopshoot boards.

[Jason_Brown]

I am not a number! I am a free man!


(Seriously, just try to be a little more civil around here.)

[ratm1966]

Look, they are just giving you a warning before Chris breaks out the ban stick. There is no gay bashing, racist remarks, or blatant name calling (i.e. bitch, mother [censored], you son of a bitch, etc) of any type.

[Sheriff]

This thread was just beg'n to be bumped by this (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/11/04/doogie.ap/index.html).

[Robbo_the_Hood]

But...Harold & Kumar was so good.

[Antonio_Bay]

Anyone remember My Two Dads? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHXeo57xj3k)

Edit - there was an actor called Dick Butkus?

[ZBarclay]

Anyone remember My Two Dads? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHXeo57xj3k)

Edit - there was an actor called Dick Butkus?

You watch what you say...Dick Butkus is a god.
http://www.profootballhof.com/assets/Butkus_Dick_Action_150-220.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/dibutkus51/db-14.jpg

[Antonio_Bay]

You watch what you say...Dick Butkus is a god.


Ooo - 'Butkus was also the special referee for the battle royal at WrestleMania 2.'

[ZBarclay]

Ooo - 'Butkus was also the special referee for the battle royal at WrestleMania 2.'

There you have it: Coolest man to have ever lived.