robnrdbrd Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Auld_Mulk said: This one is super old. Hilarious House of Frightenstein So crazy to think that they not only pitched but got such creepy characters on TV as a KID'S show! I remember re-runs of it as a kid and the librarian and yogi, especially, giving me the willies. The 'super man' was just plain weird. Link to post Share on other sites
robnrdbrd Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 37 minutes ago, RoseGoesToYale said: -The Littlest Hobo, from the 80s, a homeless german shepherd wanders around Canada helping people (def ace-friendly)... Close friends agree that it's basically my theme song too! (I always thought because "London" was in the credits that it was just one dog, but I think there were two and they came from the same breeder/owner who provided the dogs for the earlier American series... this was a re-boot, if I'm not mistaken.) Link to post Share on other sites
robnrdbrd Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Any of the Canadians watch The Odyssey? If not, a kid goes into a coma and the alternate reality he experiences only features kids and, if I remember, there are no or just a few teens ... unfortunately, season 3 turned into a lame teen drama. Jewel Staite (Kaylee from Firefly) makes an appearance twice, as does Will Sasso, Sarah Chalke, ... and not to mention, Ryan Reynolds too! Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Corner Gas is an amusing Canadian comedy. Someone mentioned Slings & Arrows. Great fun! Due South is another one (free on YouTube!). Blackadder, Are You Being Served?, May to December, Bob and Rose, Waiting for God ... Link to post Share on other sites
Asterion Orestes Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I was a Babylon 5 fan of sorts while it ran, ending (more or less as planned) 21 years ago. Might've kept up with the sequel if it hadn't failed. Link to post Share on other sites
Lilsi Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 4 hours ago, disGraceful said: In the Flesh That was such a great show, i loved it and the characters had such great development it is such a waste that they cancelled it. Mine would be Due South a programme about a Mountie who goes to Chicago to find the killers of his father and ends up teaming up with a cop. Loved it so much. It aided my obsession with Canada Also Eternal Law a show about some Angels placed on earth to defend clients in court, the opposition were Demons, set in York and a lot around their stunning cathedral so it was a stunning show visually. Loved it but sadly ITV cancelled it after a season. Link to post Share on other sites
ColeHW34 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I doubt a single soul has heard of Code lyoko or Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Kyle XY, Charmed, Desperate Housewives, Merlin, Stargate Atlantis, Allo Allo, My family, Bones, Chuck, Dead to me, My babysitter is a vampire, Greys Anatomy and Grimm. Honestly I can never have a chat with anyone cause its either Game of Thrones or Family guy stuff. I have five seasons of Babylon 5 and now ya'll have made me curious about it XD Link to post Share on other sites
Yui-Drakon Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 9 hours ago, CBC said: Anyone remember Bob and Margaret? It was a Canada/UK coproduction that aired from 1998 to 2001. Watched a dubbed version of that when I was younger. 5 hours ago, ColeHW said: I doubt a single soul has heard of Code lyoko or Cheers. I once saw the name Code Lyoko before, and only read about it. Would you recommend? Link to post Share on other sites
ColeHW34 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Yui-Drakon said: I once saw the name Code Lyoko before, and only read about it. Would you recommend? It’s pretty good although the backstory is creepy. Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 7 hours ago, ColeHW said: I doubt a single soul has heard of Code lyoko or Cheers. There was a time when you couldn't get away from Cheers, no matter where you were - Where everyone knows your name ... I actually prefer the spin-off series, Frasier, set in Seattle. Link to post Share on other sites
Member131995 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Anything that's not Game of Thrones?😂 Link to post Share on other sites
Tyke Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, fuzzipueo said: There was a time when you couldn't get away from Cheers, no matter where you were - Where everyone knows your name ... I actually prefer the spin-off series, Frasier, set in Seattle. Frasier was brilliant! They set it in Seattle, as far away as it is possible to get from Boston (where Cheers was set) to reduce the temptation to have Frasier being visited regularly by Cheers characters. Link to post Share on other sites
verymelancholic Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, Midland Tyke said: Frasier was brilliant! They set it in Seattle, as far away as it is possible to get from Boston (where Cheers was set) to reduce the temptation to have Frasier being visited regularly by Cheers characters. Frasier is still much better than Cheers. The humour and writing was also a lot better. Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Wait there are people who don’t know Cheers? But... what? Also, Frasier is way better. Link to post Share on other sites
Goonie Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Not many people where I live know of The Prisoner. Also not many people I've talked to know of David the Gnome, or Histeria! or The Elephant Show. Those seem to the best first few that come to mind. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 44 minutes ago, Goonie said: The Prisoner Starring Patrick McGoohan? Used to watch it back in the day. And Secret Agent Man before that. Link to post Share on other sites
Goonie Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, daveb said: Starring Patrick McGoohan? Used to watch it back in the day. And Secret Agent Man before that. Yes. I think it might be a regional thing more than anything else. I ended up ordering a boxed set when I could do online orders. The local book and movie store at the time couldn't get it in either Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Goonie said: Yes. I think it might be a regional thing more than anything else. I ended up ordering a boxed set when I could do online orders. The local book and movie store at the time couldn't get it in either My dad was into those 2 shows and watched them on regular tv when they were airing back then. Along with other shows such as The Avengers (not the Marvel stuff, but the 60s British tv show) and The Saint (Roger Moore show). Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Goonie said: Not many people where I live know of The Prisoner. Also not many people I've talked to know of David the Gnome, or Histeria! or The Elephant Show. Those seem to the best first few that come to mind. Histeria! was awesome. It did for history what The Animaniacs did for cartoon humor in the 90s. Made by the same people too. It just didn't get the ratings. sigh. Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Saturday morning TV included The ABC Saturday Special, usually book to TV adaptations. Those were fun. On early Nickelodeon, we got The Electric Company, which is why I have a big time soft spot for Morgan Freeman. Also, they had The Third Eye, another anthology show. Anyone here ever see The Haunting of Cassie Palmer? Took me years to find the actual book. Link to post Share on other sites
wirewalker Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I Love Lucy. So few people seem to know that show, but I really love it. And the original Muppet Show. I love the Muppets. Link to post Share on other sites
verymelancholic Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Seinfeld. In here it's virtually unknown. Link to post Share on other sites
Tyke Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 8 hours ago, daveb said: Starring Patrick McGoohan? Used to watch it back in the day. And Secret Agent Man before that. I've heard of Dangerman, starring Patrick McG, in which he played the same character who became the Prisoner (when he decided to retire but wasn't allowed to do so in freedom). Was Secret Agent Man how it was known in the US? Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Midland Tyke said: I've heard of Dangerman, starring Patrick McG, in which he played the same character who became the Prisoner (when he decided to retire but wasn't allowed to do so in freedom). Was Secret Agent Man how it was known in the US? According to Wikipedia, the actual name here in the States is Secret Agent (the song written for the show is Secret Agent Man). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Agent_Man Link to post Share on other sites
robnrdbrd Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Tour of Duty, anyone? Zeke was my hero as a kid ... Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 3 hours ago, fuzzipueo said: 6 hours ago, Midland Tyke said: I've heard of Dangerman, starring Patrick McG, in which he played the same character who became the Prisoner (when he decided to retire but wasn't allowed to do so in freedom). Was Secret Agent Man how it was known in the US? According to Wikipedia, the actual name here in the States is Secret Agent (the song written for the show is Secret Agent Man). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Agent_Man I just learned this (that the UK original title was Danger Man and in the US it was retitled to Secret Agent (without Man)). I recalled the series name incorrectly because of the strong connection the the song "Secret Agent Man" (used in the US version of the series opening credits/title sequence) in my faded memory. Also just learned Patrick McGoohan was born in New York. I always thought he was from the UK, but the interwebs says he was Irish-American. He was also on several episodes of Columbo. Link to post Share on other sites
Rockblossom Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 6 hours ago, daveb said: I just learned this (that the UK original title was Danger Man and in the US it was retitled to Secret Agent (without Man)). I recalled the series name incorrectly because of the strong connection the the song "Secret Agent Man" (used in the US version of the series opening credits/title sequence) in my faded memory. For anyone in the USA who uses a Roku streaming device, there is a free channel called tubi that has both Secret Agent and The Prisoner series available for streaming free. Danger Man ran on TV around the same time that the original James Bond films were in theaters. A lot of fans wanted McGoohan to be cast as the next James Bond, but he was not a fan. (He was known to use some salty language when anyone even mentioned the Bond series.) After Danger Man, McGoohan pitched his own idea for a new series, which became The Prisoner. You might notice that in The Village there is no No 7, nor is there a 7 anywhere at all until the last few episodes. The Village was curiously devoid of any numbers that contained 7. It was not by accident. Link to post Share on other sites
CallaWolf Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 There's two shows that I absolutely loved that nobody ever seemed to to have heard of, let alone seen: Chuck and Millennium With Chuck, it has a premise that some people tend to look at and then turn their snooty nose up at it. I loved it though. It's about a guy who works for what's essentially the Best Buy Geek Squad who gets an encrypted e-mail from his former college rival that contains most of the governments secrets. As soon as he opens the e-mail it installs all the information onto his brain (kinda like brainwashing) and he becomes a walking database of secrets and needs a CIA agent and an FBI agent to protect him until they can somehow get the information back from him. It's comedy, but one of those that is NOT a sitcom. It was an awesome show, but people have either not heard of it, or decided to not watch it because they think it's too "out-there" When it comes to Millennium, I'm surprised that plenty of people havn't heard of this show. It was made by the same people who made (and set in the same world as) The X-Files. It's about a retired FBI profiler who joins a consulting group that contracts with the FBI to solve gruesome murders that have very little evidence to go on. The main character has a slight paranormal touch as he can occasionally see through the killers eyes as they're committing the crime while he's investigating (essentially, the show implies that he has a slight psychic gift, despite the creators saying otherwise). The show was extremely dark, and much like it's counterpart, pushed the boundaries of what non-cable television could show. Link to post Share on other sites
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