Brilliant TV Shows That Noone Apart From Me Appears To Have Seen

That would be CNN nowadays (All Bush, All the Time).

come on...he was a monkey secret agent! he played in a monkey psyche band called LANCELOT LINK AND THE EVOLUTION REVOLUTION. I WANT THIS ALBUM MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF.

The birthplace of Super Dave Osborne, yes? "Bizarre" was on ITV over here in the mid-80s. Apart from Super Dave, I'm ashamed to say that I only remember the 'speed bumps = bra tester' sketch.

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Nobody but me ever seems to remember Metal Mickey. I miss that show.

In other Canadiana, what about Four On the Floor? My sister had a Mr. Canoe Head club at her school! Not as funny as SCTV to be sure, but it has its place.

I also love The Funky Squad, a short-lived Aussie spoof of 70's crime shows. 100% fabulous - they used to show it late on CBC in the mid 90's. Wish I could buy it somewhere!

And then they'd have that BRILLIANT 10 second Gary Coleman show afterwards- 'Hey hey! Looks like all the kids are present and accounted for-(Edit) (Gary explodes) (Testcard)' 'This exercise sure is hard work!' 'What she talking about? this jogging stuff is a breeze! (Edit) (Gary explodes) (testcard)' I used to have 2 episodes of that,but they were wiped over. :(:(:(

theres a man sitting at a table with an egg. He begins to tap the top with the back of his spoon....just as he taps, there is a knock at the door....."Just a minute, I'm a coming", he says in a italianish accent. He gets up, goes to the door....there is no one there. He returns to the chair and is back at tapping his egg. ::KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK, at the door again. "Who is it?" he says, "Just a minute, I'm a coming"....He is clearly frustrated to fing no one at the door..... Back to tapping on the egg...each tap puts a crack in his ceiling until finally the roof caves in and the cartoon fades with a scream...............

also: ulysses 31

'Away, Steffy Boy!'

I'd like to give props to my Nickelodeon favorites: Pete and Pete (The N has started showing reruns) Salute Your Shorts Hey Dude (with Ben Stiller's wife, whoever that nitwit is)

I also miss Parker Lewis Can't Lose, the Critic, Dr. Katz, and especially News Radio with my man Dave Foley. All of these fond TV memories are breaking my heart.

gruey on bbc - that was good

the harlem globetrotters cartoon

sport billy (thought id imagined that one so many people looked at me with blank faces)

Saw it only when living in Detroit. Could it have been a Canadian program?

John Kettley is a weatherman
a weatherman
a weatherman
John Kettley is a weatherman
and so is Michael Fish

Simon Parkin's always larkin
Eric Lane is the same
Jonothan Ross collects moss
and John Kettley, John Kettley, John Kettley
is a weatherman

Lester Piggot couldn't dig it
David Icke rides a bike
Richard Keys has got no knees
and John Kettley, John Kettley, John Kettley
is a weatherman

Debbie Thrower's got a lawnmower
Johnny Marr he plays guitar
David Steele lives in Keele
and John Kettley, John Kettley, John Kettley
is a weatherman

Chuck Knox has blue socks
Andy Crane has got no brain
Bernard Davy left the navy
and John Kettley, John Kettley, John Kettley
is a weatherman

John Kettley is a weatherman
a weatherman
a weatherman
John Kettley is a weatherman
and so is Michael Fish
and so is Billy Giles
and so is Ian McGaskill
so is Wincy Willis

Big shout out back in time to ailsa -- there is a listing on TV Cream so we're not hallucinating. It bugs me that nobody remembers this - it was Nigel Kneale (Quatermass fella) attempting what felt like a sitcom and it had Rula Lenska in it too.

I loved:
The Mighty Orbots (cartoon. I knew it was silly, but I liked it. And the way the robot team ran when they were heading for action was funny and I would mimic it to entertain myself)

Clyde the Frog (bizarre frog marionette with a strange woman's voice. public television. often on around midday when i was home sick from school. clyde would always fuck up and use the opposite of good judgment and by doing so would teach the kids a lesson. Like he'd get cocky and decide not to use hand signals while riding his bike and end up being mangled by a car. It all looked so strange. wish i had a tape.

Fans of Action should check out the Illeana Douglas episode of Jay Mohr's podcast where they tell all the inside stories about the show and how messed up things were behind the scenes.

omg was Crooooooooow our first sock puppet - and none other than Ned Raggett at that?!

a sock puppet is not a person who posts regular things without any false persona under a handle taken from the name of a famous puppet

I can totally believe that this thread has no mention of RUBICON on it. still sad that AMC cancelled it after one season

tbf this thread has only had like 5 posts since Rubicon aired

well RUBICON

Really happy to discover that the complete run of both Pasadena (Mike White's dark soap opera loosely based on the LA Times Chandler family) and East Side West Side (1963 gritty drama with George C. Scott as a social worker) are up on YouTube.

Psi Factor. It's the Canadian X Files. It's hosted by an Ackroyd, and it's got the bloke from Max Headroom in it. And no one except me has ever seen it!
― masonic boom, Saturday, June 23, 2001 5:00 PM (fifteen years ago)

i used to make the radio promo spots for this show

i didn't think Pasadena was that great when it was on. i might have been wrong though.

just makes me wish they'd put China Beach on Hulu or Netflix.

idk about brilliant but INTERBANG‽ def made an impression growing up & ive never heard anyone else mention it

I remember 'The Ugliest Girl in Town.' I remember thinking he was cuter than Marlo Thomas. I also remember 'T.H.E Cat' at least I think that was the name of it. It was like 'It Takes A Thief' meets 'Man From Uncle.' Some former cat burglar all dressed in black using a grappling hook and rope to fight crime and uncover espionage. Always jumping from rooftops and such. Another fave was 'My World and Welcome To It' based on James Thurber. I think the star was the same guy that kamakazied a Federation shuttle craft into a giant ice cream cone that ate planets on Star Trek.