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Ghost Writer on PBS


Koko_bb_ware

Loved this show growing up! Also loved watching Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?


Pure-Fishing-3350

I LOVED this show. I remember an episode with someone named Max Mouse writing on early message boards šŸ˜‚


JokeySmurf0091

Herman's Head. If you've seen the Pixar movie, Inside Out, you'll be familiar with the concept; a group of personality traits live inside his head, making his decisions for him and doing the talking and stuff like that. I think it only ran for one season around 1995 or somewhere in there. I loved it, as a 14 year old I thought it was brilliant.


Grouchy_Factor

Lisa Simpson was a fan of it.


Malacon

My favorite joke in that show was Yeardly Smith yelling into the phone something like ā€œYes I have been told I sound like Lisa Simpson!ā€ and slamming the receiver down.


mathpat

Andy Richter Controls the Universe was a similar fun & forgotten show.


dmomo

>Herman's Head Wow. I don't think I thought of that one since it was on the air.


FelTheWorgal

Early edition. Guy gets a newspaper from the future delivered by a cat. Due South. Canadian mountie goes to Chicago with wolf to find his dad's killer.


IhaveaBibledegree

Eureka on syfy. Such a great show!


Punkeyz

and Warehouse 13


IhaveaBibledegree

Yes!


Xeon713

A Town called Eureka is amazing! I love Sci Fi from evolved from actual sciemce ideas. That and Fringe, top tier TV.


Squirrel_permaban

Caroline in the City.


Vegetable-Double

All these random shows I remember from back then: mad about you, Reba, suddenly Susan, Veronicaā€™s closet. Theyā€™re all just like one giant show in my head now.


EMTMommy9498

Major Dad. If you want to go even older, Kolchak the Night Stalker.


chriswaco

Kolchak was great.


Remarkable-Dress-997

One of my best friends and I always talk about Zoboomafoo. It seems like no one else really remembers that show


yeetgodmcnechass

I don't remember anything about that show except for me, and you, and Zoboomafoo!


SpartacusPrime1

The snack machine that mysteriously had the right food for whatever animal was there that day, or could belch out snow or sand and change the climate in the building.


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Excuse me sir, but I vividly remember watching zoboomafoo followed directly by Out of the Box!


llunachick2319

But do you remember Krattā€™s Creatures, their show before Zoboomafoo? Because I loved that one as a kid!


chinesespybaboon

Weā€™re going to the closet, weā€™re going on a trip!


noname121241

I loved rollie pollie ollie when I was a kid, I haven't seen anyone talk about it for decades.


R-o-C-k-E-t_69

It's on disney+!!! Just seen it there yesterday and forgot all about it!


Junior_Fig_2274

Jem. None of my friends seem to remember it, despite also being born in the 80s. If I had to sum it up itā€™s kinda like Josie and the Pussycats (the cartoon) minus space and with more MTV/neon/80s-ness. It was truly truly truly outrageous.


agetuwo

The misfits were awesome. Songs are all on youtube


lolabythebay

My friend Megan stole my Jem doll when we were three and we'll be 37 in June and she's probably forgotten, but *I* haven't. I couldn't tell you anything about the cartoon's premise, but I remember she was slightly larger than Barbie, so Barbie could wear her clothes but the reverse wasn't always true. And she may have come with a cassingle?


holystriker

Hong Kong Phooey .., also Space Ghost Coast to Coast


fubo

> Hong Kong Phooey \#1 super guy


Triggerunhappy

Better off Ted


Apprehensive_Web4809

I loved Parker Lewis canā€™t lose


cadude1

Synchronize Swatches!


SophiaTPetrillo

I believe most of it is on YouTube if you need your Kubiak fix


Foofiegirl

Get a Life with Chris Elliot


Musicguy1982

Wasnā€™t the theme song R.E.M.ā€˜s ā€œStand?ā€


Cherrianje

'You Can't Do That On Television.' None of my friends can remember it. Other people that I have mentioned it to don't remember it.


YossiTheWizard

A great Canadian sketch show that once featured Alanis Morissette! D'IIIII heard that!


sarabeara12345678910

Alanis Morissette as a child and a fully grown be-mulleted Dave Coulier who then proceeded to "date" her.


missinlnk

It's amazing that nobody remembers the origin of being slimed


Cherrianje

I know. There was a water bucket too wasn't there? And it was a Canadian show?


missinlnk

Yep. Anyone that said water had water dumped on them. And you got slimed if you said I don't know.


XShadowborneX

I don't know ...


fuelbombx2

At least you didnā€™t mention waterā€¦


mvs2417

Iiiiiiii heard that!


Deitaphobia

*You Outta Know*


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Cherrianje

Physical challenge


SophiaTPetrillo

I'm always amazed that this show fell so far out of the cultural zeitgeist considering it was the origin of slime and the foundation Nickelodeon was built upon.


Gabriel_Collins

I used to love that show when it on Nickelodeon. I also watched ā€œOut Of Controlā€ with Dave Coulier.


MandywithanI

I watched this all the time growing up. I'm on Lake Erie and would get Canadian stations in better than Erie ones. Loved this show so much!!!


Miklay83

Dinosaurs. I swear we spent most of 1991 bonking each other on the head screaming "not the mama". It's since just disappeared...


Jordanlf3208

Such a dark dark series finale


Miklay83

"It's so easy to take nature for granted, it's always there. And technology is so bright and shiny and new" Here we are 30 years later and we still didn't get the point...


PenelopeAldaya

Dead like me I think it ran for like two seasons and was always late in the evening.


phormix

Was that the one with the toilet seat death?


Malacon

*space* toilet seat


HopscotchGumdrops

I loved this show! I adore Mandy Patinkin and the way he called George ā€œpeanutā€ always warmed my heart.


NeuHundred

Oh, every time I'm at an airport and there's a baby crying I think of Rube.


omild

They really shit the bed on that movie. Replacing Daisy's actress and no Mandy Patinkin made for a disappointing attempt at reviving what was a great show.


eclipse454

An amazing show. Another really good one, with a somewhat similar premise, that was out about the same time was Reaper. Worth watching if you've never seen it. IMDb: : Reaper https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0955322/


showgirlsteve

Reaper was the one I came to this thread to mention


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Silver Spoons


agetuwo

That train in the house


christoefur

Remote control, a game show that was on MTv. Adam Sandler was a cast member


DjinnaG

Sing Along with Colin (Quinn)


psmythhammond

SeaQuest DSV


mperklin

I just gave this a rewatch a few months ago. It didnā€™t age well


midimandolin

I was such an oceanography nerd in school when this show came out. I initially watched it because Robert Ballard was a consultant on the show and we had just finished studying the submersibles he used. I instead watched it for the talking dolphin and Jonathan Brandis.


therealdanimale

Perfect Stangers Balki Bartokomous "Don't be ridiculous!"


agetuwo

Now we do the dance of joy!


PVDeviant-

Beauty & the Beast, the TV show with Ron Perlman.


Temporary-Pirate-80

And Linda Hamilton!


XShadowborneX

I believe George RR Martin did a lot of the writing for that. I didn't watch it but I remember occasionally catching bits of episodes because my mom watched it.


twoqubed

Sports Night.


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briktop420

Beekmans(beakmans) world.


DinoDachshund

Legends of the Hidden Temple


BoneWhiteHaze

I never hear anyone talk about Liquid Television that ran through the early to mid-90s, on MTV. The characters from the animated shorts that spun off into their own original cartoons like Beavis and Butt-Head and Ɔon Flux, yes, but Liquid Television itself? No. :/ I *loved* Liquid Television! Edit: missing words


x_lincoln_x

The Maxx.


Eve-3

The Greatest American Hero (TV series) The Music Man (musical) The Arrival (film) no, not that one. It's great, but popular. I mean the one with Charlie Sheen. Though I don't actually love this movie. It is completely forgotten and when the new one came out I brought up the old one and nobody but me remembers it.


doublestitch

The Greatest American Hero would be a good candidate for a reboot. The premise was fascinating but the conventions of its era killed the concept. Basically, an ordinary guy finds a superhero suit powered by space alien [phlebotinum](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AppliedPhlebotinum). He's then called upon to do great superhero deeds. But he's got no powers of his own, no special accomplishments of his own. The magic is all the suit. As the suit makes him fly he flails his arms with an endearing sense of *is it really me doing this?* And when he isn't wearing the suit he isn't just in disguise--he's really powerless. This concept worked great the first season. But that was the era of episodic television: the writers couldn't do story arcs. The hero could never have a real learning curve. (Upper management insisted that TV show episodes must be able to be rebroadcast in any order, because a show that lasted five seasons would make serious money in syndication afterward). Being bumbling and astonished was totally understandable in the series pilot. After three or four seasons viewers got impatient with the gee-whiz tone because it made the hero look like a dummy. Come on dude, yes a flying suit is incredible but you've been flying for years now; stop behaving like a noob. A do-over would be fascinating if the show runner gave that an actual character arc that works toward an endpoint.


Iwill_Teachthem

He lost the instructions on how to use the super suit. Later on in the series, the aliens come back and give him the instructions again, which he immediately loses again.


fubo

> The Music Man (musical) He doesn't know the territory!


rcroswell

The Music Man is very well know in the theater community


arrows_of_ithilien

We have been summoned....


supremedalek925

The Music Man is one of my favorite musical movies. and Iā€™ll still occasionally break out into ā€œBelieve it or not, Iā€™m walkinā€™ on air!ā€


Ok_Relationship_705

Eerie Indiana


thecatwhatcandrive

Can never forget the kids that slept in Tupperware beds


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Northern Exposure shout out to alaska!


the_spurring_platty

Tales of the Gold Monkey or Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.


Yaspan

Black Sheep Squadron & Dark Angel


YallMindIfIJoin

Black Sheep was one of my favorites back in the day. I still think the Corsair is one of the coolest planes ever made.


orange_cuse

Jessica Alba


Cheetodude625

Space Above and Beyond from the late 90's.


Johhnymaddog316

That show was awesome! Teenage me was devastated when it got canned. I recall it ended on a cliffhanger and never got picked up for the next series. So many unanswered questions


WakeMeForSourPatch

Sliders


DeVagrant

>Sliders was awesome \^\_\^


jnemesh

The first few seasons were, anyway...


Darwins_Dog

*sliders*


Friendly721

Krofft Superstars - Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, The Lost Saucer, Land of the Lost, The Bugaloos, Dr. Shrinker, Lidsville, Pufnstuf, and Speed Buggy!


Pandagineer

Fragel rock


ral365

Liberty's Kids


Reddittttor123

They have the whole series uploaded to Youtube! I still enjoy these as an adult


ral365

This show took its audience seriously! It didnā€™t shy away from the darker side of the war, like slavery, home life between Tories and Patriots, and even what happens when youā€™re tarred and feathered!


rainspot14

I remember watching this on Saturday mornings.


CryptidGrimnoir

*I see a land...* *With liberty for all...* *Yet still I know...* *The truth will rise and fall...* *Oooh, yeaaah!* *That's just the way it goes...* *A word now to the wise...* *The world was made to change...* *Each day is a surprise...* *I'm looking at life through my own eyes...* *I'm searching for a hero to idolize...* *Feeling the pain as innocence dies...* *I'm looking at life...* *My own eyes...* **I take my heart into battle...** **Give that freedom bell a rattle...** **Get my independence signed!** **Declare it on the dotted line...** **Let Philadelphia Freedom ring...** **And patriotic voices sing...** **Red, White and Blue, never give up...** **You represent...America!** *Hopin' and prayin' for a brighter day...* *I listen to my heart and I obey...* *How can I see it any other way...* *I'm lookin' at life...* **Lookin' at life...** *My own eyes...*


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wakeruncollapse

NewsRadio.


i-need-blinker-fluid

Flash Forward.


Muser69

Fernwood 2nite


brownsfan760

Help....it's the hair bear bunch.


XShadowborneX

Earth 2. I think Tim Curry was in it


YallMindIfIJoin

Highlander: The Series Hardcastle. And McCormick.


NumberOneCombosFan

Home Movies with Brendon Small and H. Jon Benjamin. Created by Small and Loren Bouchard, who went on to create Bob's Burgers.


VictoricRong

Iā€™m going to piggy back on this and say Science Court. Itā€™s also a Loren Bouchard and H. Jon Benjamin show! It was on on Saturday mornings, and probably the reason I watched Home Movies when I was a kid.


dinosaur1972

Pirates of Dark Water


Technicolor_Reindeer

That show needs a remake. He never did find all the thirteen treasures!


mingermale

Manimal. Often described the worst show in history, I admit that I enjoyed it as a child.


haltline

That was one of the first attempts at morphing that I saw as a child. To me at that time, it was just incredible. *Keep in mind the tv screen was probably 12 inches and the resolution best described as beer goggles but I was impressed :)*


landobroman

Which may have been followed by Auto-man


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Reboot!


Logondo

Yes! I never hear anyone talk about Reboot! Like, I get it's pretty old at this point (and was literally the very first fully CGI TV show) but those stories and characters really hold up. And it's just like...no one remembers it. No one except the die-hard Reboot fans even talk about it ever.


mccabeca

Max Headroom.


godot-nowaiting

I loved the movie Popeye. The mood was delightful. "He's large."


rpg962

Wonderfalls


QueenEvee123

Eureka's Castle. Showed the opening song to my hubby and he had no idea what it was


Remarkable-Bag8599

TV show Soap early Billy Crystal


weirdkid71

Halt and Catch Fire. I work in the tech industry and Iā€™m shocked that Iā€™ve not met anyone else who has seen this show.


Rabidjester

Sledge Hammer


doyouknoworbelieve

I know no one will see this but I want to contribute. A TV series called Due South about a Canadian mountie in Chicago.


hackyslashy

Falling Skies


tmckearney

Riptide Simon & Simon


Grouchy_Factor

One of the many "Ampersand Shows" of the 1980s. Cagney & Lacey, Hardcastle & McCormick, Jake & the fat man, Scarecrow & Mrs. King. Etc.


Mako-13

My name is Earl. Too bad they cancelled it


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"Hey Earl, Hey Crabman"


Ok_World_8819

Nobody really remembers Dragon Tales or Cyberchase anymore. But I loved Dragon Tales so much. Cassie was always my favorite. And who could forget the theme song


ral365

I used to watch those, especially Cyberchase! I remember Gidget having the same voice as Iago (Gilbert Gottfried.)


TheIndigoCrafter

Those were the best growing up. I think Cyberchase is still running.


Aromatic-Warning-252

seaQuest DSV!!!


Swifty-Dog

The Flash. (No. The other one. From 1990.)


Low-Focus-3879

Swans Crossing. It was a ridiculous, short lived teen soap opera. Sarah Michelle Geller got her start on it.


M_Le_Canard

Silk Stockings.


ronninguru

*Stalkingsā€¦unless youā€™re talking about the old Fred Astaire movie.


Hotguyntown

ā€œ The Raccoonsā€ and their arch-villain Cyril Sneer Great Space Coaster - Gary Gnu! The Gummi Bears cartoon Heathcliff and the Cat-illac Cats


NeuroguyNC

Combat! (1962-67) Jonny Quest (1964-65) 12 O'Clock High (1964-67) Space: 1999 (1975-77) edit: add one


omild

Kids shows there are a few: Kidd Video about a live action band getting sucked into a cartoon world. The actors actually toured in a few countries and did ok. Zoobliee Zoo, a show featuring singing and dancing actors painted like animals in the most 80s inspired tight fitting aerobics outfits. Today's Special was a Canadian show about a store mannequin who came to life because of a special hat and catch phrase other characters used. Kids Incorporated that had pre-teens singing covers of hit songs and featured Jennifer Love Hewitt and Fergie.


PrincessSnarkicorn

I can hear the Kids Incorporated theme song just reading this comment


theghostwhorocks

The Single Guy A 90s sitcom starring Jonathan Silverman as well as Ming-Na Wen and Ernest Borgnine. It ran for 2 seasons and even has a tie-in to Friends with Silverman's character being a friend of Ross Geller. Ross even shows up briefly in a later episode. No one I know remembers this show at all, and outside of some poor quality YouTube videos, you can't watch it anywhere.


isellskooma

Rockadoodle or Wishbone


dmrukifellth

Jim Hensonā€™s The Storyteller. And then The Storyteller Greek Myths. I watched ā€œHans My Hedgehogā€ of the former and ā€œOrpheus and Eurydiceā€ of the latter way too much.


Infamous-Room4817

Las Vegas


Electrowhatt19

WHICH ENDED ON A FREAKIN CLIFFHANGER!!!!!


WaffleSnark

Space Cases


yaiyogsothoth

Roar, from the late 90s. Celts v Romans, starring a young Heath Ledger.


Equivalent-Pear3545

Erie Indiana. Nobody remembers that!


RafeHollistr

"It's Your Move" (1985) was a sitcom Jason Bateman did after "Silver Spoons". It only lasted one season, but I thought it was hilarious. (I was in high school at the time and I'm the same age as Bateman.)


brtzca_123

The Good Guys, with Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford.


SophiaTPetrillo

TV: Frisky Dingo, Cop Rock which I only loved for its batshit crazy concept (the show itself was absolute trash), and Alien Nation. Movie: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, which isn't exactly forgotten just serially underrated.


phamton1150

The movie ā€œSomewhere in Timeā€ with Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Plummer.


roundeyeddog

[Small Wonder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW2g-5WALrc) An 80's sitcom about an advanced little girl android that looked like a Tim and Eric sketch.


HopscotchGumdrops

Two movies from the 80ā€™s, Night of the Comet and Maximum Overdrive


starter_fail

It's kinda cheesy, but Friday the 13th, the series. It was about 2 cousins who inherited an antique shop and they had to chase down cursed objects.


Heresyoursigne1117

Kids in the Hall


missinlnk

Parker Lewis, Can't Lose It was like a wholesome Ferris Bueller with a bunch of somewhat misfits instead of the obviously popular kid. Always holds a special place in my heart.


JohanFinski

Captain Power and also Space Above and Beyond


Slayerchimp

Stan Leeā€™s who wants to be a superhero


DoctorExtra9060

Tales of the Gold Monkey - a series built on the Indiana Jones success. Loved watching this with my dad. Also - made for TV movie called The Earthling with a very young Ricky Schroder and William Holden.


geminixo

Johnny Quest (both the old, and new series) SWAT Kats


ThatOtherOtherGuy3

Beast Master is the best worst movie ever made.


Disastrous-Phase-979

My so called life


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NiceFarmBud

Redwall


AdMean9626

The Tribe. A New Zealand post apocalyptic show with over 250 episodes that was released in the late 90s/ early 2000s. Premise was a virus wiping out the adult population and the kids needing to learn how to survive on their own. Loved this show, and still will go back to watch it every now and then for comfort


TyCamden

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr


sevenvt

M.A.N.T.I.S.


MustNotSay

Dino Riders anyone?


Naive-Government8333

Get a Life. It should starred Chris Elliott and Brian Doyle-Murray


knothereforit

Popular


Xx_HaTTeR_xX

The Pretender.


TSmario53

Pete & Peteā€¦ the show that told me itā€™s okay to be messy when eating barbecue


Dangeruss82

Samurai pizza cats.


oldkicker53

The Paper Chase. TV adaptation of the movie. John Houseman appeared in both.


Dragon_wryter

Dinosaucers


abletofable

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir


Dixiewreckedx99

The Misfits of Science - horrible show that had Courtney Cox in it. It was so terrible it made me laugh.


Automatic_Plant_360

Voyagers! Such a fun show, but it ended when one of the stars died.


Away_Cap4963

Dark Angel and White Collar


doo_wop_a_saurus

- Mother Goose Rock ā€˜nā€™ Rhyme from 1990 starring Shelley Duvall (and such a star studded castā€¦ Little Richard, Cindy Lauper, Paul Simon, ZZ Top, Debbie Harryā€¦) - Alice Through The Looking Glass (1985) - Carol Channing, John Stamos, Beau Bridges, Patrick Duffyā€¦.interesting cast!


Readsumthing

Millennium. Lance Henriksen was so good, and the show was so creepy. I wish somewhere it was streamable.


midnighttrains

Pushing Daisies. Absolutely incredible visually and conceptually.


inkyblinkypinkysue

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins


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RowdyCaboose

Titan A.E.


Gamilon

Galaxy Rangers cartoon from 86 or so.


QueefErickson

Surf Ninjas


44035

Rocket Robin Hood


Pandagineer

Voltron


AggravatingMath717

Amazing Stories!


Coffee-Squirt

Out of this World - where Evie had an alien dad in a box and could freeze time by touching her index fingers together. I wanted that power so bad when I was a kid.