Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Admit it -- you've watched some of them

The Strangest TV Shows to Grace the Small Screen 

16 comments:

Rick Robinson said...

Only Alf. The rest, no.

Unknown said...

Not even MY MOTHER, THE CAR?

Deb said...

No love for "Viva Laughlin"? A drama, with musical interludes, set in a casino in Laughlin, Nevada. A high (low) point in the one episode that aired was the casino owner dancing down an escalator singing Elton John's "I'm Still Standing." Classic stuff!

Unknown said...

Somehow I missed that one.

Deb said...

Yeah--you and 99.99% of the viewing public.

Tom Johnson said...

Yeah, three of 'em. The Flying Nun, My Mother The Car, and The Second Hundred Years.

Anonymous said...

Not only do I remember My Mother the Car, I can still sing the theme song (and often do).

I did watch Cop Rock when it went on but it was bad, very bad.

I remember that, Deb. It was an adaptation of the British Viva Blackpool. Having been to Laughlin, and having read the reviews, I had no need to watch it.

What about "It's About Time" with astronauts going through time and ending up with Joe E. Ross and Imogene Coca as cavemen (and women)? (I also know a little of the theme song of that one.)

And stay off my lawn!


Jeff

Unknown said...

I'll remind you to sing those theme songs the next time I see you.

Anonymous said...

I'll cop to Alf,but that's it.
A.S.

Anonymous said...

Jeff,

I have only vague memory of the It's About Time theme song, but I do have an LP of Joe E. Ross vocalizing "The Ooh-Ooh Samba" with Milt Jackson's combo. Close enough?

Art

Randy Johnson said...

The Flying Nun, Vaguely remember watching My Mother, The Car. None of the others, most of which I never heard of before.

Jerry House said...

My youngest loved COP ROCK!

Todd Mason said...

It's an impressive set wherein HEIL, HONEY is the least bad. I've seen a piece of an episode, at least, of all these.

Anonymous said...

It's About Time.

My Mother the Car.

I must admit, Art, those are totally unfamiliar to me.

Jeff

Unknown said...

I'm sure your versions are better, Jeff. And of course IT'S ABOUT TIME is a Sherwood Schwartz creation. I should've known.

Anonymous said...

I did mean to mention that. Old Sherwood didn't quite hit it out of the park that time like he did with Gilligan's Island or The Brady Bunch.


Jeff