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I Love The '80s Strikes Back!
johnnya2k3:
If you think this year's World Series seem too boring, then there's "I Love The '80s Strikes Back" all this week on VH1! Last time they went through the decade, WOF was the only game show featured; the '70s miniseries had Feud, TPIR, Newlywed Game, Battle of the Network Stars, and Gong Show.
Let's hope the second time around they'll cover Press Your Luck and/or Tic Tac Dough (Thom McKee and Michael Larson MIGHT be brought up) on the game shows side. Let's also pray they might get to Inspector Gadget, SCTV, Today's Special, the early years of Entertainment Tonight, the televangelist scandals of Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart, and of course, SQUARE ONE TV!!!!!
Jonathan Allen
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'Oct 20 2003, 10:34 PM\']Let's hope the second time around they'll cover Press Your Luck and/or Tic Tac Dough (Thom McKee and Michael Larson MIGHT be brought up) on the game shows side. [/quote]
Probably not, but good try.
--- Quote ---Let's also pray they might get to Inspector Gadget
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Uh, why? HE-MAN was waaay better.
--- Quote ---SCTV
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SCTV's beginnings go back to the 1970s (although, technically so did WoF's). I guess you could call the early 1980s the glory years for SCTV, what with "Great White North" really catching on as a bit (and I must admit I love the McKenzie Bros.' take on "Twelve Days of Xmas" on the CD). So that's plausible.
--- Quote ---Today's Special
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Sure, a Canadian kids show seen in some U.S. markets via PBS that made a lasting impact. I'm sure those stars, whatshisname and whosheis, look back with fond memories of those early years (yes, that was a trifle sarcastic).
--- Quote ---the early years of Entertainment Tonight
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Could very well be covered, given that VH-1 and ET now have a relationship.
--- Quote ---the televangelist scandals of Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart
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Fer shurr. You mean they weren't covered the first time around?
--- Quote ---, and of course, SQUARE ONE TV!!!!!
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Three strikes and you're out. But the game show bits were good and I'd swear that Dirk Niblick's voice bore a striking resemblance to Gary Owens'. But you never know.
Doug
johnnya2k3:
--- Quote ---But the game show bits were good and I'd swear that Dirk Niblick's voice bore a striking resemblance to Gary Owens'
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Um, Gary Owens WAS the voice of Dirk Niblick.
BTW, I forgot to mention they might feature The Great Space Coaster, Donahue, and if it's alright with the religious folks, Superbook, PTL Club (to go along with the Bakker scandal), and Circle Square (the latter and fellow show 100 Huntley Street (a 700 Club-ish show which began airing Stateside in the mid-'80s) were also Canadian imports along with Today's Special and SCTV).
Jonathan Allen
dheine1971:
What about Match Game and Joker's Wild and Marc Summers' Double Dare (Nickelodeon)?
As for Today's Special - That was a Nickelodeon preschool show like Pinwheel was. Too bad it could have reinstated today on the Nickelodeon owned cable channel named Noggin/The N. I liked that mouse who spoke in poetry - Take that, Nipsey Russell!
mctoyboy:
Pinwheel.....that was such a long show! =)
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