@@laustcawz2089was just thinking the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I did watch it, but it was just so mediocre. "I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl" and that finale were the only truly good things worthy of that music.
I liked the Jeffersons , but the earlier episodes in the 70s, but by 1983, it was getting a little dated, and George and Florence had really mellowed out by this point. Not nearly as much fun to watch. I always liked the older episodes of the Jeffersons with Mother Jefferson, who had sadly passed away by this point. lol....I think the Jeffersons were on for 10 years, from 1975 to 1985.
I hated that the whole show was a dream, it was a twist, but they brought you to a world, time, and gave you characters to enjoy then at the end they take all of that away and make the whole adventure fake
@@michaelf1900 Well, it was a good way to end the series, but you are right. It probably did get some people pissed off, especially fans of Larry and his two brothers.
Newhart made me want to go to college in New England!! I loved the pace, humor and feel of that show so much as a teenager (living in Queens, NYC) that when it was time to select colleges, I only focused on New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine!! I went to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and yes, I loved Maine!
I was waiting for Bob Newhart to say "meow" at the end of the intro...but then I remembered that was when they showed the MTM logo...which may have come at the end?
Theme told you the back story, indicated mood of the show, definitely top three most memorable of its era. Everyone still knows most of the lyrics without any prompt.
Watching these show intros from various years gives me such flashes of old memories. "This is the year my dad died, this is the year I got married..." Funny, raised on TV, these old shows are entangled in old memories.
I hate to be that spoiler guy but...Newhart no question is the best ending to a show of all time. Ask anyone old enough to know!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!!
Just saw the Tim Conway show on here. It had me thinking of a news story a few days ago saying Tim can no longer make his own decisions regarding his health. I'm sorry to hear this. It really sucks getting old.
"Cagney & Lacey" was like a serious version of "Lavern & Shirley". Instead of work at a beer company/department store, they were Police Officers. Also, Al Waxman was "The King of Kingsington".
That is the first time I've ever heard anybody try to compare the incredibly shallow show Laverne & Shirley to anything as nuanced as Cagney & Lacey. With any luck, it'll be the last time as well. *And yes, I was a fan of _both_ shows.
Had Wizards & Warriors been made in the 90's for syndication, it might have lasted longer. As for Mississippi, try to find anyone who remembers that show. 📺
Schneider and Wopat returned to The Dukes of Hazzard, Season 5 Episode 19. Boy was I happy to see Bo and Luke back! CBS was contemplating cancelling the show in late '82/early '83.
Knotts Landing & Falcon Crest were deffinelty on CBS that spring. Its funny to see the replacements for Bo & Luke Duke, they were only one that one season..
I'm surely not the only one in these comments who can't watch 17:15 without seeing that comedy special that show the effort to work on a shot-for-shot remake of that iconic intro.
I never liked the show Alice much after Flo left. They spun her off into her own TV show that failed after a year. I never did understand why they never brought her back, because Alice was on for five years after Flo left. Kiss my Grits....She used to also like to say, When donkeys fly.....lol......
There were a lot of tv series I liked during this time; Wizards & Warriors was kinda fun. I liked how the scene would go to a still piece of artwork before each break, much like The Wild Wild West.
I think I must not ever have seen the intro or the show back in the day, because up till now I'm fairly certain I thought it had to do with that video game Wizards of Wor. (or whatever weird way it was spelled)
I was in junior high that year, my friends and I all loved the show Square Pegs... my little brother’s favorite show was Dukes of Hazzard, and my mom’s was Dallas...that Jodie Foster movie would probably be considered very inappropriate today
My parents, who were divorced, did love Dallas. I didn't like Square Pegs myself, even being in jhs at the time myself. And RIP to Anne Beatts, its creator.
Valerie Bertinelli's TV movies for the network were ALWAYS POPULAR with viewers. In fact, they tried to convince Hallmark Cards to cast her in the lead role in their "HALLMARK HALL OF FAME" production of "Love Is Never Silent" in 1985. Hallmark insisted Mare Winningham was a better choice for the role. CBS insisted, "Valerie is our most popular TV movie attraction!". Hallmark insisted, "it's OUR program, and OUR choice! If you don't like it, we'll take our business elsewhere!". They did......to NBC, who aired "Love Is Never Silent" in December 1985 to critical acclaim-- and Mare won an Emmy for her performance. Because of CBS' stubbornness, the "HALLMARK HALL OF FAME" did not return to their network until 1991.
They could afford to be stubborn- and they had better ideas about what projects to sponsor. For example, CBS tried to tout them on a 1982 exploitation movie, "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana", insisting it'd be a great "HALL OF FAME" presentation. Hallmark thought otherwise, and passed on it. CBS eventually scheduled "Royal Romance" on one of their movie nights......and it didn't do that well in the ratings.
@@fromthesidelinesand the decision not to make a movie about about how romantic Charles and Diana were just keeps looking like and better and better decision in light of what we all know now.
My folks used to live across the road from the Southfork Ranch, you could clearly see the place from their back yard. It's smaller than it looks but it was an impressive ranch. That place would absolutely STACK with traffic, license plates from all over the country.
Even now it can be quite the draw. A few years ago I was part of a group that hosted lawyers and other folks from the justice system in countries all over the world, and when it came time to have the social gathering that wraps up the entire experience, it was held at Southfork. Still remember the guy from South Korea showing off his ability to dance to the song Despacito. 🕺🏻
@@markcup5436 Yep...I just brought season 2 of Alice on Amazon hoping to get the theme song from season 1 and it was slightly changed ugh...I want my money back lol ...
He wasn't like the movie version either. The reason they said it was based off of the movie character, was because the producers of the tv show tried to sue them for royalties.
WOW, that is a trip down memory lane. I was 8 years old in 1983. I have seen a lot of these shows in reruns recently. But some, I haven't thought about in years. lol...I had forgotten about the year on Dukes of Hazzard when they had the fake Duke boys, Vance and Coy, but I remembered the Dukes of Hazzard fondly, but only with Luke and Bo. lol...Younger people would probably say that these shows are cheesy, but compared to what is on the Big Three Networks today, these shows look a helluva allot more interesting and thought out, than the reality show crap that is on today.
Despite a few clinkers ("Zorro and Son," "The Mississippi," "Small and Frye," "Gun Shy," and "Ace Crawford, Private Eye" among them) CBS was kicking major ass back then! Sadly, this would be the final seasons for both "Archie Bunker's Place" and especially "M*A*S*H" (its series finale, "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen," attracted more than 125 million viewers!).
I think you're right, TheJer1963! "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" remains the highest rated series finale for any television program--sitcom or drama--to this very day!
Our high school did a production of _M*A*S*H_ (the stage adaptation of the movie) that same spring. We had, astonishing as it is to recall, exactly *_zero adult supervision_* and thus after rehearsing the first three months 2 hours a day, 4 days a week, we spent the final month rehearsing "6 to ?" hours ... and believe me, that "?" more than once was midnight. ON A SCHOOL NIGHT. On the bright side, you only had to show up for rehearsals of scenes your character was in. Unfortunately for me, I had the largest female role in the show, Bridget McCarthy, and as a result in those four months of rehearsals, there were precisely two days I didn't have to show up. All the same, we were so proud of ourselves and so excited at our connection to this historic event. I was still friends with some of the people I was in that show with, and one of them is currently a Hollywood actor along with being one of the first successful RU-vidrs.
1:25 Goodnight Beantown 2:22 Newhart 3:06 The Jeffersons 4:13 Alice 5:06 Trapper John, M.D. 6:26 Archie Bunker's Place 7:10 Small & Frye 7:54 Foot in the Door 8:02 M*A*S*H 8:50 One Day at a Time 9:39 Cagney & Lacey 10:59 Ace Crawford... Private Eye 11:54 Gun Shy 12:48 "I was a Mail Order Bride" TV Movie 13:24 Zorro and Son 14:14 Square Pegs 15:39 "Svengali" TV Movie 16:15 Magnum P.I. 17:13 Simon & Simon 18:15 Tucker's Witch 19:16 The Dukes of Hazzard 20:16 Dallas 21:30 Mississippi 22:33 Wizards and Warriors 24:04 "Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer" TV Movie
Started to hit play and then realized I definitely needed to look for the comment someone surely would have put here giving the timestamps. Thank you for being that person!
3 Movies of the Week? and I know Magnum and Simon & Simon did a Cross over (or they both did Cross overs with Murder she wrote) But I always assumed that Magnum spent the Bulk of it's run as the 10/9c 'Anchor' show to close out the night
"Magnum, P.I." aired on Thursdays at 8 pm during its second to sixth seasons and was a heavy hitter on CBS' network lineup until "The Cosby Show" decimated it, thus forcing CBS to move "Magnum, P.I." to Wednesdays at 9 pm beginning in season seven.
Bobby Brady Robert Paige didn’t state that Hallmark weren’t making movies, he stated that this was before the Hallmark *Channel*. Read the comment again.
It was still on and ran on CBS Thursday nights until May 1993. I can remember when networks did this, and they still do it today to some extent. Knots Landing had already aired its season finale in early March, and would not be back until Fall 1983 with new episodes. The networks would then air new and re air struggling shows March-May to try and get better ratings to stay on the air. If they still didn't do well in the ratings, then by May or June, most of the shows that were still struggling would be cancelled.
MASH sucked too after Trapper John left - the show deliberately faded out the humorous content in favor of political garbage. Glad it finally ended in 1983 for something else to take the time slot.
Opportunity missed on Trapper John not having a Hawkeye appearance. I do believe he mentioned him in an episode. ( Yes I know it was a different actor ) also in 1983, some of these shows that were popular were leftovers from the 70's and were on its last legs aka Jump the Shark moments.
Some great shows that I used to watch. Not so much now. Maybe my taste has changed or remained the same and the rest of the country changed. But television is different to me now. This has been very nostalgic 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Fun fact: Mariette Hartley and Bill Bixby were in the pilot episode of the Incredible Hulk. She was his love interest and fellow scientist that died in the fire that destroyed the lab and the Hulk actually rescued her but Jack McGee only saw the Hulk carrying her dead body out of the wreckage so assumed he murdered her.
Charles Siebert, as Dr. Stanley Riverside Jr. The Frank Burns, of "Trapper John M.D." Unlike Frank, he mellowed out, after falling in love and marrying his Dentist. They later had a son, Stanley Riverside III.
I don't know where you keep finding half of these, but bravo, sir--or ma'am as the case may be--you do a fine job of it. I only wish you could find more and faster; I actually remember some of these!
If I had all the intros ever made within easy grasp, I'd be churning these things out a few times per week. But it still surprises me how many I've been able to dig up off the net so far, mostly through RU-vid itself.
Do you ever hit the Goodwill/Salvation Army/Samaritan Second hand stores to buy old VHS both commercial and home recorded to find the oddities that aren't digitized and on youtube yet? A lot of risk for what can't be unseen in people's private recordings of tv and home movies but there rarest accidental recording while channel surfing may reward with the ultimate in lost footage. Much like current trend of how people buy camera's for the film to develop, to see what was shot some years ago. there doesn't seem to be movement yet to salvage old vhs and beta tapes. Great job @RwDt09 for the numerous collections of TV shows and commercials .
Naming that show TRAPPER JOHN was SOOOO confusing to everybody.....stupid then and stupid now. I even remember one episode of Barney Miller making fun of it...it made no sense.
@@RobCamp-rmc_0 Indeed. If you look up the definitions of both "cheapskatery" and "laziness" in the dictionary, you'll find pictures of "reality" programs, falsely so-called.
Human behaviour is fascinating, no matter the decade we seem to be drawn to the same type of shows. The cop shows, hospital shows, and lawyer shows. Always.🙄
