I miss T.G.I.F and Saturday morning cartoons. Its kinda sad that my kids will never know the magic of Saturday morning cartoons. I know there are a number of channels that play cartoons 24/7, but its just not the same.
I agree! I miss TGIF and weekend cartoons. As a 45 year old, I never thought that I would say the words, “Back in my day … “ and I especially miss the days without the internet. Yesterday I went to bed at 17 and woke up earlier today wondering what in the world happened?! 😱 😮💨😞 What I would give to have the world that I once knew.
4:09- "PRINCESSES" lasted five episodes. Julie Hagerty was displeased with her role in the series, and quit after four episodes. The producers- and CBS- were trying to figure out how to replace her when the network simply cancelled it after airing the fifth episode {eight were taped in all}. The one cast member who came out ahead was Fran Drescher; she pitched the idea for "THE NANNY" to Jeff Sagansky of CBS, and they scheduled it for the fall of 1993.
Apparently, Redd Foxx suffered what turned out to be a fatal heart attack after an argument with producers on the set of "Royal Family". The cast and crew initially thought he was faking it because of his famous fake heart attack bit on Sanford and Son.
Started this comment about something else, then 15:56 broke my heart. Loved _Brooklyn Bridge_ more than almost any show ever in the history of television, and I will never forgive the network for how they treated it. None of us deserved that, least of all Gary David Goldberg. Thank you Art Garfunkel for a tune that never leaves my eyes dry. Now on to the other shows I was going to mention... 5:30 and 8:10 loved _Nurses_ and _The Torkelsons_ . Not claiming I thought they were anything great even back then, only thing I enjoyed them and watched them regularly. No need, of course, to say that I watched 11:00 regularly - how many people back then can say they didn't? 12:38 was a big deal and a groundbreaking show, and I wish I could say I watched it more than I actually did. Watched 16:59 faithfully - great period piece. Speaking of which, 18:28 hold a special place in my heart not only because it was a beautiful show and introduced me to Regina Taylor, but also because despite being one of the better informed folks of my generation I discovered how much I had to learn when they aired an episode in which fire hoses were turned on civil rights protesters. I turned to my folks, who had lived in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1960, and said I felt like they were going a little too far to make the point about race relations. It's not like things like that happened. My parents stared at me in horror as they realized I didn't know they were dramatizing a real event from 1960s Alabama. 19:38 !!! Aaahhh! Another groundbreaking show. Be proud, Marlee Matlin.
It seems that except for Home Improvement, this season did not launch many iconic, long-running shows. It's also funny how many of the theme songs are so "90s!"
Once we turn 18, it becomes a blur. I’m 45 at the time of my message. What I’d give to quantum leap through time and return back to my timeline with the knowledge I’ve now.
OMG! Step by Step! So my little sister made us all stand up and scream when the rollercoaster went over the hill. 😇😆she was 5 and we had to do this every Friday
Ok. I was 27 in 1991, we had no cable and nothing but 5 or 6 network stations. I remember exactly 4 of these shows. They must have come and gone fairly quickly. And you sure see a lot of the same actors over and over.
I have to say it: your videos are an absolute chronicle of how NBC (unless like with Dick Wolf the creator(s) make it impossible..) will wreck any show of any genre...
I loved Herman's Head back in the day! It was a fun and unique show. It's also interesting that it gives you a chance to see the Simpsons' Yeardly Smith and Hank Azaria live and in person. I loved Step by Step too until the last couple of seasons. The Step by Step credits are interesting too. They hadn't cast the two younger boys- Christopher Castile and Josh Byrne- until after they filmed the initial scenes at the park, so they had to shoehorn their credit in and Castile into the waving scene with first Peggy Rae and then Sasha Mitchell. It makes the first season credits look so weird to not see them in the credits apart from two scenes. And I know it doesn't count because it actually started in 1989, but let's not forget Baywatch officially began its long run in 1991 too.
Actually on the Step By Step thing is they did to have Casted both of the younger boys as in Mark as he was already casted as Chris Catiile but it was Josh Byrne aka Brendan whom was Recasted as they had another boy the played Brendan in the Unaired Pilot! And the reason why for the Mark/Chris being down at the bottom waving is they found out that Chris has Motion sickness as a kid and also he was filming the Bethoven Movie then and was unavailable for that Opening Video and why they had him waving w/ Peggy Rae then they redone it w/ the new Brendan!
There was only one season of The Royal Family; I believe Foxx completed seven episodes before his death. Jackee was brought in, first as the sister of Della Reese's character, and then later (in the spring 1992 run) as the oldest daughter of Reese.
CBS wanted Carol back in an updated version of her variety series for the fall of 1991. Unfortunately, she had the same success that Garry Moore (her former variety show mentor) had- which was NONE. His attempt at a more "contemporary" program lasted from September 1966 through January 1967. Carol's attempt lasted nine weeks {November- December 1991}. And there were problems plaguing the show. She doesn't want to talk about it these days any more than her stint on "THE ENTERTAINERS" (1964-'65).
Meanwhile, on cable: MTV--"Liquid Television" (which spun off "Aeon Flux" & "Beavis & Butthead"--which, in turn, spun-off "Daria" in 1997). Nickelodeon--"The Adventures Of Pete & Pete" transitions from 2-minute between-show shorts to occasional half-hour specials to full-fledged series. Also, Nick introduces "NickToons"--"Doug", "Rugrats" & "Ren & Stimpy". HBO--Hour-long comedy "Dream On" premiers its 2nd season.
Step By Step had their version of Urkel in Cody who was great on the show until he was fired due to domestic charges I believe and they kept trying to fill his role with other people but the show was not the same until they later brought him back and even then it just ran it’s course.
On NBC's Saturday night lineup before Dark Skies, The Pretender, and Profiler- all in 1994, I think. Dark Skies, I think, would have better than the show it knocked off, The X Files, if it had lasted more than one season.
Wish one of the streaming services would pick-up Herman's Head. They have the episodes on youtube but the picture is annoyingly grainy when I pull it up on the big-screen.
So many big names attached to shows that were unsuccessful. Like James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, for instance. They had hits and misses all over the place. And so many notable actors on forgotten shows. Also, wow Homefront looked expensive lol!
Still looking for the intro to a couple of short lived season replacements... One was from 89 called heartland, I think... It was a sitcom about a farm family... It's the first time I heard the word wiz used for peeing. At the end of the tornado drill the kid says, I gotta take a wicked wiz. That became the family joke for the next 30 years. The other was a sitcom called Grand. Set in fictional grand Pennsylvania where the grand piano was invented. It was very much like Soap
Heartland's first episode, along with others, is on RU-vid - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UtEyQ-g9dl0.html and Grand's 2 intros are here - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hSWrEZ8q5ck.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8HwpQyeti4o.html
I do not remember Flesh N' Blood, though it's interesting to hear a Leon Russell theme song there. I vaguely remember The Royal Family because I know Redd Foxx died in the middle of it, but I definitely did not remember a little Naya Rivera being in it.
Man, New York use to be a place you'd be jealous of not living there. Looked so amazing and always moving. Now, it would be a nightmare. Different Society i suppose.
I can't believe that I was a 10 year old, semi couch potato, but I only remember 25 percent of these shows. And I thought Eerie, Indiana was in the mid-90's?
@@sha11235 lol yeah I remember it being just as..."dry" as the Brady Bunch. Where everyone is perfectly ideal and happy to the point of being robotic and creepy. Like, the opposite of edgy, I'm not sure what the word is.
Good Lord these shows were majority awful (like most other failed series) but some seasons like these are essentially piles of 💩 with gold flakes on the top.
I liked the Commish, but my uncle thought it was kinda silly- because a real police commisioner doesn't do those things. As I understand it the commissioner isn't a cop he acts as a liason/in charge of a police department/departments in a city between the mayor/selectman. He doesn't chase criminals or investigate crimes or arrest people.
CBS's fortunes changed because of decisions at ABC and NBC. The former declined on a drama series centered around the use of forensic science to solve crimes. The latter had a military/legal drama that was canceled after on season. CBS decided to take both shows. One was CSI, the other was JAG, which had a backdoor pilot for a show called NCIS.
These vids are fun, but at the same time they're depressing as fuck... Life really needs a do-over button. At least one chance to go back and do shut differently😟
23:06- "PROS & CONS" was an "overhauled" version of "GABRIEL'S FIRE" from the season before (here, James Earl Jones smiled more). It lasted through January 1992.
Okay, fall 1991...29...just before I moved from NYC to Philly...I can say with some certainty that I heard of some of these but I can also say with some certainty that I never *watched* any (either at the time or in syndication). Probably watched the already established shows, which were likely much better...
I didn't even know Step by Step had an extended theme song until I caught the older episodes in syndication. And I remember the Brooklyn Bridge reruns on channel 12 NJ way back in the early aughties!
He kept himself busy over the years. The last thing he did on TV was the occasional voice of "Ron Cadillac" on "ARCHER". He died in December 2019 of complications from pneumonia, age 82.
10:45- I remember watching this all the time with my mom, and this part would either confuse us, or make us want to do this 🤦♀. It looked like they took the parking lot of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, and covered it with a big body of water. It looked completely unnatural, but hey, that's your 90's cheesy CGI for ya.😆
It’s supposed to be an actual amusement park in Green Bay (where there really is a wooden coaster right on the shore of the lake) but it’s actually Six Flags Magic Mountain.
@@richardludwig3673 Really. I didn't know that, and I was born, and raised in Wisconsin. The only amusement parks I know that was either in,or near Wisconsin was either Six Flag Great America in Gurnee,Illinois, or Wisconsin Dells, but neither one of them is near a big body of water. Well, that's good to know.
@@raestalgia here’s a Google maps pin if interested: maps.app.goo.gl/ECM4fAEWpDqm4Y2FA There’s all kinds of neat hidden treasures around our neat state!
I remember a lot of these, Step by Step major part of my childhood & Herman’s Head is pretty underrated IMO. Princesses had a cool video open but the music is cringe. Also read that it had a lot of drama behind the scenes. Never heard of Flesh N Blood, but I can see why it was cancelled terrible name and intro, haha. Great video as always, keep it up! 😁
Why did the early 90s have such a boner for the 30s and 40s? I know the 80s had nostalgia for the 50s because of boomers, and the mid 90s had a preoccupation with the 60s and 70s because of gen x, but why the dip back in between?
This video is surprising to me out of many. Not because of the shows that didn't make it.. but the ones that did. Network television reached its real zenith (for me) between 1982-2002. While before there were good periods, and after we got temporary reprieves... the true decline of good network television started when SJWs took over... and is has been downhill since.
@@jenniferw9196 , but those still came from "network extension" places. But, sadly, SJWs are ruining shows like that as well. NONE of those would air now because "someone is/or could be offended by reality".
VaultMasterDBT I can’t thank you enough. Obviously it’s neither there nor there in the whole scheme of things but it was one of those I couldn’t get out of my head.
Great video as always but just makes one ill to realize how similar all the shows are.. and everyone must be so happy, ugh.. Nothing on tv then or now to engage a viewer or make him think