Favorite TV Shows, Skits, Plots, One-Liners, Moments, or Events

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The discussion revolves around a nostalgic reflection on television shows, highlighting a mix of personal favorites and memorable moments from various eras. Participants express a general disdain for modern reality TV, contrasting it with beloved sitcoms and classic series from the past. Key mentions include iconic shows like "The Brady Bunch," "Gilligan's Island," "The Simpsons," and "Married with Children," with many participants reminiscing about specific episodes or moments that left a lasting impact. Memorable events such as the moon landing and significant news broadcasts are also noted as pivotal television moments. The conversation showcases a shared appreciation for the humor and storytelling of older shows, while lamenting the decline of quality family programming in recent years. Overall, the thread captures a collective longing for the charm and creativity of past television offerings.
  • #51
zoobyshoe said:
Is that the one where they went and fetched the dead body from way out in the boonies, or is that the Jewish funeral where they were trying to find enough jews to do the prayer ceremony?

Neither, Rick was the one...:cry: :cry: :cry: hit by a satellite that crashed back to earth. The coffin had to be modified.

First or second season.
 
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  • #52
Northern Exposure probably qualifies as one of my top five all time favorites, maybe even number one... The writing during the first three or four seasons was really creative, if not comic [satire] genius. I can't really think of another show quite like it.

The first episode that I saw was where Chris and Bernard first met and discover they're half brothers. :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: I was completely hooked by the end of the show.
 
  • #53
Where's Tom? I have been working my way through the Sopranos, I am on Season 5.

Just finished the 2nd (and last) season of Dead like Me, an interesting show if you haven't seen it.

Why no mention of Dr Who, Or Monty Python, many of the skits done in the Flying Circus shows have to be considered some of the funniest TV ever done.

John Cleese also did a series called "Fawlty Towers" Which is good stuff, the episode called Communication Problems, is John Cleese at his best.

I pretty much quit watching TV when I started a morning paper route in 1964, just lost the habit and have never got it back. I grew up in a NBC only town, so anything that showed on ABC or CBS was not available. When we visited my cousin we were able to see some shows on CBS (Rat Patrol or Combat?) But their reception was REALLY bad, more snow then show.

Currently I just check the History channel and Discovery Science, not much else catches my interest. I Often will get up a wonder off during commercials so sometimes it takes 3 or more settings to catch a complete show. Sometimes I'll catch the end of a show, then later some of the middle, and yet again to see the beginning.
 
  • #54
Ivan Seeking said:
Northern Exposure probably qualifies as one of my top five all time favorites, maybe even number one... The writing during the first three or four seasons was really creative, if not comic [satire] genius. I can't really think of another show quite like it.
Six Feet Under is the same, if not even better. You can rent the first season on DVD. You'll be hooked. It's quirky, mystical, gritty, human, something like Quentin Tarantino fused with M. Night Shyamalan or the better David Lynch moments from Twin Peaks: excellent plots, and plot twists, with a surreal spice that crops up now and then each episode. It's by the same writer/director who made American Beauty.

It's about a family owned funeral home.
 
  • #55
Watching in Norway, and now I like to watch:

Boston Public
Danse Feber
American Idol. MY GOD I laughed when that guy sang: "I shot the sheriff" 20 times over :rofldying:
Movies
That President series with Geena Davis: Commander i Chief? Doesn't look as realistic as The White House, but I like Geena Davis *G*
Animal Planet
Sex Inspectors *g*
Different interesting programs on the two cool major swedish channels.
 
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  • #56
Ivan Seeking said:
For me, the most memorable moment is easy; The moon landing, up until 911.
There's a good movie called the "The Dish" about the Parkes antenna in Australia used to receive and transmit the TV pictures from the Moon. Using the Parkes antenna was a matter of national prestige for Australia, so you had a small town having to coordinate visits from the Prime Minister and the American Ambassador.

Lots of signs of the times: from trying to calculate the location of the Columbia by slide rule to more mundane challenges, like how a local school band figures out what the US national anthem is and then has to learn it - without the internet, no less!

There is a slight technical inaccuracy in the movie, at least for Americans. The US saw Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon using video relayed from the Goldstone antenna in California, then switched to the higher quality picture being obtained by the Parkes antenna (Parkes was in the middle of a storm and was experiencing wind gusts that exceeded the design limitations of the antenna - it would have upset a lot of people if they suddenly lost the signal right as Armstrong was stepping onto the Moon. Evidently, the sounds and strain on the antenna depicted in the movie weren't an exaggeration.).
 

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