Nearly-Forgotten TV Shows, Themes, and Ads

[James Y]

Hai Karate Aftershave Commercials (1970 & 1973)

https://youtu.be/2MPhL-kZFrM

https://youtu.be/_vq94cxeCw8

Jim

[The Mastiff]

Another great thread Jim.

Saturdays were for cheesy kids shows. The cartoons are pretty well covered here so I'll bring back



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Edit: corrected mistake

[The Mastiff]

Late night was also cheesy. Movies. Here are some classics.



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[Ankerson]

Late night was also cheesy. Movies. Here are some classics.



and

Yeah, The Car was very cheesy.

They even did a remake of it, didn't see that one though.

[MacLaren]

What a great thread guys.
Anyone remember Speed Racer & the Mach 5?
I loved that car!
Oh, and Specterman!

[Cowboyfromhell]

I miss the 80s .......

[JD Spydo]

I just can't believe that no one here gives any respect to the old 80s cop show MIAMI VICE. Truly I thought that show was way ahead of it's time. It was one of the first shows to implement really cool music as an important part of the show as well as men's and women's fashion being off the charts. Also not to mention that show being the launching pad of the careers of Don Johnson and Edward James Olmos.

And for a show to have the super ratings it had for being aired on Friday nights was nothing short of phenomenal. I always looked forward to watching Miami Vice on Friday nights.

Now I will admit that after the first 3 years I did kind of lost interest in that show. But those first 3 years the plots were awesome.

I guess I still long for the old days. Because most of the TV shows in this present time are pretty much garbage compared to what it used to be.

[James Y]

Late night was also cheesy. Movies. Here are some classics.



and

Thanks for posting those, Joe! I remember seeing Killdozer. Yes, cheesy indeed. I never did see The Car. Was it anything like John Carpenter's Christine? That was a great movie.

As far as Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot, the only thing I saw was a movie that played on an L.A. channel called Voyage Into Space. I later learned it was a mishmash of various Johnny Sokko episodes put together into one movie.

Jim

[James Y]

What a great thread guys.
Anyone remember Speed Racer & the Mach 5?
I loved that car!
Oh, and Specterman!

I remember Speed Racer, but only vaguely. I never saw it on Saturday mornings. Maybe it was on a different channel than I watched? Not that there were many channels when I was a kid; I only recall there being about 13 channels or so.

Jim

[James Y]

I just can't believe that no one here gives any respect to the old 80s cop show MIAMI VICE. Truly I thought that show was way ahead of it's time. It was one of the first shows to implement really cool music as an important part of the show as well as men's and women's fashion being off the charts. Also not to mention that show being the launching pad of the careers of Don Johnson and Edward James Olmos.

And for a show to have the super ratings it had for being aired on Friday nights was nothing short of phenomenal. I always looked forward to watching Miami Vice on Friday nights.

Now I will admit that after the first 3 years I did kind of lost interest in that show. But those first 3 years the plots were awesome.

I guess I still long for the old days. Because most of the TV shows in this present time are pretty much garbage compared to what it used to be.

Joe,

Speaking for myself, I saw a little of Miami Vice, but almost its entire run aired when I was living out of the country. And even by the early '80s, I wasn't watching much TV...late teens/early 20s...you know how it is...

I also thought that Miami Vice is still widely remembered by a lot of people.

Jim

[James Y]

Duel (1971, trailer)

This made-for-TV movie was the very first thing our family ever watched on a color TV, back in 1971. Our big old black and white TV had finally given up the ghost, and we'd just gotten home with our first color TV. And it was this movie's television debut. And what a movie!! To this day, I still consider it one of the best suspense movies of all time. Dennis Weaver was perfect in the role of the protagonist being relentlessly pursued by a monster truck and its mysterious, almost-unseen driver. I believe that Duel was the first full movie directed by Steven Spielberg. I heard it was later given a theatrical release in other countries.

I never forgot this movie, and maybe a decade ago bought it on DVD.

https://youtu.be/8m9aeCeHbiQ

Jim

[Bloke]

[Bloke]

[rangefinder]

I just can't believe that no one here gives any respect to the old 80s cop show MIAMI VICE. Truly I thought that show was way ahead of it's time. It was one of the first shows to implement really cool music as an important part of the show as well as men's and women's fashion being off the charts. Also not to mention that show being the launching pad of the careers of Don Johnson and Edward James Olmos.

And for a show to have the super ratings it had for being aired on Friday nights was nothing short of phenomenal. I always looked forward to watching Miami Vice on Friday nights.

Now I will admit that after the first 3 years I did kind of lost interest in that show. But those first 3 years the plots were awesome.

I guess I still long for the old days. Because most of the TV shows in this present time are pretty much garbage compared to what it used to be.

Joe,

Speaking for myself, I saw a little of Miami Vice, but almost its entire run aired when I was living out of the country. And even by the early '80s, I wasn't watching much TV...late teens/early 20s...you know how it is...

I also thought that Miami Vice is still widely remembered by a lot of people.

Jim

"Miami Vice" probably doesn't qualify as "nearly forgotten" but here's one that might: A few years before he was the executive producer on "Miami Vice", Michael Mann created and was the principal writer for a show called "Vega$".

It starred Robert Urich (fresh from "SWAT") as Dan Tanna, a PI in Las Vegas. He drove around in a classic Thunderbird convertible. And he had a car phone, which was pretty cutting edge for 1978.

The show only lasted for three seasons (1978-1981), and it seems like most people don't remember it now.

[The Mastiff]

Thanks for posting those, Joe! I remember seeing Killdozer. Yes, cheesy indeed. I never did see The Car. Was it anything like John Carpenter's Christine? That was a great movie.

My pleasure Jim. You have been bringing back some good memories for me. Christine is a much better movie quality wise but both the Car and Killdozer are old classics a lot of people our age saw as teens who were doing what we did and staying up late after the parents were asleep watching whatever was the late movie. Some were forgettable and some, though lousy movies just stick around.

Joe ( JD) brought up Miami vice. Shows like that I certainly knew about but never sat down to watch. I was busy working sometimes two or more jobs and didn't much watch TV. I gave up on TV much of my adult life until much later when I had "cable" and the ability to watch what I wanted. I still rarely watch anything with commercials. I detest them.

Joe

[MacLaren]

What a great thread guys.
Anyone remember Speed Racer & the Mach 5?
I loved that car!
Oh, and Specterman!

I remember Speed Racer, but only vaguely. I never saw it on Saturday mornings. Maybe it was on a different channel than I watched? Not that there were many channels when I was a kid; I only recall there being about 13 channels or so.

Jim

Jim, I should say that what I watched were re-runs.
Not when the show was actually being produced.
Gosh, I can't even remember what day but, it wasn't Saturday. It was weekday afternoons say around '80 maybe '79? Probably '80

[MacLaren]

Duel (1971, trailer)

This made-for-TV movie was the very first thing our family ever watched on a color TV, back in 1971. Our big old black and white TV had finally given up the ghost, and we'd just gotten home with our first color TV. And it was this movie's television debut. And what a movie!! To this day, I still consider it one of the best suspense movies of all time. Dennis Weaver was perfect in the role of the protagonist being relentlessly pursued by a monster truck and its mysterious, almost-unseen driver. I believe that Duel was the first full movie directed by Steven Spielberg. I heard it was later given a theatrical release in other countries.

I never forgot this movie, and maybe a decade ago bought it on DVD.

https://youtu.be/8m9aeCeHbiQ

Jim

Oh man, now your talkin Jim!
I loved watching that movie when I was a kid..
So cool you got to see it originally in '71
I wasn't born until Nov '71

[James Y]

Thanks, Bloke!

If I'm not mistaken, that's from Green Acres(?).

Jim

[James Y]

I just can't believe that no one here gives any respect to the old 80s cop show MIAMI VICE. Truly I thought that show was way ahead of it's time. It was one of the first shows to implement really cool music as an important part of the show as well as men's and women's fashion being off the charts. Also not to mention that show being the launching pad of the careers of Don Johnson and Edward James Olmos.

And for a show to have the super ratings it had for being aired on Friday nights was nothing short of phenomenal. I always looked forward to watching Miami Vice on Friday nights.

Now I will admit that after the first 3 years I did kind of lost interest in that show. But those first 3 years the plots were awesome.

I guess I still long for the old days. Because most of the TV shows in this present time are pretty much garbage compared to what it used to be.

Joe,

Speaking for myself, I saw a little of Miami Vice, but almost its entire run aired when I was living out of the country. And even by the early '80s, I wasn't watching much TV...late teens/early 20s...you know how it is...

I also thought that Miami Vice is still widely remembered by a lot of people.

Jim

"Miami Vice" probably doesn't qualify as "nearly forgotten" but here's one that might: A few years before he was the executive producer on "Miami Vice", Michael Mann created and was the principal writer for a show called "Vega$".

It starred Robert Urich (fresh from "SWAT") as Dan Tanna, a PI in Las Vegas. He drove around in a classic Thunderbird convertible. And he had a car phone, which was pretty cutting edge for 1978.

The show only lasted for three seasons (1978-1981), and it seems like most people don't remember it now.

Thanks for sharing that. TBH, I had never watched or even heard of Vega$ back then. Wasn't that series remade about 10 years ago, or was the 2012 Vegas series unrelated to the 1978 Vega$ series?

Jim

[rangefinder]

I just can't believe that no one here gives any respect to the old 80s cop show MIAMI VICE. Truly I thought that show was way ahead of it's time. It was one of the first shows to implement really cool music as an important part of the show as well as men's and women's fashion being off the charts. Also not to mention that show being the launching pad of the careers of Don Johnson and Edward James Olmos.

And for a show to have the super ratings it had for being aired on Friday nights was nothing short of phenomenal. I always looked forward to watching Miami Vice on Friday nights.

Now I will admit that after the first 3 years I did kind of lost interest in that show. But those first 3 years the plots were awesome.

I guess I still long for the old days. Because most of the TV shows in this present time are pretty much garbage compared to what it used to be.

Joe,

Speaking for myself, I saw a little of Miami Vice, but almost its entire run aired when I was living out of the country. And even by the early '80s, I wasn't watching much TV...late teens/early 20s...you know how it is...

I also thought that Miami Vice is still widely remembered by a lot of people.

Jim

"Miami Vice" probably doesn't qualify as "nearly forgotten" but here's one that might: A few years before he was the executive producer on "Miami Vice", Michael Mann created and was the principal writer for a show called "Vega$".

It starred Robert Urich (fresh from "SWAT") as Dan Tanna, a PI in Las Vegas. He drove around in a classic Thunderbird convertible. And he had a car phone, which was pretty cutting edge for 1978.

The show only lasted for three seasons (1978-1981), and it seems like most people don't remember it now.

Thanks for sharing that. TBH, I had never watched or even heard of Vega$ back then. Wasn't that series remade about 10 years ago, or was the 2012 Vegas series unrelated to the 1978 Vega$ series?

Jim

I had actually never heard of the 2012 "Vegas". I had to look it up on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262383/

It's probably pretty good, since it has Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis in it. But from the IMDB description, it sounds very different from "Vega$". Looks like the 2012 "Vegas" is set in the 1960s when the mob was still running a lot of things.

To further confuse things, there was also another (also completely different) show from 2003-2008 called "Los Vegas": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364828/

That one was about a casino, and starred James Caan as the owner, with Molly Sims and Josh Duhamel as supporting characters. Then Tom Selleck replaced Caan in the last season as the new owner of the casino.