Television
What a Country!
This is a show that could bring the nation together again.Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 16, 2020 -
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Category: Education, Stereotypes and Cliches, Television, Foreign Customs, 1980s
The Animan
It's now 2020. Where are our bipedal TVs?
Source: Popular Science - June 1988
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 08, 2020 -
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Category: Inventions, Television, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, 1980s
Run, Buddy, Run
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 15, 2020 -
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Category: Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Television, Stupid Criminals, 1960s
The Bugaloos
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 25, 2019 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Television, Pop Art, Surrealism, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
The Philco Safari
More info.
More pics.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 19, 2019 -
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Category: Technology, Television, 1950s
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 28, 2019 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Antiques, Anachronisms and Throwbacks, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Celebrities, Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, Eccentrics, Entertainment, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Humor, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Superstition, Television, Avant Garde, Surrealism, 1970s, LGBT, Halloween, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust, Nostalgia
E.T. and Friends TV Special
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 17, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Television, 1980s
Phyl and Mikhy
Background info here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 25, 2019 -
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Category: Games, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Sports, Television, Foreign Customs, 1980s, Russia
Delta House
The short-lived TV series inspired by Animal House. From Wikipedia:Delta House initially did well in the ratings. However, executive producers Matty Simmons and Ivan Reitman's constant fights with ABC over content led the network to cancel the show after 13 episodes.
You can find most of the episodes on YouTube, including the first one:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 17, 2019 -
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Category: Television, 1970s
Alternative Opening Sequences for The Simpsons
The Russian arthouse version:The fever dream version:
via Reddit
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 12, 2019 -
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Category: Television, Cartoons
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