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Subject: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Arcfire on 05/18/02 at 08:44 p.m.

This is a spin off of the Little House/Waltons string, what was the most stupid show of the 70's?

My vote goes for Mary Hartman! anyone remember that show? sheesh!

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: lebeiw15 on 05/18/02 at 09:10 p.m.

Little House and The Waltons  ;D

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/18/02 at 09:26 p.m.

One word: Supertrain!

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: RockandRollFan on 05/18/02 at 09:56 p.m.


Quoting:
This is a spin off of the Little House/Waltons string, what was the most stupid show of the 70's?

My vote goes for Mary Hartman! anyone remember that show? sheesh!
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Wasn't it called "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"?  I agree with you ;)

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Crazy Don on 05/18/02 at 10:55 p.m.


Quoting:
Little House and The Waltons  ;D
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Ditto!  (I always wondered why my sister preferred The Dulltons Mad magazine called it] over Flip Wilson!)

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Yusufscat on 05/18/02 at 11:58 p.m.

I didn't like "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" either but I think I hated "The Gong Show" even more.  And "Soap" started out funny but went downhill after awhile.

Peace,
A

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Cat_Lover on 05/19/02 at 05:20 a.m.

The GONG SHOW! YIKES! I remember that one! And what about the old NEWLYWED GAME! Now what couple would want to have such embarressing questions asked to them on LIVE TV! LOL

Peace,Vivian

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Arcfire on 05/19/02 at 02:52 p.m.

Yep R&RFan it was Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman! my bad!

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: RockandRollFan on 05/19/02 at 05:45 p.m.


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Yep R&RFan it was Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman! my bad!
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I'm almost embarassed that I remembered that :-

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Jancat on 05/19/02 at 08:53 p.m.

Yeah, I think The Gong Show was a real low point in television programming (until someone came up with shows like Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire and Survivor and Fear Factor and...)

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Yusufscat on 05/20/02 at 11:15 a.m.

I love 'Fear Factor' and 'Survivor'...  Did y'all see the season finale of 'Survivor' last night...Go Vecepia... ;)

Now, on the lines of totally stupid I think "The Donny And Marie Show" should have had a copyright for stupidity.

Oh yes, if you want to lose weight try to eat your meals during 'Fear Factor'....Yum-yum...nothing is more appetizing than watching people try to swallow pig bums and piggy uteruses. :)

Love,
A

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Arcfire on 05/21/02 at 11:43 a.m.

Did anyone like some of the old cop shows like Adam 12?

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Banasy on 05/22/02 at 06:47 p.m.


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Yeah, I think The Gong Show was a real low point in television programming (until someone came up with shows like Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire and Survivor and Fear Factor and...)
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And lest we all forget, the wonderful gem "The $1.98 Beauty Contest" with that annoying twit, Rip Taylor. Later!!!

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: mrgazpacho on 05/22/02 at 06:55 p.m.


Quoting:
nothing is more appetizing than watching people try to swallow pig bums and piggy uteruses. :)End Quote


LOL - we had pig uterus for dinner last night! (OK, Chinese people will eat any darn part of a pig  ;D )

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/22/02 at 07:06 p.m.

The Chinese also eat any part of a dog or cat, if there is no other meat there. (Koreans definitely eat dogs and cats, a fact not disputed by my late Korean mother.) ;)

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LOL - we had pig uterus for dinner last night! (OK, Chinese people will eat any darn part of a pig  ;D )
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Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Zella on 05/22/02 at 09:04 p.m.


Quoting:
Did anyone like some of the old cop shows like Adam 12?
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I love watching old reruns of Adam 12 because I live in LA and they use the names of real streets but do impossible things with them, like saying the suspect is running east on Western (Western runs north/south) or "see the lady at the corner of Devonshire and Sunset" (both run the same direction and are 20 miles away from each other!) Or they will be in one part of LA, and then suddenly be somewhere else 30 miles away, after driving only a couple of blocks!  ;D

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Marian on 04/09/03 at 11:52 a.m.

:o :o :o :ohow bout that danger islamd segment of he banana splits with uh oh chango and that idiot who always screams aiiiyaiiiyeeeayayayayayayaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii--i mean ,geez@!Cheers! ;D

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Charlie on 04/11/03 at 02:30 p.m.

aw come on  starsky & hutch

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Anti_Pop_Superstar on 04/11/03 at 05:03 p.m.

Horrid shows from the '70's:  :P

The Brady Bunch Hour
Tabitha
Blansky's Beauties
Makin' It
Waltons
Sonny & Cher
Little House on the Prarie

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: KERMIT THE FROG on 04/11/03 at 11:54 p.m.


Quoting:

LOL - we had pig uterus for dinner last night!
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Well, I sure wouldn't eat it!

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/12/03 at 10:17 a.m.

Royaly stupid shows of the 70s? Well, ALL OF THEM! I know, there were a few good ones in there. But some of the really bad ones are (not in any order)

Brady Bunch
$1.98 Beauty Pagent
Blanski's Beauties (yes, I do remember that one)
Laverne & Shirley (after Shirley left)
There was a really bad game show called The Neighbors and if I am not mistaken, Regis Philbin hosted it (does anyone remember that one?)


I know there is more but I can't think of them right now. I should know that these were really bad shows (yes, I used to watch them-until I couldn't stomach them anymore)


Cat

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Marian on 04/12/03 at 10:47 a.m.


Quoting:
Horrid shows from the '70's:  :P

The Brady Bunch Hour
Tabitha
Blansky's Beauties
Makin' It
Waltons
Sonny & Cher
Little House on the Prarie


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;D ;DHave you ever stopped to think of just how many of the characters in "Little House"actually existed,either in the books or in real life?laura never had a brother named Albert,mary never got married,there never was a Nancy oleson!There were girls on the show with names like michele and stacy,which was very unlikely in the time frame of the show!People would appear on the show and the regulars would act like they've known them a long time,then they would never be heard from again!Just wondered if you were paying attention!And do you really think the real Nellie,who wasn't really Swedish,married a short,Jewish guy?Cheers!

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/12/03 at 11:02 a.m.


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People would appear on the show and the regulars would act like they've known them a long time,then they would never be heard from again!End Quote




This can be said for just about every show. The one that really gets me is Happy Days. Richie's older brother Chuck went off to college and was never seen nor heard of again. There was never any mention of him since that first season until the show ended. I wonder what he did so wrong that his entire family disowned him?



Cat

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: X on 04/12/03 at 12:17 a.m.


Quoting:



This can be said for just about every show. The one that really gets me is Happy Days. Richie's older brother Chuck went off to college and was never seen nor heard of again. There was never any mention of him since that first season until the show ended. I wonder what he did so wrong that his entire family disowned him?




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Perhaps he died...or moved to another country...or turned gay...or became a Hare Krishna...or helped found a group which later became known as Al-Qaeda. I don't think he was abducted by aliens, or Richie would have asked Mork to help find him.

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: X on 04/12/03 at 04:34 p.m.

One of the stupidest shows of the 70s...one of the worst shows of all time..."The Love Boat". (I respect Gavin McLeod, but I hated that show!)

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: sunshinecutie on 06/07/03 at 09:05 p.m.

i do remember $1.98 beauty pageant(thought it was stupid,they got a bouquet of carrots for the winner)
the gong show,(have to admit i actually watched it-for a laugh of course)
now tabitha i remember it didn't last very long wasn't tabitha played by a then newcomer lisa hartman(before clint black)
never watched blanskis beauties,hated by far MARY HARTMAN,MARY HARTMAN and SOAP couldn't even stomach them,dos anyone remember the other mary tyler moore spin-off phyllis(w/cloris leachman)?
i'll admit i loved the love boat,watched bananna splits all the time(i was just a kid then,oh oh chongo) in fact me and a friend of mine were just talking about the bananna splits just the other day,don't you just love nostalgia?

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: DaisyJane on 06/07/03 at 11:20 p.m.

Has to be "San Pedro Beach Bums"  though I liked it, it was dumb and so was "Lucan."

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: sunshinecutie on 06/08/03 at 03:10 p.m.

i had completely forgot about lucan wasn't he the boy they found in the wild and tried to fit him in society? i remember it a little,can't remember if i liked it or not.

Quoting:
Has to be "San Pedro Beach Bums"  though I liked it, it was dumb and so was "Lucan."
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Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: sunshinecutie on 06/08/03 at 03:13 p.m.

does anyone remember "doctari" the little girl in the show later went on to play joanni on "happy days" i remember the monkey and the lion wasn't he blind?or deaf?

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: DaisyJane on 06/08/03 at 04:56 p.m.


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aw come on  starsky & hutch
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Starsky and Hutch????  That's a great show, not a stupid one!

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: DaisyJane on 06/08/03 at 04:57 p.m.


Quoting:
i had completely forgot about lucan wasn't he the boy they found in the wild and tried to fit him in society? i remember it a little,can't remember if i liked it or not.

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Yeah that's the one!  Lu-can!  Lu-can!
They teach him his name.

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: DaisyJane on 06/08/03 at 05:00 p.m.


Quoting:
does anyone remember "doctari" the little girl in the show later went on to play joanni on "happy days" i remember the monkey and the lion wasn't he blind?or deaf?
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I remember Daktari....I think the lion was blind.  :-)

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/08/03 at 07:00 p.m.

I remember this asinine comedy with Dorothy Louden called "Dorothy", in which the ex-Miss Hannigan from "Annie" worked at an All-Girls prep school (how original ::)) and sang every time one of the girls got in trouble. Dreadful

Other bad shows:

A Year at the Top (with a young Paul Shaffer and Greg Evigan)
Me and The Chimp
Vegas (sorry Urich fans)
Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice (Again apologies to Urich fans)
Any crime anthology series that didn't include Columbo or McCloud (Search, The Men)
Barnaby Jones (especially the Mark Shera eps)
And the overrated Lou Grant and Trapper John MD.

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: bj26 on 06/09/03 at 06:17 a.m.

Planeta de los Semios (Planet of the Apes) stunk, lived in the Dominican Republic at the time and had to watch it in Spanish.  

The Gong show made me sick, and the horrible little man, Chuck Barris, made me barf.

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/10/03 at 06:13 p.m.

I actually liked "The Gong Show" when it was first shown. It was probably the only game show where everyone involved did exactly what they wanted. I also liked "Almost Anything Goes", the show where people from small towns competed on wacky competitions for prize money. Reality TV gone bananas.

Quoting:
The Gong show made me sick, and the horrible little man, Chuck Barris, made me barf.
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Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: DaisyJane on 06/10/03 at 10:38 p.m.

I liked the Gong Show.  My favorite part was "gene gene the dancin machine."

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Bobby on 06/12/03 at 02:30 p.m.

I remember a British 70s sitcom called 'The Good life' (with Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall) and it was pants!

The plot of the whole thing was that Tom Good (the main character) gave up his commercial life to become an environmentalist, getting involved with farming. This situation was an antithesis of their next door neighbour who were capitalists basically. Note the fun that can be had from this situation (snore). . .  :-/

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: ALD girl on 06/12/03 at 09:23 p.m.

This show called Medical center. I see episodes of ER and I look back on the old shows and I think god this is so fake.

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: Arcfire on 06/15/03 at 03:38 a.m.


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This show called Medical center. I see episodes of ER and I look back on the old shows and I think god this is so fake.
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Wasn't Medical center the forerunner of Emergency one? I remember the older blonde nurse (Bobby I think her name was) was in both

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: DaisyJane on 06/15/03 at 06:30 a.m.

I loved the show Emergency....I don't know if that is the one you're talking about.

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: dagwood on 06/15/03 at 06:47 a.m.


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I loved the show Emergency....I don't know if that is the one you're talking about.
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I loved this show, too.  Pretty cheesy, but it was fun. :)

Subject: Re: Royaly stupid shows of the 70's

Written By: AstringOfPoloponies on 06/15/03 at 02:33 p.m.


Quoting:
I remember a British 70s sitcom called 'The Good life' (with Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall) and it was pants!

The plot of the whole thing was that Tom Good (the main character) gave up his commercial life to become an environmentalist, getting involved with farming. This situation was an antithesis of their next door neighbour who were capitalists basically. Note the fun that can be had from this situation (snore). . .  :-/
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I loved this show! "The Good Life" 70s episodes aired in the U.S. during the 80s and I was hooked on that show ! Self-sufficiency and all !!! ;D