Comments | backguy: TV nostalgia

backguy

TV nostalgia

May 10, 2006 21:47

If there's one thing that I like about the United States, it's the endless onslaught of reruns. Graeme and I have enjoyed watching "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" twice in the past week on Nick At Night. I haven't watched an episode in years, but watching it again this week has reminded me of how much I used to love the show back in elementary ( Read more... )

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shade_42 May 11 2006, 09:29:38 UTC

I remember when they started. Everyone was saying it was the best thing since America's funniest home videos.

It's statements like this one that remind me that I'm old.

Thanks a lot, jerk

jamincan May 11 2006, 11:47:14 UTC

Is that actually supposed to be a good thing? America's funniest home videos is awful!

lambda_calculus May 11 2006, 13:37:46 UTC

We say that now ... but there was a time when the Funniest Videos and Funniest People were duking it out for King of Primetime, while Candid Camera stood like a wise patriarch (maybe it's because the host was older, I don't know when it came out)

alex_the_greate May 11 2006, 06:39:09 UTC

It's not all that old, but I love watching Air Farce episodes from when they had just started on TV. I saw one with Furguson and Morgan doing the very first Chicken Cannon sketch, it was glorious.

walkingirony May 11 2006, 18:36:12 UTC

I'm Mike...from Canmoore

quikchange May 17 2006, 05:59:37 UTC

And this is my dog... Norm.

backguy May 12 2006, 03:03:57 UTC

Air Farce has been all downhill ever since Morgan left. The first few seasons were their best, even if the production quality wasn't perfect.

jamincan May 11 2006, 11:48:27 UTC

Hmm, I've only seen it on DejaView reruns, but I actually kind of like Happy Days.

lambda_calculus May 11 2006, 12:24:26 UTC

It seems I will never break out of the SciFi typecast, because the first thing that popped into my head was:
Captain Power and the Soldiers of Tomorrow.

And I can't really think of a better answer

kishmo May 11 2006, 17:28:55 UTC

Man that show was awesome. I always wanted to get one of those shitty play-at-home lightguns. It would have been glorious!

lambda_calculus May 11 2006, 17:31:45 UTC

Shooting ducks and stomping evil mushrooms is fun and all, but when you risk epileptic shock to wage war against headache-inducing machines, you really feel immersed in your entertainment!

lambda_calculus May 11 2006, 12:31:03 UTC

Maybe we've got a different idea of moral here, but I always felt that Full House was false in the sense that you couldn't use it for any type of advice whatsoever; it discarded real-life practicalities in favour for fuzzy feelings. Drive a car into the house? A warm fatherly talking to will make things better! If anything, using it as a moral guide would probably lead to some troubles...
Clean though, I'll give you that. In spades.

backguy May 12 2006, 03:05:05 UTC

Moral as in not seeing people sleeping around, drug and alcohol use, skanky clothes, and so on. It's not a moral compass to follow, but was a show that even a very conservative parent would allow their kids to watch.