Recently, my family invested in the first two seasons of Star Trek- The Next Generation to relive what I used to believe was my favorite of all the Star Trek series. Well, after sitting through the first season in real time, I'm thinking that the show didn't hit its stride till the 90s (it ran from September 1987 through May 1994). It did start me thinking about other prime time television in the 80s that kept me captive.
1. In 1980 I was a card carrying Whovian and was a member of the Doctor Who Fan Club of America. The third Doctor, Jon Pertwee, was my first Doctor. As such, he will always be the Doctor of my heart. PBS ran Doctor Who episodes every Sunday night. One of the highlights of this era was attending a pledge drive at the Chicago station. Every other person was costumed as a Doctor Who character. And I obtained Marty Robinson's autograph.
2. Technically, MASH ran mostly through the 70s, but it ended in 1983. Through the years, I watched every episode at least three times each. I bought the gear- I had a hat, t-shirt, and even pjs. Truly, I was a major fan girl.
3. Cheers ran from 1982-1993 and I believe they even knew my name by the time the show ran its course.
4. Do you remember Remington Steele (1982-1987)? I recently saw a rerun of this show and had to shake my head. But, in the day I wouldn't have missed an episode.
5. Family Ties truly reflected the changing political atmosphere from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. How I loved to hate Alex;-)
6. The A-Team was over the top action and adventure with a looney bunch of characters. And I loved every minute of it. The recent movie remake was pretty amazing, too!
7. Miami Vice was action meets style meets MTV. Great eye candy!!
8. Thinking back to Night Court, I'm not surprised it was a favorite. Slightly reminiscent of the previous decade's Barney Miller (another favorite) with its dry humor and quirky characters, it introduced many actors that would later move on to bigger things. Working the night shift through most of these episodes myself, I think gave greater credence to quirky. They show themselves in every field, those quirky peeps.
9. I loved Alf, the Alien Life Form, who crash landed in the garage of the Tanner family. I loved Alf's sarcastic, slovenly and cynical self. If not for the slovenly, we might have been related;0)
10. STNG, Wonder Years, Murphy Brown, Quantum Leap and The Simpsons I will lump all together because though they all started in the late 80s, I mostly followed in the 90s.
There were two other non-prime time shows that I watched faithfully through the 80s. Every Saturday morning I would get off work at 7:30 AM and come home and watch The Smurfs which aired on NBC from 1981 to Aug 25 1990. Yes, you know I had to see the 2011 movie. Lots of laughing through that adventure.
In 1983 I also became known in some circles as the aerobic queen. It was my way of quitting the smoking habit. I am happy to report that my strategy worked. I have not had a cigarette since that time. Instrumental to that success was an after work aerobic's class and The 20 Minute Workout program. I wish I would have held on to these tapes as it seems they are hard to come by these days. Does anyone else remember doing these? Gads, and I wore clothes like this to do these, too!! Red high top Reebok's and leg warmers in every color were an essential part of the experience.
http://www.yourememberthat.com/media/4995/The_20_Minute_Workout/#.USveLh3qkho
6. The A-Team was over the top action and adventure with a looney bunch of characters. And I loved every minute of it. The recent movie remake was pretty amazing, too!
7. Miami Vice was action meets style meets MTV. Great eye candy!!
8. Thinking back to Night Court, I'm not surprised it was a favorite. Slightly reminiscent of the previous decade's Barney Miller (another favorite) with its dry humor and quirky characters, it introduced many actors that would later move on to bigger things. Working the night shift through most of these episodes myself, I think gave greater credence to quirky. They show themselves in every field, those quirky peeps.
9. I loved Alf, the Alien Life Form, who crash landed in the garage of the Tanner family. I loved Alf's sarcastic, slovenly and cynical self. If not for the slovenly, we might have been related;0)
10. STNG, Wonder Years, Murphy Brown, Quantum Leap and The Simpsons I will lump all together because though they all started in the late 80s, I mostly followed in the 90s.
There were two other non-prime time shows that I watched faithfully through the 80s. Every Saturday morning I would get off work at 7:30 AM and come home and watch The Smurfs which aired on NBC from 1981 to Aug 25 1990. Yes, you know I had to see the 2011 movie. Lots of laughing through that adventure.
In 1983 I also became known in some circles as the aerobic queen. It was my way of quitting the smoking habit. I am happy to report that my strategy worked. I have not had a cigarette since that time. Instrumental to that success was an after work aerobic's class and The 20 Minute Workout program. I wish I would have held on to these tapes as it seems they are hard to come by these days. Does anyone else remember doing these? Gads, and I wore clothes like this to do these, too!! Red high top Reebok's and leg warmers in every color were an essential part of the experience.
http://www.yourememberthat.com/media/4995/The_20_Minute_Workout/#.USveLh3qkho
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