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What's your the best old TV series from the 80's?
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RE: What's your the best old TV series from the 80's?
December 6, 2017 at 10:33 pm (This post was last modified: December 6, 2017 at 10:49 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(December 6, 2017 at 5:01 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(December 6, 2017 at 10:37 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Blackadder. End of debate.

I raise you a Red Dwarf.

I love Red Dwarf, but it's far less consistent (at least when compared to II, the Third, and Goes Forth.) And even when it's great (which it frequently is), I still find some things to quibble about, even if it's something like "I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Grant and Naylor have never actually read Lolita."

I know my Library of America copy might not be representative, but Page 61 has her being driven away to Camp Q (Kubrick or maybe producer James B. Harris changed its name to Camp Climax; it's still Camp Q in his version of the script) and there's little worse than a hug (and she doesn't even know what he really feels yet.)
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RE: What's your the best old TV series from the 80's?
December 6, 2017 at 11:36 pm
As much as I love Red Dwarf, when I think of '80s TV my first thought is of Max Headroom.

Also enjoyed watching 5-minute episodes of Danger Mouse with my daughter, and wincing at all the puns.
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December 7, 2017 at 2:19 pm
V...Was actually a miniseries, I think. Haven't caught the Syfy remake/reboot yet. Anyhow,
I distinctly remember wondering why none of the other kids at school seemed to tune in. 
Certainly food for thought, at the time.

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RE: What's your the best old TV series from the 80's?
December 7, 2017 at 2:30 pm (This post was last modified: December 7, 2017 at 2:39 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(December 6, 2017 at 10:37 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Blackadder. End of debate.

Same!
(December 6, 2017 at 11:07 am)pocaracas Wrote: I see your BlackAdder and raise you an Allo Allo.

I'll re-raise your Allo Allo all in with even more Blackadder.

And some a Bit of Fry and Laurie on the side:











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December 8, 2017 at 5:22 pm
Hammy .... you reminded me about this: Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks Big Grin




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December 8, 2017 at 5:30 pm (This post was last modified: December 8, 2017 at 5:34 pm by Brian37.)
(December 8, 2017 at 5:22 pm)KittyAnn Wrote: Hammy .... you reminded me about this: Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks Big Grin





What? I thought Monty Python was started in the 1970s? Maybe you watched reruns in the 80s but this is the history, and the thread is about the 80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python

If you want British comedy that went well into the 80s you'd have to go with Benny Hill.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063869/


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December 8, 2017 at 5:42 pm
I was wicked little in the 80s. Saturday morning cartoons were the extent of what I would watch on television.
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December 8, 2017 at 6:20 pm (This post was last modified: December 8, 2017 at 6:26 pm by Brian37.)
This is even a better link to the Benny Hill Show



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December 8, 2017 at 7:52 pm
Yeah Monty Python was 70's but Kitty was just saying I reminded her of that Smile
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December 8, 2017 at 7:58 pm
Just caught a clip of this song being used by the Benny Hill Show in an episode, and yes it is an ABBA member, Agnetha Fatltskog post ABBA.



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