The Infomercial Kings are happy to select in the Pre 80's category, Threes Company.
This one of my favorite shows as a kid, my family loved watching it and so did I. Everything from Jack being a bumbling idiot to Chrissy being a hot airhead (She was probably my first crush)
Jack is studying to be a chef at a technical college and happens across Janet, a florist, and Chrissy, a secretary, in need of a new roommate. Due to Stanley Roper's intolerence for co-ed living situations, even in a multi-bedroom apartment, Janet tells him that Jack is gay. Helen Roper figures out Jack's true sexuality in the second episode, and does not tell her husband, her bond with the three roommates grows until the Roper's departure, and she often sides with them over her husband.
The show was set minutes from the beach in Santa Monica, California, and focused on three sets until the later seasons: the trio's apartment, their landlord's apartment and the neighborhood pub, The Regal Beagle. In later seasons more sets were used, regularly seeing Angelenos restaurant, and later Jack's Bistro, and the hospital where Terri works.
I would post youtubes but I am at work can cannot get to the site.
Did anyone else notice how Frasier was sort of a smart version of Three's Company. Both shows structurally center around misunderstandings or elaborate lies which multiple characters are forced to "play along" in order to conceal the truth.
It worked for both shows but I couldn't watch Frasier without thinking about Three's Company.
You have a choice between Chrissy and Janet, and you take Janet? I mean, on her own, I could see it. But beside Chrissy, Janet looked normal. Even the character that replaced Chrissy was slightly more attractive than Janet.
You have a choice between Chrissy and Janet, and you take Janet? I mean, on her own, I could see it. But beside Chrissy, Janet looked normal. Even the character that replaced Chrissy was slightly more attractive than Janet.
Chrissy... hands down. (No pun intended.)
I think it was the inclusion of a brain that made Janet hotter than Chrissy (to me at least). Well that, and I've always had a thing for brunettes.
For my next pick, Frozen TV Dinner is proud to select in the Talk Show category, The Arsenio Hall Show.
Airing for a relatively brief (in the world of tv talk shows) 5 years from 1989 to 1994, the Arsenio Hall show revitalized the world of late night talk shows for the "MTV Generation". During its run, the show won 2 Emmys and was nominated for 4 more.
By 1989, Johnny Carson had been hosting the Tonight Show for more than 25 years. Although still the undisputed king of late night, Carson was an old white guy, whose monologues and guest list weren't always on the cutting edge. Johnny had also drastically cut back his schedule, only working a 3 day week and taking frequent week-long (and multi-week breaks), where guest hosts (such as Jay Leno and Garry Shandling) would fill in. This created the potential for a new late night show to emerge and challenge Carson (something very few people had attempted, and no one had done successfully).
Arsenio Hall was the right man at the right time. He had grown up idolizing Carson and wanted to one day follow in his footsteps. In 1989, Paramount Television gave him that opportunity with his own syndicated show that was an instant hit with young and urban audiences.
Arsenio was good friends with such late 80s stars as Eddie Murphy, MC Hammer, and Magic Johnson; who all made appearances on his show.
If you wanted to reach a young and diverse audience in the early 90s, the Arsenio Hall Show was the place to do it. In 1992, when the Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton, was early in his Presidential campaign and looking to attract young and minority voters, he appeared on Hall's show wearing sunglasses and playing the saxophone. That appearance did exactly what it was supposed to and helped give Clinton a popularity that got him elected twice.
In 1993, David Letterman and Jay Leno started their famous "Late Night War", and the Arsenio Hall Show was killed in the crossfire, surviving less than a year after Letterman jumped to CBS (partly because the hype of the other shows ate into the show's audience; and partly because many of the stations that had aired the syndicated show were CBS affiliates who dropped or rescheduled the show when The Late Show debuted).
Aresenio interviews Jason...
Vanilla Ice...
Michael Jackson stops by during an Eddie Murphy interview...
The NWA...
The Macho Man...
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The proudly select from the Action/Adventure Category........
My favouite action tv show. Recently bought the DVD set
Richard Dean Anderson is best known for his role as MacGyver for seven seasons on ABC. Using science and his wits, rather than violence, MacGyver could solve almost any problem. The action-adventure format addressed social issues as well, and MacGyver became a role model praised by critics, parents, and teachers alike. Shot for the first two years in Los Angeles, the production moved north to Vancouver for the next four years before returning to Los Angeles in its final season. MacGyver continues to enjoy tremendous popularity around the world.
In later seasons the series became increasingly issue-oriented, tackling such subjects as Thornton's blindness, the environment, and teenage runaways. Introducing Mac to the latter subject was his teenage friend Lisa, played by Mayim Bialik on a few occasions. Another infrequently seen but memorable character was MacGyver's nemesis, the evil Murdoc (played by Michael Des Barres). Nikki was MacGyver's brief romantic interest, and Dalton his ne'er-do-well friend.
proudly select from the Action/Adventure Category........ 
