Premature burial that causes you the most pain....

[V.C. Brunswick]

There was another show whose title I can't think of. It was about a sitcom about a TV family from the 1950s who find themselves transported to the 1980s or 90s which is when this show came out.

 

[C44Antelope]

Keen Eddie There were some things about the show that I hated, but I liked the way it was shot and modern London... well it was modern then.

 

[Lynx]

there are plenty of well written shows that get axed prematurely for one reason or another that deserved to continue development

Noted above:
The Lost Room (they could have kept it going)
Firefly
Life on Mars

others:
Persons Unknown
Jericho
Intelligence
Flash Forward

 

[Stanley Doble]

Rowan and Martin's Laugh In. One of the freshest and funniest shows ever. Replaced by Hee Haw, one of the cheesiest.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Rowan and Martin's Laugh In. One of the freshest and funniest shows ever. Replaced by Hee Haw, one of the cheesiest.

Sock it to me! Another show I have very fond memories of.

[video=youtube;vgS0Zen_w0c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgS0Zen_w0c[/video]

[video=youtube;SQyUKnCf0YY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQyUKnCf0YY[/video]
And BTW, Arte Johnson is wearing his shoulder straps the wrong way

 

[W-D Forties]

Carnivale.
I still have no idea what it was about but it was one of the most atmospheric shows I have ever seen.



The Invaders ... a Quinn Martin production! The Invaders...alien beings form another world... their purpose? To make it THEIR world!

 

[DesertDan]

Loved watching Rowan & Martin's when I was a kid
My best friend is Artie Johnson's nephew. So I guess that means I have only 2 degees of seperation from John Lennon...Cool!

 

[bulldog1935]

The Prisoner

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

The wonderful world of Disney. On Sunday evenings they use to show movies. Quite a few of the movies were about real life people.

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

Quincy
Trapper John MD

 

[Gregg Axley]

Trapper John MD was on some cable station awhile back, and we started getting into it, only to find out they only had 2 seasons!

 

[Widebrim]

Tour of Duty! Boy, we loved that show.

Was there an episode when they were overrun by VC
and brought the base down on their own heads?
Was there a tag line "See you in hell?"

Don't recall that episode, but I taped the one where the surfer GI is joined in country by his twin brother. I love when the Viet girl lip syncs "Soldier Boy" to her cassette player. In the first episode, I remember when Pvt. Ruiz was walking into one of the hooches for the first time, and the other GIs silently stared at him. He glared back and casually said, "What's the matter? Ain't you ever seen a Puerto Rican before?"...Yeah, a pretty good series.

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

Trapper John MD was on some cable station awhile back, and we started getting into it, only to find out they only had 2 seasons!

I do not remember Trapper John MD running that short. I looked the show up and it stated the show ran from 1979-1986. And that it was the longest running spin off from M*A*S*H.

A couple of other shows I miss are:
Young Elvis

Gidget, granted I was not born when the series ran. I watched the reruns on TV. And with most TV shows past and present on DVD it sparkes a whole new generation of intrest. Especially since I was first introduced to vintage from rerun TV shows on cable free TV.

 

[mflemming]

Firefly : some of the best SF ever done on TV.

Space Rangers - Fort Hope : had the potential to be goofy-great, only lasted 6 epsiodes.

 

[mflemming]

Gidget, granted I was not born when the series ran. I watched the reruns on TV. And with most TV shows past and present on DVD it sparkes a whole new generation of intrest. Especially since I was first introduced to vintage from rerun TV shows on cable free TV.

Since you mentioned Gidget, a bit of Americana trivia: I recently learned that she is a real person, the 17 year old capable of surfing with the guys on Malibu Beach in 1957. The group that set the archetype of West Coast surfing culture all went by nicknames, and since Kathy was only about 4 feet 10 inches tall they started off calling her "girl midget" which got shortened to Gidget. Her father was a Hollywood screenwriter who wrote a book, available on Amazon, about her surfing summers that was the basis for the movie and TV series.

More info here:

http://www.atomicbride.com/gidget.html

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/24/local/la-me-terry-tubesteak-tracy-20120824

http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/34583/rip+terry+tubesteak+tracy+the+original+big+kahuna/

 

[Gregg Axley]

I do not remember Trapper John MD running that short. I looked the show up and it stated the show ran from 1979-1986. And that it was the longest running spin off from M*A*S*H.

It ran longer.
I know many stations buy a package of shows. Apparently the station (family tv?) bought a package that only had 2 seasons.
Kinda stinks though, because we were just getting into it, and the show ISN'T on DVD.

 

[Treetopflyer]

Quantum Leap and Magnum P.I.

 

[Absinthe_1900]

Buddy Faro should have gotten a full run, and I wished Banyon, and City of Angels, had lasted longer too.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Yes and yes. Awesome programs.

Quantum Leap and Magnum P.I.

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

I do not remember Trapper John MD running that short. I looked the show up and it stated the show ran from 1979-1986. And that it was the longest running spin off from M*A*S*H.

It ran longer.
I know many stations buy a package of shows. Apparently the station (family tv?) bought a package that only had 2 seasons.
Kinda stinks though, because we were just getting into it, and the show ISN'T on DVD.

I foud a couple of Trapper John MD shows on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4-2Z-QZWZg