That really was a TV show?

Question

I'm a big fan of obscure TV. What are some of your faves that hardly anyone remembers even existed?

Answer 1

Camp Runamuck is one, but the best is Turn-On.

Airing in 1969 (to counter "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In"), it was so terrible, it lasted one episode!

It had many of the elements of "Laugh-In", but was deemed so tasteless, it was rumored to have been cancelled 14 minutes into the run.

75 ABC affiliates refused to air any additional episodes.

Answer 2

I liked Artscape. It was a show where the kids were trapped in a gallery on a field trip with an automated voice tour. Each ep they would learn about a different element of art.

I liked Read All About It. It was a show about kids in Herbertville who wrote a local newspaper with a talking tv and a talking (typing) typewriter. They had to fight against the evil Duneedin.

I liked Willo The Wisp. It had a caterpillar, an evil TV witch and a fairy named Mavis who was too fat to fly because she had eaten too many fairy cakes.

I liked Harriet's Magic Hats. The little girl would open a trunk and put a hat on her head that she had found. It would transport her to the place where the hat was for. The hard hat took her to a construction site to talk to the workers. A flowered hat took her to a florist and she learned about that job etc.

I liked Just Like Mom. It was a competitive cooking show where three different kids would bake something by using the given recipe. However, they were also provided with extra ingredients and the Moms had to taste the stuff and guess which one was made by their child.

I liked Cucumber Club. The Children's Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters. Hosted by Moose and Beaver.

I liked Jeremy. It's also known as Colargol in other parts of the world.

I liked La Linea from the Great Space Coaster. (the show was awful but I loved La Linea enough to put up with it just to see that part)

I liked Hattytown Tales. All the characters were hats with legs and arms. The faces were in the head part of the hat.

I liked The Body Works. It was a kids exercise program.

I liked the Fables of The Green Forest. A cartoon about the animals of the forest. Johnny, Polly, Peter Cottontail, Chatterer the Squirrel.

I liked Simon & The Land of Chalk Drawings. Well you know my name is Simon and the things I draw come true....

I liked Readalong. With Granny, Boot, Pretty, Bones & House to name a few.

I also liked Dr. Snuggles. But I can remember too much about it except Winnie Vinegarbottle, the badger and the episode where they had tea with a camel on a cloud...

I know... I know... cheezy kids shows from the 80s but you asked...

Answer 3

The Buggaloos was a great show. The girl had the best accent. The Land of the Lost was awesome. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl was hilarious. More recently, Liquid Television was cool, as well as the beginning of Beavis and Butthead and Aeon Flux. Video Juke Box and Brain Games on HBO were both great. The Great Space Coaster started every morning.

For the girl who wasn't sure, the show with the robot girl was Small Wonder.

Answer 4

I was small in 1976, but I liked a show called "Good Heavens" with Carl Reiner. It ran for a couple of months on ABC and involved a good-deed-doing angel who granted wishes to those who had done good deeds.

I loved a local (NY area) children's show in the early-mid 1970s called The Magic Garden, and I also liked Wonderama with Bob McAlister (only a few markets as well).

For cartoon, I used to watch reruns of "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse," which was like Batman and Robin. A cigar-smoking frog was the bad guy.

I also liked "Fish," a Barney Miller spinoff starring Abe Vigoda, but that may not be obscure enough for this question.

Answer 5

The Journey of Allen Strange, Teen Angel, Rescue 911, 3rd Rock from the Sun,

Answer 6

I really love the Storyteller segment on Stephen Spielberg's Amazing Stories. The show itself was a mess, but Spielberg did a great job combining live actors and some terrific puppet/stop action animation. It was just a wonderful 15 minutes of television that got lost in the mess of that show.

Answer 7

Square Pegs -maybe not SO obscure - a young sarah jessica parker starred in ihttp://www.tv.com/square-pegs/show/129/summary.htmlt


I can't remember the name of this one (I think it was early 80s) anyway about 5 teenage kids that all had a secret super powers and they worked to solve crime I think Courtney Cox was in it-I loved this one but it didn't last 1 whole season (well maybe one season)

Shazam was in the 70's This cute teenage boy was a super hero but was still wanting to act like a teenager, the 'gods' that gave him the powers watched over him watched everything he was doing - to turn into the superhero he had to say 'shazam'and there would be lightening http://www.tv.com/shazam/show/4993/summary.html

this one I think was called real american hero about a guy who had a spaceship comedown and give him superpowers (well the suit had the powers) but the aliens didn't give him any instructions and he was trying to figure out how to fly and what powers he had (kinds like spiderman #1) very funny always flew into something!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078144/

Answer 8

Story Theater was an improv group show that lasted just one season. Paul Sills developed it. They did fairy tales, but they were presented for adults. I'm probably making it sound exceptionally lame, but it was wonderful.

My World and Welcome to it starring William Windom and the incredibly believable Lisa Gerritson as James Thurber and his daughter respectively, was also great.

Square One was a great children's show; I never see it in reruns now. It focused on math.

Answer 9

1. " IT'S ABOUT TIME " - 2 astronauts land on a far-away planet inhabited by friendly cave people (late60's)

2. " THE LITTLEST HOBO'' - A Lassie-type show about a german shepard dog in a different adventure every week .( the 60's)

3. :" THE ROBONIC STOOGES " - an animated cartoon of the 3 STOOGES , in which they have super powers (early 70's ?? )

Answer 10

The Hogan Family
and I can't remember the name but the little girl was a robot and the boy was not...she wore a red dress I believe and spoke like a robot!

Answer 11

Mama's Family