If you do, I will love you so much I will squee and lick you!
Careful, you are about to date yourself. *
(You might want to make sure your speaker volume isn’t up too high. I’m just sayin’)
I loved this show. Especially the end segment of “The Bloodhound Gang”. I totally thought I was going to be a detective when I grew up. Well, that or the Queen of England. Some dreams die a bitter, bitter death.
I loved so many TV shows from the 80′s: Silver Spoons, Heart to Heart, Fantasy Island, The Cosby Show, Moonlighting, The Smurf’s, and I totally wanted a bedroom complete with tilting flower cart to sleep in just like the one Punky Brewster had. I also cop to the fact that I started watching Days of Our Lives in the 80′s and I STILL WATCH IT FROM TIME TO TIME.
(I know, I know. I cannot help it. It is a sickness. Sigh.)
And who could forget MCGYVER?
The only man who could take a gum wrapper, some duct tape and a paper clip and make a nuclear missile.
Yup, McGyver and his mullet were one mean, lean crimefighting science geek machine. All business up front and a PARTY in the back.
(I totally wanted to put a photo of Richard Dean Anderson here with pink puffy hearts photoshopped in all around his head, but I think that would violate quite a few copyright laws. SO…just picture him and his mullet in a leather jacket staring at the camera like he wants to make hot, hot, scientific love to you right here, right NOW! Rad.)
So…what about all of you? What great TV memories do YOU have?
*Dedicated to Sue and Froyd-two of my original blogging “Peeps”. (You can take a pass at the licking. Go, Bemidji State!)
This is one of those posts you write, pre-publish, re-read and go, “What the hell was I thinking?”
My apologies for the 2 minutes of your life you will never get back.
That said, I still think that 3-2-1 Contact is awesome. So is Froyd. And Sue. And Bemidji State University.
That is all.
My sister and I were just talking about The Bloodhound Gang! That’s actually the only part of 3-2-1 Contact I remember. I would totally Tivo that show (said the girl who has 3 episodes of Family Ties on her Tivo right this very minute). Other than that, I think you named every single show I watched back then.
Wait, what about The Greatest American Hero? “Believe it or not, I’m walking on air, I never thought I could be so freeeeee. Flying away on wing and a prayer, who could it beee? Believe it or not, it’s just meeeee.” Um, that was all just lurking in my brain. Embarrassing.
321 contact was awesome. I felt like I was so cool watching it, too. And isn’t Days of Our Lives running the same Bo-Hope-Marlena-John storylines or am I missing something?
kiridas last blog post..awesome. not awesome.
LOL! Loralee….you are so funny.
I do not remember that show. I was forced to watch whatever my Dad wanted to watch. And I always had my nose in a book. I was not severely addicted to TV like I am now.
I started watching Y&R from birth! DH and I watch it together every night.
I loved The Love Boat and Fantasy Island even though it often scared the crap out of me sometimes.
Connies last blog post..Easy Like A Sunday Morning
We were watching You Tube clips the other day of The A-Team, Night Rider, The Greatest American Hero…
Believe it or not, I’m walking on air…
Angellas last blog post..Wait. Where Was I?
I LOVED 3-2-1 Contact. And the Bloodhound Gang. *sniff*
Hart to Hart? Yep. Silver Spoons? Yep. Falcon Crest….Dallas….Knot’s Landing…..Love Boat….Facts of Life…The Cosby Show.
The 2 soap operas that I can still watch randomly and “somewhat” get the gist of are Days and Guiding Light.
However, for me, blogs are probably the equivalent of “watching my stories”. Heh.
cageys last blog post..That’s it, is it not?
Wow, not only do I remember the show AND all the words to the themesong, but sometimes when I’m feeling particularly groovy I even still sing it to myself!! Yeah baby, because contact is the answer, is the reason, that everything happens! Contact – let’s make contact! (funky guitar groove goes down right here)
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But do you remember Vegetable Soup?
HeatherPrides last blog post..Old Dope Mom
I loved 321 Contact and Square One TV (on right after it). Of course, I was only allowed to watch educational TV, so didnt have much to compare it to. But I still credit those shows for finally explaining fractions in a way that made sense, after a year of my teacher failing to do so (isnt it amazing what you remember so many years later!).
Great show.
Carries last blog post..Trying to come up with the energy to remain seated
Square One. Ah 1123 1123. Does anyone else remember that episode with the parrot?
I started listening to the clip and was shocked when the words just came back to me and I started singing along.
I miss The Smurfs.
And I watched an episode of MacGyver a little while ago and was really disappointed with how bad it seemed. So maybe I don’t want to go back and re-live all the shows I used to love, just in case it sours the memories.
Loved 321 contact. a couple of years ago (okay more like 5) I found it on one of the kiddie stations at 3 in the morning. So I set my alarm and got up and watched it. I have to admit while it was cool, the memory was much cooler.
Heather Domestic Extraordinaires last blog post..Monday’s Musings
What a blast from the past. I loved 80′s (and 70′s tv)..Love Boat, Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, Night Gallery, Square Pegs, Little House on the Prairie (hahaha!)..Life was so much easier when there were only 3-4 tv channels! Great post!!
ps. When The Smurfs was in it’s heyday, one of my high school teachers nicknamed me Smurf in high school and it stuck..hated it!
Robins last blog post..Welcome Back Steve…Otherwise titled Why I Hate Steve
Do you remember the “Bloodhound gang” song? I do!
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You still watch Days of Our Lives? Man, those characters are STILL the same from when I was in the womb. My Mom watches that show like it’s her second religion. I happened to catch a few minutes of it once and was like: WTF? Stefano has died 10 times! He’s like a cockroach. You can’t kill him.
sizzles last blog post..This Little Light
Oh man I had a serious thing for Silver Spoons. And Punky Brewster. When I was real, real little? Scooby Doo. I would hyperventilate if I thought I wouldn’t be home in time to see it. Seriously.
Early high school was DOMINATED by Days of our Lives. I was seriously addicted to that show and my friends kept trying to stage interventions. It was ugly.
Wait a minute – you’re HOW old? Oh my!
JoeInVegass last blog post..E swimming
I kinda miss Get Smart. I’m not dating myself here, since I only watched reruns. But…that show was AWESOME! That, and Rescue 911. Does anyone remember that show? Loved that.
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if it was on tv, i can assure you, i watched it. *sigh*
mcgyver = awesome
alis last blog post..made famous well before Ashton Kutcher…
Awesome post…did you know you can watch all of season one of McGyver on the CBS website? And a bunch of other classic shows. Pretty cool!
Actually, I was quite happy to share that two minutes with you. A little jaunt down memory lane never hurt anybody. Just don’t come to me with you “glory days of high school” prom king/queem stories, cuz I don’t have the patience for that. (Loralee, I think we should refer to your h.s. career as the “gory days of high school.)
i have a friend whos telephone number ends in 3217 and i sing that song every time i call her
do i recognize it?!! RECOGNIZE AND LOVE. i also waiting excitedly for episodes of the bloodhound gang, which paled only in comparison to mathnet on square one. nerd alert, party of one..?
Alices last blog post..tickled
Recently, I have been debating about how to do MacGyver surgery on myself. Surely yanking out two diseased little ovaries can’t be all that tough. Moreover it is a well known Canadian fact that you can do anything, and I mean anything with duct tape.
After our run on Sunday, we all had brunch, complete with champagne and OJ and one of the runners had brought his almost 2 year old son who was such a joy to have cheering. In Dad’s infinite wisdom, he has taught the little one to say “Pity da fool!”…where is that from???
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oh.mah.gah the Bloodhound Gang was MY FAVORITE. MY FAVORITE. MY FAVORITE.
ohmygah.
maggie, dammits last blog post..Fear and self-loathing in the Midwest
I was a sad child. One of the highlights of my entire year was seeing the new Cosby Show opening, because they came up with something different every single year. I also loved Roseanne for the same reason (although they only tweaked the song an updated kitchen table scene).
Yes, I was a sad child.
Dougs last blog post..Things to appreciate…
Dougie, I know you are being ‘Funny’ but every single time you talk about yourself as a kid, I want to scoop you up and hug you. (Could this be because I was a sad kid, too?)
Days rocks. I don’t watch it as much anymore but I still love it. You were a little late to the game though. I started watching in the ’70′s with my mom. Nuthin’ like it.
Headless Moms last blog post..For The Love of My Life
I always wanted to dress like Denise (Lisa Bonet) on the Cosby Show, but I could never *quite* pull it off.
And I won’t lie, I totally had the hots for Bo and Luke Duke.
rimaramas last blog post..A Burning Question
Dude, I used to get in so much trouble with my mom for getting in and out of our car through the windows. Hee!
Loralees last blog post..Sideblog: My take on Mamma Mia
Feeling so grateful right now that she isn’t the only one in the world with a TV theme song from waaaaay back when on her phone.
Me: Rat Patrol.
Talk about DATING yourself.
3-2-1 contact was the bomb diggity baby ;-) *snort*
How about Fraggle Rock? I could still watch that. late 70′s and early 80′s TV rocked. The new stuff can’t even hang.
Thanks for the flashback hon.
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I haven’t even thought of that show in years, but I knew every word! I loved that show! I also loved Mr. Wizard. Geek, I know and now the world knows it, too!
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That was not a waste of MY time. 3-2-1 Contact RULES!
Sues last blog post..Blondie
for me and any number of others in my generation, one moment of tv history we will never forget is when jessi spanno (“saved by the bell”) was high on drugs and sang out, “i’m so excited! i’m so excited! i’m so… SCARED!” totally awesome and cheesy drama.
Laras last blog post..Read More Than Just the First Sentence
Scotty and I always listen to old TV show theme songs on the internet. We play ‘Do you remember this?” I never watched 321 Contact, but Scotty did.
Britts last blog post..Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions
i occasionally watch days. i watched it for a whole week recently b/c some new stuff was happening, but got bored again.
i loved tvland when they used to show the older shows. i can still remember 321 contact, charles in charge, and silver spoons. the facts of life and the cosby show were favorites. still are when i can catch them.
there were 2 shows though that i can never remember the name of…one about these kids and the library system or something, and the other about an older woman and a train. something caboose. wow, this brings back a whole lot of memories.
oooh, wkrp in cincinnati…now that’s a show that definately has a theme song that gets stuck in your head.
fraggle rock is now on dvd. now i have to go make that ringtone.
I used to watch MacGyver as a kid, but it wasn’t until my husband and I bought season 1 on DVD a few years ago that I realized what a ladies’ man MacGyver was. Seriously, he gets a chick in just about every episode!
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I LOVE 3-2-1 CONTACT. Especially the theme song. And I loved the Bloodhound Gang – in spite of the fact that for some unknown reason I thought that “blood” was a “bad word” for a while. Why? No one can tell, but that show totally rocked. And MacGuyver is the coolest thing ever. Must watch on DVD…
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Oh, my word! I loved 321 contact! I watched it all the time growing up. And ah, McGyver. Totally on of my favorites. Too funny.
321 Contact was one of my favorite shows growing up. I even used to get the monthly magazine. The Bloodhound Gang was so cool, even though sometimes it scared me. :) Thanks for reminding me about this…
180/360s last blog post..The Jacket
Loralee… I love you. I love you so much I could just hug your stinkin’ guts out. I love, love, LOVED the Cosby Show…and Punky Brewster…and MOST OF ALL…
“3-2-1 CONTACT”
“It’s the moment…when everything happens…Contact!”
Sigh… BEST DAYS Ev-ER!
Sues last blog post..A Tale of Two Movies