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My father, a Viet Nam vet, absolutely LOVED 'Tour of Duty'. I think he had a thing for Marg Helgenberger.

I, on the other hand, loved 'Herman's Head'. I had a thing for William Ragsdale.

I also loved Herman's Head.

The Heights was a show? I thought it was just a shitty pop group.

Well you can place me squarely in the Never Heard Of camp.
Except for Indiana Jones. I know a miniscule amount about that.

Edward Woodward who most Pajibans know from The Wicker Man, Gallipoli or Shaun of the Dead did a series in the late 80s called The Equalizer. It was so very well done that after he suffered a heart attack in the middle of it they got Robert Mitchum to step in and do a number of episodes until he could continue. It finally came out on DVD if anybody else was waiting for it.

How about Get a Life? I still don't know why I laughed at that idiot so much.

I actually haven't heard of most of these, though Young Indiana Jones is flat out awesome. Especially the jazz episode.

Cindy,

Yeah, I used to laugh at Corky, too. Especially when he'd . . . wait. That was "Life Goes On" wasn't it?

*cheeks turn bright red*

Oh boy.

I loved the Equalizer...sooo good. As for this list, I watched Young Indy, and maybe a few eps of Out of this World. Other than that, no dice.

My father, a Viet Nam vet, absolutely LOVED 'Tour of Duty'. I think he had a thing for Marg Helgenberger.

You are thinking of China Beach, not Tour of Duty. Both shows were actually pretty good.

I loved Max Headroom and Profit. And by the way, these Seriously Random Lists are getting seriously...random.

Along those Herman's Head lines, I also like Flying Blind (Tea Leoni! Theme song by David Bryne!). I was also crushed, CRUSHED I tell you when Hidden Hills was cancelled.

Oh, Out Of This World. I have no speakers at work so I cannot hear your theme song, which would make my nostalgia trip complete.

Holy Hell. I had the Out of this World theme song stuck in my head last week and for the life of me I couldn't remember what it was from! All I could remember was that big Lite-Brite crystal and it drove me crazy. So, you know, thanks for jogging my memory.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BOLD!

No good.

Tarn, the phrase Ten Inch Hero just brings way too many filthy ideas into my head. Sean Patrick in Boondock Saints is a no-brainer, but I even watched Simply Irresistible for him. He's that dreamy :)

Balls, out!!!

The first two I loved. I used to stay up to watch Tour of Duty with my brother, although I think the opening credits may have been the best bit.

Out of This World...I don't know why I watched that or when it was on. I remember her talking to the pyramid thing. I have no recollection of Burt Reynolds.

Oh hang on, I remember Tour of Duty opening to Paint it Black, was that the end credits, did we see a different version, or have I totally made that up?

Anyone remember a summer replacement searies called Roar? Heath Ledger was the star (pre-10 Things I Hate About You), and Shaun Cassidy directed it. IMDB summary says: "A young Irish chieftain fights against Roman encroachment".

I am in the 20%!?! Really, only 20% of the people fell in love with SPF and had massive debates with friends about who they'd prefer to marry, him or Harrison Ford? Only 20% of us swooned for Josh Brolin on Young Guns??? Only 20% still have "How Do you Talk To an Angel" not only on their ipods, but on the playlist they are currently playing???

(deep breath) I think I'm ok with that. I've got my boxed sets next to my "Space Above and Beyond" boxed set no one ever remembers either. Carrie, who didn't adore Cooper Hawkes?

msaws- I adored Roar. When he was in 10 things I was all "the dude from Roar got work! yay!"

WooHoo!! I was watching Steel Dawn last night and went, "isn't that bad guy Damnil the old dude in "The Young Riders?" Sure enough, it was. I totally forgot he was also the Councillor in the last two Matrix films. What does that tell you though that I remembered him from "The Young Riders" and not the Matrix films? Ohhh and that theme song, that brought back memories.

I used to watch "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" too. I remember that when I bought the Indiana Jones trilogy on VHS I got a copy of "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones" the episode was "Treasure of the Peacock's Eye" Chapter 18 in the complete adventures of Indiana Jones. :-)

Brisco County Jr.!!! gawd!!!
Fuck yes. Bruce Campbell is the shit!!! He got that role because he was able to just flip himself over on his back. True story, he talks about doing it during casting in his book.

The Heights is number one on a forgotten TV shows list? How could anyone not know of its existence after it landed a slot on VH1's five year long marathon of one special about the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders?

I remember the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (remember the Pancho Villa episode) and "Herman's Head." And of course, I bow before "Brisco County, Jr."

My nomination: "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" with Corin Nemec stealing the best out of Ferris Bueller for early 90s teens.

By the way. Does anyone else remember the one season series "Harsh Realm" that came out in 1999? It starred Scott Bairstow (The Postman, Wild America) and D.B. Sweeney (The Cutting Edge, Spawn). I know that might not be old enough for the list, but the TV industry is pissing me of for cancelling great shows, i.e. "Kings."

Posted by: ami at July 29, 2009 5:24 PM
Heh...Awesome!

You are correct Carrie, "Tour of Duty" opened with "Paint it Black". I will admit that at the time I was ignorant that the theme song was by the Stones. It made quite a good accompaniment to shots of swooping Huey's and jungle.

Diablo, I was racing to the end of the comments to add Sledgehammer, that was such a funny show. Also I would like to nominate "Greg the Bunny"

I seem to recall the original intro to Tour of Duty used "Paint It Black" By The Rolling Stones as it's theme...

Anyone else remember that?

I loved Young Riders, but I was a horse crazy kid, so I would watch any show with horses in it. I found it funny that the series lasted much longer than the Pony Express , which went under after only 18 months of operation. Damn that new fangled telegraph, damn you to hell!
The funny ting is that the principle actors really didn't appear to ride that well, for the most part. The slo-mo galloping in the opening credits was always a little cringe worthy.

I watched Young Indiana Jones for a while too, but I was a little too old for it's intended audience, I think.

Despite the compelling evidence you have offered, Mr. Rowles, I refuse to believe these shows existed. Out of this World? No. No, that never happened and you can't convince me otherwise. You could send me DVD's of the entire show's run and I would not believe you.

What about "The Outsiders"? If you're going to have "Young Riders" then you've got to have "The Outsiders". That show was perfection.

Sledgehammer!!! I am reminded of that show about once every 5 or 6 years. Brilliant. That actor pops up every now and again as a confused, smarmy character. Good times.

Oh, and "Brisco County Jr." is just about the only teevee show my father-in-law and I agree on. Lord Bowler was straight gangsta.

Holy shit, "Out of This World"! I loved that show. But I don't remember Burt Reynolds on it... probably because as a kid I didn't know who the f*ck Burt Reynolds was.

Max Headroom, the aforementioned Profit, Square Pegs, Platypus Man (Richard Jenni), Once and Again, Gideon's Crossing (terrible pilot, but the rest was great), Popular ... Space Above and Beyond (sort of "Battlestar Galactica" before there was one) ... Police Squad, Sledge Hammer ... and (God love ya, Tracer Bullet) Brisco County, Jr.!

My sisters and I LOVED Young Riders growing up.
we were always fighting about who got to have a crush on which rider, since evidently we couldn't all like the same one (at least according to my older siser).

The mention of "Out of this World" (which i've never heard of) reminded me of another sci-fi show. After some digging I figured out what it is: "Something is Out There". It starred Bond-girl Maryam D'Abo and here was the plot description:

Two police officers investigate a series of brutal murders in which the victims have had bodily organs removed. When one of them questions a young woman who has been seen at the crime scenes, it turns out she is an alien from an interstellar prison ship and that the murders have been committed by a powerful xenomorphic alien which had escaped.

I remember it being somewhat scary and pretty cool. It lasted less than a season so my memroies are pretty scattered since it didn't get enough episodes to make sense.

Anyone else remember this one?

Also, it's fairly new but I would add "Invasion" to this list. Also "The Riches". Fuck you, FX.

I have a lingering (so, at this point, permanent) crush on Sean Patrick Flanery because of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. I LOVED it when I was a kid. Absolutely loved it. The jazz one in Chicago? Which also introduced me to Jeffrey Wright? And had a Harrison Ford cameo? He beat the bad guys by playing a bum note on his soprano sax and causing the snow to fall off his roof onto their heads. Which completely thwarted their nefarious plans to...do something nefarious to him. Bad guys hate getting snow on them!

young riders & young indy jones chronicles were my 2 favorite shows growing up! don't knwo about the other ones tho.

Had the biggest crush on Chris Pettiet who played a young Jesse James on the Young Riders. Wrote to him when I was eleven and he wrote a handwritten letter back w/some photos. Kept it for years. He died of a drug overdose a few years ago and it shocked me.