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Discuss amongst yourselves - June 6th

There was a TV show that you loved as a kid, that you watched ritualistically. After ten or fifteen years, this show has turned up again in re-runs. You've watched it now and discovered that, not only is it bad television, it's so awful that it has called into question all the TV shows, movies, and music that you loved as a kid. What is this TV show?

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Anonymous said…
The Brady Bunch. Totally stupid.
Oh, and The Greatest American Hero, no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

J Wo
Jay said…
Full House.

Uncle Jesse had a mullet!
Rebecca said…
Dukes of Hazzard. I used to love staying up "late" to watch this show, but now I just cringe every time anyone speaks to Daisy Duke.
Anonymous said…
3 of them:

1) Superfriends - They were so LAME! Why did I like them? All of their solutions to problems were idiotic. I could have defeated the entire legion of doom myself, and KILLED GLEEK IN THE PROCESS!

2) Spiderman - The backgrounds were so psychadelic. And HOW THE HELL DID HE SWING IN THE AIR WHILE TRAVELLING THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK?

3) Rocket Robin Hood - Same thing as Spiderman. NOT TO MENTION THEY EVEN HAD AN EPISODE THAT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME EXCEPT THAT SPIDEY AND ROBIN WERE INTERCHANGED AS THE MAIN CHARACTER DEPENDING ON THE SHOW!

BAh.
Now I'm angru
Anonymous said…
Incidentally, "angru" is an old Botswana word that means "really fucking angry to the point that I can't type properly".

Just thought you all should know.
Anonymous said…
I totally agree with those who've said "Full House" and "Dukes of Hazard". Man - Dukes is AWFUL. And Full House is excruciating. To think that, as a child, I was scared that FH would be cancelled and I'd no longer be able to see the wacky antics of Uncle Joey and Kimmy Gibbler. shudder

Equally shameful - the love of "Knight Rider". The crush I had on David Hasselhof haunts me to this day.
Dave said…
Well done, folks. But I have to point out one shocking omission:

The A-Team.

Pity the fool indeed.
Anonymous said…
Bah!

Like you've never wanted to modify a school bus to be a tank!
Anonymous said…
Hinterland Who's Who.

The marmot had a mullet!
Anonymous said…
Away with you, Suzuki!

Go back to manufacturing Motorcycles of questionable quality!

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