This post was inspired by Mama Kat's Pretty Much World Famous Writer's Workshop weekly prompt:
- A list of 10 old TV shows you’d like to make a comeback -
So read my post and then click her logo above and go read some more really great posts that are linked up!
So read my post and then click her logo above and go read some more really great posts that are linked up!
Let's get right to it, shall we?
- CHiPs - Oh, Ponch! Did you know Ponch and Jon never pulled their weapons on anyone? Never! Click the link for more CHiPs trivia. I'd like to see this one remade in modern day! Who would play Ponch? IMDB says Wilmer Valderrama will play Ponch in a CHiPS movie currently in pre-development slated for 2013. Wonder if it'll make it?
- Saved by the Bell - I totally remember baby sitting and watching this show. It was on at the perfect time - nap time - so I could sit and swoon over Zack and watch crazy Jessie and wedge myself in their booth at "The Max", hanging out with them after school.
- 21 Jump Street - I was only 9 when this first aired, but I remember Johnny Depp and Richard Grieco very well. *ahem* Remember 'Booker'? Grieco's spin-off show?
- Kids Incorporated - I loved this show! The campy dancing and singing and story lines were great imagination material for kids. I imagined myself as part of Kids Incorporated singing at The P*LACE and getting into whatever crazy story they came up with next. Also where Fergie herself had a role for five years.
- Arrested Development - Yes, I'm going there. OBvious and all. And there is an army of others with me. The Bluth's - My favorite TV family. This one definitely did NOT have to end. Still angry about this one. COMEBACK! COMEBACK! COMEBACK!
- Scrubs - I loved Scrubs and would cry once every episode like clockwork. But all that will forever be stuck in my head is when they did their musical episode. I despise musical episodes on every TV show, except Glee, which is what the show is about so they have a pass.
- The Cosby Show - Good family TV, for sure! Mr. Huxtable and his sweaters - good material for a montage. Rudy was so spunky and funny. And Denise. I kind of wanted to be her. Then they ousted her to Africa when she got preggers in real life.
- Mork and Mindy - Check this out - Mork and Mindy was the second spin-off of Happy Days (the first being Laverne & Shirley). In HD episode #110 titled "My Favorite Orkan"Mork was sent to Earth to kidnap Ritchie Cunningham and take him back to Ork. Apparently the fans loved it because Mork and Mindy debuted the very next season.
- Wallace & Ladmo - The Wallace & Ladmo Show is truly an Arizona icon. The show had a remarkable 35 ½ year run on local television station KPHO-TV5 in Phoenix. Eventually seen in AZ, northern Mexico and towns in California that were near the AZ border. The show was even briefly syndicated to Los Angeles and New York. I got a Wallace & Ladmo bag for sending in a picture of me and my pet bunny which they showed on-air, that was a pretty big deal for this little girl!
- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - "I whistled for a cab, and when it came near, the license plate said "fresh" and had a dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cat was rare, but I thought nah, forget it, yo home to Bel-Air." Lyrics from theme song. I have been known to bust out in random Fresh Prince songs. When we went to California last, I took a picture of the Bel-Air sign and posted it to Facebook with a line from the song. Oh, OK, now I have to post the picture here.
| Yo home, to Bel-Air! |
So what are you watching for family TV these days? Our kids are 3 and 5 and I just don't feel like there's alot that I'm comfortable with them watching. There's the Disney 'tween' stuff which I don't let them watch. Occassional Nick, Jr. but not all day/night. We did watch The Voice with them. Some America's Got Talent but, call me a prude, there were definitely acts on there that I didn't want them to watch. Fast Forward!!!

Mom to 2 kiddos, wife, me. Living, laughing, loving.












































3 comments:
Great list... LOVED Arrested Development. Visiting from Mama Kat's
LOVED kids incorporated!!!
We love Curious George at our house.
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