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Remember these 80's USA TV-Series??

DustiDusti
edited June 2007 in Chit chat
Street Hawk (Bloke on a bike that does about 200mph beatin bad guys up..one man army)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088618/

TJ Hooker (Capt.Kirk is just an ordinary copper at a local precinct, any trouble...dont ring the president..SEND FOR HOOKER)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083486/

The Equalizer (Old codger who cleaned the scum off the streets!!)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088513/

AWESOME :)

Agree??
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  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited June 2007
    I never had the opportunity to watch those, but I've seen a documentary where Shatner talked about TJ Hooker. :)

    When I saw the thread title, I immediately thought of The A Team, Airwolf, Automan, Knight Rider and MacGyver. :grin:
  • GrazGraz
    edited June 2007
    200mph? I think the bike managed 300mph. Strangely enough, when he went into turbo, so did all the other traffic on the road! Excellent cornering mind.

    Oh, and great T-dream soundtrack.
  • DustiDusti
    edited June 2007
    Anybody remember Sledgehammer :-D

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090525/
  • GrazGraz
    edited June 2007
    The claymation series? Fabulous!
  • DustiDusti
    edited June 2007
    Superb :grin:
    Sledge Hammer, Street Hawk and Automan...

    Fantastic, just finished watchin Sledge Hammer..:p

    Got them all ;)
  • HernHern
    edited June 2007
    rubberkeys wrote: »
    Anybody remember Sledgehammer :-D

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090525/

    Brilliant series! I have both season's on DVD. :D
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited June 2007
    Sledgehammer! Ha! Still remember the tune. Am I crazy please, please tell me I didn't imagine it, cos' this will be yet another thing I remember from when I was younger ruined.............But on the start up does he demolish a skyscraper with a single shot from a magnum?
    Every night is curry night!
  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited June 2007
    he's the guy who shot his own car after having it fixed, right?
  • HernHern
    edited June 2007
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Sledgehammer! Ha! Still remember the tune. Am I crazy please, please tell me I didn't imagine it, cos' this will be yet another thing I remember from when I was younger ruined.............But on the start up does he demolish a skyscraper with a single shot from a magnum?

    He spots a guy on the roof with a gun and calmly walks to the boot of his car, picks up a bazooka and blows up the building. :D
  • HernHern
    edited June 2007
    Skarpo wrote: »
    he's the guy who shot his own car after having it fixed, right?

    Been a while since I've seem them, but yea, that sounds about right. :)
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited June 2007
    Hern wrote: »
    He spots a guy on the roof with a gun and calmly walks to the boot of his car, picks up a bazooka and blows up the building. :D

    That's the one!

    "I think I got him."
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited June 2007
    And thanks to youtube here it is...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N8TeP_i55s
  • ToxitalkToxitalk
    edited June 2007
    The program was called manimal (i think)

    The man dude could transform into different animals to catch the villians...

    Or Man from Alantis

    And there was that one with two blokes and one woman who had superhuman powers, but the name escapes me.

    I think thats about as obsure as I can get, do we have any out bidders???
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited June 2007
    Toxitalk wrote: »
    And there was that one with two blokes and one woman who had superhuman powers, but the name escapes me.
    Misfits Of Science? I used to love that show. That was Courtney Cox's first noticeable tv or film appearance (after Dancing In The Dark), I think.

    Necros.
  • ToxitalkToxitalk
    edited June 2007
    Necros wrote: »
    Misfits Of Science? I used to love that show. That was Courtney Cox's first noticeable tv or film appearance (after Dancing In The Dark), I think.

    Necros.

    Actually it may have been 70's, but it wasn't that.

    Also another one to throw into the pop, this time from the UK

    Sapphire and Steel...
  • Paolo MeccanoPaolo Meccano
    edited June 2007
    Graz wrote: »
    The claymation series? Fabulous!

    Are you thinking of Dick Spanner?
  • milemile
    edited June 2007
    Paolo Meccano wrote: »
    Are you thinking of Dick Spanner?

    i remember that, or at least a repeat on some cable channel.
  • misguided_foolmisguided_fool
    edited June 2007
    Anyone remember Automan ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan

    I thought it was complete shit, even when I was a kid...
  • BruceNortonBruceNorton
    edited June 2007
    Toxitalk wrote: »
    The program was called manimal (i think)

    The man dude could transform into different animals to catch the villians...

    Or Man from Alantis

    And there was that one with two blokes and one woman who had superhuman powers, but the name escapes me.

    I think thats about as obsure as I can get, do we have any out bidders???

    Manimal starred Simon McCorkindale who is Harry Harper in Casualty and also the photographer in Jaws 2

    The other show with the 2 bloke and 1 woman with superpowers is of course 'The Champions'

    Good TV. show.

    I am suprised that nobody has mentioned Hardcastle & McCormick though, now that was a class TV show.
  • ToxitalkToxitalk
    edited June 2007
    misguided_fool wrote: »
    Anyone remember Automan ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan

    I thought it was complete shit, even when I was a kid...

    I think the uk has laws on taste to deal with this sort of rubbish luckerly. :wink:
  • milemile
    edited June 2007
    misguided_fool wrote: »
    Anyone remember Automan ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan

    I thought it was complete shit, even when I was a kid...

    yeah, i had the toy of the blue fella. i seem to remeber an orb flying around helping him also.
  • ToxitalkToxitalk
    edited June 2007
    No-ones mentioned

    Battlestar Galactica.

    'by your command'
  • milemile
    edited June 2007
    some great cartoons too.

    mask - a load of men wearing masks driving about in trucks etc... not to be cofused with the film 'mask' which stared that horrible vomit inducing monster and the lad with the face problem.

    transformers - loads of trucks that cahnged into robots etc.... not to be confussed with that documentary about tranvestites.

    thundercats - hard cat type men without trucks battling a mummy etc.... not to be confused with the andrew l webber musical he did based on the cartoon.

    He-man - a hard man with his mates battling a skeleton etc.... not to be confused with the magazine for sailors
  • ZagrebZagreb
    edited June 2007
    misguided_fool wrote: »
    Anyone remember Automan ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan

    I thought it was complete shit, even when I was a kid...

    From the image on that Wiki entry, the SFX were dreadful - it looks like someone's painted over the film cells.

    A lot of kids were into that when it was shown in the UK but I think it was axed in the US after one season. I remember it being full of crappy "Pacman? He's a good friend of mine" type dialogue. I also recall that Automan used to wear a suit sometimes to "conceal" his identity and yet the glowing-blue of his neck would always show at the collar.
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited June 2007
    Just started downloading the entire series of Misfits of Science. I'm really looking forward to seeing this again. It's been 22 years since I last watched it.

    I was surprised to discover a few moments ago that Dean Martin's son was one of the main cast. :)

    Necros.
  • ZagrebZagreb
    edited June 2007
    Regarding Automan, I found the opening credits on YouTube. The SFX actually look much better when moving:

    (warning: very '80s)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQb1ZD9W8_c
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited June 2007
    Zagreb wrote: »
    Regarding Automan, I found the opening credits on YouTube. The SFX actually look much better when moving:

    (warning: very '80s)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQb1ZD9W8_c
    I used to watch that all the time when it was on. I'm not sure if I'd think much of it if I saw it now though.

    Here's the Misfits Of Science intro. It brings back loads of great memories. :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkpN9Z96oIw

    Does anyone remember a series about a toy inventor? I can't remember much about it apart from one scene where the inventor was taking a bath and he had a sponge which grew to massive size when it got wet and he was almost stuck underneath it.

    Necros.
  • milemile
    edited June 2007
    the black guy, kevin peter halll palyed the predator in 'Predator'.
  • ToxitalkToxitalk
    edited June 2007
    Different strokes
    The Bananna Splits
    Max Headroom
    Aeon Flux
    Battle of the Planets
    Dungeons and Dragons (cartoon)
    Top Cat
    Wacky Races
  • milemile
    edited June 2007
    aeon flux wasn't 80s
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