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Favorite short-lived TV series

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Aw, c'mon, nobody for "Cop Rock"?
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What the hell were they snorting at the development meetings?

Now, please, somebody, help me out, there was a weird kid's adventure/fantasy show in the very early 60's, it might have been filmed in the late 50's, very murky black and white photography and otherwise low budget production; what I remember of it was there was a bunch of young boys who took a boat out on a stream or a lake, in NYC's Central Park, perhaps, went under a bridge or around a bend, and ended up back in prehistoric times, sort of like a benign version of 'Lord Of The Flies' meets "The Lost World". Of course there were dinosaurs to escape from, and all that. Very creepy. What was the name of it? Anybody remember it? It reminded me(and I don't know how)of another creepy(to me, at least)thing for kids earlier on, "Bill and Coo"...
 
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bholder said:
Anyone else remember "Alias Smith and Jones"? Would've been early / mid 70s, I think?
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I saw this was on Hulu a few weeks ago, remembered liking it on reruns as a kid and watched a few. Still not bad. Wondered what happened to the actors, looked it up and discovered the reason it was short lived was the ‘Smith’ actor killed himself after season 1.
 
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#304
Big Wolf On Campus.
This was advertised as a teen show on either Disney or Nickelodeon but I thought it was pretty funny. Unfortunately I can't remember any particular episode. The older brother was always shown in the recliner, a self proclaimed expert on many things. The Gothic best friend was a standout. I got some of my friends into watching it too.


 
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nutdog said:
I saw this was on Hulu a few weeks ago, remembered liking it on reruns as a kid and watched a few. Still not bad. Wondered what happened to the actors, looked it up and discovered the reason it was short lived was the ‘Smith’ actor killed himself after season 1.
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Yeah, they tried to keep it going with another actor after that, but it didn't work.
 
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Michedelic said:
OK, so this was bit before my time, didn't last that long, but I discovered it on ME-TV, "Mr Lucky"...
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Pure 'Madmen' era fantasy, it was done by the "Peter Gunn" production team, it had the same 50's noir vibe about it, and a preposterous premise. It was loosely(and I do mean loosely)based on an early '40s film with Cary Grant, and they dug up an actor that strongly resembled him for the lead, plus you get pre-"Wild Wild West" Ross Martin as the sidekick. A 'legal' gambling ship, broads, booze, and occasional two-fisted action to entertain all those guys who came home tired from work(i.e. your dad)who wanted to fantasize about another life. As with "Gunn", the theme was by Henry Mancini, and I dig the cheesy lounge organ on the outro music.
Another one-season show, which I did catch a slight whiff of, but wasn't quite sure what exactly was going on, was "My Living Doll"
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Again, pure fantasy for dad, it seemed like the "I Dream Of Jeanie" producers stole the concept from it. Bob Cummings(who I always found annoying)was an Air Force guy who was shepherding a tall, sexy, naive, life-like robot(played by pre-Catwoman Julie Newmar)built by the government. How this show got past standards and practices in 1964, I have no idea.
Moving right along, next year saw "Honey West"...
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This only lasted 30 episodes, and was a private eye/James Bond-ish action show with the hook of hot, living large Anne Francis as the PI, with her pet ocelot and male side-kick. An early production effort of Aaron Spelling(who developed the concept a little further later with "Charlie's Angels), I'm surprised it didn't last longer, but maybe the subservient male assistant thing didn't go over too well, or maybe a lot of wives(i.e. "mom") weren't too pleased with their husbands checking Honey out.
OK, "My Mother The Car", what the hell was that all about?
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This bit of Freudian insanity only lasted a season.
One show that I loved as a little kid but had a short life was an anthology, "The Great Adventure"
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It chronicled, with a bit of dramatic enhancement, several quirky obscure stories from American history. I guess the concept was too brainy or academic for commercial TV, even in those days.
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LOVED Honey West, the gadgets and that ever so so cool ocelot "Bruce"

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Gorn said:
There was a show called Alien Nation that I think was a movie first. Bald, big headed and spotted aliens came to earth and assimilated into human culture. I can't remember much more than that but it was good.
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Yes, the Alien Nation TV Show was based on the movie. It ran on the FOX TV Network for 1 season from September 18, 1989 – May 7, 1990 for only 22 episodes.

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