Montressor wrote:I'm rather surprised they put Greatest American Hero on the list. Sure it was a silly idea - but that show never took itself too seriously. The whole point was that it was supposed to be ludicrous that the guy got superpowers. It was also a popular show which, in commercial terms, means it wasn't such a silly idea after all. I loved it as a kid. Absolutely loved it.
And it had that theme song...
Look at what’s happened to me,
I can’t believe it myself.
Suddenly I’m up on top of the world,
It should’ve been somebody else.
Believe it or not, I’m walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it’s just me.
It’s like a light of a new day,
It came from out of the blue.
Breaking me out of the spell I was in,
Making all of my wishes come true.
Believe it or not, I’m walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be? Believe it or not it’s just me.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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But everyday after school I had to hurry home to watch the original Dark Shadows...
Note to self - files this post under "How to tell if someone is over 40."
*vigorously nodding*
...and the t.v. was a black and white one, too...
G-ds...I loved that show...
And you had to actually get up and walk over to the TV to change the channel, yeah yeah yeah......please stop sometime before we hear about how you had to walk to school in the snow, uphill both ways, with no shoes on........
Loved Greatest American Hero as well. In fact, I've considered buying it on DVD a time or two as well. Maybe I should just rent it. But I think the single to the theme was the first single I ever bought with my own money.
Life is a waste of time
Time is a waste of life
So get wasted all of the time
And you'll have the time of your life
Yeah, I liked Greatest American Hero too. I also watched--shoot me for admitting it--Bosom Buddies.
I was only 10 years old when Quark was on the air, so I'm sure a lot of the humor went over my head, but I thought it was the coolest show at the time.
And why isn't Small Wonder on the list?! It's hard to believe that show survived for four seasons. Good god.
Proverbs for Paranoids #3.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
I really enjoyed Greatest American Hero, and I thought Robert Culp was bad-ass in it.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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