When you grow up on a show and you think it's good, you don't really know if it was good until you see it in reruns 10-20 years later.
* The Hulk: boring as hell, can't watch one episode
* Wonder Woman: surprisingly uber feminist, but boring
* Emergency: sooo slow moving, the camera follows the truck all the way from the station, through the neighborhood, to the site of the fire!
* Dallas: still hilarious
* Dynasty: never watched it when it aired, but I quite enjoyed watching two seasons while catsitting! So holds up.
* MASH & Miami Vice: Well I was too young to really appreciate them when they aired, and very much enjoy them as an adult.
* The A-Team: A modern classic. Just because the 4 characters they created are really great.
* Welcome Back Kotter: When I caught this again in my 20s I thought it wouldn't hold up, but was quite surprised. Like the A-Team, it stands up (for me) because you have a group of funny characters, who have good chemistry with each other. We got in season 1 at work and... I'm afraid I'm going to have to indulge... Mister Kot-TER!
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I love that show - if for nothing more than the great theme song. I think the theme was written and performed by John Sebastion from the Loving Spoonful? is that right ... will google ...
And was that John Travolta's first big role?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back,_Kotter#Theme_song
hey - I got it! What a memory...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU
And I could never miss WKRP! I love those characters.
It IS a great song. It's so Hero's Journey. Didn't know it was the Lov Sp guy. And definitely Travolta's breakout role, and you can see why!
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