Most underrated and/or forgetten about T.V. shows.

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Without MST3k, we might never have met Torgo. Now I serve the master.
Without Aah! Real Monsters, I would have always been afraid of the underside of my Bed. Now I know the monsters mean well.
Without Dave the Barbarian, I would have been worried about Paul Rugg for the rest of my life. Now I know he has a job!
If things went differently, That's My Bush might still be around[Poorly written? Sure. But to deny the fetus puppet is blasphemy].
And without Kablam, we might never have met Mo Willems and, eventually, his wonderful little sheep.
Yay! Another TOTPD..

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Originally posted by John Pannozzi:
 The title is "It's the girl in the red pickup truck, Charlie Brown".

Google results turn up nothing, I'd be interested in how you got that title. I'll check out the rest myself.

Edit: All your other information checks out. Thank you for that. Still looking for confirmation on that movie title. Strange title, since I don't remember Charlie Brown being in it at all.

PS: Well I found the movie. Funny that it didn't find it when I did an exact search. My thanks to you. You've solved a mystery that's been plauging me for at least 15 years. I figure I saw the movie when I was 6. Also I just figured out why it wouldn't return results in an exat search. The word 'pickup' is not included in the title.

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MST3K isn't shown very often in the UK ( which is a shame), The Sci-Fi channel used to show one every Saturday at midnight before they changed to Anime.

Duckman and Futurama are also under-rated.

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The Commish, I used to watch this religiously and I can't remember a single episode.

And as I said on the previous page: The PJ's!!

And bring back the dorky mountie in Due South!!

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'Wonderfalls' -- after airing only two episopdes, FOX has pre-empted this great new show with the 'reality' series 'Forever Eden'.

Wonderfalls is a really fun show with a big heart, and I am so sick of FOX for killing every show (like Futurama) that I ever cared about on their lousy network.

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There are a few shows I miss and felt were underrated.

News Radio
But I do not despair. The season 1 DVD will be out in 2010.  sigh....

Men Behaving Badly
The US version. First season with the original actors. Very underrated show. It wasn't well-written like Futurama or News Radio, but I found it extremely funny.

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Does anyone remember a tv show from the early 80's (in Australia anyway) called I think "The Munch Bunch"....?

It was a cartoon that was music oriented and all I remember is that the characters used to eat or "munch" all the time....I know it makes no sense to me either....maybe my entire childhood was a dream....

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The Critic! I'm so thankful for the DVD set so I can watch this great show in all of its... greatness.

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Originally posted by moonbus69:
'Wonderfalls' -- after airing only two episopdes, FOX has pre-empted this great new show with the 'reality' series 'Forever Eden'.

Close, but no cigar. The first three eps aired on three consecutive Fridays, and then the fourth on a Thursday. They moved Forever Eden to where Wonderfalls used to be. Then WF got cancelled in the new slot and replaced with "The Swan."

Don't worry, there are plenty of others who are pissed about that. Like me and Mercapto. Hell, we started a message board for the show, only to find out it was cancelled after four eps. Grr.

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Two Words: RED DWARF!

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I remember all the old Nickelodeon shows, Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, The Tomorrow People, Welcome Freshmen and all those old ones rocked, I was going to start another thread but I figured this one would do fine, shout out your favorite oldies!

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Here's some:

Robbery Homicide Division
Witchblade
Dragnet 2004 (with Ed O'Neil)
Hawaii
O'Hara US Tresury (A post-Fugitive David Jannsen show)
B.J. and The Bear
The Greatest American Hero
Hooperman (John Ritter show)
Hell Town (The show with Robert Blake as a priest)
Manimal


That Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor movie was called "Silver Streak".  Futurama is underrated, but not forgotten.

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Most underrated TV show is Arrested Development.

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Ancient and/or obscure shows? Lets see...

Marine Boy 60s underwater anime complete with sonic boomerang, oxygum, white dolphin and the obligatory mermaid: camp as a field full of tents.

The Great Egg Race Lo-tech predecessor of Techno Games, Robot Wars et al. Build an eggmobile to transport your product of the avian reproductive cycle the furthest/fastest without breaking.

The Wacky Races Crazy cartoon cars with equally zany drivers: Professor Pat Pending, The Ant Hill Mob, and who could forget Penelope Pitstop (‘Heyulp! Heyyyyulp!’). Spawned the spin-offs Dastardly & Muttley and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.

Salvage 1 Once upon a time a junkman had a dream: ‘I’m gonna build a spaceship, go to the moon, salvage all the junk that’s up there, bring it back and sell it.’ Don’t try this in your local junkyard kids...

Turtle’s Progress Small-time crook (Turtle) gets more than he bargained for when his heavy (Razor Eddie) steals a truck: it’s full of safe deposit boxes from a foiled bank raid.

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I don't know of many, but Clerks: The Animated Series was good.

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The critic, fg's first run, Recess.

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Seaquest another good one

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Originally posted by Roy Bluth:
Most underrated TV show is Arrested Development.

i gotta say that its a very funny show, but i dont think that its under rated. i mean its won emmys and such. and everyone keeps telling me how great it is.

i would like to just mention one under rated movie.
Office space. i think it is the same kind of intellectual humor as  Futurama, which i think is why i like it so much

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Yeah it definetly isn't overrated. It just didn't get good enough ratings to survive in this harsh buisness.

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Originally posted by Spy:
Yeah it definetly isn't overrated. It just didn't get good enough ratings to survive in this harsh buisness.

In other words, it was on fox.  They're kings of show mismanagement.


Farnsworth38, I think you can find Wacky Races on DVD now.  That was a good show.

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Originally posted by CrapBag:
I gotta say that its a very funny show, but I don't think that its under rated. I mean its won emmys and such. and everyone keeps telling me how great it is.

Don't pay any attention to me, I'm just bitter.
 

Originally posted by CrapBag:
I would like to just mention one under rated movie. Office Space. I think it is the same kind of intellectual humor as  Futurama, which I think is why I like it so much

That just came out on DVD, with Flair. It is a cult favorite, which is just another way of saying that it's too brilliant for most people to appreciate.

God I hate stupid people.

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I fucking loved sifl and Ollie when it was on MTV.  MTV either kills a good show on the spot, or turns it into a crappy show

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Futurama
Firefly
Red Dawrf

that is all I can remember for now

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I don't think futurama should be on this list since it's obviously not forgotten about

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Invader Zim.

I love that show! I want my own Gir.

The Venture Brothers. I know it's fairly well know, but there should have never been any question to whether or not there would be a second season. "Are you there, God? It's me, Dean" was the funniest thing I've ever seen. Even funnier than anything I've seen on Family Guy or...*gulps* Futurama.

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Anyone ever watch this? http://www.playusa.com/DVD/Region_1/3-/865821/-/Product.html

My friend's getting it, awww yeah. 

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That's My Bush. I've only seen a few episodes, but I thought they were pretty cool.

@Spawn_3005: Um... Invader Zim isn't forgotten about or underrated at all. In fact, I'd say it's overrated if it's anything.

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Mission Hill and the Critic were also funny short lived cartoons related to the Simpsons and a newer inductee would be Arrested Development

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Reno 911, Clerks (cartoon), One-Hour Photo, Futurama, Clone High, Da Ali G Show

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Originally posted by Blackadder11:
That's My Bush. I've only seen a few episodes, but I thought they were pretty cool.

@Spawn_3005: Um... Invader Zim isn't forgotten about or underrated at all. In fact, I'd say it's overrated if it's anything.

Invader Zim is overrated, but That's My Bush is "pretty cool"? I never saw That's My Bush, I might be able to catch it on the interweb.

It's tough to judge what's "underrated" or "overrated", it's all opinion, and everyone (especially here) has one.

I love Invader Zim, but hey, it was cancelled after a year, it happens. I don't think a lot of people were ready for it. Especially the Nick viewers, now if that premiered on Adult Swim, it might still be on today.

 

Originally posted by audioslave38:
Reno 911, Clerks (cartoon), One-Hour Photo, Futurama, Clone High, Da Ali G Show

Was Reno cancelled?

I loved Clone High, I thought it was a great idea.

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The Hell Show - (Whatever happened to that show?)

'Aaargh! The Mr. Hell show' was excellent. Used to be one of my favourites, pretty sure it was canned.

Sheep in the Big City was another one. It was aired at the crappiest time (late afternoon) over here though. They got the demographic so wrong.

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Tru Calling, Titus, FUTURAMA, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!

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your thinking of futurama as you talk

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Originally posted by rach_the_tall:
 

The Hell Show - (Whatever happened to that show?)

'Aaargh! The Mr. Hell show' was excellent. Used to be one of my favourites, pretty sure it was canned.

Damn straight that was good damn them whoever wanted that axed

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Muppets Tonight!

Thank god for bitorrent: 
But punch god for no seeders: 

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Originally posted by Spawn_3005:
The Venture Brothers. I know it's fairly well know, but there should have never been any question to whether or not there would be a second season. "Are you there, God? It's me, Dean" was the funniest thing I've ever seen. Even funnier than anything I've seen on Family Guy or...*gulps* Futurama.

Yep, The Venture Brothers is a great show.  I don't know why it didn't do so well initially, but I think rabid fan response finally tipped AS into doing a second season.  I'm looking forward to the 1st season DVD coming out this May.

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Yeah, finally!

I'm looking forward to the next season this June. I saw some screen shots and they look really good.

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I also enjoyed Dr Katz and way before that Barney Miller.

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Martial Law, Strangers With Candy, and The Upright Citizens Brigade are all forgotten shows as well. 

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How many people here remember Heil Honey, I'm Home?