Batman Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 do you think "six feet under" is mainstream? i don't know anyone else that watches it! yet i know there are lots of pages of discussion on imdb. I've never heard of it. I suppose it is a cult show. What about Star Trek? Its ratings were poor during its initial run, but thanks to the efforts of its hard core fans and syndication, it has spawned (to date) 4 spin off series, an animated series and 10 feature films (not to mention a plethora of novels, technical manuals and even a Klingon dictionary). STAR TREK RULES!!! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!!! This is the kind of stuff I mean when I say cult show. Star Trek is the definition of a cult show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MementoxMori Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Two shows I wish were still on the air are Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Mystery Science Theater 3000. SGCtC was the talkshow cartoon where they'd just rip on the guests. MST2K played old, terribly bad movies while a guy and his two robot friends would add cynical commentary and funny one-liners. Space Ghost Coast to Coast...i almost forgot about that show altogether. glad you refreshed my memory! Mystery Science Theatre 3000 was pure genius. i have most of the DVD collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Bless you, Peaches!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyRider Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone are two of my favorites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone are two of my favorites wow, i use to love those shows! i used to be one of those people who stay up until 4 in the morning , and those shows were always on during those strange early morning hours, they were the best things on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone are two of my favorites Twilight Zone is awesome! For my generation, definitely a cult show, I don't know anyone else besides my little brother that likes it. It's becuase today people don't like things that are psychologically scary or creepy, everyone likes things that are bloody or things that jump out and scare you for a second. TZ isn't really scary anymore, but it is still a very intelligent and usually cleverly written show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 In case my explanation of how Trigger Happy TV is different than other hidden camera shows didn't make sense, here is Dom Jolly's take on it (the star of it) think the joy ot it is that it's me making a fool of myself rather than, I hope, other people. People don't get pissed off, it's more a case of, "What's going on?" In America, though, I think the mood shifted from that to making a fool of others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 It's been gone a while, and it's fans are "Mooseheads." It's been suggested that it's a steal of "Twin Peaks," but "Northern Exposure" and Cicely, AK are great places to visit. Speaking of Great Britain, how could you have forgotten Patrick McGoohan? "Danger Man" and "The Prisoner" have huge cult followings. As for The Great White North, there was a minor hit with: Winston Rekert, Dixie Seatle, Jonathan Welsh, and Ken Pogue. I'm speaking of that "bargain basement James Bond," "Adderly," where the "Department of Miscellaneous Affairs" got dragged into great peril weekly, much to the displeasure of "Major Clack." As for that "X-Files" fan, stay out of the shadows, because you might run into "Carl Kolchak" and one of his scoops that go BUMP! in the night. "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" didn't have an FBI badge or any kind of firearm to face down his many demons! Going back to Albion, "The Avengers" has survived color and cast changes, and even Ralph Fiennes attempt to "do Steed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 On the side of comedy I would say The Honeymooners is a big cult classic. Monty Python's Flying Circus is another incredibly funny cult classic. What about the shows on TVLAND. Aren't they all cult classics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Hawaii 5-0 ? Hogan's Heros ? Night Gallery ? Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ? Rat Patrol ? Barney Millar ? Space 1999 ? U.F.O. ? Battlestar Galactica ? Thunderbirds ? Captain Scarlet ? Rocky and Bullwinkle--still genius! Soap ? And definately, bluesboy, SCTV, the BEST N.American satire/parody series ever ! No question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I remember one, but it was local. Uncle Joe probably remembers Dr. Shock's Mad Theater. Junior, are we all forgetting "Dark Shadows"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryansgirl319 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I can't believe I forgot The Twilight Zone and Strangers With Candy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted April 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Ah yes, Strangers With Candy! What a hilarious, short-lived cult show. It was an extremely innapropriate spoof on "Dawsons Creek" style high school dramas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 What about Freaks and Geeks? It was on about 5 years ago: a very short-lived TV show about high school in the 80s. Linda Cardenilli and James Franco were in it, among others. The actors were great and there were excellent soundtrack choices. Yet another excellent show that was cancelled far too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryansgirl319 Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Elvish, I loved Freaks & Geeks. I also forgot My So Called Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody_home Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Monty Python's Flying Circus is another incredibly funny cult classic. How about their 90's Canadian troupe counterpart Kids in the Hall. Proved that the British weren't the only ones who could still make cross-dressing funny. I think they still show reruns on Comedy Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 i loved "kids in the hall"!! I used to to watch with my best friend and then we would go to school the next day and pretend we were crushing people with our fingers (anyone who's seen will know what i'm talking about) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I forgot about "Kids in the Hall". Scott Thompson was so funny as Buddy Cole. And I say "I'm crushing your head" more often than is necessary. C-girl, I cannot express how much I love "My So-Called Life". Jordan Catalano...sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 My So-Called Life was awesome. I remember Claire Danes dancing around in her room to "Blister In the Sun" like it was yesterday. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Does the Avengers qualify as a cult classic? I absolutely love this show. By today's standards it is probably quite hokey, but it was really quite innovative at the time. Although Honor Blackman was very good and Linda Thorson was OK, the series was at its peak with the incomparable Diana Rigg as the leather clad Mrs. Peel. I was about 6 or 7 when I first saw the Avengers with Diana Rigg, and I had the biggest crush on Mrs. Peel. I was devastated when she left the series. I love the unspoken sexual tension between Mrs. Peel and John Steed. Has anyone ever heard of a British series called Survivors or The Survivors? It aired during the early or mid 70's. It told the story of a group of people in Britain who survived a pandemic that wiped out most of the earth's inhabitants. Some of them band together and form a commune. They scour the countryside searching for food, supplies and like-minded people while trying to prevent bands of thugs from destroying what they are trying to build. It starred Carolyn Seymour, among others. I would love to find out if the series is available on video or DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyRider Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Hey Peaches,I wonder if ALF qualifies as a cult classic?LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryansgirl319 Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 invis. I was crushing my own head this morning when I remembered I forgot Kids in the Hall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Sticking with the Canadian theme there was ?Four on the Floor? a short lived sketch comedy show in the mid 80?s with some of the funniest, most off-the-wall skits ever. Another great cult classic sketch show was ?SCTV? with John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Catherine O?Hara and the two greatest brothers ever, Bob and Doug McKenzie ? Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas. Don't touch that dial! Don't touch that one either! And stop touching yourself! SCTV is on the air! How about ?Beachcombers?, it ran throughout the 70?s and 80?s. I want to live on a houseboat, what an awesome show. There was also ?The Littlest Hobo? "There's a voice that keeps on calling me. Down the road. That's where I'll always be. Oh, every stop I make, I make a new friend. Can't stay for long. Just turn around, and I'm gone again. Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep movin' on. So, if you want to join me for awhile, just grab your hat, and we'll travel light. That's hobo style. Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep movin' on. Until tomorrow, the whole world is my home." And we sure cant forget Richard Dean Anderson and MacGyver, the things he could do with that Swiss Army Knife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy11173 Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 M*A*S*H and The Honeymooners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy the Hatter Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Oo yeah the Dr Who series is being shown in Britain first (obviously since it's british) I believe according to my Canadian friend that it's being shown on CBS very soon,so look out for it! it's great! I love it,specifically because Saturday tv was crap before lol,DR Who is befor my time,so I've never seen it till now. I also like Sex & the City,Friends,Only Fools & Horses,Charmed! Ooo..and Smallville. Faulty Towers is excellent too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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