Old Television Show Nostalgia: Tell us what you remember.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Then there was THIS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSwr-lPQxpc

This is what they did to us.

WTF was that and why couldn't I look away?!?!

There was an even weirder one, but I can't find it.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Liking this.

Are you taking the 80's or may I?

Anyone can do anything.  I'm thinking 1970-1990 as the time frame.

We got kiddie shows out of Houston and Kitirik was live with mistakes, trolls and all manner of mayhem. Also hotness. Sadly, she was cancelled in the early 70's and of course Houston continues to circle the drain.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

There was another Canadian show, The Beachcombers, about a guy named Nick Adonidas, who ran a lumber salvage operation on the coast of British Columbia. 

The series was insanely gritty for its day, and dealt frequently with Nick's alcoholism problem, which was treated as being - in our terms - horrormirthy.  Nick had a particular weakness with ouzo, and often was shown puking drunk, hung over, or in dire financial straits due to this.

The foil was a guy named "Relic", who used unscrupulous means to swipe lumber off of Nick, who wasn't above some shady dealings himself.  Many of the characters were North American Natives, and their issues in dealing with Whites were explored fairly often, though they were also portrayed as "noble", in that they were virtually flaw-free (for example, they were the only characters that weren't horrid drunks).

Funny thing:  In the 80s, the show was revamped, using more suspense and action, and tanked.  The audience wanted sordid and awful social problems rubbed in their faces, which only proves that Canada is still very British.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Mention of the infamous call girl incident at about 1:50. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x4-kfM_HKI

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Mention of the infamous call girl incident at about 1:50. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x4-kfM_HKI

Guessing the kid was from Seguin or Houston.

[Mangrove]

There was another Canadian show, The Beachcombers, about a guy named Nick Adonidas, who ran a lumber salvage operation on the coast of British Columbia. 

The series was insanely gritty for its day, and dealt frequently with Nick's alcoholism problem, which was treated as being - in our terms - horrormirthy.  Nick had a particular weakness with ouzo, and often was shown puking drunk, hung over, or in dire financial straits due to this.

The foil was a guy named "Relic", who used unscrupulous means to swipe lumber off of Nick, who wasn't above some shady dealings himself.  Many of the characters were North American Natives, and their issues in dealing with Whites were explored fairly often, though they were also portrayed as "noble", in that they were virtually flaw-free (for example, they were the only characters that weren't horrid drunks).

Funny thing:  In the 80s, the show was revamped, using more suspense and action, and tanked.  The audience wanted sordid and awful social problems rubbed in their faces, which only proves that Canada is still very British.

Wow, haven't thought about that show in a loooong ass time. Relic. Just wow.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Mention of the infamous call girl incident at about 1:50. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x4-kfM_HKI

Guessing the kid was from Seguin or Houston.

Houston, IIRC. But Seguin fits, too. 

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Then there was THIS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSwr-lPQxpc

This is what they did to us.

WTF was that and why couldn't I look away?!?!

There was an even weirder one, but I can't find it.

Whose brainchild was that, Alejandro Jodorowsky's? It reminds me of some of the weirder shit in El Topo. 

CANADA GOT ALL THE GOOD STUFF!!!!!

[EK WAFFLR]

Meanwhile, in Norway, this is what WE grew up with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kNJNe7HGE

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Meanwhile, in Norway, this is what WE grew up with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kNJNe7HGE

GO HOME, NORWAY.  YOU'RE ALL FUCKED UP ON DRUGS.

[Suu]

Not television show, per se, but relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlpDiXPZHQ

[EK WAFFLR]

Meanwhile, in Norway, this is what WE grew up with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kNJNe7HGE

GO HOME, NORWAY.  YOU'RE ALL FUCKED UP ON DRUGS.

This was considered "Pedagogically correct" by the government run television station back then, which was also the ONLY CHANNEL THERE WAS. I'm a measly 31 years old, and I remember when we finally got access to more channels.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Meanwhile, in Norway, this is what WE grew up with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kNJNe7HGE

GO HOME, NORWAY.  YOU'RE ALL FUCKED UP ON DRUGS.

This was considered "Pedagogically correct" by the government run television station back then, which was also the ONLY CHANNEL THERE WAS. I'm a measly 31 years old, and I remember when we finally got access to more channels.

In Newfoundland, in the 70s, we had two channels, but one was too far away, and was always full of static and noise.

The one we had that worked was full of nightmares about places like My Lai and the Watergate Hotel, so I went out and played in the forest that started at the end of my yard. 

[hooplala]

The time is 1971... the place is Hamilton Ontario Canada... the local station (CHCH) has exactly one person of talent, a little money, and an idea.  The result?

THE HILARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN

in which one man, Billy Van, plays approximately 75 characters - all gruesome... Vincent Price is somehow convinced to participate, after discovering a horrible place like Hamilton actually exists, which gives weight to his performances.  On top of all of this, Julius Sumner Miller teaches about physics in an unduly angry manner, and sometimes people dance to unlicensed songs over psychedelic backdrops.  Wait, did I say 'sometimes'?  What I meant was ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

This program always seemed to be played around 6:30 in the morning, and scared the everloving shit out of a young Hoopla.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsaFDZfz8Lc

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Then there was the Mary Tyler Moore show, about a female local news producer.  It was a light-hearted show about endless sexual harrassment in the workplace.  The one episode from season four was particularly egregious.

Mary:  "Lou, I'd like to try anchoring while Ted's on vacation."

Lou:  "Well, then I guess you need to learn what your knees are for, girl."  slides desk chair backwards

*laugh track*