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We watched it when it was on originally (1990 - 95) and I was curious
if it was still as good as I remember. It is! I think it was one of the best shows
ever.
We also visited Roslyn,Washington once,on the way to Montana.It's an
interesting little town.
Another quirky show I used to watch was "Moose TV".
 
AngliaGT said:
We watched it when it was on originally (1990 - 95) and I was curious
if it was still as good as I remember. It is! I think it was one of the best shows
ever.
We also visited Roslyn,Washington once,on the way to Montana.It's an
interesting little town.
Another quirky show I used to watch was "Moose TV".
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I used to watch this moose on TV ..,,
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We are just watching it for the first time. It is indeed one of the best TV productions ever. There were, however, some episodes that looked like their writers all went on vacation and were replaced by people who had no idea what the show was about. Like when the wheelchair olympics came to town.
Bob
 
I remember that one well. I haven't seen it since it went off the air.

My daughter and I have been watching old shows, we've seen I Love Lucy, and we are currently working out way through Cheers, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I might have to add Northern Exposure to the list.
 
What's this? Not everyone has a color tv? Here's the 1940 patent application for the CBS color system - a rotating color disk placed in front of a b/w tv.

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And it worked!

 
Northern Exposure was the best TV show ever. We bought the entire run on DVD and enjoyed it even more than we did the first time around. Every time we watch an episode we wonder why the networks don't seem to be capable of producing great shows today.
 
One that I never watched first run was Third Rock but totally enjoyed it on streaming.
 
I knew a family like the Bluths, not as rich but just as clueless about each other and the world at large along with a "casual" attitude towards what's legal or not. Plus the family head who was a lawyer lost his license for going to nursing homes and getting those with dementia to sign over assets that would disappear into fees and costs. Arrested always reminded me of them.
 
Yep, the kids in that family, with one exception, didn't worry about right or wrong and had a tendency to brag about how smart they were when they'd pulled a con. Oldest boy, my age, when we were high school age wrecked he father's Alfa. He and his dad decided to take the car out into the woods, set it on fire, then called the police to say it was stolen. Course it was found burned out so no fingerprints and they claimed full insurance payout. The boy then proceeded to tell everyone he knew, including me, how clever they were getting all this money for a new car. Word got back and they had to return it all and face some civil penalties. I still laugh about that and his inability to keep his mouth shut while pulling a con, which they shouldn't have been trying if you wonder about my viewpoint.
 
To finish the story, fate caught up with the son who burned the car. He moved to Russia after the Soviet Union collapsed thinking he could get rich. Came back for our 20year reunion and drunk was telling everyone his business partners did export to the west, but if he told anyone what they exported he'd have to shoot all of us. We figured it was a lot of hot air so just said "yep sure". He disappeared in Moscow a few months later, was found in an abandoned building with "lead poisoning" a couple months later. Always figured his Russian partners decided he was a liability with his tendency to brag about how important he was to anyone around.

So, for 90s tv, also liked watching the Canadian Red Green series. Wasn't high class but funny with it's take on the life of the working guys and their attempts to do it yourself...
 
mikephillips said:
So, for 90s tv, also liked watching the Canadian Red Green series. Wasn't high class but funny with it's take on the life of the working guys and their attempts to do it yourself...
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A good friend's son was on the show for a season.

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