Being Retro: April 2013

Z - Zach Galifianakis Doesn't Come Here Anymore!

Well another A to Z Challenge comes to an end, hopefully you all made it... thanks for stopping by. I want you all to go outside see the sun, go visit your family... run around in a circle, just know that you were all successful. I hope to back track the comments that I am horrible about responding to this month, I owe many of you an apology... I got terribly sick for a good two and a half weeks.

I wanted to also share out the love and prayers to many of good thoughts to our co-hosts, minions and my followers... thank you. So there just been a lot happening to many of us this month... but many held strong to the bad stuff and stayed strong.

Last to Lee @ "Tossing It Out" who has made this yet another strong "A to Z Challenge" and to everyone... it has a pleasure.

You all are a good egg!
-Jeremy [Retro-Z]

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Y - Your Top 10 Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV

Your Top 10 Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV
-Wired Magazine

01 I am not a number. I am a free man.

—Number Six, The Prisoner

02 I am NOT a merry man!!!

— Worf, Star Trek: The Next Generation

03 …Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

— The Doctor, Doctor Who

04 Jayne, your mouth is talking. You might wanna look to that.

— Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly

05 You’re not friends. You’ll never be friends. You’ll be in love ’til it kills you both. You’ll fight, and you’ll shag, and you’ll hate each other ’til it makes you quiver, but you’ll never be friends. Real love isn’t brains, children. It’s blood. It’s blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love’s bitch, but at least I’m man enough to admit it.

— Spike, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

06 One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.

— Rienette Poissonm, Doctor Who

07 [Apollo confronts Colonel Tigh after finding that he dealt in the Fleet's black market.]

Tigh: Don’t you play “holier than thou” with me. I haven’t done anything that most people on this ship haven’t done. Including you.

Apollo: Doesn’t make us right, Colonel, just a whole lot of people wrong.

— Battlestar Galactica

08 You’ll understand soon enough that there are consequences to being chosen. Because destiny, John, is a fickle bitch.

— Ben, Lost

09 The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination.

— Garak, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

10 I’ll be a story in your head. That’s okay. We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? ‘Cause it was, you know. It was the best. The daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away. Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well I borrowed it. I was always going to take it back.

— The Doctor, Doctor Who

What is your favorite quote?

Mine would be from Angel... "Your a bloody Puppet" - Spike

-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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X - X-Files or BUST!

What do you think the weirdest or oddest thing you have seen on television? It's the first thing that popped into your head, that means your subconscious has saved that image to be recalled the second someone asked the question. My first thought was the "Brady Bunch Variety Hour"... and you thought this was going to be an x-file... it is. I am still thinking about this for over 30 years, maybe this is a good thing... maybe?

-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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W - Worst TV Characters Ever

Worst TV Characters Ever

01. The Tanner Family, "Full House"
02. Diane Chambers, "Cheers"
03. Andy Rooney, "60 Minutes"
04. Steve Urkel, "Family Matters"
05. Jan Brady, "The Brady Bunch"
06. Kathie Lee Gifford, "Regis and Kathie Lee"
07. Dawson Leery, "Dawson's Creek"
08. Elvin, "The Cosby Show"
09. Carrie, "Sex and the City"
10. Harry Solomon, "Third Rock From the Sun"
11. Thelma Harper, "Mama's Family"
12. Buddy Lembeck, "Charles In Charge"
13. Jimmy Fallon, "Saturday Night Live"
14. Bryant Gumbel
15. Joey, "Blossom"
16. Ernestine, "Laugh-In"
17. Bobby Donnell, "The Practice"
18. Dr. Phil, "Dr. Phil"
19. Ben Seaver, "Growing Pains"
20. Jesse Camp, "MTV"
21. Janice Lazarotto, "Head of the Class"
22. Face, "The A Team"
23. Jonathan, "Growing Pains"
24. Fran, "The Nanny"
25. Wesley, "Mr. Belvidere"

Now you may not agree, but this the most solid of a list I could find on the internet.
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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V - Visit Our Gift Shop!

See some of the wonderful designs and art by your favorite "A to Z" Co-host... you all know and love him. Please click here: :):):):):):) Come on you know you want to, I have not made any zombie references or tried to scare you... so the least you can do is stop on over to my place... pick out a great gift for you, friends and family.

A to Z Challenge Reflections Post
We will be doing a reflections post again this year and invite all participants of the Challenge to join us.

What did you enjoy about the Challenge?
What could we do better next year?
What issues did you encounter? (Word verification, unable to comment, long posts, etc.) Did you encounter many non-participants? (With help from our minions, we tried really hard to clean the list this year.) Theme or no theme – what seemed to work better? Did you find any great themes?
Did you have fun and will you participate again next year?

Your Reflections can be posted anytime from May 3 through May 10. The Linky List will go live May 3 and we ask you to add the link to your post, not your website, once you have posted. The Challenge hosts read every one so we know where to improve for next year.

-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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U - U WILL STARE AT ME...

Watch Dr. Phil he will begin to move... Sorry my brain is on letter overload... have you been enjoying your journey so far... it's almost over...
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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T - They Are Out of This World "The Neighbors"

Set in New Jersey, revolves around a family that has relocated to a gated townhouse community called "Hidden Hills". Upon their arrival, they discover that the entire community is populated by residents from another planet. These aliens have adopted, as their own, the names of sport celebrities, receive nourishment through their eyes and mind by reading books rather than eating, and cry out green goo from their ears. Since the aliens have assumed human form, they can also revert to their original appearances by clapping their hands above their heads. They have been stuck on Earth for 10 years, still awaiting instructions to return home.

Watching this on a whim, now we are watching weekly... something about it makes it more human than humans should be.

-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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S - South Park

The show follows the exploits of four boys, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick. The boys live in the fictional small town of South Park, located within the real life South Park basin in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado. The town is also home to an assortment of frequent characters such as students, families, elementary school staff, and other various residents, who tend to regard South Park as a bland and quiet place to live.

Okay you know you love it... period!
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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R - Raising Hope

James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 25-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death and electrocuted, Jimmy relies on his eccentric but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child. Renewed for a fourth season.

This is made by the same folks that had a hand in "My Name Is Earl", just more of a carrying family... well really it is. So Flip it On!

-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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Q - Question "What is Your Favorite?"...

Big Bang Theory Moment?... Heck that should be easy for those who watch it, what ever your first thought... that is it! Tell Me!

-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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P - Perception

Dr. Daniel Pierce, a talented but eccentric neuropsychiatrist, is enlisted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assist in solving some of its most complex cases in Chicago. Dr. Pierce works closely with Special Agent Kate Moretti, a former student who recruited him to work with the FBI. Also on the team are Max Lewicki, Dr. Pierce's teaching assistant and Natalie Vincent, his best friend.

So these are shows that are new in the last couple of years and I enjoy them... though I am always afraid there is not enough attention to keep them on the air... So I am sharing them.

-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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O - Old Shows

A - Adam 12, Addams Family, Adventures in Paradise, Adventures of Robin Hood, Adventures of Superman, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, American Bandstand, Amos N' Andy, Andy Griffith Show, Andy Williams Show, Andy's Gang, Ann Sothern Show, Arrest and Trial, Art Linkletter, Arthur Godfrey and Friends, Assignment: Underwater, Avengers

B - Baa Baa Black Sheep, Bachelor Father, Batman, Beat the Clock, Ben Casey, Betty Hutton Show, Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, Bob Cummings Show, Bob Newhart Show, Bourbon Street Beat, Brady Bunch, Burke's Law, Burns and Allen

C - Captain Kangaroo, Car 54 Where Are You?, Carol Burnett Show, Checkmate, Combat, Concentration, Courtship of Eddie's Father

D - Daktari, Danny Thomas Show, Dark Shadows, Dating Game, Dean Martin Show, Defenders, Dennis the Menace, Dick Van Dyke Show, Dinah Shore Show, Ding Dong School, Dobie Gillis, Donna Reed, Doris Day, Dr. Kildare, Dragnet

E - Ed Sullivan Show, Everglades

F - F-Troop, Family Affair, The Farmer's Daughter, Father Knows Best, F.B.I., Flintstones, Flipper, Flying Nun, Flicka, Fugitive

G - Gentle Ben, George Gobel Show, Get Smart, Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Gidget, Gilligan's Island, Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Gomer Pyle, Gray Ghost, Green Acres, Green Hornet

H - Hawaii Five-O, Hawaiian Eye, Hazel, Highway Patrol, Hogan's Heroes, Honey West, Honeymooners, Howdy Doody

I - I Dream of Jeannie, I Love Lucy, I'm Dickens - He's Fenster, Invaders, I Remember Mama, Ironside, I Spy, It Takes a Thief, I've Got a Secret

J, Jack Benny Show, Jackie Gleason Show, Jetsons

L - Land of the Giants, Lassie, Laugh-In, Lawrence Welk Show, Leave It To Beaver, Lost in Space, Love American Style, Love on a Rooftop, I Love Lucy

M - Make Room for Daddy, Mama, Man From U.N.C.L.E., Mannix, Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Marcus Welby M.D., Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mayberry R.F.D., McHale's Navy, Medical Center, Mickey Mouse Club, Milton Berle, Mission Impossible, Mod Squad, Monkees, Mr.Ed, Mr.Novak, Mothers-in-Law, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, My Mother, The Car, My Three Sons

N - Newlywed Game

O - One Step Beyond, Outer Limits, Ozzie and Harriet

P - Patty Duke Show, People Are Funny, Perry Mason, Petticoat Junction, Peyton Place, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Price is Right, The Prisoner

Q - Queen for a Day

R - Rat Patrol, The Real McCoys, Red Skelton Show, Robin Hood, Route 66

S - The Saint, Sea Hunt, Secret Agent, See It Now, Sky King, Smilin' Ed O'Connell's Gang, Star Trek, Superman, Surfside 6

T - Tab Hunter Show, Tarzan, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, That Girl, Time Tunnel, Tom Terrific, Topper, To Tell The Truth, This is Your Life, Twenty One, Twilight Zone

U - The Untouchables

V - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

W - Wanted Dead or Alive, What's My Line, Wild Wild West

Y - Your Hit Parade, Your Show of Shows

Still classics some I have seen, some I haven't what are some of your favorites?
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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N - Noobs!

Favorite "Not So Bright" Characters

Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson) CHEERS
Lowell Mather (Thomas Haden Church) WINGS
Kelly Bundy (Christina Applegate) MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN
Ernie "Coach" Pantuso (Nicholas Colasanto) CHEERS
Bull Shannon (Richard Moll) NIGHT COURT
Sean Garrity (Steven Pasquale) RESCUE ME
Jennifer Keaton (Justine Bateman) FAMILY TIES
Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) THE SIMPSONS
Joey Russo (Joey Lawrence) BLOSSOM
The Todd [Scrubs]
Earnest T Bass - The Andy Griffith Show
Willy Gilligan - Gilligan's Island
Joey Tribbiani - Friends
Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld
The Janitor - Scrubs
Timmy - South Park
Harry Solomon - Third Rock From The Sun
Micheal Kelso - That 70's Show
Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane - The Dukes Of Hazzard
Lowell Mather - Wings
Ed Grimley - SCTV, Saturday Night Live

Do you have one that may not be on this list, who and why?
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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M - My Show is Gone! 1985-1989 Part: Two

Cancelled TV Shows

Alfred Hitchcock Presents – NBC, suspense anthology, Alfred Hitchcock
Charlie & Company – CBS, comedy, Flip Wilson, Gladys Knight
George Burns Comedy Week – CBS, comedy, George Burns
Hell Town – NBC, drama, Robert Blake
Hollywood Beat – ABC, crime drama, Jack Scalia
Hometown – CBS, comedy/drama, Jane Kaczmarek, Daniel Stern
The Insiders – ABC, drama, Nicholas Campbell
Lady Blue – ABC, crime drama, Jamie Rose
Lime Street – ABC, adventure/detective, Robert Wagner, John Standing
Misfits Of Science – NBC, adventure, Courtney Cox, Max Wright
Our Family Honor – ABC, drama, Ray Liotta, Sheree J. Wilson
Stir Crazy – CBS, comedy/adventure, Larry Wilder, Joseph Guzaldo
Better Days – CBS, comedy, 5 episodes, Raphael Sbarge
Downtown – CBS, police drama, Blair Underwood
Easy Street – NBC, comedy, Loni Anderson
The Ellen Burstyn Show – ABC, comedy, Ellen Burstyn, Megan Mullally
Heart Of The City – ABC, police drama, Robert Desiderio
Jack & Mike – ABC, comedy/drama, Shelley Hack
Kay O’Brien – CBS, medical drama, Patricia Kalember
Life With Lucy – ABC, comedy, Lucy Ball, Gale Gordon
New Mike Hammer – CBS, detective drama, Stacy Keach
1986 – NBC, newsmagazine, Roger Mudd, Connie Chung
Our World – ABC, documentary, Linda Ellerbee, Ray Gandolf
Sidekicks – ABC, comedy, Gil Gerard, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Frank Bonner
Starman – ABC, sci-fi, Robert Hays, C.B. Barnes
Together We Stand – CBS, comedy, Elliott Gould, Dee Wallace Stone
The Wizard – CBS, adventure, David Rappaport
Buck James – ABC, medical drama, Dennis Weaver
Dolly – ABC, musical variety, Dolly Parton
Everything’s Relative – CBS, comedy, 6 episodes, Jason Alexander
Frank’s Place – CBS, comedy, Tim Reid, Daphne Maxwell Reid
I Married Dora – ABC, comedy, Daniel Hugh-Kelly
J.J. Starbuck – NBC, adventure, Dale Robertson
The Law & Harry McGraw – CBS, detective, Jerry Orbach
Leg Work – CBS, detective, Margaret Colin
Oldest Rookie – CBS; police drama, Paul Sorvino, D.W. Moffett
Once A Hero – ABC, fantasy/adventure – first cancellation, Jeff Lester
Private Eye – NBC, detective drama, Josh Brolin
Second Chance – FOX, comedy, Matthew Perry, Kiel Martin
Slap Maxwell Story – ABC, comedy, Dabney Coleman
Women In Prison – FOX, comedy, Wendie Jo Sperber
A Year In The Life – NBC, drama, Adam Arkin, Sarah Jessica Parker
Annie McGuire – CBS, comedy, Mary Tyler Moore, Adrien Brody
Baby Boom – NBC, comedy, Kate Jackson, Joy Behar
Dirty Dancing – CBS, comedy, Patrick Cassidy, Melora Hardin
High Risk – CBS, magazine, Wayne Rogers
Incredible Sunday – ABC, documentary, John Davidson
Knightwatch – ABC, drama, Benjamin Bratt
Murphy’s Law – ABC, detective drama, George Segal
Police Story – ABC, police anthology
Raising Miranda – CBS, comedy, James Naughton, Bryan Cranston
Something Is Out There – NBC, sci-fi, Joe Cortese
TV 101 – CBS, drama, Sam Robards, Matt LeBlanc
Tattingers – NBC, drama, Stephen Collins
The Van Dyke Show – CBS, comedy, Dick Van Dyke
Alien Nation – FOX, sci-fi, Gary Graham
Baywatch – NBC, adventure, David Hasselhoff, Parker Stevenson
Booker – FOX, detective drama, Richard Grieco
Chicken Soup – ABC, comedy, Jackie Mason, Lynn Redgrave
Christine Cromwell – ABC, crime drama, Jaclyn Smith
Famous Teddy Z – CBS, comedy, Jon Cryer, Alex Rocco
Free Spirit – ABC, comedy, Corinne Bohrer
Hardball – NBC, police drama, John Aston, Richard Tyson
Homeroom – ABC, comedy, Darrly Sivad
Island Son – CBS, medical drama, Richard Chamberlain
Kojak – ABC, police drama, Telly Savalas, Andre Braugher
Living Dolls – ABC, comedy, Michael Learned, Leah Remini, Halle Berry
Mancuso, FBI – NBC, police drama, Robert Loggia
The Nutt House – NBC, comedy, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman
Open House – FOX, comedy, Allison LaPlaca, Ellen DeGeneres
A Peaceable Kingdom – CBS, drama, Lindsay Wagner, Tom Wopat
People Next Door – CBS, comedy, 4 episodes, Jeffrey Jones
Saturday Night With Connie Chung – CBS, newsmagazine, Connie Chung
Sister Kate – NBC, comedy, Stephanie Beacham, Jason Priestley
Snoops – CBS, detective drama, Danny Nucci
Top Of The Hill – CBS, political drama, William Katt
Wolf – CBS, detective drama, Jack Scalia

With some great names, why did some of these fail?
FAVES....
Starman – ABC, sci-fi, Robert Hays, C.B. Barnes
Alien Nation – FOX, sci-fi, Gary Graham

-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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L - Lie To Me

Lie to Me is an American crime drama television series. It originally ran on the Fox network from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2011. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his colleagues in The Lightman Group accept assignments from third parties (commonly local and federal law enforcement), and assist in investigations, reaching the truth through applied psychology: interpreting microexpressions, through the Facial Action Coding System, and body language.

Another that lasted in three strong seasons, it got it's walking papers to soon!?
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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K - Knight Rider [2008]

Knight Rider was a 2008 series that follows the 1982 TV series of the same title and the 2008 television movie. The series stars Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of Michael Knight. The series also stars Deanna Russo as Sarah Graiman, Traceur's former girlfriend and love interest. Sarah is the daughter of Charles Graiman. Graiman is played by Bruce Davison, the creator of a new generation of KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand), voiced by Val Kilmer. The series was in production for just one season.

I am kidding outside the premier and first episode... it was a stinker, I just want to see if you are paying attention?
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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J - Jack of All Trades

Jack of All Trades is a half-hour long syndicated action-comedy television series which ran for two seasons in 2000. With Cleopatra 2525, it formed the Back2Back Action Hour and both shows were notable for being the first American non-animated action series to be produced in the half-hour format since the 1970s. The show was canceled in the middle of its second season.

The program is set at the turn of the 19th century on the fictional French-controlled island of Pulau-Pulau in the East Indies. Jack Stiles is an American secret agent sent there by President Jefferson. While there, he meets his British contact and love interest, English spy Emilia Rothschild. Together, the two work to stop Napoleon and various other threats to the United States. To the public, Jack is seen as Emilia's attaché (she sometimes serves as his), but when the need arises, he transforms into a masked hero: The Daring Dragoon.

Who does not love Bruce Campbell?
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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I - Invasion

Invasion is an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning in September 21, 2005. Somewhat similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the show told the story of the aftermath of a hurricane in which water-based creatures infiltrate a small Florida town and begin to take over the bodies of the town's inhabitants through a cloning process (first by merging with and then unknowingly replacing them). The show was produced by Shaun Cassidy Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

Something I must say held my attention, yet kicked to the ground before it could get one punch in?
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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H - Howlin' Wolf: Sexy Post "Infomercial"

So greetings friends... I wanted to let you know, not that you all didn't have enough going on in the month of April with your life, living and the A TO Z CHALLENGE. You may not be aware that I run a couple of sites and I want you all to head on over and say hello to Howlin' Wolf Records: On-Line Magazine. A place of many things from movie, soundtrack, interviews and more.

Actually wanted your opinions the site used to be dull and dry... now it has some very interesting stuff going on, but I feel I am sounding like a robot. A robot, it's not meant to be a place that feels like "buy this", it's only suppose to show you some of the cool stuff that is out there. So I guess what I need is just a quick thought on what do you feel when you look around. I have many big labels sponsoring it and I feel that I go to far on the promotions...DID I MENTION A PRIZE PACKAGE TO ONES WHO COMMENT HERE AND THERE [US RESIDENTS ONLY]... I have a handful of extra CDs, Autographs, Films, etc.

So buy "ZUMBA", "MIRACLE BRA" "BLU-BLOCKERS", or any of those late night products. Remember this post is approved by the FDA and it will not cause headaches, swelling, leakage, dizziness, suicidal thoughts or everyone's favorite...
-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]

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Z - Zach Galifianakis Doesn't Come Here Anymore!

Y - Your Top 10 Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV

X - X-Files or BUST!

W - Worst TV Characters Ever

V - Visit Our Gift Shop!

U - U WILL STARE AT ME...

T - They Are Out of This World "The Neighbors"

S - South Park

R - Raising Hope

Q - Question "What is Your Favorite?"...

P - Perception

O - Old Shows

N - Noobs!

M - My Show is Gone! 1985-1989 Part: Two

L - Lie To Me

K - Knight Rider [2008]

J - Jack of All Trades

I - Invasion

H - Howlin' Wolf: Sexy Post "Infomercial"