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  • Re: Family Oriented 70s/80s

    From Abbub@21:2/145 to Avon on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 09:34:18
    *** Quoting Avon to Abbub dated 02-13-24 ***
    I saw an old magazine ad that had Mr T and Boy George on it, seems
    there was an episode where the singer featured in it.

    Yeah, it's actually relatively progressive for the time, too. The plot is that there's a *country and western* singer named Cowboy George who Face books for this country bar (apparently as a side hustle) and Boy George shows up instead, for reasons I don't remember. There's a bank robbery that Boy George helps thwart, and though the country fans are initially sceptical about Boy George's looks, they warm up to the music. Mr. T gives Boy George his stamp of approval and tells him that he's okay!

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Abbub on Saturday, February 17, 2024 09:38:48
    On 13 Feb 2024 at 09:34a, Abbub pondered and said...

    robbery that Boy George helps thwart, and though the country fans are initially sceptical about Boy George's looks, they warm up to the
    music. Mr. T gives Boy George his stamp of approval and tells him that he's okay!

    cool, nice to hear about this... never saw the episode but yeah cool..

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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to ABBUB on Sunday, February 11, 2024 11:13:00
    I am not sure I think of Miami Vice being targeted to kids... maybe
    teens

    Yeah, I meant that it's a little bit more watchable because it *wasn't* target
    towards kids. Writers seemed to have had some contempt for kids or something,
    nd really went overboard dumbing their scripts down back in the day. You can s
    the stark difference between a show thought to be for adults versus one that s 'family oriented' when you compare Airwolf season one (which is a lot darker
    to the subsequent seasons which shifted towards 'family friendly.'

    Yes, I agree. The A-Team is probably another good example. I would
    sometimes catch a bit of an episode when MeTV was running it recently and
    it was even more dumbed-down than I remember. ;)


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  • From Abbub@21:2/145 to Dumas Walker on Sunday, February 11, 2024 21:39:38
    *** Quoting Dumas Walker to Abbub dated 02-11-24 ***
    Yes, I agree. The A-Team is probably another good example. I would

    Yep. The A-Team was THE number one show for me in late-elementary school / early-middle school. I've rewatched the pre-Frankie seasons a couple of times and can still enjoy it for the nostalgia, but it requires a pretty heavy dose of suspension of disbelief.

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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to ABBUB on Monday, February 12, 2024 10:43:00
    Yep. The A-Team was THE number one show for me in late-elementary school / ear
    -middle school. I've rewatched the pre-Frankie seasons a couple of times and c
    still enjoy it for the nostalgia, but it requires a pretty heavy dose of susp
    sion of disbelief.

    I can't remember for sure how old I was when it first came out, but it was must-watch for at least the first couple of seasons. ;)


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  • From N2QFD@21:1/154 to Dumas Walker on Sunday, February 11, 2024 19:30:04
    I want to way AirWolf was the evening draw here at that age. Again, not sure I could take it in the 21st century.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Abbub on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 20:11:42
    On 11 Feb 2024 at 09:39p, Abbub pondered and said...

    Yep. The A-Team was THE number one show for me in late-elementary school
    / early-middle school. I've rewatched the pre-Frankie seasons a couple
    of times and can still enjoy it for the nostalgia, but it requires a pretty heavy dose of suspension of disbelief.

    I saw an old magazine ad that had Mr T and Boy George on it, seems there was an episode where the singer featured in it.

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