What’s a show or movie you think was unfairly forgotten to time? What’s one that you have no idea how it endured?

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EntranceFeisty8373@reddit

Anything But Love with Jamie Lee Curtis was a hidden gem back in the day. I have no idea if it stands the test of time, but I loved it when it aired.

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SmashEmWithAPhone@reddit

Was a great example of a show carried by the will they/won't they sexual tension between the main characters.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis had great banter and chemistry. But the moment they hooked up, the show became so uninteresting

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Kevin_St_Moron@reddit

No clue how "Small Wonder" got on the air at all!

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Story by James Cameron, and a super interesting premise; directed by Kathryn Bigelow; absolutely stacked cast; great soundtrack; yet somehow such a huge theatrical bomb that it nearly killed Bigelow's career.

I saw it in the theater and walked out wowed in a way I wouldn't be again until The Matrix, four years later. IMO it's overdue to have a renaissance and become a cult classic.

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Local-Equivalent8136@reddit

Herman's Head.

Get a Life. Stand in the place where you live now.

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RiverWhole4388@reddit

I came to say both of these shows.

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ST0IC_@reddit

Sliders. It was such a good show.

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phillymjs@reddit

Another great Fox show that the network execs ruined with their meddling.

I was hopeful about a revival, but I think any chance of it happening died with Tracy Torme.

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SoCalDogBeachGuy@reddit

You know they are Canadian

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ST0IC_@reddit

All the best '90s sci-fi shows were made in Canada.

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Defiant-Variety-9473@reddit

Would love to see a remake with some better writing

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s1l1c0n3@reddit

Parker Lewis Can’t Lose

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phillymjs@reddit

Another great Fox show that the network execs ruined with their meddling.

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Local-Equivalent8136@reddit

I see you and raise you Herman's Head.

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Kinks4Kelly@reddit

This was vastly superior to the Ferris Bueller TV show.

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RobsHereAgain@reddit

Weirdly enduring Kim’s convenience

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EntranceFeisty8373@reddit

I love this show, but I haven't rewatched it

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emergency_salad_fox@reddit

Unfairly forgotten: Freaks and Geeks

Weirdly enduring: Family Guy (or any McFarlane toon)

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phillymjs@reddit

Unfairly forgotten: Freaks and Geeks

Not by me, I'm still bitter about how they shafted that show. And Undeclared, too.

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Fillmore80@reddit

Family guy is excellent. The others..... running off of it and his steam.

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ShookMyHeadAndSmiled@reddit

I can't say it was unfairly forgotten because it was never known, but I never pass up a chance to plug Barry Levinson's Avalon. Incredible movie.

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Defiant-Win-7859@reddit

LOVE this movie. All of his movies are great but this one in particular is perfection

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ShookMyHeadAndSmiled@reddit

Thank you! Why is it so unknown? Why is it not streaming anywhere?

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Defiant-Win-7859@reddit

I think it’s on prime? I own the dvd though

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Ethelfleda@reddit

Dark Angel TV show. James Cameron and Jessica Alba created an amazing story that never got the ending it deserved

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Sea_Brush4156@reddit

Unfairly forgotten: "The Edge," which was a sketch comedy show in the early 90s. Jennifer Aniston was in it, pre-Friends. I remember laughing my ass off at this show, but it vanished.

Enduring: Any "Law and Order" show. It just seems so gray and dreary, I don't know why people enjoy these shows.

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Finding_Way_@reddit

Mississippi burning with Alec Baldwin and Ghost of Mississippi with Gene Hackman.

Outstanding movies about the impact of, and time during civil rights movements. They should be part of every high school curriculum.

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MundaneHuckleberry58@reddit

I can’t believe any of us ever (myself included!) thought Titanic was any good. It’s terrible!

Hmmm. Unfairly forgotten to time….I can’t think of anything. Must have forgotten it.

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TehFuriousOne@reddit

Northern Exposure definitely has been forgotten unfairly

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ST0IC_@reddit

I did a road trip to visit the filming locations for Northern Exposure and Twin Peaks in Washington.

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Defiant-Variety-9473@reddit

It came back on Amazon prime and had its usual niche following

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oscar-the-bud@reddit

The hard times of rj burger was hilarious

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EagleSaw@reddit

Robotech was an awesome 80’s cartoon. If this was made live action, it would rule the world. I can’t watch a second of any Simpson’s after 2006. I stopped because my daughter was too little. When I tried to watch again, the magic was gone.

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Fillmore80@reddit

Robotech is a travesty of animes smashed together to attempt to sell it to a western audience. I watched when younger.

If you really like it the base material Super Defense Fortress Macross is widely available and much better. It also continues to have OVAs and series every few years.

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yyythoo@reddit

Forgotten: Lonestar

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DisturbingPragmatic@reddit

Forgotten unfairly: 3 O'Clock High

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le4t@reddit

Pretty much a perfect movie

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BMisterGenX@reddit

forgotten: Voyagers

Oddly enduring Law and Order and All its spinoffs

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Lalamedic@reddit

I loved Voyagers!

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Zealousideal_Draw_94@reddit

Enduring? NCIS, L&O, 1 Chicago’s. They been on so long, they have repeated themselves, many times.

Forgotten? Newsroom

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cl0ckw0rkman@reddit

Max Headroom! Mostly forgotten today.

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Active_Unit_9498@reddit

I will never forget Amanda Pays and her sexy, sexy British accent.

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IRingTwyce@reddit

Last year I was watching a home reno show and who was it? Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays! Renovating their New England farmhouse. Yeah, they're still married, which is sweet.

The worst part? Pays was absolutely ANNOYING as all hell. Every time she opened her mouth I wanted to mute the show. Pretentious and unfunny.

It was a bummer because I used to crush on her.

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matman42@reddit

I bought the series used on DVD and one of the store clerks was looking at it and commented that they'd never heard of it, but Pop Pop from Arrested Development was in it.

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Far-Ad5796@reddit

And it still holds up great! And was wildly prescient.

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Bloody_Mabel@reddit

Movies:

Starman. 1984 movie with Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges.

Frequency. 2000 release with Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel.

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sjmiv@reddit

Something Wicked This Way Comes. Based on a Ray Bradbury story. The characters are really well written, lots of great actors… If you didn’t know any better you would think it was directed by Spielberg in his earlier days

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RobsHereAgain@reddit

Terriers should have got a second season and then some. Glow should have been allowed to finish the story line as well

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ChronoMonkeyX@reddit

Cloak and Dagger was probably the second-best marvel TV show after SHIELD. I wish they got more time.

There was a show called Lucky with Jon Corbett, and I think Ever Carradine, that I really liked, seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. It's been so long I don't know if it was actually good, or it was just good for the time, because it was different from a lot of tv. I think it was on FX as they were just beginning to pioneer prestige cable tv with shows like the Shield, probably before that one.

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Aggabagga@reddit

Ed. (2000-2004). Amazing show with a great cast and it would absolutely be a staple on streaming if it was available but it used music liberally and so the rights agreements they signed back then were only good for broadcast and cable tv. They’d have to clear a ton of music to get it viable for streaming and at this point, it’s not going to happen.

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IRingTwyce@reddit

I LOVED Ed! I was so pissed when they ditched the Foo Fighters theme song in season 3. Made me happy when it returned for season 4. I had such a huge crush on Julie Bowen.

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Aggabagga@reddit

I have two things on my tv wish list that will never be fulfilled, both involving Julie Bowen and Tom Cavanaugh. First, I wish they had given Tom a cameo on Boston Legal as Ed to play a scene with Julie (no, I’m not a bowling alley lawyer, I’m a lawyer with an office over a bowling alley), and secondly, I wish they had used Tom as a long lost boyfriend for Claire on Modern Family.

Either (or both) of these events would have been amazing but sadly, neither happened. Those two were perfect together. Though, to be fair, I was kind of on Frankie’s side for a minute.

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Oxjrnine@reddit

Titus is not on regular streaming.

It’s such a Gen X show, especially when it comes to Gen X relationships with their parents.

I believe Christopher Titus has some episodes on his YouTube

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IRingTwyce@reddit

Titus was great!

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forlorn_reverie@reddit

The movie Enemy Mine.

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Last-Relationship166@reddit

I saw that in the theater with my dad and my aunt. I loved it. They couldn't get over the fact that I remembered the name of Lou Gossett Jr's alien species hours later. I still remember it.

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X_Wheeze_souffle@reddit

Ha, I forgot this existed. It was not bad at all, but now I remember we always called it Enemy Mime for no apparent reason.

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bignotion@reddit

Amber Waves of Grain. 1980 movie. Starring Kurt Russell and Dennis Weaver really strong acting and a surprisingly good plot that keeps you interested even if you’re not a wheat farmer !

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therelybare5@reddit

I really liked Misfits of Science but in a flash, it was gone!

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Artistic_Syrup7117@reddit

Unfairly forgotten: From the Hip. Rotten tomatoes doesn’t like it, but I think it’s a good watch.

Also, Used Cars (1980). Probably some cringe scenes in there, but a funny, forgotten Zemeckis film.

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Old_Association6332@reddit

Unfairly forgotten -OK, OK, it was corny and cheesy, but I loved The Charmings as a kid. Queen Lillian and her magic mirror especially stole the show in every scene they were in, as did the dwarf Luther. Unfortunately, I don't think it was ever shown here in Australia because no-one remembers it. I only know about it because our family lived overseas in the '80s'

Weirdly enduring: I'll second Friends and add According to Jim.

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Upset_Peace_6739@reddit

Roar starring Heath Ledger. Rare to encounter someone who has even heard of it.

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Randeth@reddit

I have Roar on DVD. Was so happy and surprised to find that. 🙂

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attaboy_stampy@reddit

Terriers

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Randeth@reddit

God we LOVED that show...

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Genny415@reddit

Bosom Buddies is the show where Tom Hanks got his start. It is weirdly forgotten, or maybe rightly so

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TattooedJewd@reddit

Maybe because the other “bosom” passed away

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allaboutaphie@reddit

Ughh Tom Hanks, haven't liked him since I saw him be rude to a kid in the premiere red carpet of Nothing in Common. He acted like the kid should not even speak to him and how dare he ask for an autograph I figure him to be a douche but hopefully he is better now

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Paingodruss@reddit

Magnum PI

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LadyNorbert@reddit

I can't remember (ironically) any that I would say were forgotten unfairly, but the one that I don't understand how it endured is Seinfeld. A show full of unlikable characters and unfunny writing. Jerry's stand-up routine in the first couple minutes of each episode was usually okay, but the actual show was just obnoxious.

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NotEasilyConfused@reddit

The whole thing is people yelling. At each other, about things, to other people. It's so annoying and loud.

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largos7289@reddit

I too found it unfunny. If you asked me anything about the show, it was mostly what was made famous on the internet.

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Formal_Plum_2285@reddit

I’m rewatching Seinfeld for the millionth time this minute. It’s the best. The best.

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Ok-Sport-2558@reddit

I wholeheartedly agree. I tried to watch it twice and couldn't make it through a full episode. I thought it was pretty boring.

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NerdfestZyx@reddit

Unfairly forgotten: Pirates of Darkwater

Fantasy Cartoon centered around collecting enchanted trinkets hidden all over their maritime themed planet, filled with wizards, dragons and magic.

No idea how it endures: Steve Harvey on Family Feud.

Most of the questions seem to be a set-up line for contestants to give an inappropriate, juvenile answer, and Steve Harvey to give a deadpan “I can’t believe you just said that” expression. It’s hilarious if you are 13 years old. It’s tedious if you are a mature adult.

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SciFiFan24@reddit

Forgotten: Shadow Chasers It was so good and so funny

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matman42@reddit

A bit from the show's theme song frequently flutters through my memory like some kind of fever dream.

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HighSeasArchivist@reddit

Song of the South obviously. Disney built an entire ride around it and had it running for decades, but acted like it never happened. Hundreds of thousands or millions of kids riding Splash Mountain, and not knowing wtf the characters were even from. Uncle Remus and Aunt Tempe didn't deserve to get canceled!

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-tanstaafl-@reddit

Shows for me would be Max Headroom , Sledge Hammer and The Maxx. I still remember them fondly but the only one I have seen in the last decade was The Maxx. And I had to put in effort to find it.

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Kinks4Kelly@reddit

Everything in NBC's Saturday tween programming block not called Saved By The Bell.

Hang Time gave us Anthony Anderson. California Dreams also deserves its props.

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VitaminStrange@reddit

I think it is truly outrageous that Jem & the Holograms isn't still in syndication. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.

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Local-Equivalent8136@reddit

Jem was the cartoon on before the cool cartoons when I was growing up. Jem, than Tranzor Z and then GI Joe.

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Otakur42@reddit

Unfairly forgotten, North Avenue Irregulars. No idea how it’s endured, Dragonball. Any of them.

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trullaDE@reddit

Forgotten unfairly: Alphas, and probably Pushing Daisies

Weirdly enduring: I don't know, actually. For most stuff, there's a reason it endured, one I can see even though I might not like it myself. But Seinfeld, maybe? Or some Kubrik stuff? That's something I probably won't ever get.

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Tensionheadache11@reddit

I’m thinking some of those MTV shows like The State, Dead at 21, Remote Control

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VitaminStrange@reddit

I still play "dead or Canadian" today.

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dcpanthersfan@reddit

The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr.

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DumpsterFireInHell@reddit

I never hear anything about Distrct 9. If ever a movie needed a sequel, it's that one. One of the best movies I've ever seen.

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NerdfestZyx@reddit

District 9 is Crash (2004) with aliens

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DumpsterFireInHell@reddit

I'm sure I could say the same about Crash relative to any earlier movie that explores intersection of race and class and the resulting conflict.

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islanddiver76@reddit

Why can’t you find the movie “200 cigarettes” anywhere? Highly underrated movie.

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Sensitive_Ad_5169@reddit

Strange Luck

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largos7289@reddit

How was friends weirdly enduring? This always baffles me when people say this.

Forgotten: Fantasy island, i know they tried to remake it, but it just didn't hit right i suppose. Then that weird movie that made it too horror.

Endured break bad. It's just bad. actors are like eh and it's always oh we're cooking meth! oh we lost the meth now we gotta cook some more... That and Sons of Anarchy... it was OK i guess, but i watched it because the wife watched it.

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StatisticianFun2274@reddit

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (TV Series)

All 7 episodes are available on YouYube, although these are all transfers from VHS, so the quality isn't great.

Still, I have come to the conclusion that this was a fantastic show! I hope one day we get a Deluxe BLU-RAY edition of the film Fast Times at Ridgemont high, and they give us these 7 episodes as bonus content.

Yes, there are missteps. They shouldn't have used the same characters for the main students in the show. It would have been so easy to just make up new names and give these young actors a little more freedom with their roles.

That being said, Dean Cameron is no Sean Penn, but he really succeeds here playing a loveable Spiccoli. Claudia Wells is fantastic as Linda Berrett, although maybe not as bitchy. Courtney Thorne-Smith is also very likeable as Stacey Hamilton. Patrick Dempsey as Mike Damone doesn't quite work, but you can see why he was going to be a star soon.

The themes in the series aren't nearly as groundbreaking as the film, but poignant nonetheless. This series probably got hammered at the time for this, but the film was Rated R, and this series was on prime time network TV!

There are some seriously laugh-out-loud moments throughout the series, and it never relies on crude humor. Compared to most of today's sitcom humor, this is "A" material.

All in all, this series is a great little window to pop culture in the mid/late 80s.

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Heavymetal73@reddit

Forgotten. I never knew it existed until you mentioned it and I was born in 73. Might need to check it out.

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

Parker Lewis can't lose

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allaboutaphie@reddit

The Love Boat .. love exciting and new.. come aboard were expecting you.. I watched this show and question why I did though..lol And watched Married with Children and found it hilarious...

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CommunicationNew3745@reddit

Brooklyn Bridge/CBS in the early 90's - still can't believe it's not streaming somewhere (but, then, again, it took years to get Northern Exposure out of hibernation and on Prime) And, yes, still beyond me how Friends ever made it this far.

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Due-Introduction7826@reddit

Wow - I loved Brooklyn Bridge and had definitely forgotten about it!

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CommunicationNew3745@reddit

Such a good show still can't believe it's never been released in any format - there are some fairly good VHS recordings someone was smart enough to get at the time, but I'm certain if Netflix, Prime or Hulu ran the series it would experience a renaissance - almost no one remembers it.

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Rahawk02@reddit

Forgotten - Freaky Links.
Weirdly endured - Scorpion