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1980's TV show

JAD'E — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:20:52 -0800

Trying to find the name of a 1980's TV program. Strange question. My daughter's boyfriend was talking about a 1980's TV program last night. He could not remember the name, but the Super Hero type could change into an animal. He stated it was not beastmaster, but he watched it every week. We are all stumped as to what this program could be. We did ask, as he was not born in the USA, and he stated he was living in America when he watched it. He said it was around the time of Knight Rider.

How do I sell my cable access show to a network?

apiaryist — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:13:29 -0800

How do I sell my cable access show to a major network? I've been working on my show for the past 5 years. I think it's good and would like to either sell the old episodes or the concept to a network. I don't the first thing about doing this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

What is the REAL name of the Japanese pranks show people are calling "Panic Face King"?

phonepimpster — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:19:57 -0800

There is a video making the rounds that is supposedly from an extreme Japanese pranks show called "Panic Face King." I have been unable to find any additional information on this show, which leads me to believe this is not the real name (or not the correct translation). There is often a picture-in-picture of people in the studio audience laughing while the prank is being shown. I do not know if this is a device used on many Japanese prank shows, or if it's unique to the show I'm asking about (for instance, this article on Japanese Prank Shows seems to all be from this same show -- but they may be different).

At any rate, I'm trying to find the name of the show that aired this clip. Any help you can give would be appreciated!

How does Scare Tactics Work?

mazniak — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:49:35 -0800

How does Scare Tactics work? I find the show Scare Tactics fascinating, but I can't determine if it is legit. It seems to be a huge liability scaring people like that, especially in the States' litigation happy society. Also, if a person does not like how they reacted to the scare, can they refuse to sign over their right to have their likeness broadcast? I would imagine it would be a very risky procedure to set up and execute the scare if there was a possibility that something might go wrong or the target would refuse to sign over their likeness. Anyways, anyone has any other insider knowledge about the show I would love to hear it.

Need help finding a 70s-80s BBC show

emjaybee — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:50:23 -0800

Does anyone remember a BBC kids' TV series from the 70s-80s featuring psychic teenagers? I last saw it in the mid-80s. I'm pretty sure it used to air on Nickelodeon. It had freaky deaky Dr. Who type graphics at the beginning, and one particular episode was about evil paintings taking over people's minds.

I think there were maybe three teenagers, one of them a girl?

Help me identify this cheesy '70s cooking show

madscientist01 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:00:16 -0800

I'm going crazy trying to figure out the name of this 70's cooking show. It was a 1/2 hour show probably on a public broadcast station in the US. The star of the show was about 35 years old, heavy-set, maybe Greek or Italian, and always wore gold chains with his open shirt. The show was filmed on his boat/yacht (program started with the camera zooming down a dock to the boat). He had a side-kick named “Giovanni” who would help him in his kitchenette. At the end of the show, he always entertained some “swinging blonde.” It was called something-like… “Cooking with Elegance” or “A Touch of Elegance” or “A Taste of Elegance.” Help!

TV Show with Obstacle Course from the Early 90s

xdeliriumx — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:34:24 -0800

TV Show Filter: Show from the early 90's or MAYBE mid to late 80's where the final part of the show was to go through a large obstacle course. More details inside. I remember watching this show with my aunt. The final part of the show (might have been the whole show?) was going through a large obstacle course. It was quite a large course they had to go through with some pretty cool obstacles.

MAY have been on Lifetime or a game show channel. Maybe just reruns were on these channels. May also have been on around the time as the early 90's version of super market sweep.

THIS IS NOT:
-Legends of the Hidden Temple
-Master of the Maze
-Double Dare
-The Crystal Maze

Forgot the name of a surgery TV show.

gregr — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:15:59 -0800

I'm looking for the name of a TV show that showed one surgery per episode. It came on in the late 90's. It was on Discovery, TLC, or a similar channel. The show was an hour long. I remember there being shows about knee replacement, breast reduction, and something laparoscopic. I thought it was called "The Surgery".

How much of the telephone and Internet systems would survive a nuke?

wastelands — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:40:53 -0800

Would the landline telephone system be completely down after a nuclear strike on ~20 U.S. cities? I'm an avid post-apocalypse buff, and I've been watching Jericho on Netflix's Watch Instantly lately. I love the show. But a few points of realism bug me, specifically, the lack of communication by radio / phone / Internet in the show.

Would the landline telephone network actually be down as portrayed in the show? I could be wrong, but wouldn't regional parts of it still survive? Or is the assumption that the bombs would have screwed up trunks/backbones and major switching centers? Or maybe general lack of electricity would kill it?

In the same vein, how much of Internet access would survive in the "Nukes hitting 20 major cities" scenario? It's supposed to be distributed, but again, maybe the idea is that big trunks were severed?

The sense of isolation and lack of communication and news in the show makes it more ominous and mysterious, but I somehow doubt it's realistic. I mean, if nothing else, there'd be Ham radio operators relaying news, right?

"My work here is done..."

BadMiker — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:29:00 -0800

"My work here is done." He/she said at the end of every episode, as they walked away to the next challenge... It could have been the A-team, but it's too lonely, or Knightrider but it's too morose; it sounds so familiar, but I cannt find anything about it. I'm starting to think I'm just imagining it, maybe it's a TV show which should have been made, but never was... Hive mind! Somewhere in the collective memory there must be some record of this?

How can I help keep Pushing Daisies from being canceled?

photomusic86 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:24:57 -0800

How can I help keep Pushing Daisies from being canceled? There is minor talk going around that my favorite show ever could be canceled for mediocre ratings, which can easily be attributed to the show's quirkiness and uniqueness This is the only show I have ever been truly excited for, and I want to help it. Any suggestions? And I am asking for your direct help: please watch it Wednesdays at 8/9c on ABC.

Religious TV (PBS) Show

Noodles — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:30:18 -0800

I remember a religious question and answer show on PBS during the late 80's and mid 90's concerning Buddhism, I think. The speaker was a woman, only distinct feature was one eye was bigger than the other. If anyone remembers the shows name I would greatly appreciate it.

Sesame Street-ish show in Spanish?

Flunkie — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:15:35 -0800

What Spanish language kids' show (in the USA) would be good to watch for someone trying to pick up Spanish? I would like to pick up some Spanish. I know a little, but nowhere near enough to follow conversations, or the nightly news, or sitcoms, or Sabado Gigante, or whatever. I can pick out individual words sometimes, but they're like a sudden beacon appearing out of chaos, soon to be reclaimed by it.

It occurred to me that it might be better to initially set my sights a little lower: on a kids' show, akin to Sesame Street or something like that, where learning the language is an inherent part of the show.

Any suggestions for shows along these lines that I could record?

Random TV show about Fanasty in the 80s

Rolandkorn — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:33:13 -0800

80s tv question. When i was a young man i remember this show that was semi fanasty with a plot around swordsmen who had a sword but also a dirk would come out of the hilt of the sword. This is all i remember if anyone could guide me more would apprecaite it. Show would have been before 85.

Help me make a TV show~!

DickStock — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:36:22 -0800

I'm going to shoot a TV program. How can I package and sell this germ of an idea? My brother owns a classic car. A bunch of car-owners will make a cross-country trip in their cars in about three (3) weeks. I think it will be a bunch of 60-ish people stepping back into a bit of back-roads Americana.

How can I package and sell this germ of an idea?

I am a professional TV cameraman, can take great video and sound, but I don't know how to put something together that can make some $$$.

What's the name of that American Competition TV show...?

russ9595 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:56:49 -0800

What's the name of that American TV show where a woman draped the American flag into a stunning dress without cutting it, and did the photo shoot inside Grand Central Station? I think it was some kind of photographers competition.

Name that TV show. Gasmasks, hotel rooms, eggs and dead maids.

slimepuppy — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:04:52 -0800

Name that TV show. Gasmasks, hotel rooms, eggs and dead maids. I saw this a few years back in the UK, it was the final few minutes of what I think was an American TV show. It involved a maid walking into a hotel room to find a man in the bathroom wearing a gasmask injecting chicken eggs with some kind of biological agent. The man is surprised and he drops one of the eggs. It cracks open and the maid slumps down and dies practically instantly. The man calmly packs away the rest of the eggs and, now shown from a first person point of views, walks out of the room to find a few more people dead in the hallway, obviously because of whatever he was doing. End credits.

What was this show and is it as good as this one brief sequence makes me think it is?

Flight Simulator on TV rights

asavage — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:38:25 -0800

Do I need Microsoft's permission to show their flight simulator environment on television? Doing a program in which I'll be in a flight simulator. I'd like to grab the data from the simulator, and, movie-like, show the plane flying from several different angles inside the simulator environment. My company thinks we need Microsoft's permission to do this. I'm not so sure.
Carried out to the extreme the implications are ridiculous. I'm looking for both opinions, and from anyone who's actually dealt with this on a practiacl level.

Bones teleplay?

clockworkjoe — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:34:54 -0800

Where can I find some scripts of the TV show Bones? I want to write a spec script for the show Bones, but google and the popular script sites don't have any actual teleplays. I do not want a transcript. I want a script from the show that I can read to get a better feel for the show.

Mark CF...again, shoo

divabat — Tue, 01 May 2007 17:27:46 -0800

Where can I get recordings and soundtracks of the Australian version of Swap Shop? My boyfriend is a big fan of the 90s Australian children's TV show Swap Shop. He's been after the soundtrack in particular, but none of us have managed to track it down.

I've checked eBay and all they have is the book, no recordings. I've emailed ABC but haven't received a reply (should I call them?), and their ABC Shops don't carry them. I've scoured the ABC website too with no luck. Google gets me nothing much; we did find a tracklisting, but nowhere to buy the CD.

I'm really hoping to get the soundtrack or at least the recordings as a surprise for my boyfriend. Where can I find them? Where else can I look?

recording/playing a tv show

Noodles — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:04:03 -0800

Is it possible to record a tv show on to a pc and then later replay the recorded show on to my regular tv set, not my computer monitor but my actual tv. I know its possible to record a tv show on to a pc hard drive but I don't know for sure if its possible to replay that same show with out making a dvd.

Updates on tv House Flippers

Iax — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:43:46 -0800

Any fan sites with updates on the tv house flipping shows that are on A&E or HGTV? My mom really likes watching these shows, and she heard that there are fan sites out there that track down the MLS listings and the people involved in the house flipping, and find out what the houses really sell for, because most of the time the show doesn't even tell you if it sold.

Ive tried to find something like that, but have failed.

Funny movies dealing with investments...

Sreiny — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:32:09 -0800

Asking for a friend: Looking for a movie or tv show that deals with investing in a comedic way. The whole show or movie doesn't have to deal with investing, but maybe a part in particular. Are there any that you can think of that go about this in an interesting/funny/ironic way? Thanks.

Name This Travel Show

bleucube — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:45:19 -0800

For the life of me I cannot recall the name and It's driving me crazy. I caught the show only a couple of times. It was about a man travelling to various places around the globe and performing three tasks. If he didn't accomplish all three he had to do something bad. I think it was on Discovery, TLC or the Travel channel.

Some task I remember:

* Catching spiders in a bathtub that shot tiny poisonous hairs.
* Killing an ox and making a hamburger out of some of the meat.
* Drinking some soup made from natives chewing something and spitting it into a bowl.
* Drinking a mixture from a shaman that caused him to have visions and empty his bowels.
* Using a pole to jump over a river.

Thanks!

Where can I watch tv tonight?

jourman2 — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:03:25 -0800

election night coverage My question is similar to this one http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/50023 but in new york city. More specifically is there a place for me to check out the daily show's live election coverage at 11 tonight? No cable for me, and my friends are poor too :-).

Any location in Manhattan works for me.