{"id":27943,"date":"2021-03-25T13:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T18:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=27943"},"modified":"2021-03-25T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T18:59:15","slug":"the-new-shows-of-1984-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/25\/the-new-shows-of-1984-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Shows of 1984 Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just can&#8217;t quit turning a viewing of the New Shows Of&#8230;. video compilations that Ace links to into personal reminiscences and quizzes.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, he <a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/393333.php\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">linked<\/a> to the new shows of 1984.<\/p>\n<p>How many do I remember\/did I watch?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FFggZk8cxPY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As always, I&#8217;ve bolded the ones I remember and added a link to references to the show on this blog.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Punky Brewster<\/strong><\/em>.  C&#8217;mon, man.  Although, to be honest, it was a bit a little girl, so I probably only watched it reluctantly.  I understand Soleil Moon Frye has a new <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/16\/soleil-moon-frye-on-punky-brewster-i-love-her-so-much\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">documentary about being a kid celebrity in the 1980s out<\/a>.  Which I will bold in the future, for although I will remember she did it, I won&#8217;t watch it.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>It&#8217;s Your Move<\/strong><\/em>.  Short lived, to be sure.  I remember when Jason Bateman tweeted about a show getting a second life in 2011, and I responded I hoped it was this show (It was <em>Arrested Development<\/em>.  Man, that was ten years ago.)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Charles in Charge<\/strong><\/em>.  I think I wanted to be Scott Baioish when I grew up.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Who&#8217;s the Boss?<\/strong><\/em>.  Kind of like <em>Mr. Belvedere<\/em> if Mr. Belvedere were a former boxer.  Or like <em>Charles in Charge<\/em> if Charles were a former boxer.  Also, Alyssa Milano.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Cosby Show<\/strong><\/em>.  Wow, those kids were young in 1984.  So was Cosby.  So were we all, except for you damn kids who weren&#8217;t born yet.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Three&#8217;s a Crowd<\/strong><\/em>, the follow-up to <em>Three&#8217;s Company<\/em>.  I didn&#8217;t see this as much as the original because I saw the original more in syndication.<\/li>\n<li><em>Dreams<\/em>.\n<li><em>E\/R<\/em>.  But not <em>that<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ER_(TV_series)\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ER<\/em><\/a>.  The first note in each Wikipedia entry is that this is not that.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>People Do The Craziest Things<\/em><\/strong>.  I mean, I think I remember this.  The middle 80s were full of these humor segment shows.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Highway to Heaven<\/em><\/strong>, which I mentioned just last year in <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/07\/know-your-frenches\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Know Your Frenches<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Finder of Lost Loves<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Glitter<\/em>.  Although by the title, I can tell what it&#8217;s about.<\/li>\n<li><em>Paper Dolls<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Call to Glory<\/em><\/strong>.  I thought this was a miniseries, actually.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>V<\/strong><\/em>.  Which <em>was<\/em> a mini-series.  The television series came several years later, after <em>V: The Final Battle<\/em>.  I most recently referred to it <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/19\/fake-newsin-memes-from-1983\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">only last year<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Murder, She Wrote<\/em><\/strong>.  I know I have mentioned that my mother loved this show, and that I read one of the paperback novels based on it that I had given to her <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/29\/book-report-murder-she-wrote-dying-to-retire-by-jessica-fletcher-and-donald-bain-2004\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2010<\/a>, not long after she passed&#8211;and I still have plenty of them floating around yet to be read.<\/li>\n<li><em>Jessie<\/em>.  I want to say I remember the Bionic Woman&#8217;s later show, but I am not sure.  It wasn&#8217;t around long enough for syndication, though.<\/li>\n<li><em>Partners in Crime<\/em>, a detective show starring Lynda Carter and Loni Anderson.  I want to say I remember Wonder Woman&#8217;s later show, but, again, I am not sure.  Note that both <em>Jessie<\/em> and this program have similar titles with a puzzle motif.  Were they related?<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Hot Pursuit<\/em><\/strong>.  I wasn&#8217;t sure I remembered it until we got to the point of the intro where the woman says, &#8220;Find her, or find them before they find her,&#8221; and the guy raises his eyes and one is another color.  I didn&#8217;t watch it, though.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Cover Up<\/em><\/strong>.  I did watch this one which was far too short, and it&#8217;s a shame about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon-Erik_Hexum\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon-Erik Hexum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Hunter<\/em><\/strong>.  I also watched this, and I referred to it <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/02\/after-hunter-he-just-got-mean\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2006<\/a>.  I might even say, &#8220;Works for me,&#8221; and try to sound like Hunter from time to time.<\/li>\n<li><em>Hawaiian Heat<\/em>.  What if <em>Magnum, P.I.<\/em> were a buddy show?<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Miami Vice<\/em><\/strong>.  I referred to it when I published my earlier essay <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/08\/name-that-muzak\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Name That Muzak<\/a> on this blog, and I did buy the soundtrack on CD a couple years back for some reason.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That must be my high score, ainna?  15 of 23?<\/p>\n<p>You can see previous results and musings on the years <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/05\/the-new-shows-of-1982-quiz\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">1982<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/09\/a-two-fer-quiz\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">1983<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/11\/the-new-shows-of-1987-quiz\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">1987<\/a>.  Which means I have more than half of the decade to go whenever Ace posts them.  Or, in case he already has before I paid attention, when I think of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just can&#8217;t quit turning a viewing of the New Shows Of&#8230;. video compilations that Ace links to into personal reminiscences and quizzes. Yesterday, he linked to the new shows of 1984. How many do I remember\/did I watch? As always, I&#8217;ve bolded the ones I remember and added a link to references to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27943"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27947,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27943\/revisions\/27947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}