When the passage of time does not treat one so well…

[Magnum T.]

I don't know what has happened in Mrs. Camp's life but she is almost unrecognizable in that picture. Maybe that is not her best photo.
I knew it was her because I have had a crush on her since "Clue", where she filled the tiny outfit of the busty French maid Yvette.
Everytime I see that movie (which I like very much, btw) and she enters the scene I just can't turn my eyes away from her...from her.
It is one of that images that are engraved into my brain.
I saw the MPI episode where she is in not a long ago and she was absolutely smoking hot in that too.
As far as I remember she was pretty hot in the "Police Academy" series also.

[J.J. Walters]

Denny Miller has changed quite a bit since his Magnum days, and certainly since his Tarzan days.



I wouldn't say "time" has treated him badly, however. He's just.... different.

[N1095A]

Denny Miller has changed quite a bit since his Magnum days, and certainly since his Tarzan days.



I wouldn't say "time" has treated him badly, however. He's just.... different.

TAKE ROOT AND HOIST 'EM!

[StarchedUndershirts]

Shows that I still enjoy:

Magnum, P.I.
Simon & Simon
Miami Vice
Spenser: For Hire
Vega$
Nash Bridges
All in the Family
Family Ties
I'd also watch Mickey Spilane's Mike Hammer (Stay Keach) if someone would show it or release it on dvd.

Shows that I enjoyed, but don't hold up for me:

Knight Rider
A-Team
Airwolf
Greatest American Hero
The Equalizer

[J.J. Walters]

It's getting close to retirement time my friend. You've rocked hard for decades. You've escaped death numerous times. You've clawed yourself (and your band) out of the gutter and became bigger than you ever were in your initial heyday.... but I think father time is now saying its time to hang it up.

[Styles Bitchley]

Dude, that isn't a pic of Steven Tyler is it???

[ConchRepublican]

It's getting close to retirement time my friend. You've rocked hard for decades. You've escaped death numerous times. You've clawed yourself (and your band) out of the gutter and became bigger than you ever were in your initial heyday.... but I think father time is now saying its time to hang it up.

Abigail? Is that you?????

[ConchRepublican]

I fully expected to open this thread and see a once hot Magnum guest star not looking too good.

No worries, I got you covered...

Does anyone else see more than a passing resemblance to Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P.???

[J.J. Walters]

Dude, that isn't a pic of Steven Tyler is it???

Yep!

He fell off the stage and separated his shoulder not too long ago. He's had several "stage mishaps" recently. Rumors have been flying that he's drinking again after 20 years of sobriety. I sure hope that's not the case.

Conch! LOL!

[ElmoZiller]

What TV shows, after the passage time, don’t seem to hold up for you now? What are the ones that do?

I can't stand Airwolf, I don't know quite why. It just gets on my nerves. I used to watch it.

M*A*S*H, despite having excellent writers and character development, is also something I can't watch anymore. I've been MASHed to death. It's on here 24/7 on one station or another and has just lost its appeal to me. If I hear the first few bars of "Suicide is Painless", the channel changes. Hey, that kinda rhymed!

Some shows I grew up watching, but can't stand now: Facts of Life, Different Strokes, Silver Spoons, Who's the Boss, Charles In Charge, Full House. Do you sense a theme here?

I love many of Cannell's shows, but I just can't stand 21 Jump Street.

Still love and watch: Magnum, p.i., Dukes of Hazzard, Greatest American Hero, Gunsmoke, I Spy, The Cosby Show, Rockford Files, Quantum Leap, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Columbo, Simon & Simon, King of Queens, Black Sheep Squadron, Night Court, Star Trek, and I'm sure a great many more.

Neutral (I watch 'em occasionally, but they aren't my faves): A-Team (I hum the theme to this more often than I'd like to admit), Knight Rider, Macgyver, Seinfeld, Hogan's Heroes, Charlie's Angels, I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, and The Love Boat (bahahah! Can't believe I admitted that one...). An incomplete list, but you get the idea.

[Jay-Firestorm]

Great thread - naturally I'll defend 'The A-Team' (ahem) hehe. I think you have to buy into it as being a spoof, stupid but likable comic book action. Saying that, I'll be the first to admit that the last couple of seasons did it no favours. But I think the first season or so holds up really well.

'Knight Rider' - well, I'm a big KR fan as well, but technology-wise time hasn't been kind. Some of KITT's on-screen graphics and such looked dated even for the time, especially in the early episodes. And the fourth, final season, with the stupid 'Super Pursuit Mode', was pretty bad. But some of the episodes from the first three seasons - especially involving KARR or Goliath - are still really good.
The new series (now cancelled) hasn't been shown here on any main channel, but a friend showed me a couple of episodes, and it was horrible - no charm, and the new KITT sounded decidedly evil!

I also (blimey, how many do I like) love 'The Dukes of Hazzard', but I think this is very much a nostalgia thing - I'll be the first to admit that 75% of the episodes are very samey, and maybe not that good. TDOH always felt like it could be great but always limited itelf. But I think it had a certain charm, a certain sparkle that is lacking in so many of today's shows. But it's miles better than the terrible 2005 version - one of the worst films in years IMO.

'Airwolf' ... that's a mixed bag. I like it mostly (and would count myself a fan!), but the episodes are very hit-and-miss. Some outstanding ones and some very weak ones. I think the first season is very ahead of it's time, with mysterious talk of "the opposition" and such-like, but the network execs didn't like it and forced Bellisario to make changes. By the third season he had enough and left - and the quality dropped as a result. But anything is better than the Canadian-produced fourth season, with wooden acting and all Airwolf flight shots simply ripped from the original episodes!

Time certainly hasn't been kind to (the original) 'Battlestar: Galactica' or 'Buck Rogers' (though in the latter, at least there's Erin 'J. "Digger" Doyle' to enjoy!!
Things like 'Quantum Leap' mostly hold up a little better (again thanks to Bellisario's touch), but in fairness, they're a few years newer than some of these other examples, so haven't dated as much yet (even though QL was set in a different time every week -- oh well, you get what I mean!).

Oh, and 'Diff'rent Strokes'. When I was a kid I thought it was the funniest show on the planet. Now it's plain embarrasing. And the fact that the child stars went on to such troubled lives afterwards makes it almost creepy to watch now.