So it's about 2pm on a weekday circa 1993. I've just finished up a solid 3 hours involving The Price is Right (they did Plinko today!) followed by two episodes of American Gladiators (Joe "Bam Bam" Mauro just advanced to the semifinals) and I'm flipping around. One of the following 10 classic TV shows is bound to pop up and destroy my (weak) will to get up from the couch. Yep, hope you enjoy. Mashup your own favorite vids here (you can do it too!)
1. MacGuyver (1985-1992). Part 80s, part 90s, wholly awesome. This resourceful hero prefers brain over brawn, non-violence, and hair reminiscent of Daryl Hall. I bet you can't even go a week without a dropping a MacGuyver reference.
2. Silk Stalkings (1991-1999). "Portraying the daily lives of two detectives who solved sexually-based crimes of passion." Hot. Though really I discount the episodes not involving Rob Estes and Mimi Kapture. This is for sure one I watched on USA during the summers when the mother unit was at work for there was lots o'not-suitable-for-children material.
3. Highlander: The Series (1992-1998). Duncan MacLeod, of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, has lived nearly 400 years since his time in the Scottish Highlands...to run an antique shop with his girlfriend. Bad ass.
4. Baywatch Nights (1995-1997). The bastard step-child to show-with-best-intro-and-boobs-ever, Baywatch. They gave it a sporting effort and even brought in Angie Harmon to kick it up a notch but this sexy PI drama never quite made it out of the surf.
5. Renegade (1992-1997). "He was a cop, and good at his job. But he committed the ultimate sin, and testified against other cops gone bad. Cops that tried to kill him, but got the woman he loved instead. Framed for murder, now he prowls the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws, a bounty hunter, a Renegade." MMmmm....I smell 90s.
6. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001). One of the few on this list to survive Y2K - truly a testament to Chuck Norris' ability to appeal and relate to new generations who want to know how to kick ass, but probably will never get past taking names. Enough has been said about C-Nor...I am done.
7. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001). The TV show that proved to Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame that filming in New Zealand really sucked in the viewers. Of course pseudo-lesbian main character relationships has a similar effect.
8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995-1999). I always wanted to be Hercules' & Xena's lovechild, for many reasons but mostly to look good in leather.
9. Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-1997). Note: in the 90s, cheesy TV series of the 70s were already of legendary fame.
10. Quantum Leap (1989-1993). "It all started when a time travel experiment I was conducting went... "a little caca [caca?...really?]". In the blink of a cosmic clock, I went from quantum physicist, to Air force test-pilot. Which could have been fun... if I knew how to fly."
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Daryl Hall who had hair like MacGuyver wrote Maneater using a ball of twine, a chewed up piece of gum, and a rusty nail.
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