I’m getting to the age where I don’t know how many people are going to get my references.
I said something about G.I. Joe with the Kung-Fu Grip to a surgeon the other day.
He was too young to remember not only that G.I. Joe got Kung-Fu hands, but was actually too young to remember anything but the silly little not-really-G.I.Joes of the Saturday morning cartoon show. I suppose I should be grateful that he knew what a Saturday morning cartoon show is.
That being said… all of you recall Starsky and Hutch, right? And not just the Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson movie?
Oh yeah, totally remember those dudes.
Yeah, the pet names behind the scenes, it’s amazing how extensive that is.
“Elvis Tux Redneck” (Durnell will live in infamy!)
Of course I remember. I made a joke about it yesterday about no one remembering it.
Hubris, feed the nice police officers a box of bear claws each, and all will be forgiven
Not a millenial; remember all that stuff.
Don’t remember the real S&H, sorry!
“Hairdon’t” for Nikki is my favourite of their nicknames… And it’s hilarious that they can’t take a joke!
If you really want to be obscure, reference “Huggy Bear.” And I choose to forget there ever was a movie.
Millennial but I get all of those references.
But I watched lots of Nick-at-Nite and TVLand.
And Saturday Morning Cartoons.
*sits beside Greg and pats his shoulder* There there. You’re not much older than I am, and I’m still shocked how many kids don’t know 70’s, 80’s or 90’s references. We’re all just gettin’ old, and the world is gettin’ stupid.
I’m watching reruns of Peter Gunn (for the music, of course). I noticed he drives a Packard, another name lost in history.
Wait! What? They made a “Starsky and Hutch” movie?
No, that’s just a nasty rumor.
The radio Station we listen to at work started running a commercial for a restaurant that begins with a smooth jazz saxophone riff. The first time it aired I shouted “Honey West”. Since 95% of the crew is under 30 they had no idea what their balding hillbilly manager was saying.
I almost never get their references either so we considered it even.
I remember Honey West, thanks for bringing back that memory. I wonder if it’s on DVD?
I had to look up Honey West. I wasn’t watching much TV then, and that wasn’t on the radar. I’m the same way though with music and theme songs from way back.
I only saw it in reruns growing up. I was only barely in the world when it was first run. Still, it gets credit, along with Yvonne Craig, for letting me know what girls would eventually become.
I met Anne Francis in 1999. She was very sweet and posed with my Honey West doll. I really need to dig that picture out soon.
You’re right on the mark, Greg. I worked with an old ex-cop once and he had a nickname, mostly derogatory, for everybody. “Mo-Pac-Man”, “Mrs. Howell” (remember her?) and “the Sea Hag” were among them. Mine? didn’t know, didn’t ask. it couldn’t have been nice.
I remember Starsky and Hutch from the TV show. Never saw the movie. Is Elvis-Tux Redneck our master of ceremonies with the flamboyant suit?
Agreed, that movie was pathetic. I did like the original series though, and they occasionally went highbrow / artistic with the scripts instead of pure action (remember the Bergmanesque scenes with the murderous academic couple?).
Here’s a real tough one for you: Does anyone remember the short-lived private detective spin-off from Starsky & Hutch?
I lived where we had two TV stations, one was NBC and the other was a shared CBS/ABC (majority CBS). If it wasn’t cheap, they didn’t show it. Honest.
In the late 70’s we got PBS and it was so magnificent having one more channel to choose from. It didn’t matter what they aired it was often a lot more interesting than the other two channels…
And where I live now, we have zero broadcast TV. Go figure. When we had satellite we actually qualified for the (pay a few bucks a month) Prime Channels (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX) from either east coast or west coast feed.
At least he didn’t call them Husky and Starch
“But first of all, here are our American friends, Husky and Starch… Starsky and Hutch.” –Benny Hill as a snockered newsreader, leading directly into a S&H send-up in which he plays both roles (naturally).
Yup. I also remember the G.I.Joe with the Kung Fu grip.
I also remember C.H.i.P.s, Barney Miller and Welcome Back Kotter, to name a few. And that’s those shows Prior to TVLand or whatever cable channels were even invented to rerun the things.
[just caught James Lindley’s comment out of the corner of my eye & nearly snorts my coffee] Nah, I think that’d likely be Lowell and David’s nick name if they dressed as cops for Halloween. XD
I have embraced the old guy that I am. I remember Starsky and Hutch, Welcome back Kotter, Saturday morning cartoons and Bell bottom pants (the first time!)
The indian head test pattern in the morning before broadcasting started… and the Star Spangled Banner with a clip of Old Glory fluttering before the station went off the air at night? It’s true, there was 3-4 hours where all you had was ‘snow’. Or tube Tv’s? They took a bit to warm up and that ‘line’ when they turned off? (look at an episode of original Outer Limits. The first one that aired, my dad really did think something was wrong with the metal boxed cube that sat on a cast iron legged frame sorta like an aquarium stand). Family Hour? Flinstones and Johnny Quest were made for Family Hour…It was a huge scandal when they put the sitcom “Lotsa Luck” with Dom Deloise in Family Hour…