The worst TV show ever made.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

Cop Rock.

[Richardo]

1. Mama's Family

Score! :puke:

[HeeBGBz]

41. That show is sooooo annoying

Grates on the nerves.

[cleofus1]

2. touched by an angel

or little house on the prairie...

[Fenris]

3. Small Wonder.

[motely36]

8. Was that the show about the robot?

:puke:

[Fenris]

10. Yes! Can you believe it had FOUR seasons?

http://www.crazyabouttv.com/smallwonder.html

[Taverner]

44. Well Sunday afternoon TV you could show anything

And if two people tuned in, it was a hit.

These days, that's a prime infomercial slot

[demon67]

28. Worst. Show. Ever.

Bad writing, acting, casting, set design, music . . . you name it. How did this show last more than a month?

[Poll_Blind]

4. "Pink Lady and Jeff", hands-down the WORST TV show ever.

BJ and the Bear a distant second.

PB

[Lydia Leftcoast]

92. That WAS bad

I lived in Japan when Pink Lady were at the height of their popularity in Asia. You simply could not escape their image or their music. They were quite popular with foreign men living in Japan, who evidently watched them due to their skimpy costumes.

However, when I heard that they were going to be paired with an American comedian on a TV show...I was dumbfounded.

I had seen Pink Lady interviewed on Jpn TV, and it was obvious that they didn't have a whole lot to say even in Japanese. They were two 21-year-olds from the boonies who had been fostered and hyped by a production company, not original or innovative talents.

They also couldn't speak English.

So I have to give negative props to the "genius" who thought it was a good idea to have them sing in English and appear in skits in English, where they didn't have the faintest idea what they were saying.

It would be like sending Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to Japan to do sketch comedy in Japanese.

[motely36]

5. I loved Cop Rock!

I know I'm gonna get flamed.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

11. I watched the show once. I was embarassed for the actors.

[fishwax]

27. I'm with you

maybe I didn't quite love it, but I did think it was better than it got credit for ... the first few episodes might have had some weird spots, but overall I thought it was really interesting and they should have given it more of a chance ...

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. The cast.

[Tektonik]

7. I liked Mama's Family and Small Wonder

D:

[terrya]

9. "Pink Lady and Jeff"

This was a variety series on NBC. Featuring two Japanese women who could barely speak English and a comedian who wasn't very funny.

I think it's the worst show ever aired.

[ronnykmarshall]

62. That was a classic ..... BOMB!!

[no name no slogan]

64. OMG I suprised anybody else admits to KNOWING about that show

er, "disaster" :P

[XemaSab]

12. The Lone Gunmen

really, really, bad

[HeeBGBz]

33. Aww, I liked Lone Gunmen

Was sad to see it go.

[Coventina]

58. Another "Lone Gunmen" supporter here.

It was goofy, but fun.

It sure was better in its short life than X-Files was at the end.
:puke:

[XemaSab]

70. It could have been really cool

but instead it sucked.

Hard.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. So many choices so little time.. Empty Nest & ALF for starters

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

34. Don't you blaspheme in here!

ALF was the "Citizen Kane" of the fuzzy-alien-living-in-the-bathroom-and-then-hilarious-hijinks-ensued genre.

[Taverner]

45. dude ALF rocked!

I based my high school existence lusting after that daughter :)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

50. A Reminder

Both hands on the keyboard...

[Taverner]

76. Sigh...Andrea Elson was a cutie wasn't she?

Classic 80's scrunch perm, Molly Ringwald eyes, mmmm

Wonder where she is now?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

79. All but left show biz, apparently

The IMDB has little after ALF. Apparently she got married and had a child sometime in the late 1990's.

[bertha katzenengel]

14. Rango.

Can you identify the genre, network, the show's lead actor?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

16. Wasn't that in the 60's?

[bertha katzenengel]

32. mmm... early 70s I thought, but I could be wrong

I never saw it, don't remember it. Just remember seeing it in a retrospective of lousy television.

[Birthmark]

49. Rango

Tim Conway. Western. I think the network was ABC?

I know I got two out of three.

[bertha katzenengel]

66. You're batting 1.000

:7

[ET Awful]

15. My Mother the Car

:evilgrin:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

18. Yyyyyeah. Bad.

[DS1]

17. I always wanted the set of A.L.F. firebombed

[readmylips]

19. New Tucker Carlson....

what a waste of time.

[Hugin]

35. Seconded.

*yawn*

[WeRQ4U]

20. "Thunder in Paradise" (Hulk Hogan) or "Emeril" (the sitcom)

I think it lasted all of about 2 episodes.

I also hate ALL of the newer versions of "Saved by the bell".

[Crazy Guggenheim]

Emeril only last two episodes? I never watched it though.

[Felix Mala]

21. I happened to watch Network with some friends the other day.

One of the great movies from the 70's and still rings true, today.
Including this great quote about where TV shows come from:
"These are those four outlines submitted by Universal for an hour series. You needn't bother to read them; I'll tell them to you. The first one is set at a large Eastern law school, presumably Harvard. The series is irresistibly entitled "The New Lawyers." The running characters are a crusty-but-benign ex-Supreme Court justice, presumably Oliver Wendell Holmes by way of Dr. Zorba; there's a beautiful girl graduate student; and the local district attorney who is brilliant and sometimes cuts corners. The second one is called "The Amazon Squad." The running characters include a crusty-but-benign police lieutenant who's always getting heat from the commissioner; a hard-nosed, hard-drinking detective who thinks women belong in the kitchen; and the brilliant and beautiful young girl cop who's fighting the feminist battle on the force. Up next is another one of those investigative reporter shows. A crusty-but-benign managing editor who's always gett..." (Another character cuts her off.)

VH1 seems to be culling the sewer for new programs these days.

[Tom Kitten]

22. Turn On?

I actually remember seeing the first half of this show the only time it aired, in 1969.
Sort of a take-off of "Laugh-In", it was pretty stupid and sexist. All in all pretty awful.
Here's a review I found

Turn-on was a fast paced comedy that featured computerized music and stop action photography. The show was immediately canceled when it was discovered to have double entendres and hidden meanings. Here is an example: A beautiful woman is about to be executed by a firing squad;the squad leader approaches the woman and instead of saying the usual"Do you have a last request?" says, "I know this may seem a little awkward miss, but in this case the firing squad has one last request." It is the shortest running t.v series ever.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

25. I think I remember that show. It might have lasted one episode.

[Poiuyt]

40. Actually less than one episode

There were so many complaints when it was shown that it was pulled before the West coast viewing.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

That's right! I had heard about that.

[Lerkfish]

48. and it was Robin William's first gig.

[hyphenate]

68. Yes!

Thank you for remembering its name. For the life of me I couldn't remember. :D

[tridim]

23. Friends, Home Improvement and Full House are the worst ever.

All three made me want to vomit.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

36. I never got Friends. I think you had to be in the right mind.

Home Improvement, hmmm, I watched it a few times and actually liked it. Didn't Pamela Anderson play "the babe"?

[Minstrel Boy]

24. "The Chevy Chase Show"

Nothing more cringe-making has ever aired.

[Lerkfish]

52. LOL...agreed.

I had posted the same further down but didn't see yours.

My theory on why it was so horrible:

1. bad writing (obviously). there's a reason Letterman has like 2 dozen writers.
2. completely misunderstanding Chevy's comedy. He is ONLY funny in tight shots. They made the set the most open spaced set ever...it was like Wyoming. He got lost in all that.
3. undue pressure: both the campaign leading up and the pressure from execs during (even one time yelling at him on the phone during a commercial break!) was outrageous.
4. inability to get good guests. (and rightly so) no one wanted to sink on that titanic.
5. filmed bits that WEREN"T even close to funny. And no decent setups for the clips.


but ultimately, it showed that although Chevy can work with material, he CAN"T create material on the spot. Those are two different skillsets entirely.

[tridim]

53. I think Craig Ferguson's show is worse

How is he managing to stay on the air anyway? He must have a good contract lawyer.

[Lerkfish]

55. nah, craig can be funny on the spot. Chevy was much, much worse.

Ferguson is just mildly annoying. The Chevy Chase show was bile-inducing-make-you vomit-and-then -make-you-eat-your-vomit bad.

[KurtNYC]

26. Mr. Belvedere, or Different Strokes nt

[demon67]

30. What you talking 'bout Willis?

Different Strokes wasn't good, but it wasn't a train wreck. Plus, as a young teen, I thought Dana Plato was kinda cute, which counts for something.

[Gildor Inglorion]

29. Hello Larry (1979-80)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

39. I remember Harvey Korman...

years ago, on a talk show pointing out tha McLean Stevenson left M*A*S*H the same year that Harvey Korman left "The Carol Burnett Show."

According to Korman: "We shared a special Emmy Award that year for Stupid Career Moves."

[Taverner]

31. You know, Cop Rock would probably be a hit today

Because people's threshold for inane shit has gone up a bit.

[HeeBGBz]

37. The A Team

Never could stand to watch more than 5 minutes of it.

[Coventina]

60. I pity the fool who doesn't appreciate the "A-Team"!

:D

[sakabatou]

38. KILLDOZER!

[Lerkfish]

42. most painful to watch show...

was one that paired "Pauly" (Burt Young) from Rocky, that diminuituve rough-edged middle aged man, as a college roomate to Corey Haim.

It is so bad I can't find any mention of it on the net in order to tell you the name of the show. (note: doing a search on "Corey haim" brings up all these dripping I love Corey sites...not for the weak stomached)

at any rate, the premise was the middle aged Burt Young was going back to school, and bunks with haim. What made it creepy was about 2 episodes in, Burt kept hanging on Haim...and by "hanging" I mean rubbing his hands all over his arms, etc.. Unintentional, I think, but since Haim looked all of 12, it made it look extremely creepy and pedophilic. It made it uncomfortable to watch and the show died quickly.

now, i can't find ANY mention of it at all on the net.

and I cant remember the name of the show.

[Lerkfish]

46. The Chevy Chase Show

that was like watching a bug on a pin, writhing in pain.
It wasn't Chevy's fault, but god was that the absolute worst talk show.

[alarcojon]

74. Roomies

[Lerkfish]

86. thanks. n/t

[ForrestGump]

88. "Roomies,"

according to IMDB. Premiered in March, 1987.

[Rabrrrrrr]

43. Friends, Mama's Family

Especially Mama's Family - I would sit and cringe while watching it because it was so awful, and then turn the channel. I never understood why it lasted. It was painful! And it was funny on the Carol Burnett show, and had great talent, but it was just AWFUL!!

And friends was just standard dumbed down fuckwad TV for idiot shitnobs who want to sit comatose in front of the TV thinking they're watchign something special and smart, but which isn't, so taht they don't actually have to think, which is good, because they couldn't think to begin with and so intelligent programming would be beyond them.

[Misunderestimator]

47. Nope, that was a good show... you're wrong.

:P

[Crazy Guggenheim]

51. I had heard about this one show "Quark". It had gotten

canceled fifteen minutes into the show. Some years later it was shown on one of the UHF stations around here. I didn't think it was that bad.

[Lilith Velkor]

81. I liked that show

There was so much bad sci-fi around at the time and not enough parodies. Quite refreshing.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

54. On a side note, "The Ed Sullivan Show" is the best and worst.

Some of the worst acts and some of the most historic moments in entertainment.

[progmom]

56. ATA

Sniffa used to post plot synopses. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2808447#top

But strangely, when they canceled it, I found that I missed it tremendously.

[Divameow77]

57. Mullets

or Stacked

Baywatch

[Crazy Guggenheim]

59. Stacked? Never heard of it.

[skygazer]

61. Well, hubby found this piece of excrement called "She Spies"

It was on Saturday afternoons and was embarrasingly horrible. Evidently, one of the women who was on it is now on "Vegas", another pretty vile show.

[hyphenate]

63. There was this one show

though I can't recall its name, I think it was something like "Comedy Tonight" or something similar. It was the 60s, and it came out around the same time as Laugh-in as it was a variety show. It was shown on its premiere night, and suddenly and quickly never shown again. One episode, and ppppffffftttt!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

65. "Comedy Tonight". I was on for a summer. As barely a tennager

I liked it.

"Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight"

[hunter]

67. Hogan's Heroes...

Happy Days with Nazis.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

71. Schuuuuultz.

[hunter]

78. Many youngsters here don't understand the true horror of it...

...but thanks anyways for posting those pictures.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

77. Bob Crane was nasty! Whew!

[Bucky]

69. Dateline with Jane Pauley

Such drivel. Every time they do a 45-minute segment on "I discovered my neighbor was peeping thru my bathroom window," that's another 45 minutes that could have been spent doing a story on "When Kodak sent my job overseas, I had to start working as a night manager at K-Mart and my kid had to drop out of college and transfer to technical school."

(Please note that I am not in favor of peeping thru neighbors' bathroom windows, by the way, not even the good looking ones.)

[Dukkha]

72. Too may to choose from!

The Jerry Springer Show

My Mother The Car

The XFL

Celebrity Boxing

AfterMASH

Hee Haw Honeys

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

Manimal

Pacific Blue

The Misfits of Science

Married With Children

Unhappily Ever After

Homeboys in Outer Space

Pink Lady...and Jeff

Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories

The Tom Green Show

She's the Sheriff

Punky Brewster

The PJs

The Ropers

...and the most evil satanic one of all!!!
Barney & Friends

[kick-ass-bob]

73. Yes. I don't care what anyone else adds.

There can be only one.

And this is it.

[Initech]

75. Surprised no one has said this one yet - 7th Heaven

I mean come on, I even have CHRISTIAN friends who have told me that show makes them want to puke. If that's any indication, then this is by far the worst show ever made.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

80. I'll have to gow ith Mama's Family too, but BJ and the Bear is close.

BJ and the Bear reminds a little of our friends in the white house.

[Initech]

90. There's a concept I could never get enough of - a man and his monkey

[SmileyBoy]

82. JUST BEFORE your post showed, I was thinking the EXACT same thing!!

Great minds think alike.:)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

83. Yes wonderful.

[Lilith Velkor]

84. Seinfeld

Utter excrement. Yiccch.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

85. I don't see how that show lasted for even a season.

[dajoki]

87. "my mother the car"

jerry van dyke.:banghead:

[ForrestGump]

89. "Automan" would have to be up there

Though it was aired 22 years ago -- maybe I'd like it now. Maybe it was just ahead of its time.

Maybe not.

[Left_Winger]

91. Two come to mind...

The Facts of Life and Eight is Enough.


:puke:

[edbermac]

93. The O'Reilly Factor

With Hannity and Colmes a close second...

[Strawman]

94. I'm gonna say Reba

Even though I've never seen it.

[ceile]

95. Walker TX Ranger n/t

[bigwillq]

96. Full House (nt)

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

97. Friends

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.