LogFAQs > #912595485

True, what you listed wasn't garbage. Read on.

Awful garbage that wouldn't cut it today:
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punky brewster
just the ten of us
harry and the hendersons
soul train (oh god)
the ropers
joanie loves chachi
parker lewis always loses
mr belvedere ain't funny
please gimme a break
ghostbusters (as opposed to the real ghostusters)

Every good cost 4-6 fails. To fill spots that died they spammed mash, gilligan's island, bewitched, and I dream of genie which were syndicated shows of previous decades used as bandages for widespread creative poverty.

Shows like A-team and MacGuyver were outstanding havens in a wasteland of experiments shackled by strict content rules. People watched because they were out of their minds from 80's boredom. Were's the beef was famous because of desperation for amusement. There was nothing funny about Gorbachev's scar but it kept an infinite loop of comedic attempts in all the media.

Go watch A-team or Ripley's Believe it or Not. Slow-paced, unfunny show does not hold up.