Name the TV show

[The Laughing Man]

Simple rules. I post a picture from a TV show and you try to guess (one guess per post, one post per individual per picture or clue) what it is (or was, most likely). If there are no correct answers after 5 guesses, I will post a clue. Another clue will follow after another 5 guesses and so on.

Here's the first picture:

[Bill the Cat]

hehehe... That's Automan!!

[Teallaura]

Yep, :btc:'s right - that's definitely Automan! (I loved that show!)

[brother vinny]

Ah, Automan. What's next? The short-lived Isaac Asimov-created series, Probe?

[The Laughing Man]

Okay, that frightening that you got that so fast. Not so much that you actually got it, but that there are people other than me who remember it.

[The Laughing Man]

Here's #2:

[The Laughing Man]

Ah, Automan. What's next? The short-lived Isaac Asimov-created series, Probe?

Oh, that was the name of that series. I remembered it, just not the name.

[wfaber]

It looks like an episode of Twilight Zone, when it first came out in color episodes, I think in the late Seventies or early eighties. It was an episode in which every universe lasted only a minute, and every minute the entire human race was transported from one old one-minute universe to the next one-minute universe. One person was transported too far in advance, enough to see a future one-minute universe still being constructed by people with blue faces.

[The Laughing Man]

Yep. It was a segment of an episode of the Twilight Zone series that came out in the mid-80s. The story was called "A Matter of Minutes" and was about a married couple who woke up to find that they had jumped forward in time (just a few hours). The future turned out to be under construction by blue workers led by a man dressed in yellow (iirc). Each minute was a different construction project that people moved through. The yellow man showed the couple a minute in the far future where work had only just begun. It was mostly white (as were parts of more recent minutes where people would not be). As the couple now knew the big secret, the yellow man warned them that they couldn't return to the normal flow of time. They escaped, however, and were able to evade the yellow man and the blue workers until the rest of the world caught up to the minute they were in. They feared that the world would pass them by, so they anxiously waited as the next minute approached and were relieved when they remained a part of the normal flow of time. As they started home, the man found a blue wrench that had accidentally been left behind by one of the workers. "Oops."

[The Laughing Man]

Next one. (Had to cut out the fat head of someone who would probably give it away.)

[Teallaura]

Sigh, I suppose someone has to guess first (and boy am I guessing) - BJ and the Bear?

[The Laughing Man]

Sigh, I suppose someone has to guess first (and boy am I guessing) - BJ and the Bear?

Nope.

[Bill the Cat]

That's from TekWar, and the fat head you edited out must be William Shatner!!

[The Laughing Man]

That's from TekWar, and the fat head you edited out must be William Shatner!!

Yep. :lol: Teallaura was on the right track. Same star: Greg Evigan. I didn't think it looked a lot like him in that picture, though.

[The Laughing Man]

#4:

[Teallaura]

Yep. :lol: Teallaura was on the right track. Same star: Greg Evigan. I didn't think it looked a lot like him in that picture, though.:frown: I've never seen Tekwar - I live on the moon - we don't get sci-fi or UPN or.... well, it's a really long list.

The new one looks kinda like Land of the Lost...

[The Laughing Man]

Not Land of the Lost.

[The Laughing Man]

Ooo! Did I find a stumper?

[The Laughing Man]

Okay, it's been too long without any guesses, so here's your first clue: the plot behind this TV series began with the family pictured visiting the Great Pyramid.

[Swardus]

#4:

I remember the TV show, but not the name. Isn't this where a family wandered into a wormhole while boating in the "Bermuda Triangle"and ended up in Atlantis or some other such place:shrug: ?

[The Laughing Man]

I remember the TV show, but not the name. Isn't this where a family wandered into a wormhole while boating in the "Bermuda Triangle"and ended up in Atlantis or some other such place:shrug: ?

No. Your description is kind of similar, but the details are way off.

[Teallaura]

I remember the TV show, but not the name. Isn't this where a family wandered into a wormhole while boating in the "Bermuda Triangle"and ended up in Atlantis or some other such place:shrug: ?You're thinking of "The Fantastic Journey".
I know I've seen this one but I really don't remember anything about it. I looked again on the computer at work (my monitor is dying) but it didn't help. I give.

[The Laughing Man]

Time for another clue: this family was transported to another planet and had to follow a line of henge-like (iirc) stones in order to find their way home.

[The Laughing Man]

The name of the show began with a vowel and was a compound word.

[Spiritus Naturae]

#4:


Wasnt this "OtherWorld"? Had like 4 episodes or something?

[The Laughing Man]

Wasnt this "OtherWorld"? Had like 4 episodes or something?

Yes! It ran for roughly 3 months back in the mid-80s.

[The Laughing Man]

#5:

[The Laughing Man]

A friendly little :bump: for Teallaura.

[Teallaura]

So you can read backwards! :grin:

Okay, I haven't got a clue on this one... :shrug:

[The Laughing Man]

So you can read backwards! :grin:

Somewhat. I read upside down a lot better.


Okay, I haven't got a clue on this one... :shrug:

It was another one of those shows that was cancelled faster than you can blink. I think it goes without saying that the setting was medieval.

[The Laughing Man]

Clue: the name of the show was two words that started with the same letter.

[Teallaura]

Medieval Mayhem?
Castle Clan?
Kooky Knights?

[OneFollowingHim]

Battlestar Galactica?

[Teallaura]

:no: Man, and I thought my guesses were bad!

[The Laughing Man]

Medieval Mayhem?
Castle Clan?
Kooky Knights?

No.
No.
No.

One of them has the correct letter, though.

[The Laughing Man]

Battlestar Galactica?

YOU WIN


























...a boot to the head. *wuh-TUSH!*

[OneFollowingHim]

:teeth:

(Hey! My 1,500th post. :woohoo: )

[Teallaura]

Kingdom Knights?
Castle Clowns?
Merry Men?

[The Laughing Man]

Kingdom Knights?
Castle Clowns?
Merry Men?

Pick one letter. :ahem:

Another clue: one of the words is something that appears in this thread (and most others) several times.

[Piebald]

The Old Gypsy Woman Says:

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-1107/Covington_Cross/

This is a fanciful drama about life in medieval England for Sir Thomas, a widower, and his four children. Richard and Armus are stalwart young knights, but the other two children only wish they were. Cedric is in training to be a cleric as his late mother wished. Eleanor finds it difficult because of her sex, although she is as good on a horse and with a crossbow as any man. (Another son, William, left for the Crusades after the pilot episode and was barely mentioned again.)

Sir Thomas has developed a relationship with Lady Elizabeth, who lives in her own castle nearby. Their other neighbor, Baron John Mullens, is continually plotting to ruin Sir Thomas and take his land.

The series was filmed on location at Allington Castle and Penshurst Place in Kent.

The series' chances were dimmed when it was postponed by ABC for several weeks after the first episode, and then again was pre-empted when presidential candidate Ross Perot purchased the timeslot for a campaign commercial.

[The Laughing Man]

The man with the spastic avatar wins!

[The Laughing Man]

Okay, this one should be fun:

[The Laughing Man]

Clue: it ran weekday mornings in the 80s.

[The Laughing Man]

Clue: it wasn't a talk show.

[The Laughing Man]

More explicit clue: 80s... wasn't a talk show... leaves really only one thing: it was a game show.

[Piebald]

(clueless)

[Cynic Sage]

Alf?

[Teallaura]

A morning game show? Aww man, I was in college then - what makes you think I saw morning - let alone TV in the morning!


Well, it's not Chuck Woolery so it's not Wheel of Fortune... Password?

[Cliodna Emerges]

Is it Card Sharks?

The guy looks familiar, but I can't remember from which show.

[The Laughing Man]

Not Password, Card Sharks or Alf. :ahem: In the right time frame, I believe, though.

[The Laughing Man]

Clue: the name of the show included a word for a certain amount of time.

[wfaber]

Did somebody try to revive "Queen For A Day?"

[wfaber]

Sale of the Century?

[The Laughing Man]

Sale of the Century?

You got it! Ha!

Yes, there have been many incarnations of the game in several countries throughout the years.

[Teallaura]

Oooo, Oooo! My turn!

Know this one, guys?

:attachment:

[wfaber]

Is that Fess Parker, Ed Aames and Patricia Blair?

[Teallaura]

Is that Fess Parker, Ed Aames and Patricia Blair?

No, no, and no.

You're kidding, right?

[wfaber]

At least the indian looked like Ed Aames. And I probably wouldn't recognize Fess Parker without the coonskin cap.

[Teallaura]

:lol: Okay, I'll give you the Ed Ames thing...

[eudyptes]

Isn't that Lee Horsley -- and the show Paradise?

[Teallaura]

Isn't that Lee Horsley -- and the show Paradise?

Yes, to Lee Horsley; No, to Paradise.

:thumb: Good try!

[eudyptes]

Yes, to Lee Horsley; No, to Paradise.

:thumb: Good try!


Hmm..not Matt Houston.

[Teallaura]

Hmm..not Matt Houston. Nope...
Clue: Linda Carter is the actress pictured.

[brother vinny]

Nope...
Clue: Linda Carter is the actress pictured.

Wonder Woman: The Really Early Years

[wfaber]

Must be Hawkeye (1994). That would explain why "hawk12b-04.gif appears when I move the cursor over the picture.

[Teallaura]

Yes, it's 'Hawkeye'! (Dratted GIF!) :flowers:

And congratulations to our 'hawkeyed' winner! :winner4: