The joy of old TV shows

[wraithfodder]

Besides the memories and the fact they're still enjoyable (watching Kung Fu: The Legend Continues - going through all 4 seasons).

Things that were fun:

• No one had cellphones; therefore, kidnapped folk could not be so easily rescued.
• Botox didn't seem to exist. People looked REAL.
• Blinding white perfect teeth were rare. Now everybody looks like a Barbie doll.
• Commercials for NOWHERE MAN with Bruce Greenwood (aka Captain Pike from new Star Trek movie)
• SUVs were rare and barely seen. People had ordinary cars!
• Phonebooths still existed
• You could laugh yourself silly at the women's hairstyles and shoulder pads (although I hear they're bringing those back)
• You can see folks who are now on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis on it in tiny roles. Heh, David Hewlett is sooo young!
• Guys (aka men) weren't afraid to show emotion and pat each other on back and hug each other
• Watching the computer geek work on an ancient computer is sooooo funny.
• Watching news bits from 1993 is just weird beyond belief. Ohmygod, gas is $1.35 a gallon. Heinous!
• Oh, and your luxury cars are $15K.  Now $15K is bottom price!
• Chris Potter. Yum. And Kwai Chang Caine was cooler than I remembered.

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

I've never seen Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (has it ever been shown in the UK, I wonder?), but I'd love to check out any eps with DH in!

I know what you mean, though, about watching old shows - I rewatched The A Team a little while back and couldn't get over the size of the military radios, not to mention those funky old computers too! I also rewatched some Starsky and Hutch, and being earlier, that was fun too - no car phones even!!

Hmm, what else can I rewatch from my past...

Man from UNCLE comes to mind! (Ilya, mmmmmmm!)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh man, haven't seen UNCLE in eons! The old shows are fun because they didn't have technology to rely on. They had to use their, uh, oh, what do they call those? Oh yes, brains! ;)