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The Hit List: 70's & 80's TV Shows & Movies - a list by tatorandtots

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Some were great, some cheesy, some so bad they were good... whatever the case, 70's & 80's tv shows are a blast from the past that not only will entertain you but will also, for the most part, be "kid friendly." Nostalgia/retro shows are also a great item to put on your holiday gift list for those who have everything.

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A lot of questionable tv/movie choices as a child.

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Manimal DVD

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I'd almost forgotten that this existed. Which might not be a bad thing... aw, just kidding Simon MacCorkindale!

Updated Oct 16, 2008

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The Greatest American Hero - The Complete Series (Free Cape and Notebook Included)

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How can you say no when you get a free cape!

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The 2006 Saturn Award winner for Best Retro TV Show on DVD just got better with this 13 disc set that includes all 43 episodes of the hit show plus a full size cape iron on transfer logo and a replica of the suit instruction manual with working lights. It's everything you need to be your own Greatest American Hero!

Updated Oct 16, 2008

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Don't Forget the L'il People: Stuff for Offspring

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - The Complete Epic Series

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With its campy combination of lightweight adventure and Spandex disco chic, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is a nostalgic throwback to post-Star Wars opportunism. Series co-creator Glen A. Larson was incapable of originality, and former soap star Gil Gerard (in the title role) was a bland incarnation of the comic-strip hero, so the much-anticipated series premiered on September 20, 1979, with serious disadvantages. Although the two-hour pilot "Awakening" had tested successfully as a theatrical release, Gerard and the show's producers could never agree on a stable tone for the series, which presents Capt. William "Buck" Rogers as a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate, where his closest colleagues are Dr. Huer (Tim O'Connor), squadron leader Col. Wilma Deering (former model Erin Gray, looking oh-so-foxy), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis, who's carried by Twiki like oversized bling-bling.

Updated Oct 16, 2008

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The Fall Guy: The Complete Season 1

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What in the hell ever happened to Heather Thomas anyway?

Lee Majors stars as the Fall Guy Colt Seavers a stunt man moonlighting as a bounty hunter who uses Hollywood stunt tactics to capture criminals.

Updated Oct 16, 2008

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Airwolf - Season 1

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Before Jan Michael Vincent became an alcoholic, he starred in this campy and kind of cool spy series....

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Hip spy shows with covert agencies within agencies--like Alias and 24--are missing only one thing: A super-duper armor-plated helicopter with "nuclear-tipped shrike missiles." In the action series Airwolf, a mysterious national security agency called the Firm constructs a "Mach-one-plus chopper that can kick butt," only to have it stolen by the nefarious scientist who designed it (David Hemmings, Blowup, Barbarella). Desperate, the Firm turns to Stringfellow Hawke (Jan Michael Vincent), a soulful, cello-playing, art-loving, eagle-watching, guilt-ridden master pilot. Hawke refuses to help unless the Firm searches for his brother, who went MIA in 'Nam. Of course, he succeeds in his mission, but until the Firm fulfills its side of the bargain, he keeps the chopper--but also agrees to fly covert missions in exchange for tips about government efforts to retrieve Airwolf.

This elaborate setup proves surprisingly durable. The combat scenes in Airwolf are clumsily edited, but the scripts--though firmly in the cheesy techno-thriller vein of Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy--are pleasantly zippy. While Vincent may have gone on to a straight-to-video career (appearing in such sterling titles as Hidden Obsession, Indecent Behavior, and Animal Instincts), he’s a persuasive and sexy pilot; he's got the same kind of rangy, athletic physicality that makes Kevin Costner convincing as an athlete. Add to this mix the ever-zesty Ernest Borgnine (Marty, The Wild Bunch) and it's clear why Airwolf outlived the similar series Blue Thunder. Most episodes feature international skullduggery with foreign agents trying to steal Airwolf and sell it to the Soviets or Libya, but there are enough clever details to keep you from objecting to the larger absurdity of the all-powerful helicopter. Guest stars include Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210) and David Carradine (Kill Bill). It's too bad Hemmings didn't become a regular; his sadistic, lecherous traitor gave the two-hour pilot some real juice. --Bret Fetzer

Updated Oct 16, 2008

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Wonder Woman - The Complete First Season

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If Lynda Carter is your thing, there are more seasons where this came from....

Updated Oct 19, 2008

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Charlie's Angels - The Complete First Season

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I wanted Jaclyn Smith to be my mom. No, really, In a way that disturbs me to this day.

Updated Oct 19, 2008

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Fantasy Island - The Complete First Season

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I spent every Saturday night with Herve and Ricardo for more years than I would care to admit...

Updated Oct 19, 2008

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CHiPs - The Complete First Season

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I had a massive crush on Jon, if you must know. Massive. And if you insist on knowing more, I once ran into Erik Estrada in a motel jacuzzi in San Diego. It was a let-down.

Updated Oct 19, 2008

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The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

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Add Jameson Park to my adolescent crush list. I was so jealous when he married Kirstie Alley (then, just the "Vulcan girl") that I was in a mood for days...

Updated Oct 19, 2008