The Tales of Missus P.

I think when most of us first saw In Living Color we were like, “What the heck is this?” and “Isn’t this just Saturday Night Live?” But oh how pleasantly surprised we were. People quoted these skits,Jim Carey got his start, and J-Lo was a Fly Girl. Good times.

80s TV show honorable mentions: Inspector Gadget and It’s Punky Brewster

Why isn’t Head of the Class in syndication more often? They had it on Nick At Night once in a while, but I hadn’t seen it for ages before I moved from Florida. It was a show about a smart teacher and a group of genius kids at high school in New York City – what more could you ask for in a show?

80s TV show honorable mentions: Headbangers’ Ball, Heathcliff, The Hitchhiker

I don’t care if I like this. All the years that I watched this as a kid and no one else did, now they see how right I was because Betty White is such a big deal now. I am so glad they put this on TLC in the UK because I missed it so much. When there’s nothing else to watch, The Golden Girls will be on somewhere; especially in Florida. Bless them. These girls were so funny and worked so well together for a sit com.

I miss Gimme A Break so much. Nell Carter was an awesome lady and I loved her in this. It was a neat idea for a comedy, plus little Joey Lawrence was in this before Blossom (which I forgot to put in my “B” post – forgive me, Mayim Bialik.

Kirk Cameron made Growing Pains what it was. I sometimes get this and Family Ties mixed up because it had a similar situation with the cheeky older brother, but this one later featured the young Leonardo DiCaprio. The father was also Alan Thicke, father to the twerk-loving Robin.

80s TV show honorable mention: Garfield and Friends, Get Along Gang

Ah, Felicity. The New Adult heroine before New Adult was a thing. Remember Scott Speedman before he was a lycan-vampire hybrid? And Janeane Garofalo being the older, widowed pen pal that Felicity confided in via tape recorded messages. It was such a good show.

British fans of Back to the Future didn’t know how Marty McFly got his start, so I’m here to tell you: He was Alex P. Keaton, on Family Ties – a young Republican of former hippy parents from Ohio. He was so arrogant and smart and charming that you couldn’t help but like him. Originally the part was offered to Ferris Bueller’s Matthew Broderick, who turned it down. I’m glad he did, because Micheal J. Fox was perfect for the role.

80s TV show honorable mention: Fraggle Rock and The Flintstones

A spin-off from The Golden Girls, this one really held its own, just because of the cast. Plus, it had a dog, Dreyfus. Who can resist a television show with a dog?

80s honourable mentions: Eight is Enough, E/R.

90’s honourable mentions: E! True Hollywood Story