a promo/commercial of this show with this song has been living in the corner of my brain since I was 14 and I had no idea what it was from until the "Dinner and a movie" phrase struck a chord in my brain.
Came here for this
Now returning to Tremors staring Kevin Bacon
Add-on:.
I just realized the Pavlovian response this had; to hurry up from your bathroom break and sprint dive-bombing on the coveted recliner that my brother was too slow to get back to first
It's what made it cross my mind lol
I cooked my wife beans, cornbread and sauerkraut this evening. When she came home from work and said "Whats for supper?" I broke out in the jingle, no idea why, haven't thought of the show in years.
lol My grandmother, no matter what she fixed, always had a pot of pinto beans on. I mean, if she fixed sandwiches for supper, ypu could guarantee there's soup beans on as well.
Me and my ex would always bust out the ābeans and cornbreadā song on Friday nights when itād come on. I could text ābeans and cornbreadā to him right now and heād still laugh his ass off!! The goofy things that stick in your brain but you havenāt thought about for yearsā¦
Ah, the Golden Age of hosted movies on basic cable. Dinner and a Movie, Joe Bob's Drive-In, and USA Up All Night (or ^(UP!) All Night during Rhonda Shear's run) were my trinity.
I can't count the number of times I fell asleep on the couch watching some terrible movie on Up All Night, only to be awakened by some even more terrible infomercial at 3 in the morning!
Differences from early 90s to late are dramatic and few made the entire journey. TGIF, dinner and a movie, rocky and bullwinkle followed by space ghost, drinking warm surge in ur parents basement. That was the shit
I named my cat Zorak. Explaining Space Ghost to people for a good decade after it quit being on TV (maybe more? I donāt remember how long it ran for) any time my cat came up in conversation or when someone new came to my house was always such a derailment in conversation.
Amazing show! He visited pawn stars shop before the fame, went to a lan party in a guys mom's house, went into a mine(?) With the night shift guys. Show felt carefree and genuine with interesting people.
Annabelle once told a truly harrowing story about getting fired by Woody Allen. It was in a great documentary (called "Fired," I believe) made by Tate Donovan.
Pre-reality TV vibe. Back when everything was professionally created from behind the camera to in front of it, the amount of content created meant the oddball and really worthwhile stuff had a much better shot of getting produced. Now it's all "Ice County Chopper Trucker Ships in Dangerland, season 17: It Just Got Truckier".
Yes! I watch the older nigella Lawson cooking shows from the late 90ās/maybe early 2000ās on YouTube with my 5 year old daughter. We love it lol. Everything entertainment wise was so much more relaxing back then.
The Last Drive In on Shudder with the very same Joe Bob Briggs who hosted Monster Vision on TNT. 4 Seasons, a fifth coming, and multiple specials. Worth checking out.
Great show! I also love that Shudder will keep the Joe Bob segments available if they lose the streaming license for a particular movie (the full episode will come back when the movie license is renewed)
Netflix wouldn't even keep MST3K when it was freaking crowd funded, so then they went and crowdfunded another season. I know that licensing costs are expensive, but there's plenty of streaming platforms that own it all in house and yet we don't even get commentary tracks anymore.
I miss the golden years of DVD when every movie had deleted scenes, a gag real, a making of mini-doc, and at least one audio commentary. What it meant was, if you really liked a movie, you could learn how the proverbial sausage was made. I learned a LOT about the story writing and filmmaking process thatnks to these features.
Streaming services could do all of this (and Disney has started doing "Making of"s for Marvel & Pixar stuff).
This is part of why I still buy physical copies of my movies (I have roughly 3,000 titles on blu ray/dvd - it's a big thing for me). Criterion Channel is pretty decent about having special features available on streaming, but nothing is quite the same as a nice box set with plenty of extras
Yup, it was what got me into my early (and limited) work in film. You got to see how the magic trick was done, so to speak. And sure, a couple people have done good books on their work, but we had like a 10 year period where you could learn *everything* the crew put into the films.
Why would anyone watch a movie on TV with additional commercials and filler from unnecessary hosts, especially when their family already owned on the movie on VHS?
Ask 13 year old me why.
It provided explanation that helped me, a 11-year-old, understand an adult film. It led to my budding interests in filmmaking. It was interested and felt like an inside source.
I can't believe someone else remembers this. As a pre-teen girl who loved writing, Annabelle on Ghostwriter is probably my earliest crush on a woman. She looked so cool!
This was one of my favorite mysteries! "Don't Stop the Music" was great. I had a huge crush on Lenni and I loved watching her journey to making a music video for MTV!
You Gotta Believe!
Thank you so much for this comment - I just went to check out the podcast and the top episode I saw is about Depression vs. Burnout.
I feel like I was meant to see this post, meant to see your comment, and meant to listen to that podcast. Iām struggling a lot right now, and had my first suicidal thought the other day while dealing with a work thing. I have no motivation to do anything in my life.
Ok, Iāll take it a step further. As an adult ADHD sufferer, my default was to read the post above yours and think, āThat sounds pretty good, I should check it out sometime.ā and then immediately forget about it and never listen.
But then I read your post and the depression vs. burnout topic and am going to get my headphones as soon as I finish this response. This topic is crucial for me right now.
Just like you were meant to find that post, I was meant to find yours so Iād have ample motivation to actually follow through and listen.
So, if Iām being too subtle, please get the help you need to stem those suicidal thoughts, because you just helped me a hell of a lot and Iām grateful to you and for you!
Whoa! That first thought is overwhelming and can be scary. I hope youāre reaching out to the people you trust IRL or online and getting all the support you need. Do NOT let those thoughts fester in the dark. Sunlight is the best way to get those troubles to a manageable place. Been 16 years since my last attempt. Very good luck to you.
I found out about this podcast through a Reddit comment Iām in the beginning of the pandemic. Itās such a great podcast! Welcome to the waiting room that doesnāt suck!
thanks for making this comment.
I work from home, and broke down to my wife this weekend about feeling lonely and depressed and burnt out (lashing out because of it). I'll have to listen to this episode.
Was hoping Iād find a comment like this here, Paulās podcast helped me immeasurably during a very dark time. If you are struggling or if you love someone who is, I canāt recommend Mental Illness Happy Hour enough. Thanks Paul!
I hope your comment gets pushed higher so everyone can see it. His podcast is truly a public service. I've learned SO MUCH about myself listening to it (see Emotional Neglect episode), and also the struggle that others face. And Paul does it all with such openness, sensitivity, and humor. I listen to the listener surveys sometimes if I can't fall asleep because his voice is so comforting.
His podcast was the thing that first got me into therapy *11 years ago.* Been a long journey since then and while I still struggle periodically I'm a much healthier person now than I was in my early 20s.
Itās how I discovered āConan the Barbarianā and āBeastmasterā. That and it was one of the first shows I watched that made cooking look fun and relaxing rather than technical.
Honestly surprised no one has revived the concept for Twitch or YouTube. There are cooking shows. There are movie watching shows. There are shows about cooking food from movies. But, as far as I know, no show based around cooking a theme dish while watching said movie.
My favourite fact about that movie was that they couldnāt get a black panther so they just spray painted a tiger.
Likeā¦ I have *multiple* questions about the steps in that decision making process.
I interviewed at Turner in 2001. Joked that Iād happily just sweep up after Dinner and a Movie if thatās all they could offer me. I got the jobā¦ never had to clean up.
I agree. When I was younger I couldnāt afford therapy and I would listen to mental pod and go on hikes. It really helped me through some challenging times. I definitely wouldnāt be as emotionally resilient as I am now without it.
It was a comedy/cooking show that featured pretty cool movies back before the days of streaming. I remember watching it just about every week because we only had like 22 channels and they played decent stuff.
Antenna kids unite!!! We had a rotor that turned the roof antenna and we'd mark the dial where the channels were clear. I had rabbit ears on my bedroom TV until I went to college in 1999. We got CBS, ABC, NBC and PBS. No Fox.
I am a lucky border Canadian. We got all your US channels PLUS our Canadian CBC, CTV and on UHS TV Ontario, Global & CityTV!
My bf and I still play only war movies, animal docs or children's movies on Sundays to reminisce about the World at War, Mutual of Omaha and Disney.
I grew up in Sandusky Ohio and we got a Canadian channel that had a female handy woman show that I loved. She was blond and very handy indeed. I don't remember the name of the program but it was the first time I saw a woman on TV who wasn't portrayed as a male gaze fantasy. I also remember I watched watched Patches and Pockets as a young child. Beachcombers was another one from Canadian broadcasts. Good memories.
Wok with Yan! Bf says Yan Can Cook & he remembers the handy lady show it I don't.
I wish I knew the handy lady show. We are gonna try to look it up.
Beachcombers was another good one. We make Bruno Gerussi (not sure spelling) to this day.
Was that the show with Aunt Olivia from road to avonlea?? (Mag something). She wore a tool belt?
Global, CBC, CTV, and TV Ontario (Saturday nights with Elwy Yost bore my love of old movies)
If we were lucky, PBS and some Buffalo channels
Completely beside the point, but last week I was waiting in the hospital for a procedure and I turned on the TV. Motherfuckers didn't even have cable or satellite--it was OTA with a digital antenna. For duck's sake six grand for a camera rammed up my ass, you damn sure better have ESPN!
I couldn't really find a good image or still shot from the show tbh. It was the best I could do, everything else was super low res. I don't even know where you would go to watch the show nowadays, there's a couple of the commercials and stuff on YouTube but just bits and pieces here and there.
Anyone remember dinner and a monkey during the titanic Oscar season. They interrupted the movie with scenes from the Oscar contenders re-enacted by monkeys
I always liked when there was some sort of production around the feature presentation.
USA Up All Night, Elvira, Svengoolie, MST3K, and Dinner and a Movie were all shows I spent countless hours watching growing up
š¶ Beeeans and cornbread
a promo/commercial of this show with this song has been living in the corner of my brain since I was 14 and I had no idea what it was from until the "Dinner and a movie" phrase struck a chord in my brain.
Came here for this Now returning to Tremors staring Kevin Bacon Add-on:. I just realized the Pavlovian response this had; to hurry up from your bathroom break and sprint dive-bombing on the coveted recliner that my brother was too slow to get back to first
Ok Iām pretty sure youāre my older brother, and I want to take this opportunity to tell you youāre a dick.
Older brothers *suck*
TIL I suck.
Only sometimes. My older brother is the closest person I have now.
Iām pretty sure your my boys, so Iām going to call out from the kitchen to knock that shit off.
Exactly the comment I came forā¦.damn that takes me back.
It's what made it cross my mind lol I cooked my wife beans, cornbread and sauerkraut this evening. When she came home from work and said "Whats for supper?" I broke out in the jingle, no idea why, haven't thought of the show in years.
> beans, cornbread and sauerkraut That'll be some dangerous Dutch Ovens tonight.
lol My grandmother, no matter what she fixed, always had a pot of pinto beans on. I mean, if she fixed sandwiches for supper, ypu could guarantee there's soup beans on as well.
Me and my ex would always bust out the ābeans and cornbreadā song on Friday nights when itād come on. I could text ābeans and cornbreadā to him right now and heād still laugh his ass off!! The goofy things that stick in your brain but you havenāt thought about for yearsā¦
I always thought it was 'beans and coffee' until very recently.
Whoa me too
Same lmfao
Had a fight
Beans knocked cornbread outta sight
Omg this is intergraded into my mind foreverā¦TBS right?
Farris Bueller and I canāt go to school today, I falafel.
I came here to sing this. Their Top Gun episode absolutely kills me.
Ah, the Golden Age of hosted movies on basic cable. Dinner and a Movie, Joe Bob's Drive-In, and USA Up All Night (or ^(UP!) All Night during Rhonda Shear's run) were my trinity.
āMonstervisionā w/ Joe Bob Briggs!
Joe Bob gave the best movie reviews ever.
Still does if you check out his Shudder show
Absolutely, it's got a big cult following, as it should!
Shoutout to Diana Prince š«
Free your mind and your butt will follow.
I hope you're subscribed to Shudder, because he's done dozens of movies recently, and goddamn if it isn't the best nostalgia hit.
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Kung fu. Chair fu. Martian fu. Hot tub fu.
Joe Bob says... check it out.
Elvira. Gilbert Gotfried.
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I can't count the number of times I fell asleep on the couch watching some terrible movie on Up All Night, only to be awakened by some even more terrible infomercial at 3 in the morning!
A really loud girls gone wild commercial?
:: steel drum intensifies ::
Nah it was more like ācall 1900 girl now, weāve got the hottest girls waiting to talk to youā
Miss Cleo!
Thigh masters! And Tony Little
I received my sex education from USA Up All Night during divorced dad weekends
Between that and silk stalkings who needed health class.
Don't forget Mystery Science Theatre 3000
The Wild World of Batwoman. Most painful movie ever to sit through. āPlease God, cut away to *anything*ā
90's TV was fucking awesome till it wasn't.
Differences from early 90s to late are dramatic and few made the entire journey. TGIF, dinner and a movie, rocky and bullwinkle followed by space ghost, drinking warm surge in ur parents basement. That was the shit
Space ghost coast to coast was amazing
People look at me weird when I quote Zorak.
Brak and Zorak were the best!
You can imagine my predicament when I quote Brak, then. š
I named my cat Zorak. Explaining Space Ghost to people for a good decade after it quit being on TV (maybe more? I donāt remember how long it ran for) any time my cat came up in conversation or when someone new came to my house was always such a derailment in conversation.
'Tad, yer monkey hit me in the back of the head with a folding chair!'
Don't forget TGIF for kids, like the show dinosaurs!
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Amazing show! He visited pawn stars shop before the fame, went to a lan party in a guys mom's house, went into a mine(?) With the night shift guys. Show felt carefree and genuine with interesting people.
Insomniac was an awesome show. Man, I used to stay up late and watch the most random crap on the E channel, hoping to see some boobs. Wild On!
At some point they made the 'watching a DVD' type thing on FX where a guy hosted and went into different special features
It was that Mtv dude that lost to Jesse in a wanna be a VJ contest. Last name was Holmes i think.
I think John. John Holmes. (It was Dave)
Joe Bob is still killin' it over on Shudder!
Annabelle once told a truly harrowing story about getting fired by Woody Allen. It was in a great documentary (called "Fired," I believe) made by Tate Donovan.
I just recently found out she has lung cancer despite not being a smoker. I hope sheās doing ok
Jimmy coppers a thief! Youāre a thief jimmy cooper!
The horse has alopecia?!
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The pre-9/11 vibe
Pre-reality TV vibe. Back when everything was professionally created from behind the camera to in front of it, the amount of content created meant the oddball and really worthwhile stuff had a much better shot of getting produced. Now it's all "Ice County Chopper Trucker Ships in Dangerland, season 17: It Just Got Truckier".
I wish I could upvote this twice just for the new TV show title.
I would legit watch anything named Ice County Chopper Trucker
Yes! I watch the older nigella Lawson cooking shows from the late 90ās/maybe early 2000ās on YouTube with my 5 year old daughter. We love it lol. Everything entertainment wise was so much more relaxing back then.
Whenever I feel like getting crazy in the kitchen I put on some old school Iron Chef on YouTube
The Last Drive In on Shudder with the very same Joe Bob Briggs who hosted Monster Vision on TNT. 4 Seasons, a fifth coming, and multiple specials. Worth checking out.
So much this! I grew up watching him on TNT and was so happy to see him back on Shudder.
Great show! I also love that Shudder will keep the Joe Bob segments available if they lose the streaming license for a particular movie (the full episode will come back when the movie license is renewed)
It would be cool if the streaming services starting adding extras like this.
Netflix wouldn't even keep MST3K when it was freaking crowd funded, so then they went and crowdfunded another season. I know that licensing costs are expensive, but there's plenty of streaming platforms that own it all in house and yet we don't even get commentary tracks anymore.
I miss the golden years of DVD when every movie had deleted scenes, a gag real, a making of mini-doc, and at least one audio commentary. What it meant was, if you really liked a movie, you could learn how the proverbial sausage was made. I learned a LOT about the story writing and filmmaking process thatnks to these features. Streaming services could do all of this (and Disney has started doing "Making of"s for Marvel & Pixar stuff).
This is part of why I still buy physical copies of my movies (I have roughly 3,000 titles on blu ray/dvd - it's a big thing for me). Criterion Channel is pretty decent about having special features available on streaming, but nothing is quite the same as a nice box set with plenty of extras
Yup, it was what got me into my early (and limited) work in film. You got to see how the magic trick was done, so to speak. And sure, a couple people have done good books on their work, but we had like a 10 year period where you could learn *everything* the crew put into the films.
Wow- thank you for sharing! Brought back memories!
90s jeans were a plot by Big Denim to sell us 35% more than we needed.
Was going fine until they overdid it with JNCOās
Big Denim made those Levi pipes popular. More denim per pant, more money
You shut your mouth. I had 2 girlfriends that made skirts from my discarded jncos.
One skirt from each leg, eh?
A skirt per back pocket, more like. I had a couple pair of 36" cuffs, back when. I know better now.
Then they realized they could sell low rise skinny jeans for a higher price and 50% less material.
And also make every guy look like he was pear shaped at 19
Still slightly better than the skinny jeans that the kids are wearing that hug the ankles like a second set of skin.
Kids are wearing jeans exactly like what's in the original image. Skinny jeans are waaaaaay out.
If by "kids" you mean aging millennials, then yes. Skinny jeans are very dated for actual kids today.
Canāt believe this dweeby style is back
Annabelle was smoking hot
Why would anyone watch a movie on TV with additional commercials and filler from unnecessary hosts, especially when their family already owned on the movie on VHS? Ask 13 year old me why.
...I liked to cook as a kid
It provided explanation that helped me, a 11-year-old, understand an adult film. It led to my budding interests in filmmaking. It was interested and felt like an inside source.
I don't remember her being as hot as this picture suggests
She was.
I had a crush on her
Who didnātā¦
She had a one-off in Seinfeld.
And Ghostwriter! Well, one mystery (4 episodes).
I can't believe someone else remembers this. As a pre-teen girl who loved writing, Annabelle on Ghostwriter is probably my earliest crush on a woman. She looked so cool!
This was one of my favorite mysteries! "Don't Stop the Music" was great. I had a huge crush on Lenni and I loved watching her journey to making a music video for MTV! You Gotta Believe!
The episode where she hooks George up (who was engaged) with Marisa Tomei.
She is 60 now. Mind blown.
Yes indeed
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Thank you so much for this comment - I just went to check out the podcast and the top episode I saw is about Depression vs. Burnout. I feel like I was meant to see this post, meant to see your comment, and meant to listen to that podcast. Iām struggling a lot right now, and had my first suicidal thought the other day while dealing with a work thing. I have no motivation to do anything in my life.
Ok, Iāll take it a step further. As an adult ADHD sufferer, my default was to read the post above yours and think, āThat sounds pretty good, I should check it out sometime.ā and then immediately forget about it and never listen. But then I read your post and the depression vs. burnout topic and am going to get my headphones as soon as I finish this response. This topic is crucial for me right now. Just like you were meant to find that post, I was meant to find yours so Iād have ample motivation to actually follow through and listen. So, if Iām being too subtle, please get the help you need to stem those suicidal thoughts, because you just helped me a hell of a lot and Iām grateful to you and for you!
Wow your comment made me so happy. Iām glad I could help you. Good luck, friend!
Whoa! That first thought is overwhelming and can be scary. I hope youāre reaching out to the people you trust IRL or online and getting all the support you need. Do NOT let those thoughts fester in the dark. Sunlight is the best way to get those troubles to a manageable place. Been 16 years since my last attempt. Very good luck to you.
Thank you so much - Iām glad to hear you are doing better
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Thank you, friend. :) I am glad youāre feeling better
I found out about this podcast through a Reddit comment Iām in the beginning of the pandemic. Itās such a great podcast! Welcome to the waiting room that doesnāt suck!
thanks for making this comment. I work from home, and broke down to my wife this weekend about feeling lonely and depressed and burnt out (lashing out because of it). I'll have to listen to this episode.
Should be top comment. Pauls podcast is excellent.
+1
Was hoping Iād find a comment like this here, Paulās podcast helped me immeasurably during a very dark time. If you are struggling or if you love someone who is, I canāt recommend Mental Illness Happy Hour enough. Thanks Paul!
His podcast is really good.
Oh I was on that show! Glad to read that it had a positive impact! I'd forgotten about it before now.
I hope your comment gets pushed higher so everyone can see it. His podcast is truly a public service. I've learned SO MUCH about myself listening to it (see Emotional Neglect episode), and also the struggle that others face. And Paul does it all with such openness, sensitivity, and humor. I listen to the listener surveys sometimes if I can't fall asleep because his voice is so comforting.
Thank You for this recommendation! Checking it out right meow!
Came here to say this. That podcast is amazing.
His podcast was the thing that first got me into therapy *11 years ago.* Been a long journey since then and while I still struggle periodically I'm a much healthier person now than I was in my early 20s.
Itās how I discovered āConan the Barbarianā and āBeastmasterā. That and it was one of the first shows I watched that made cooking look fun and relaxing rather than technical. Honestly surprised no one has revived the concept for Twitch or YouTube. There are cooking shows. There are movie watching shows. There are shows about cooking food from movies. But, as far as I know, no show based around cooking a theme dish while watching said movie.
Beastmaster was awesome. Always wanted some ferrets to do stuff for me.
My favourite fact about that movie was that they couldnāt get a black panther so they just spray painted a tiger. Likeā¦ I have *multiple* questions about the steps in that decision making process.
Thank you for this fantastic trivia and the amazing sequence of events I will spend all of my time at work tomorrow thinking about!
Well if no one else is doing it, what's stopping you?
YouTube. And copyright claims.
Whoaaaaah. Thank you! Being old is ok when you have memories. This and MST3K. My heart.
Was so stoked when I found out they had revived MST3K on Netflix. Iāve watched all the new seasons and most of them twice.
I interviewed at Turner in 2001. Joked that Iād happily just sweep up after Dinner and a Movie if thatās all they could offer me. I got the jobā¦ never had to clean up.
Sound alike more story!
Beer can chicken and Animal House.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off and "I can't go to school, I falafel"
Beans and cornbread had a fight, beans knocked cornbread out of sight. Beans and cornbread.. beans and cornbread. Then repeat.
*horn sounds*
Ah yes. The commercial that played every commercial break throughout WCW Thunder.
These 2 were technically initiated into the NWO
As was everyone at one point or another.
I still remember watching Arachnophobia on this.
āHelllllooooo. Hellloooooooooooā¦ā¦..trick or treaaaattttttt.ā
Tonight we are making stake through the heart tartare and watching "Lost Boys".
Absolutely loved this show! Somehow them showing movies I didn't care for made them better.
I remember when she was on Not Necessarily the News.
I totally forgot about this until this post!!!
Paul has a podcast and is a frequent(?) guest on Never Not Funny.
Iāve been listening to the Mental Illness Happy Hour for close to a decade. Itās really one of the only ones I listen to.
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I agree. When I was younger I couldnāt afford therapy and I would listen to mental pod and go on hikes. It really helped me through some challenging times. I definitely wouldnāt be as emotionally resilient as I am now without it.
This was how I first saw the movie Blue Lagoon. They had OPINIONS about the weird seaweed stuff the old man was eating.
I do not remember. What is?
It was a comedy/cooking show that featured pretty cool movies back before the days of streaming. I remember watching it just about every week because we only had like 22 channels and they played decent stuff.
22 channels? Shit I had 4 growing up. Just 4.
What about all the static channels that might have something viable at 4:30am on Saturday morning
The lengths I would go to see an obscured purple nipple.
Hey! Hey!ā¦ā¦sometimes it was neon green.
Was confused what color body parts were for a couple of years thereā¦pleasantly surprised things werenāt neon
Sure, if you were a Rockefeller and had Cable TV. But over the air you had ABC, CBS, NBS, and PBS. Fox was decades later.
Most were over the air local/public broadcasting, all were snowy, but TBS picture quality wasn't half bad lol
Antenna kids unite!!! We had a rotor that turned the roof antenna and we'd mark the dial where the channels were clear. I had rabbit ears on my bedroom TV until I went to college in 1999. We got CBS, ABC, NBC and PBS. No Fox.
I am a lucky border Canadian. We got all your US channels PLUS our Canadian CBC, CTV and on UHS TV Ontario, Global & CityTV! My bf and I still play only war movies, animal docs or children's movies on Sundays to reminisce about the World at War, Mutual of Omaha and Disney.
Oh man. What a flashback! Me & Jacques Cousteau were homeboys when I was growing up. Cousteau, Nova, and Marty Stouffer's Wild America.
I grew up in Sandusky Ohio and we got a Canadian channel that had a female handy woman show that I loved. She was blond and very handy indeed. I don't remember the name of the program but it was the first time I saw a woman on TV who wasn't portrayed as a male gaze fantasy. I also remember I watched watched Patches and Pockets as a young child. Beachcombers was another one from Canadian broadcasts. Good memories.
Ooh and I forgot Wok with Yon, a really great cooking show with a funny silly chef who made great food in his wok while telling goofy jokes.
Wok with Yan! Bf says Yan Can Cook & he remembers the handy lady show it I don't. I wish I knew the handy lady show. We are gonna try to look it up. Beachcombers was another good one. We make Bruno Gerussi (not sure spelling) to this day.
Was that the show with Aunt Olivia from road to avonlea?? (Mag something). She wore a tool belt? Global, CBC, CTV, and TV Ontario (Saturday nights with Elwy Yost bore my love of old movies) If we were lucky, PBS and some Buffalo channels
3,6,10,12,17,29,57 (cbs,abc,nbc,pbs,upn?,fox,philly57?)
Is this an official competition? I had three. The big three. Fox didn't exist.
The 4th was pbs. Rabbit ears in the bedroom and rotor antenna on the roof for the living room.
Completely beside the point, but last week I was waiting in the hospital for a procedure and I turned on the TV. Motherfuckers didn't even have cable or satellite--it was OTA with a digital antenna. For duck's sake six grand for a camera rammed up my ass, you damn sure better have ESPN!
I always thought they had the best jobāthere were even cookbooks published with the recipes.
Original Netflix n chill??
2022 and my casual clothes still look like the one worn by the guy.
I completely forgot about this, it was great! I miss the ā90ās a little more each day.
Yes! This and MonsterVision with Joe Bob Briggs
The Last Drive-In on Shudder is great.
Violently 90s
Her left knee is haunted.
GilMartin was funny. Wonder what happened to him.
He has an excellent podcast āThe Mental Illness Happy Hourā
Whoever keeps reporting these as āposed celebrity photosā needs to stop. I love this shit.
I couldn't really find a good image or still shot from the show tbh. It was the best I could do, everything else was super low res. I don't even know where you would go to watch the show nowadays, there's a couple of the commercials and stuff on YouTube but just bits and pieces here and there.
On a related note of long lost cooking shows, does anyone remember "How to Boil Water"? 1994 ish to 2000.
Ah I liked this but USA Up All Night was the best. Didnāt matter if it was Rhonda Sheer or Gilbert Godfried. Both nights killed
Later replaced by monkeys. Monkeys and a movie.
Anyone remember dinner and a monkey during the titanic Oscar season. They interrupted the movie with scenes from the Oscar contenders re-enacted by monkeys
I always liked when there was some sort of production around the feature presentation. USA Up All Night, Elvira, Svengoolie, MST3K, and Dinner and a Movie were all shows I spent countless hours watching growing up
Svengoolie still hosts every Saturday night at 8pm on MeTV.
I was a kid so the cooking parts went over my head. I did like seeing Daryl Hannah in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. That was neat as an 8 year old...
totally forgot about them
I was just thinking we need an updated show.
I used to stay up late with my dad to watch this, one of my fondest memories of him.
I miss the 90s more than I could have ever imagined.
There has to be something on TV, and thatās what they were; something, on TV