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Gerbert (1989)
Great Show for Pulling Off an Epic Prank
I had invited all the guys over to watch a closely matched NFL rivalry game with major playoff implications on a large 8K screen. As game time approached, I played a voice over saying that "Due to NFL regulations, the following programming must be shown instead to today's game." Then as kickoff time approached, a Gerbert marathon started and we all sat there and binge watched it for hours. Needless to say, there was a lot of excited high fiving and jumping up and down with fists pumping during many of the highlight moments. Like whoa, was that Gerbert or was it Pat Mahomes, because all the guys were carrying on like it was the most exciting game of the year. It was like a modern day Heidi game experience.
Super Friends (1973)
Awesome
My favorite episode was the one where Wendy, Marvin, and Wonderdog were exposed to massive amounts of radiation from a cosmic gamma ray burst and were transformed into the Wonder Twins and Gleek. Sure, they were still of little practical use to the real superheroes at the Justice League, who grew accustomed to the nonstop Troubalerts telling them that the Wonder Twins had somehow screwed up in some inconceivable way and needed to be rescued yet again. Batman especially was known for responding to these alerts with a bemused sigh, then muttering some expletives followed by "What have they done this time?" Sure, one might think that the best response to Lex Luthor's threat of global thermonuclear annihilation would be a giant rat with a bucket of water, but only if you've been seriously tripping.
Newhart (1982)
Brilliantly Funny Show
It's interesting how the first season of this show just didn't quite click, even though they had brilliant comedic actors like Bob Newhart and Tom Poston and the Larry, Darryl, and Darryl gimmick. It wasn't until they added the Peter Scolari and Julia Duffy characters that this show really hit its stride and they had really discovered the magical combination of misfits to make this show work. You might notice that when they first introduced Peter Scolari's character, he was portrayed as at least a somewhat serious TV producer, but as the show progressed, his character really went bonkers. Bob Newhart's deadpan straight man character found himself immersed in a world of ever increasing absurdity, up to the point when it was all tied together perfectly in the end.
Head of the Class (1986)
Johnny Caravella Becomes a High School Teacher
The premise of this show is that Johnny Caravella had to enter the witness protection program and moved from Cincinnati to New York to assume the identity of Charlie Moore, an inspirational high school teacher who imparts his practical life wisdom and unique insights to his class of honor students. His pedagogic prowess is so impeccable that many of his high achieving students only need five years to graduate high school, and the class math genius almost managed to graduate before his 30th birthday. Oh yeah, and Simone's a hottie-she's like the Bailey Quarters of Head of the Class.