I Used To Watch This?

This week we check out the short-lived 1984 TV show Cover Up. We wanted to check it out because of the tragic story of the co-star Jon-Erik Hexum's death on set and to see if the show could have lasted longer if he had lived. We both enjoyed it, but the pilot was a little stiff, so we'll have to check out more episodes to make a final determination. Either way, we both think Jon-Erik Hexum would have been a big star. Mike S. also talks a bit about Shazam! since he saw it last week. He liked it okay, but wasn't blown away. Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

We are back with another episode of The Greatest American Hero. This Time Tony is in trouble with the law because they think he's an arsonist. Things get a little weird with the Feds and police tailing Bill and Ralph around, but they have to clear Tony's name. Well, as much as it can be cleared. Special shout-out to Carlos at the Be Kind and Rewind podcast. He had us on to talk about some 80s TV shows. You should check it out! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rebooting-renaming-recasting-80s-tv-shows-i-used-to/id1207524316?i=1000434136907&mt=2 Also check out his twitter at: https://twitter.com/BeKindRewindPod Questions or comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

We are back with another Wonder Woman episode. This time the Nazis have a plan to capture Wonder Woman with the help of a trained gorilla. But he is not ordinary gorilla, he's like a super gorilla or something. Will Wonder Woman be able to fight off a giant, lumbering gorilla? Listen to find out! Questions? Comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com and mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

Rick Hunter is a no-nonsense cop who doesn't care too much about the rules. Dee Dee McCall is tough as nails cop who cares only a little more about the rules. Together they are an unstoppable team trying to clean up the streets of L.A. It's like Dirty Harry meets Police Woman. Questions? Comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com and mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

Crockett, Tubbs, pastel clothes, drugs, and guns. We get all that and more in the pilot of Miami Vice. Tubbs sees his brother get killed in New York and Crockett's partner gets killed in Miami. Both murders are connected which is how they come together to try to take down a big drug dealer. Do they get him? Listen to find out! Questions? Comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

We are back talking about Starsky & Hutch this week. But, this time it's a double feature with the episodes The Fix and Pariah. Why? Because we accidentally watched different episodes, but we still had fun. We hope you will too! Questions? Comments? Email us at mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com and mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

In this episode we talk about The Rockford Files episode The Big Ripoff. Jim is in Europe spying on Suzanne Sommers, and does a short silent movie with her, and then is back in the USA to let a lady know her lover is probably still alive. She stiffs him and takes off to meet the very guy she thought was dead. Turns out he faked his death and it gets weirder from there. Come check it out to find out what happens. Questions? Comments? Email us at mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

For this episode we go back to the 70s to follow Lt. Columbo as he tries to find the murderer of the wife of a media mogul. In typical Columbo fashion we already know who the killer is, and if you watch closely, you can see when Columbo figures it out. We also discuss the similarities to this episode and the current media scandal involving Jeff Bezos and AMI. So topical! Come listen! Twitter:https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis Check out or Teepublic store to get a cool phone case or something! https://www.teepublic.com/user/iusedtowatchthis

It's time for another helicopter show. This time is is Blue Thunder, the short-lived 1984 TV show based on the movie by the same name. In this first episode, called Second Thunder, Chaney and his "JAFO" hunt down a drug dealer who is blowing police helicopters out of the sky. Does it live up to the movie? Is it better than Airwolf? Why is Dana Carvey in this? Listen to find out most of the answers. Questions? Comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Buy some cool merch at our Teepublic store! https://www.teepublic.com/user/iusedtowatchthis Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

Is it a helicopter? Is it a jet airplane? No, it's Airwolf! A kick-ass helicopter that can take on any army, but we sadly don't see enough of it in this movie. Come check out our episode as we meet Stringfellow Hawke, Dominic Santini and the rest of the gang as they try to steal Airwolf from Libya after it's maker goes crazy? Also, we apologize for the audio, there is some static involved. Questions or comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

This week we get some high kicking action in The Master. A short-lived TV show from 1984 starring Lee Van Cleef as a Ninja master and Timothy Van Patten as some guy who gets thrown out of a lot of bars. They meet by chance in a bar after Max rescues Demi Moore from some bad cops and they end up cleaning up the town together. Come take a listen! Questions? Comments? Email us at mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

We are back with our first episode of 2019! We are starting the year off with the pilot movie of Riptide. Cody and Nick have a boat and a very scary helicopter they use for charters, but they have recently branched out into the private investigator business. They were MPs at one time, so that makes sense. Anyway, a boat blows up, one woman survives and the guys, along with Murray and his robot, try to find out what happened. Come listen to find out what what we thinks. Questions? Comments? Email us at mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

Do we need to say more? Yes we do. First, we have a special guest on this episode. Christopher Page of The Time Shifters Podcast was nice enough to suffer through this with us. Second, this was a rough one. We knew it going in, but we had to see for ourselves. We may have watched it as kids, but we pushed it out of our minds. Come listen to see what we think of The Star Wars Holiday Special.  Link to The Time Shifters Podcast  Christopher Page's Twitter: @TimeShiftersPod Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

Michael Knight is back! This time he helps some kid who has bank robbers chasing him because he stole a watch from them that they stole from a banker. Got it? It seems nobody really likes the kid, even his family, because they sell him out to the robbers multiple times.  And occasionally someone says it's Christmas so you don't forget this is a Christmas episode. (I still say it is not -- Mike F.) But still, any show that has KITT jumping stuff and trying to figure out the meaning of Christmas can't be all bad.   Questions? Comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

Christmas season continues! This week we are talking about industrial espionage and murder in the cut-throat world of toys on Hart to Hart. Someone is stealing toy secrets from Hartoys (part or Hart Industries, of course) and also murdering those who get in the way. It's up the Jonathan and Jennifer to put a stop to it, without becoming victims themselves. Check it out! Questions? Comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

It's our first Christmas themed episode. We are starting it off with The Dukes of Hazzard in the episode The Great Santa Claus Chase. Bo and Luke are robbed of the Christmas trees they are delivering to Hazzard County for Cooter and The Boy Scouts. To make matters worse, they are framed by Boss Hogg to make it looks like the Duke boys just stole the money. Boss Hogg wants to rip off the people of Hazzard County and make them buy the same trees for triple the price. It's a really thin plot.  Come listen to find out the rest of the details.   Questions? Comments? Email us at: mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

This week we are talking about some of our favorite Thanksgiving episodes and specials. We watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Cheers, WKRP in Cincinnati, Night Court and Happy Days. We learned that Charlie Brown and his friends have zero supervision, Cheers wastes food, turkeys don't fly and the Cunninghams think the pilgrims talk like cavemen? Pull up a seat at the ping pong table and have a listen! Questions? Comments? Email us at mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis

After a short delay we are back! This week we are meeting Jim Rockford for the first time on The Rockford Files. A young woman, played by The Bionic Woman herself, Lindsay Wagner, wants Jim's help to solve her father's murder. Jim is reluctant and actually quits several times, but finally takes the case after notices some dummy tailing him in a giant red Cadillac. We get a fight in the men's room, a chase through the desert and a plane getting shot down by a hand gun. It's pretty exciting for the first case, even if there is too much filler. Listen to find out the whole story! Questions? Comments? Email us at mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis   As promised by Mike S., here's the phonebook ad for Rockford Detective Agency.... an add in the phone book with no phone number? Here's what it looked like when Jim looked himself up:

Our first animated show! We go back a little farther in time to try to catch up with Speed Racer and his friends, and the powerful Mach 5, of course. Speed is a born racer but his dad won't let him race, probably because we see many drivers die in this episode alone. Pops Racer has designed a powerful new engine, quits his job and almost has his plans for the new engine stolen. Speed joins a race to win money so his dad can build his prototype. And, as often is the case, some bad guys get in the race and try to steal the Mach 5 and murder everyone else in the race. What a great show for kids! Listen to find out how it all goes down!   Questions? Comments? Email us at mikes@iusedtowatchthis.com or mikef@iusedtowatchthis.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/iused2watchthis  

Since it is almost Halloween we are talking about a special episode of The Greatest American Hero. In this episode Ralph and his students are due to clean out a spooky house to sell the items inside for a class gift. But, it turns out the house is haunted, or something weird. Ralph walks into another dimension in the house, gets beaten up, and Bill is possessed by a realtor. Just listen, it makes a little more sense. I think. Thanks to Johny Cisco for the recommendation on this episode. Note: This post disappeared for a day or two, we blame The Beast in the Black.