Name those B-Movie-esque TV Shows!

[Barendd Nobeard]

How about HR Puff-n-stuff.

It's Pufnstuf.

H.R. Pufnstuf
Can't do a little 'cause he can't do enough!

 

[Hand of Evil]

It's Pufnstuf.

H.R. Pufnstuf
Can't do a little 'cause he can't do enough!

I'm old

 

[Mark]

I guess we should add Lidsville then...

("How's that for a topper?!")

 

[Orius]

How many of the shows that get turned out for syndication or smaller networks each year in the fantasy genre qualify more as B-Movie type shows? I'm thinking along the lines of Relic Hunter, the short-lived Conan series from a few years back, Beastmaster or even The Legendary Journeys of Hercules (at least at the start of its run.)

Whether you liked them or consider them a waste of air space, they probably make up the majority of offerings for our favorite subject matter. So what are they? How far back can you name them? Should we include ST in the mix?

I saw all of those shows.

Conan wasn't even B-movie quality. I remember an episode where the extras were using arrows with flourescent artificial fletchings that the prop department obviously picked up at the local sporting goods store. It was that bad. They didn't even make an effort to make anything look real.

Beastmaster was truly dissappointing. The first season was actually pretty good, but it went downhill from there. They got rid of some of the good characters, introduced lame ones in their place. They show then got overly preachy on the environmentalism, and the third season was filled with episodes consisting of clips culled from earlier episodes. I got sick of watching the damn thing. It was a real shame too, because it was actually a pretty good show before it got ruined.

Relic Hunter was pretty good, if a bit silly.

Hercules was always one of my favorites. It was meant to be campy and cheesy anyway.


Two more I remember was The Lost World and Sinbad.

 

[Orius]

The 2nd series was about an alien (who looked like a robotic version of Predator) who gets in trouble on his homeworld and is turned nto a human and banished to Earth, with a floating orb, or something, which monitored him.

It was action series and kind of reminded me of the Hulk. Y'know, a guy with superstrength versus mobsters and such, although it did have some sci-fi stuff happening. I think the woman who played the Rosanne's sister on her show was on an episode or two as an evil alien.

I want to say it was Doing Time On Planet Earth, but I don't think that's it.

Hard Time on Planet Earth, I believe. I was just about to mention that one too.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I guess we should add Lidsville then...

("How's that for a topper?!")

Charles Nelson Reilly rocks!