WIZARDS & WARRIORS TV SERIES 1983

[rathraven1313]

I remembered that they would pull daggers from the sword hilts and the episode where they had to fight their ghostly doubles.

[jaxer1111]

please post this episode

[MrFluorescentfrank]

COOL SHOW.........

[Robearwgl]

omg i'm showing my age. i use to watch that when i was a kid

[battlestarmarc]

wizards and warriors was a great show !!!!

[smn3675]

Need to see this whole episode and series! Where is it!

[Medallion2006]

This was actually not that bad. For 1983 anyway.

[lytrigian]

Man, I used to love this show. Can;'t they put it out on Netflix or Hulu or something?

[Daemonocracy]

@lytrigian They don't even have Beastmaster on Netflix. :(

[fromthesidelines]

Would you believe Genie Francis was asked to star in the role Julia Duffy played? She refused, waiting for her mini-series "BARE ESSENCE" to become a weekly series. It did- and lasted about as long as "WIZARDS AND WARRIORS" did.

[willix2]

oh dat was a tv serie???

I only thought dat was a NES game!

[psovegeta]

Awwww how did I miss this? Musta had a short run on TV cause I woulda remembered this.

[margaretlake]

Vector's best line ... "I'm not wearing a hat." Classic. If this was on DVD I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[jaxer1111]

could you please post this whole episode

[motherchuch]

reminds me 80s low-budget p0rn

[Lfdjake91]

I don't remember this show at all.

RIP Jeff Conaway.

[daiklaive]

my favorite bit is where those two swords clash together :P

[bongodoug]

suck a rotten egg, dragon breath. hahahaha!

[HueyRocks23]

This music pumps me up!

[yolo22]

so cheesy! LOL. i loved this show from my younger days, loved jeff conaway (RIP). thanks for posting.

[Savant1s]

Ah, so THAT was the name of that series. I remember this show, but for the life of me, I couldn't remember the name of it. It was only after I read the article about Jeff Conway, where it mentioned the name of the show, that I finally had a lead. Your clip confirmed it. Thanks for posting this!

[godsofthegame]

Jeff Conway, RIP.

[Tiwaking]

@godsofthegame RIP Jeff. RIP!

[UTFan666]

Dude, do you have any episodes?

I have been trying to remember the name of this show for years, and today I finally tried to do a search with words like Medieval, comedy, 80's CBS and BAM turns out I was not the only one looking for it, but could not remember the name. Now I know, I have to see an episode or 2.

Please!!!!!!

[ranchai100]

well,well,zack from babylon 5 actually had another show.

[revmary]

I remember this, you rooted for the bad guys who were hunkier.

[MrPinkyRA1]

i love how they keep showing the clip of the two iron swords clashing .. LMFAO priceless.

[orcarossa]

One of the better show of 80'

A part of D&D, a part of Mel Brooks

[demonkai76]

Wtf?? i never knew they made a live action wizards and warriors series way back lol

[dinnye]

This show was alright but I preferred Lizards & Lawyers.

[MondoBeno]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!

I vaguely remembered this but I couldn't remember the name. I haven't seen it in over 25 years.

[fearguis]

This was the dumbest show in history, until Xena and Hercules came along and topped it.

[VisionofOrion]

I loved this show 

[indiancruise]

Jeff conaway is so sexy I want him

[Daemonocracy]

I love the Fantasy art style from back then. Now it's mostly crappy anime or cartoonish WoW styled tripe.

[ThyGreenKnight]

Teh most awesome intro eveh!

[ScamWOW]

@ThyGreenKnight Does it make you proud to be an illiterate moron?

[ThyGreenKnight]

@ScamWOW

Come on. With a TV series intro like that, do you really expect anything else.

Why so serious?

[bryandamadman]

Check it out, Jeff Conway isn't rolling on the floor drunk pissing himself.

[nortonthefirst]

In Italy was called " Storie di Maghi e di Guerrieri"...

[ZataMachi]

Legend.

[sherpa285]

Thanks so much for posting this video. I LOVED this show (albeit, for a very short time) when it was in first-run when I was a kid. I never remembered the name, so I've spent the last 27 years wondering if I imagined it. Nobody ever knew what the hell I was talking about. Thanks for independently confirming my sanity, more or less.

[Myriad69]

@sherpa285 Your comment could have been MY comment! I remember loving this as a kid, but couldn't remember the name, and no one else had any idea of what I was talking about. I remember it being hysterically funny, especially Julia Duffy as the vain and spoiled princess.

[13tomica13]

@sherpa285 & @Myriad69 Ditto. Loved the show as a kid. My hubby - who watched a bunch of TV as a kid, has no memory of this show.

[battlestarmarc]

WIZARDS & WARRIORS should have lasted a lot longer. 

[IcyBikez]

"Suck a rotten egg. Dragon breath." BEST INSULT EVER!!!!!!

[WavyFlatline]

Wow, I have not seen this since it originally aired. I recall them fighting an "invisible" dragon that we, as the viewer, never actually saw...because it was invisible, lol. Classic.

[FilmationArchive]

love how Conaway struggles with getting his sword out of it's sheath in the beginning, there. hee hee hee...

this is a cool idea, though. and ofcourse now, Merlin is a big hit.. so they werent all off.

[WastedPo]

It's funny. I identify Jeff Conaway so strongly with the struggling actor character on Taxi, when I see clips like that I can't help but feel like I'm still looking at Bobby Wheeler on yet another one of his short-lived acting stints.

[DerekBarns]

@WastedPo Not a Babylon 5 fan, I take it?

[WastedPo]

Never heard of this. Too bad no one has posted full episodes. Looks like it could be fun.

[orcarossa]

A great 80, TV show!!!

Also in italy it was transmitted! *___*

[Tikon2000]

You can still buy VHS or even transfered DVD's of shows like this

[kungfooed]

Man anonther show I was watching that just suddenly dissappeared from TV. I remeber this when the used to show movies like Clash of the Titans, Conan the Barbarian, The Beast Master, and The Sword and the Sorcerer during the Friday night movies. I want to be a kid in the 80's again.

[Yakerina]

Of all the things they put out on DVD... why not this? I'd buy a set!

[Mangapulse]

Loved this show. And had a crush on Duncan from the moment I saw him.

[corleonex]

i had a lot of fun with this show, and reruns, totally loved it when i was a kid, too bad that only lasted few shows

[WarshipAngelus]

Never seen this before?? LOL.. I knew about the Wizards & Warriors video games, but had no idea there was also a live action show.. Funny.

[wtcvidman]

@WarshipAngelus

I don't think this is related to the games, since the first game came out in 1987. And I checked out some sites on the web & found no mention of Kuros (the main character in the game) in this show. I know Kuros & his enemy Malkil were both in The Power Team cartoon that was based on Acclaim video game characters.

[therudeboy77]

I loved this show when I was 15/16.

[alecbaker13]

looks pretty cool for 1983

[TrejoDuneSea]

I'd heard the title of the show before, but I had no idea Jeff Conaway was in this.

[Danitech2999]

I was 12 by that time...old enough to notice randi brooks as the blonde witch....oh my god.

[jaedeswift]

I can't stop laughing. I love the hell out of this cheesy show! There's a closet in my brain crammed with forgotten 80's shows. No wonder I liked stuff like Xenna & Hercules. It really all goes back to childhood. (No wonder I liked Jeff Conway on Taxi!

[boats752]

it was cheezy as hell but loved it as a kid

[conradragzoff]

I guess I missed this show-- don't know how--

[Starkiller2187]

Loved this show as a kid.

[mousekabeat]

back in the 80's everything had a dungeons and dragons feel to it. it was really fun.

[Replayability]

When will the full episodes finally get uploaded to YouTube or put on an official DVD?

[Bobban]

does this have anything to do with wizards and warriors the game?

[meatcleaver123]

it wasn't related to the game,which was awesome.This show was cancelled qiuckly,but I really liked it as a kid

[OceanLaura]

I loved this show!!!

[nuwavevidspud]

Duncan Regehr played the best character on the show, Clive Revill's costume reminds me of Tom Baker era Time Lord outfits from Doctor Who, Thank you for uploading this intro.

[LibraGamesUnlimited]

@nuwavevidspud I can totally see that with the Timelord outfit. I'm not sure but I THINK I heard or read somewhere that they bought props from the BBC for the show it might have been an actual one from "Doctor Who". :)

[trence5]

He folks, who here has seen the anime Record of the Lodoss War?

Hey is it me or does Blackpool(Duncan Regehr) remind you of that Black Knight, or Dark Paladin that was with that Dark Elf?

Anyone know where we can watch full episodes of this show, I vaguely remember from when I was a kid....

[discoder]

For some reason, this reminds me of Hawk the Slayer.

[conradragzoff]

YAY!!! Hawk the Slayer!!!

[carmichaelful]

Such a series of total tripe affirms an axiom of TV:

Americans cannot do medieval drama; leave that to Brits. British TV cannot do westerns; leave that to Yanks.

Seriously, the US hasn't got any royal tradition. So US actors cannot feel and smell the medieval world like British ones can.

[limeytrash]

I guess you forgot about Covington Cross and Roar, two medieval series made by limeys. Both shows were failures, regardless of your "royal tradition".

[jimmymortis]

The people from the mediterranean can do western real good.

[kpowers]

Ohh please!!!!!!

[kpowers]

You do know that Wizzards, Warlocks, Sorcerers, Dragons, Witches are all fake stuff. So save us your "Royal Traditions" bull shit.

[Malocosa]

I bet carmichaelful stays at the Excalibur Casino when visiting Vegas

[ZuluChick]

I loved this show for the eight episodes it lasted. It was hilarious and I thought Duncan Regehr was cute.

[moonuni]

t.v hit a new low with this,

[Watcher3223]

Nah, it did much worse than this.

Case in point: "Gemini Man." a.k.a. "Riding with Death."

Another example: "After M*A*S*H."

But, perhaps one of the most egregious of all, "Tequila and Bonetti," which was a bit of a "Turner and Hooch" ripoff about three years too late. But, at least it lasted about 11 episodes, so maybe it isn't so egregious after all.

[tramdass1010]

don't you just love the way he shakes that hair in Taxi.

[Pancak3s98]

WIZARDS ARE THE BEST >:D

[kevinocooldaddy]

He left Taxi for this, wow, no wonder he has a drug problem

[blackiemittens]

Blackpool had one episode--sleeveless!

Quite nice if memory serves. . .

[flippydad30]

Julia duffy

[codymr1974]

WOW! I don't really remember this series other than my baby sitter (who I had the biggest crush) on used to watch it... I could not remember the name of it, just that the opening used the typical 80s freeze frame for each of the series leads that transitioned into a comic book like graphic. I had no idea Jeff Conway was in this and even Clive Revill who voiced the holographic emperor in The Empire Strikes Back. Thx for this... great memories.

[yariana2008]

I dare the guys who re imagined Battle Star Galactica to rescue this load of crap.

[chumon1992]

omg! Jeff Conaway in the middle ages...thats like fantasy come to life man! <33

[jarrod40k]

Dude! I thought this was a stupid dream I had when I was 12. HEY! That's that Grease / Bab-5 / Rehab guy!

[thorgrim103]

based off the nes game? lol i dont belive it is

[jvanmoyer]

Ah, I loved this show, completely forgot about it until now (I was 6 in '83). I always knew Duncan Regher was familiar when I saw Earth Star Voyager.

[juggaloben23]

i didn't even know there was a tv show

[toxtxot]

Jeff Conaway = Zack Allen in Babylon 5.

I always thought he looked a little familiar, but I never would have placed him. Funny sh*t.

[Sk8trkid1998]

Great show, this was funny as s***, I loved how the bad guys had that leather outfit and it used to make those creaking farting type noises anytime he moved LOL

[StaminaAQW]

8 episodes..XD..

[only257]

clever opening looks like a comic book!

[akiratubo]

Whoa. I remember this. Even when I was four, I could tell it sucked, lol.

[TrikkerMan2]

I use to watch this. lol

[Watcher3223]

For some reason, I can see why this show didn't last that long.

I just can't suspend disbelief by hearing the characters talk like they just came from shooting an episode of "Simon and Simon."

[fenixwylde]

ah.. now i know where that articular song comes from! I've had that unlabeled mp3 for years and its been bugging me!

[gurley123]

Didn't Brian Blessed guest star in an ep? I remember that the shot him with a cannon and when the smoke cleared he was just sitting there holding the cannonball, laughing. Then he threw the ball back over his shoulder and knocked out one of his men.

I loved this show. I was so upset when they cancelled it.

[discoder]

You may be thinking of Blackadder.

[DMaustrap]

LOL Wow! Been a long long time since iv'e seen this. I remember recording the Main Title on cassette tape and endlessly playing it. Great main title score!

[NewGremlin]

If it weren't for this short lives series, we wouldn't had Hercules and Xena

[minorityop]

Julia Duffy was hilarious in this, just as she was in that Bob Newhart show.

[juandoncarlo]

man, i was like 7 or 8 when this show was on, i vaguely remember it. I always wondered the name of it. I remember snakes coming out of a table biting the loser of arm wrestling...wow....what the 8 year old brain will remember..........

[raydenthetullgod]

Holy crapola, I thought I was going crazy. I distinctly remember this show, especially the ep where they go into a haunted castle and get stuck in there after the princess kills a mosquito. Well, I'm glad I'm not insane. Or at least, not in this department.

[melaniejanew]

Jeff Conaway now in Celeb Rehab... absolutely tragic - gosh he was gorgeous on this show.  Sent my 13 year old heart pounding I remember!

[60sThru80s]

Wow! What an overpowering memory it is to watch this again! Just a few strains of the music and I can remember college professors and friends from what seems an eternity ago.

I don't remember much of the stories in the series but one piece of dialogue sticks in my memory: I think it's the black prince making some kind of a wager with the wizard and he says, in all drama: "I want...your HAT."

[milesalpha]

The two of them get drunk to celebrate the death of the empty-headed blonde...and the princess. They make the wager over a game of Bahkin, "for one million Kolnas...and that silly hat". Even better was after they had played the game, and Blackpool cheated, Vector tells him "I think I ought to tell you, I don't wear a hat.", leaving Blackpool and the audience wondering just what that everchanging headgear was.

[Kreaden]

This show was great, I watched it because Captain Power was in it (Tim Dunnigan) as Blackpool

[battlestarmarc]

great show that did not last past 8 shows. a pity.

[ghostshafiq]

This show was ahead of it`s time.

It`s so much like the Hercules The Legendary Journeys.

[wz3d]

i LOVED this show.

how many episodes were there?

[milesalpha]

8 but only 7 aired nationally.

[Fspringfield5]

Holy Cr*p!!!! This was my favorite show when I was a very little kid. People didn't believe me it existed!!! Once I got grounded and couldn't watch it because I ran on stage during my sisters ballet recital. Freakin' awesome dude! This is going on my favorites

[cuteguyfromcanada]

@Fspringfield5 that's funny dude. Was your sister laughing?

[aztekarrow]

Wow before the LoTR movies.

[Crazydog7]

Can't imagine why this didn't take off.

[sfbaygirl]

OMG!!! I have had vague memories of this show since I was seven years old, which came on after "Hee-Haw" (which I hated). When "Newhart" first came out, I remember thinking that Julia Duffy was the same actress who played the princess, but I wasn't sure until I saw this intro. I did not remember Jeff Conoway being on the show at all!

[PvtChurch03]

wizards and warriors....it had so much potential.

[thelionwaits]

This show was funny as hell! It was sort of an "Alias: Smith and Jones" set to Dungeons and Dragons. It was one of those shows that didn't take itself seriously and was just a fun little romp. I think the series lasted about half a season, not many eps were made. Cool find and thanks for posting.

[ThundaLippz]

this is the reason jeff conway is on celebrity rehab

[lucky7393]

This theme song has been in my head for 25 years and I could not figure out which show it was from. THANK YOU !!!!

[dumais1985]

cbs sucks. they cancel too many good shows before they have a chance.

1. wizards and warriors

2. logan's run

3. planet of the apes.

[ah3133]

That's true. The problem with all those shows is they're so expensive to produce, that if they don't get extremely high ratings right from the start, the network gets cold feet and wants to cut their losses. So shows like this don't always get the chance to grow and build an audience over time like less-expensive sitcoms do.

[redevilrps13]

some people are perfect for a role.

larry hagman as j.r. ewing

mr.t as clubber lang

dolph lundgren as drago

mel gibson as mad max

duncan reghr as blackpool

jeff conaway as erik graystone

[9sunskungfu]

Yup,I so remember this series too.I loved it as a kid,shouldve kept it goin

[redevilrps13]

graystone, blackpool. this show had so much potential. cbs never gave it a chance.

[Fledrmaus]

I loved this show too, and was so disappointed when it was just dropped after a handful of episodes. Could you post an episode? Or even just part of an episode? Heck, anything with Duncan Regehr in it, that's all I ask.

[edyken77]

Yess!!! Thanks for posting this, reminds me of when I was 6. I can't believe I even remember this. Does anybody remember what night it used to be on? And is that the guy from Taxi?

[Evolution7X]

Wow what a wonderful trip down memory lane! Glad I'm not the only one wh remembers this show...thanks man!

[amigaflame]

Yeah my friend i still remember, i have forgot the music all this years, but this video bring all memories back ;)

[trence5]

On this show who was the chick that wore black like the rest of the bad guys with the big boobs?

[boilerplate]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a series of books (for teen readers) around this time called Wizards & Warriors....and it had a choose your own adventure style flow to it? Where you select what you want to do? I used to read them as a kid...I believe that's what they were called...same as this TV show. Might be related. Or maybe I'm jumping to conclusions.

[schap711]

Yes there was. It was called "Wizards and Warriors and You." You could choose to be one of the two main characters, the Wizard or the Warrior.

[MadCircle01]

I love those books! special interplanetary spy,remember that one?

[boilerplate]

Oh heck yeah. I have all 12 of them. I think they stopped after 12. after that, they re-issued the first two. I still have mine!

[MadCircle01]

so the books were called interplanetary spy?I was like in third grade at that time wasn't sure of the name,can they still be found out there?

[boilerplate]

I've seen four on Amazon, and they would be Robot World, Ultra Heroes, Rebel spy and Galactic Pirate. There might be more on the site I just haven't searched deep enough.

[MadCircle01]

true, thanks for the info