1982 TV show openings Part 2

1982 TV show openings Part 2

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[eci4r]

I remember making the grade

[tvpirate05]

"Making the Grade" should've lasted just from the theme song alone...kickass!

[Inediblehulk]

Ripley's seems cool (sounds cooler!), but everything else looks terrible. Silver Spoons especially!

[Anglynn74]

omg some of these shows were so bad, make it stop!

[dudette1254]

TJ Hooker!

[DickieAnginson]

Search ...watch?v=aYKVpL3kqAY. This vid's a good example of the "No soap, radio" stunt I explain below!

[DickieAnginson]

@MikeStivic Search ...watch?v=oJ9YaDgSGmA - "No Soap, Radio" - Yukon Dan. Weird as s**t!

The show's title refers to an old Vaudeville-era gag. You tell a nonsensical joke, where the punchline is "No soap, radio." Everyone except one person in the group listening to the joke knows it's a gag and starts laughing hysterically. The victim will start laughing too because they feel stupid not knowing what the punchline means.

[DickieAnginson]

@MikeStivic I couldn't remember "No Soap, Radio" until I read the following description, then it seemed vaguely familiar. It was a sketch show about a motel in Atlantic City run by Steve Guttenberg: "This show would go into movie parodies or other skits completely unrelated to the main story...a reoccurring sight gag involved a "Break in Case of Fire" box...Each week one would see everything from a live fireman to a boy scout (rubbing two sticks together) encased in the glass booth..."

[BHoz77]

I bet the producers of "The Powers of Matthew Star" figured they had the next Star Wars and Superman hit on their hands when this came out.

[MikeStivic]

Does anyone know the premise of No Soap, Radio? I never heard of that show (I was 11 in 1982).  What a great cast, Bill Dana, Fran Ryan, Eddie McClurg, Stuart Pankin and of course Steve Guttenberg

[mikey42]

@iboudiop He got older, as we all do.

[vkoo32]

I was trying to find out that show I use to watch as a kid, an this is where I first leaned about Singapore.