In honor of Richard Simmons’ 71st birthday, here is an episode of The Richard Simmons Show. The show ran from 1980-1984. This episode features guest Jack LaLanne.
Tag Archives: 80s television
Quote of the Day: Late Night with David Letterman
Cher: I never thought I’d want to do this show with you.
David Letterman: Now why?
David Letterman: Now let’s explore this a little. Why? Because you thought I was a…
Cher: An asshole
33 years ago today (May 22, 1986), Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night.
Quote of the Day: Cheers
Norm!!!
The classic 80s sitcom, Cheers, aired its final episode on this day 26 years ago (May 20, 1993). It ran 11 seasons – 270 episodes.
Quote of the Day: Dorf on Golf
Dorf: Now Leonard, with dat well-trained caddy eye of yours, how far would you say we are from da nearest hole?
[Leonard takes a long moment to look far across the course.]
Leonard: Far.
Dorf: Leonard, why don’t you consider getting to bed a little early tonight? You wouldn’t want to miss a visit from the IQ fairy.
R.I.P. Tim Conway (December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019)
Quote of the Day: At the Movies
The balcony is closed
Quote of the Day: G.I. Joe
And Now you Know And Knowing Is Half The Battle
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Quote of the Day: M*A*S*H
[Hawkeye was telling Dr. Sidney Freedman about what he initially thought was a chicken clucking inside the bus]
Dr. Sidney Freedman: Then what happened?
Hawkeye: Then I went back toward the front of the bus.
Dr. Sidney Freedman: And what happened next?
Hawkeye: There’s something wrong with it. It stopped making noise. It just–just stopped.
[pauses]
Hawkeye: She-she killed it! She killed it!
Dr. Sidney Freedman: She killed the chicken?
Hawkeye: Oh, my God! Oh, my God! I didn’t mean for her to kill it.
[sobbing]
Hawkeye: I did not–I–I just wanted it to be quiet. It was–it was a baby! She, she smothered her own baby.
[pauses]
Hawkeye: You son of a bitch, why did you make me remember that?
Dr. Sidney Freedman: You had to get it out in the open. Now we’re halfway home.
The series finale of M*A*S*H aired on this day, 36 years ago (February 28, 1983). Over 125 million tuned in to watch! To this day, it is the largest audience for any television series (excluding sports and news events) ever. It is still the standard of which every television series finale is compared.
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Quote of the Day: You Can’t Do That On Television
D’oh, I heard that!
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Quote of the Day: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The year is 1987 and NASA launches the last of America’s deep space probes. In a freak mishap Ranger 3 and its pilot Captain William ‘Buck’ Rogers are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life support systems and returns Buck Rogers to Earth 500 years later.
Happy 76th birthday to Gil Gerard!!!
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Quote of the Day: Newhart
I’m Larry, this is my brother, Darryl, and this is my other brother, Darryl.
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