We never got TVGuide as a kid, but the Washington Post used to include a TV listings magazine-style insert in the Sunday sections. (Maybe it still does - I haven't lived in DC since high school.)
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Oct 29, 2009 7:57:51 am PDT #15893 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Oct 29, 2009 7:58:02 am PDT #15894 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's from Let The Right One In.
Oh cool! I've been meaning to see that. Is it out on DVD yet?
Jessica - Oct 29, 2009 8:02:35 am PDT #15895 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yes, according to DH. Apparently we own it. (I have no idea what media comes into my home. I just see the shelves continue to sag under the weight of boxed sets.)
P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2009 8:06:59 am PDT #15896 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My high school TV viewing was slightly more me, less Parentals: Trek (TNG), ENG (was that high school or was it college? I think it was high school), Kids in the Hall, The Red Green Show, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Doctor Who (which was a constant from the fourth doctor to the seventh, frankly, and I'm shocked I left it off list the first), Are You Being Served?, that one with the old dudes with antique stores, Twin Peaks, Lovejoy, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Beverly Hills 90210, QVC (I loved him first, you Mike Rowe come latelys! This one time, with this neon wall sign of a rainbow and clouds? OMG, he cracked me up. "Turn it on, sunny. Turn it off, cloudy!"), National Finals Rodeo, the nightly horse racing recap show (local), Bombshelter Video, 120 Minutes, Liquid Television.
Wow. I watched a lot of TV.
I think I just didn't sleep.
Sue - Oct 29, 2009 8:08:51 am PDT #15897 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Wow, what did you use?? The newspaper? ESTVP?
There was a supplement that came with the newspaper. And, until I was 12 or so, we only had 3 channels. After that, we only still had 12 channels, so there wasn't that much to remember.
javachik - Oct 29, 2009 8:09:50 am PDT #15898 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Gotcha.
Jessica - Oct 29, 2009 8:10:47 am PDT #15899 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Doctor Who (which was a constant from the fourth doctor to the seventh, frankly, and I'm shocked I left it off list the first), Are You Being Served?
I can't believe I forgot about the late-night BBC-via-PBS shows! I watched all of these except Blackadder, which wasn't on my local station's British rotation.
P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2009 8:14:35 am PDT #15900 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I can't believe I forgot about the late-night BBC-via-PBS shows! I watched all of these except Blackadder, which wasn't on my local station's British rotation.
I left a few off, like Waiting for God (which I can't remember when I watched again), and that one with Judi Dench. OH! Yes, Minister. I was a HUGE Yes, Minister fan.
Pretty much anything with Penelope Keith was on my to watch list.
Jessica - Oct 29, 2009 8:16:07 am PDT #15901 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
We also got Chef! which I loved almost as much as Red Dwarf.
§ ita § - Oct 29, 2009 8:25:05 am PDT #15902 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
that one with Judi Dench
The one with her and her husband? I loved that.
I can't remember the TV shows I watched. I think I've blocked out much of my childhood. There are the obvious ones like Dr. Who and Robin of Sherwood (now, that was talked about at school all the time. We were obsessive--my one foray into RPF and my reason for running screaming from it) and stuff that maybe I shouldn't have been watching like Tenko, but I loved anyway. Bergerac and The Professionals...lots of sports, random American imports like A Team and Dynasty. And kids shows I can't remember properly. Like one with aspidistra aliens. And game shows, like the one with the cards, or Countdown which was absolutely brilliant--I don't know if it's still in force, but there was a British moratorium on the amount of luck you could depend on in a game show, so they were much more effort driven, and you ended up with Mastermind and The Krypton Factor instead of Wheel of Fortune.
I'd recreate it all via DVD if I could. I miss UK programming a lot.