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openDoctor Demons Episode Live Action TV
An episode of Dr. Oz or Phil where adults would describe nightmares about horned demons and aliens.
resolved Sepia-toned afterlife Live Action TV
This might have been a movie; for a bit I was sure it was the HBO adaptation of Angels in America, but I just rewatched that and it wasn't that. I mostly just remember a particular scene. As best I remember: the main character finds himself in a monochromatic afterlife (maybe heaven, maybe limbo). It's very rural/pastoral - you know, trees, dirt roads, fields, etc. I think he meets multiple people, but he definitely meets at least one: a little girl who is heavily implied to be God, or maybe Death. The main character might be dying or might be already dead, and I dimly remember he's trying to either not die or not go to hell. This is very vague - sorry - but I feel like it was relatively recent (something produced within the last decade), so if it jogs anyone's memory, please let me know.
Edited by LaughingGiraffeopenTitle Unknown Live Action TV
I remember in the early 90s, there was a VHS tape for children starring someone like Suzanne Somers or Goldie Hawn (I don't think it was either of them, but it was a blonde woman who was well known at that time.)
All I remember is that it featured lots of songs; one was about career ideas (e.g., astronaut, firefighter, doctor), and another was the song "The More We Get Together, The Happier We'll Be" where a bunch of kids were spending time in a park.
resolved Early 2010s Nick sitcom series about an alien who lived with a human family because an alien species Live Action TV
Early 2010s Nick sitcom series about an alien who lived with a human family because an alien species hunts him.please help me find this show
resolved 1990s Brother in Apartment Live Action TV
A mid-to-late 1990s kids TV show about two brothers who live with their parents in an apartment.
The older brother (the main character) was around 11-12 and the younger brother was about 8. If I recall correctly, the older one would have these "imagine spots" to do with some life situation or another.
I remember some distinct parts of two episodes: One had the older brother in the park talking with his friends about germs, which then cut to an imagine spot where big bro returns home and finds his parents (in hazmat suits) have turned the apartment into an ultra-clean zone. They take the baseball mit he has and put in a bag and then it cuts to the little bro in a hazmat suit with a decontamination spray, laughing maniacally, before going back to reality.
The other moment was where the little bro thinks there's monsters under his bed. The wacky superintendent/handyman of the building (guy with a moustache) gave him "anti-monster spray" to use under his bed. The following morning, the kid has used up the spray can.
openGame Show Parody from 80s/90s Live Action TV
I believe I saw this on Comedy Central in the mid-'90s. Probably an SNL rerun from the late '80s or early '90s, but I'm not totally sure. I think it was a parody of Jeopardy, because the fake game show set was mostly beige/cream colors. The only thing I remember was a stoner/hair metal/Bill & Ted type whose every answer was an extremely long winded rant about finding a girl who dumped him and burning her house down.
Oh, and it goes without saying that Google is useless, because it just spams Celebrity Jeopardy skits everywhere.
Edited by WarriorsGateopeneducational english series Live Action TV
it was a live action series that taught english for kids. probably aired mid-late 2000s, in america at least. in the pilot episode (i think) the characters were in a cafe, and one of the mean characters said "see you later, alligator" and then used magic to spawn some alligators somehow. there were also cutaway segments, both animated and live action, and one of the live action segments was a rap explaining the difference between hard G and soft G, where one guy represented hard G and one guy represented soft G.
Edited by iwantedtoaddsomethingresolved A British superhero sitcom Live Action TV
I remember this sitcom about an alien being a superhero on earth wearing a yellow and red outfit. The only other thing I remember about it is that there was one episode where another character makes a deal with another alien (I think?) to get super powers too, but the alien tricks him to letting him use his body for it. The alien then shows off his powers, wearing a green and purple outfit, eventually challenging the main guy and loses, freeing the guy from the alien's control.
openSome british sitcom Live Action TV
I can't remember much about it. I do remember there was an episode that parodied The Prisoner and the main guy gets increasingly annoyed with the white ball following him around. I think in the beginning of the episode he crank calls a plumber in the middle of the night about a bad leek (yes, a leek) in the bathroom, but I might be mixing up shows or episodes there.
openNo Title Live Action TV
I remember watching a tv show when I was young. I believe it was a one stand alone episode of a series in 2011 (probably aired between then and about 2009. As it could’ve been a repeat)
It’s set in London, a man (late 20s) lives with his older landlady. There is a painting of a man (I think a serial killer he idolises) that he keeps in the attick and has hallucinations of this man up there.
He is obsessed with a model so he stalks her and gets the receptionist at her gym to sleep with him he kills her after. Bury’s her in the back garden. And throws her phone into a canal
Until the older landlady finds her body, he realises she knows and puts a pillow over her face in her sleep, but she has already died in her sleep.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I’ve been hunting for this show for years now and had no luck.
resolved Series about futuristic cops. (resolved: Space Precinct) Live Action TV
The series were about futuristic cops, using a flying "car" (I think it was/looked more like a small spaceship, and some episodes might have actually had them go to space, but it's been years since I watched it, maybe even in the previous century, so I don't remember for sure).
I remember a scene from one episode, where one of the cops had his kid (daughter?) along when working, for some reason. She was told to stay in the "car", while the cops investigated something. The vehicle exploded/got blown up while they were away, with the frightened cop thinking his kid died, only for them to appear from elsewhere, since it turned out they left the vehicle beforehand.
(Resolved: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/SpacePrecinct )
Edited by Dagrothresolved US kids show with animals or something Live Action TV
I know it was airing in the late 90s, maybe early 2000s but forger what channel. Maybe Animal Planet? Probably one of the non-cable stations if not. Pretty sure it involved some sort of game show with puppet animal hosts or something? I remember an episode where one of the hosts was getting antsy about a lot of the contestants or something being carnivorous and seeing him as a meal or something though that just may have been a gag.
open80s horror movie. Live Action TV
I definitely think this movie was a Full Moon/Empire feature and I remember seeing a scene from the movie on Deviantart, basically there was deadite-esque demon transforming inot a beautiful woman in a black outfit, like a black bikini/swimsuit, I cannot rememember the title.
open70s / 80s crimi TV show Live Action TV
I watched this (crimi?) TV show back in 1989. My memory of it is pretty foggy, but here is what i can rememeber: 1) - There was a woman who foud (in some sort of shop?) a photo that was parially covered by some graphic or painting, only showing eyes of the face that was on the original photo. The woman, fascinated by the photo retouched away the graphic uncovering the whole photo, revealing a girl´s face that was on the original photography. (i can remember the stare of that face, it scared a shit out of me when i was a kid.) 2) - the woman started to be obsessed by the photo somehow and (i think) she later discovered that this actually is a photo of a murdered girl or woman. 3) - the show is probably from 70s/80s 4) - possibly UK show or european show. 5) - this clue might me my memory palying tricks on me and it might be connected to some other show, but i remember an intro of a show where woman is chased by someone, and there is a shot of a dead girl laying on a floor made of white tiles (possibly empty pool?) 6) last clue is a Czech name of the show (if i remember correctly, i watched it as a kid dubbed in Czech language) which directly translates as something like "Murder in the Mirror" or "Mirror murder" Can pelase anybody help me to indentify this show? I am trying to remember it for more than 30 years :) :) :)
Edited by Kronos22openA UK commercial Live Action TV
It was live action, then a boy turned into a CG Monkey (I think it was that) and then stuff happened, which ended with the boy (Or the Monkey, I can't remember) falling from the sky and another person doing a art point with it, and then it turned back to the boy (or maybe to the monkey). I recall seeing it on nick Jr when I was young, it may be from 2011 or 2012. Happy Hunting!
openOld kids show from the 90s or early 00's Live Action TV
So there was a show that I had on VHS way back in 2004-2005. I think this show may have come out in the 90s or the early 2000s. It was live action and featured characters that were people in full body costumes (like The Tweenies). One of the characters was a tall orange or yellow guy who had a surfboard shaped like a star but he could fly around the air on it.
Every episode would open and end with a this puppeteered bird who sat in a nest above the characters' town, and I'm pretty sure he was the narrator.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? I've been racking my brain for years trying to think of it.
Thank you!
openA british series involving an old woman going around the streets with her shi tzu dog Live Action TV
Does anyone know the name? Anyone who is familiar with the childhood shows from the Great Britain?
Edited by Rm74openSci-fi series maybe? Live Action TV
I remember the world being a snow wasteland. There being some train station.
The main protagonist had a red coat I believe. And he had some visions. He went to some Indigenous people that lived outside in the snow to talk about those visions if I recall correctly.
That's pretty much all I remember.
openA fantasy childhood series Live Action TV
Hey does anyone know a series which involved a young kid meeting with any various weird characters. I remember watching this in an Indian channel called pogo and one scene I remember from that involved a character using his nose to pour a hot chocolate into the cup? kinda gross though.
Hey, there was this series I remember which was dubbed in Hindi back in India in a tv channel called Firangi which aired european shows dubbed in hindi. and there was this tv series i recall which was about a bride who was cheated on and along the way she ends up finding love again when she meets 3 more men, one of whom is a pilot. If anyone knows the name and the country it was from please let me know what it was?