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openOld children's live action tv show with motorcycles. Live Action TV
I remember being on vacation once and looking at TV stations I wasn't used to, and there was this one episode of some show I watched that I can remember over a decade later. It had to do with the good guys always fighting off bad guys, that kind of a show. The good guys were a small group of men, 3-5 I'd say. And *at least* one of them had a motorcycle, more of a street/sport motorcycle, definitely not a Harley kind. They might have all had it, but I can't be certain. The episode I remember is that one of the good guys was by himself, he was the blue one and had his blue motorcycle, and he came upon/was ambushed by a couple of the bad guys. They froze him to not be able to move (not with ice, but some weird kind of technology/ray gun) and he was stuck. They carried him back to their lair, and after that I don't remember any specifics but of course he was unfrozen and all of that.
So yea, old live-action children's tv show, there was one of the good guys that had a blue outfit/persona (not Power Rangers) and a motorcycle that in one episode got frozen (not with ice) and he couldn't move. Can't remember the name of the TV show at all.
openOnly remember the theme song Live Action TV
This has been driving me crazy for years now. I'm looking for the name of a show that came on I think in the 80's and early 90's. I remember next to nothing about the show except the classical/jazzy theme song and opening. The opening was, if I remember correctly, animated and surreal, and each season they changed it up a bit. I *think* the show was on PBS, but I'm not sure. This is a link to what I can remember of the theme: https://youtu.be/Y3r_T1QZGfM
Really hoping that someone remembers, because it is driving me absolutely mad.
openTwo BBC 'arena' programmes Live Action TV
The first one was very similar to Robot Wars, but instead of RC robots controlled by teams, it was CGI fighters controlled by one person at each side of the arena. There was a game of it on the PS 2 as well which I remember owning at some point.
The Second one was a CBBC show, again about CGI. But it was monsters that looked like they were made in a basic modeling program (I think they were actually) made by teams of kids, and the monsters automatically attempted to do challenges or beat others. It was set in a lab with all the kids in lab coats There was a downloadable kit you could get of the shows site that was the same one the teams in the show used and do the challenges yourself in it. Both were on around the same time in the early - mid 2000s I think.
openno idea, but pretty sure it's this side of 2008 Live Action TV
not sure if the show even came out, but all i remember is from ads for it on tv. it centered around two guys i think, that were touristing out somwhere tropical. one of them got a special tribal tattoo or something like that, but eventually he had a premonition of a drowned girl. he then tries to save her in real life, all the while this gets the two dudes wrapped up in a deeper conspiracy/bad people plot. that's all i got, but it's killing me to not remember what it is, as it just popped into my head after years, and i'm like yeah, i'd like to watch that.
openParticular Comedy skit - Mitchell and Webb? Live Action TV
I was 100% sure it was Mitchell and Webb, before I went looking for it and couldn't find it.
Some people are standing around in a futuristic setting, making chit-chat, but all their conversation is punctuated by random utterances of things like "hail zoltan" and "by zoltans glorious beard". (Example utterances only. Not sure if the name was actually zoltan). At some point, one character pipes up with " why are you all saying 'hail zoltan'? It just seems like I was away sick on Wednesday and when I came back everyone was doing this zoltan thing". And then everyone passes the buck in a "i dunno. I started doing it because Joe was doing it" fashion. Help, please?
open[SOLVED] Some super depressing fckd up show where each episode is its own little story... Live Action TV
[SOLVED] Called "Black Mirror"
This show made me feel like hell after watching it.. I think it was kind of just showing how screwed up people / this world can be maybe?
I think I watched like 3 episodes a few years back at a friend's house, but don't remember hardly anything..
I do remember some part with a guy on a treadmill watching news or something..
Not much to go on! :/
Thanks!
Edited by burnfaceopenShort Clip (about Asexuality?) Live Action TV
I remember seeing this short clip on Tumblr under #asexual (or something like that) of a man and a woman in bed together. The comforter/sheets are off the bed and the man is shirtless. I think they were kissing or the man was undressing the woman or something. The woman stops and says "I don't like sex." The man replies, "Okay," puts his shirt back on, and pulls the sheet/comforter over the both of them so they can fall asleep. Any idea what this is from? I can't seem to find it again. The man was brunette and I think the woman was blonde, if that helps.
Edited by DaggerQuillopenNone Live Action TV
A children's show with a man with black hair and a mustache, he was an artist and he used to literally paint things around him on white background. I vaguely remember the show but I watched it early weekend mornings between 95' & 03'. I'm not sure if it was a show or a short within a show but I remember it and its buggy me.
Edited by ReconditeFalconineopen"(Something something) Vendetta" Live Action TV
I thought this was from the Seinfeld episode The Barber, but a search at seinfeldscripts.com didn't turn it up, so maybe I'm remembering it wrong? Someone makes a dramatic declaration that ends in the word 'vendetta', with them pointing up with a flourish. I'm pretty sure it's a guy, I think they were speaking Italian although it could have been another language and I thought it was Seinfeld, but now that I'm thinking about it it might have been Bill from Newsradio. I can't remember the episode, and short of rewatching either series, it's going to bug me. Anyone can help me out?
openDoctor interviewing animals about their sex lives Live Action TV
I saw it late at night on SBS in Australia around 10 years ago. I think the title was something along the lines of "Dr [name]'s animal sex therapy" but googling variations on that is not finding me anything so I could be wrong. One part of the show would involve the host, a white woman with red or reddish hair and a english or scottish accent interviewing a individual or couple of animals about their sex lives. The animals were represented by people in stylised lowish-budget-looking costumes. This segment would take place in a white room/space and I think the host generally wore a labcoat and acted as if she had been asked to be a couples counselor/sex therapist for the animals. There was another segment where several people in the animal costumes would perform vaguely psychedelic song and dance numbers about their mating habits. I remember them singing in very high voices but I'm not sure if that was always or just the one I remember best. I think I remember there being episodes about slugs and sea butterflies. The animals were definitely more often small/aquatic/weird kinds moreso than familiar mammals or whatever. It's not Green Porno but the costumes and general idea was fairly similar. The overall tone was comedic but the facts were pretty accurate I think.
openThe Twilight Zone or Outer Limits Episode Live Action TV
Sci/Fi Time stands still or alternate reality
I cannot remember the show, though it may have been the Outer Limits or the Twilight Zone, it was in color, so it must have been the reboots. I watched it late night between 2004-2008.
I remember the plot somewhat... there's a man, and he is driving. But he stops in the road. I think there is either a roadblock, time stands still except for him, or he gets in a fight with his wife. Either way, he gets out of his car and walks into the woods or is transported. As he walks farther into the woods, he comes across this beautiful, modern house inhabited by a beautiful woman. He spends time there very happy, time seems to have stood still. But then he is given the choice to stay or go back to reality. He ends up going back, but I cannot remember why or how he goes back.
openKid's Show Early 2000's Live Action TV
It was a show about four/five characters (They were people in animal-like pastel coloured suits?). I believe they would look for puzzle/jigsaw pieces. They had a TV (or computer) that they would enter tapes into and videos would play. One of the videos in an episode was about the wind and a girl. The wind was a boy and he loved a girl or something? Does anyone have any ideas?
I had it on tape/vhs or something, but my mum got rid of all of them.
Edited by Cats56openBeetleborgs Episode? Live Action TV
On Wikipedia, it says that Noxic has a dream about controlling a bulldozer. Which episode is this?
opencartoon driving show, can't remember the name Live Action TV
so I'm trying to remember the name of this tv show which i think was on cartoon network. it was a cartoon, it was about cars, i think their were 5 people who all worked as a team to fight other monsters which were also in cars. The leader was in red, i remember someone in yellow blue and green too. They worked for some alien called "sage" and i remember their was at one point something where 2 of their cars fused together. it was probably american, i also remember they made a game for it on the Wii.
sorry if i entered the wrong category
Edited by amunderyabedopenKids Singing show 90s/00s Live Action TV
There was this show for kids in the 00s and maybe 90s where there were 2 teams and they would each go up and sing karaoke to a song back then. I remember one of the songs being "Life is a Rollercoaster". I'm pretty sure the title had "star" in it? It's been driving me mad. I think it was sort of late kids show and it was on a kids channel. Please remind me of the name?
openPeriod Drama Live Action TV
Could be Film, I suppose, but I just remember seeing it on TV. It revolves around a man who frequently falls into trancelike states, where he stands completely still and stares off into space for a while, and at one point an old man dies on his watch because of one of these episodes. People around him don't understand what's happening, as it doesn't fit their idea of a fit or a stroke, and rumours start up that he's possessed by the devil.
openSci-fi/fantasy kids show - two magical roads Live Action TV
This has been bothering me for years and I'm beginning to lose hope that my memories may have made it up. I only remember the beginning (which happened in every episode), and part of the reason that I want to figure this out is because I'm so curious what happens afterward. It's a series, where the protagonist is a black young boy - probably around 12, though I'm not sure. The show starts out with the boy being faced with two magical roads, each one identified by a light. I think one road was marked by a red light and one road was marked by a blue light, but I can't be sure. He would then take one of the two magical road, and that would lead him to some sort of separate magical universe (I don't remember where after that). If i remember correctly, he was almost always led by the light to take the red road - but every once in a while the blue light would come on and he would take that road instead, and that was a real treat because it didn't happen too often.
I might be hazy on the details here - but does this ring a bell to anyone?
openScary Disney channel show 10s Live Action TV
There was a Disney channel show that came out in the 2010s but I can't remember the title .it was scary and involves a ghost (of a mother ) who lost her child and the ghost takes another child from the sea .the guy and girl try to find the child and there's this creepy library place and they want to leave but can't .there is one episode when the ghost is haunting the lighthouse
Edited by Alanahcopen"I have need of you" sci fi show Live Action TV
I'm pretty sure this was a sci fi tv show of the 90s but it could have been a movie for all I know. There is a guy character and he is bonded to a female character. He had some kind of neck tattoo and she would touch it and say, "I have need of you", and then he would I think turn into something? Maybe a bird? My strongest memories are of touching the tat and saying "I have need of you". I hope someone can remember

Can someone name this show I saw in my childhood? It was a possibly English comedy (dubbed into German), 2 actors, live action, (name) and (name) as title (In the German version)? With a big billboard in the intro. Each ep had one theme, e.g. ancient Rome, newspaper is 1 ton of granite tablets, fiddling while Rome burns. In another ep (of this show?): using rolls royce or bently to move through very large posh house. Thanks.