Description: A playlist dedicated to all the good stuff from the 80ies…movies and tv shows
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Bachelor Party
( 1984 )
A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.
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Footloose
( 1984 )
A big city teenager moves to a small town where Rock and Roll music and dancing have been banned by backward local parents and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
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The Flamingo Kid
( 1984 )
A recent high-school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody.
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Gremlins
( 1984 )
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
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Johnny Dangerously
( 1984 )
Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.
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The Karate Kid
( 1984 )
Recently relocated from NJ to LA, Daniel becomes the target of a gang of Cobra Kai dojo students. When Mr. Miyagi saves him with expert Karate skills, Daniel convinces him to teach him to defend himself, and put his bullies in their place.
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The Philadelphia Experiment
( 1984 )
A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.
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Red Dawn
( 1984 )
It is the dawn of World War III. In the western mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
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Romancing the Stone
( 1984 )
A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
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Splash
( 1984 )
A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.
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Streets of Fire
( 1984 )
A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
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Teachers
( 1984 )
A well meaning but burned-out high school teacher tries to maintain order against the backdrop of a pending lawsuit against his school district when it comes to light they gave a diploma to an illiterate student.
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This Is Spinal Tap
( 1984 )
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
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Swing Shift
( 1984 )
A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.
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Clue
( 1985 )
Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
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Cocoon
( 1985 )
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
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The Goonies
( 1985 )
A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.
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The Heavenly Kid
( 1985 )
In order to earn his wings and get into heaven, a hip guardian angel is handed the task of watching over a lonely high school boy who needs guidance on how to fit in.
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The Jewel of the Nile
( 1985 )
When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.
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Just One of the Guys
( 1985 )
Terry feels discriminated against when the summer jobs at the Sun Tribune go to two guys. She decides to do something about it. She dresses like a guy and gets a haircut. Will students at the other high school notice? Girls notice "him".
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Mask
( 1985 )
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
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White Nights
( 1985 )
A Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?
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Harry and the Hendersons
( 1987 )
The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.
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The Hitchhiker
( 1983 )
The Hitchhiker is a half-hour dramatic anthology series presenting modern morality tales with contemporary players. In 85 chilling stories, men and women struggle with the best and worst in themselves, battling with - and all too often succumbing to - their deepest lusts, obsessions and fears.
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Beverly Hills Cop
( 1984 )
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
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Police Academy
( 1984 )
The mayor declares that anyone can enroll in the police academy irrespective of their physical condition or education level, and many misfits descend on the academy, including a young troublemaker who's forced to apply or go to jail.
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Revenge of the Nerds
( 1984 )
At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.
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Loverboy
( 1989 )
Randy is still unfocused after 2 years in college. When his dad refuses to keep paying his tuition, he gets a job delivering pizzas. Several alluring cougars pay him $200 for pizza delivery and "services rendered." As for their husbands.
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Say Anything
( 1989 )
A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
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Heathers
( 1989 )
At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.
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Miami Vice
( 1984 )
The cops. The cars. The clothes. Miami Vice is the explosive, groundbreaking detective show that redefined the word "cool." Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld, ride shotgun with suave Vice cops Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs as they battle a never-ending gallery of criminals. Set to an electrifying soundtrack of rock legends, including Glenn Frey, Phil Collins, U2 and Peter Gabriel, every episode crackles with excitement and stylish flair.
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Magnum P.I.
( 1980 )
Pursued by thugs and lovely ladies alike, Thomas Magnum is a witty but tough private investigator in Hawaii who works for a mysterious novelist.
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WarGames
( 1983 )
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
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ALF
( 1986 )
One starry night in 1986, the Tanner family get an unexpected houseguest - a furry, four-foot-high Alien Life Form they call ALF, who quickly becomes part of the family.
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Taps
( 1981 )
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
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Casual Sex?
( 1988 )
With high hopes on their quest to track down the perfect man, two young women take a vacation at a plush health resort. Unfortunately, the men they encounter seem to wilt at the thought of anything more than casual sex.
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Fort Apache the Bronx
( 1981 )
In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
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The Wild Life
( 1984 )
A high-school wrestler parties with his buddy at a swinging-singles apartment complex.
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Knight Rider
( 1982 )
The series follows the thrilling adventures of Michael Knight, a detective thought to be dead, who's been given a new face and identity. His assignment: to fight crime with the help of an artificially intelligent, talking car named K.I.T.T., a high-speed, futuristic weapon outfitted with high-tech gadgets and a personality of its own. Driven by justice, they set out to take down criminals who operate above the law.
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Family Ties
( 1982 )
Steve and Elyse Keaton, once 1960s radicals, now find themselves in Reagan-Era American trying to raise a traditional suburban family. Son Alex P. Keaton is an ambitious Young Republican and his sister Mallory is a shallow victim of the corporate culture, obsessed with music, clothes and boys. Their only normal kid is young Jennifer a bit of a tomboy.
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Rumble Fish
( 1983 )
Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
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Square Pegs
( 1982 )
Square Pegs is centered around nerdy girls Patty and Lauren who try to penetrate the "in" crowd at Weemawee High School. The CBS series was created by, and based upon, the experiences of Saturday Night Live writer Anne Beatts. Pop music of the day figured prominently in this short-lived show that has attracted a cult following ever since its 1983 cancellation.
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The A-Team
( 1983 )
The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series, running from 1983 to 1987, about a fictional group of ex–United States Army Special Forces.
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Head of the Class
( 1986 )
Head of the Class follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program (IHP) at the fictional Monroe High School (later Millard Fillmore High School) in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore (Howard Hesseman).
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Moonlighting
( 1985 )
Maddie Hayes, a wealthy former model, discovers one morning that her business manager has stolen all the money she has in the bank. However, it turns out that she still owns some non-liquid assets -- money-losing companies which were maintained as tax write-offs -- one of which is a detective agency run by David Addison. Maddie meets with him to inform him that the company is to be shut down, but he persuades her to keep it open by convincing her that the detective agency can make money. Maddie becomes David's new boss and accompanies him on adventure after adventure. While their personalities clash, a sexual tension arises in the time they spend together. But the question always remains... will they or won't they?
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Who's the Boss?
( 1984 )
When a career-ending injury forces a baseball star into early retirement, he takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a pushy advertising executive and her nosy mother-but "Who's the Boss?".
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V
( 1983 )
A year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now some humans are knowingly working with them.
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My Chauffeur
( 1986 )
A free-spirited young woman (Deborah Foreman) upsets the status quo at a stuffy Brentwood limousine service.
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To Be or Not to Be
( 1983 )
At the onset of WW2, a Polish actor's family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis.
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Victor/Victoria
( 1982 )
A struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.
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It's a Living
( 1980 )
It's a Living takes place at a posh restaurant, Above the Top which is located on the top floor of a California high rise hotel. This series originally began in October of 1980 on ABC and ran for one season. ABC must have had faith in the show for it returned the following season under a new title, Making a Living. After that everyone thought they had seen the last of it, but in 1985, It's a Living restarted production for an additional four seasons which ran in syndication. The stories revolved around the waitresses (who've included: Lois, Jan, Dot, Cassie, Vicki, Maggie, Amy and Ginger) their boss and hostess, Nancy, and the piano man Sonny.
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Flight of the Navigator
( 1986 )
In 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.
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Club Paradise
( 1986 )
A retired Chicago firefighter partners with a reggae singer to turn a seedy Caribbean nightclub into a resort for affluent tourists.
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The Hogan Family
( 1986 )
The Hogan Family was originally titled Valerie, and was about Valerie Hogan and her husband Michael, an airline pilot. His job took him away from home quite regularly so Valerie was left to raise their three sons, David, and the fraternal twins, Mark and Willie. David was the oldest and girl crazy, Mark was the brain and a perfectionist and Willie was the carefree clown who seemed to always be in trouble.At the beginning of the third season, the Valerie Hogan character was written out of the show and replaced by the boys' aunt, Sandy Hogan, acting as the surrogate mom. The show's title was changed to Valerie's Family, then The Hogans, and finally The Hogan Family.
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Endless Love
( 1981 )
Parental disapproval of a passionate romance between teenagers Jade Butterfield and David Axelrod leads to arguments, circumstance, insanity and tragedy.
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Mr. Belvedere
( 1985 )
Very loosely based on a 1940s movie character created by Clifton Webb, this family sitcom is set in the suburban Pittsburgh home of the Owens family, where dapper English housekeeper Lynn Belvedere draws on a history of service to such distinguished figures as Winston Churchill to keep things running smoothly. With father George Owens, a busy sports columnist, and mom Marsha trying to juggle challenging schedules as both a homemaker and law student, it falls to Mr. Belvedere to serve as adviser to their three kids: teenagers Kevin and Heather, plus 8-year-old Wesley.
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Bosom Buddies
( 1980 )
Bosom Buddies follows the adventures of Kip Wilson and Henry Desmond, junior ad-men at Livingston Gentry and Mishkin Advertising Agency. Kip was an illustrator, but aspired to be a painter, and Henry, a copywriter and aspiring novelist. When their building is demolished, they dress as women to stay with co-worker Amy Cassidy in her apartment at the Susan B. Anthony Hotel, where men are forbidden anywhere above the lobby. Kip and Henry decide to invent alter egos Buffy and Hildegarde (their fictional sisters) to move into an empty (and cheap) apartment at the hotel; Henry, to write an expose about the experience, and Kip, to get closer to Amy's beautiful roommate, Sonny Lumet, nurse, and part-time dancer.
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Falcon Crest
( 1981 )
The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest after the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley (modeled after the Napa Valley) northeast of San Francisco.
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Remington Steele
( 1982 )
Private eye Laura Holt grudgingly accepts a new partner when a mystery man assumes the identity of her fictitious boss, Remington Steele. Together, the two battle crime as as their feelings for each other.
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Private Benjamin
( 1981 )
Private Benjamin is an American sitcom about a spoiled young socialite named Judy Benjamin adjusting to life in the army. She's popular among her fellow enlisted personnel, but not with her superiors. Most of the humor in the series is derived from Benjamin and her friends' attempts to evade the watchful eye of their sergeant.
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Vice Versa
( 1988 )
Divorced executive Marshall and his 11-year-old son Charlie casually touch a magical Tibetan skull, releasing a mysterious power that transfers Marshall's mind to Charlie's body and vice versa. Their problems have just begun.
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Angel
( 1984 )
High-schooler Molly secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She must survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.
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Avenging Angel
( 1985 )
Former prostitute Molly has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to the streets as Angel to find his killers.
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Private Lessons
( 1981 )
An immigrant housemaid seduces a 15-year-old boy and later fakes her own death as part of his chauffeur's blackmail plot. Troubles arise when the two start to fall in love.
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Russkies
( 1987 )
A group of American boys and a shipwrecked Russian sailor become friends during the Cold War.
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Look Who's Talking
( 1989 )
After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver. Meanwhile, the point-of-view of the newborn baby is narrated through voice-over.
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The Blue Lagoon
( 1980 )
During the Victorian period, two preteen cousins are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific and enjoy a simple life together until puberty complicates matters.
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Misfits of Science
( 1985 )
In this short-run series, doctors Billy Hayes and Elvin "El" Lincoln run a scientific think tank dedicated to studying the strange and the unusual mutations in the human body. The overly tall El develops a way to shrink himself to six inches, and the scientists recruit rocker "Johnny B" Bukowski (who can absorb and fire electricity) and young runaway Gloria Dinallo (a telekinetic) to help them. Together, the four of them go on wacky adventures, fight spies, and capture crooks.
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Dreamscape
( 1984 )
A man who can enter and manipulate people's dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an assassination plot.
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Savage Streets
( 1984 )
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.
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Racing with the Moon
( 1984 )
In 1942 California, two young men await induction into the U.S. Marines and say goodbye to their girlfriends.
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Roxanne
( 1987 )
The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
( 1983 )
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
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Tarzan the Ape Man
( 1981 )
While on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.
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Porky's
( 1982 )
In 1954, a group of Florida high-school guys try to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.
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Porky's II: The Next Day
( 1983 )
The naughty high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead.
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Porky's Revenge
( 1985 )
As graduation nears for the class of 1955 at Angel Beach High, the gang once again faces off against their old enemy, Porky, who wants them to throw the school's championship basketball game because he's betting on the opposing team.
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Megaforce
( 1982 )
Story about a rapid deployment defense unit that is called into action whenever freedom is threatened.
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Perfect Strangers
( 1986 )
Perfect Strangers follows Balki Bartokomous, a humble sheep herder from a generic Mediterranean country called Mypos, who moves to Chicago to live with his American cousin, Larry Appleton.
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Night Court
( 1984 )
A young and unusual judge arrives in Manhattan's Night Court and begins deciding cases in a most unusual manner, much to the horror of his court clerk and all else in the courtroom.
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The Allnighter
( 1987 )
A Southern California coed parties with her roommates and flirts with a surfer next door.
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Doogie Howser, M.D.
( 1989 )
Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley created this comedy about a 16-year-old wunderkind physician who graduated from medical school at age 14 and began his residency at an L.A. hospital. Making sure Doogie's head didn't get too big for his stethoscope were his father, also a doctor, and his friend Vinnie, who kept him apprised of all things adolescent.
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Foxes
( 1980 )
A group of four teenage girls come of age in the asphalt desert of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley arranged with a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.
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Thrashin'
( 1986 )
Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
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Riptide
( 1984 )
Come aboard the Riptide, home to the hottest detective agency in Los Angeles. Cody Allen and Nick Ryder are longtime pals who have seen more than their share of danger -- and action. Along with a buddy from their days in the military, the brilliant but socially inept scientist Murray "Boz" Bozinsky, they solve a series of mysterious cases involving stakeouts, seduction, and the law. Detective work has never been this hot!
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Hardcastle and McCormick
( 1983 )
Judge Milton "Hardcase" Hardcastle - retired. After years of working for a judicial system that put guilty criminals back on the streets due to technicalities, he takes the law into his own hands by searching them out. Aiding him is a one time car theif now professional driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. McCormick, brought before the judge's final cast, is arrested for an "honest steal". Hardcastle gives him the choice of prison or helping him with the 200 plus cold cases. Relunctanly choosing to aid the judge, Hardcastle and McCormick start a loose friendship of justice and con in order to finally those who deserved it in prison.
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Hiding Out
( 1987 )
A young Boston stockbroker on the run from the mob decides to hide out in his little cousin's small town, and accidentally enrolls as a high-school student.
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Strange Brew
( 1983 )
Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.
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Fame
( 1982 )
Fame follows the lives of the students and faculty at the fictional New York City High School for the Performing Arts.
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SCTV Network 90
( 1981 )
After a successful Canadian run as Second City TV on Global and SCTV on CBC, the cast packed up and moved to America (theoretically) when NBC offered them a timeslot under the title SCTV Network 90. With them, they brought their unique, quirky characters, their personalities, and the shows they had appeared on. Dick Blasucci had begun writing for the cast in their second series, SCTV, and joined them here, serving as a recurring straight man for the characters. Tony Rosato and Robin Duke wrote scripts at the beginning of the show as they had before, until quickly leaving to write and perform for Saturday Night Live. The appeal of SCTV Network 90, however, doesn't only come from the writing, but from the sheer wit of its legendary stars.
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Summer Rental
( 1985 )
An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.
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The Pick-up Artist
( 1987 )
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the mafia.
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Turk 182
( 1985 )
Jimmy Lynch is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue, is denied benefits by the city.
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American Anthem
( 1986 )
Steve has given up on football and gymnastics after breaking an arm. Julie comes to town to train for the U.S. gymnastics championship, the first step to the Olympics. They meet and she motivates him to return to the gym.
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