longbough

I was around to see #84 -"The Day After" - It wasn't that great. It was just a melodrama that happened to take place in the setting of a Nuclear War. The plot was no different than any common disaster film and the acting was pretty bad (daytime drama caliber). The amount of hype promoting it as an important work was just as shameful.
Around the same time a lower budget film came out called "Testament" starring Jane Alexander which takes place in a California suburb at the time of a nuclear attack. Same premise but much more realistic, powerful and unforgettable.

Does anyone remember an SNL-like show called "Fridays?" For me there were a couple of memorable moments: When guest Andy Kaufman botched a sketch and got into a fistfight with cast member Michael Richards (Kramer). A bunch of people rushed the stage and they quickly cut to commercial.
Then there was the time guest William Shatner was in a sketch where he confronts some fans at a Star Trek convention. "It's just a TV show! You're all pathetic - move out of your parents' basements. You, with the Spock ears, have you ever kissed a girl?" (looks down) "Get a life!..."

How about when Geraldo had that show with white supremists and African Americans as guests. Of course a brawl broke out with Geraldo getting a chair smacked into his face. I'd pay money to see that hit.

Not everyone will remember 1977 when Anita Bryant, pop-singer and Miss America runner-up, became a spokeswoman against the gay community and homosexual practices. In a news conference an attacker from the crowd lunged at her pushing a fruit pie into her face... brilliant!

Tyson vs. Buster Douglas - the most unbelievable upset I ever saw.

Happy Days - when Robin Williams makes his first(?) TV appearance as Mork from Ork and finds that the Fonz's coolness was stronger than his alien powers.

Walter Cronkite's tearful farewell - how could they leave that one out?