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Whats the name of that 80's TV show!!!

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retrothecollector

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I loved Amazing Stories. Especially the one about the old man and his grandson, and he got on the train at the end. :cloud9: Or the one about the guy who poured this stuff on magazines and the object/person came to life. What a great show.

 

Great knowledge of the boards and the epic drama that you can't get on TV, is why I stick around. lol

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CAMPER49

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Ok, on the same topic, I barely remember watching an animated show around Christmas time in the early to mid 1970's.

It was about a bird that kept unwrapping something like gold fabric from a statue, like unwrapping a mummy.

At the end, the bird died.

Any idea what show this was?

 

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BradleyX2

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Ok, on the same topic, I barely remember watching an animated show around Christmas time in the early to mid 1970's.

It was about a bird that kept unwrapping something like gold fabric from a statue, like unwrapping a mummy.

At the end, the bird died.

Any idea what show this was?

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happy_Prince_%28film%29

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Jonah Hex

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Guys!! There is a Detective 27 in the show. I captured it from the very episode we are talking about. It takes place at the 22:21 mark. Who knew that there was a comic book element to this topic. So awesome!

 

Also, a guy talks about a "1939 Marvel Mystery #1" which he knew a guy paid $35,000 for one. And there is and Action 1 in it too. Play it from the 22:21 mark from the link on the first page of this thread.

 

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Classic case of subconscience knowing the right place to post this question in!! Big thank you to all boardies....To rediscover a memory of a show from your childhood is probably as satisfying as finding a comic you read as a child. Well done boys...

 

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CAHokie

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I am really glad you guys posted this question and answer. This was one of my favorite episodes as a kid and it's nice to be reminded of it so I can rewatch it. (thumbs u

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spidercrazy

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I got another one, appropriate for this board, that I've been wondering about since the early 90's. Probably a shorter TV movie, I never watched it, I just remember the short plot description in the TV guide: A boy cares for his sick mother, who need medicine or an operation that costs money. Somewhere (a store window?) he sees a valuable comic, and if he can get his hands on that comic, he will soon have the money to save his mom. Anyone remember anything like this?

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B-Smooth

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Wasn't there another tv show, kind of like the twilight zone, that had a similar "poor but really rich" plot? The guy lived in a tiny shack that they were going to bulldoze, until someone noticed he had a fortune in collectibles, including comics? Or was that the same show? I can't recall.

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GeeksAreMyPeeps

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Wasn't there another tv show, kind of like the twilight zone, that had a similar "poor but really rich" plot? The guy lived in a tiny shack that they were going to bulldoze, until someone noticed he had a fortune in collectibles, including comics? Or was that the same show? I can't recall.

Same episode. It's on Netflix if you want to watch.

 

I remember when I saw that episode when it originally aired that I thought he was going to get ripped off because the woman in the gas station takes the valuable stein with her when she leaves to retrieve the cash for it. I didn't think she was going to come back.

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GeeksAreMyPeeps

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A bit off topic perhaps, but I'm certain someone on the boards must know this....

I'm looking for the name of a show I saw as a child, it must have been early 1980's in North America. The episode inparticular I am looking for was about a collector....From what I remember this man was given advice from a genie or some sort of Leprechan that he should hold onto and hoard all his possessions and collectibles. The man did this and lived a poor life. When he was older he had all his possesions with him in an old beat up car and was at a gas station with the last of his money. That's when another customer from the gas station noticed an antique Beer stein in his car and told him it was worth a fortune....as was everything else in his car...so the poor man became a rich man etc.....

 

These are the vague details I remember and I have been trying to track down the name of the show for years. I stumbled across Jin Henson's Storyteller and I thought that was it as it was that style but I can't find it within that run....

Can any boardies help???

It's funny, but I posted about this very episode a few months ago: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=44&Number=8387450&Searchpage=1&Main=282007&Words=amazing+stories+GeeksAreMyPeeps&topic=0&Search=true#Post8387450

 

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dudeman5000

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Amazing Stories: Season 1, Episode 16

Gather Ye Acorns (2 Feb. 1986)

 

Starring Mark Hamill as the old man.

 

The knowledge on the Boards is incredible. :applause:

 

(thumbs u +1000!

 

I just watched the episode and will watch some more later-forgot what a fun series that was!

 

:applause:

 

:banana: Chris

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