34 NEW SHOWS OF FALL TV 1990
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- NOTE: While 'Yearbook' did air during the 1990-91 season, it did so in the spring of 1991 not in the fall of 1990 - in fact, in the same time slot as 'Haywire,' also included here and which did air in the fall. Simply forgot to remove 'Yearbook' before uploading the video. It happens.
Love the 90's graphics for Parker Lewis. Those triangles and wavy lines were everywhere back then.
but the fashion was sooooooo bad
@@erikstein5854 it was so good tho
@@schmootheonly parker lewis was an awesome show.
Yeah if you combine them you have the 7up fido dido character.
The décor of the "Young Adult" reading room at the central branch of the LA Public Library is still exactly that
Kudos for getting the long version of The fresh prince intro from the first episode!
Have you seen the SNL version? Look it up. Hilarious.
I heard it maybe a two or three times. Glad to see it now 😊😊
Yep!
I actually don't remember this version but I didn't watch TV a lot in the 90's. Too busy chasing girls and racing cars. I had a 1969 Hurst Olds 442 and loved to cruise and jam, and eat Trans-Am's for lunch.
The longer version actually makes more sense…. I always thought that it was ridiculous that he called a cab in Philly to get to Bel Air
Randy Newman rocking out in a blacked out studio while people are toe tapping for the theme of a show called "Cop Rock" is the most 1990 moment ever.
I'm really impressed you were able to get the intros to some shows that only lasted a few episodes. What a cool time capsule they are.
The big winners that season were "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air," "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Law and Order," "Evening Shade," and "America's Funniest People"! Thanks for uploading, RwDt09!
Demetrius Dillard And yet, Christopher Meloni was in one of the failed sitcom's and eventually was on law and order
I have never met anyone that watched Evening Shade
@@siranthony3711 I saw reruns in the 2000s...
Parker Lewis can't lose. Don't even try to make him lose, because it's just going to be that much more embarrassing for you when you realize that he can't lose.
Parker Lewis was fun in its day, but didn't age particularly well. The Fresh Prince is still funny, though.
That Ferris Bueller show really needed a permanent day off. (That's ok, I'll show myself out...)
No, you're right! The show absolutely bombed.
The intro for The Family Man lasted longer than the show itself!
Did the show producers forget that it wasn't on ABC?
I'm glad the new reboot of the flash paid homage to the old flash John Wesley shipp
Homage? He had a cameo as the 90s Barry Allen
Good old days
Since The Flash (CW) premiered in 2014, John Wesley Shipp has played three roles:
- Henry Allen, Barry's father;
- Jay Garrick, the Earth-3 Flash; and
- Barry Allen, the Earth-90 Flash (which he reprised in the Elseworlds crossover).
That's awesome, I haven't seen the new Flash, but I LOVED the 1990 version and was so bummed when I tuned in and it was gone
You watch the entire '90s flash on DC universe
Man it's a shame about Luke Perry. He was in his prime here.
@evov monbly he death 2019
I don't know what's more hilarious. The fact that they made a show called "Cop Rock", or the fact that Randy Newman agreed to write and perform the theme song. AND appears in the credits! Just cops hangin' out in the studio. You know, as cops do lol.
For what it's worth, Randy Newman did the theme song to 86% of all late 80s and early 90s sitcoms.
Cop rock is pretty infamous for how bad it was.
@@davidmeans9505 "LET"S BE CAREFUL OUT THEEEERE"
Hey! It could happen.
Ok, not really, but still... Cop rock... Just the name is pretty balsy, if not completely stupid.
It was a teeerrrrible show
Every tv theme of the 80s and early 90s had to have a saxophone lead by law
Kirk Van Houten L.A. Law?
And some raspy singer
And the Randy Newman was strong in that era too.
FACTS!
I miss that little moniker at the bottom "In Stereo Where Available"....
Now it's HD, maybe even 4K where available
@@davincent98 🤣 true!
Lol, I never understood what that meant as a kid. I thought that meant they were telling the viewer to go out and buy a stereo.
😝
I hated it. I never saw it available where I lived.
Evening Shade. RIP to Burt Reynolds.
That show sucked major dick.
@@elbob17 Couldn't disagree more. But to each their own.
The actors in some of these forgotten shows are the kind of actors you get on Wish.
"Get a Life" was my favorite show during its brief run
Zoo Animals On Wheels! Chris Elliott looks the exact same now as he did 30 years ago!
@@cooperhilinsky6361 Like duh cause 1 thing about us Gingers/Natural Redheads like our African/Black Sistas n Bruthas when it comes to Skin we don't Age on the Outside just on the Insides! Gingers don't Snap n blacks don't Crack.
It's Kind of Sad for any Show that Doesn't get Picked up, or Doesn't get Past the First Season once you think of all the Hard work. First the Struggle to Shoot a Pilot (Prob was Exciting for all the Cast, and they Probably told they're Whole Families) and then thinking it may be a Hit...
When Law and Order came up, I was like "Where the hell are Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston?!?" - I had totally forgotten that they were not in the original cast.
The theme was also re-recorded and given a polish, once the show moved away from stories involving the character of the late 1980's NYC scene, and mob rule, to white collar offenses and trust fund murders. Couldn't have Mike Post's raw and gritty guitar plucking after that transition from ratings dumpster, to NBC's number 2 drama.
Rhett Gannon Law and Order without Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston was meh.
I can't believe that L&O is almost 30 years old!
It had Mister Big in the cast.
I was, and am, a dedicated LAW & ORDER super fan. BBCAmerica, SUNDANCE, and WEtv all carry the original L & O and Criminal Intent.
It’s been so long since I’ve seen the first 3 or 4 seasons that when I watch those I’ve usually forgotten who did what, so they’re exciting.
I never get tired of L&O.
Parker Lewis Cant Lose. All time classic
Apparantly, everyone in 1990 drove a classic convertible.
Television theme music took a rockin' turn in 1989 and 1990. Gone were the soft jazz, easy listening ballads that sounded interchangeable. In were the loud upbeat themes that got your attention. Also shows were proud that they were in encoded in Dolby Surround now that almost all stations had finally upgraded to stereo sound.
This is like peering into an alternate dimension, I love it.
I loved Parker Lewis Can't Lose. You see that people? Lose not Loose. Loose means something else entirely.
I sure miss the Flash, I Iove that show:(
IMO it was hands-down better than the CW's Flash, sucks that it didn't get a longer run.
Is it wierd the theme sound like Batman the Animated Series
Remembering the old series is fun enough, but it's even better to spot big names you'd completely forgotten about. Leonardo DiCaprio in Parenthood, and Jennifer Aniston in Ferris Bueller are a great start.
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There was also homie mandel and Christopher Meloni
Howie Mandel was already pretty established, but yes, with DiCaprio and Aniston probably putting them over the top, Christopher Meloni is spiking the ball. PLUS, while David Arquette and Thora Birch have sort of disappeared from the scene, this would have at least made it more impressive circa 2001.
@@RABartlett Leo went right from that failure to Growing Pains before Gilbert Grape, he learned what not to do as he grew up on camera
Birch disappeared by her own choice, Arquette was relegated to Courtney Cox’s arm piece and is raking in Friends money so he’s fine
Yep. Well said.
I had forgotten about Parker Lewis Can't Loose. I can't believe it was that long ago.
funny how the bully and principal ended up with the best careers: the voice of Didi Pickles for the principal and a long run on ER and voiceover work for the bully
It took two different installations of Uncle Buck before somebody figured out it didn't make such a great sitcom
And the second version had the fucking gall to have an African-American cast, not knowing that "buck" is a racial slur against African-American males, post Civil War. Diversity, right?
No John Candy would do it for me.
@@Madbandit77 The irony wasn't lost on me either regarding the "reboot." I remember reading about a network executive coming up with the following brainstorm, "Let's do The Wiz...WHITE!" No I'm not joking.
@@DavidTSmith-jn5bs Some people are WAY clueless.
@@DavidTSmith-jn5bs Somebody needs to slap that executive!
Some of these shows I would fall asleep by the end of the opening credits.
Did intros actually start getting longer just before they became drastically shortened?
After watching a few of these "New shows" videos, I'm amazed at the shear volume of failed TV shows. Failed and forgotten. After watching this video I had to ask myself "Did I even watch TV in 90-91? Because almost ALL of these were completely unknown to me.
Loved the 90s Flash tv show. Too bad it only went 2 seasons....between getting moved around and constantly getting pre-empted for Gulf War coverage it's no surprise it didn't last. Cool seeing the current CW Flash paying homage to the 90s show including having 90s cast members appear.
Kinda ironic that Parker Lewis, which was basically a rip off of Ferris Bueller (the movie), lasted longer than the actual Ferris Bueller show. Lol
And it's rare getting to hear the extended version of Fresh Prince of Bel Air!
Actually, 90s Flash lasted one season.
IMO it was the better Flash show.
I know!! I RARELY heard the FULL version of "Fresh Prince" theme song. Glad you guys had it. #lovethe90s
Ferris was destined to die. Parker was the only good high school show in the 90's.
“Uncle Buck” looks like a skit making fun of itself, but sadly it is not.
R I P Kevin Meaney.
@@yaywhewclips242 IIII DON'T CARE, IIII DON'T CARE...
A time period when they adapted movies into TV shows. Weird.
1990 I turned 10. This was when I really started getting into tv and watching more than cartoons
LOL!! I love this channel but, BOY !! some of these shows...
CopRock!!! It wasn't a dream I had one night? Oh and Law and Order outlived them all!!! I was in my early 20's and don't remember alot of these shows. WOW!! I feel really old!! My kids would laugh at this!!
Thanks for the memories.
Ahh "America's Funniest Videos" The UA-cam of the 90s.
Who here still gets really excited whenever they hear the Law and Order theme, meaning there's a show coming on?
Great theme but I was never interested in that show. Not a big fan of the cop shows.
And pretty lawyers
dum dummm
When isn't Law and Order on?? Jesus, they run that show 24/7.
@@jerseytomato100 Uhhh these days it's only on Certain Stations as that is L&O SVU that is on like 24.7 dude.
Law & Order? That show isn't going to last.
@Marsha Powell So has SVU. It's actually going to have a 21st, passing it's dad.
It is no Cop Rock, that is for sure. But seriously if you asked anyone before they both debuted which one would be successful everyone would have said Cop Rock. It had all the hype and was considered the heir apparent to Miami Vice.
I don't think some replies understand sarcasm lol
DOA for sure.
I know right? 😝
Parker Lewis can't lose was a little bit ahead of its time, True colors probably had a chance if it had better writers
Parker Lewis I hated due to those effects. True Colors did last 2 years. That was an interesting idea that Fox had, to show an interracial couple. Wouldn't see that on the other networks.
Now days people with different backgrounds are mixing more then ever
It reminded me of Ferris Buehler too much. That's why I laughed when they showed us that they adapted it to TV during that time. I saw little of the first and none of the second.
At one point, they tried to keep it fresh, and changed it to Parker Lewis Can't Win.
@@DavidTSmith-jn5bs NBC had a TV show with a similar character played by Chad Lowe, but not as great a storyline
I remember hearing a lot of these from the living room tv from my bedroom because it was a school night and I had to be in bed :(
Same here! Smh lol
I miss this era though.
Wow, Scott Weinger 1-2 years before Full House and Aladdin, Jenny von Oy a year before Blossom, Leonardo DiCaprio. And Parker Lewis! I loved that show!!
How many freakin' tv series was Jeffrey Tambor in? No matter what decade I watch in this category his name makes an appearance!
I can just imagine the excitement of these actors when they got a part on a TV show. Then, it's cancelled and they're never seen again.
John Wesley Shipp was seen a few places, including Dawson's Creek and The Flash (2014)
Some are, in much better shows.
There’s some good character actors sprinkled through these shows, and a few stars in the “before times”
Christopher Meloni was on OZ AND Law & Order SVU.
@@DavidTSmith-jn5bs And now Law and Order: Organized Crime.
When Mr. Big was on Law & Order 💗
Parker Lewis was awesomeness!! Loved that show.
Same!! That was my show when I was a kid!
Earth Force. Lasted all of one episode. It was actually quite ahead of its time as a concept. Might have survived in syndication.
Thirty years ago yet seemingly more like last month. Sometimes I will wonder of what use are these memories(?).
Wow, Get a Life was a weird and oddly fun show. I remember my wife loving this show a lot. She was crushed when it went off the air.
21:58 WIOU getting serious Sorkin vibes, look at all those “walk and talks”
Ferris Bueller and Uncle Buck should just stay as iconic movies
Ah, Fall of 1990 where so many shows went to die. *sigh* The Flash was shafted so hard by CBS.
Yep. "The Flash" aired opposite NBC's "A Different World" and "Cheers" on Thursday nights, in a rather unusual timeslot: 8:30-9:30 pm. I guess CBS didn't want to schedule "The Flash" directly opposite NBC's "The Cosby Show" and Fox's "The Simpsons." It didn't help matters that CBS preempted "The Flash" occasionally in favor of round-the-clock coverage of the then-ongoing Persian Gulf War.
Not sure how that Flash costume made it past the censors!
@@davidd.4942 The Batman movie costumes maybe? Or they weren't paying attention.
@@demetriusdillard2863 the flash was a cool show and that Persian gulf war kept cutting in to perfect strangers, assholes. I was all mad all the shows got booted when the war started.
If you took out the actors and titles, you could still identify the decade from the graphics. Shapes and shadows on every single font.
I'm crying at the 90210 intro! Such memories!
Did you see it when it first aired, I had my tv running and was like, what’s this? Dillon didn’t appear until later on, he was fixing Brandon’s car and Brenda became instantly in love with him.
Before Tori Spelling became a plastic surgeon's wet dream. Seen her lately?
The first Aunt Viv rules!
Ah, those early 90s graphic designs. Something's oddly nice about them.
Wow, 1990, it was my first time witnessing the change of a decade. Well, I was alive in 1980, I was just an infant so I don't remember that. And I must also add, that Fox was still a new network then. It seems like the shows debuting on the top 3 networks were stuck in the 80s, while the ones debuting on Fox seemed new and exciting, in line with the new decade.
Hey, there's this actor in "Parenthood" named Leonardo DiCaprio. I wondered what happened to him. LOL 😁
He disappeared along with whatshername from Ferris Bueller... Jennifer Anniston?
Well.... he's busy partying on private yachts and taking private jets to France to pick up his awards on global warming, lecturing the little people about their carbon footprint. Something like that.🤬🤢🤦
He probably disappeared with Jimmy McNichol.
I only recognize about four shows. I started college that Fall. Loved 90210. Watched Fresh Prince. Get A Life was good but maybe because of the REM theme song. I was a huge REM fan back then.
I will say this.. Gregory Harrison, like Jack Scali, was given multiple TV projects.. but at least he had a hit with being on _Trapper John, M.D._ the previous decade....
Also.. the biting irony that, two decades later, _Parenthood_ was revived and had a multi year run on a network *notorious* for "fixing a show till it was broke" most likely leaves a bad taste in the mouth of those who were cast in the first try...
Lastly... the most shocking thing about _The Fanelli Bosy_ is seeing BOTH Joe Pantoliano AND Christopher Meloni with full heads of hair at the same time.... *_SHOCKING_*
Yeah. The one for "Ferris Bueller" actually made me cry...That show stank to high HELL
Never saw the show. Just wanted a glimpse of a teen Jennifer Aniston.
@@maryadams3357 and Ami Dolenz
Only way it could have been worse is if Matthew Broderick had actually been in it 😂
@@g0i2023 How would he have made it worse?
@@davidl570 A career trajectory suddenly going the other direction.
I love how you can tell which were on TGIF on ABC
holy crap: Lenny Clark had a show? no surprise that it’s set in Boston, but still a shock that he got one!
Of these, I remember watching the Flash (loved that show), Parker Lewis and Fresh Prince obviously, True Colors (though I'd completely forgotten about that show), evening shade, Good Grief, Goin Places (lol kept waiting for it to show up in other videos as I couldn't recall the name but knew the intro sequence by heart and man... Stacy Keanon ♥), Get a life, AFP, and definitely Haywire! (I'll have to seek out some eps of it and see what other skits I remember besides Billy Quan).
"Lifestories" intro looks about 10 years behind the times in its production value.
Mark Ellsworth I thought the exact same thing. It looked like they’d found an unaired show in the archive and threw it on TV as is...
I completely forgot about True Colors! Hilarious show. Wish it'd get released on DVD!
My god! They aired The Fanelli Boys in Argentina back in 1991!
I knew that show existed but could't figure out the name...
Thank you for the upload.
1. Holy crap. I never realized this until it's all played back one after another like this, but geez at the number of shows made from film concepts in 1990 (although I had to check Wikipedia to see if American Dreamer was even based on the film, which it isn't...which actually seems kind of weird).
2. I also didn't realize until seeing them all like this how fascinated we suddenly seemed about upper class livelihood. I mean, there had been shows like Silver Spoons in the past, but here it seems like a trend and I'd love to know why.
3. I'm gonna just say it: I really miss the clothes and hairstyles girls were wearing around this time. Maybe it's that I was born at the butt end of '74 and so was just entering high school at this time, I don't know. Normally, fashion is something about which I couldn't give two fracks, but this era... Then again, I'm also an absolute weirdo who finds comfortably-fitting blue jeans and a sweater sexy, sooo...
4. While I remember that Ferris Bueller show sucking just _all_ the balls, I didn't realize just how little anything in that show's credits would give anyone the impression it was the same character that Broderick played.
I’ve been watching a bunch of these tv compilations, and man, they were trying so hard to foist Jay Thomas on us. I think we ultimately made the right decision.
Getting this out of the way (because they're back to back)
Parker Lewis > Ferris Bueller
Too right!
The Heir Apparent and The Impostor
Wow. Over My Dead Body with the great Edward Woodward. How did I miss this one? Wasn't even aware of the show. Thank you.
Not anyone in the entire comment section who remembers Married People. I loved that show.
"The fanelli boys" used "why should i worry" from "Oliver and company".
This was when I started my senior year of high school. These shoes still seem so fresh in my mind. Well the ones that stuck around anyway. I do miss Get A Life. That eas a surprisingly witty show
Parker Lewis was a good show. Why anyone thought making a Ferris Bueller TV show (like 4 years after the movie came out) would be a good idea is anyone's guess. The Uncle Buck TV series sucked too.
I never cared for Parker Lewis. Sound effects bugged me.
*Parker Lewis Can't Lose* was a *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* clone. It had the luxury to be *broadcast on the Fox network.* Fox allowed it to find it's audience since Fox was a struggling new network. *Ferris Bueller* was broadcast on NBC. *Different game then.*
That it was made isn't surprising... there's usually a turnaround before adaptations... but that Promo/intro told us Nothing about the show, essentially proving it was coasting on name recognition... the Parker Lewis clip while oddly stylized actually told us a good deal about the 4 people depicted using the machine/frame
@@kevinthetruckdriver353 Ferris Bueller didn't last a season paired with Fresh Prince. Better a knockoff in theme as Parker Lewis was versus the actual knockoff, which I *hated*
Parker Lewis sucked.
It's odd how the Ferris Bueller ripoff show was somehow better than the actual Ferris Bueller show.
You have John Hughes to thank for all these series (serieses?) about high school students in the '90s.
So many guitar solos and saxophones
Ronnie mil sap did a lot more TV Themes than I thought. Cool series you made here .
I loved The Flash and I bought it on DVD when it came out. I am proud to say that our son loved it decades later. Great show that was killed too early with moving it all around the schedule and I had read that each episode was very expensive for TV.
I had literally *just* opened up the panel to comment "man, Randy Newman must have been busy during the late 80s/early 90s doing every TV theme with male vocals, while that "Parenthood" intro that's either him or a soundalike...and he *immediately* pops up in the Cop Rock intro right after. Lol oh, you, Randy Newman.
Johnny Galecki from Big Bang Theory was in something in 1990. He's been around the block.
Roseanne?
Love the Original Flash Series never miss an episode also bought it on Amazon video to watch it whenever I like
The Flash could not get a break. Originally conceived of as a cash grab hot off the success of "Batman", the network soon found themselves switching it on the schedule so many times, because CBS had also landed the rights for broadcast baseball. Whatever base the show could have had, was undone when you found yourself flipping through the TV guide looking for it on any night. So it came as no surprise when CBS outright cancelled it in the early spring of 1991. It wasn't a great show by any means, but it was an entertaining police procedural mixed with superhero action, and late 80's flair. The production design was gorgeous, mixing Batman's dreary cityscape with a flashy neon color palette similar to that of Dick Tracy. Serious enough to work the drama, but not overly serious for a show featuring a man dressed up in what looked like a red velvet scuba suit.
@sammyd19801 At first I thought it was!
@sammyd19801 It should. "Oingo Boingo" frontman and Tim Burton collaborator Danny Elfman composed both the Batman theme used for Batman 1989 & The Animated Series and The Flash.
@Pumpkin Spice that's not really weird when you consider it was common practice going into the 90s of airing family programming at 7:30pm. The tradition being the children were usually in bed by 830.
I remember Parker Can't Loose. The big guy, Abraham Benrubi, also costarred in ER and Corin Nemec I think costarred in Stargate SG One.
Kubiak
RIP Luke Perry
Abraham Benrubi was also in ER but he was always guest starring until he finally joined the cast in the credits.. Lol
RIP Luke Perry and say a few prayers for Shannen Doherty
What would be interesting is a breakdown on how many episodes each series ran.
Look at all of us now. All grown up, with kids of our own and looking to face retirement. Wow.
Law & Order: top 5 tv intro ever. Crazy that you can have two things made at the exact same time and one can appear timeless and the other a relic. Great choice to speed the tempo up in later seasons too.
" Get A Life " is hilarious if you can find it and need a good laugh watch it!!!!
Sparkles. Professional male model.
Me and my sister used to love that show until my grandmother found out and was horrified by it so we never got to watch it again. Every time I hear Stand I think of that show.
Me too! I remember the episode where he time-traveled with the help of a weird potion, and at one point, had to go back in time to tell himself not to "make water on the captain".
Yeah it's start that guy from under the stairs on the David Letterman show
The episode with the alien was the best one.
Also, Randy Newman was apparently very busy in 1990!
I gotta say...pretty good production values on that "Family Man" intro.
How did they even get the flying shot over the beach and the one following the model airplane? Helicopter?
That 90210 never had a chance lol
I was never a fan of it.
Nor did Law & Order ;)
Especially that Luke Perry dude. I mean, who's he trying to be? James Dean or something?
*insert further sarcasm of a 90210 fan here*
Funny to see Howie Mandel touch hands with someone!
I just thought this same thing.
Funny that show rang a major bell even though I recognize very few of these. And I shouldn't know that one because it only ran for 13 episodes. But I could have seen it at the time.
What the hell was that show even about? Dead people tangoing and playing golf in the cemetery?
@@jonathanbethards3689 They're not dead. They run the cemetery. And I thought "Dead Like Me" was weird...
But you notice he is wearing a golfing glove. Lol
I think out of all of these, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is the most impactful. Who can't sing that theme song and Will Smith is a Hollywood superstar.
Law & Order had a bigger impact.
Even kids today know the intro song to it
@@blastbeatindustries3191 Just because it ran longer doesn't mean it had a bigger impact. I know far more people who liked Fresh Prince better than people who watched L&O, let alone people who actually liked it.
Yeah, it lets you know EXACTLY what the show is. Some of these I have no idea what they’re supposed to be about.
Law and Order had a much greater impact than Fresh Prince, but Fresh Prince was the most beloved sitcom here.
Huh, never noticed the third and fourth verses of the Fresh Prince song were cut from the intro later.
Cop Rock; it's hard to even explain that to people :) Thanks for these vids you've put together!
But it was actually good while it lasted. People remember the Ridiculousness of it, but some of the songs were clever and the usage of them innovative.
28:37 when Howie Mandel actually had hair.
And he was actually making physical contact and dancing with a woman!
More than a handful
he had hair until the late 90s/early 2000s, he shaved his hair because of his OCD
Did they try to adapt every 80's movie to a TV show?
Well, almost!...
And every 80's toy into a cartoon.
@@aiberlane3390 or vice versa!....
Pretty much.
Thank you I find your videos enjoyable
Wow an adult Flash, who would have guessed.
yes this show was soo much better than the current one. The actor looked like a man and only one person (ok 2) knew his secret
Sadly, yes. Yet...who would have guessed that over 25 years after this series ended, John Wesley Shipp would come full circle, not only by his recurring role as the current Flash's father, not only by his surprise role of Jay Garrick (the Earth-3 Flash), but by him actually reprising his role as the original Barry Allen/Flash in this year's Arrowverse crossover?
Back then society wasn't as youth obsessed. Older characters were more the norm, and typically teens were used mostly for just age-specific shows, like high school stuff. Now everyone has to be 18-25 regardless of what they're doing.
The look and music seemed very influenced by Tim Burton's Batman which had come out a year earlier.
@@alskndlaskndal Danny Elfman was the series theme composer y'know.
Most of these shows would have made it through the pilot episode If only they'd thought to use more shadow fonts in the opening credits.
And heavy gradient geometry!
You can definitely see from where “Too Many Cooks” drew its inspiration. Haha.