Great Eight XXVIII: Eight TV Shows That I Wish Were Still On

The entire reason we even have TV anymore is because it gives money and super powers to people who run TV channels. No money, no TV. Thats why we all have a handful of favorite TV shows that no longer air on TV. So when they cancel The Daily Show’s Leftovers Show, I mean The Office, you’ll appreciate this list.

1. Super Human Samurai Cyber Squad ~ This show had Servo, the inter-computer ninja, a robotic computer dinosaur, and Joey Lawerence’s brother, Matthew, being sucked into his computer to fight deadly computer viruses. Yeah all that in one show. It was the leading cause of televisions exploding.
2. Doug ~ Best. Nicktoon. Ever. Doug & Skeeter kicks Ren’s & Stimpy’s, Tommy’s & Chucky’s, and Rocko’s & Heffer’s ass on a weekly basis on Nickelodeon. Then ABC bought the rights for Doug, lets not talk about that though. Patty Mayonnaise was hot!
3. Are You Afraid of the Dark? ~ This was X-files, Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone and Friday the 13th: The Series all rolled into one and dumbed down for kids and sprinkled with magical parent-friendly dust. While other kids were reading Goosebumps for their horror fix, I was watching the original campfire stories told by the Midnight Society. Suck it, R.L. Stine, if those are your real initials.
4. That 80’s Show ~ That’s right. That 80’s Show. I didn’t care that I was the only fan of this show, I didn’t care that it was just a That 70’s Show spin-off. I didn’t even care that it got cancelled like 10 episodes in. If you didn’t like it you were UnAmerican, after all, the 80’s happened here in the US of an A. People from London didn’t get an 80’s. They didn’t get Tuesday’s hair spikes either. Thank you Chyler Leigh.
5. Dinosaurs ~ Speaking of spikes, wasn’t Robbie Sinclair dreamy, you know, for a dinosaur? This amazing live action costume-fest proved what I’ve been saying for years: Dinosaurs really do act like people, just like monkeys.
6. The Real Ghostbusters ~ To hell with the movies, the “Extreme” ghostbusters, The Not-Real Ghostbusters, and Ghosthunters, The Real Ghostbusters cartoon was by far the best cartoon in the history of… cartoons… Fun fact: The guy (Lorenzo Music) who voiced Peter Venkman in the Ghostbusters cartoon also voiced Garfield in the Garfield & Friends cartoons. The Ghostbusters movie starred this guy, let’s call him Bill Murray, as Peter Venkman. The Garfield movie had Murray voicing Garfield. Coincidence? Or the Power of Slimer? I’ll let you decide.
7. Now What? ~ Better known to the Canucks as “The Sausage Factory” Now What was the quitessential gap filler for high school sitcoms between Saved by the Bell and Degrassi: TNG. And one of the few things that MTV has done in the last decade, until they cancelled it.
8. Adventures of Pete & Pete ~ By far my favorite TV show ever. This show had the meloncholly vibe of Napolean Dynamite years before Nap started drawing Ligers. It was the perfect surreal kids show that will ever be made. That’s right, I just called it the best show in history, and future-ry. After all they had Artie. For he is Artie — The Strongest mannnn’ah… In the wooorld. It also had some now famous co-stars: Michelle Trachtenburg as Nona F. Mecklenberg, Adam West as Principal Ken Schwinger, Iggy Pop as James Mecklenberg, Janeane Garaff… Galurfano… Galapagos? as Ms. Brackett, LL Cool J as Mr. Throneberry, Michael Stipe as Captain Scrummy, and Selma Blair as Penelope Ghiruto. And lets not forget the best bullies ever: John McFlemp, “Chalkface” SanGreko, Papercut, Pitstain, Open-Face, and my personal favorite bully, “Endless” Mike Hellstrom.