More '80s Action Shows

Last month I ran a review of 1980s action shows. Thing is, I reviewed four shows, and there were of course a lot more action shows that aired during that decade. So without further ado, allow me to present my Good/Bad/Ugly rating of more '80s action shows.

Knight Rider: David Hasselhoff and a talking car. A really cool looking artificially intelligent talking black car named K.I.T.T. that was capable of jumping over other vehicles. Does anyone else remember anything else from this show? I admit that I don't. While I think I watched almost all the episodes when they first aired, I don't remember the plot to a single episode, apart from a cliffhanger that involved K.I.T.T. being pushed into a pool of acid. Oh, and an evil AI car that was very cleverly named K.A.R.R. (and yes I'm being sarcastic). And then there was Hasselhoff's hair. It was way too big, disturbing, and completely Ugly.

The Scarecrow and Mrs. King: Another show I haven't seen in ages. Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner were a good combination, and if memory serves me correctly this show was witty and well done, at least until they got married, when it started going downhill. And I should take a moment to point out that it's pronounced "box-light-ner" not "box-liner" which is what I thought it was when I was a kid, but I digress. All said that I'm going to ignore everything above and solely on the virtue of having a really funky title give The Scarecrow and Mrs. King a Good rating.

The A-Team: When I was a kid I loved the A-Team. It was so utterly cool, I watched it all the time and when they moved it to 9 pm I bargained to be able to stay up until 10 to watch it. The A-Team was one of the shows that I remembered most fondly from the '80s, and when I discovered that it was back on TV I was eager to watch it again. Then I did. The show hasn't aged all that well. Every episode is essentially the same plot with different guest stars and a different setting. Mr. T gets mad and calls someone a fool, Face flirts with a hot woman, Murdock does something zany, and Hannibal "loves it when a plan comes together." Oh, and there's a considerable amount of automatic weapon fire exchanged in every episode, but we never see anybody die. Or even bleed for that matter. Not only is that silly, it's also Bad.

The Fall Guy: Here's another one from the don't remember very well file. If I recall correctly, this was one of those shows that I was probably a bit too young to be watching very often. And so I don't clearly remember it at all. But Lee Majors was in it, so that's cool. So I'm being hesitant with my rating here, since I haven't seen the show in over a decade and I can't find it airing anywhere these days, although I'm sure sooner or later someone will, and then I'll come back to this and insert a rating.