The concept started as two made-for-television films that aired in 1977. Ricardo Montalbán played Mr. Roarke, who ran an island in the Pacific where people could visit and live out their fantasies. Hervé Villechaize played Roarke’s sidekick, Tattoo.
A 1998 revival starring Malcolm McDowell lasted 13 episodes on ABC.
Many full episodes are available on YouTube. Here’s a clip of the original series’ open:
“Happy Days” ran from 1974-1984 on ABC. The sitcom was one of the highest-rated TV shows of the 1970s. It went into syndication in fall 1979 and has remained in syndication since.
“The Dukes of Hazzard” aired over CBS from 1979 to 1985. The hour-long action/comedy/drama was inspired by a 1975 film called “Moonrunners.”
The show followed the adventures of cousins Bo and Luke Duke in fictional Hazzard County, Ga., who ride around in a customized 1969 Dodge Charger stock car nicknamed “General Lee.”
Waylon Jennings performed the show’s theme song, “The Good Ol’ Boys,” which was a No. 1 Billboard country hit in 1980 and reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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