Does anyone remember After School Specials?

[RiffRandell]

ABC, 4pm on Thursdays.

[AlCzervik]

1. My drunk step Dad is in denial

oh yes i remember. I think those were replaced by primetime "A very special espisode" of insert lame sitcom here.

[Dookus]

2. ah yes...

Blossom has her period, or The Hogan Family discusses condoms.

[meegbear]

3. Time for Timer!

Still remember the journey through Little Red Riding Hood's body.

[AlCzervik]

6. I remember that too

i hanker for a hunk of cheese, a slab or slice or hunk of....

[BlackVelvetElvis]

9. The cheese guy was freaky

I had forgotten.

[AlCzervik]

10. He has a ten gallon hat i think

he looked like a sperm.

[proud patriot]

4. Oh yes

:-)

[Carni]

5. "My mom is having a baby"

Yeah, I remember...I have one kid and it took me until age 32 to do it (talk about instilling fear lol)

That was one scare the shit out of you after school special LOL

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. "Sometimes a man and a woman get so close..." I forgot all about

that one. :hi:

[Carni]

12. Those that say graphic sex ed doesn't work

Are TOTALLY full of crap LOL

"My mom is having a baby" was the ultimate combo: buzz/hormone kill

[flamingyouth]

7. Robby Benson

'Nuff said.

[Carni]

14. Wasn't he the dreaded...

"Boy in a bubble" or who was that? LOL

[flamingyouth]

24. Ooh, I don't remember if he was

But I distinctly recall one where he was the good kid who gets involved with drugs (could that one have been any more stereotypical?) and he ODed on "reds."

[Carni]

25. I think you are right

So who was that damned bubble boy? LOL
(Maybe BB was an ABC movie of the week?)

[alphafemale]

11. "The Wave"

I could never forget that one.

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/3145/wave.html

[fairfaxvadem]

13. I couldn't wait for those!

Between the After School Specials, Dark Shadows, and our ABC affiliate running movies in the afternoon, like "Elvis Week", well, my sister and I were pretty much camped in front of the tube until dinner time.

Of course, that was back in the day when we actually sat down to dinner as a family and after dinner, it was the Religious Hour with Walter Cronkite!!! I learned to be a good Dem from my dad and Walter.

[Carni]

16. "Dark shadows" rocked

Even though I can BARELY remember it (really! lol)

[fairfaxvadem]

18. some cable channel still runs it occasionally.

Can't say which right now. Sci-Fi??

Anyhow, I can't remember a single name of any After School Special, so I am very impressed with the DUers that do, but this is a smart bunch.

[Heddi]

15. What about that Goodbody Guy......

What the hell was his name---In my vague memories of him he had curly brown hair and wore this one peice leotard with organs and muscles and bones on it. So it was like he was "see through"...in reality, it was creepy. Even as a young child, I was disturbed at the "Penile Bump" as I've now come to call it. I still can't see male ballet dancers without becoming revolted, the memory is so strong.

And Picture Pages. I *SO* wanted one of those pens that made music when it was used. FUckin' bill cosby and his special fuckin' pen

[Carni]

17. Bill Cosby ='d the dreaded...

HEY HEY HEY...It's fat Albert

[Heddi]

19. I never liked that cartoon

I just found it...well...annoying.

I think it's funny to see like 13 year old kids walking around with Fat Albert & Mush Mouth on T-shirts and acting like they're all cool and I think 'Dude--you weren't even fucking CONCEIVED in the same DECADE as Fat Albert'.

Then I remember that I am old, and cry for hours because of it

[Carni]

21. I hear you!

I had my eight year old laughing at me this morning for singing along to the Rolling Stones "Midnight gambler" on the radio
(or is is rambler? Now on top of being old I am apparently senile lol)

[pagerbear]

20. "Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack"

[Carni]

22. That one really SUCKED

I thought it was contrived LOL

[name not needed]

23. My Personal Fave

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260967/

In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

it was so freakin predictable.