Mr. T & Tina

[Troi Tribble]

I really, really, really miss Mr. T and Tina (http://www.tv.com/mr.-t-and-tina/show/5207/summary.html?q=Mr.%20T%20and%20Tina&tag=search_results;title;0). It was one of those short-lived tv shows in the 1970's that did not make it. I wish I could see it on dvd! Any ideas? Has anyone else hear of this show besides me?

[Scoobiedoo30]

I do not remember whe show Mr T and Tina can you tell me a little about The Show and what Night Time and night it aired on

[Troi Tribble]

I do not remember whe show Mr T and Tina can you tell me a little about The Show and what Night Time and night it aired on
Click on the blue underlined link in my first message that says "Mr. T and Tina".

[TVFactFan]

I really, really, really miss Mr. T and Tina (http://www.tv.com/mr.-t-and-tina/show/5207/summary.html?q=Mr.%20T%20and%20Tina&tag=search_results;title;0). It was one of those short-lived tv shows in the 1970's that did not make it. I wish I could see it on dvd! Any ideas? Has anyone else hear of this show besides me?


You miss it? The show didn't even last a half Season-lol It was cancelled before the second season

[Troi Tribble]

You miss it? The show didn't even last a half Season-lol It was cancelled before the second season

But, I like it, anyway! I think June Angela is great! Forgive me for liking unpopular shows.:dizzy:

[TVFactFan]

But, I like it, anyway! I think June Angela is great! Forgive me for liking unpopular shows.:dizzy:



You must have a POWERFUL memory because that show was last seen on the air 30 years ago.

[Troi Tribble]

You must have a POWERFUL memory because that show was last seen on the air 30 years ago.

Well, actually, I had forgotten most of it, but I remember June on it and that I liked it very much as a kid and that's why I want to see all of them again, to remember!

[TVFactFan]

Well, actually, I had forgotten most of it, but I remember June on it and that I liked it very much as a kid and that's why I want to see all of them again, to remember!


The show did a crossver episode with Welcome Back Kotter I guess to draw an audience but it didn't help much. I don't think you wll ever see this show again since it aired during a time when lots of people didn't VCR's in their house and the fact that it had not enough eps to make it to syndication

[Troi Tribble]

The show did a crossver episode with Welcome Back Kotter I guess to draw an audience but it didn't help much. I don't think you wll ever see this show again since it aired during a time when lots of people didn't VCR's in their house and the fact that it had not enough eps to make it to syndication
Well, that just plain s*cks! I can't accept never being able to see that show! :(

[gilligan fanatic]

The show did a crossver episode with Welcome Back Kotter I guess to draw an audience but it didn't help much. I don't think you wll ever see this show again since it aired during a time when lots of people didn't VCR's in their house and the fact that it had not enough eps to make it to syndication

Technically The WBK episode was the pilot for Mr T, but it aired only one day before Mr T and Tina aired it's show. It was the season opener of Kotter. "Tina" isn't in it, just "Mr T".

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/745/Career_Day.JPG

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/745/Career_Day_2.JPG

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/745/Career_Day_3.JPG

[TVFactFan]

Technically The WBK episode was the pilot for Mr T, but it aired only one day before Mr T and Tina aired it's show. It was the season opener of Kotter. "Tina" isn't in it, just "Mr T".

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/745/Career_Day.JPG

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/745/Career_Day_2.JPG

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/745/Career_Day_3.JPG



Oh so the Mr.T and Tina show was based in NYC too I guess

[Dr. Thong]

The show did a crossver episode with Welcome Back Kotter I guess to draw an audience but it didn't help much. I don't think you wll ever see this show again since it aired during a time when lots of people didn't VCRs in their house and the fact that it had not enough eps to make it to syndication

VCRs were brand new at that point and they were big clunky machines that were very expensive. It would be years before VCRs became commonplace in homes. I never even saw one until around 1979.

[TVFactFan]

VCRs were brand new at that point and they were big clunky machines that were very expensive. It would be years before VCRs became commonplace in homes. I never even saw one until around 1979.


The only Mr. T the poster of this thread will see is that fool on Tv land with the strange haircut-lol

[bencasey]

The show got yanked off the air after 5 weeks so you couldn't have gotten too attached to it.

[TVFactFan]

The show got yanked off the air after 5 weeks so you couldn't have gotten too attached to it.


Exactly, on the air for 5 weeks 30 years ago-lol

[Scoobiedoo30]

I really do wish that I got to see This Show Mr T & Tina

[Scoobiedoo30]

I wish TV Land would show Mr TV & Tina in Reruns

[Troi Tribble]

I wish I could see it too! I wish tv would have short-lived shows/unsold pilots available on dvd, or something so someone like me could see them! It's just that June Angela is SO one of my favorites! I also wish I could see that teleplay that she starred in w/ Pat Morita and Cloris Leachman called, "Blind Alleys" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343433/). I don't know why my favorite shows/movies are so impossible to get!

[Dr. Thong]

I remember watching this show when it was on, but I don't remember if it was funny or not. No memory of it being either.

[comedyfreak]

I remember the show, one of Mr. T's relatives said, "Not funny Turkey". It had the lady who had been on All My Children, who had been killed off to do this series.

[Troi Tribble]

There has just GOT to be a way to get "Mr. T & Tina" and "Blind Alleys" on video! I really want to see it!

[Bob's TV Treasures]

I recall watching this show in the late seventies.
Frankly, it wasn't very good, but I would like to see it again, too.
I don't know of ANYONE who has it.
Here's a suggestion. I'm finding the best way to see obscure
shows is to purchase the films when they pop up on the
auction block, OR find someone who had a UMATIC machine or a BETA and
recorded a lot of sitcoms in the seventies. I've acquired CALUCCI'S DEPARTMENT, BILLY (w/Steve Guttenberg), ON OUR OWN and STRUCK BY LIGHTNING from Beta lovers.
That'd be the only ways. The show is way too obscure for anyone
to put it out commercially.

[Dr. Thong]

The only way they'd put it out is if they thought an obscure sitcom starring "Mr. Miyagi" from The Karate Kid would move units. I agree there should be a cable channel devoted to showing sitcom obscurities and short-lived programs.

Wasn't there something along those lines a few years back, where they showed programs like Working Stiffs, a short-lived sitcom from 1979 starring Jim Belushi and Michael Keaton?? I thought some of those shows aired somewhere at one time.

[Troi Tribble]

Ok, thanks, where do I look under?

[TV Knowledge Fan]

..."MR. T AND TINA" is George Aliceson Tipton's rousing arrangement of "Chicago" [with "Oriental flourishes"] as the theme. Other than that, I cannot recall a single plot or "character line" about it. It only lasted 13 episodes...and is in the Time-Warner vault, awaiting rediscovery.

:tv:

[TVFactFan]

..."MR. T AND TINA" is George Aliceson Tipton's rousing arrangement of "Chicago" [with "Oriental flourishes"] as the theme. Other than that, I cannot recall a single plot or "character line" about it. It only lasted 13 episodes...and is in the Time-Warner vault, awaiting rediscovery.

:tv:



How did it last 13 eps when it was cancelled in 5 weeks?

[Lee G]

Mr. T and Tina was a terrible show. TV.com lists a total of nine episodes, I guess only the first five aired. I remember one episode where Mr. T invented an anti-gravity belt. The special effects were so bad that you could clearly see the wires attached to the person that was wearing the belt as they were "floating" in the air. Absolutely terrible. The one thing this show had going for it was Susan Blanchard. She was cute back in those days.

[Troi Tribble]

..."MR. T AND TINA" is George Aliceson Tipton's rousing arrangement of "Chicago" [with "Oriental flourishes"] as the theme. Other than that, I cannot recall a single plot or "character line" about it. It only lasted 13 episodes...and is in the Time-Warner vault, awaiting rediscovery.

:tv:
Well, thanks, TVKnowledgefan, how can I get this show from Time-Warner?

Mr. T and Tina was a terrible show. TV.com lists a total of nine episodes, I guess only the first five aired. I remember one episode where Mr. T invented an anti-gravity belt. The special effects were so bad that you could clearly see the wires attached to the person that was wearing the belt as they were "floating" in the air. Absolutely terrible. The one thing this show had going for it was Susan Blanchard. She was cute back in those days.

Well, too bad! I like it and I want to see it! >-[

[Lee G]

Well, too bad! I like it and I want to see it! >-[

Well too bad for you if you don't like my opinion of this show. You've told everyone here numerous times how desperate you are to see this dreck. :crazy: Please tell us again for the 1,000th time. :lol: :wave:

[Troi Tribble]

Well too bad for you if you don't like my opinion of this show. You've told everyone here numerous times how desperate you are to see this dreck. :crazy: Please tell us again for the 1,000th time. :lol: :wave:
On the rag much?

[bencasey]

I know someone who has one but they can't locate it.

[Troi Tribble]

I know someone who has one but they can't locate it.

Has one what, videos of "Mr. T & Tina"? If so, please keep a lookout and keep me posted, ok?

[TVFactFan]

I know someone who has one but they can't locate it.


Why come here and LIE? You get that posters HOPES up knowing that whoever you are talking don't have sh*T-lol That statement just sounds like BullSH=-"I can' locate it"


I have Checking In and Park Place but I can'tl locate them either"

[Troi Tribble]

Why come here and LIE? You get that posters HOPES up knowing that whoever you are talking don't have sh*T-lol That statement just sounds like BullSH=-"I can' locate it"


I have Checking In and Park Place but I can'tl locate them either"

Well, I wish there were SOME way I could get "Mr. T & Tina" that's truthful!

[Scoobiedoo30]

Maybe it will come out on DVD

[gilligan fanatic]

I know someone who has one but they can't locate it.

Did they burry it or something?

[Troi Tribble]

Maybe it will come out on DVD
I hope so!

[Scoobiedoo30]

Me as well

[TVFactFan]

Did they burry it or something?


He's lying Matt, lol I CAN"T LOCATE IT

[Scoobiedoo30]

I pray every night that Mr T and Tina comes to DVD

[Dr. Thong]

If they showed in on TV Land, I might watch it out of curiosity, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it.

Besides, think of the confusion it would create - people would go to the stores expecting to see Mr. T from The A-Team and Rocky III and they get Mr. Miyagi / Arnold.;)

[Troi Tribble]

I pray every night that Mr T and Tina comes to DVD

Me too!

If they showed in on TV Land, I might watch it out of curiosity, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it.

Besides, think of the confusion it would create - people would go to the stores expecting to see Mr. T from The A-Team and Rocky III and they get Mr. Miyagi / Arnold.;)
I would rather see the late Pat Morita than Laurence Tauro (Mr. T) anyway any day. But I really want to see June Angela more than ever!

[Lamont]

this show wont be aired again
i mean, why would it?
it was a flop, is totally forgotten and has only less than 1 season of eps?
tvland would never air something like this today

[Troi Tribble]

Well, then, in that case, can't there be an "unpopular shows channel"? :(

[TVFactFan]

If TV land had a one month wonder marathon we may see it-lol

[Lamont]

YES but tvland does not do that sort of thing anymore

when they first started out there were a low income channel, but now they are in the big leagues and dont take chances

that is why u see 99% of the shows they air are SAFE shows like I LOVE LUCY and GUNSMOKE--- shows they can COUNT ON for ratings

why take a chance on a 30 year old show that noone has heard of when u can show another sanford rerun instead?

its all about the $$$$

[TVFactFan]

YES but tvland does not do that sort of thing anymore

when they first started out there were a low income channel, but now they are in the big leagues and dont take chances

that is why u see 99% of the shows they air are SAFE shows like I LOVE LUCY and GUNSMOKE--- shows they can COUNT ON for ratings

why take a chance on a 30 year old show that noone has heard of when u can show another sanford rerun instead?

its all about the $$$$



I know, I was being silly.

[kk-likes-tv]

I also remember this show and have spent the last 30 years trying to forget it but to no avail. It haunts me still. Maybe I need psychiatric help.
As shows go it belongs in the "so bad it's good" category, everything about it was plain rotten but like a bad car wreck you couldn't look away.
Around the same time there was a show called Holmes & Yo-Yo which was almost as bad. Almost. But nothing could beat Tina. And nothing ever will.

[Troi Tribble]

I also remember this show and have spent the last 30 years trying to forget it but to no avail. It haunts me still. Maybe I need psychiatric help.
As shows go it belongs in the "so bad it's good" category, everything about it was plain rotten but like a bad car wreck you couldn't look away.
Around the same time there was a show called Holmes & Yo-Yo which was almost as bad. Almost. But nothing could beat Tina. And nothing ever will.

So, sue me for not having the same taste as everyone else! :( What can I say?

[kk-likes-tv]

Don't get me wrong, I'm actully agreeing with you. I would love to see this again. As a youngster I watched the show, fascinated by it's weird hysterical awfulness and I said to myself: "Someday I will reminisce about this with strangers on an Internet message board, even though such a thing has not been invented yet." And now that day has finally arrived.

[Troi Tribble]

Don't get me wrong, I'm actully agreeing with you. I would love to see this again. As a youngster I watched the show, fascinated by it's weird hysterical awfulness and I said to myself: "Someday I will reminisce about this with strangers on an Internet message board, even though such a thing has not been invented yet." And now that day has finally arrived.
O-kaaayyyy! If you say so, KK!

[TVFactFan]

I also remember this show and have spent the last 30 years trying to forget it but to no avail. It haunts me still. Maybe I need psychiatric help.
As shows go it belongs in the "so bad it's good" category, everything about it was plain rotten but like a bad car wreck you couldn't look away.
Around the same time there was a show called Holmes & Yo-Yo which was almost as bad. Almost. But nothing could beat Tina. And nothing ever will.



Now Homles and Yoko I have on DVD

[kk-likes-tv]

Holmes and Yo-Yo on DVD? Maybe there's hope for Mr. T & Tina after all.

What a really want to see is a show dedicated to these obscure shows but TV Land has tried that and won't try again it seems. I would even settle for a one-time 2 hour special, it would be perfect for Halloween come to think of it. Call it "The Graveyard of Dead Sitcoms". Some guy in vampire makeup could crawl out of a coffin waving an old TV Guide and introduce the next one. There's a big market for "so bad their good" movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space so why not for TV programs too? A failed show in the 70s likely got as many millions of viewers as a Top 10 show gets today. There must be legions of people walking around with the memory of this stuff in their heads. We NEED to see them again.

Maybe some TV exec will read this and see the light in time for next Halloween. How else are we ever going to see Hello Larry, CPO Sharkey, or Me And The Chimp again? Meanwhile I am waiting patiently by my TV for their re-appearance and will wait 30 more years if I have to....

[TVFactFan]

Holmes and Yo-Yo on DVD? Maybe there's hope for Mr. T & Tina after all.

What a really want to see is a show dedicated to these obscure shows but TV Land has tried that and won't try again it seems. I would even settle for a one-time 2 hour special, it would be perfect for Halloween come to think of it. Call it "The Graveyard of Dead Sitcoms". Some guy in vampire makeup could crawl out of a coffin waving an old TV Guide and introduce the next one. There's a big market for "so bad their good" movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space so why not for TV programs too? A failed show in the 70s likely got as many millions of viewers as a Top 10 show gets today. There must be legions of people walking around with the memory of this stuff in their heads. We NEED to see them again.

Maybe some TV exec will read this and see the light in time for next Halloween. How else are we ever going to see Hello Larry, CPO Sharkey, or Me And The Chimp again? Meanwhile I am waiting patiently by my TV for their re-appearance and will wait 30 more years if I have to....


I have Hello Larry and CPO Sharkey on VHS. Email me at retrotv@msn.com

[comedyfreak]

Now Homles and Yoko I have on DVD
You lucky bum! I loved that show too and still remember seeing it in prime time.

[TVFactFan]

You lucky bum! I loved that show too and still remember seeing it in prime time.


I can send it to you for a small fee. Email me at retrotv@msn.com if you are interested

[Lamont]

i also have 33 of the 35 hello larry eps
HARD TO FIND the show
that complete
some are from brazilian tv and have subtitles at the bottom but are in english still!

[Troi Tribble]

I have Hello Larry and CPO Sharkey on VHS. Email me at retrotv@msn.com

Hey, about "Hello, Larry", do you have the episode, "The New Kid" (http://www.tv.com/hello-larry/the-new-kid/episode/123590/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;1)?

[TVFactFan]

Hey, about "Hello, Larry", do you have the episode, "The New Kid" (http://www.tv.com/hello-larry/the-new-kid/episode/123590/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;1)?


No the eps I have are

Final Papers
How to Not To
Midlife Crisis-1

[DJM77]

Now Homles and Yoko I have on DVD

I'm assuming that the episode you have on DVD is the same one that I got from you on VHS. There is a preview for Mr. T and Tina during the commercial break on there. This kid looks at Tina and says "Tina is cool." Then it shows Mr. T saying "I don't care about body tempature!" or something like that.

[TVFactFan]

I'm assuming that the episode you have on DVD is the same one that I got from you on VHS. There is a preview for Mr. T and Tina during the commercial break on there. This kid looks at Tina and says "Tina is cool." Then it shows Mr. T saying "I don't care about body tempature!" or something like that.


Yeah That's the One

[Troi Tribble]

i also have 33 of the 35 hello larry eps
HARD TO FIND the show
that complete
some are from brazilian tv and have subtitles at the bottom but are in english still!

Ok, then, how about you, do YOU have that "The New Kid" ep. of "Hello Larry"?

[Troi Tribble]

I don't care HOW unpopular, or HOW little it was on!!!!! I STILL want that show and I want to see it! Forgive me for not liking STUPID popular shows like "Desparate Housewives", or "Friends", or "That 70's Show"!!! :(

[TVFactFan]

I don't care HOW unpopular, or HOW little it was on!!!!! I STILL want that show and I want to see it! Forgive me for not liking STUPID popular shows like "Desparate Housewives", or "Friends", or "That 70's Show"!!! :(


Well just throw it out your mind because u will never see it again

[Troi Tribble]

Well just throw it out your mind because u will never see it again
Oh, TVResearcher, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You make me feel SO much better!!! Yes, you do! NOT!!! Seriously, thanks for making me feel like garbage!!! You must be very proud that you made me feel like crap, right? :(

[TVFactFan]

Oh, TVResearcher, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You make me feel SO much better!!! Yes, you do! NOT!!! Seriously, thanks for making me feel like garbage!!! You must be very proud that you made me feel like crap, right? :(


I just feel you should know the truth. Sometimes the Truth Hurts. There are shows I want to see and just have to accept the fact that I won't see them Again

[Lee G]

I don't care HOW unpopular, or HOW little it was on!!!!! I STILL want that show and I want to see it! Forgive me for not liking STUPID popular shows like "Desparate Housewives", or "Friends", or "That 70's Show"!!! :(

I doubt you will ever see it again. The episodes may not even exist anymore. And if they do, they will not be aired on TV again or be issued on DVD. If you are that desperate, I suggest you try to find old 16mm films of the episodes. But even finding that is probably a longshot. I don't know if Mr. T & Tina was ever put on 16mm film. I know you can find some shows from the early 70's on 16mm. Or you can try to contact the TV film archive at UCLA, or other places that archive old TV shows. You could even try to contact the ABC network which originally aired the show 30 years ago. Do some searching on the internet, there is a world of information out there. Maybe you can contact someone who would be able to help you obtain the episodes or at least steer you in the right direction. I imagine there is probably someone on this planet who has the episodes. Those are just a few suggestions.

I will agree with your opinion about those other shows you mentioned. Perhaps the creators of those shows were watching Mr. T & Tina back in the day and got a negative influence. TV is really bad these days. There are very few shows that are actually worth watching.

[TVFactFan]

I doubt you will ever see it again. The episodes may not even exist anymore. And if they do, they will not be aired on TV again or be issued on DVD. If you are that desperate, I suggest you try to find old 16mm films of the episodes. But even finding that is probably a longshot. I don't know if Mr. T & Tina was ever put on 16mm film. I know you can find some shows from the early 70's on 16mm. Or you can try to contact the TV film archive at UCLA, or other places that archive old TV shows. You could even try to contact the ABC network which originally aired the show 30 years ago. Do some searching on the internet, there is a world of information out there. Maybe you can contact someone you would be able to help you obtain the episodes or at least steer you in the right direction. I imagine there is probably someone on this planet who has the episodes. Those are just a few suggestions.

I will agree with your opinion about those other shows you mentioned. Perhaps the creators of those shows were watching Mr. T & Tina back in the day and got a negative influence. TV is really bad these days. There are very few shows that are actually worth watching.



If I ever found that show I would retire from the trading hobby

[Lee G]

If I ever found that show I would retire from the trading hobby

Although not a Mr. T & Tina fan, I know how it is when there's an old rare show you like and want to see it again. One old show I would love to see again is the late 60's musical comedy That's Life with Robert Morse & EJ Peaker. But I'm afraid those episodes are gone forever as well.

[Troi Tribble]

Thanks, Lee G.! I will have to see a way to be able to do what you advised me to. No, Mr. T & Tina was NOT filmed, but taped. How can I contact ABC network?

[Lee G]

Thanks, Lee G.! I will have to see a way to be able to do what you advised me to. No, Mr. T & Tina was NOT filmed, but taped. How can I contact ABC network?

Just go to the ABC website and scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says Contact ABC. Click on that and you will get a page where you can send them your questions. Now I don't know if they will answer you back about an unsuccessful show from 30 years ago, but all you can do is try. Don't feel too bad if you get no response. I think they mostly reply to inquiries about their current shows.

[Troi Tribble]

Just go to the ABC website and scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says Contact ABC. Click on that and you will get a page where you can send them your questions. Now I don't know if they will answer you back about an unsuccessful show from 30 years ago, but all you can do is try. Don't feel too bad if you get no response. I think they mostly reply to inquiries about their current shows.
Thanks. I hope they DO answer back! The current shows are SUCKY, most of them!!! Anyway, now how do I get in contact w/ ucla's film archive?

[Lee G]

Thanks. I hope they DO answer back! The current shows are SUCKY, most of them!!! Anyway, now how do I get in contact w/ ucla's film archive?

The website is www.cinema.ucla.edu. Send E mail inquiries regarding television shows to: tvinfo@ucla.edu. It looks like Dan Einstein is the person you want to contact.

[Troi Tribble]

Just go to the ABC website and scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says Contact ABC. Click on that and you will get a page where you can send them your questions. Now I don't know if they will answer you back about an unsuccessful show from 30 years ago, but all you can do is try. Don't feel too bad if you get no response. I think they mostly reply to inquiries about their current shows.

Lee, I took one of your suggestions and e-mailed ABC from their website for "Mr. T & Tina" and one of their other old shows to be put on video, and the response I got was this:

As you can imagine, we receive thousands of messages a day from our viewers and while we appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback
regarding our programming, we are not able to respond to each one
directly.

We encourage you to continue to communicate with us!

ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS:
-- Many of your show-specific questions can be answered on the ABC.com
website:
Go to ABC.com
Go to the top and click on "Shows"
Go down the list and click on the name of the show you are seeking
information on

-- Answers to other questions such as show addresses, internships, etc.
can be found in our "Questions & Answers" section:
Go to ABC.com
Go to the bottom of the screen and click on "FAQ"

Again, thank you for contacting ABC.

Note: The Company's long-established policy does not allow us to
accept for review or consideration any ideas, suggestions, or creative
materials not solicited by us or our subsidiaries. Therefore, in the event
that you have submitted such content, please be advised that the
submission has been forwarded to the Company's legal department for handling.


This email has been sent to you from an outbound email account that
will not accept inbound mail. Therefore, please do not respond to this
email.

So, in other words, they just sent me back a formletter by e-mail, and will NOT honor my requests, it seems like. :(

[Lee G]

Yea Troi, I didn't think ABC would be much help. If you register with tvshowsondvd.com, you can request to have your favorite shows issued on DVD. I doubt there is much public interest in Mr. T & Tina, but at least that's one other thing you could do. Have you tried to contact UCLA film & TV archive? Perhaps you could place a classified ad on line or in a publication for people who seek rare TV shows. I think it's going to be difficult for you to find these episodes, I've given you all the suggestions I can think of. I guess no one here from Sitcoms Online has the episodes either, otherwise someone would have contacted you.

[Troi Tribble]

Yea Troi, I didn't think ABC would be much help. If you register with tvshowsondvd.com, you can request to have your favorite shows issued on DVD. I doubt there is much public interest in Mr. T & Tina, but at least that's one other thing you could do. Have you tried to contact UCLA film & TV archive? Perhaps you could place a classified ad on line or in a publication for people who seek rare TV shows. I think it's going to be difficult for you to find these episodes, I've given you all the suggestions I can think of. I guess no one here from Sitcoms Online has the episodes either, otherwise someone would have contacted you.

Thanks, Lee. How do I get in contact w/ UCLA again? I will try tvshowsondvd.com, too!

[EmpressDR]

Good Luck, Troi Tribble.
Years ago, in the 1980s when I was searching for an old Tomorrow Show ep, I was directed to one place after another, to be lied to by idiots or know-nothings --one woman told me that all the tapes were erased. I knew that was a lie, because TV networks stopped doing that, by that time. The TV Museum in Chicago had all the eps. I haven't visited the one in Beverly Hills in years, so don't know if what I want is there.

I wouldn't mind seeing the show again. I only recall one bit, at the very end of one show where Mr T is flying around and around the room, with Susan Blanchard running around in circles under him. Maybe that was the anti-grav episode? I think he was proving that he could fly without the belt! I had that image in my mind, but had missed most of that ep, and was wondering what that was all about, for years! :dizzy:


:ufo:

[Troi Tribble]

Thanks, Empress, but it's impossible for me to get to a TV museum, it's so far away from me!

[bencasey]

Why come here and LIE? You get that posters HOPES up knowing that whoever you are talking don't have sh*T-lol That statement just sounds like BullSH=-"I can' locate it"


I have Checking In and Park Place but I can'tl locate them either"

Look, you really are a moron. Not everyone started collecting 2 years ago like you and not everyone is anal retentive (look it up) and has everything catalogued like you. The person I'm talking about has been collecting for 30 years, going back to the 3/4 days. They are not very organized and many of their tapes are unlabeled. If you want, email me and you can contact them yourself and let them tell you. Then you can apologize to me, jackass.

[bencasey]

I also remember this show and have spent the last 30 years trying to forget it but to no avail. It haunts me still. Maybe I need psychiatric help.
As shows go it belongs in the "so bad it's good" category, everything about it was plain rotten but like a bad car wreck you couldn't look away.
Around the same time there was a show called Holmes & Yo-Yo which was almost as bad. Almost. But nothing could beat Tina. And nothing ever will.


She has a Holmes and YoYo episode as well.

[bencasey]

Thanks, Empress, but it's impossible for me to get to a TV museum, it's so far away from me!


New inventions they've come up with:


Cars, Trains, Planes. You'd be amazed at where they can get you to.

[Troi Tribble]

New inventions they've come up with:


Cars, Trains, Planes. You'd be amazed at where they can get you to.

LIKE it is SO easy for me to just spend so much money and just take off anywhere! :(

[bencasey]

LIKE it is SO easy for me to just spend so much money and just take off anywhere! :(


Uh, it's called taking a vacation. Sorry if you are that destitute that you can't swing one. Unless of course you are physically disabled, in which case I apologize for knocking you.

[Troi Tribble]

Well, it doesn't have to be "Physically disabled", maybe some people have OTHER circumstances in their life which do NOT enable them to be as fortunate as you! Please show some compassion and understanding! :(

[TVFactFan]

Well, it doesn't have to be "Physically disabled", maybe some people have OTHER circumstances in their life which do NOT enable them to be as fortunate as you! Please show some compassion and understanding! :(



Look let me give you some advice, if you really want this show then you have to find a way to get it on your own. Simple as that. I would have never found the show, "Here and Now" and "The Sinbad Show" without being AGRESSIVE and CREATIVE. So if you want this show then u have to figure out a way to get it on your own instead of asking everyone else how can you get it. Remember, the things you really want in life you have to figure out on your own how to get it.

[Troi Tribble]

Well, thanks, TV, but I don't know where to begin.

[TVFactFan]

Well, thanks, TV, but I don't know where to begin.


One of the main challenges of life, Wanting something and trying to come up with a way to get it

[bencasey]

One of the main challenges of life, Wanting something and trying to come up with a way to get it

Exactly. Or else you can sit and complain, woe is me. Let's see how well that works out for you. As I'm sure you know, TVResearcher, there are lots of people who want stuff handed to them without having to get off their asses and do some work. Sounds like this person fits that category.

[Troi Tribble]

Exactly. Or else you can sit and complain, woe is me. Let's see how well that works out for you. As I'm sure you know, TVResearcher, there are lots of people who want stuff handed to them without having to get off their asses and do some work. Sounds like this person fits that category.
OR you can just come on this board just to be unnecessarily sarcastic and to flame me!

[Troi Tribble]

Hey, Bencasey! Did anyone ever tell you that you're a jerk? Well, I'm doing it for them!

[bencasey]

Hey, Bencasey! Did anyone ever tell you that you're a jerk? Well, I'm doing it for them!


That may be true but regardless of whether I am or not it still doesn't make anything I've said to you any less true.

[Eric Paddon]

I had a feeling that this thread didn't go to seven pages just to talk about the pleasant memories of this show which I can remember going and coming fast way back when. :)

I never caught any of the episodes but I did see two of the cast members, June Angela and Gene Profanto a year later in the 1977 Broadway revival of "The King And I" starring Yul Brynner. I'm sure the both of them were happier to be there then still being stuck in that forgettable sitcom!

[Troi Tribble]

Well, I have just obtained the pilot! So, NYAAHH, NYYAAAHH, NYAAAHH!!!!! :P

[TV Knowledge Fan]

Someone must have recorded it off ABC when it first aired in September 1976 on one of their early home video recorders...and that's why you're getting to see it!! :)

As I've said before, all of the episodes that were taped WERE saved, and are probably sitting in Time-Warner's vault, waiting to be resurrected. "MR. T AND TINA" was probably syndicated in Europe and other international markets; very few TV series lasting 13 episodes or less are "abandoned" anymore, much less destroyed.

:tv:

[TVFactFan]

Well, I have just obtained the pilot! So, NYAAHH, NYYAAAHH, NYAAAHH!!!!! :P



Whatver, you didn't receive sh*T

[Troi Tribble]

Whatver, you didn't receive sh*T

What r u talking about? What do you mean?

[TVFactFan]

What r u talking about? What do you mean?


I don't believe you have the pilot. If you do then send me a PM and tell me the person u received it from