So, it turns out there's just nothing happening today, and the goal of the day was going to be to post a few juicy bits of something.  Everyone has the same news today, and I could care less about any of it.

I wanted to just put some news or whatnot up, because, of course, I'm busy with Guitar Hero.  Then I ran into a pretty interesting post.

It's from CollegeJolt.com, and you should check it out.  It's a piece on the Best Nickelodeon Shows from the 90s.  It got me thinking about real Old School Nickelodeon shows, which were really cool.  I started watching Nickelodeon when it started spitting things out.  (Here's what blew my mind... you can check the link up there... "Old School Nickelodeon" is in Wikipedia... wtf)

I wondered, with all these TV over the Internet sites, what Nick can you get.  Frankly, as bored as I was with hearing about movie stars quitting to become musicians... and other episodes of brain death... I wanted to see someone get slimed.  Well, it turns out that you can't get any of it, unless someone wants to clue me in.  I suppose bootleg You Can't Do That On Television is not an impossibility.

At any rate, my frustration and general Nickelodeon schema of thought got me to thinking about how much NickAtNite and TVLand really suck these days.  I used to watch them both pretty avidly, back in the day when Roseanne was on prime time, and not on the friggin "Classic" television channel.

So I think I might be able to salvage somethinig from having searched the internet with no results, and I turn my attention to a different kind of Old School.  I found some shows worth watching (some because they're really good, some just for a laugh) on Hulu.  I should actually say that as far as I know Hulu doesn't have a lock on anything, it's just where I happened to go.  Hulu, by the way, doesn't endorse me endorsing them... they might be opposed to it frankly.

Anyway, here's the top 11 shows with some quick info on what you can get from Hulu, and the first episode of each series available to watch right here.  Name links are to the Hulu page for the show.

The Bob Newhart Show

They have three seasons worth, and here's the first episode.

Lou Grant

They have 46 episodes, and here's the first.

Remington Steele

Episodes from the first two seasons, and again, here's the first

The Dick Van Dyke Show

64 episodes from the first two seasons, here's the first

Buck Rogers

37 episodes from two seasons, and here is episode one... which is one of two-parter

Barney Miller

28 episodes scattered around four seasons, here's episode number 1.... it's cute because Barney had a home at the beginning.

One Day at a Time

Only 14 episodes so far, but first season... here's the first.

Starsky & Hutch

40 episodes from two seasons, here's the first.

Alias Smith & Jones

Only 14 episodes so far, here's the first.

Dream On

13 episodes so far, and they don't have the first.... so here's the second.

Welcome Back, Kotter

39 episodes from 4 seasons... here's the first.

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