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Today, for sixty minutes, I was 8 years old again. Memories of being glued to the TV screen watching shows such as "Knight Rider" or "The A-Team" or "Street Hawk" or 80s airings of "Buck Rogers" and the sixties "Batman", right before going outside to play with friends and pretend to be the characters from the shows, warmly flooded back. This edit is exactly the kind of stuff I would have loved back then and never ever miss the week's (or day's) episode. So much fun, and so close to the real thing! The recreation was spot-on. It does help, of course, to have been raised on this style of TV (I wonder what younger people would make of it), and/or being fond of the Buckaroo Banzai movie (and how can you not be? It's a complete mess, for sure, but the kind of mess that is so out there that it jumps right at you, covers you in puppy kisses, and dares you not to love it. Just like a lot of 80s TV!) Beyond the visual treatment, we're also presented with a few easter eggs from other shows and movies, and vintage ads that are both fun and, for those like me who hadn't seen most of them due to not being from the US, quite surprising (Stanley Tucci, of all people, in hunk mode?) Even some small audio imperfections don't detract at all, due to the "found footage" angle of this. And special mention must go to the watermelon vanity plate! That made me chuckle.

Gosh, I miss the 80s. And being young. At least this edit provided me with a reasonable facsimile of both for an hour. Now, someone please unearth more episodes from this lost show! I've heard that the "World Crime League" arc was a real highlight...