Idea inspired by whiskey dick's quote from the 61* thread:



I'd say there are some MFTV movies with staying power. First one that comes to mind is "Brian's Song" which sometimes is mistaken as a theatrical release.

Here are some other great ones that come to mind:

"Trilogy of Terror" - also an ABC Movie of the Week
"The Day After"
"All Quiet on the Western Front" - the 1979 version with Richard Thomas
"The Miracle Worker"
"To Catch a Killer"
"I Know My First Name is Steven"

and then some HBO classics...

"The Late Shift"
"Barbarians at the Gate"
"And The Band Played On"
"If These Walls Could Talk"
"Cast a Deadly Spell"
"Truman"
"Against the Wall"

I've always found the Salem's Lot miniseries from 1979 creepily entertaining.

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Brian's Song

High School U.S.A.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

That was actually pretty good though.

James at 15 was a series no?

My all time fave was the Helen Hunt and others classic anti drug one where they all are on grass and angel dust.

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Elections have consequences.

Robbie Benson hooping it up.

Robbie Benson hopped up on PCP.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

Which is the one where Maaaarky Mark Wahlberg is the abusive boyfriend who punches his own chest? Or was that a feature length film?

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With Reese Witherspoon...that was a feature length film...Fear...William Peterson in it, too.

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The King of Made-for-TV movies! Ode to Billy Joe!

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

And the Band Played on was the best.

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Thanks. It seemed to be a permanent fixture of Lifetime for a while so that is why I thought it was made for TV

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Wow. The guy who calls everyone else in the world BETA is watching Lifetime enough to say something was a permanent fixture.

That was the freaking best. Throw in Poison Ivy and Family Ties Vacation and you got a quality MJF marathon.

I used to watch those ABC Weekend and Afterschool specials but I can't remember any of them.

There was one about an airplane fell that apart on a flight to Hawaii.

IT
The Rat Pack
Gia
RKO 281
Conspiracy

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

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It felt like a sitcom All Star Game

I loved Poison Ivy. Drew at her hottest.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Saved By The Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas

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Swung on...and belted.

Nice play.

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Not that one. This one

That was prime Kelly Kapowski there. He boobs really filled out by that time.

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Maybe it was Lifetime Television for Men

https://entertainment.theonion.com/empo ... 1819570683

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Conspiracy was something once you started watching you could not stop. It was amazing at how casually these people talked about killing so many people and argued over the how and why and who would get the credit.

And the Band Played on,was another one. It was astonishing at how the entire thing could have been nipped in the bud if people just where honest and stopped playing politics and being so PC about what was going on.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

The one where Gary Coleman plays a kid who like setting things on fire.

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Spielberg's 1st movie: Duel


Revenge with Robert Culp


Brian's Song


The Night Stalker

The 6 Million Dollar Man

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Fuck yeah! Nancy McKeon at her hottest.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Duel was made for TV? Never knew that. I loved that movie. The scene in the diner was classic.

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If anyone seeks out Witness To The Mob, make sure to get the uncut 3 hour version, and not the one that was originally pressed on DVD. It’s missing like 45 minutes of key footage.

Critics talk shit about that movie, but I’m a huge fan, particularly of Nicholas Turturro in the role of Sammy The Bull.

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North and South (Civil War drama with David Carradine, Leslie Anne Down)

Billionaire Boys Club (Judd Nelson)

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