WHITE SHADOW TRIBUTE THREAD

[pickwick33]

One of those '70s-era shows you start out watching for the kitsch factor, but then you gradually learn that the plotlines are stronger than you think. No, this wasn't Eight Is Enough or Diff'rent Strokes - this was a well-done program for its' time (1978-81), starring Ken Howard as a former athlete who becomes a coach at a mostly black high school. Seasons one and two are out on DVD, and although everybody hates the final season (mostly new cast members), I think that should be released as well. It's a good thing the show is on DVD, too. For some reason, when ESPN was running the series a few years back, they wouldn't show the episodes where the team members form a doo-wop group!! (Unusually large, too - eight members?) The final season had one show where they pressed up their own 45, which was a lame disco remake of "Under The Boardwalk."And that theme song was funky as a big-head BITCH...[/b]

 

[batmon]

So underatted.

Season One on DVD....

The disabled kid that steals the Carver Peanuts mascot suit and runs out on the court during a game is .....

The 8 member Doo-wop group that got its start in the shower is

The early episode where he's trying to gain the trust of the faculty and the team are well fleshed out stories.

The principle and the cute English teacher rounded out the cast.

Im afraid to cop the 2nd & 3rd seasons cause the team changes. Dudes were already 20 year olds playing high schoolers.

Id only cop for the episode where the girl in high on Dust or whatever the PSA drug of the moment was. "I Can Fly!!!!" - about to jump off the gym roof....hilarious.

Plus......watching the OG Nikes that cats wore on the show.

 

[Electrode]

I bought the DVD set for my dad last year

No, this wasn't Eight Is Enough

LOL @ Timothy Van Patten as Salami

 

[motown67]

This was my shit! A couple years ago ESPN Classic also started replaying all of the episodes and I spent an entire summer re-acquainting myself with the show.

 

[djdaze]

Man...Hermie is gonna clown me for this but here goes another name drop.

My uncle used to be on that show as a bit part. I have an autographed picture of the whole cast somewhere that kinda looks like that one up top and one of just Ken. Whenever Ken Howard would come to Santa Fe me and my dad would have dinner with him, real nice guy.

I loved that show, used to watch it religiously.

 

[The-gaffler]

"like that man on the white shadow"

 

[HarveyCanal]

This was my shit! A couple years ago ESPN Classic also started replaying all of the episodes and I spent an entire summer re-acquainting myself with the show.

One of my favorite shows EVER...even something my strict-as-fuck dad (who used to coach some of my basketball teams) used to watch with me and he'd enjoy it as much as I did.

 

[hogginthefogg]

I remember watching this with my parents when I just a piglet.

I distinctly recall Coolidge being the coolest kid on the show.

 

[HarveyCanal]

I remember watching this with my parents when I just a piglet.

I distinctly recall Coolidge being the coolest kid on the show.

Coolidge got all the good good. I probably identified with Thorpe the most as the brainy point guard type. And Hayward looked exactly like this dude Mega who lived around the corner from me.

Along with Warriors, it was awesome to finally see images like that on tv.

 

[dreskieboogie]

I never heard about those shows. I guess they never made it to Europe. I only know "Eight is Enough" as a possecut.

Peace,

Dress

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

I found season 1 on dvd,used a couple months ago

It used to be one of my fav shows growing up

If i remember correctly,season 2 was weak for the most part

Wasn't the cast almost all diffrent from season 1?

 

[pickwick33]

I found season 1 on dvd,used a couple months ago

It used to be one of my fav shows growing up

If i remember correctly,season 2 was weak for the most part

Wasn't the cast almost all diffrent from season 1?

actually no. salami's cousin was added to the cast, but apart from that, nothing major.

season three (which is NOT on DVD) is when the major changes went down - they still retained salami, his cousin, coolidge and thorpe, but everybody else was new (including stoney jackson).

 

[pickwick33]

and it was interesting how a big ole goof like coach reeves had finer-looking girlfriends than his students.

(remember the ballet teacher who moonlighted as a stripper? also, coach was dating this really hot-looking undercover cop, IIRC, on the ep where the girl was so high she threatened to "fly" off the roof)

 

[pickwick33]

So underatted.

Season One on DVD....

The disabled kid that steals the Carver Peanuts mascot suit and runs out on the court during a game is .....

The 8 member Doo-wop group that got its start in the shower is

The early episode where he's trying to gain the trust of the faculty and the team are well fleshed out stories.

The principle and the cute English teacher rounded out the cast.

you do know that Joan Pringle (from the second season of That's My Mama) was part of the White Shadow cast, right?

 

[batmon]

So underatted.

Season One on DVD....

The disabled kid that steals the Carver Peanuts mascot suit and runs out on the court during a game is .....

The 8 member Doo-wop group that got its start in the shower is

The early episode where he's trying to gain the trust of the faculty and the team are well fleshed out stories.

The principle and the cute English teacher rounded out the cast.

you do know that Joan Pringle (from the second season of That's My Mama) was part of the White Shadow cast, right?
Of course.

There were two Tracy's right, not counting the pilot one? And u know the goofy husband was a teacher on the first WHite Shadow season.

 

[pickwick33]

you do know that Joan Pringle (from the second season of That's My Mama) was part of the White Shadow cast, right?

Of course.

There were two Tracy's right, not counting the pilot one?

Right. Lynne Moody was the first Tracy.

And u know the goofy husband was a teacher on the first WHite Shadow season.

Right, right, he sure was. IIRC, the character he played had the same nerdy, Frasier Crane-ish mannerisms as "Leonard" (who he played on ...Mama).

 

[DrWu]

I believe the name of the doo-wop group was "Shower of Power".

 

[pickwick33]

I was just reading on the TV.Com ep that Ella Fitzgerald was on the final episode, giving "Milton Reese" his big break as a singer...(you might remember an earlier show where Reese tries to get a gig with this Norman Connors-ish fusion band and winds up starting a brawl right there in the club when he gets passed over).

 

[batmon]

I was just reading on the TV.Com ep that Ella Fitzgerald was on the final episode, giving "Milton Reese" his big break as a singer...(you might remember an earlier show where Reese tries to get a gig with this Norman Connors-ish fusion band).

Milton the glasses and skully drunk cat?

 

[pickwick33]

Milton Reese is the guy standing next to Ken Howard - fourth from the left, up top.