Retro TV Couples We Love

[Lindsey McDonald]

Airam agrees: Whipper over Ling? Interesting...

I did struggle with that one. Ling and Fish were hilarious together....but with Whipper it was love.

And Ms. Woo didn't have the wattle to keep him anyway.

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Cage and Fish.....Cage....and.....Fish... O.O

 

[Airam]

I think as far as this list goes they just considered any show off the air as "retro" or maybe more accurately any couple no longer opn the air which is I guess how they snuck Elle and Sylar in there, cause Elle is dead now eventhough she's only been dead for a few months, lol. If we were talking really retro I think I'd include:

Kelly & Zack:

Cory & Topanga:

Kevin & Winnie:

Blossom & Vinnie:

I was also partial to Justin & Julia from Party of Five, cause man did he love her! It still melts my heart:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uwoKkQbgPk&feature=PlayList&p=2DA983730997B37D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=23"]YouTube - Julia Justin - Everytime we touch (Party of Five)[/ame]

Flannen agrees: Ally and Larry! OR John and Fish LOL

YES!!! Ally and Larry, cause its my Downey and never was there a better man for Ally than Larry, not even Billy:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8iUKhf1Mqs"]YouTube - Ally Larry[/ame]

 

[Flannen]

Larry was just amazing. Robert Downey Jr gave so much to that show. I was so upset that they couldn't bring him back. I could listen to him singing 'River' and 'Every Breath You Take' all day, every day! He was perfect for Ally, although I do also share a soft spot for Billy. But Larry was definitely her perfect man.

I meant to include Kelly and Zack in mine but completely forgot. I'd also bat for Jake and Tiffany (California Dreams) too!

 

[Revolver]

Also, how'd they manage to forget Flavor Flav and all of his girlfriends? He and those girls made such great couple(s).

 

[Fake Shemp]

Compo and Nora Batty

Last of the Summer Wine



and

The Buckets

Keeping up Appearances

 

[AndrewCrossett]

Oh... if we're talking about British sitcom couples I have to mention Jean and Lionel Hardcastle (Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer) from "As Time Goes By."

And Tim and Daisy from the imaginary "Spaced" series 3...

 

[Fake Shemp]

And Tim and Daisy from the imaginary "Spaced" series 3...

how about just shipping them throughout season 1 and 2 like i did

we all knew they would end up together in the end.


and yep so tim and daisy aren't retro and neither are these two-

Mac and Caroline

 

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

Yeah, I'm slightly confused about the use of the word "retro". But hey, who am I to judge. About as retro as I go is the late nineties. So, that being said, if I was making a retro-ish list I'd have to include:

Richard Fish and Whipper
Pete and Jenny
Old style Donna and Josh

Oh, and since I don't want to disappoint DoI, Piper and Dan.

Just FYI "Retro" is defined by:

Retro is a term used to describe, denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends, modes, or fashions, from the overall postmodern past, but have since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of "retro" style iconography and imagery interjected into post-modern art, advertising, mass media, etc. has occurred from around the time of the industrial revolution to present day. At least as of the present, "retro" implies especially before the 1990s and after World War 2, while retro fashion design is nowadays increasingly inspired by the 1930s and 1940s.

So...most of these couples, who are they consitered "retro" too? Nine year olds?

 

[Fake Shemp]

yeah i did think lots we were saying are not retro, but since we are all different ages here, some 90s teen shows are what we remember from our old days.

 

[Lindsey McDonald]

Just FYI "Retro" is defined by:

Retro is a term used to describe, denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends, modes, or fashions, from the overall postmodern past, but have since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of "retro" style iconography and imagery interjected into post-modern art, advertising, mass media, etc. has occurred from around the time of the industrial revolution to present day. At least as of the present, "retro" implies especially before the 1990s and after World War 2, while retro fashion design is nowadays increasingly inspired by the 1930s and 1940s.

So...most of these couples, who are they consitered "retro" too? Nine year olds?

I was meaning more confused in the sense that Elle and Sylar were being considered retro. And anyway, the word retro can mean different things in different contexts for different mediums. Fashion and design evolve much more slowly than, say television or video games. In the context of the latter, the word retro is commonly, and justifiably, applied to anything pre-2000. So I can understand television shows from the 1990s being considered retro.

Elle and Sylar though, that's just crazy talk.

And anyway, like I said, the nineties is as far back as I go, so for me that is retro.

 

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

Good point. I mean, when I think of The Care Bears and My Little Pony and Power Rangers, I get all nostalgic. I'm a true child of the 90s. Yet, my mother still thinks The Care Bears is a fairly new show.

And I'm referring to the ORIGINAL Care Bears, FYI 😉 The show that ran from 1985 to 1988, so I guess I was watching the re-runs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CBMI_poster.jpg I think it's funny that the main conflict in the show was, What would happen in the world stopped caring? LOL. Big question, I tell you.