The process of giving details about a television show or movie in order to identify which entertainment project the asker is trying to remember
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Trying to find a certain movie or a TV episode about immortality
I have once seen a movie (or a TV episode, but probably not) with the following plot:
In the beginning, a reporter is making a story on immortality and does interview with a an elderly couple who ...
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Help to Identify early Nickelodeon show
I'm looking for a show that was on during the early years of Nickelodeon. It was live action and as far as I can remember it had maybe Jonathan Harris (Old English-like actor) playing a frail wizard. ...
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Video in which a man follows a string all his life to end in the desert
I am looking for the video where a young man stumbles upon a string (or cable) and begins to follow it, out of curiosity. He follows it a really long time as you can see him age and grow old.
At the ...
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Identify TV series about a suburban town digging up a space ship
Well it was on TV in the US about 10 years ago, it is a mystery with some sci-fi/horror elements.
The people in a suburban city start acting weird (possessed/influenced). They would go out at night ...
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Help me identify this Post-apocalypse 4-8 survivors comedy series?
There was this series which I saw during the 90s in which there are 4 to 8 survivors after a nuclear war. the survivors consisted of elderly as well as young people.
This is all I remember about the ...
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Nineties sitcom about small software company
I am trying to identify an old TV show with the following properties:
Was broadcast in the early 1990s in South Africa, but the show likely came from the United States
The main characters were a ...
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1980s sci-fi show about a family transported through a pyramid?
I saw part of a show sometime in the 80s (early or late, I couldn't say) that I have been trying to remember for some time. Figured I never would, because no Google search I ever tried had ever ...
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One-eyed, tentacled aliens that disguise themselves as humans
I saw this when I was very young, so my memories are spotty.
I cannot recall if this is a movie or a TV episode (older), nor whether it was color or black and white (though my memories include ...
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'80s Aquaman tv-series?
Back in the good old days of Automan, The Greatest American Hero and Manimal, I remember watching another (probably) tv-series featuring a sort of Aquaman. I think I watched just a few episodes of ...
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I'm looking for an old anime/mecha show or movie from 80's/90's?
I'm 25 (born 1987). When I was young (must have been very young) I saw a show or movie that was an anime, but the kind that has a mature drawing style, smaller eyes, more serious, and the character ...
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Identify an old (Russian?) Cartoon. “the 3 ____”
I had a cartoon I watched as a child on VHS I'm trying to remember the name of. Here is a list of details i can recall about it.
Its old - pre 1960's (at a guess)
Its called "The 3" Somthing I think ...
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Television show with a cross-eyed lion
Looking to identify a television show that I saw a long time ago. I believe the show was from the 80's but may have been even from the late 70's. It involved people living/working on a game preserve ...
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Identify this pollution-themed animated TV-series that aired in the early '90s
I watched this show as a child in North America in the early '90s, though it is probably older, and have nothing but vague memories with which to identify it. Thus, anything fitting even one of the ...
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TV show about man transforming into animals
I recall very rough memories about a TV show where a man could transform into animals, which you might help me identify. I watched it a long time ago and it should be a US-show from the 80s or very ...
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Identify Anime series with giant robot
Google is not a big help here.
I remember an anime series with a fighting robot. Two specifics stood out in my mind. (Which hopefully doesn't indicate my remembering two different series)
1) The boy ...
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Looking for title of an old show for teens
I used to watch an old TV show for teens in which a girl got soaked in some stuff that fell off a truck (it was in barrels). And from that point, she could melt and slide under doors and reform in her ...
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Tv show about another dimension/magic land through a magic mirror
I keep thinking about a show I used to watch on tv, and damn I wanna know the title :P
It was a live-action show that I saw somewhere between halfway the 90's and halfway the 2000's, and I'm almost ...
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Identify this late 80s, possibly early 90s stand-up special with a comedian who sings “I don't care.”
I watched this stand-up comedy special at a friend's house sometime between 87-91. It would have been on a premium channel (my guess is either HBO or Cinemax).
I don't remember if there were ...
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Identify Sci-Fi tv show.
I'm afraid i cant be very helpful here but when i was much younger i watched an episode of a tv series which i remember being Sliders but cant seem to find any episode of that show with this ...
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Documentary series in one episode they attacked a casino
I am trying to get the name of a tv series which had R. Paul Wilson from 'The Real Hustle' in it.
The episode I saw was when he performed a penetration test on a casino with some colleagues he picked ...
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TV show about a kid filming end editing everything that happened in his house
When I was a kid there was a show that I really liked on TV, but I can't remember its name.
It was about a little boy who had planted video cameras all over the house and the recordings were used to ...
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Which episode of Top Gear is this?
I recently went through and watched the two amphibious cars episodes (s8 e3, s10 e2). I greatly enjoy those episodes. However, I have an image in my head that I swore was from those episodes, but I ...
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Miniseries featuring an upside down ziggurat-shaped spaceship
An American made for TV movie shown over several nights in, I think, the 90's, that featured a spaceship resembling an upside down ziggurat hovering just above ground that was later discovered to have ...
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Need help identifying movie and/or TV show by plot point
There was a movie or a show where a guy has a date with a girl. He thinks it goes well, but she doesn't return any of his calls so he begins to think something terrible has happened to her. He ...
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1990s sci-fi tv show with invading humanoids and dull crosshatched eyes
I am remembering a sci fi tv show from probably around the 90s in which the enemies had strange eyes. The eyes were dull and had either a cross or a line through them.
Weaponry was like assault ...
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Identify this TV Show - Australian Kids TV show 90s/00s
I remember watching a kids tv show in the late 90s / early 2000s about a kid or some kids who go to stay with a relative or something.
They're definitely by the beach or somewhere and I think there ...
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Cowboys and Indians TV-series produced in Germany
Possibly made 20-30 years ago, with those now in their late 30's probably watching it when they were children.
It was an American style western but produced in the outback of Germany somewhere.
It ...
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What's the name of animated series about soldiers who can transform into certain animal
In the 1st episode a bunch of soldiers of some kind or whatever, had to complete some kind of quest (could be 2 rival teams), and as they proceeded they showed different talents, and in the end they ...
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Made-for-TV movie about a man who gets better by taking Vitamin C
There was a TV movie in the early 80s about a man who cured his sickness by taking Vitamin C. I was very young the time it aired so that is the gist of my recollection.
It would have been broadcast ...
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name of animated short from MTV's Liquid Television with speed-racer guy
This animated short film was one of the many that appeared on the MTV show "Liquid Television," probably early 1990s, maybe late 1980s.
It was set several centuries in the future, and focused on a ...
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A Tv-show about a fotoreporter involved in “strange” adventures (strange = to be in the wrong place at the right moment)
The main clue is that in the opening credits, the voiceover of the main character says:
19XX in a civil jet crashes all passengers die except one, myself.
While the video shows through the ...
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An anime tv show from the early 90's, that I can't seem to identify or find anywhere
Back in the early 90's, I used to wake up really early in the morning to watch this anime tv show that was only on at that time for me.
It was essentially an anime version of Power Rangers.
A group ...
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Australian comedian making fun of Steve Irwin
Few years ago I saw an Aussie comedian on American Comedy Central show (likely Premium Blend or the like, with short bits each comedian got to perform), who made jokes about Steve Irwin (not sure if ...
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What is the name of old lego racing animated series?
I remember watching a lego animated "cartoon" somewhere back in nineties but I can't seem to be able to google the name of it. I remember episodes about cars/formulas racing each other. It could be ...
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Anime about friends exchanging souls
An anime, two close friend have same feeling with a girl.
The girl is getting married to the rich one, leaving the other one alone and loving her from a distance.
But because the rich one is ...
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Identify a kids' movie or TV show [closed]
I'm looking for an american movie or TV show with a scene where a kid (possibly 9-13 years) uses his computer to develop a simple game (similar to Space Invaders). In that game the player shoots at a ...
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“Rock TV” animated/live action series from the early to mid 80s
Riffling through my memory on another question, I was reminded of a series that aired in the States on broadcast (NBC, I think, though it may have been syndicated), probably Saturday mornings. I seem ...
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TV show about a female detective aired on HBO or Showtime in 2007 and 2008
Can anybody identify this TV show about a female detective aired on HBO or Showtime in 2007 and 2008?
Female detective, sex addict, drinks heavily. An angel appears to her, it is her guardian ...
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Cartoon about a robot that comes out of a pool
I saw this cartoon as a kid(80's). All I can remember is that there was a pool that split open and a robot would come out and help defeat the bad guys. I want to say it came on during the block with ...
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A 90s cartoon show about racoons
Please help me identify a 1990s cartoon show where the main characters are Racoons.
I don't remember much about the antagonist, but he had pigs as his guards / assistants.
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Identify sailor childrens cartoon
I have a TV theme song stuck in my head. Please help me identify the TV show so I can listen to the song.
It was a catchy sea shanty, and I'm pretty sure it was played on a concertina.
Here's what I ...
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Please help me identify a childhood favourite VCR about someone telling fairy tales with animations of the stories
I have flashes of one of my favourite ever videos as a kid, but I cannot for the life of me think of the name. I also can't remember much about it, which isn't helpful, I know, but it was very old and ...
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Can someone identify this animated show with ducks and alligator?
I think it's 90's Animated tv show about ducks and they had a friend the alligator.
I think the ducks name was brian or bill or something like that.
They use to go on adventures together.
Can ...
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What was the name of the cartoon that had talking animals protecting their forest
I remember having VHS tapes of it back when i was a kid (before i learned that VHS was a scam cause the players almost always destroyed the tapes).
From what i remember, there was this Baron guy who ...
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A geek so nondescript he was a 'stealth' spy [closed]
Might have been a TV series, American. The character was a chubby white geek who was working as an operative, or a spy. He might had been 'invisible' or something, because he was able to enter rooms ...
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“Addicted to Sexahol”?
I was watching an old episode of The Simpsons with Dr. Marvin Monroe. I was reminded of an expression which I could swear was from an episode of The Simpsons, but I cannot find any references to it. ...
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Identify this animated series with the animal fighters which transforms
Approximately 7-8 year before I have seen a cartoon series where animals fight with their enemy using super natural powers. The main enemy in the series is a self minded machine which sends mechanical ...
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Identify this Disney TV series?
There was a Disney TV series in the 00's based on school kid whose math teacher (or may be class teacher) lived next door.
I do remember there was something to do with baseball.
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Aliens took over the satellite
I recall a show/special, possibly on the Showtime cable channel from many years ago (let's call it early 80's) which had, as its premise, that aliens had taken over the TV satellites and were ...
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help with identifying mecha anime please!
Hi Google is not helping much here so help please!!
Ive been searching for this anime for years but i cant find it!!
It was shown in the early 90's on Chinese channel so i never got the name of ...
