Help me remember an old TV show?

[cvanc]

Mornin' all-

My Google-fu is coming up empty, does anyone remember a late night series from - I'm pretty sure - the 80's?

It was this weird old host guy doing segments on paranormal and just off the wall but vaguely science-y stuff. His tag line at the end was "It's better than being hit in the belly with a wet fish".

Asking for a friend

 

[Huxter]

Not sure, I wanna remember that show!

edit: Was it a Muppet sketch maybe? Seems like some were quite fishy

 

[tsmith1315]

Sounds a bit like James Burke, science historian. "Connections" was great.

 

[K'Tesh]

I loved James Burke's shows...

 

[Cnorm]

Sounds a bit like James Burke, science historian. "Connections" was great.

That would make sense. "Better than being hit in the belly with a wet fish" is a British saying, I believe.

He doesn't say it here, but the clip is rocket related.

 

[tsmith1315]

He doesn't say it here, but the clip is rocket related.

@t=0:57 Holy crap, what timing!

 

[Hobie1dog]

@t=0:57 Holy crap, what timing!

how did they do that

 

[Jeff Lassahn]

No idea what the show is the original poster was asking about. I imagine when timing a narrator to a rocket launch you rehearse the script enough times you know how fast it goes, you have someone on the camera crew listening to or watching the countdown and cueing the action, you hope that there's no countdown hold in the last thirty seconds or so, and if you miss it you reshoot it with different, less cool blocking.

 

[rharshberger]

No idea what the show is the original poster was asking about. I imagine when timing a narrator to a rocket launch you rehearse the script enough times you know how fast it goes, you have someone on the camera crew listening to or watching the countdown and cueing the action, you hope that there's no countdown hold in the last thirty seconds or so, and if you miss it you reshoot it with different, less cool blocking.

Ding ding ding! Winner winner......

 

[MClark]