1980s TV Reunion Movies That Gen X Grew Up On

Thank you for these movie links! I was a fan of Eight is Enough back in the day, and recently rewatched it on Tubi. But I somehow missed its reunion movies. I'm glad to have the chance now.

Because of Nick at night when I was a kid get smart was my favorite TV show

If you haven't, you should cover "High School USA" It brought together actors from many 50s and 60s family shows with then-current teen TV actors Michael J Fox, Willis and Kimberly from Different Strokes, Anthony Edwards, and many more.

When I was 13 years old my parents got me the first season of Gilligan's Island for my birthday. I got the other two seasons a little later. I remember one Saturday me and my family watch The Rescue From Gilligan's Island on our family's desktop computer in my parent's master bedroom on YouTube. This was before YouTube had long form videos so we had to watch it in parts.
I watched the I Dream of Jeannie Reunion Special on my grandmother's desktop computer too. The reason why I (a Gen Z girl) knew about this special was because I was just playing around Wikipedia (I'm a nerd) one day and looked on YouTube to see if someone posted it.😅😂

Return to Mayberry is the best TV reunion movie, no question. They brought back every recurring character they possibly could. It was mature without being depressing. BTW, Frances Bavier was still alive when the movie was made but she was so sick she was unable to perform. They knew she was gonna die by the time it came out so they had Aunt Bee die. Also, she hated being Aunt Bee but that's another story

yes i remember that CBS movie theme . Good childhood memories

Yvonne De Carlo and Al Lewis made a cameo appearance in tv movie Munsters Go Home in 1994( as a people in a restaurant)

Holy crap, why do I feel like Gillian’s Island ripped off Space Jam in some way? The Incredible Hulk movies will always be my all time favorites. I’m from NC, Andy Griffith was a prerequisite growing up to the point where we would watch episodes in class. I loved Beverly Hillbillies, but yeah, that movie disappointed me. I still watch Munster’s Revenge every Halloween. I got into a fight with my oldest sister over the tv because I wanted to watch Munsters and she wanted to watch something else. I’ve seen all these movies at one time or another and in some cases I wasn’t necessarily old enough to understand a lot of the recasting and things like that. I know it was in the 90’s, but I still liked the Dukes of Hazard Reunion where Daisy and Enos get married. I really enjoyed this trip down memory lane.

Beaver would have been better off if his mom taught him to speak jive.

45:10 Frances Bavier actually died in 1989. I remember because my mom was devastated over losing her and Lucille Ball that same year 😢

I'm glad Return to Mayberry is in the list because I was going to mention it if it wasn't. That is very easily one of the greatest reunion movies of all time, not just the 80s.

I own and watch the Perry Mason Returns series! I adore them. My mom watched them when I was little (though she mostly watched (and still watched!) the original show) so they bring back VERY old memories (like, early childhood).

I remember cbs brought back the Brady bunch in the late 80s as a reboot, it was called the Bradys. wondered if a very brady Christmas was the pilot for that reboot? or not. I remember it was on a friday night. but it came on during tgif. actually, my mistake, it was 1990. not sure if we listened to it all, remember listening to the episode where Jan adopts that little girl Patty.

6:33 I absolutely love Eight is Enough, I even have the reunion special from the DVD on my channel.

Frances Bavier (Aunt Bea) died in 1989 (not 1985). She was in declining health when they begin filming for Return to Mayberry

When The Very Brady Christmas first aired I recorded it on VHS. I watched it everyday for a week. I was going to record over it when my stepfather made a comment about me watching it everyday, so being the smart a$$ that I am, I kept it and watched it everyday for the entire year until it came on again the following year.

Funny thing I first saw a Very Brady Christmas in 1990 before I saw the Brady Brides in 2002. The most memorable scene in Brady Brides is when Jan announces her engagement to her parent, who become shocked because they thought Marcia would be married first. Thought nothing of it, until many relatives who are younger than me are now married, while I'm still single and almost 50 years old.

The New Leave it to Beaver was originally called, “Still the Beaver” and aired on the Disney Channel. In the late 80’s, it returned to WTBS, as “The New Leave it to Beaver”.

I hate it because your channel confirms I'm old and nearing the end of an absolutely wasted life.

I always said being on the island as long as they have, you would think the six island mates would have moved back to Kansas with Mary Ann. Why? Because the closest thing to an ocean in Kansas is a lake. Kind if hard to get stranded in a lake… even if you tried.

They Bewitched Major Nelson in I Dream Of Jeannie??

My favourite was The Brady Brides ..