Beauty and the Beast: 1987-1990: She was a beautiful Assistant DA with a sweet balcony. He was a Beast, and he lived underground in a utopian community of outsiders (it was the ’80s, today he’d have his own show called Vincent Is Half-Man Half-Beast And Single.) They could never be together, but they would never be apart, whatever that means, and even though I never watched the show, I spent my tween years seriously creeped out by its bestiality premise (they had a kid together!) Anyway, last night as I was falling asleep I remembered this show existed and bet myself five bucks it was huge on YouTube, and won.

I was going to do a Top 10, but who are we kidding. I watched all of them and they’re all the same, but this one is the best because of the longing, the “caution” warning, and Angry Vincent Face:

Also, welcome to my new IM icon.

Still of Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in Beauty and the Beast
... (Vincent ) and Linda Hamilton (Catherine) from Beauty and the Beast
Beauty & The Beast - Linda Hamilton & Ron Perlman - Sitcoms Online ...
Still of Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in Beauty and the Beast
'Beauty And The Beast' TV Show: Pilot Ordered By ABC
ABC has ordered a pilot based off the traditional tale of "Beauty and the Beast," reports EW.com ... the cult-classic 1987 CBS procedural television show that starred Linda Hamilton. While there's no telling if either of these shows will ...
ABC's 'Beauty and the Beast' Ordered to Pilot
It also marks the second Beauty and the Beast project ordered to pilot this month, joining the CW's modern-day take on the 1980s CBS drama that starred Ron Perlman as Vincent (aka the Beast) and Linda Hamilton as Catherine (the Beauty). The ABC update is ...
Comments (4)
  1. This is one of those cases where I’m excited for when we’re all dead and gone and the planet is underwater and a future civilization finds this and has to decipher its meaning because wtf.

  2. Lenny  |   Posted on Apr 8th, 2008

    Damn, that rooftop scene!

  3. Edith  |   Posted on Apr 8th, 2008

    Are you sure this show isn’t called Hugging?

  4. My mom used to watch this show and I just had some wicked flashbacks watching that video. Its making me sad that I was Teen Wolf for Halloween last year because Vincent would be a great (terrible?) costume. I wasted my wolf!

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