Obscure 80's series.  May have been cancelled quickly.  One of the
characters is a hologram.  One qoute (by the hologram) I remember is
"I don't drink", then being offer food says "I don't eat, either."

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 17 Aug 2004 20:40 PDT

Hi Nelson,
This is just a shot in the dark, but could you be thinking of Quantum
Leap which featured Dean Stockwell as a hologram?
http://dvdverdict.com/reviews/quantumleapseason1.php

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 17 Aug 2004 22:11 PDT

Was the hologram male or female?

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Clarification of Question by nelson-ga on 18 Aug 2004 03:27 PDT

Not Quantum Leap (too unobsqure).

Male.

Not Red Dwarf.  Took place in present.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 18 Aug 2004 05:35 PDT

Hi Nelson! 

Could it be "Out of This World"?

The story as it was involved Evie, a half-human half-alien girl who
had a father called Troy who we never saw as he was away in space
somewhere and only communicated via some kind of alien crystal device
that Evie kept by her bed which acted as a radio.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092423/combined

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Request for Question Clarification by jackburton-ga on 18 Aug 2004 06:42 PDT

I think it might be "Automan" - a series about a crime fighting
hologram played by Chuck Wagner. Automan, created by Glen A. Larson,
was originally aired on ABC (American) from December 15, 1983 to April
9, 1984, and lasted only 13 episodes.
  
Automan
http://www.chuckwagner.com/automan.html
  
Automan Intro
http://www.soundamerica.com/sounds/themes/Television/A-B/automan2.wav

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Clarification of Question by nelson-ga on 18 Aug 2004 14:29 PDT

Automan looks like it.  The images are just how I remember the
holo-guy.  Please post as answer, jackburton.  Thanks!

(Out of This World was also a cute show, which I am embarrassed to
admit having watched.)

Hi Nelson,
  
Thanks for letting me post an answer.
    
I'm pleased I was able to identify the TV series you enquired about.
  
  
"Automan" - Plot Summary: 
   
"Walter Nebicher is the police department's resident computer expert,
although his immediate superior gives no respect as to his
contribution to the force. To fix that, he creates a special program
that creates Automan, an artificially intelligent computer construct
that looks real, sounds reals and, given enough power, can have an
actual physical presence outside the computer that feels real.
Together, Walter and Automan along with Cursor, a small floating droid
that can create any object Automan needs, battle the criminal elements
of the city."
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/amasoni2002/shl/originals/automan_(1983).htm
    
    
From Chuck Wagner's website:
   
Automan - main page
http://www.chuckwagner.com/automan.html
   
Automan - Screen captures, synopsises and sounds
http://www.chuckwagner.com/automan/index.html
   
   
Copies of the show can be ordered from 'John Wells':
http://www.coolstufftoys.com/automan.html
   
   
Search strategy:
automan hologram
automan vhs
  
 
I hope this helps! 
  
Best regards,
Jackburton-ga

Great research.  Thank you.

Sounds like the show you're look for is Red Drawf
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094535/

I think if may be the one Jackburton posted.  I recall the show, and
at least one of the programs took place in Vegas.  When the hologram
went past or went through the one armed bandits in the casino, they
began dumping out money.

Thanks for the tip, Nelson!