O/T - TV programs you watched as a kid

teewoods · 10-30-2004, 04:07 PM

Lock up your weights guys…and take a trip to memory lane. What programs do you remember watching as a kid? My combination is pretty weird. My dad was an ex pat who worked in for an Oil company in Nigeria in the 70’s. Growing up there and in the UK made me experience a blend of British, American and Australian programs.

Here are some of the ones i fondly remember.

Gentle bear, Skippy, Land of the lost, The Rovers, The Brady bunch,
The kids from C.a.p.p.e.r.s, Gigantor, Big foot and wild boy, Big blue Marble, Huckleberry Finn and friends, Mr. Piper, Space 1999, Bonanza, Flip Wilson show, The love boat, Kids from 47a, The banana splits, Space Ghost, Bird Man, Touché Turtle, Secret Squirrel, The Alvin show, Man from Atlantis, Fantasy Island, Mission Impossible, Sanford and Son, The mod squad, The Partridge family, Good times. Thunderbirds.. e.t.c

I think I’d stop here…..

Hibiscus09 · 10-30-2004, 04:23 PM

I Dream of Jeannie, BeWitched, SuperFriends (I loved Superman & still have a crush on the animated version! LOL), Johnny Quest (great show!), Lost In Space, The Partridge Family, The Wonderful World of Disney. . . . .

phikappa · 10-30-2004, 05:28 PM

Flip Wison, definitely. All in the Family, Good Times, The Carol Burnett Show, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Taxi, Barney Miller.

Oh, the memories. * sigh*

A.FreeRadical · 10-30-2004, 06:03 PM

Now I am feeling old. I remember "before TV". hahahaha

Ok,
Amos and Andy
The Green Hornet
The Screaching Door
Arthur Godfrey

All radio shows. It was in the corner of the living room, a cabinet about 4 feet tall and it had this errie green light on the big round dial. (The cool thing was it also got short wave.) And yep, we turned the lights down low and everyone watched the errie green light on the radio.

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johnnyironboard · 10-30-2004, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hibiscus09

Lost In Space

I had a huge crush on Angela Cartwright when I was a little.

teewoods · 10-30-2004, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Hibiscus09

I Dream of Jeannie, BeWitched, SuperFriends (I loved Superman & still have a crush on the animated version! LOL), Johnny Quest (great show!), Lost In Space, The Partridge Family, The Wonderful World of Disney. . . . .

I always get, i dream of Jeanie and BeWichted muddled up... even know i still cant tell which is which. I know i prefered the one in which the step mom always cast spells on the husband of whats her name... Hey no one said the Phil Silvers Show... or was Sgt Bilko too wacky for kids? I'm thinking of getting his DVD collection. I just bought the entire collection of the twilight zone and Hitchcocks movies.

teewoods · 10-30-2004, 07:17 PM

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Now I am feeling old. I remember "before TV". hahahaha

DO you think kids of today could live without. TV, Computers, Video games and Cell phones? I would'nt trade the past for what kids have now. Just wondering if kids would be seen dead playing board games like Snake and ladders or even monopoly.

By the way..is Green Hornet the program with Bruce lee?

Mark1T · 10-30-2004, 07:35 PM

Hey, what about Speed Racer? My brother and I used to make fun of them making those crazy sigh noises - but great fun.

Yeah Hibby, Johnny Quest was great.

Anybody mention the Jetsons or Fat Albert?

Carol Burnett was great, just hilarious. Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Laugh-In was the bomb, 6 Million Dollar Man.

How about Ben? Gosh I loved that bear

jinkk · 10-30-2004, 08:18 PM

you guys forgot
1-rags to riches- dem bitches were hot? I think? i was what 2?
2)that alien boy- who touched his index fingers togther and time froze still-except for who he touched-
and simon n simon- they kicked ass

Hibiscus09 · 10-30-2004, 08:51 PM

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even know i still cant tell which is which. I know i prefered the one in which the step mom always cast spells on the husband of whats her name...

That's Bewitched!

I forgot Petticoat Junction -- I loved that one also!

And I just remembered all the Westerns -- Bonanza, The Virginian (he was hot!), Big Valley.

Oh, and I'll really date myself -- I liked Daniel Boone. LOL

harlin · 10-30-2004, 09:40 PM

Speed Racer!, "Great balls of fire"?-I think the cartoons name was "Snuffy", a little hillbilly married to a large woman with a scarf around her head., Felix the cat.

nvxplorer · 10-30-2004, 10:17 PM

Good topic

Laugh-In
Jackie Gleason and Carol Burnett variety shows
Dean Martin variety show, and his roasts were great
All in the Family
Sanford and Son
Beverly Hillbillies
Three Stooges reruns
Mannix
Hawaii 50
Dragnet (second run with Harry Morgan as Bill Gannon)
Star Trek
Streets of San Francisco
Bonanza
Rockford Files (probably my all time favorite)

nvxplorer · 10-30-2004, 10:27 PM

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Oh, and I'll really date myself -- I liked Daniel Boone. LOL

LOL

Now I have the theme song going through my head.

Daniel Boone was a man...was a big...man...

haha

gregxy · 10-30-2004, 10:59 PM

How about "Gilligan's island"? That was one of my favorites.

I remember "Lost in Space" was my favorite when I was about 8.
I also liked Gigantor. I was on a business trip to japan and I
went into this guy's office and he had hundreds of Gigantor toys,
of all different sizes. It was the first time I had seen Gigantor in
about 35 years!

Kids really depend on TV and computers these days. It's really done
alot to hurt the physical condition of today's kids.

teewoods · 11-03-2004, 09:30 AM

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That's Bewitched!

I forgot Petticoat Junction -- I loved that one also!

And I just remembered all the Westerns -- Bonanza, The Virginian (he was hot!), Big Valley.

Oh, and I'll really date myself -- I liked Daniel Boone. LOL

I did mention bonanza in my list

... Any of them still alive? i know Michael Landon was the biggest star. I think John Green was also successful... i do recall him hosting a wildlife program.. or maybe i'm just imagining it.

I also remember the Big valley... but very little of it. The one thing i wont forget is the theme song.

teewoods · 11-03-2004, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by gregxy

How about "Gilligan's island"? That was one of my favorites.

I remember "Lost in Space" was my favorite when I was about 8.
I also liked Gigantor. I was on a business trip to japan and I
went into this guy's office and he had hundreds of Gigantor toys,
of all different sizes. It was the first time I had seen Gigantor in
about 35 years!

Kids really depend on TV and computers these days. It's really done
alot to hurt the physical condition of today's kids.

Wow Gigantor! I'm begining to think some of the cartoons i watch like Gigatnor and Speed Racer were originally Japanesse cartoons. I assume I'm correcting in saying you can tell a japanesse cartoon characters from the big sparkling eyes.

I think computers should take more of a blame than TV and also the games, my friends son easily does 14 hours a day locked up in his room trying to crack a game.

r8rrob · 11-03-2004, 09:59 AM

How about The Adventures of Superman, The Three Stooges and Little Rascals re-runs. Couldn't wait to get home after school to watch those. And of course, Speed Racer. I just picked up a DVD of 11 Speed Racer episodes.

BeLeafer · 11-03-2004, 10:07 AM

Cartoons:
Looney Tunes
The Jackson Five
Fat Albert
G-Force
Rocket Robin Hood
The old "Spiderman series" (60's)
Thunderbirds

Sitcoms:
Petticoat Junction (had crushes on all those girls esp. Billie Joe)
Leave it to Beaver
Lost in Space
Green Acres
Andy Griffith Show
Sanford and Son

Great thread by the way! J

nvxplorer · 11-03-2004, 10:23 AM

One that I forgot and was one of my favorites as a kid:

McHale's Navy.

nvxplorer · 11-03-2004, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by teewoods

I did mention bonanza in my list

... Any of them still alive? i know Michael Landon was the biggest star. I think John Green was also successful... i do recall him hosting a wildlife program.. or maybe i'm just imagining it.

I also remember the Big valley... but very little of it. The one thing i wont forget is the theme song.

The only original member of Bonanza still alive is Pernell Roberts (Adam). I believe Lorne Green did host a wildlife program, but I remember him on Battlestar Galactica which ran in the early '80s.

Hoss (Dan Blocker) was my favorite, and when he died that was the death knell for the show. They brought back Candy (David Canary) after Blocker's death, but the show only lasted one more season. I don't remember his exact cause of death, but I have to think it had something to do with his weight.

Too many good men die overweight - John Candy, Chris Farley, too many others.

r8rrob · 11-03-2004, 10:43 AM

Has anyone mentioned "Batman" with an out-of-shape Adam West? Classic!

1stindoor · 11-03-2004, 10:47 AM

I spent some of my formative years in Europe (Dad was AF), back then we only got AFN (Armed Forces Network) so our choices were slim and if the war (Viet Nam) or the President was on there was no TV that night.
Here's some of my favs:
Comedies:
-Laugh In
-Carol Burnett
-All in the Family
-I Love Lucy

Westerns:
-Wild Wild West
-Rifleman
-Bonanza
-Gun Smoke

Sci Fi:
-Star Trek
-Twilight Zone
-Lost in Space

Cartoons:
-Loony Tunes
-Speed Racer
-Johnny Quest

I remember vividly when my Dad finally broke down and got cable TV; thought it was the most amazing thing ever. He paid the big bucks to get the remote control version (box with a slider on it to change the channels with about 25' of cord). Of course #1 son was still the TV remote..."Hey Boy, turn the volume up...and while you're up...get me another beer."

Thanks for this thread, my Dad passed away two years ago next month and I haven't thought about those things we did in Germany for probably 20 years.

1stindoor · 11-03-2004, 10:48 AM

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Too many good men die overweight - John Candy, Chris Farley, too many others.

John Belushi

super · 11-03-2004, 11:00 AM

How about Johnny Sokko (Giant Robot) Great show.
Ultraman

What ever happen to these shows, I wish Sci-Fi would replay these.

nvxplorer · 11-03-2004, 11:00 AM

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John Belushi

I think Belushi OD'ed on a speed ball. If I remember correctly, they arrested a Canadian woman who administered the drugs. I don't know if she was ever convicted.

1stindoor · 11-03-2004, 11:20 AM

Belushi OD'd that's true, but I was just refering to the fact that he was overweight when he died.

Hibiscus09 · 11-03-2004, 11:48 AM

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LOL

Now I have the theme song going through my head.

Daniel Boone was a man...was a big...man...

haha

LOL!

I believe his name was Fess Parker? Okay, I'll have to look him up. I thought he was hot when I was younger!

Oh, and while I'm at it -- has anyone named Roy Rogers? I loved Trigger!

Hibiscus09 · 11-03-2004, 11:51 AM

"Happy Trails to you. . . . Until we meet again. . . "

nvxplorer · 11-03-2004, 12:07 PM

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Oh, and while I'm at it -- has anyone named Roy Rogers?

I don't think so, Hib. Outside of you, of course. I know I watched it a few times, but I didn't care for it much. I liked the dumb comedies, which reminds me of one more:

F-Troop

Forrest Tucker, Ken Berry, Larry Storch, Frank DeKova and the extremely hot Melody Patterson - Here you go guys:

http://www.f-troop.net/images/MP01.jpg
http://www.f-troop.net/images/MP16.jpg
http://www.f-troop.net/images/MP14.jpg
http://www.f-troop.net/images/MP11.jpg
http://www.f-troop.net/images/MP07.jpg

nvxplorer · 11-03-2004, 01:20 PM

Okay, pardon me for going nuts recalling my hormone-raged pre-teen years, but here's one more of Melody Patterson I just have to share with the guys: