what did U watch when WE were young? no1 UNDER 30

[pacinitaly]

I have nothing more to offer anymore in the real fourms of
www.vistax64.com or www.sevenforums.com unless I really know what I'm takling about.

so I offer this request,

does anyone:
watch/love/view/hate/discuss/have bloopers/spoke with actors
of my favorite TV shows ever?


fawlty towers
doc martin
the odd couple-not the movie(s)
all in the family
barney miller
butterflies
taxi
alice
BJ and the bear




now, does my age show?

actually, look @ this

http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/list/1970/2/pop/0/1/

 

[Lee]

Howdy Dody
Our Miss Brooks
My Little Margie
Father Knows Best
77 Sunset Strip
American Bandstand (the beginning)
The Donna Reid Show
Steve Allen and the Tonight Show
Perry Mason
I Love Lucy
Gunsmoke
Jackie Gleason Show
Red Shelton
Danny Kaye
Ed Sullivan
Rocky and Bullwinkel
Huckelberry Finn
The Big Valley
Saturday Night Fights
Man From Uncle

If it wasn't for the strokes there would be a lot more. Some of you guys who used to watch the above should be able to add to this list. Having a problem with the Saturday morning shows.

 

[Dunsailing]

Lucille Ball Show
Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Jimmy Clitheroe show (radio & TV)
Steptoe and Son
Harry Worth
Hancock`s Half Hour
On The Buses
Love Thy Neighbour
The Goons Show
The Army Game
Dickie Henderson Show
Bootsie and Snudge
The Avengers
The Morcambe and Wise Show
Dr Finlay`s Case Book
Father Dear Father
Opportunity Knocks...............
Just to mention a few

 

[Joan Archer]

I remember all those in your list Dunsailing, probably because I'm in the UK most of the other lists were more for the other side of the pond, although some I did watch like 77 Sunset Strip and Fawlty Towers is a classic wherever you are

 

[Tews]

I cant remember back that far...

 

[Lee]

Tews, There also has to be someone. . . :roflmao:

 

[Tews]

I seem to remember something about a wooden puppet and doody ... its all very foggy...

 

[Barman58]

Don't forget folks

If you remember the sixties you weren't really there

 

[Lee]

Sorry my sixties were at the Naval Academy, so the funny weed, was out, then on board ship where that silly stuff was hard to fine.

And, again Tews, I think he was using some of that forget me not weed, or something to that effect.

 

[Tews]

And, again Tews, I think he was using some of that forget me not weed, or something to that effect.

Erm.. I dont recall...

 

[jfar]

I think this is appropriate for this thread, I hope Adrian doesn't mind me borrowing it for a while.



" TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers
Who smoked and/or drank while they were
Pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day
Was always a special treat.
We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends,
From one bottle and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
As long as we were back when the
Streetlights came on.
No one was able
To reach us all day. And, we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill, only to find out
We forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
No cell phones,
No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
And there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not live in us
Forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
Although we were told it would happen,
We did not put out very many eyes..
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
Knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal
With disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law
Was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best
Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
The past 50 years
Have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.
If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!"

 

[armyslowrdr]

Mannix
Old Ironsides
McLeod
Columbo
Trapper John MD
Petticoat Junction
Green Acres
Family Affair
Adam 12
Emergency
Hogans Heroes
Gomer Pyle USMC
Waltons
Little House
Bonanza
Gunsmoke
Hee Haw
Dance Fever
Marcus Welby
The one with Jim Garner and the old man
Hawaii 5-0
and--Melrose Place--the one with courtney-thorne in it--yeah lol--1 guilty pleasure

That's all I can think of now. Those were some goodies.
I hate today's cr^p that passes as detective shows.
I am proud to say I have NEVER watched a reality show.

King of the Hill
King of Queens
That 70s Show
and Seinfeld are more recent shows that were ok.

I can't think of ANYthing current that I watch.

 

[bigmck]

Howdy Dody
Our Miss Brooks
My Little Margie
Father Knows Best
77 Sunset Strip
American Bandstand (the beginning)
The Donna Reid Show
Steve Allen and the Tonight Show
Perry Mason
I Love Lucy
Gunsmoke
Jackie Gleason Show
Red Shelton
Danny Kaye
Ed Sullivan
Rocky and Bullwinkel
Huckelberry Finn
The Big Valley
Saturday Night Fights
Man From Uncle

If it wasn't for the strokes there would be a lot more. Some of you guys who used to watch the above should be able to add to this list. Having a problem with the Saturday morning shows.

You sound like someone my age. I can go back a little further I think.
Saturday Morning
Winky Dink
Sky King
Whirrly Birds
Mr. Wizard
Weekdays
Mickey Mouse Club
Life with Elizabeth (It was a 15 minute show starring Betty White about 1954)
Do You Trust Your Wife? (Johnny Carson 1957)
Stu Erwin Show
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
Pete and Gladys
Car 54, Where Are You?

 

[johnwillyums]

Where were you when Kennedy got shot?

I can't remember but the first episode of Dr Who, with William Hartnell as The Doctor, was the day after I believe so I was behind the sofa then.

Other favourites would be:

The Prisoner (why don't they repeat that?)
Bill Brand
The Twilight Zone
Star Trek
The Munsters
Space 1999
Tiswas
Magpie
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Hancocks Half Hour
Harry Worth
Q

I could go on and on......

 

[johnwillyums]

Almost forgot Torchie The Battery Boy

 

[pparks1]

I'm 35 and I grew up watching shows like

• Dukes of Hazzard
• ChiPs
• Airwolf
• A-Team
• Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
• Alf
• Small Wonder

 

[Barman58]

Hello John,

Check out the "gold" digital channels I'm sure I saw them repeating the prisoner quite recently. Even if the run has finished with those channels it shouldn't be long before it's on again

 

[johnwillyums]

Hope so . It was great. I'm surprised Hollywood hasn't remade it. Cheers Nigel, John

 

[Joan Archer]

The Prisoner was a brilliant series and Jim your post was so true of things that I remembered and sad to think we'll never have that freedom again.

Did someone ask if we knew where we were when Kennedy was shot, I remember my brother and sister-in-law were living in a caravan and I was visiting them when the news came on the TV, and it was the year of my first marriage.

 

[Dunsailing]

I think this is appropriate for this thread, I hope Adrian doesn't mind me borrowing it for a while.



" TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers
Who smoked and/or drank while they were
Pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day
Was always a special treat.
We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends,
From one bottle and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
As long as we were back when the
Streetlights came on.
No one was able
To reach us all day. And, we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill, only to find out
We forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
No cell phones,
No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
And there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not live in us
Forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
Although we were told it would happen,
We did not put out very many eyes..
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
Knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal
With disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law
Was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best
Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
The past 50 years
Have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.
If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!"

Isn`t that the truth