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Posted: 11/14/2008 4:28:23 PM | The theme song from Sanford and Son still takes me back to my earliest childhood.
And, I LIKED the Dukes of Hazzard!!! I was 5 at the time, but I loved that show!!!
And, when I was 10, I had a crush on the young Patti Duke I saw on the Patti Duke show on Nick at Nite. | |
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Posted: 11/14/2008 7:42:03 PM | A very, very cool thread and I love reading about the shows you remember best! Tons of memories here.
I am in a strange generational time frame -- born in 1962, so I am definitely not a baby boomer OR a Gen X person. So, my TV memories start with reruns of shows such as "Leave It to Beaver", which is still a total pleasure. When you think about it, the Beav was indeed rather slow on the uptake...why else could the wonderfully evil Eddie Haskell fool him time after time?
My favorite episode still is the one in which Beaver lets himself be talked by his pal Whitey into climbing up the billboard featuring the "steaming" cup of soup -- and of course he falls in to the cup and can't get out. There is a wonderful reaction shot in that one -- Eddie (of course) has rushed over to the Cleaver house, where poor Wally is attempting to have a party, and says that "some dumb kid" is stuck in the billboard. June stops for a second, thinks, and then says, "Oh, it can't be the Beaver. He's staying over at Whitey's house!" 
Other favorite shows? The first five seasons of "Saturday Night Live"; "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" (pure cheesy 70s goodness!); "Northern Exposure"; "Six Feet Under"; "The Monkees"; "Dallas"; "Dynasty" (both pure cheesy 80s goodness)! | |
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Posted: 11/14/2008 7:43:50 PM | The Doris Day Show....(don't eat the daisies? sheesh...) Single mom living with her father or uncle I think...
Lot of shows had single parents back then...My Three Sons, Courtship of Eddies Father, Family Affair (although I think that was an uncle raising orphans)
A lot of old TV shows seem to be made into movies now...not nearly as good as some of the originals though! I can imagine some of the crap movies coming down the line though! I don't even want to try to guess.... | |
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Posted: 11/14/2008 7:47:48 PM | So true on the TV shows being turned into movies, and definitely losing a lot in the translation! Actually, I think the only ones that worked (probably because the show was so hilariously corny to begin with!) were "The Brady Bunch Movie" and "A Very Brady Sequel". And yes...absolutely I watched with pleasure the original "Brady Bunch" along with "Nanny and the Professor" and others!
"Oh! My nose!" And who could forget the classic line "Something suddenly came up" ? (Get your minds out of the gutter...) | |
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Posted: 11/14/2008 8:59:50 PM | >>> When you think about it, the Beav was indeed rather slow on the uptake...why else could the wonderfully evil Eddie Haskell fool him time after time? <<<
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Beaver was not exactly the brightest bulb on the string, but to be fair Eddie was considerably older. In fact by the time the show ended Eddie appeared to be pushing 30, but maybe he just looked older on our black & white Admiral tv for some reason. One thing I remember from that show and also Father Knows Best was how the Dads usually came to dinner dressed in a suit and tie, although I seem to recall one or two episodes where Ward was in his den or office wearing a sweater.
Speaking of bad kid's shows, how about the old b & w Superman series? Actually the first one, a 2 parter called The Mole People or something similar, was rather good story-wise ( if you can get past the death ray device that looked like my mom's old Electrolux vacuum cleaner with a funnel stuck in the end), but after that things started going downhill. This was before the days of spandex and the show had a few minor costume malfunctions along the way. There was one show where either George Reeves had lost a lot of weight or the costume designer got the sizes wrong or something, but his Superman suit had more wrinkles than a 98 year old hooker.
Then there was the one where the Mad Scientist of the Week had invented a machine for manufacturing gold, and one of the main raw materials was fresh apple cider! And the one where Superman was standing on a big rock, jumps to the ground, and the first thing he does after landing is to reach down and pull up his drawers! Don't know why, but that has always struck me as one of the (unintentionally) funniest moments in the whole series. Classic stuff. | |
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Posted: 11/14/2008 10:07:44 PM | So many of the shows that were already mentioned were wonderful icons for me growing up (some favorites were Get Smart, Star Trek, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gilligan's Island, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched...and yes, I'll admit it...I used to watch The Partridge Family). And I'm not sure if this one was mentioned, but "Lost In Space" was terrific. (Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!)
Dr. Smith was my favorite wicked-creepy coward of a villian...yet you couldn't help but feel sorry for him either. The Robot was too cool for words. And of course, I wanted to be Judy, just so I could maybe have a chance with Major West.  | |
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Posted: 11/14/2008 11:03:18 PM | Ok, I'll take ya'll back!! Rember Mr. Sterling? ( Francis The talking Mule?) And the realy demented H.R. Puff'in Stuff?? Also 1 of my fav's was Charlie Chan, his son cracked me up!!!! Hence all of our pre-cursers to Cannon, Rocford Files, Perry Mason, Manix, Ironside,ect. Which leads us into our 4 virsions of Law & order,CSI,& House. My god how I digress  . | |
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Posted: 11/14/2008 11:04:09 PM | | Ok, I'll take ya'll back!! Rember Mr. Sterling? ( Francis The talking Mule?) And the realy demented H.R. Puff'in Stuff?? Also 1 of my fav's was Charlie Chan, his son cracked me up!!!! Hence all of our pre-cursers to Cannon, Rocford Files, Perry Mason, Manix, Ironside,ect. Which leads us into our 4 virsions of Law & order,CSI,& House. My god how I digress . | |
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Posted: 11/14/2008 11:48:46 PM | Correction: It wasn't the Smothers Brothers that had Bill Saluga - it was David Steinberg. I forgot all about that
And Toonsmith, I LOVED Flip Wilson! I looked forward to him coming on as Geraldine every week
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Posted: 11/15/2008 12:50:50 AM | | Yep, there are a lot of old television programs and old movies as well that seem better than today's stuff. Television now seems to continually recycle and with each recycling the material gets weaker and more profane, more idiotic and pointless. Same with movies. Sometimes I wonder if it is just me getting older, then I hear young people saying the same thing. | |
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Posted: 11/15/2008 12:56:00 AM | My taste in shows has changed over the years - I no longer watch sit-coms, I go for the courtroom dramas or shows like Monk and House now
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Posted: 11/15/2008 4:17:31 AM | i'm in agreement with you op,the older shows did have a "charisma" today's shows don't contain...good storylines were a priority in the scripts as opposed to what i consider "fillers" on modern tv episodes...today it seems that sex,violence and foul language is the priority in order to draw people in for viewing...this is apparently what the producers feel "sells" and not creativity.
i'm like you op,i was very young in the 60's and i too barely remember man from uncle...and "my favourite Martian" was another and of course "bewitched".
they were all classics and from time to time i do go back and watch them.i often find them more enjoyable.i also enjoyed the waltons,little house on the prairie,good old archie from all in the family and the twighlight zone. | |
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Posted: 11/15/2008 7:36:55 AM | | I'm not telling other than - I had a huge crush on Major Nelson (I Dream of Jeannie)! I wanted to marry Gilligan (Gilligan's Island) and I was sooo hot for Danny (The Partridge Family) - he should have stuck with me and wouldn't be such a mess!! | |
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Posted: 11/15/2008 10:09:27 AM | room 222
8 is enough
mod squad
my 3 sons
my favorite martian
white knight
welcome back kotter
chico and the man
good times
mtv '82-85
snl 78-82
soul train
American Bandstand
this old house...w/ villa and norm
60 minutes
cosby
rosanne
newlywed game
lets make a deal
tonite show w/ J. carson | |
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Posted: 11/15/2008 2:38:52 PM | mayberry RFD, sannford and son, I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, HR Puffinstuff............... | |
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Posted: 11/15/2008 3:44:08 PM |
My taste in shows has changed over the years - I no longer watch sit-coms, I go for the courtroom dramas or shows like Monk and House now
Well in that case ... LALaw and Hill Street Blues! | |
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Posted: 11/15/2008 3:51:53 PM | L.A. Law - definitely! 
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Posted: 11/15/2008 4:16:55 PM | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour which was followed by...
Championship Wrestling from Florida with Gordon Solie.
Yes, even the wrestling shows were better. Back then it was real!! | |
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Posted: 11/15/2008 5:30:52 PM | | Car 54 Where Are You? | |
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Posted: 11/15/2008 5:51:46 PM | Yes, old familar shows go down like comfort food.
I think one thing that I miss.... are pre-cable moments that really stand out. I grew up in Alaska where we only had 3 channels and Johnny Carson was on a two week taped delay basis... which made the opening monologues really stale? LOL
The first few years of All in the Family.... who can forget Archie upstairs flushing his toilet?
How about when Archie went to his buddy Stretch Cunningham's funeral and he didn't know his friend was Jewish and they asked him to say a few words.... and he starts with "Two Jews go into a Bar?" The audience went wild!
Or that famous moment with Sammy Davis Jr kissing Archie on the cheek?
They certainly don't make television like that anymore?
Ahhhhh, Johnny Carson....
The nation knew that Freddie Prinze was star material when he did his famous stand up for Johnny Carson... "Loooooking Good!"
How about the finale of "The Fugitive" with the confrontation of the one armed man?....finally?
The shock of seeing Nixon, John Wayne and a few other politicos of the time saying "Sock It To Me" on Laugh In?
The introduction of Robin Williams who just went wild as Mork?
I laugh at the build up of some of the most disappointed sci fi moments? The night the original Battlestar Galactica debuted after all the hype. I thought of it as the second coming... before the upteenth shot of the same space model shooting out like a turd in space. Boring!
The debacle that was the Star Wars Christmas special.....back in 1977.
Who shot J.R.?.... who cared?
But thankfully, we as a nation came together for one week, when millions of people sat in front of the television and watched "Roots" by Alex Hailey.
We shared in the nation's darkened past and us kids learned for the first time that the world was not all "Leave It To Beaver"...... much as we would love it to be?
Thank god for old shows to show us the imaginary past and how we entertained ourselves. But with all those shows radio waves floating out into the vastness of space... It's not hard to imagine why alien life may avoid contacting us....
They may very well be into the Fred Silverman and the NBC era of the 70's right now...
Supertrain
BJ and the Bear
CPO Sharkey
The Man from Atlantis
Chips
Manimal!
Run!
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Posted: 11/15/2008 6:02:10 PM | Being only 29 my shows in classic tv were the following
Threes Company
Golden Girls
Dinosours (NOT THE MAMA!)
Married With Children
Knight Rider (Still Iffy on the new one :P)
A- Team
and then there's the cartoons.
Jetsons
Flintstones
Smurfs
Transformers
GI Joe
Loony Toons
M.A.S.K.
Inspector Gadget
Damn just thinking about this makes me wish Saturday Mornings were good still for cartoons. Seems those that play cartoons on the local channels the cartoons are subpar compared to the 80's with them relying more on technology for the cartoons. | |
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Posted: 11/16/2008 5:28:03 AM |
Who shot J.R.?.... who cared?
Oh!! I did! I did!
Dallas was one of my favorite primetime dramas when I was in my 20s. "Who shot JR?" was a huge cliffhanger, and even when they wrote off an entire season to bring Bobby back I didn't care. I loved that show! The dastardly JR...sneaky as they get.
Was Newhart mentioned yet? That's another show I miss (though again, I was out of childhood days when that aired). Classic comedy: "Hi, I'm Larry. This is my brother Daryl, and this is my other brother Daryl." Loved the ending to this series (LOL...even if Dallas did do a mockishly bad job on the same idea...Bob Newhart did it to perfection). | |
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Posted: 11/16/2008 9:17:28 AM | | Starski and hutch.Does anyone remember a show on saturday mornings called sock-o-Saturday?kids are people too? | |
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Posted: 11/16/2008 10:46:17 AM | | Yes, I love the old shows and watch more of that kind of TV than anything else. Andy Griffith show, M.A.S.H., I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Waltons (all time favorite, it on for 2 hours here in the mornings!!!), Leave It To Beaver, my list goes on and on. The thing for me is they are just so much more light hearted and the drama of them isn't heart attack causing or so irritating that you're looking for someone to yell at or smack! LOL! I like peace and calm in my laugh and feel that the daily news/newspaper carries enough negative drama that I don't want to see it when I'm supposed to get entertained and relax. Don't get me wrong, I do watch other stuff but prefer the oldies but goodies! | |
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Posted: 11/16/2008 10:48:08 AM | | Oh man, I forgot about the Jetson's, Courtship of Eddie's Father and Family Affair! Loved em all! | |
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