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Posted: 3/17/2009 4:41:09 PM | | I am really surprised more people are mentioning Beverley Hillbillies. That is a timeless show. Someone mentioned Sunday nights - I remember sitting down and watching Walt Disney Sunday nights in the sixties - for awhile after they would be on re-runs but you never see or hear of them anymore, anywhere. I have this thought that maybe they were a little out of sync with the changing times in the sixties let alone since. I am thinking Walt had pretty well defined places for all people in society that would not reflect well on him or the Disney Empire. Other people's thoughts? | |
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Posted: 3/17/2009 4:50:18 PM | | For those of you wishing to see some of these check out cbs,abc or nbc . com All these networks had some of them on. CBS still has some of them listed on their website: Miami Vice, Have Gun will Travel, Love Boat and Hawaii 5-0 | |
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Posted: 3/17/2009 6:04:00 PM | | My ex girlfriend got me hooked on I love Lucy. Now I watch it on TV land if I see that it is on. I used the candy factory clip for a lesson I was teaching last semester. The kids laughed, and I know very few of them had ever seen the show before. It only proved how good the show was that it could make today's kids laugh. I recently saw an episode where Lucy was trying to sell meat in a butcher shop out of a baby carriage....lol. The show was zany and way ahead of its time. | |
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Posted: 3/17/2009 6:13:52 PM |
My ex girlfriend got me hooked on I love Lucy. Now I watch it on TV land if I see that it is on. I used the candy factory clip for a lesson I was teaching last semester. The kids laughed, and I know very few of them had ever seen the show before. It only proved how good the show was that it could make today's kids laugh. I recently saw an episode where Lucy was trying to sell meat in a butcher shop out of a baby carriage....lol. The show was zany and way ahead of its time.
One of the things I always enjoyed about I Love Lucy were the 'continuing episodes'- like with their trip to Hollywood, unlike in modern sitcoms where it would be just a 2 part episode, I Love Lucy's spanded multiple episodes. The episodes leading up to the roadtrip to Hollywood, the episodes during the roadtrip, then the many episodes in Hollywood, then episodes after the trip and back home. They did the same for their European and Florida trip(though there were fewer Florida episodes) | |
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Posted: 3/18/2009 9:16:28 PM | | I Love Lucy is the one show Iwatch now and watched back then just to clear my head for a little while.She could really make me laugh.But my favorite shows were westerns like Bronco Lane,Sugarfoot,Cheyenne,Big Valley,High Chaparal,and Bonanza.Those were my shows! And some one said earlier that a few stars got their start on The Twilight Zone,they were right and Robert Redford was one of them.He played a cop who was really the angel of death.I'll never forget that episode because Ithought the cop was cute. | |
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Posted: 3/20/2009 10:20:01 AM | Well...well..well..The host of Souuuuuuuuuuul Traaaaaaaaain got 3 years probation for spousal battery I thought the fella was dead..Good thing I wasn't the judge I woulda sentenced him to watching American Bandstand 12 hours a day for 6 months... | |
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Posted: 3/20/2009 8:19:41 PM | | Sunday evenings definitely included Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, The Wonderful World of Disney (remember Gallagher?) and I am surprised no one has mentioned The Ed Sullivan Show! How about Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In? The more I watch Route 66 the more I love it... | |
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Posted: 3/20/2009 8:27:57 PM | | One more show that just came to mind..."Winchell-Mahoney Time". | |
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Posted: 3/21/2009 5:48:19 AM | Quincy MD, I forgot that one, love this show- CSI before there was a CSI.
The White Shadow, I'm not a basketball fan but I like this show. They reran it a few years ago on ESPN Classics.
I recently picked up on DVD- The Colgate Comedy Hour with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, I think there is about 20 episodes in the set. Very funny, like with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the Carol Burnett Show, Jerry is always trying to make Dean laugh. | |
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Posted: 3/21/2009 5:50:08 AM |
Well...well..well..The host of Souuuuuuuuuuul Traaaaaaaaain got 3 years probation for spousal battery I thought the fella was dead..Good thing I wasn't the judge I woulda sentenced him to watching American Bandstand 12 hours a day for 6 months...
Don't forget to throw some 'Dance Fever' in there. | |
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Posted: 3/21/2009 8:25:52 AM | | Get Smart and The Honeymooners are among my favourites. I also liked the original Adams Family... the 1990s version is a flat imitation. It was the original cast and writers that made the first one so effective. | |
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Posted: 3/21/2009 3:14:49 PM | | One of my all time favs was the Night Stalker with Darren McGavin, I think it inspired many other creepy shows that are on today. | |
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Posted: 3/22/2009 5:50:59 AM |
One of my all time favs was the Night Stalker with Darren McGavin, I think it inspired many other creepy shows that are on today.
Chris Carter did say it was his inspiration for The X-Files. | |
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Posted: 3/22/2009 11:35:33 AM | | I would bet the old show "the Invaders" with Roy Thinnes was also an inspiration for the X-files. Wish they would rerun that one. | |
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Posted: 3/22/2009 10:57:55 PM | I think The Wild Wild West was one of my faves. The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits (do not attempt to adjust your set) lol. How many of you remember Combat? Also Rawhide with a very young Clint Eastwood, wow there were some good shows back then
Edit...Another show I loved that was a little later was The Night Gallery | |
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Posted: 3/23/2009 9:54:00 PM | WKRP
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:39:01 AM |
WKRP
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"
I think my favorite WKRP moment is when Mr. Carlson puts cocaine on his foot, thinking it was foot powder. He starts hitting his foot with his shoe, saying "I have a monkey on my foot!" | |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:06:17 AM | I watch old sitcoms and shows often...I'm waiting for Reality TV to phase out.....
Thank god for the channels that show the older shows...My son, who is 17, likes older shows sometimes too... | |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 6:22:10 PM | Dark Shadows....I used to watch it with my Grandma. Latter that night after having a nitemare, I would go stand by my parents bed. Mom would wake up with me staring at her and say "Watch that show with Grandma again?" ...,She would move over and say, get in....I know, big baby!
Night Stalker was Awesome! Twlight Zone and Night Gallery rocked. Anything creepy was great. Addams Family and The Munsters were funny. There used to be a segment that I think was called "Creature Feature" . Was a Saturday night Scarey Movie with a host...Used to sneak out into the living room and tune the sound down to watch it when my parents had gone to bed.
Ahhh.....the old Black and White days! Kinda like listening to what my daughter refers to "Old People CD's" Records. Hear the "pop, crackle and white noise" nothing like it! | |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:49:46 PM | ah the outer limits or the black and white twilight zone -total quality , as a child I also remember the Time tunnel- it wasnt until recent re-runs that it always seemed to be set in Hitlers germany!
But what of quality TV- as In something that has a decent storyline with twists in the plot. it seems seldom these days as TV programs must grip the channel changer with shock and CGI and the cost of creating a work of "art" is a lot more than a shock Gameshow. I recently started watching reruns of Sherlock homes from the UK in the late 80s and 90s- the accountants wouldn't allow for such well crafted series now and indeed they would all be clamouring for more CGI!
so whats the option for thought provoking drama?
Read books it improves the brain cells!
unless its abook by Paris Hilton! | |
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Posted: 3/28/2009 2:33:26 AM | now I remember staying over at a friends for the weekend as a little kid & watching Twilight Zone & Alfred Hitchcock .. in the dark.. couple of those TZ's scared the bejesus out of me! One in particular took me yrs before I could re-watch the whole thing again> Nightmare at 30,000 Feet w/ Bill Shatner.
also remember as above poster said- Dark Shadows- spooky "soap" tho the end was pretty lame + General Hospital (back to back). All the westerns, Ed Sullivan, Disney, Jackie Gleason & Carol Burnett variety- miss those variety shows! Creature Feature with all the old 40's & 50's horror movie reruns & goofy special effects on Sat afternoon. And Magnum PI. | |
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Posted: 3/28/2009 8:04:11 AM | 'Night Flight'(USA Network) In the 80's before late night became dominated by infomercials we had great shows like this. Through the night 'Night Flight' would air obscure and offbeat movies, music videos, cartoons, and short films.
'Commander USA's Groovie Movies' Also on USA Network in the 80's. The Commander was an out- of- shape retired super hero who would host cheesy horror flicks(movies like The Children and Toxic Zombies), B-movies, and some short films. His sidekick was named Lefty(it was a smiley face drawn on his hand with a cigar) | |
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Posted: 5/21/2009 2:39:31 PM | | A friend of mine gave me a DVD of the TV show "M Squad" starring Lee Marvin. Does anyone remember this show? It was set in Chicago and aired in the late 1950's. The theme music was performed by Count Basie. An interesting trivia item: One episode of M Squad featured a crooked Chicago cop who was taking bribes. Mayor Daley saw this episode and was so angry that he banned any TV show or movie from being filmed in Chicago. The ban lasted until 1979 when Mayor Byrne allowed the "Blues Brothers" movie to be filmed in Chicago. The rest is history... | |
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Posted: 5/21/2009 2:58:26 PM | | If you don't like The Andy Griffith show you're probably communist. | |
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Posted: 5/21/2009 3:37:14 PM | How many times have we seen the old Andy Griffith Shows and still our sides hurt from laughing so damned hard? Can you beat Barney reciting the Preamble to the Constitution? Or his rant about dogs being safe in thunderstorms but those high and mighty giraffes would be in danger? It's not all peanut butter and jelly when those steel doors clang shut.
Great writing and masterful comedic delivery is timeless. Don Knotts was a superstar. His films were hilarious even. Attaboy Luther! | |
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