wildflower Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 SO, the bad kids thread made me think- yes, TV is much different from when any of us were kids/ teens. what is your favorite classic tv show? it does not need to be from your generation, mine certainly aren't. so, i'll start: The many loves of Dobey Gillis- Dwayne Hickman as Dobie, Bob Dnever (of gilligan fame) as Maynard G Crebs- the lovable beatnic who's super-awesome catch line of "WORK?!?" and Sheila James as Zelda (she had this awesome face that everyone that met her made back- DD1 looks so much like her, it amuses me) Lawrence Welk- Bouffants, HUGE white teeth, bubbles and chiffon dresses, corny music- how can you go wrong? I used to watch re-runs with my dad, still makes me smile thinking of it. Looking forward to your favorites! Robyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Roy Rogers Lassie. Bonanza I Dream of Jeannie The Brady Bunch The Waltons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 MASH, it was on at 4, 5, and 10:30 where I lived. Watched most of them. My dad worked at a TV station so while content was monitored, time wasn't so much. Carol Burnett show, loved it, watched every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 The Dick Van Dyke Show Andy Griffith Show Hogan's Heroes I Love Lucy Emergency! (Rampart one, Rampart One...doo dooooo deeee doooooooo mwa mwa mwa) - I wanted to be Dixie the nurse and have that startched hat and dress. I too STILL love Lawrence Welk. There is something soooo calming and nostalgic about that show even today. Classic Star Trek The Patty Duke Show "They're cousins, identical cousins...." that doesn't even make SENSE! :lol: The Courtship of Eddie's Father (I had a major little girl crush on Bill Bixby I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Little House on the Prairie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 The Dick VanDyke Show The Facts of Life I Love Lucy Get Smart The Cosby Show Bewitched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Bewitched Get Smart I Dream of Jeannie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 The Dick VanDyke Show The Bob Newhart Show (Not sure if this is the correct title, but not the one in the inn!) My dh really like Mork & Mindy We love listening to old Bob Newhart on XM comedy when we travel! (Yes, we are BIG dorks!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 My kids favorites right now (on the RTN channel - retro television) are: The A Team (can you believe all those guns but no one ever really gets hurt?!) The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew The Andy Griffith Show Leave it to Beaver AirWolf the old Knight Rider (after the kids go to bed, mine is Magnum P.I.!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 My hubby and the girls love Green Acres. They all laugh hysterically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Oh! I forgot about Airwolf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 The original Star Trek Petticoat Junction Green Acres Gunsmoke Carol Burnett Dark Shadows (Every afternoon after school) I remember wanting to watch Love, American Style and Laugh-In, and my mom wouldn't let me. Seems sort of funny considering what's on today. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I used to love: Brady Bunch Little House on the Prairie Land of the Lost Andy Griffith Gilligans Island Love Boat Fantasy Island (no, I was not watched for content) all the variety shows: Carol Burnett, Sonny and Cher, Donny and Marie, The Mandrells DH loved: Green Acres Bonanza reruns of the Monkees (he owns all these on tape now) Get Smart Adams Family and Munsters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 The Beverly Hillbillies "Let me tell you a story 'bout a man name Jed. Poor mountaineer- barely kept his family fed. Then one day he was shooting at some food Up from the ground came a bubbling crude. Oil, that is, black gold, Texas tea" I could go on!!:D I also loved the A-Team and MacGyver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 "Bewitched" ....which I think is the only one of these I ever watched! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I Love Lucy Dick Van Dyke Carol Burnett Show Leave it to Beaver Brady Bunch Bewitched The Waltons The Cosby Show All in the Family M*A*S*H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in MI Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Bewitched I Dream of Jeanie and my all time favorite - Lost in Space Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 The Avengers The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Baa Baa Black Sheep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melhouse Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Bewitched and Petticoat Junction were my favorites when I was little. My 55 year-old brother still laughs uproariously at Mr. Ed. My sil says it's like he has never seen the episode before when he could actually quote the thing. Fun thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I Love Lucy hands down. It's like comfort food to me, I grew up watching reruns every single day. Dh got me the complete boxed set of dvds for Christmas a few years ago and now I've gotten all of my kids into it- we watch an episode while we eat lunch. Ds8 has memorized the names of the episodes he likes, "Can we watch 'First Stop'?" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsrevmeg Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I Dream of Jeannie Gilligan's Island The Cosby Show The Wonder Years I Love Lucy The Brady Bunch Oh, if only we still had shows like these rather coming out rather than than the garbage that is touted as "wholesome" these days. Give me a little something that is not so PC it takes all the fun away!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I Love Lucy, of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I LOVE LUCY!! I totally agree that it's like comfort food. Why can't they write shows like that anymore? Nothing comes close to the genius of Lucy--strong heroine with a clear goal, husband clearly trying to keep her from said goal, heroine with a plan. LOVE LOVE LOVE LUCY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I actually got a Christmas gift that dh really loved this year - the first season of "Get Smart"! He loved that show. Now we have the second season too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) Hee Haw !!! Gilligan's Island Sanford & Son Little House on the Prairie I Love Lucy, too! We only picked up 2 or 3 channels (in good weather). Edited June 9, 2009 by Dirtroad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 every single Sunday night we watched Wonderful World of Disney and Bonanza (major crush on Little Joe). also Bewitched Land of the Giants Get Smart Lost in Space Gilligan's Island also after school we watched The Bowery Boys and a teen music show called Hullabaloo American Bandstand H.R. Puffinstuff with the kid that played Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver Sonny and Cher Donny and Marie Carol Burnett )loved Mrs. a Wiggins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 oh forgot Wild, Wild West Man from U.N.C.L.E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 and my all time favorite - Lost in Space Amy I loved Lost in Space. I remember watching it every Sunday morning. I never got to see the last few minutes because we had to leave for church. Maybe that's what kept me coming back to it. Another Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Love Boat & Fantasy Island (no content issues at our house!), Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew, Ellery Queen, Wonderful World Of Disney, Wild Kingdom, (Mutual of Omaha, people, you can count on), Starsky & Hutch, and the list goes on and on, and on, and on....Both of my parents had poor health, so TV was the thing we did. The worst thing that happened to us was CABLE! And then there was syndication.....Brady Bunch, Monkees, cartoons.... And my favorites...1 Adam 12, and Emergency, and Quincy. The crime fascination started early! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 My Three Sons, Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Hill Street Blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff in TX Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Little House on the Prairie My Three Sons (far before my time, but I watched it on Nick at Nite) Growing Pains Small Wonder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I was in college when Happy Days began. Our dorm had one tv located in a huge living area and boys would come to our dorm to watch Happy Days each week (our dorm mother dictated what shows were watched and she loved that show) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 How could I forget? DS was talking about Bionicles & legos & I remembered one of my favorite TV shows as a kid The SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN with lee Majors:001_smile: Wonder Woman with Linda Clark & The BIONIC WOMAN with Lyndsey Wagnor..... Man, I couldn't wait to see the next episode. And (not necessarily good role model in some ways, but great car stunts).... THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (the General Lee was the star!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebug_1976 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Bonanza McGuyver The A Team Little House on the Prairie Andy Griffith and the list goes on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 How could I forget? DS was talking about Bionicles & legos & I remembered one of my favorite TV shows as a kid The SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN with lee Majors:001_smile: Wonder Woman with Linda Clark & The BIONIC WOMAN with Lyndsey Wagnor..... Man, I couldn't wait to see the next episode. And (not necessarily good role model in some ways, but great car stunts).... THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (the General Lee was the star!) I TOTALLY FORGOT about the Bionic Woman. She was so cool. My parents let me name my sister Lindsay (but spelled differently.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamom Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I Love Lucy Gilligan's Island I Dream of Jeannie Little House on the Prairie Cosby Show Wonder Years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 :) My other favorite is Star Trek: The Next Generation -- it's all reruns now. I also like M*A*S*H sometimes. I wish the old Mission Impossible series was in syndication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildflower Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 I TOTALLY FORGOT about the Bionic Woman. She was so cool. My parents let me name my sister Lindsay (but spelled differently.) that's so funny. i got to name my sister elizabeth after the character on the waltons. i knew someone growing up who's much older sister named her melissa after the allman brothers (?) song..... the ways people get named to appease a sibling! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 :DLittle House on the Prairie :DThe Cosby Show :001_smile:I catch them on satellite sometimes. My dc love to watch those shows, too.:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Oh, HEE HAW! Loved it! My grandmother and I would watch it together and eat Vienna sausages and American cheese! (my diet has improved since then) Also, Happy Days and My Three Sons, too! I don't even watch current sit coms today. I don't like a single one of them. Gimme old and wholesome any day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildflower Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 Talk about not overseen for content- my grandmother is from England and has a more liberal view to what is appropriate, would watch each Benny Hill after dinner with us if we were over, which happened often since she lived across the street from our elementary school. My brother at 4 years old would make a womanly figure out of fruit and stand behind it. Still to this day I get the urge to run around in circles when I hear saxaphone music! But.. she would not let me watch Happy Days because Fonzie thought that women were made for him...? or something very feminist for a woman of the WW2 generation. Great shows listed above, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I Love Lucy Happy Days Laverne and Shirley Green Acres Beverly Hillbillies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyMcGillicuddy Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I Love Lucy ------------- Bonnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I think our favorite shows.... tips off our generation!;) I liked another show but it wasn't on too long... BJ & THE BEAR (truck driver and his chimp). at the time, I thought it was so cool, but can't remember it much. I had forgotten Green Acres.... we watched it on Re-runs ALOT! There was another show about an older man & his 3 daughters (they went swimming in the water tank at show beginning).... I can't remember the name, Petticoat Junction???? It was funny too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Bonanza!!! I just love seeing the Cartwrights gallop up to say howdy! Oooh, makes my heart go pitter pat! Did you know there is a very active Bonanza forum? My older dds love Bonanza and just found it last month-who knew? Andy Griffith is another great one. We quote from it all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Carol Burnett Show. Odd Couple. Gilligan's Island. Mary Tyler Moore Show. Dick Van Dyke Show. Get Smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Bonanza!!! I just love seeing the Cartwrights gallop up to say howdy! Oooh, makes my heart go pitter pat! Did you know there is a very active Bonanza forum? My older dds love Bonanza and just found it last month-who knew? Andy Griffith is another great one. We quote from it all the time! My dh loves Bonanza, I cringe on the weekends. I just cannot sit thru one of them. That and Gunsmoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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