Night Elf Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Wasn't this the 70's? Zoom The Electric Company Afternoon Specials (movies about kids) - Apparently this series ran longer, even into the 90s. I had no idea. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 8 is enough 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyacinth Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I remember watching two after school specials with Helen Hunt. In one she's the only female on the football team and in the other she jumps out a window in an LSD-fueled craze. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I remember The Electric Company, that would have been late 80’s or early 90’s. 321 Contact was the other one I remember. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 There was another kid show called Vegetable Soup. I can't remember if that was after school or weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I remember The Electric Company, that would have been late 80’s or early 90’s. 321 Contact was the other one I remember. I loved 321 Contact. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemom Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Dick Clark's music and dance show on Saturday mornings-I can't remember the name!! Gilligan's Island Scooby Doo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 70's/early 80's Speed Racer, The Carol Burnett Show, Jeffersons and another one I can't think of the name, I didn't like it much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I remember in the 70s (I was born in 1970) watching the 5 pm Brady Bunch, then having dinner promptly at 5:30 every single day, then watching the 6 pm Brady Bunch. I also remember the Magic Garden from the early/mid 70s, and Wonderama on Sundays before church. In the 80s I remember coming home to our 3-4 channels (didn't get cable in our town until 1986) and watching reruns of Gilligan's Island, Bewitched, and I Love Lucy right after school. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The Little Rascals was my favorite! We also watched the original Mickey Mouse Club, Rin Tin Tin, and similar. I do remember Afterschool Specials. Seems we didn't watch them a lot, but I still remember some of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I loved 321 Contact. Me too! And Square One. I loved the Mathnet skits. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Oh, I loved the afterschool specials. I also loved Solid Gold in the evening. I literally remember the debut song, Turn Me Looseâ€, by Loverboy, lol. It was awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof1 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Afterschool special for us kids but mostly when we got home it was on game shows or soap operas our Mom was watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I used to watch Little House on the Prairie and Merry Melodies when I was younger, and SquareOne in later elementary. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I used to watch Little House on the Prairie and Merry Melodies when I was younger, and SquareOne in later elementary. I still watch Little House â¤ï¸ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Me too! And Square One. I loved the Mathnet skits. Oh yes! That show was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I remember The Electric Company, that would have been late 80’s or early 90’s. 321 Contact was the other one I remember. electric company started in the 70's. it was a good show. Me too! And Square One. I loved the Mathnet skits. adored mathnet. dd enjoyed them - the characters were modeled on det. joe friday, and gannon? dragnet. (I had to look it up.) school house rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I remember watching two after school specials with Helen Hunt. In one she's the only female on the football team and in the other she jumps out a window in an LSD-fueled craze. I remember that 2nd one. I was traumatized. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAJinBE Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I remember most of those! Brady Bunch and Little House were the first thing I thought of. And news was only at 6pm and 10pm. How did we cope without instant access to news and any TV show we wanted to see. I tried to explain how it worked back then to my kids and it was really hard for them to relate to. And if we didn't get to see a movie in the theater is was like seven years before it showed up on TV. I also remember coming home from school to see Roots for several days in a row. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 I know! Cable is crazy! When I was a kid, we had Saturday morning cartoons. My sister and I woke up early on purpose just to watch all of them. Now kids can see cartoons 24/7. My kids thought I was crazy when I told them I watched cartoons only on Saturdays. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Oh I remember Wonderama. I liked watching that. I remember I watched Kukla, Fran and Ollie on Saturday mornings when I was little. With regards to that Afterschool special with Helen Hunt jumping out the window with LSD hallucinations, a number of things that were anti drug really made a big impression on both my dh and me. We both had older siblings (he was the youngest and I was middle). Anyway, both of our brother(s) got Mad Magazine and we used to look at them as little kids. One time they had a poster of a junkie on heroin (Not a real one and there was some type of joke, I am sure, but I don't even know if we could read back then or if it was earlier than grade school for us). Anyway, I didn't get the joke and just was horrified enough that I never wanted drugs. And tv shows and movies re-iterated that like Go Ask Alice. It wasn't the Just Say NO campaign which happened when we were adults already but the portrayal of loser druggie lives and druggie deaths really made an impression on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I know! Cable is crazy! When I was a kid, we had Saturday morning cartoons. My sister and I woke up early on purpose just to watch all of them. Now kids can see cartoons 24/7. My kids thought I was crazy when I told them I watched cartoons only on Saturdays. My kids did get to live three years with only limited tv (we only got a few channels in Europe) and so did get a taste of having tv on a schedule. We have been chosen to be a Nielsen family and I am not sure how they even do it nowadays. We watch most tv recorded on our DVR and other times I am using on Demand too. I am also not sure when exactly they will be doing it. Like will it be during the Olympics? Or sooner or later? Not sure just got a postcard from them that they will be contacting us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 OK, some of you are listing shows that were prime time during the 70s (Little House, 8 is enough...) Some of us were adults before these shows went into rerun syndication. I remember soaps, PBS had zoom and electric company. And yes the ABC Afterschool Special. I remember the LSD one. I remember one where a parent was an alcoholic and a friend gets the teen girl in the family to get involved with Alateen/Alanon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Brady Bunch, Bewitched, The Partridge Family, Gilligan's Island. I also remember I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show being in the rotation sometimes. When I think back I'm truly amazed that we watched that much TV. From the moment we walked in from school until we went to bed the TV was on! What were my parents thinking? I remember being shushed at the supper table because Dad was trying to watch the news at 6. I wonder if it's because it relatively new technology to my family. My parents both grew up with no TV and didn't have one until marriage in the early sixties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The lineup I remember was something like this: Gilligan's Island Brady Bunch Star Trek (old ones, the new ones weren't invented yet) The above was narrated by Captain Chesapeake--a man who would introduce each new show and make silly comments or something or other After that things got serious and it was this: News Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy A sit com like Perfect Strangers or something like McGuyver or The Scarecrow and Mrs King Then it was time for bed. Somewhere in the commercials I would scramble to get my homework done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) I watched afterschool specials. I remember watching Dark Shadows with my across-the-street neighbor in his basement! I remember getting a Weekly Reader in school that had an article about a new show called The Electric Company! Edited January 17, 2018 by Chris in VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAJinBE Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 This is a great thread! So many memories. I don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but I remember frequently being at my grandmother's house and watching the Sony and Cher show with my whole extended family. I still like Cher because of these memories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas_mom Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Banana Splits! the song---> one banana, 2 banana, 3 banana 4..... Brady Bunch Three Stoogies Eddie's father 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Did any of you watch Once Upon a Time with Marian the Librarian? We actually watched it at school but it was a PBS show. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2d8ksV5MzMw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) nm Edited January 23, 2018 by rozes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I remember watching The Brady Bunch, Emergency, Get Smart, Gilligan's Island, the original Bob Newhart Show, and Barney Miller. I was a latchkey kid and watched waaay too much tv. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I remember running home from school (5 minutes away) to make the opening credits of Get Smart. That was around 1971, I think. Around that same time I watched Captain Kangaroo as I ate breakfast. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAJinBE Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 We showed our teens an episode of Captain Kangaroo and the Ray Rayner and Friends show we watched before school in Chicago. They could not believe how cheesy the sets were and that we were excited to watch it. And they wanted to know why Ray was doing the traffic report in the middle of a kids show. I loved those shows and my Captain Kangaroo cereal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificent_baby Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 The only one I remember specifically after school was After School Specials. Others that I loved: Muppet Babies Punky Brewster Today's Special (Nickelodeon) Sesame Street Bozo the clown Pee Wee's Playhouse Brady Bunch Reading Rainbow (at school) DeGrassi Jr High (at school) Just the Ten of Us Facts of Life (favorite) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) I don't remember which shows were on when - after school or prime time - but I seem to be older than most of you LOL. The Courtship of Eddie's Father Facts of Life Silver Spoons Benson Mr Rodgers Electric Company (LOVED this show but I wasn't allowed to watch it because black people) Punky Brewster Webster Mr Belvidere Alf My Two Dads The Wonder Years Oh - forgot about Degrassi ETA again: I never realized that this was a real thing - Gigglesnort Hotel - my older sister uses this as a reference all the time. Edited January 18, 2018 by 8circles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 We would also actually get to watch music videos on MTV, pre-reality show take over! I remember the VJ’s. :)Downtown Julie Brown is now a DJ on Sirius radio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I loved 321 Contact.The bloodhound gang was my favorite part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I remember watching The Brady Bunch, Emergency, Get Smart, Gilligan's Island, the original Bob Newhart Show, and Barney Miller. I was a latchkey kid and watched waaay too much tv. It seems that us latchkey kids had a different TV experience than those that weren't. I'd say a vast majority of my TV watching was between when I got home and when my parents got home. The only time I had control of which channel was on was after-school and Saturday mornings before my parents woke up. So, a lot of those prime time shows that were on when I was a kid, I didn't watch. Get Smart, that was such a great show. I've been tempted to get one of those smart cell phone watches JUST so that I can stand on a street corner talking into my shoe. I'm not a good enough actor to fake a phone call, so there would have to be someone on the other end. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 The only one I remember specifically after school was After School Specials. Others that I loved: Muppet Babies Punky Brewster Today's Special (Nickelodeon) Sesame Street Bozo the clown Pee Wee's Playhouse Brady Bunch Reading Rainbow (at school) DeGrassi Jr High (at school) Just the Ten of Us Facts of Life (favorite) Today's Special was my favorite childhood show. Now I'm singing the theme song in my head (as opposed to out loud to everyone at my 6th birthday party *cringe*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificent_baby Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Today's Special was my favorite childhood show. Now I'm singing the theme song in my head (as opposed to out loud to everyone at my 6th birthday party *cringe*) I'm so glad someone else remembered it too! Now I'm going to have to look up the theme song. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingmom Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 The only one I remember specifically after school was After School Specials. Others that I loved: Muppet Babies Punky Brewster Today's Special (Nickelodeon) Sesame Street Bozo the clown Pee Wee's Playhouse Brady Bunch Reading Rainbow (at school) DeGrassi Jr High (at school) Just the Ten of Us Facts of Life (favorite) You watched Degrassi AT SCHOOL? Trying to figure why they would do that? Sent from my SM-T530NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bensmom Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Love this thread....except now I have this song stuck in my head... When the boys you used to hate, you date I guess you must investigate The facts of life The facts of life If the world never seems To be living up up to your dreams... And I can't remember the rest of the lyrics. Off to google before it drives me crazy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 The Facts of Life was super influential to me as a kid with cerebral palsy. Even though a lot of Geri Jewell's episodes were "Blair learns something about herself from inspirational Cousin Geri", it was still a girl with CP on TV who could laugh about it, had a job, and was a successful individual. That was amazing to me at the time. I later did a thesis on adult recollections of disability in media and the impact such portrayals had on adults with disabilities, and it was noteworthy that many less than ideal portrayals ended up regularly having a similar result-just the PRESENCE of someone with their disability, even if handled badly, was so important because there was a huge gap. I also loved Head of the Class for a similar reason-gifted kids who were normal kids in many ways. I could relate much better than to, say, Doogie Howser. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 We'd watch Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, Bewitched, Petticoat Junction, classic Batman, and ABC after school specials. "Little House on the Prairie", "Incredible Hulk," "Six Million Dollar Man", "Bionic Woman"....all on primetime. Some weird Battle of the Sexes show too. This was pre-cable, and PBS didn't come in very good on our TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I remember watching The Brady Bunch, Emergency, Get Smart, Gilligan's Island, the original Bob Newhart Show, and Barney Miller. I was a latchkey kid and watched waaay too much tv. I had a crush on Johnny Gage. Also Erik Estrada on CHiPs. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I remember The Electric Company, that would have been late 80’s or early 90’s. 321 Contact was the other one I remember. I loved 321 Contact. Contact It's the secret It's the moment when everything happens Contact is the answer it's the reason why everything happens 3-2-1.. CONTACT That show is why I developed an interest in science. I think I was in junior high. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 The lineup I remember was something like this: Gilligan's Island Brady Bunch Star Trek (old ones, the new ones weren't invented yet) The above was narrated by Captain Chesapeake--a man who would introduce each new show and make silly comments or something or other After that things got serious and it was this: News Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy A sit com like Perfect Strangers or something like McGuyver or The Scarecrow and Mrs King Then it was time for bed. Somewhere in the commercials I would scramble to get my homework done. Star Trek was on at 4pm when I was growing up. I knew I had to have everything done before then in order to be able to watch it. When I began high school and joined clubs,I would look at the clock at 4 and wonder what Kirk and Spock were up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I forgot about Star Trek. Some of the episodes gave me nightmares (pitiful, huh?) I also used to watch "The Twilight Zone"--which was far better at giving me nightmares. Apparently, my Aunt dated Rod Serling. The went to high school together in Binghamton, NY. She said he was very nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 In elementary school, I'd race home at lunch to watch Flintstones. After school was Little House on the Prairie, and a mix of whatever was on our limited non-cable Canadian prairies tv stations - only 2 English and 1 French station. A lot of the shows mentioned on this thread I did see eventually over the years. I do remember Bewitched, Bionic Man and Woman (I loved Jamie!), Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Dukes of Hazard, Beverley Hillbillies Get Smart Star Trek We also had some live local children's programming. I can't remember the name of the one show, but my handbell choir performed on it once. That was fun. We weren't live on the show, though, but re-recorded on the set. Seeing the set in-person was cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropymama Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 PBS did a remake of Electric Company. It's fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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