What shows stick in your mind from your early childhood? I don't mean favorites necessarily, but just some you remember. Perhaps the earliest one you remember or some you watched when you were still fairly young, say under age 12.
Mine:
Mickey Mouse Club
Father Knows Best
Whirlybirds
Dick Van Dyke
Dobie Gillis
Lassie
My Three Sons
Bonanza
Gunsmoke
The Lawrence Welk Show
(Yep, I'm old.)
Shenandoah
Wagon Train
Route 66
The Fugitive
Family Affair
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
High Chaparral
The Ed Sullivan Show
Good Times
Sorry for the long list, memories keep coming back. These are shows I remember off the bat.
The Rifleman
Yugioh
Pokémon
The Three Stooges
Recess (TV series)
Pepper Ann
Animaniacs
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 and 2003 series)
Law and Order
Spider Man: The Animated Series
X-Men: The Animated Series
Cheers
Frasier
Scooby Doo: Where Are You and What's New Scooby Doo
Star Trek: Enterprise
Arthur (PBS)
Mister Rogers's Neighborhood
The Magic School Bus
Reading Rainbow
Barney and Friends
Teletubbies
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Power Rangers: In Space
That 70s Show
Malcom in the Middle
Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Xena: Warrior Princess
Andromeda
Zoboomafoo
America's Funniest Home Video's
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
WWF/WWE: Smackdown!
WCW Nitro
Various Looney Tunes shows
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Saved By the Bell
Movin' On
Batman (1960s series)
Batman Beyond
Godzilla: The Series (90s/2000s)
Men in Black: The Series
Rawhide
Have Gun - Will Travel
The Beverly Hillbillies
Hee Haw
Band of Brothers
The Pink Panther Show
Our Gang (The Little Rascals)
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Sabrina the Animated Series
Touched by an Angel
Archie's Weirdest Mysteries
Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego
Liberty Kids
"Bill Nye the Science Guy""
Good Lord, A. That man,,,I cringed whenever he'd ask a question of the children...."No! That's not it! C'mon, okay I'll show you. You're wrong." I might as well have asked my dad.
I have yet to see another show that kept my attention and make my head want to spin from its rapid-pace zaniness at the same time. I have to agree, haha!
shareBill Nye could not touch Mr. Wizard.
shareYou're so right - the memories keep coming back. Some of yours are more my children's era, but I know about them. TMNT was a favorite of my two sons.
How about Beany and Cecil? One interesting note about this cartoon is that the 20-second intro is "customized" for each episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbDZBpK-0E0
In this episode, Mrs Robot is mimicking a real-life comedienne's telephone bit, but I can't remember her name... It's going to drive me nuts until I know who it was. The bit starts at about 1:30.
Beany and Cecil, like most cartoons from that era, I have only heard but plan on seeing someday. I try to watch programs from all eras. We're both in luck! I found this posted randomly in a YouTube comment section.
"I believe the actress who did that robot voice was Arlene Harris reprising her radio comedy character. She appeared as herself on a Dick Van Dyke Show episode about old time radio comedians."
"Yes, 'The Return of Edwin Carp'" {April 1, 1964} [season 3, episode 27]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS0AtG1HSSc
The Dick Van Dyke piano itch skit is a hoot!
Thank you! That's where I remember it from. Being a huge Dick Van Dyke Show fan, I almost can't believe I couldn't place her. 🙄
shareExcellent recollection, A. That was a fine episode.
sharePepper Ann, that theme song! WHOS THAT GIRL WHATS HER NAME IS SHE COOL? IS SHE LAME? PEPPPER ANNN.
Wow, thanks so much for this list! So many good memories :)
Fury
Mickey Mouse Club
Romper Room
Bozo The Clown
Captain Kangaroo
The Three Stooges
The Lone Ranger
The Adventures Of Rocky , Bullwinkle and Friends
Dobie Gillis
Petticoat Junction
Beverly Hillbillies
Leave It To Beaver
Then , later came my " spy period " - The Saint
The Avengers
The Man From Uncle
Mission:Impossible
plus , Peter Gunn
The Untouchables
"Romper Room" Yeah, and wasn't her name Miss Plummer? And at the end she'd look in that mirror with no glass. "Romper stomper, stomper do, did all my friends have fun at play, did all my friends have fun today. I see Tommy, and Mary, and Michael, and Katie."
She never called my name. All those toys on those shelves. Gosh, I wanted those toys.
Pretty much every 90's Nickelodeon Shows.
Other random shows:
Drey Carey Show
Fresh Prince of Bell Air
Home Improvement
Seaquest
Earth 2
"Fresh Prince of Bell Air" & that 1 episode where he & Carlton are dancing together and they're serious and he has to catch Carlton. It's a GD riot, Padeem.
I liked "Home Improvement" but, the guy next door killed it for me. Did he have to be in every gd episode?
It was actually The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, featuring that beloved Beatnik, Maynard G. Krebbs. “WORK?!”
shareI grew up in Chicago (the city, not the burbs)
and the biggies where all on WGN:
am: Ray Rayner and his Friends
noon: Bozo
afternoon: Garfield Goose
WGN Channel 9 - Garfield Goose and Friends - "Mama Goose & Cornhusk Dolls" (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze2N7w6RWxo
Garfield Goose! I grew up in the burbs of Chicago and I remember this show. One of the best childhood birthday presents I received was a Garfield Goose hand puppet. Up to that point, it was about the coolest toy I'd ever had. It came with the gold crown and best of all, it had a hard plastic bill/mouth so you could make that clacking noise just like Garfield made when he "talked." I'm sure I watched the early years because it was definitely not broadcast in color when I was watching.
shareI had the very same hand puppet.
shareAnybody remember Diver Dan?
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