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.)
The Merry Melodies Warner Bros cartoons
Sesame Street
Welcome Back Cotter
Countdown
He-man and the Masters of the Universe
When I was about 6 years old back in 2005, there was an obscure little show from New Zealand called 'Freaky'
It was on a kid's channel called Toasted TV.
Basically, it was like NZ's version of Goosebumps and for a kid's show it was really dark. Each episode revolved around adolescents encountering supernatural or other strange phenomena. Back then it scared the living shit out of me.
It also has one of the most badass theme songs I've heard; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQdzIE40QzM
All of yours, plus:
The Andy Griffith Show
The Gary Moore Show
The Red Skelton Show
Leave It to Beaver
Ozzie and Harriett
Rawhide
Wagon Train
The Ed Sullivan Show
Bonanza
Candid Camera
Twilight Zone
77 Sunset Strip
Route 66
Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Hour
The Jetsons
Rocky and Bulwinkle
Hukleberry Hound
Yogie Bear
Whoops! Upon reading more of the post on this thread, I see that I'm not the only one who remembers most of these!
Great thread. You get a sense of where everyone else is in life.
Ah, Red Skelton. Great show. We watched Candid Camera a lot, too. đđ
shareHe had so many funny and sweet characters he played. Clem Caddiddlehopper comes to mind.
He seemed like such a sweet man. He always said, "God Bless" at the end of his show. Good memories!
I swear, Candid Camera had to be one of the first reality shows!
Rockford Files
shareThe Simpsons
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Star Trek the Next Generation
Seinfeld
Ocean Girl
Ducktails
Chipmunks
Goof Troop
TMNT
Care Bears
No one has mentioned the most shocking kiddie TV moment: Pinkie Leeâs live, on-air heart attack. The Pinkie Lee Show was, as I recall, a Saturday morning kidsâ TV show, broadcast live, back when all TV was live. Pinkie Lee was a washed-up Vaudevillian who wore a black-and-white checkerboard suit and the same design on his Homburg hat. At the start of the show, he would dance around and sing, âYoo-hoo, itâs me! My name is Pinkie Lee.â On this particular day, the rendition was, âYoo-hoo, itâs me. My name is . . . Gaaak!â followed by Pinkie crumbling to the floor. Suddenly, there was a man we kids had never seen before, on our TV screen, wearing headphones and a microphone, who introduced himself as Uncle Bob, and who told us we were all all going to watch cartoons, while, in the background, 5-year-old little R_Kane saw a guy pounding on Pinkie Leeâs chest, and then saw Pinkie being dragged off the set, uncerimoniously, by his feet. He lived, and the whole incident was explained as the result of âsinus congestion!â Do a Google search today, and you will get the âsinus congestionâ bullshit. You donât pound on a manâs chest if he has sinus congestion! The beauty of live TV, almost unknown today, is that it tells the truth.
shareThat is insane, wild little wiki read.
shareIf you would like a better understanding of the power of live TV, my treasured friend, watch the movie, My Favorite Year, starring Peter OâToole in what was, essentially, the role of Errol Flynn in a sketch gig on the Cyd Cesar Comedy Hour. This movie established, to me, OâToole, the heartthrob of Lawrence of Aurabia, as being a complete actor.
shareI'll check it out one of these days :) Thanks for the suggestion.
shareMicky Mouse Club
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Winky Dink and You
Lassie
Romper Room
Captain Kangeroo
Ding Dong School