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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:53 AM
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what were your favorite childhood TV shows?
Edited on Wed Dec-29-04 11:58 AM by pres2032
My absolute favorite was Ghostbusters, followed by
fraggle rock
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
David the Gnome
The Land of the Lost (the early 90s version)
Perfect Strangers
The Commish
The Muppet Show
Muppet babies (yes, don't laugh!)
all the early 90s TGIF shows on ABC
Ducktails
Tailspin
Darkwing Duck
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
edit: i forgot Saved by the Bell
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:56 AM
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1. I liked Land Of The Lost.
I also favored cartoons like Underdog, Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, Pixie & Dixie, and the Flintstones.

I watched The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family; I think that was Friday nights.

I also watched Star Trek reruns on Saturday afternoons. That was when there was only one Star Trek.
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:01 PM
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6. I'm going to have the Land of the Lost song in my head all day :)
That show was my FAVORITE!! And I'd forgotten all about it!
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:03 PM
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8. Marhsall, Will and Holly, on a routine expedition...
met the greeeeeeeatest earthquake ever known....
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bobbobbins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:57 AM
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2. Damn, thats everything i used to watch
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:57 AM
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3. Okay...
Lassie
Gentle Ben
Davy Crockett
HR Pufnstuff
Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Flinstones
Star Trek
The Nightstalker
Batman
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:04 PM
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9. Oh, I liked HR Pufnstuff too. Also Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.
Edited on Wed Dec-29-04 12:04 PM by Left Is Write
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blueknight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:58 AM
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4. im from a different era then you,
andy griffith
happy days
brady bunch
the partridge family
the munsters
all in the family
the jeffersons
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:59 AM
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5. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sort of a poor man's James Bond, Napoleon Solo & Ilya Kuryakin took on evil organizations - primarily THRUSH - every Sunday evening on NBC. This came closest to 'must see TV' for me in my preadolescent years.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:30 PM
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24. We were seriously into that in my house.
I also used to watch "Secret Agent" (I guess he was "Danger Man" in the UK). Patrick McGoohan was the first cool person I ever saw on TV.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:03 PM
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7. H R Puffenstuff!
and Land of the Lost....I'm getting nostalgic...someone post a pick of Jimmy or of Will Marshall :P
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:37 PM
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18. Puff
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:04 PM
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10. My favorite shows were, at one time or another,
Hogan's Heroes
Wait Til Your Father Gets Home (prime time cartoon)
GIlligan's Island (when it was new)
The Avengers
It's About Time (fizzled after a few episodes)
Mr. Terrific (see above)
The Big Valley
Love American Style
The Odd Couple
That Girl
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Nanny and the Professor
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Wonderful World of Color (Disney)
Batman
I Dream of Jeannie
Get Smart
ABC Wide World of Sports
NBC (baseball) Game of the Week
The Beverly Hillbillies
Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
Mr. Magoo
H.R.Pufnstuf
The Monkees
Pink Panther cartoon (with the Inspector)
Bongo Congo cartoon
Tennessee Tuxedo cartoon
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:07 PM
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13. It's about time, it's about space; It's about two men in the strangest
place.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:16 PM
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16. Wait til you hear about this crew
As through the barrier of time they flew
Past the fighting minuteman
Past the English knight
Past the Roman warrior
To this ancient site

Must-see Sunday night Tee-Vee (for a few weeks, anyway:D )
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eddiebrowns Donating Member (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:54 PM
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19. when through the barrier of time they flew n/t
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:11 PM
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20. we must be from the same era -- remember these?
The Westerns:
Bonanza
Gunsmoke
Wagon Train
Rawhide
The Virginian

My Three Sons
Alfred Hitchcock
Lost in Space
My Favorite Martian
Dr. Kildare
McHale's Navy
Hazel
Get Smart
The Mod Squad
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

and my all time favorites, would not miss:

The Lucy Show
The Jackie Gleason Show
The Red Skelton Show
The Jack Benny Show
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:28 PM
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23. My mother loved all those Westerns
especially Bonanza and Gunsmoke

I almost never got to watch "My Three Sons" because it conflicted with someone's favorite program on another channel. Same for "Man from U.N.C.L.E." I don't remember "My Favorite Martian" being on, but I remember seeing all the other programs on your list.

Red Skelton was a favorite of mine, especially his characters Clem Kaddiddlehopper and Freddie the Freeloader. I liked his theme song, too.
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jjmalonejr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:05 PM
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11. ALL Warner Bros. cartoons
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:05 PM
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12. I should add that I liked the Commish also, just like you, but
it was not on during my childhood. I was living in an apartment in Stevens Point, WI, when I discovered the Commish. I was in my mid 20s, and I used to put off going out on Saturday nights until after the show was over.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:12 PM
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14. A few I remember I liked
Ultraman
The Monkees
Bugs and friends
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
S.W.A.T
Adam 12

Those are a few I remember I liked
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:14 PM
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15. Beanie and Cecil
Bob Clampett was an animation god

Tom Terrific
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Johnny Quest
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eddiebrowns Donating Member (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 12:21 PM
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17. The Addams Family
Munsters
Gilligan's Island
Hogan's Heroes
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Jersey_Lib Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:14 PM
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21. Favorite Shows
I Dream of Jeannie
Bewitched
Flipper
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 01:15 PM
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22. I liked the shows Irwin Allen produced: "Lost in Space"...
"Land of the Giants"

"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". Cheesy as hell now, but I liked them then. :-)
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