OT: Favorite TV show as a kid
I watched Inspector Gadget and the Smurfs when I was in grad school.
Talespin was mine!
Someone else mentioned racing home from school to watch TV. My sister's favorite show was Dark Shadows. When my grandmother babysat us, she watched Peyton Place, one of the earliest soap operas. In college, a bunch of my classmates got into General Hospital, but I never saw the appeal.
We didn't have children's programming available all day every day, so the only real opportunity to watch cartoons was Saturday mornings, and my favorite was Jonny Quest. When I was older, Scooby Doo started, and I enjoyed that too.
My mom always talked about Dark Shadows. She said it was an event around the house when it came on. They used to show repeats of it a few years back; can't remember what channel. That was a pretty cool show. I like Night Gallery too. I don't have Comcast anymore, so I don't know if Me TV still shows repeats of that or not.
Full House, Animanics, Double Dare, X-Men, Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, TMNT
As a teenage kid-Home Improvement and The X-Files
Wonder Years - just rewatched the entire thing on Netflix.
Junkyard Wars
Mazinger Z
GI Joe
I LOVED the Wonder Years. The finale was such a downer though. I thought Kevin and Winnie would get married, and I felt like I had been kicked in the soul dong when it was revealed that Jack had died.
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TGIF and SNICK were must sees.
Had to have your microwavable pizza ready and be in front of the TV.
There was something glorious about watching a show when it was on. The last ditch option if you weren't home was to record it on a VHS.
You wanted to avoid that so you were ready to go at 8PM both days.
The death of Sven. It happened. Apparently TV execs thought we were to innocent to handle a death on a cartoon.
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Cosby Show.
I always wished my parents were like the Huxtables.
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By the time I reached 14 or so, the unequivocal favorite was X-Files.
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Damn, son! You just named many of my favorites!
The original cartoon one son
Richie, Potsie, Ralph, Mr. & Mrs. C, and obviously The Fonz.
Niiice thread! I used to love getting home to watch Darkwing Duck, Tailspin, and Rescue Rangers. Saturday mornings were reserved for X-Men, Sonic the Hedgehog, Power Rangers although at some point it came on during the week too, and Michigan football. Sundays were Dragonball and Dragonball Z and The Incredible Hulk. I also loved Doug. Patty Mayonnaise was HOT and Porkchop was the greatest dog! BeeBee Bluff was a bitch. GUTS was the shiznit, watching those awkward unathletic kids made me certain I could win, although things usually look easier watching other people. My family usually watched Step-by-Step, Family Matters and Full House together on TGIF. I think that's it.
edit: Talespin. Also Wonder Years was and still is an amazing show. Amongst the best to ever be on TV.
edit #2: Rocko's Modern Life. There was a girl at my school who look just like Heffer. She had the body shape and all. Also Aeon Flux was crazy!
edit #3: Wild and Crazy Kids!!
I'm old. More than any other show "I Dream of Jeannie" still does something really amazing for me. Barbara Eden might still be TV's all time greatest goddess.
Barbara Eden might still be TV's all time greatest goddess.
Definitely agree, though I have some others from that era that are on my list:
(Dawn Wells ... "Mary Ann" from "Gilligan's Island.)
(Carolyn Jones ... "Morticia Addams" from "Addams Family")
Two excellent additions, particularly Carolyn Jones. In that vein you could also add Yvonne De Carlo (Lily Munster), an actress of some renown before we knew her as Lily Munster
• Speed Racer was on at 3:30 on Channel 20/50?
• The Marvel Super Heroes rotation
followed at 4:00 on Channel 20
Monday | Captain America |
Tuesday | The Hulk |
Wednesday | Iron Man |
Thursday | Thor |
Friday | Namor (the Sub-Mariner) |
• Spiderman was next at 4:30 on Channel 20
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