Favorite Classic TV Shows

POSTED BY: RMMC
UPDATED: Monday, April 17, 2006 17:00
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CARTOON

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:12 PM

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Originally posted by livlass:
Also, I forgot "The Man From UNCLE". That was a good show, too.
lol! going off track a little, do you watch NCIS? david mccallum is in it, and once, kate asked gibbs if he had known ducky when he was younger. gibbs said, "yeah, he looked like a young illya kuryakin".

No, haven't seen that.

That is funny, though. Wish they would rerun those old "Man From UNCLE" episodes.

RACH

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:18 PM

'Man from UNCLE' was standard Friday evening viewing at our house when I was little. We'd get picked up from school, go to the swimming pool and get chips on the way home to watch in front of whatever was showing on BBC2 at 6pm.

As such, I have a terrifying working knowledge of Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, The Man from UNCLE and The Avengers. And am reminded of all when confronted with the smell of chlorine and salty vinegar.

*Sigh* Halycon days.

They're showing The Avengers again! With Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee. It's the last word in style, refined wit and judo chops. Surely that belongs on a 'Best of..' List/?

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RMMC

Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:41 AM

You watched Uncle Miltie live? Okay, you win; I'm jealous. The few I can think of who can do an unexpected 20 minutes (Soupy Sales comes to mind immediately...oh, wait a second' add The Soupy Sales show to my list. ) are of that generation with the exception of Robin Williams...and maybe Tim Allen (I've heard him go on for a bit on live radio--his high school buddy is a DJ around here.)
Most of those, I've seen as my local market(s) showed reruns when I was a wee lass.

I liked Lucy, but only some eps.

ooo! The original Fugitive! I forgot about that one. Yeah, the harrison Ford movie was okay, but the original series...damn!

Monty Python counts...I watched it in '71 initially and it was first broadcast in the UK in the late 60's. The Spanish Inquisition is my mother's favorite. Get the comfy chair!

I also watched Dobie Gillis...and Gilligan's Island...and Dusty's Trail, which Bob Denver was also in (yeah, as a kid I wasn't as discriminating in my viewing habits. I even watched Lost in Space.)

Oh, heck I just remembered another one to add...Kung Fu. I loved that show as did my siblings. Our parents were just confused by this phenomenon as the 3 of us rarely agreed on anything.

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RMMC

Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:52 AM

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Originally posted by cartoon:

No, haven't seen that. That is funny, though. Wish they would rerun those old "Man From UNCLE" episodes.

Hang on to your pens. Season 1 will be out on DVD in July according to tvshowson dvd.com.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5443

Nifty, eh?

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RMMC

Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:05 AM

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Originally posted by cab1729:
Alias Smith and Jones
Here Come The Brides
Starsky and Hutch
Combat!

Oh, man...Alias Smith and Jones. Yes! But it's gotta have Pete Duel. His replacement (whose name escapes me, but I remember he'd also been on Dark Shadows) was just too bland in the part.
oh, my goodness...Here Come the Brides with David Soul (also of Starsky and Hutch) and teen idol Bobby Sherman.

Okay...you got a point..actually three of 'em. And oh, dear, speaking of teen idols, I also forgot the original Monkees! Its still fun after all these years.
Oh, dear, lets also add the Sunday Mystery Movies which included McCloud, Columbo, McMillian & Wife and...wasn't the fourth one Banachek with George Peppard?

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RMMC
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RIVER6213

Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:26 AM

1. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
2. Star Trek
3. Wild, Wild West
4. Time Tunnel
5. Land of the Giants
6. The 1st Twilight Zone
7. The 1st Outer Limits
8. Night gallery
9. Space 1999
10. I love Lucy
11. Bewitched
12. That Girl
13. All That Glitters
14. Perry mason
15. Dragnet
16. Adam 12
17. Alfred Hitchcock
18. Speed Racer
19. Marine Boy
20. Star Blazers
21. The Six Million Dollar Man
22. The Bionic Woman
23. Good Times
24. Marcus Welby MD
25. The Patty Duke Show
26. The Flying Nun
27. Hogan's Heroes
28. Three's Company
29. Johnny Ouest
30. The Jetsons
31. UFO the (british version)
32. Nightmare Theater
33. Iron Side
34. Monty Python's Flying Circus
35. I Dream of Genie
36. The Partridge Family
37. The Courtship of Eddies Father

RUXTON

Thursday, April 13, 2006 5:01 AM

RMMC,

Good, God, David Carradine in Kung Fu! How can anyone forget that?

Yes, Uncle Miltie was one of the very first TV shows, starting around 1948. I was very young then, but still recall it. That original 8" b/w TV is still in our family.

We were the envy of the neigbors, adults and children, and they all used to come over to watch that TV. Eight-inch screeen.

The Three Stooges used to be regularly shown, but I recall the family gatherings to watch a few shows. Lucy, etc.

Columbo and Perry Mason! Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Howdy Doody Time with Buffalo Bob.

And let us not forget:

WONDER WOMAN!!

HIXIE129

Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:27 AM

I would add

GiGantor
Voltron
Herculoids

CAB1729

Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:22 AM

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Originally posted by RMMC:
Oh, man...Alias Smith and Jones. Yes! But it's gotta have Pete Duel. His replacement (whose name escapes me, but I remember he'd also been on Dark Shadows) was just too bland in the part.
oh, my goodness...Here Come the Brides with David Soul (also of Starsky and Hutch) and teen idol Bobby Sherman.
Okay...you got a point..actually three of 'em. And oh, dear, speaking of teen idols, I also forgot the original Monkees! Its still fun after all these years.
Oh, dear, lets also add the Sunday Mystery Movies which included McCloud, Columbo, McMillian & Wife and...wasn't the fourth one Banachek with George Peppard?

I don't think we even watched that season without Pete Duel, just wasn't the same. And I vaguely remember the mystery movies but I was probably off reading somewhere.

I definitely remember the Monkees! I was at a ripe age for that - preteeny. The Partridge Family too.

Bat Masterson. Have Gun Will Travel. Rifleman. Wagon Train. Wild Wild West of course - what teenage girl at that time wasn't watching Robert Conrad?!

The Flintstones on at night when Pebbles was born and there was a big contest to name her. I was preschool but that was a big deal. And Johnny Quest with the weird lips?

Did you move here or grow up around here? Remember Romper Room? Rita Bell? Bill Kennedy? Soupy and Bozo of course. Saturdays watching Flash Gordon? The Little Rascals every day? Father Knows Best and The Donna Reed Show at lunchtime?

I've temporarily run out of TV memories but I'm sure you catch my drift!

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Calvin: Too few role models.

RMMC

Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:10 PM

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Originally posted by Ruxton:
RMMC,

Good, God, David Carradine in Kung Fu! How can anyone forget that?

Ruxton...looks like I managed it quite well.

I still love it, and it being one of the first 'action' shows to advocate non-violence. I think that's also why my parents weren't that fond of it...the idea seemed to confuse them. That and I think they were worried us kids may have wanted to convert to Buddhism or something.:-/

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Yes, Uncle Miltie was one of the very first TV shows, starting around 1948. I was very young then, but still recall it. That original 8" b/w TV is still in our family.

We were the envy of the neigbors, adults and children, and they all used to come over to watch that TV. Eight-inch screen.

And now I'm having pictures in my head from Back to the Future when Marty arrives in 1955, his grandparents are excited about getting their first TV.

For me, I remember our neighbors a few doors down were the first ones to get a color TV, and they nicely let us come over to watch Dark Shadows on it with them.
And in a weird tangent, I remember my grandfather getting a TV with a wireless remote in the very early 70's. I think it may have been one of Zenith's first models to have one.

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The Three Stooges used to be regularly shown, but I recall the family gatherings to watch a few shows. Lucy, etc.

I used to watch the Stooges, but they ceased to be enjoyable after puberty. I still don't know why.

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Columbo and Perry Mason! Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Howdy Doody Time with Buffalo Bob.

And let us not forget:

WONDER WOMAN!!

Oh, heavens...I remember watching WW. And laughing my tushie off. part of it was i had a hard time taking Lyle Waggoner seriously after the Carol Burnett Show...especially since WW was being set in WWII, I kept thinking of the skit on CB with Tim Conway interrogating Lyle with a Hitler handpuppet, and lyle unable to deliver his lines because he was laughing too much.

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RMMC
BTW--Remember the 7Up commercial spoofing Kung Fu?

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