In no particular order mine were...
Mission Impossible
Combat
Wild Wild West
Time Tunnel
Batman
Monkees
Twilight Zone
Flintstones
Jetsons
Star Trek
Captain Kangaroo
The Rifleman
Combat
Elvis movies
Mickey Mouse Club
Soupy Sales
Speed Racer
I forget the name of the space show
Shazam
Ultraman
Justice League
Six Million Dollar Man
Dukes of Hazzard
The Love Boat
Fantasy Island
Charlie's Angels
Diff'rent Strokes
The Greatest American Hero
Barney Miller
What's Happening
The Facts of Life
Silver Spoons
Punky Brewster
The Jeffersons
Good Times
The Electric Company
The Lost Saucer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E
Abbot and Costello
F Troop
Green Acres
and in younger years
Captain Kangeroo
Romper Room
Gosh it's hard to remember some of them
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My #1 show for anticipation was The Twilight Zone. I just couldn't wait an entire week until the next episode.
Some others
One Step Beyond
Mickey Mouse Club
Have Gun Will Travel
Rin Tin Tin
Lassie
The Steve Allen Show
Sky King
Wonderama (a real NY show)
Little Rascals
Flash Gordon
Sea Hunt
Three Stooges
The Abbott and Costello show
Peter Gunn
77 Sunset Strip
Dragnet
My Little Margie
Life of Riley
Dobie Gillis
And another all time favorite
Brooklyn Dodger baseball
The only shows I can think of that really got me excited knowing they were coming on are:
In my pre-teen years:
Lost in Space
Wild Wild West
Batman
Mr Ed
My Favorite Martian
In my teen years I graduated to comedies, music, and detective shows
Mannix
Miami Vice
Kojak
All in the Family
Smothers Brothers Show
Sonny and Cher
The Glen Campbell Show
The Carol Burnett Show
Star Trek
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
I'll say I looked forward to watching pretty much all the shows you guys mention.
A couple more.
Yancy Derringer
Lone Ranger
Wild Bill Hickock
Bill
Funny no one looked forward to watching Lucy.
Myself I was never a huge fan at the time. Really grew on me much later in repeats
Quote from: LennG on July 15, 2024, 06:59:45 PMFunny no one looked forward to watching Lucy.
Myself I was never a huge fan at the time. Really grew on me much later in repeats
If I'm channel surfing and I come across it, I'll check it out now. It wasn't must-see TV for me.
Quote from: LennG on July 15, 2024, 06:59:45 PMFunny no one looked forward to watching Lucy.
Myself I was never a huge fan at the time. Really grew on me much later in repeats
I never liked Lucy...I know, I know...a travesty. She was too over-the-top for me...an over-actor (which has been said about Jim Carey and I agree). But Carey actually made me laugh...at least in a few of his movies, like "Ace-Pet Detective". I still laugh just thinking about the scene in the police office of Lois warning Ace, "How would you like me to make your life a living hell?", and his response, "Well, thanks very much Lois, but I'm already in a relationship" =))
Quote from: AZGiantFan on July 14, 2024, 02:25:26 AMThe Man from U.N.C.L.E
Abbot and Costello
F Troop
Green Acres
and in younger years
Captain Kangeroo
Romper Room
F-Troop, great show. "Where the heck are we?"
Quote from: AZGiantFan on July 14, 2024, 02:25:26 AMThe Man from U.N.C.L.E
Abbot and Costello
F Troop
Green Acres
and in younger years
Captain Kangeroo
Romper Room
Couldn't wait for the next episode of Romper room?
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Quote from: Ed Vette on July 17, 2024, 12:53:28 PMF-Troop, great show. "Where the heck are we?"
"It is ballooon!"
I still remember the words to the opening of F-Troop, Beverly Hillbillies, Petticot Junction,and Green Acres.
Man, TV content sure has come a long, long way from a lot of the crap that was considered good in the 70s, 80s, and early to mid 90s.
I'm not saying there were no good shows in the past, because that would not be true, but it has gotten significantly better (IMO at least) since the mid late 90s.
Meanwhile, movies, on the whole (again just my opinion) have gotten much worse. There are still good movies, but good ones are much less frequent than they used to be. Back in the 80s and 90s you could basically go to a movie every weekend and be pretty much almost guaranteed of seeing something good if you read a couple reviews and did a little homework. That's just not true anyomre, and it hasn't been really for most of the 21st century. Nowadays, for every good movie there is, there are about 50 "Cosmic Avengers part 14" type movies and other crap I have zero desire to see.
The two forms of entertainment have frankly kind of flipped in overall status/caliber over the past 25 years or so.
A lot has changed since the 60's and 70's when it comes to television. Shows that would now be called "inappropriate" were the crux of some comedy. Benny Hill, The Man Show, etc
Imagine these scenes from The Man Show being shown today. Instead of laughing, there'd be hell to pay
How would a #1 watched show for 6 years like 'All in the Family' do in today's politically correct environment?
That show would never make it past week 2, but it is one of the funniest and greatest TV show ever.
If you talk conventional TV today on the regular networks I think TB back then was much better. Since we have cable and streaming there is considerably more choices so you are bound to find better content but overall since there is so much programming the majority of it is junk.
Quote from: AZGiantFan on July 17, 2024, 05:21:23 PM"It is ballooon!"
I still remember the words to the opening of F-Troop, Beverly Hillbillies, Petticot Junction,and Green Acres.
There are reruns of all of them except F-Troop. But the theme songs are iconic. Great for singing with a group, on a bus, in a bar or a party.
Quote from: Ed Vette on July 17, 2024, 07:38:09 PMThere are reruns of all of them except F-Troop. But the theme songs are iconic. Great for singing with a group, on a bus, in a bar or a party.
Actually, you can stream F-troop, but it costs $.
Quote from: LennG on July 17, 2024, 07:16:54 PMHow would a #1 watched show for 6 years like 'All in the Family' do in today's politically correct environment?
It still does very well every Sunday Night on "Me-TV" even though I bought the entire series on DVDs over a decade ago. It's still hilarious today and the Archie-Edith "dynamic" remains one of the greatest character relationships in TV history. Of course, the Archie-"Meathead" dynamic remains timeless and still makes me laugh endlessly today now that I'm the parent and our oldest daughter brings home the "meathead" every now and then!
Peace!
Quote from: LennG on July 14, 2024, 07:53:16 PMGosh it's hard to remember some of them
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My #1 show for anticipation was The Twilight Zone. I just couldn't wait an entire week until the next episode.
Some others
One Step Beyond
Mickey Mouse Club
Have Gun Will Travel
Rin Tin Tin
Lassie
The Steve Allen Show
Sky King
Wonderama (a real NY show)
Little Rascals
Flash Gordon
Sea Hunt
Three Stooges
The Abbott and Costello show
Peter Gunn
77 Sunset Strip
Dragnet
My Little Margie
Life of Riley
Dobie Gillis
And another all time favorite
Brooklyn Dodger baseball
Lots of good shows here, Lenn. When I was a little pip squeak in the mid 70s, I used to get up early to watch Bob McAllister on Wonderama on Channel 5 in New York. Romper Room on Channel 9. Magic Garden on Channel 11. In the mornings on Channel 2 you had Captain Kangaroo, Patchwork Family and the New Zoo Revue. Great kiddie shows and even better local commercials!
Another North Jersey legend, Uncle Floyd, used to keep us on the edge of our seats every night on the UHF channels, 68, I think.
Great memories.
Wow, I had completely forgotten Uncle Floyd.
He tried to be Soupy Sales but wasn't as good but still very entertaining.
Does anyone remember Zackerly and his late night movie show?