<p>To keep on our theme of a kinder and gentler cc, I’m continuing the nostalgia…</p>
<p>LOVED Little House on the Prairie as a young girl. </p>
<p>The story in my family says when Sesame Street first came on when I was 3-4, I would be VERY upset if I even missed the opening credits.</p>
<p>I used to love “Eddie’s Father,” “Julia,” “The Flip Wilson Show,” “Bewitched,” (way more than “I Dream of Jeannie.” And I really loved “The Munsters.” I am indeed a child of the 60’s-70’s. </p>
<p>Oh yeah, “The Brady Bunch,” and “The Partridge Family.” :)</p>
<p>I STILL watch Little House on the Prairie if I happen to be home and not working when it comes on in the afternoon. It and Star Trek (the original and Next Generation, in particular) were probably my favorite shows of all time.</p>
<p>As a child, I loved any show that had a horse in it.</p>
<p>I think the old shows beat anything that’s out there today, and I’m glad they still run “Gunsmoke” and “Little House on the Prairie.”</p>
<p>I was a “Happy Days” freak; who didn’t love the Fonz? Does anyone know if that show still runs?</p>
<p>The only non-news show I ever watched on a regular basis as an adult was Miami Vice. That musical interlude totally seduced me. I couldn’t wait to see who they were going to use next. When I was a college kid, I used to watch Mary Tyler Moore and <em>MASH</em>.
Also “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” “Soap” “Fernwood Tonight” and Monty Python. What’s really amazing is the number of huge hit shows that I’ve never seen.</p>
<p>Gilligan’s Island still amuses me. I loved it as a kid.</p>
<p>Also, Mr. Ed.</p>
<p>I tought my nephew that cows say moo, pigs say oink and horses say “WILLLBERRRRR!”</p>
<p>Can you believe he actually got in trouble in kindergarten for answering “WILLLBERRR” His parents were furious at me. I told them they should be furious at the teacher with the stick up her butt.</p>
<p>I loved all those shows and also Gilligan’s Island and Leave it to Beaver. Compare the list above to the shows in our kids’ brains and we might have some clues to the way they think and behave!</p>
<p>M<em>A</em>S*H was my favorite…never missed it. Of course, when my Mom had control of the TV, it was the Carol Burnett Show; and it was Rockford Files and Hawaii Five-O for Dad…lol! (“Book 'em Dan-o.”)</p>
<p>And as a teenager/college student, always got together with friends to watch SNL…back in the days of Roseannadanna, Todd & Lisa, and “cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger; no fries, CHIPS; no coke, PEPSI!”</p>
<p>Loved all of the shows driver mentioned. Growing up, “must see TV” for me was “Get Smart”, but never outgrew Looney Tunes. My all time favorite would have to be Fawlty Towers. IMO, the funniest show in current production is “The Office”. I also loved the BBC version-Ricky Gervais coming in a close second to John Cleese as funniest sitcom actor ever.</p>
<p>LFWB dad- I’m with you on Mr. Ed. I used to be able to do a GREAT imitation! Mr. Ed was awesome. Also- Barnaby Jones.</p>
<p>If a person posted that the top 10 on her list included “I Love Lucy,” would that be proof positive that she is older than dirt and might as well not even post on this thread?</p>
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Oh, heck no. I’m trying to remember the list of shows we got to watch when we were home sick from school…I think it started with I Love Lucy, then came Beverly Hillbillies, then Andy Griffith, then I can’t remember. Probably I Dream of Jeanie.</p>
<p>Audio once again shows himself to be the guru of all things vintage. “Get Smart” was one of the most profoundly beautiful works of comic art of all time. </p>
<p>Once, while in France, I told the Brit ex-pat owner of the B&B where we were staying that he reminded me of Basil Fawlty (he really did!) and he didn’t appreciate it. I had meant it as a compliment, because he was so clever and, well, British, but what I should have said (and meant) was that he reminded me of Cleese, perhaps the funniest man who has ever lived, along with Peter Sellers, Steve Martin, and Michael Palin.</p>
<p>Rockford Files was a great show…doesn’t every woman in the world want to marry James Garner? I love that guy. Audio–do you remember that quirky western “Hondo”? That was a fave, when I was pre-teen. OH-OH-OH----and “The Guns of Will Sonnett” with Walter Brennan—[squint]…“no brag…just fact.”</p>
<p>Jmmom,</p>
<p>As Ricky said, you would have some 'splaining to do…</p>
<p>Nobody else watched Kung Fu?</p>
<p>Also loved Get Smart. </p>
<p>More recent favorite show: The Larry Sanders Show</p>
<p>Current Faves: The Sopranos, Da Ali G Show & Project Runway</p>
<p>Current faves- Law & Order SVU and CI, One Tree Hill, The OC, Cold Case, Without a Trace, ER, Grey’s Anatomy- Thank God for Tivo</p>
<p>Only network TV show I don’t miss is “Lost”.</p>
<p>Favorites from my youth: Thunderbirds; Speed Racer; Family Affair; Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp; H.R. Puffenstuff (no drug reference there); Land of the Lost; Night Stalker; Six Million Dollar Man; Taxi; WKRP in Cincinatti; Barney Miller; Room 222; White Shadow and, for equal representation, Dark Shadows</p>
<p>I love almost all of these shows; I’m surprised no one has mentioned The Cosby Show, although maybe that’s a little too recent. Oh, and a guilty pleasure of mine, Charlie’s Angels (I’m watching it as I type). Thank goodness for Nick at Nite.</p>
<p>In college, those of us who watched TV watched Hill Street Blues since most of the cast and technical staff had been dramats at CMU. That of course was replaced by LA Law which was watched for the same reason.</p>
<p>I am (and shall always be) a Trekkie - have watched all of the movies and series (except for the latest, Enterprise - pretty poor). My kids are both Trekkies, and, if I know them, eventually THEIR children will be trekkies as well.</p>
<p>I loved Marcus Welby,MD, Quincy, The Dick Van Dyke show, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits (the introduction used to really scare me), and (when I was much younger) - the Mitch Miller Show (our family actually sat there, following the little bouncing ball and singing back to the TV).</p>
<p>Contemporary shows I like: ER (my husband calls it my “weekly doctor’s appointment”), Jay Leno, and Boston Legal.</p>
<p>As a little kid: Superman, Flintstones, Jetsons, and Quickdraw McGraw.
In high school: Star Trek, Twilight Zone, and Outer Limits, plus the rock & roll shows: Shindig, Hullabaloo, and Where the Action Is. Most of my friends also watched The Mod Squad - I watched it some but mostly because Peggy Lipton was so hot rather than because I liked the actual show.
In college: Kung Fu, Mission Impossible.
Post college I discovered Public Television which I still watch: Nova, American Experience, and Masterpiece Theater. I like some History Channel stuff too.</p>
<p>Except for some major sporting events and the evening news, I watch almost no network televsion any more. I did watch Star Trek TNG back in the 80s, and more recently I also liked some of the quirky humor on Ally McBeal. But I’ve never watched reality shows, makeover shows, dancing shows, American Idol or its copies, or any of the recent sitcoms. And I am at a total loss to understand the popularity of televised poker games. I’d gnaw my own foot off to escape being trapped in front of a TV showing people playing cards.</p>