When you were a kid, did your friends go on about a TV show...

[jds1911a1]

as a kid no I basically was into what the other kids were, but none of them got Doctor Who

as a teen - twin peaks, 90210, X-files

as an adult - survivor, All the MTV "real life" and all it's clones on other networks (except Hogan Knows best) Lost, Heroes,

[johnmiic]

I used to tune in to Benny Hill, not for his humor but because when the station couldn't get the Hill show they would broadcast something from this Australian comedian named Paul who had nude pinups taped to his refrigerator. Guaranteed good times.

Would that be The Paul Hogan Show? The guy who created Crocodile Dundee?

I remember my friends liking a Saturday morning show called Big John, Little John and not finding it at all amusing.

I think I remember that. Hated it. It seemed to be broadcast at a time-slot with The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. and a show where a guy had a customized Taxi and was the guardian of his little sister.

[david_b]

It was Python for me.. Best place for a kid to catch a glimpse of nudity on PBS

david_b

[TheDoLittle]

Benny Hill was great.

Back in the day (the mid 70's) we didn't even know who Monty Python was.

Benny was KING

As for what shows kids went on about but I never cared for .......

Charlie's Angels
Baretta
Starsky and Hutch --- i'm only discovering it now
Roots --- thought it was crazy boring back in the day --- but I like it a lot today.
Space 1999 (see Roots)

Ditto... with the exception of Space: 1999. Loved it then, still love it today.

And as for Benny Hill, I still have a huge crush on Louise English.

I had a TV show I would run home for to catch, which all my friends hated, and was called "Vision On". I would kill to get those episodes on DVD now.

For those of you who have missed out on a children's television masterpiece:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8JoTaVCZA

And yes, it's the same "Sylveste McCoy" who would later become Doctor #7.