Old T.V. Shows that take you back ..

[Spawn67]

Was talking with some coworkers the other day about T.V. shows that take you back in time when you watch them. In other words you remember the time, place, who you were with, etc.
For me watching certain episodes of The Cosby show (first 2 seasons), Family Ties, Taxi, Happy Days etc take me back in time. Even if Ive seen them 100 times.
Anyone else go through this? Any stories you'd like to share?

[kingdom warrior]

Watching Both the Adventures of Superman and Batman on WPIX in New York always brings me back to my childhood......I would watch them while playing with my megos.......

But my greatest memory was watching the 4:30 movie on ABC channel 7 for me and my sister time seemed to stop for 90 minutes....if I'm home at 4:30 i now will Pop in a movie and play this before seeing it......

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I remember always needing to be home by 8 p.m. the year Battlestar Galactica was on TV. The new figures have been taking me there recently. Currently, I love watching the All in the Family run on Antenna TV. My mom would let me watch with her, but at the time I didn't catch a lot of the jokes. Now I watch and get the jokes, but remember watching some of those scenes and I quite vividly remember where and when I was back then.

[HardyGirl]

Watching Both the Adventures of Superman and Batman on WPIX in New York always brings me back to my childhood......I would watch them while playing with my megos.......

But my greatest memory was watching the 4:30 movie on ABC channel 7 for me and my sister time seemed to stop for 90 minutes....if I'm home at 4:30 i now will Pop in a movie and play this before seeing it......

As a fellow NY native I remember those days. And I totally still do that w/ the 4:30 movie theme and and a movie like POTA, Kung Fu, Food Of The Gods, Batman, and even that awful version of Wonder Woman w/ Cathy Lee Crosby.

But these days, my way back machine runs towards 70s Saturday mornings, after school cartoons like Spider-man Dastardly and Muttley, and the Banana Splits show, (when I'm home in the afternoon), and Friday nights w/ the Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Nanny & The Professor, The Odd Couple and Love American Style. Of course I have a lot of other retro shows, but I'm tired of typing now.

[Jordiway]

yeah back when tv shows use to steal footage from movies for certain scenes. The Incredible Hulk always takes me back in time, I was 5 when it came out and it always gave me nightmares but I still watched it. A few months ago I had a dream that Lou was chasing me I was driving a car with David tied to the bumper dragging him and Lou pulled me out of the car and threw me into a lake, I dont think I have dreamed about the hulk since I was a kid, i woke up laughing thinking if I was a kid I probably would be sneaking into mom and dads room right now to crawl in bed with them.

[Hector]

Hanna Barbera cartoons and early Japanese anime like Astroboy and Kimba...time machine right there for me.

[vulcan2074]

Great topic. Some of the shows that really bring back the memories are gonna be Batman 66, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Buck Rogers. I lived in El Paso TX. when I saw these shows. Great memories.
Sammy

[thunderbolt]

The Marvel Superheroes, Spidey 67, Speed Racer, and Batman were all after school staples for me and hit that nostalgia button. Lone Ranger getme thinking about Sunday mornings before church. WGN used to run it and the Cisco Kid.

[MIB41]

I have so many shows that take me back, but these are the true stand outs:

Spidey '67 introduced me to heroes, comics, drawing, and what ultimately led me to wanting to play with superhero figures in the 70's. So in some respects, if I didn't have this show, I may never have connected with Megos.



I LOVED Lost in Space as a kid. Still think the black and white episodes remain some of the best sci-fi stories ever on television. I have met many in the cast through the years, but the stand out was Bob May. He was the actor in the robot outfit. My wife and I had dinner with Bob and his wife. It was really a moment when I sat back and thought to myself, "I'm eating dinner with the Robinson Robot while my wife exchanges recipes with HIS wife. Crazy!"



The epitome of 70's television. And a simple question: Did you shed a tear when Jamie died? I sure did.



Starsky & Hutch will always be the definitive "buddy" TV show. Although watching crime bosses make deals behind candy stores and drink warm milk is a tad passe' these days, the connection between Starsky, Hutch, and Huggy Bear is simply timeless. They are the three guys you always wanted to pal around with. Well... while you drove Starsky's car.

[VintageMike]

Happy Days: Hands down, my all time favorite show. I even had the trading cars as a kid!
Three's Company: For the longest time my mom would not let me watch this show until she realized the comedy was why I liked it and didn;t really start getting the whole picture until I got older during the show's run.
Dukes Of Hazzard: Always takes me back. For the last few years every time I go on vacation I take my portable DVD player and watch a few episodes. It's getting towards the end as I'm up to the sixth season
Star Trek & Batman '66: While I wasn't even born when they originally aired they were on in HEAVY rotation in syndication. I had (and mostly trashed) several sets of Star Trek Megos.
Super Friends & Spider-Man & his Amazing Friends: While I watched plenty of cartoons these two defined Saturday mornings for me.

[AJ Collector]

Happy Days, S&H, Baretta, Kojak, Adam 12 & Brady Bunch...... Also have been catching up on The Andy Griffith show on netflix, Don Knotts is still a scream!

[Figuremod73]

I think of this almost every time I watch music videos. Didnt have MTV back then. I remember trying to be as quiet as I could and stay up as late as possible. The same thing with Night Traks on TBS on Sat nights.

I think of certain years, where I was, grad in school, when I watch certain shows to:
Batman '66 ( was on local channel at 4 pm on weekdays in '89 because of Batman film)
The Muppets ( use to show episode after episode on weekends in the mid eighties)
Masters of the Universe (couldnt pull me away from it in '84 on weekdays at 4:30)
Transformers (took my attention away from heman around '86)
Various Hanna-Barbara and Filmation cartoons (probably know when most of the ones in the late seventies/eighties came out)
Theres many more...

[toys2cool]

Chips My mom had the biggest crush on Ponch and would'nt miss an episode and he-man also...she'd sit there and watch it with me every morning

[Random Axe]

For me I think it's Star Blazers. I had to watch it every morning before school on TBS. We had just gotten this new "cable" television and it opened a new world to me. I also remember fondly watching Project Bluebook. I can't recall any specifics, but always remember being fascinated by this. I was reading way ahead of my time and was going through UFO books and the Von Daniken Chariots of the Gods series. Good times.

[starsky]

for me it was starsky and hutch, six million dollar man, magnum pi, adam west batman , wild wild west, battlestar galactica, buck rogers, wacky races cartoon, filmation superman, batman, aquaman.