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

[madmarva]

Leave it to Beaver, Adventures of Superman, Dobie Gillis, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Beverly Hillbillies, Brady Bunch, Lone Ranger, Star Trek and Batman were my favorites from elementary school and before.

Got into an All In The Family, MASH and Andy Griffith kick in junior high.

For whatever reason, I fondly remember watching Love Boat and Fantasy Island on Saturday nights.

Does any one remember a show called The Mighty Sons of Hercules? I think it was old Italian strong-man films cut down to an hour or maybe and hour and a half and syndicated. It came on at 11:30 p.m. on Saturdays after Soul Train in the Memphis market.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Watching the Incredible Hulk or Dukes of Hazzard always takes me back to Friday nights. My mom usually did the weekly grocery shopping that night, and invariably we'd have to miss part of one of those shows to help bring in the groceries.

Seeing Magnum PI reminds me of the one hour a week my Mom would actually sit down to see Tom Selleck.

Chris

[Spawn67]

There was nothing like Saturday mornings growing up. Kids today have no idea what it was like to have to wait until the weekend to see cartoons.

I 100% agree with you. It was also the day I had to wait to watch Pro Wrestling after cartoons. There was nothing like that feeling of being at my grandparents house and watching it on their ancient t.v. where you had to wait about 3 min for the color to kick in. Also playing with the bunny ears with my grandfather to get wrestling clear on t.v. I really miss those days!

[YoungOnce]

Oh man... those Schoolhouse Rocks videos and songs turn me into a twelve-year-old again. There was nothing like Saturday mornings growing up. Kids today have no idea what it was like to have to wait until the weekend to see cartoons.

[Bionicfanboy66]

Pretty much anything that's on Me TV's schedule.

[Splitty]

Oh egads. Like EVERy show takes me back.
I don't know HOW it's possible that much TV was burned into my brain when there were only a few channels available. I must have been watching 24/7.

C.H.I.P.s, Charlies Angels, Emergency!, Quincy, Knight Rider, A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, Love Boat, Grizzly Adams, Buck Rogers, Wonder Woman, anything Bionic, Battlestar Galactica (the one where they were lizards eating people at the gambling restort scandalized me!), V, Little House on the Prairie, Thundercats, She-Ra, Fall Guy, Simon & Simon, T.J. Hooker, Sledge Hammer, Smurfs, Magnum P.I., ALF, the Flash, and later years huddled in the dark after everybody went to bed watching Tales from the Darkside OR A&E Improv OR USA Up all Night with Gilbert Gottfried or Rhonda Shear, .... you know, EVERYTHING.

I suffered my first cult fandom scandalous OUTRAGE!!! when they cancelled Automan after the first season. I could NOT believe they would cancel that awesome high-tech show and that EVERYBODY was not talking about it. I was depressed for like a year.

ahhh....the pre-internet days.

[raider5gt]

Loads of shows mentioned already,some of the shows what take me back to when I was once young

Tarzan TV Series(Ron Ely)
Battlestar Galactica
Star Fleet (X Bomber)
Jason of Star Command
Sport Billy
Tarzan Cartoon(Filmation)
Planet of the Apes TV Series
Star Trek TOS and Animated
6 Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman
Wonder Woman
Champion The Wonder Horse
High Chapperal
The Waltons
Space 1999
U.F.O
Thunderbirds,Captain Scarlet,Stingray and Joe 90
Big John,Little John
The Red Hand Gang
Spiderman Cartoon Series
Fantastic Journey
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

I used to watch Kojack,Cagney and Lacey,Baretta,Police Woman (had a crush on Angie Dickinson ) Starsky and Hutch with my Mum.The list could go on and on.

[megomania]

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.

Love Three's Company. You can never go wrong, when you're in a tough spot, asking yourself "what would Jack and Chrissy do?"

-Chris

[HardyGirl]

For those raised in NY/NJ area...How about the MAGIC GARDEN? Loved that show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6wWgFHBBi0

Oh yeah! Loved Carole and Paula. I brought a copy w/ me to school, and my pre-schoolers LOVED it!

[ironman1188]

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.

tom, i actually had the chance to meet all three this past february, and they still have that "magic" that made the show so special.

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Man, I'd have loved to meet those guys!
Very cool!

[soldierape]

Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Brady Bunch
Partridge Family
All in the Family
The Jeffersons
Diff'rent Strokes
Facts of Life
Sandford and Son
What's Happening!!
Bonanza
Superfriends
The Lone Ranger
Davy & Golliath (by Art Clokey)---- Remember Sunday mornings?
Six Million Dollar Man
Bionic Woman
Wonder Woman - Lynda Carter
The Incredible Hulk
Planet of the Apes

Too many more to mention

For those raised in NY/NJ area...How about the MAGIC GARDEN? Loved that show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6wWgFHBBi0

[actjac01]

So many great shows listed already!
Here's more that take me back....
Original Spiderman cartoon (so glad to have that DVD set.)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show ("You're despicable.")
Original MGM Tom & Jerry Cartoons (my dad would watch those with me. He would just howl at those!)
Star Trek The Animated Series (made my Saturdays!)
Flash Gordon cartoon (loved Flash's rotoscoped rocket!)
Rocket Robin Hood (Great spaceships!)
Hercules cartoon ("You did it, Herc'! You did it!")
Speed Racer (The MACH 5!)
The Carol Burnett Show (Tim Conway Rules!)
Mary Tyler Moore show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Adventures of Superman (George Reeves!)
Batman
SO DARN MANY!

[MIB41]

tom, i actually had the chance to meet all three this past february, and they still have that "magic" that made the show so special.

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Wow! Met all three at once?! That's just amazing. I am so glad for you Darren. Thanks for sharing the pic! AWESOME!

[jimsmegos]

The school house rock segments get me... almost choked up even.

Earlier today I was watching one of my "Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show" DVD's and I gotta tell ya that kind of awe struck me. One of the skits featured Dean, Andy Griffith and Paul Lynde. And not waning to go rantng about the 'good ole days' but it struck me funny that then the most popular shows were a fun polished product where today the top raters are merely the audition processes where we "choose" the next big "star" that will be quickly forgotten at the series end.

Bummer :(

[ironman1188]

Planet of the Apes, Starsky & Hutch, S.W.A.T., The Rookies, Mod Squad, Lost in Space, Man from U.N.C.L.E., Fantastic Journey, Combat, Rat Patrol, Time Tunnel, The F.B.I., Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, the old Marvel Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and Sub-Mariner cartoons, Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry's Planet Earth, Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica [the original], The Green Hornet, Night Stalker, Captain Scarlet....
WOW the list goes on and on for me.