T.V. Shows From Your Youth. Are They Corny Now?

[sw44spl]

I watch andy griffin all the time still now.but I remember the monkees,charlies angels, they could hit someone 100yds away with a snubby. streets of san francisco,cannon,harry O,beretta,I loved the outter limits and the invaders, mission impossible,adam 12,emergency,also watched trapper john md.quincy,night stalker,mash,batman,Ftroop,have gun will travel,mccloud,the munsters,leave it to beaver,gunsmoke,bonanza, I spy, I know I left some out I used to watch,I still watch them or buy them if I can way way better than the crap today. and I forgot the three stooges I got all them on dvd and the little rascals.

 

[millbilly]

Don't forget about Bonanza.......Gunsmoke.....My dad would beat you if you talked or got into a fight with the little brother during Gunsmoke, nothing was so important that it couldn't wait till after Gunsmoke.....

 

[John Eilertson]

I'm 51, and as a kid I watched "Gilligan's Island", "Star Trek", "McHale's Navy", "Dark Shadows", "Andy Griffith", "Petticoat Junction" and a few others on a fairly regular basis. I liked 'em then and like 'em now. But the stuff kids see today can't hold a candle, in my opinion. The silliness they had then doesn't bother me much, it is Hollywood, after all. Check your realism at the door.

 

[windjammer]

I've been watching the old black and white Gunsmoke shows most every day. One a day on Netflix. I'm on season 10 as of now.....

These old shows are better than anything offered on TV today.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Talk about nastalgia. I forgot about this thread. I got that box set of The Wild Wild West and am slowly watching each episode in order. They are great! Even though every episode is identical with a different villian, I am really getting a kick out of it. The vibrant colors and campiness brings me back to my youth where we only had three channels. Robert Conrad sometimes wears a green outfit. Green! And he pulls it off.

 

[S. Hammer]

I just found some episodes of Police Story which I am pretty sure I will still like too. Sometimes you can go back!

Season 1 of Police Story gets released on DVD Sep. 6th at Amazon. Not that I pre-ordered it or anything.

 

[blujax01]

"Gre-eee-en Acres Is The Place For Me." Lisa and her "Hots-cakes".

The Addams Family (and that incredible train layout).
Sanford and Son. "It's the big one, Lizbeth"
Combat. Rat Patrol (I always wanted one of those Aussie hats)

 

[safearm]

Rocky and Bullwinkle and The Beverly Hillbillies; pure, unadulterated mindless entertainment. Just what I want from television. If I want to be informed, I'll read a newspaper or a book.

 

[bubbiesdad]

Twilight Zone. Art Carney as department store Santa Claus. Agnes Moorehead's kitchen invaded by tiny aliens. Chill Wills driving off the space aliens.
Recent stuff, Pinkie and the Brain has as good social commentary as Rocky and His Friends.
Dragnet. Naked City.
Re-runs of old movie serials.

Great TZ episode. But I'm pretty sure it was Andy Devine. I have the TZ Complete Definitive Collection. Even has commercials for Gunsmoke and other shows. Plus, Mr. Serling selling Chesterfield cigarettes.

 

[Bat Guano]

Barney Miller. Most realistic cop show ever IMHO. You NEVER know what's going to walk in the door...

Muppets--exactly the right dose of insanity to decompress after a tough day.

A year or so ago my wife bought me set of "Rat Patrol" which I had never watched, even when it was in production. Talk about just plain awful...I watched part of it and finally had to give up.

 

[RWJ]

Barney Miller. Most realistic cop show ever IMHO. You NEVER know what's going to walk in the door...

Soooo true! and I could watch that show and identify the guys I worked with......

 

[oldman45]

The shows of the 50's were better to me than those of the 60's. I enjoyed Amos & Andy, Highway Patrol, Colt 45, Have gun Will Travel and many more.

 

[jimmyj]

I remember "Tennessee Jed". I think it was on radio 1946-1948.
T.V. Rawhide with Clint Eastwood and Eric Flemming (drowned in a South America river filming a movie).
I liked "Laugh In" and "Boots and Saddle".

 

[Bicky Robby]

McHales Navy and Get Smart still make me chuckle now but for different reasons.

Rat Patrol is still awsome and I miss the man from U.N.C.L.E.

 

[blujax01]

McHales Navy and Get Smart still make me chuckle now but for different reasons.

Rat Patrol is still awsome and I miss the man from U.N.C.L.E.

NCIS' Abby to Gibbs:
"I wonder who Ducky looked like when he was younger?"

Gibbs (with his characteristic smirk):
"Illya Kuryakin."

 

[firestrat]

This morning I'm watching "The Rifleman" series on AMC. This show was before my time (I'm 44), but I remember watching the show as a teenager when I lived in Texas. Is it possible to be nostalgic about a time (late '50's early '60's) when you weren't even alive. If so, I believe I'm feeling it watching this show.

 

[tedog]

Superman, running around the house with a towel pinned at the neck.

 

[DeadAye]

I haven't watched anything on TV since Texaco Star theater and the Colgate comedy Hour went off the air.

The Colgate Comedy Hour isn't on any more?
Say it isn't so

What's next? No Groucho?

BTW - Is What's My Line still on? I might drag the TV up from the attic and put the antenna back up to see Kitty Carlisle again

 

[David LaPell]

Let's see Night Rider, yes corny, so is any of the other early shows from the 1980's.

 

[John Frederick Bell]

The cheesy movie channel here runs a block of vintage programming in the wee hours morning - usually two or three episodes of The Outer Limits (not my favorite, but funny seeing famous actors in their early years) Mister Ed, and the Patty Duke Show.

Which is okay filler, I guess. But I stick around for Highway Patrol and Sea Hunt...where there's usually shooting of some kind, and somebody loses the fight when their air hose gets cut.

Still beats the stuff they run during the daylight hours.