Why I like MeTV and.....

[rwsmith]

....and the other old TV show networks. Interesting coincidences take place especially with character actors that aren't the most well know.

I was watching Star Trek OS episode, "Errand of Mercy". .I've always wondered who played the lead Klingon, so I looked him up and it was John Calicos. Cool. Then an episode of Battlestar Galactica came on (I've never watched it) and there was a prisoner named Count Baltar who had a distinctive way of talking with this neat rumbly laugh in his throat when expressing sarcasm. I said, "I know that guy, but who is it?." I racked my brain and looked up the episode. The Count was played by John Calicos.

During the opening there was a scene with a woman and I said, "She looks exactly like June Lockhart! I looked it up and....it was Anne Lockhart, June's daughter.

Then an episode of The Outer Limits came on with one of my favorite guys, Michael Ansara playing a soldier from the future. If you remember, his wife was Jeanie, Barbara Eden.

We started out the night with Svengoulie who showed the 1941 version of "The Wolf Man' with Claude Rains and Lon Chahey Jr. The film opened just two days after Pearl Harbor. Besides that Svengoulie provided a lot of laughs between the scenes.

 

[MSgt G]

I love Me TV too! The shows take you back to a different time. Like you, I research the actors often.

 

[rwsmith]

Uncanny knack,,,

My wife has an uncanny knack for recognizing actors. She can be in the kitchen, just hearing the voices, and yell out, "That's Royal Dano!" or an"That's Corey Allen!" I'll look closer and decided, "Yeeeeeeah, I think you're right." Then we look it up and 99% of the time she's right.

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

MeTV make watching TV fun again. Love the old shows, Leave to Beaver a favorite. It reminds me of my childhood, especially when they say "Yes and No Sir to their father, and when at the table they always ask "May I please be excused from the table?" We had the same rules in our house. Never see that today.

Stories of the Highway Patrol just started up again...a corny show, but the bad guys actually get shot and die once in awhile....and nobody is there to protest or bad mouth the cops.

 

[cowboy4evr]

I saw a very very young clint eastwood , posing as a biker on Highway Patrol .

 

[rwsmith]

Maybe our family lives weren't.....

MeTV make watching TV fun again. Love the old shows, Leave to Beaver a favorite. It reminds me of my childhood, especially when they say "Yes and No Sir to their father, and when at the table they always ask "May I please be excused from the table?" We had the same rules in our house. Never see that today.

Stories of the Highway Patrol just started up again...a corny show, but the bad guys actually get shot and die once in awhile....and nobody is there to protest or bad mouth the cops.

Maybe our family lives weren't as saccharine as Beaver's, ok,it was NOTHING like Beaver's, still they had the way kids thought pegged PERFECTLY. And it was usually Beaver's childlike thinking that caused the situation in the show, as well as Wally's teenage thinking. And the 'friends' were hilarious. Lumpy, Larry Mondello, Eddie Haskell, Richard Deacon as 'Mr. Rutherford'. Anyway, I liked the show and I STILL like the show. Kids with their urbanized minds probably don't appreciate it.

 

[coltle6920]

One of many great channels I get OTA.

Unlike the OP I'm not into researching actors I see.I can never remember a name but I'll never forget a face.It's enough for me to just enjoy the many good shows.

 

[CustomChevyGuy]

While I'm a bit younger than most of those who saw those shows the first time around, I usually tune in to these channels more often than not. It's probably my most watched channel when football season is over. I enjoy most of the older shows, and seeing some of the guest stars thru different series is always fun.

 

[the ringo kid]

I don't get that channel cept when I'm on break at work. I'm in Heaven of sorts cause--when I'm on break-its always on WESTERNs. )))) between Jesse and I that is. Sometimes we have to fight someone else who just HAS to have it on "the view" >//:-=(( Also get GRIT TV as well. The only show I can't stand is Walker Texas Ranger-its a very poor imitation of Norris's Lone Wolf McQuade.

 

[sheepdawg]

It's probably my most watched channel when football season is over.

Probably going to be my favorite during football season this year. Especially on Sunday.

 

[the ringo kid]

^^^^I haven't watched football since about 76-not because I started disliking it or anything-just got bored with it and interested in other stuff. However, now I have a total disdain for it because of the twirps disdain for our national anthem, country etc. If one still wants to support the sport? so be it--that sport will never be supported by me-and hasn't been for decades.

A slightly changed quote by Davy Crockett seems appropriate for this sport:

"The nfl can go to hell, I'm staying patriotic and in staying in Texas."

 

[cmort666]

I watched "Our Miss Brooks", "Dobie Gillis", and "Kolchak - The Nightstalker" when they were on. I'm still watching "The Honeymooners".

 

[rwsmith]

Then I'd be curious....

While I'm a bit younger than most of those who saw those shows the first time around, I usually tune in to these channels more often than not. It's probably my most watched channel when football season is over. I enjoy most of the older shows, and seeing some of the guest stars thru different series is always fun.

What shows do you like? What is it that you like about them?

I can tell you what I don't like about today's shows. For the most part they are an assault on your senses. Shooting, explosions and such are too common. Of course a show like NCIS where they have an OCCASIONAL explosion are ok.

 

[rwsmith]

I've watched it sporadically......

^^^^I haven't watched football since about 76-not because I started disliking it or anything-just got bored with it and interested in other stuff. However, now I have a total disdain for it because of the twirps disdain for our national anthem, country etc. If one still wants to support the sport? so be it--that sport will never be supported by me-and hasn't been for decades.

A slightly changed quote by Davy Crockett seems appropriate for this sport:

"The nfl can go to hell, I'm staying patriotic and in staying in Texas."

I've watched it sporadically over the years but I'm starting to like it even less.

 

[Targets Guy]

Loved Highway Patrol. McHale's Navy was another favorite along with Hennesey.

 

[coltle6920]

Were there any shows we didn't like when growing up?

 

[Walter Rego]

Were there any shows we didn't like when growing up?

Yes. I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, Dennis The Menace, Batman, Andy Griffith after Don Knotts left, and Lost In Space after the first season to name a few

 

[e3mrk]

That station shows a lot of shows I loved as a Kid.

 

[Ron M.]

Yes. I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, Dennis The Menace, Batman, Andy Griffith after Don Knotts left, and Lost In Space after the first season to name a few

Sorry, I watch Gilligan's Island to see Mary Ann in her short shorts. Dumb stories, never got off the island in three years...would you have with two gorgeous women to choose from, miles away from civilization (the Professor never could figure out how to fix a leaky boat...smart man) As for Lost In Space, agree, they lost the SciFy formula after they tried to compete with Batman, bright colors and goofy plot lines, making it the Will, Robot and Dr. Smith show (I am old enough to have watched it when it was actually on). Andy Griffith was destroyed by Helen Crump. She turned Andy into a wuss. The sage of Mayberry became the sock puppet of the latest PC stuff. Barney Fife should have nipped that relationship in the bud.

 

[Donn]

Watch not only MeTV, (Svengoolie's the best), also Heros & Icons, (Hill Street Blues, Superman), Decades, (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), and AntennaTV, (Tonight Show with Johnny Carson). A little escape from the current situation is a healthy thing IMHO.