TV Time capsule

[El Presidente]

I was tapping away doing some work on my laptop last night with cable on in the background. Most of us have been there, 1000 channels and nothing to watch. 

Flicked on an old favourite that took me back to my early school days. Through rose coloured glasses they seemed like much saner times but I do wonder. 

Anyway, I found myself putting the laptop down and having a great laugh. As a TV comedy it stands up to this day. 

Your favourite TV show growing up?

 

 

 

 

[Colt45]

HH was hilarious. There are many great shows from around that era. A show from a slightly earlier time I've always loved was the Addams Family. But one of the first shows that comes to mind, from slightly later is M*A*S*H. The Carol Burnett Show was priceless. Again many great shows....

[JohnS]

It seems like yesterday when all I wanted to do was count down the hours of my after-school tuition and get to the important stuff...

That's right, Thursday nights at 7.30 pm and I ask you who could get enough of the Duke boys and the General Lee doing jumps very week?

[Hammer Smokin']

Hogans Heros is on my daily watch. (literally).

My local Hamilton Ontario channel runs Retro TV throughout the entire day.

Currently the line up is as follows:

10:00 I love Lucy

10:30 Gidget

11:00 Good Times

11:30 Hogan's Heros

12:00 Fantasy Island

1:00 Mission: Impossible

2:00 Starsky & Hutch

3:00 Sanford and Son

3:30 One Day at a Time

4:00 The Facts of Life

4:30 I Dream of Jeannie

5:00 Cheers

5:30 Happy Days

 

 

 

They change things up every few months. I've watched full seasons of Laverne and Shirley, Barney Miller (extremely funny!), Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore, Mork & Mindy, Rhoda, Soap, Bewitched, The Partridge Family, The Monkees, The Jeffersons (holy crap, another super funny one!) and many others that I'm forgetting.

This has been going on for approx 2.5 years, but now working from home, I watch more 70's and 80's TV than 2000's.

 

[Chibearsv]

My favorite. The original series

 

[WarriorPrincess]

56 minutes ago, Hammer Smokin' said:

Hogans Heros is on my daily watch. (literally).

My local Hamilton Ontario channel runs Retro TV throughout the entire day.

Currently the line up is as follows:

10:00 I love Lucy

10:30 Gidget

11:00 Good Times

11:30 Hogan's Heros

12:00 Fantasy Island

1:00 Mission: Impossible

2:00 Starsky & Hunch

3:00 Sanford and Son

3:30 One Day at a Time

4:00 The Facts of Life

4:30 I Dream of Jeannie

5:00 Cheers

5:30 Happy Days

 

 

 

They change things up every few months. I've watched full seasons of Laverne and Shirley, Barney Miller (extremely funny!), Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore, Mork & Mindy, Rhoda, Soap, The Partridge Family, The Monkees, The Jeffersons (holy crap, another super funny one!) and many others that I'm forgetting.

This has been going on for approx 2.5 years, but now working from home, I watch more 70's and 80's TV than 2000's.

 

Most of these shows I watched in my younger years, no not an opening for one of your comments Rob 

I loved watching Gidget and always loved Moondoggie like most girls watching the show 

Great memories 

[Hammer Smokin']

I enjoy late 70's surfing scenes. Gidget it the newest addition to the retro block, replacing laverne and shirley.

It's only been on for two weeks maybe. Just getting my bearings on that show.

I really didn't mention it, but the show Soap was bloody funny! So crazy on so many levels.

[grizzlee]

 MASH for me. I had Betamax tapes full of episodes for binge watching, way back when.

[Hammer Smokin']

Mash was on at 7pm for two years, following the 6pm evening news.

Really enjoyed that show. At first I actually thought it was boring. It grew on me.

Klinger was quite a character!

[Subcomandante]

Gilligans island

Addams family 

Munsters 

mcgyver

airwolf

Different strokes

[OZCUBAN]

For me a all time fav all the Gerry Anderson shows we’re good and well ahead of its time 

[Phillys]

Bit younger than most it seems... so maybe not as much of a time capsule.  

Mine are:

- Seinfeld

- The Simpsons

For some odd reason, I remember watching Skippy the Bush Kangaroo as a kid.

 

[anacostiakat]

Yep.  Watched HH and a lot of the others mentioned here regularly.  Still watch some on reruns.

[Cubadust]

The first "grown up" TV shows that I remember got me real hooked would be Hill Street Blues, Moonlighting and Miami Vice.

[OZCUBAN]

Oh and this loved this as a kid 

 

[OZCUBAN]

 

[Fuzz]

7 minutes ago, OZCUBAN said:

Oh and this loved this as a kid 

 

Making British WWII string shirts sexy.

[OZCUBAN]

?? oh yea 

[Fuzz]

1 minute ago, OZCUBAN said:

?? oh yea 

Fun fact: Benedict Cumberbatch's mom was on the show.

[Cubadust]

[Hammer Smokin']

Hill Street Blues was also a great show.

That one ran through its full series on Retro TV.

A serious, but still light hearted, cop drama. One of the originals.

Barney Miller, more of a comedy of course, is my favourite cop related show.

[OZCUBAN]

1 hour ago, Fuzz said:

Fun fact: Benedict Cumberbatch's mom was on the show.

Yea I know found that out last week whilst

bingeing ?  

[OZCUBAN]

one of the funniest American shows ever 

[zappaFREAK]

Come on guys! These are all great but how could you not include

 

[Habana Mike]

Yep. Batman, Superman. Lots of old school Saturday morning cartoons.

Twilight Zone, Addams Family, The Munsters, Rat Patrol, McHale's Navy, Gilligan's Island.

Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Andy Griffith, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie

All in the Family, Jeffersons, Speed Racer, Scooby Doo, Get Smart

Beverly Hillbillies, Lost in Space, Flipper, Jetsons, Dick Van Dyke, The Outer Limits

Laugh-In, F Troop, Adam 12. Brady Bunch, Dragnet, Gomer Pyle. Hawaii 5-0, Lassie, Mr. Ed

My Favorite Martian, My Three Sons. Happy Days, MASH

Dukes of Hazzard, Miami Vice, Mission Impossible, Charlie's Angels.

Mork and Mindy, Sanford and Son, Taxi, The Waltons, Welcome Back Cotter.

Man I watched a lot of TV back then!