TV shows from your childhood.

[lightningandsnow]

Like a true child of the 90's, here were some of my favorites:

Dudley the Dragon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Dudley_the_Dragon
Tots TV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tots_TV
Puzzle Place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puzzle_Place
Magic School Bus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_School_Bus
And who could forget, Bill Nye the Science guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy

I was raised on PBS. And like the nerdy chick that I am, I started watching Bill Nye at the age of 3 or 4. Puzzle Place was probably my favorite from that list, but it seems to have completely disappeared! No DVD's, no youtube clips or anything. :-(

[fizzgig]

1. i was a pbs kid, too

sesame street, 3-2-1 contact, reading rainbow, where in the world is carmen sandiego

i also loved fraggle rock and thunder cats

i'm sure there are more, but i can't think of them right now

[lightningandsnow]

2. Carmen Sandiego!!!

I rember that show. Reading Rainbow too... fraggle rock was a bit before my time, but I'm a total Jim Henson nerd now so I know all about it.

[fizzgig]

3. i still have my stuffed fraggles

that was one of the best shows ever

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. When I was in the 5th grade, Where in The World is Carmen Sandiego...

used to come on our local PBS station at like 1 o'clock and if we were good all week our teacher would wheel the TV in on a Friday afternoon and let us watch it...I loved that show

[fizzgig]

13. it was a great show

i think i used to have the computer game, but i can't remember

[Reverend_Smitty]

14. We used to fight over who got to play that game on computer day...

that game along with Oregon Trail were big hits back in the early 90's :)

[fizzgig]

15. oregon trail is the greatest computer game ever

i was a nasty little kid and tried so see how far i could get with meager rations and grueling pace

[RevolutionaryActs]

11. Are we the same person?

:P

[fizzgig]

12. now there's a terrifying thought

:rofl:

:P

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. We drink, we swear, and we watched the same TV

:o

[fizzgig]

17. shit...the secret's out!

:yoiks:

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. Don't tell Elrond, he may have a nervous breakdown.

:rofl:

[fizzgig]

20. oh gods

his head will explode

:rofl:

[RevolutionaryActs]

21. Poor man

Think he'll willingly go in the cage now? :shrug:

[fizzgig]

23. i think he'll just go to the corner

and cry

[RevolutionaryActs]

26. bwhahahaha

We're not that scary, are we? :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

27. You're downright horrifying.

:cry:

[RevolutionaryActs]

30. Weeeeeeeeeee

:dunce:

[Danger Mouse]

32. bah, you know i love you.

:hug:
i wouldn't want you and kagehime to be the same person. i'd lose out on a great friend.

[RevolutionaryActs]

33. AWwwwwwWWWWwwwWWW

For such a bastard you sure are sweet sometimes. :rofl: :P :hug:

[Danger Mouse]

28. you only wish

:P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. READING RAINBOW!!!

Hahaha, wow--talk about a flashback!

:rofl:

[XemaSab]

38. Ah yes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIXWhe1ucuM

[lightningandsnow]

4. And how could I forget

ARTHUR! I was thinking about shows which aren't on anymore, but Arthur is still on. And I have been known to watch it on occasion. Unlike a lot of kids shows, I find it can appeal to teens and adults, too - a lot of the humor is pretty sophisticated, and there are a lot of pop-culture references a kid might not catch.

[Dr. Strange]

5. Remember Ark II, Jason of Star Command, and Shazam?

No?

Dammit! You kids are too young to be talking about shows from your youth!

[Aristus]

42. I remember those!

Yes, I am that old!

I liked Shazam the best of the ones you mentioned, but they were all geeky cool in a way. Do you remember the Kroft Supershow, with Captain Kool and the Kongs? Great days... B-)

[HughBeaumont]

44. See Below . . .

B-)

[WinkyDink]

6. See my name. :)

[Va Lefty]

9. So, you used to watch "The Old Time Gospel Hour"?

:evilgrin:

[Va Lefty]

8. Anybody here remember "The Sailor Bob Show"?

A locally produced kid's show that aired out of Richmond Va in sixties. I used to love that show.

[Taverner]

10. Oh god you make me feel old

My shows were HR Pufnstuf and Lidsville

All that Kroft LSD inspired madness

No wonder I'm so strange

[_testify_]

18. GI Joe. Transformers. Voltron...

Pee Wee's Playhouse
Fraggle Rock
3-2-1 Contact
MathNet

And I remember watching the Muppet Show when I was very small.

[fizzgig]

22. how could i forget pee wee!

i used to get my dad up early so we could watch it together...i still watch it

[_testify_]

24. It was on at noon where I lived.

I used to race home from the bowling alley on Saturday mornings so I wouldn't miss the opening song..

C'mon in, and pull yourself up a chair...

[Whoa_Nelly]

25. Beany and Cecil

Dudley DoRight
(even had the Dishonest John board game!)



Captain Kangaroo, Shari Lewis with Lambchop, Felix the Cat, all sorts of Hanna-Barbera cartoons (including watching The Flinstones on Friday nights in B&W), Howdy Doody, Sky King, Bat Masterson, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Get Smart, Hullabaloo, ROwen & Martin, The Monkees, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Checkmate...and so many more.

Need help remembering the name of one show that was hosted by Walter Cronkite...seems it was called something like "THe Twentieth Century"...?

Also, local...Foreman Scotty and the Circle 4 Ranch, and Ho Ho the CLown

Here I am on the Foreman Scotty Show (Okla. City)
Am the little redheaded girl in blue on the left
My friend and next door neighbor, Churchill, is the third kid directly behind me
RIP Churchill :hug:



And, here's Ho Ho!
(he used to be at my friend's b-day parties...he was a kind and gentle soul, and the only clown who didn't scare me)

[terrya]

29. "Captain Kangaroo", of course!

[Flaxbee]

54. and "The Electric Company"

I don't remember much except for a segment where the kids were all jumping on their beds... :shrug:


I loooved Captain Kangaroo, and Mr. Greenjeans. Loved them.

[trof]

31. Captain Video And His Video Rangers!

Captain Video and His Video Rangers, which premiered 27 June 1949 on the DuMont Network, was the first science fiction, space adventure program on television and was to inspire a spate of similar offerings. Although it combined many of the early staples of children's programming, such as the inclusion of inexpensive film clips and pointed moral lessons, Captain Video capitalized upon the public fascination with science and space and the technical elements of the new television medium to create the longest running science fiction show in early television.

Set in the future, the series followed the adventures of a group of fighters for truth and justice, the Video Rangers, led by Captain Video. The Rangers operated from a secret base on a mountain top. Their uniforms resembled US Army surplus with lightning bolts sewn on.

The Captain had a teenaged sidekick who was always called only The Video Ranger. A bit like Batman, Captain Video took his orders from the Commissioner of Public Safety, whose responsibilities seemingly took in the entire solar system as well as human colonies around other stars. As his name indicated, the Captain was the first adventure hero explicitly designed (by DuMont's idea-man Larry Menkin) for early live television. "Tobor" the robot was an important character on the program, and represents the first appearance of a robot in live televised science fiction.

The series was broadcast live five to six days a week and was extremely popular with both children and adults. Because of the large adult audience, the usual network broadcast time of the daily series was 7 to 7:30 p.m. EST, leading off the "prime evening" time-block. The production was always hampered by a very low budget, and the Captain did not originally have a space ship of his own.

Until 1953, Captain Video's live adventures occupied about 15 minutes of each day's 30-minute program running time. To fill in the rest, a Video Ranger communications officer, acting as a typical small-town children's show master of ceremonies, showed about 15 minutes of old films, specifically cowboy movies. These were described by the communications officer, Ranger Rogers, as the adventures of Captain Video's "undercover agents" on Earth. During the 1953-1954 broadcast season, there was also a spinoff series, Secret Files of Captain Video (5 September 1953 to 29 May 1954), alternating every other Saturday with Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. Each of these 30-minute Saturday broadcasts told a story complete in itself.

[cmd]

39. Hey, that's mine!

The Video Ranger was my first big crush. I remember something about the green gold planet, but not much more.:hi:

[triguy46]

34. A terrifying memory those from KC in the 50's will recall: Whizzo

And people ask me why I cannot stand clowns.

[Raejeanowl]

46. Same Here

Only I got my clown aversion from the "bad clown" on Howdy Doody. Of course, there was Clarabelle played by Bob Keeshan, but there was also an evil clown in a similar but warped costume who came on from time to time and wrought havoc. Can't remember the name. But he scared the Beejesus out of my (then) cute, little self. Clowns give me the creeps to this day. Stephen King's "It" just proved what I "knew" in my gut all along!!!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

36. Mine

The Real Ghostbusters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Ghostbusters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles
Family Ties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Ties
The Cosby Show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosby_Show
The Golden Girls http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Girls
Perfect Strangers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Strangers_%28TV_series%29

[fizzgig]

37. i loved teenaged mutant ninja turtles

i might even still have a few of those action figures somewhere

[DarkTirade]

41. I always thought the show was kind of silly, but I loved the games.

Now that I'm older I'm looking back and thinking... huh. The show was pretty cool. And the games are pretty boring button-mashers. :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

40. You guys are SO YOUNG!

I remember

Howdy Doody Time
Andy's Gang
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Hopalong Cassidy
The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show
and the first runs of Rocky and Bullwinkle

[Capn Sunshine]

55. That's because you're my age, dear

Forever Young.
:hi:
Our Parents are "old"
Not us :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

57. Heh-heh-heh

Those young whippersnappers don't know what great children's television is like! Harumph-harumph!

[HughBeaumont]

43. OK, this thread needs some 70s representation!

Time For Timer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_For_Timer
Schoolhouse Rock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoolhouse_Rock
Krofft Supershow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krofft_Supershow
Electric Company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Company
Zoom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOOM
Villa Alegre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Alegre_%28TV_series%29

And of course, the Holy Triumverate of 70s Saturday:
Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bugs_Bunny_Show
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Albert_and_the_Cosby_Kids
Pink Panther: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Panther_%28character%29

I was never a Superfriends/anything Hanna-Barbera kid, and hated Scooby-Doo with a passion. Loved the shit out of anything Rankin-Bass and Bill Melendez come holiday season.

Also were Most Important Person and Kingdom of Could Be You, which were stubs on wiki. Anyone else remember those?

[noonwitch]

51. I loved Sid & Marty Kroft shows (but in retrospect, I wonder what drugs they were taking)

The Bugaloos
HR Pufinstuf
Lidsville

Those are the 3 I loved. They also did "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters", "Land of The Lost" and "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl", but those were later, when I was older.

I love the original Captain Kangaroo, and the Electric Company. I am a little too old for Sesame Street-I was in 2nd or 3rd grade when it came to our city (when we got a PBS station).

I like the old Rankin and Bass Christmas specials, and, of course, Bugs Bunny (especially those directed by Chuck Jones).

[Dr. Strange]

56. You LOVED Lidsville?

God, I had fucking nightmares!

I know this article is from the onion, but it's frightfully accurate!

[Raejeanowl]

45. I'm Older Than Dirt

I remember Willard Scott as Bozo the Clown. Zorro. Romper Room and Ding-Dong School, Super Circus (with Emmett Kelly), Superman (with George Reeves), The Micky Mouse Club, The Milt Grant Show, Howdy Doody, Your Hit Parade (with Giselle MacKenzie!), The Dinah Shore Show (see the USA in your Chevrolet), Queen for a Day, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Texaco Star Theatre, The Jackie Gleason Show featuring the Honeymooners, Art Linkletter, Pinky Lee, Heckel and Jeykyl, Amos and Andy, Jack Benny, The Life of Riley, Our Miss Brooks, The Ann Sothern Show, Roy Rogers, What's My Line, To Tell The Truth, You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx), the ORIGINAL Jeopardy with Art Fleming...


I think I'm going to go take a Centrum Silver and put on some more moisturizer.

[Arkansas Granny]

47. Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo were the first shows I

remember watching that were just for kids. This was in the early to mid 50's.

[Shell Beau]

48. I loved Fraggle Rock!

[SoxFan]

49. Kimba the White Lion

Nowadays, I wear one of these:

[kwassa]

50. the greatest and most seditious of them all ..... ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE!

[sakabatou]

52. Oh god...

So many...

[bif]

53. Man From U.N.C.L.E., Wild, Wild West, Avengers

The Prisoner

[Broken_Hero]

58. hmm,

Superfriends

Airwolf

The Fallguy

The Incredible Hulk

Knight Rider

MacGyver

GI Joe

M.A.S.K

Transformers

He-Man

The Visionaries

To name a few....:)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

59. Astro Boy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy

Ranger Hal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_Hal