Favorite tv shows while growing up

[TheBossInTheWall]

What were your favorite tv shows when you were a kid?

Mine were The Muppet Babies, The Real Ghostbusters, 227, Amen!, and My So Called Life.

[hammerfan]

The Partridge Family
The Brady Bunch
Rowan & Martin's Laugh In
The Carol Burnett Show
Emergency!
Adam-12
The Rookies

Dr. Shock's Mad Theater and Dr. Shock's Horror Theater

[cheebacheeba]

The first show I remember really NEEDING to watch as a child was called
"Mysterious Cities of Gold".
I've only recently discovered that they continued the show in 2012...30 years after the original series aired. Looking forward to a rewatch.

I quite enjoyed the 80's twilight zone.

Knight Rider

80's TMNT.

Masters of the Universe

The Wonder Years

A bit later down the line, I enjoyed American Gothic, Freaks and Geeks, and Invader Zim.

[Repo'd]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

The Brady Bunch
Rowan & Martin's Laugh In
The Carol Burnett Show

From Hammer's list, these shows for sure.

The very first show I HAD to watch was the original Batman series. Yeah, the one with Adam West. I didn't get the campy humor at all ( hey, I was like 3 years old ), but all that POW, POP and BLAM stuff just thrilled me! I really loved the dynamic duo and all the villains. I still love that show today, and now I get the jokes!

My other earliest TV memory is of the Ghost Host and his wonderful Horror movie show on Friday nights. As a little kid of maybe 7 or 8, I was already staying up waaay too late to check out all the scary stuff on late night TV. Ghost Host was our local horror host and he and that show are one of the big reasons I'm such a complete horror freak today.

[hammerfan]

Repo, you made me remember a couple more:

Yes, I also watched Batman!
Shazam!
H.R. Pufnstuf
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

[cheebacheeba]

Shazam!

Are we talking the Marvel Family one, or the one with the Genie and the flying camel?

I used to like "Full House" but I find it just about unbearable now.

Ducktales was a favourite of mine for a time.

Though they were before my time, I also saw many episodes of "Gilligans Island" and "The Munsters" (I remember I thought the latter was a new show when they started advertising it)

If we're including teens here, Murphy Brown, Seinfeld, Star Trek TNG and my personal favourite of that franchise "Voyager".

Also Pingu and Trapdoor.

[Repo'd]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Repo, you made me remember a couple more:

Yes, I also watched Batman!
Shazam!
H.R. Pufnstuf
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

Now you've reminded ME of more! I was nuts about Sigmund and H.R. Pufnstuf. I still find myself singing the Pufnstuf theme song for absolutely no reason at all. That magic flute stuff, very trippy.

[Repo'd]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Repo, you made me remember a couple more:

Yes, I also watched Batman!
Shazam!
H.R. Pufnstuf
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

Now you've reminded ME of more! I was nuts about Sigmund and H.R. Pufnstuf. I still find myself singing the Pufnstuf theme song for absolutely no reason at all. That magic flute stuff, very trippy.

Cheebs mentioned The Munsters. How did I leave that off my list? The unforgettable theme, and oh yes, Lily Munster (Yvonne DeCarlo), Perhaps my first horror crush.

[hammerfan]

Originally Posted by cheebacheeba

Are we talking the Marvel Family one, or the one with the Genie and the flying camel?

I'll have to see if I can find it on YouTube

Found it! https://youtu.be/aoOU1YQ_xkQ

[cheebacheeba]

Wow...a live action Captain Marvel.
I never knew about this.
This is a guy that could go toe to toe with Superman.
Interesting.

I actually watched a cartoon about this guy (and his "team" of other junion captain marvels etc), but this must have been a bit later.
This one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmm781WHxdk