Old TV shows that spark a memory

[Hawgdriver]

Pure nostalgia. For some reason, these shows made an impression--probably just the catchy intro for most of them. Let me know if you got one.

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I remember thinking the show was pretty dumb, and I was a kid then, so I can't imagine watching it now. But the intro had promises of magic.

[Hawgdriver]

Only three seasons, right? And I was watching reruns fifteen years later... It's like the Firefly of the 60's. Something like that.

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[Hawgdriver]

I guess what I'm getting at is the theme songs. Because I don't know if I ever actually watched an episode of this, but the song was dope to my young ears.

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[Hawgdriver]

Oh hell yeah.

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[Hawgdriver]

I think I actually liked this show most of the time.

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[Hawgdriver]

Maybe I should have stopped at 4 Dales and gone to bed.

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[Hawgdriver]

Maybe this is why 40-ish white Americans are racist. Because omg this gave me such a microchub when I was 5 or 6 or so.

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[Hawgdriver]

where did these creative titans go? this is sooooo catchy

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I bet they are now programming ultra-low latency online ad revenue auction clearinghouses.

[Hawgdriver]

Ok...last one for now. But the best.

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[Hawgdriver]

Objectively speaking, Cheers, Bosom Buddies, and M*A*S*H have better theme songs. But you keep hearing them, so the nostalgia ain't there.

Sometimes I'd get stuck at home and someone was watching a show like Young and Restless...actually had a terrific theme, realized that tonight.

[FanInAZ]

Ok...last one for now. But the best.

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I watched it for the theme song, but then lost interest once the episodes started.

[Timmy!]

Maybe this is why 40-ish white Americans are racist. Because omg this gave me such a microchub when I was 5 or 6 or so.

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I loved this show. I used to dance around the coffee table in the living room when I was 5 when it came on. 69 charger, and a girl that wore shorts so tight and short they are literally now referred to as Daisy Dukes.

[NightTrainLayne]

Ok...last one for now. But the best.

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I had to go look that one up just last week. Loved that theme song, "Believe it or Not".

What about this one:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzAJ5P97MsA



My brother and I would ride our bikes around the neighborhood pretending to be officers Baker and Poncherello. We'd practice riding in tandem and doing turns around the corners in unison just like the show. :D

When we weren't doing that, we were Bo and Luke Duke.

[FanInAZ]

I had to go look that one up just last week. Loved that theme song, "Believe it or Not".

What about this one:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzAJ5P97MsA



My brother and I would ride our bikes around the neighborhood pretending to be officers Baker and Poncherello. We'd practice riding in tandem and doing turns around the corners in unison just like the show. :D

When we weren't doing that, we were Bo and Luke Duke.

I was watching the 1st season on Amazon Prime & I notice the exact same "Woody" stationwagon kept showing up in different episodes. One episode it belong to a large family that lost track of their infant. It belong to a bad guy in a different episode & got stolen in yet another episode :lol:

[aberdien]

Loved watching TV Land and Nick at Nite as a kid.

My faves:

-Three's Company
-All in the Family
-Cosby Show
-Gilligan's Island
-Facts of Life
-Dukes of Hazzard
-Different Strokes
-Laverne and Shirley
-Murphy Brown
-The Wonder Years
-The Brady Bunch
-Happy Days
-The Jeffersons

I saw an episode of Gilligan's Island a few weeks ago and it was so bad. Makes me afraid to rewatch any of the others just in case it turns out they sucked. Nostalgia! I loved the Dukes of Hazzard so much. Who didn't want to be in a real life version of that show.

My all time favorite, and one that holds up well is I Love Lucy. I would show old episodes of I Love Lucy in class when we had downtime. At first the kids were like wtf black and white this is the worst I don't wanna watch it. But then it starts and they laugh and like it and want to watch more. If I achieved nothing else, I can at least say that I got teenagers to appreciate and enjoy an old black and white TV show that is almost 70 years old. Good humor is timeless.

[Hawgdriver]

I had to go look that one up just last week. Loved that theme song, "Believe it or Not".

What about this one:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzAJ5P97MsA



My brother and I would ride our bikes around the neighborhood pretending to be officers Baker and Poncherello. We'd practice riding in tandem and doing turns around the corners in unison just like the show. :D

When we weren't doing that, we were Bo and Luke Duke.

Haha yeah, that was supposed to be the 2d Dukes of Hazzard that I pasted wrong and didn't fix...so catchy!

[Valar Morghulis]

The Benny Hill show sparks memories of joe

[Nomad]

'Good Times'

'Sanford & Son'

[BroncoJoe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdRgBAY278

[Nomad]

‘Dallas’ will always remind me of my Mom.

[Dreadnought]

My absolute favorite as a little boy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCuf5tvTqE

[BroncoJoe]

Man, I forgot about that show. Spend many hours watching it!

[Dreadnought]

Another classic of my youth


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIhEpjnaNlo

[BroncoJoe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwpH_IYg0N8

[BroncoJoe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQsrvW6Ji4

[Hawgdriver]

The Star Trek intro might be my all time favorite. That and Twilight Zone. You just knew you were going to see something clever that would tickle your imagination.

[BroncoJoe]

The Star Trek intro might be my all time favorite. That and Twilight Zone. You just knew you were going to see something clever that would tickle your imagination.

It's interesting how many things that were "imagined" when that show was created (mid-60's) have come to reality.

[Nomad]

‘SuperFriends’

[Nomad]

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[MasterShake]

Shows I always seemed to watch just before bed as a kid or after school:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn6kEsloMdE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTZBy5qAA0k


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vZNWdFd1UM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeA7a0uS3A


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXNM0dTzHOE

[MasterShake]

Another classic of my youth


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIhEpjnaNlo

Back when Mike Pence had his own cartoon and flew his family around on adventures!

[Dreadnought]

Back when Mike Pence had his own cartoon and flew his family around on adventures!

Yeah, fighting Commies, weirdos with foreign accents, and mad scientists. They did a reboot in the 90's but Jonny had acquired a sister and it sucked

[MasterShake]

Yeah, fighting Commies, weirdos with foreign accents, and mad scientists. They did a reboot in the 90's but Jonny had acquired a sister and it sucked

I loved the old Hannah Barbara cartoons. It struck me the other day as my son took his Flinstone vitamin that he has never SEEN an episode of the damn show. Will have to fix that soon.

[OrangeHoof]

Speaking of TV themes, by weird accident you can sing "Amazing Grace" to the tune of the Gilligan's Island theme and you can sing the Gilligan's Island theme to the tune of "Amazing Grace".

The "All in the Family" theme had an extra verse that was not in the tv intro but was on the comedy album:
Edith: People used to seem content....Fifty dollars paid the rent
Archie: Freaks were in a circus tent
Both: Those were the days!

[Hawgdriver]

Shake, how about these?

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I wonder if Scarlett has anything to do with my love of redheads.

[Northman]

Used to watch BOTP's before school every morning.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXreeU6eKio

Other favs not mentioned already.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uS5b8aQ6z8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyKmxudCYKU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hci3fWEx-JA

[Northman]

And outside of The Love Boat this was always a regular for me, RIP Kahn.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x_QbVDlLbI

[Hawgdriver]

I used to get really jazzed when Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, or Starblazers came on.

North I've never even heard of BOTP but it would have been just like that.

[Dreadnought]

Then there was this, from my early 1960's youth

The production values and animation are horrifyingly bad. Downright creepy. I could never understand why my Mom hated this show so much , esp. as she was a pretty good amateur artist. I think the art work actually offended her. There is nothing near as awful these days - and this was before the Hippie drug epidemic, too!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImSf2xXsAN4