Today I am participating in
Alex’s Blog Fest where I am to note my “Top 10 Television Shows.” Now me being a Baby Boomer I grew up when 3 channels were all you had to chose from and you watched real entertainment.
I have never been one to just sit and watch television though. As a kid I would rather be outside playing and this continued up into my forties. Now there just is not a lot of great television to watch, thank goodness for PBS. So here is my list.
Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea: I loved the adventure of this show and it had monsters. Besides that sub had a lot of buttons to push and I love buttons.
Dark Shadows: The streets in our neighborhood emptied every day at 4 because this show was on. For me it was dark, entertaining and scared the bejesus out of me. But then our TV was in the basement.
Laugh-In: Was the psychedelic show of the time. Who could forget “Sock it to me?” Ruth Buzzi as the bag lady who always hit the dirty old man in the park, I loved that character.
Star Trek: Original cast, though I’m still a fan it was the original I’m most fond of. My favorite episode was the furry tribbals.
Midnight Special: Wolfman Jack, wow. I loved music from an early age, so to have a show like a concert was a dream come true.
Kung Fu: Remember, the lonely monk wandering the west in search of who knows what spreading Zen. I always watched just to see him snatch that pebble and throw it at the master, never happened though.
Saturday Night Live (Original Cast): This was a true original show. The cast and their characters? Mr. Bill, Rosanne Rosanna Danna, the Coneheads, what a show! Not so fond of the latest versions.
Mash: I loved the movie and the TV show. Both were good to me. I stole many a practical joke from this show.
Designing Woman: To me said so many things us girls thought but never voiced. Julia Sugarbaker and her crazy sister Susanne. Susanne and her pig, it was just funny.
X Files: The only show I have bought the DVD version of. The conspiracy theories and all the weird creatures, what better way to spend a Sunday night?
That is my top 10 list, you notice there is no modern TV shows? Because I don’t do reality, game shows, soap operas or sitcoms, that doesn’t leave me much. My television now is used for background noise.
Have a good day all.
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30 comments:
Oh, Jules, I am across the pond, yet I so much find myself in your words. Iam not a big TV fan and wonder how long it will take me to dicharge the TV in the USA as "not interesting enough" except News obviously. I even could find 3 shows which were running on German TV too. And I love these too. I lvoe this international co-incidences. Hugs across the pond
what a great list! X-Files is modern though I think :-)
This blogfest was hard for me because I don't really watch TV. I cancelled cable last year and hopping around this blogfest, I don't feel like I missed much. Streaming Netflix is my new fix for entertainment. Closure every time :)
You have a great list! I watched Voyage to the bottom of the sea. Forgot all about it for the list. I use to also watch Dark Shadows. Designing women was hilarious! How could I forget that? Lots of great shows.
Yep. We have a couple in common. Laugh In was great. I was a young un' at the time but could still appreciate the humor, dancing, music, and Goldie Hawn. Kung Fu was great too.
Stephen Tremp
Star Trek, MASH, and X-Files - great choices! Yes, I remember the days of limited channels. Once in a blue moon, you could even pick up a station on UHF.
Thanks for participating in the blogfest!
So many people are naming Star Trek. Would you believe I have never watched it? Perhaps I should reconsider that...
Hooray! Finally some shows from my era that I recognize!
A few I mentioned on my list. I was a "Midnight Special" fanatic--one of my biggest fantasies back then was to have a band and be on that show.
Excellent list.
Lee
Tossing It Out
Say goodnight, Dick. That bit never gets old. Goldie was awesome on that show.
Some great shows I've never heard of. Great... now I have to watch more TV!
Clarissa Draper from Listen To The Voices
I LOVED Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. And X-files was on my list until the very last cut. It ended on such a flat note that it ruined the rest of the series for me.
You have a great list though I only knew a few but you found that out with my selection.
I went out at 8am UK time and got home at 6pm so am all behind with my comments.
Yvonne.
You have some brilliant choices! And hear you on modern TV.
Laugh In and Kung Fu - hadn't even crossed my mind and both are such GREAT shows!! X-Files did make my list, though. It seems to have made most lists!
DARK SHADOWS creeped me out big time when I was a kid. I'm still not sure I'm over it.
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~ D-FensDogg
'Loyal American Underground'
I used to watch designing women and x-files too- great list- and I'm right there with you I don't watch much TV, specially these days. lol Have a wonderful day Jules!
such great choices, so many to choose
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iZombie
I love catching old SNL reruns with Belushi and Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray and the rest. Classic!
Good ones. So many I'd forgotten about! ;)
designing women! that was such a great show! this blogfest is reminding me of bunches of great shows i had totally forgotten about!
I can vaguely remember Laugh In and the Red Skelton show....I was really young.
Designing Women-I was just talking about that show today, how funny!
I really loved your list. I've watched many re-runs of Dark Shadows...wow.
You've got some great shows here! I love MASH & Laugh In & X-Files. Awesome!! :)
I loved MASH, too!
I am not a huge TV fan, but I loved MASH. Even as a little girl. And I was a little girl when it about finished :)
Great shows! Suzanne was hilarious. I love how inappropriate she was.
I haven't thought about Kung Fu in a long time, and I haven't watched SNL in forever, also. I think it's good off and on, not very consistent lately.
Great list. I particularly like Star Trek, Xfiles and MASH
Lyn
W.I.P. It: A Writer's Journey
Wow, it's been so many years since I've owned a television that received any kind of broadcast signals, I think some of those shows may have still been on! I loved Mash, too :-)
I loved Mash and Designing Women which are not on my list. There have been so many shows.
This is yet another list that makes me feel super young :/ but i have seen the x-files and it is amazing!
We had 4 channels and PBS, didn't always come in. I loved Dark Shadows, we ran home to watch it, it was on at 3:30pm. I also had Star Trek and SNL; Classic TV at it's best! Great list~
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