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post #31 of 42
4/28/08 at 5:08am

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Originally Posted by MikeMO
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Also to everyone: If you had to pick a top 3 or top 5 live action shows that aired on Nickelodeon from the late 80's to 90's, what would they be?
These were mine:
You Can't Do That on Television
Mr Wizard's World
Salute Your Shorts
Nick Arcade
Double Dare
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post #32 of 42
4/28/08 at 5:45am

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Born in 69

Pre-13, in no order....

F Troop
The Honeymooners
The Odd Couple
Star Trek
The Muppet Show
Looney Tunes
Tom & Jerry
The Little Rascals
Batman
Spiderman cartoon
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post #33 of 42
4/28/08 at 7:36am

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Originally Posted by RAF
Tell me about it, Greg! I was born 19 days after the "true" debut of TV in the US on July 1, 1942 (not the "demo debut" at the 1939 World's Fair.)

Not even my kids would qualify for this "poll!" In fact some of my grandkids would.



Just for laughs (and in no particular order) if this question were asked of me:

Hopalong Cassidy
Howdy Doody
Captain Video
Captain Midnight
Winky Dink and You
Mr. I.magination
Rootie Kazootie
Magic Cottage
Junior Frolics
Andy Devine and the Gang

Off the top of my head, I can't even remember more than 10 children's shows (I'm sure there were more, but I was always looking in on the more grown up fare). Come to think of it, we didn't even have anything even close to 10 TV channels!

Not as old as Grandpa RAF but I do feel old, born in 1963, and the era you are looking at I was at least graduating high school, then in college. Ah, MTV days, now that was t.v.
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post #34 of 42
4/28/08 at 8:33am

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I recall the show called Jabberwocky (with Dirty Frank) and of course Electric Company and Sesame Street. gotta love that local programming

But I'm wracking my brain trying to recall the name of a show I used to watch where the title of the show was shown with a mirror image of itself and stood on end resembling a bug.

A little Google research leads me to think it MAY have been SNIPETS. I remember the Popcorn theme song and the self-returning coffee can toy "Come Back Here"
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post #35 of 42
4/28/08 at 8:49am

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Does everyone remember when the channels (only 3 channels kids!!) would have the Saturday Morning preview show introducing what was coming in the next season? I can vaguely remember the euphoria I'd feel during that. Would Fat Albert come back for another season? Etc... Saturday Mornings were simply magic. It's a shame kids of today will never know what that was like.
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post #36 of 42
4/28/08 at 11:29am

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Originally Posted by Radioman970
Does everyone remember when the channels (only 3 channels kids!!) would have the Saturday Morning preview show introducing what was coming in the next season? I can vaguely remember the euphoria I'd feel during that. Would Fat Albert come back for another season? Etc... Saturday Mornings were simply magic. It's a shame kids of today will never know what that was like.
I sure do! I used to look forward to that, and watched it several times. That's another great memory.

As far as that magic is concerned, I agree. I recall those days very fondly. My children, now used to watching DVDs with their parents, are surprised when we tell them that we had to wait a week (or longer, if pre-emptions existed) for various shows to conclude. Remember those 'Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel' lines at the conclusion of Batman? Heck, today we just let the tape (in the case of Batman) or DVD run to see the conclusion of a two (or three) parter. Our children expect it, as they don't watch network television.
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post #37 of 42
4/29/08 at 5:10am

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I sure do! I used to look forward to that, and watched it several times. That's another great memory.

As far as that magic is concerned, I agree. I recall those days very fondly. My children, now used to watching DVDs with their parents, are surprised when we tell them that we had to wait a week (or longer, if pre-emptions existed) for various shows to conclude. Remember those 'Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel' lines at the conclusion of Batman? Heck, today we just let the tape (in the case of Batman) or DVD run to see the conclusion of a two (or three) parter. Our children expect it, as they don't watch network television.
Very interesting! I remember a few years ago when they began releasing Hercules and Xena, I read in a review that the shows didn't work as well on DVD. I was like "wahhhh-what?!" And they reminded that each commercial break was a cliffhanger on those. With DVD the prolonged tension is lost.
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post #38 of 42
4/29/08 at 6:10am

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Originally Posted by Radioman970
Very interesting! I remember a few years ago when they began releasing Hercules and Xena, I read in a review that the shows didn't work as well on DVD. I was like "wahhhh-what?!" And they reminded that each commercial break was a cliffhanger on those. With DVD the prolonged tension is lost.
I had never considered that. I watched one episode (that's all it took) of Lost on television, and I could not sit through it. The commercials and advertising congestion in the corners of the screen turned me off to watching that show on television.
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post #39 of 42
4/29/08 at 8:11am

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speaking of limited channels.... I grew up in a household that only had one tv and we only got 4 channels (3, 4, 6 and 18). When satalite came out all our friends were buying dishes to get these new channels, but of course, my parents didn't go along with what everyone else was doing. We didn't even get a VCR until I was a junior in HS. We use to have to rent one everytime we wanted to rent movies.

While I hated that back then, I think as an adult I can appreciate the fact that I was out doing more than most of my friends. That being said, I loved tv growing up, even though we couldn't watch it as much as most people.
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post #40 of 42
4/29/08 at 9:38am

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I had never considered that. I watched one episode (that's all it took) of Lost on television, and I could not sit through it. The commercials and advertising congestion in the corners of the screen turned me off to watching that show on television.
That's one of the main reasons I canceled my dish after years of paying for it. The other was time compression and editing of old shows. Not worth the money I was paying. I spend that $50 (and then some!) on DVDs instead. Much more fun!!

When I used to watch Lost on regular TV it was usually snowy and those annoying ads didn't show up anyway. At this time abc.com's streaming version doesn't have that annoyance, thank God. Some of those things take up 1/4th or even 1/3rd of the scream and feature sounds of their own! Crazy.
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post #41 of 42
4/29/08 at 9:52am

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Originally Posted by Lucia Duran
speaking of limited channels.... I grew up in a household that only had one tv and we only got 4 channels (3, 4, 6 and 18). When satalite came out all our friends were buying dishes to get these new channels, but of course, my parents didn't go along with what everyone else was doing. We didn't even get a VCR until I was a junior in HS. We use to have to rent one everytime we wanted to rent movies.

While I hated that back then, I think as an adult I can appreciate the fact that I was out doing more than most of my friends. That being said, I loved tv growing up, even though we couldn't watch it as much as most people.
Great post Lucia. I have to brag about my mom again. She's great! Worked in jewelry most of her life, met more rock stars than I could only dream of, and cable guys too! While the guy was buying a ring she casually asked when we were getting it on our street. She probably flirted with the guy too. Heh heh! Anything for cable in 1983 or 84!! Go mom!!! She also went above my dad's head and bought a VCR. We were lectured at length on "how much it cost" so we'd all be coordinated when dad got home from work. The place was "having a sale..a VCR for only $150" in 1984!! What a deal! It was a tough as nails Zenith. I'll never forget our first trip to the video store. I think the place had about 70-100 tapes. Popular movies, Tom & Jerry cartoons. I don't remember what our first was. Probably something like Tootsie that we all liked. We each got one. Not dad, he don't like movies.

I was a huge TV watcher (mostly late night and weekends), but like you I still got out and did stuff with friends. It was actually my Commodore 64 that made me become more of an introvert. That evil machine!!
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post #42 of 42
4/29/08 at 11:21am
Thread Starter 

Re: Top Ten Shows From Your Childhood?

Hey everyone,

My article has now been published on Starpulse.com (I'm a contributing writer). If you are curious to check it out, here's a link:

Top 20 Kid Shows From The 80s & 90s - Starpulse Entertainment News Blog

Countdown lists are always tough to do because everyone has a strong opinion. Regardless, let me know your thoughts--good or bad.

Thanks.
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