I'm sitting here surfing the web and flipping through 80 some-odd channels and you know what? TV sucks. Nothing but crap on TV- even Speed seems to suck any more. It seems like Pinks is always on. It's ok in small doses but...
I borrowed the first season of Starsky and Hutch from my sister and watched an episode the other night. Remember when you looked forward to watching shows like this? Sure they were sometimes corny but they had their own brand of personality. We were "blessed" with cable when I was a kid and we always seemed to find something decent on one of those 13 channels. Even Cartoons suck these days (I do like family guy but it's not for kids!)
What were your favorite TV shows back in the good old days of TV?
I liked all those cop shows- Starsky and Hutch Columbo McCloud SWAT The Rookies Mod Squad
And there were great comedies: All in the Family Threes Company MASH Seinfeld
I told my wife we should just cancel cable and buy full seasons of our favorite shows on DVD. I can get all my news (world and local) and old car info online so I could live without Speed as well. Todd
I hear you Todd.actually picked up seasons of,st. & hutch a couple wks ago,along with gilligans isl,adam 12(sweet),wifey got part. family.,and bwitched (yay).never watch any of the sitcoms today.usually on the history chanel/a&e/disc/oln.mainly
Reminds me of that Bruce Springsteen song," 57 Channels and nothin' on" I feel the same way. We have Bell satellite and it's a waste of money most of the time. does anyone remember "77 Sunset Strip" ? Beverly Hillbillies Batman Hogan's Hero's Sanford & Son
I liKe the Peachtree movie channel.. I was going to go BELL, like my daughter did, but most channels seem to be PAY I enjoy Speed and Discovery and History Old re runs of Mash are great Did you see the movie SECONDHAND LIONS the other night? full of big old cars....
I wish you could just pick the channels you really watch. The technology is there but Rogers wouldn't want people only buying 5 or 6 of them. If I could, I'd keep
Speed Discovery CNN BBC History TMC And maybe Spike for the Sunday car shows.
Ah, thanks for reminding me about Adam 12. That was my dads favorite show. I'll have to pick that one up on DVD. I still remember the episode where they picked up a kid "whacked out on codeine". Ahh, a simpler time..
I also liked Emergency. And don't tell anyone but we bought the first season of the Flintstones! "I gotta hand it to you Fred!"
I wish you could just pick the channels you really watch. The technology is there but Rogers wouldn't want people only buying 5 or 6 of them. If I could, I'd keep
Speed Discovery CNN BBC History TMC And maybe Spike for the Sunday car shows.
Ah, thanks for reminding me about Adam 12. That was my dads favorite show. I'll have to pick that one up on DVD. I still remember the episode where they picked up a kid "whacked out on codeine". Ahh, a simpler time..
I also liked Emergency. And don't tell anyone but we bought the first season of the Flintstones! "I gotta hand it to you Fred!"
Todd
when i was a kid id alway have to watch emergancy,havnt seen it in years
Reminds me of that Bruce Springsteen song," 57 Channels and nothin' on" I feel the same way. We have Bell satellite and it's a waste of money most of the time. does anyone remember "77 Sunset Strip" ? Beverly Hillbillies Batman Hogan's Hero's Sanford & Son
Maverick Lost in Space Saint Persuaders Mickey Mouse Club (Annette) Charlies Angels (Farrah) Avengers (Diana )
My parents were also big fans of Dallas.I remember J.R calling Sue-Ellen a sl*t. I didn't know what it meant and I called a girl the same thing at school the next day. Boy, did I get in crap!
most any show from the '60s was great... get smart star trek laugh in dragnet mission impossible batman green hornet lost in space bewitched bonanza munsters addams family i dream of jeannie (still) mannix the invaders my mother the car flintstones the outer limits twilight zone jackie gleason show.......
My wife and I are Trek fans (not enough to go to the conventions or anything too geeky). We have the complete original series on DVD. I also liked Next Generation and pondered buying it on DVD but it's expensive..
Dragnet Mod Squad Green Acres (Uncle Joe is still Da Man) Mission: Impossible Addams Family Lost in Space Leave it To Beaver.
TV just ain't what it use to be. But then again, what is?
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We had cable till we moved to the farm 15 years ago. Our TV was ALWAYS on then. Our son was born a year later and I didn't want to be raising our kids on TV. My wife and I had serious TV detox, to say the least. It took a couple of years to cut the habit.
No lie, other than when we are somewhere else and the TV is on (friends, hotel, lunchroom at work) I have turned on the TV exactly once to watch it in 2008. I now am a firm hater of TV because there is nothing on worth watching since we don't have pay TV.
By the way, you guys named pretty much all my favorite shows from when I was a kid except for Dynasty and it's not hard to figure out why a teenager loved that show.......
-- Edited by Carl Stevenson at 01:41, 2008-11-27
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Emergency Adam 12 Dragnet Happy Days Starsky and Hutch Miami Vice The Fugitive The Man from U.N.C.L.E. There were so many back then, and the cartoons seemed much better....Definatly simpler times.
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