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Wed Feb-04-04 08:34 PM
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Question for anyone who is 30 years old, +/- a year or two |
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I'm writing a fictional short story for a magazine submission. The main character is 30 years old, and it takes place in the present, which means he was born in 1974.
If you're somewhere between 28-32 years old now:
What were your favorite TV shows as a kid? (By "kid" I mean approximately between the ages of 5 and 12.)
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:36 PM
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1. My nieces now aged 32 and 30 |
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loved "Little House on the Prairie".
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:39 PM
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I'm 33, but close enough - Dukes were on for several years.
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:44 PM
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The Incredible Hulk was also a favorite of mine. I think both of those shows were on the same channel on the same night one after the other.
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Wed Feb-04-04 10:58 PM
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...and the Hulk. Battlestar Galactica was big for me, and I remember it being a big deal when I could watch M*A*S*H with my dad. :shrug:
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:40 PM
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3. MASK - GI Joe - Gobots - Transformers |
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:41 PM
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I loved the Saturday morning things
Sigmund the Sea Monster Land of the Lost H & R Puff n Stuff
(There was another one with a space ship & Ruth Buzzy (sp), but I can't remember.) I was pretty young when they were on, but they also had re-runs
Gilligan's Island (reruns) Alice All in the Family Whats Happening The Jeffersons 3's Company
I will try to think of more later.
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:41 PM
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5. Sesame St., 3-2-1 Contact, Captain Kangaroo, |
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the Love Boat & Fantasy Island (On Saturday nights, I think), LHOTP, Speed Racer, Scoobie-Doo, Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island (re-runs), Smurfs..
And my parents didn't even let me watch a lot of TV.
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:45 PM
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7. Happy Days, Three's Company |
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Yeah, yeah, I was a kid... I know.
I also like Little House on the Prairie, All in the Family and Barretta.
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:25 PM
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:28 PM
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But all of my friends liked it. I, the outcast again. :eyes:
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:30 PM
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34. we would have been our own clique of Chachi haters |
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that show was friggin awful.
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:50 PM
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In elementary school, I loved The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, Punky Brewster, Who's the Boss?, Growing Pains, The Cosby Show...basically all those family sitcoms.
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:30 PM
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Mork and Mindy. Sitcom plus sci fi - had to love that.
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Wed Feb-04-04 08:57 PM
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Edited on Wed Feb-04-04 08:58 PM by Pithlet
Born in 72. When I was little, I loved Sesame Street, Zoom, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, The Muppet Show.
When I was a little older I liked Little House on the Prairie, Mork and Mindy, Lavern and Shirley to name a few off the top of my head.
My favorite cartoons were always the Warner Bros. ones, esp. Daffy Duck, even though those were originally before my time. I think they enjoyed a surge in popularity in the 70's.
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:32 PM
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21. I forgot The Great Space Coaster. |
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Does anyone else remember that show?
No Gnus is good Gnus.
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:26 PM
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yeah that was a weird Muppet show type er... show...
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:02 PM
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10. Dukes of Hazzard; Automan, |
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Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince; Pryor's Place; and The Electric Company.
Tucker
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:30 PM
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I was trying to remember the name of that show! It was driving me crazy.
I liked Automan, too. Not a lot of people remember that show. Someone thought I was making it up once.
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:27 PM
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someone else who watched the single airing of the pilot...
Remember Street Hawk? The one with the super-duper motorcycle... That one aired only once too.
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:08 PM
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11. Uh oh: I'm 30, and I've got quite a list here! |
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(I'm also cursed with a brother 3 years younger, so I watched some of these even though i was too old for them at the time!)
TV "Dramas" (1 hour shows)
Dukes of Hazzard Magnum PI The Fall Guy Greatest American Hero Vegas Mike Hammer A-Team Knight Rider Stingray (damn, what's with all the 1980's car shows???)
the folks used to let us watch Dallas with them, too.
Kid Shows (late 70's-early 80's) Land of the Lost HR Puffenstuff 321 Contact (especially w/ the Bloodhound Gang and the silent live-action Spider-Man) Thundarr the Barbarian (and other Hanna-Barbara cartoons) Siegfried the Seamonster (often shown in conjunction w/ Land of the Lost, etc.) then, later... Transformers Voltron League of Justice GI Joe Heathcliff and for Saturday mornings nothing better than: that the Voyagers, a corny little show in which a kid and an inept "time-fixer" guy travelled through time solving problems. The guy was played by John Eric Hexum (??) who later accidently killed himself by play firing a blank round into his temple while the star of another 80's TV show, "Cover Up." Don't forget the popularity of He-Man in 1984!
Goddamn, homey. I could go on....
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:09 PM
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12. I was just talking to a friend about this |
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and she said her favorite shows on Sat. night were...
Love Boat & Fantasy Island! :D
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:13 PM
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13. Greatest American Hero, Knight Rider, A-Team, Six Million Dollar Man |
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:14 PM
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14. V, Mash, Knight Rider(nt) |
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:17 PM
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15. In addition to some of the ones already mentioned... |
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I loved some of the evening game shows. The two that really stand out were Tic Tac Dough and The Joker's Wild. I'd also sometimes watch Dallas or St. Elsewhere with my mom.
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:24 PM
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16. Ooh, ooh, does anyone remember "Jason of Star Command"? |
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That was my favorite show when I was about 7 - I think "Scotty" from Star Trek was even in it.
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:27 PM
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17. And Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century |
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manm, I was a total sci fi geek in elementary school.
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Wed Feb-04-04 09:32 PM
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20. Duke's of Hazard, Charlie's Angels, Buck Rogers, |
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Wed Feb-04-04 10:38 PM
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22. I'll be 29 in 9 days, does that count? |
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My favourite shows as a kid were:
Science International Battle of the Planets Star Trek (always in reruns) The Adventures of Hercules Eureka! Sesame Street The Electric Company Math Patrol The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (with Vincent Price!) Zig Zag! (a Canadian thing) Polka-Dot Door (another Canadian thing) Mr. Dressup (another Canadian thing, similar to Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, only better) Manimal (may not be contemporary, can't really remember too well) The Greatest American Hero Warner Bros. cartoons The Real Ghostbusters (again, may be a little later) He-Man and She-Ra (later again?)
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:17 PM
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25. We had Mr. Dressup here |
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But I did grow up in northern Minnesota, so it might have been on CBC.
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:01 PM
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:21 PM
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mine were:
Youth - 12 Yrs old
The Electric Company Sesame Street Buck Rogers in the 25th century Battlestar Galactica (for the whole season it aired) Star Blazers Force Five The A-Team Matt Houston Ripleys Believe it or not The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mystery Hour Eight is Enough Different Strokes Facts of Life WKRP in Cincinatti
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:24 PM
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27. I'm just short of 31... |
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Outside of cartoons and sports and other kids stuff, the first thing I remember is Hill Street Blues. Also remember watching LA Law and St. Elsewhere when I was a preteen.
As for comedy, Cheers and Night Court stick out.
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:25 PM
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28. Holy shit how could I forget "The White Shadow" |
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:29 PM
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33. 33 here...New Zoo Review, SuperFriends, Threes Company, |
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Sanford and Son, Brady Bunch reruns, Donny and Marie (purple socks),One Day at a Time, Alice,Happy Days, Hillstreet Blues, and let us not forget...the best...M*A*S*H.
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Wed Feb-04-04 11:31 PM
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35. I STILL WATCH The New Zoo Review |
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if I get up early enough...
Man that show is silly, but it's weirdly hypnotic while waiting for the caffeine to take effect, plus Emmy Jo is a doll.
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