You sure can tell peoples age by their responses 
Rockford files, for sure.
Get Smart, Green acres, and all the cartoon classics like Rocky, and Bullwinkle.
There was a local kids show (early 70's)featuring a multitude of characters, almost all played by the same guy called The hilarious house of Frightenstein.
Its back on, on the retro channel.
Its brilliant.
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June 14, 2008 5:01 p.m. suprf1y New Reader
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June 14, 2008 5:26 p.m. jsinnard New Reader
Laugh-In late at night, Bullwinkle, all the Sid and Marty Kroft stuff like Lidsville, HR Puff-n-Stuff, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, old Scoobie Doo before they added special guests and Scrappy, Lancelot Link-Secret Chimp (think Get Smart with chimpanzees). The Munsters, Addams Family, Beverly Hillbillies, ABC Wide World of Sports, Superstars, SuperTeams..... loved them all.
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June 14, 2008 10:10 p.m. Volksroddin New Reader
I always love waching ROBOTECH, G.I Joe was alright. ALF 3rd rock from the sun and the Simpsons
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June 14, 2008 11:43 p.m. Lesley Dork
Rockford Files, I Spy, Man from U.N.C.L.E., MASH, The Midnight Special (when I was just discovering Rock n' Roll), the original Star Trek, Emergency, Muppets +1
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June 15, 2008 12:29 a.m. Wally SuperDork
Emergency, A-team, Muppets, Dukes, Chips, Not Neccesarily the News, Newhart. and Motorweek, the Dave Dispain one, not the PBS one.
Nutherjrfan, I would tend to agree with your friends. My wife loves charmed, but I can only watch about three minutes at a time, alone. Mmmm Allyssa Milano.
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June 15, 2008 9:49 p.m. JoeyM New Reader
I liked many of the things mentioned earlier (e.g. airwolf, A-team) but I'm surprised that none of you have mentioned Riptide, Magnum P.I., MacGyver, or Hardcastle and McCormick (I used to think the coyote X was the coolest car ever....)
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June 15, 2008 10:24 p.m. matt_fulghum New Reader
It's all about MacGyver and Junkyard Wars/Scrapheap Challenge
Those shows combined made me wanna be an engineer/superhero soooo badly. I'm following my dreams! :P
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June 16, 2008 7:35 a.m. 914Driver HalfDork
Supercar!
Silly by today's standards, but I was younger then.
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June 16, 2008 10:07 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
oh wow... such great shows..
M*SH, Magnum PI, Simon and Simon, Hardcastle and McCormic, Knight Rider (before it got too silly). Anything Trek, Doctor Who
Animation: Starblazers (Space cruiser/Battleship Yamato, Speed racer, Tom and Jerry (before they spoke) Mighty Mouse, Rocky and Bullwinkle, loony tunes
Later I had something of a second childhood and got into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons.
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June 16, 2008 11:12 a.m. JamesSkipper None
Jack wrote: We watch Hogan's heros as a family occassionally. It's on cable, on just before dinner, so it's on while I'm cooking.
Rat Patrol, starring Vic Morrow, was one of my favorties. I'd love to see that one again.
My kids (ages 13 and 15) seem to like the old sitcoms, like Hogan's Hero's, Happy Days, etc.
Baxter, you are on drugs.
Jack
Vic Morrow starred in Combat not Rat Patrol.
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June 16, 2008 11:33 a.m. 16vCorey Dork
A few years ago I was watching Pee Wee's Playhouse, and noticed there's a picture of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs. Who knew that Pee Wee is a Subgenius?
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June 16, 2008 11:51 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
16vCorey wrote: A few years ago I was watching Pee Wee's Playhouse, and noticed there's a picture of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs. Who knew that Pee Wee is a Subgenius?
Is that what they're calling it in Indiana?
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June 16, 2008 12:10 p.m. pinchvalve SuperDork
I was the kid who knew that they build a special mid-engine truck for the jump scenes in "The Fall Guy" and how many General Lee's were used for the show.
Favorite Muppets scene?
Kermit: "Did animal get something to eat"
Floyd: "Sure man, like, he got a TV dinner"
Kermit: "Did he remember to cook it?"
Floyd: "Cook it? He didn't even unplug it!"
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June 16, 2008 1:14 p.m. 16vCorey Dork
Tim Baxter wrote:
http://www.subgenius.com/16vCorey wrote: A few years ago I was watching Pee Wee's Playhouse, and noticed there's a picture of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs. Who knew that Pee Wee is a Subgenius?
Is that what they're calling it in Indiana?
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June 16, 2008 1:15 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
I know, I know. Trying to make a joke there. Don't ruin it with facts and fancy interweb links.
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June 16, 2008 1:38 p.m. 16vCorey Dork
I figured as much, but just in case I thought it would be a good time to spread the word of Bob.
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June 16, 2008 2:04 p.m. RX Reven' New Reader
Two pages of favorite shows and “Land Of The Lost” hasn’t been mentioned yet???
http://www.70slivekidvid.com/land/lotlseason3.jpg
BTW, I used to work with the guy that did the truck jump in the Fall Guy intro….the 911 passing under the truck during the jump was his own DD. No family at the time so his thinking was that if he botched the jump, the 911 would be irrelevant.
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June 17, 2008 5:46 a.m. JoeyM New Reader
Supercar!
Silly by today's standards, but I was younger then.
Martin Woodhouse was the guy responsible for much of supercar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Woodhouse#Supercar_Episodes He also wrote some pretty good novels. Think of Tom Clancy books, but written by someone who actually was an aeronautical engineer...lots of nerdy goodness
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June 17, 2008 12:00 p.m. Ian F None
I watched Star Blazers religiously as a kid. I have the 3rd season (translated, but never broadcast in the US) on VHS. I think it has held up well. Btw, in the US version, the Yamato was called the Argo. I'm guessing that in the early 80's the name "Yamato" still may have been a 4-letter word to some WW2 vets. I'll have to seek out the newer movies.... although I have a love of anime that is currently in check and my wallet fears what would happen if I start looking at that stuff again.
By middle school and early high school, we got cable and MTV (this was back when they still played videos) and most of network TV took a back-burner... I also started watching a lot of PBS shows... Then I got my license, was rarely home, and didn't watch much TV at all...
When I was really young: Speed Racer, Ultraman, W-B and H-B cartoons, and so on... I watched most of the first few seasons of Dukes, but most of the episodes from the last seasons are new to me.
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June 17, 2008 6:17 p.m. snibborddot New Reader
How about . Wheelie and the chopper bunch ,Rockie and Bullwinkel show , Pink panther , Battlestar Galactica , Johnny Quest ,Scooby Doo , Jetsons , The Flintstones , The Munsters , The Adams family , Three's company , The Andy Griffith show , The Bozo show , "Simon's Sanctorium TV 50 Local Detroit Channel" , Lassie , Rin Tin Tin , Happy Days , Threes Company , Bay Watch , Davey and Goliath .
Wow maybe I've got a TV problem .
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June 17, 2008 6:34 p.m. JFX001 HalfDork
I always knew when cartoons were almost over on Saturday when Fat Albert came on.....Soul Train was soon to follow.
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June 18, 2008 9:04 a.m. Jensenman SuperDork
Oh, wow... when I was a kid I used to watch Get Smart, Man from UNCLE, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the original Scooby Doo, Disney when it was still black and white (that was the Sunday night signal that the weekend was almost done
), Top Cat, It's About Time (who else remembers that one?) and when I was a bit older the original Saturday Night Live, the first bunch (Belushi, Ackroyd, Curtin etc) will always be the best in my book. Also the original Star Trek, The Avengers (Diana Rigg... mmmmm.), The Saint, Mission: Impossible, Gilligan's Island, Green Acres, Rat Patrol, COMBAT!, The Twilight Zone (and Night Gallery a little later).
In my neck of the woods, Soul Train and American Bandstand marked the end of the Saturday morning kid's shows.
