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When We Were Young! – British Children’s Television series 1960’s
When We Were Young! – American Children’s Television series 1960’s
When We Were Young! – Australian Children’s Television series 1960’s
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Part 4 – When We Were Young! [4]
Let me know below what your favourite TV shows were for you when you were young.
Here’s the next 10 from our list.
Let me know below which were your favourites…
28 – Adventures of Superman – 1952 – 1958 – 6 Seasons – 104 Episodes
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a syndicated TV adaptation of the beloved DC Comics superhero! You know the drill: When he isn’t fighting for truth, justice and the American way, the man in tights dons a suit and glasses for his secret identity as Daily Planet newspaper reporter Clark Kent, who works alongside friends Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen for gruff boss Perry White.
29 – Flower Pot Men – 1952 – 1953+ – 3 Seasons – 78 Episodes
Flower Pot Men is a British children’s programme, produced by BBC television, first transmitted in 1952, and repeated regularly for more than twenty years. A reboot of the show called Bill and Ben was produced in 2001
30 – The Addams Family – 1964 – 1966 – 2 Seasons – 64 Episodes
Morticia and Gomez Addams head a perplexingly macabre family whose members include a giant named Lurch, who acts as doorman, a disembodied hand named Thing, not-quite-right son Pugsley and morose daughter Wednesday.
31 – The Munsters – 1964 – 1966 – 2 Seasons – 70 Episodes
The family at 1313 Mockingbird Lane is a little… different. Dad Herman looks like Frankenstein’s monster; mom Lily and her dad, Grandpa, are vampires; and son Eddie is a werewolf. Poor Marilyn, their niece, is the odd one out — she’s just a normal girl. And the family doesn’t like to call attention to her unfortunate looks.
32 – The Dick Van Dyke Show – 1961 – 1966 – 5 Seasons – 159 Episodes
Rob Petrie, the head writer of a comedy show, tends to get into farcical situations with his fellow writers and his family.
33 – Here’s Lucy – 1968 – 1974 – 5 Seasons – 144 Episodes
Here’s Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The series co-starred her long-time comedy partner Gale Gordon and her real-life children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr.. It was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1974. It was Ball’s third network sitcom following I Love Lucy (1951–57) and The Lucy Show (1962–68).
34 – I Dream of Jeannie – 1965 – 1970 – 5 Seasons – 139 Episodes
An astronaut, Tony Nelson, finds a beautiful, blond 2000-year-old genie in a bottle after a flight. Jeannie turns out to be mischievous, a little innocent and very much in love with her master.
35 – Bewitched – 1964 – 1972 – 8 Seasons – 254 Episodes
Samantha falls in love with New York ad exec Darrin Stephens and marries him in the first episode of the sitcom. Then Darrin finds out that his new bride is one of a secret society of powerful witches and warlocks and that a twitch of her nose brings magic results. Thoroughly befuddled, Darrin makes her promise never to use her powers. She agrees and tries to settle into being the perfect suburban housewife. Her mother, Endora, however, has a different agenda. She hates that Samantha has married a mortal and continually tries to break them up. Sam’s other spellbinding friends and family pop in and out of the Stephens household as Sam tries (and most of the time fails) to live without magic.
36 – My Three Sons – 1960 – 1972 – 12 Seasons – 254 Episodes
Steven Douglas, a widower and aeronautical engineer, faces various problems while raising his sons Mike, Robbie and Chip.
37 – Dr Who – 1963 – 1989 – 26 Seasons – 857 Episodes
Steven Douglas, a widower and aeronautical engineer, faces various problems while raising his sons Mike, Robbie and Chip.
Well there we go, that’s part four of ten, now tell us, which are your favourites from this line up, or are these new to you …………. really??
Jeannie was my favorite & I bought the whole series a few years ago but didn’t enjoy it. As a kid, the sexism didn’t bother me, but it does now. All those shows were sexist, which is part of the reason why sexism is so hard to eradicate from culture ~ it’s soaked into everyone’s brain. I liked the Addams Family and the Munsters too, but again…
Yes, that was the way things were back in time – not defending and l agree with you – as to how society moves on – an interesting comment that sexism is soaked into everyone’s brain – and one for provocative thought indeed.
Ps: Strangely enough … l bought the Bewitched series for Suze at her request for one Christmas and we both agreed that we didn’t like it because of the way of difference – so valid point and the same as your experience with IDOJ 🙂
Interesting! Guess we must let sleeping magic rest in peace…
Can you believe I’ve never seen Dr Who?!? I didnt watch Addams Family much, Flower Pot Men & Howdy Doody weren’t even on re-runs I dont think🤷🏼♀️
I did like watching all the others though.
Did you watch Leave It To Beaver?
Hey Grandma, l watched the very early Dwho’s – scared the crap out of me especially the Daleks! I actually remember seeing those for the first time in B&W – must have been around 1968 we were still in Australia and l guess it was a rerun..
Dang! That’s a lot of Daleks😱
Yes and do you know what else? I was so disturbed by this mechanical creature that l never watched Dr Who again – ever and l mean ever. Ha ha
As to Leave it to Beaver – no, never saw it, but l will dedicate the show to you in the final episode 🙂
Yeah… I’m exactly like June Cleaver🤣🤣
Ahh okay dokie 🙂
Here’s one you might like
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54jhbq
Bewitched, Adams Family and of course Lucy show were our favorites
Indeed, they were the favourites of many of us … as Paula and l were briefly discussing last night though – they had limited ‘millenium rerun’ capability though and sadly do appear very dated. Especially Bewitched – which was a favourite of mine when younger.
They are slow as compared to the comedies of today.
Yes, very much so.
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Has to be Dr Who 1 and the Addams Family 2. Whatever happened to Cousin It.
An excellent question what did happen to Copusin It?
I love several of these. Addams, Munsters, Dick van Dyke, Here’s Lucy (anything Lucy!) Jeannie, Bewitched, and My Three Sons. I read this when you first posted it and mentioned it to a friend. It’s sparked a thorough conversation, enjoyable and deep in the whys of shows and what they represent. Thank you 😊
That’s the stuff, deep conversations – society doesn’t have enough of those anymore – so bravo 🙂
Thank you for the inspiration 😊
Always a pleasure 🙂