Early TV
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 7:13 pm
What is the first TV show that you can remember.
I remember Captain Kangaroo, Sky King, and The Gray Ghost.
I remember Captain Kangaroo, Sky King, and The Gray Ghost.
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 7:15 pm
Top Cops. The music used to scare me to death. I think I was only 3 or 4. I also remember Rescue 911 on CBS.
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 7:21 pm
Sha Na Na 
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:34 pm
Since I'm hitting 55 next month, my list of early TV memories goes WAY BACK:
-Howdy Doody;
-(The Original) Romper Room;
-Captain Kangaroo (especially the Tom Terrific episodes -- or was that a separate show?);
-Chicago local favorites including:
-The Two-Ton Baker Show (which was replaced by Lunchtime with Uncle Buckyand then Ringmaster Ned and THEN Bozo Circus);
-Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (fairly famous -- national? -- puppet show);
-Garfield Goose (local puppet show);
-The Cinnamon Bear (local puppets, a Christmas show, only shown in December, adapted from a radio serial from the 40's);
-Princess Mary's Magic Castle
I also remember my mom doing housework and watching/listening to
-Queen for a Day;
-The Spring Byington Show;
-Our Miss Brooks;
-The Gale Storm Show;
-The Loretta Young Show.
And, yes, I still remember watching the ORIGINAL episodes of
-I Love Lucy,
-Father Knows Best,
-Make Room for Daddy,
-American Bandstand (Philly),
-The Ed Sullivan Show!
-Howdy Doody;
-(The Original) Romper Room;
-Captain Kangaroo (especially the Tom Terrific episodes -- or was that a separate show?);
-Chicago local favorites including:
-The Two-Ton Baker Show (which was replaced by Lunchtime with Uncle Buckyand then Ringmaster Ned and THEN Bozo Circus);
-Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (fairly famous -- national? -- puppet show);
-Garfield Goose (local puppet show);
-The Cinnamon Bear (local puppets, a Christmas show, only shown in December, adapted from a radio serial from the 40's);
-Princess Mary's Magic Castle
I also remember my mom doing housework and watching/listening to
-Queen for a Day;
-The Spring Byington Show;
-Our Miss Brooks;
-The Gale Storm Show;
-The Loretta Young Show.
And, yes, I still remember watching the ORIGINAL episodes of
-I Love Lucy,
-Father Knows Best,
-Make Room for Daddy,
-American Bandstand (Philly),
-The Ed Sullivan Show!
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:42 pm
I vaguely remember the Uncle Al show (which I think was out of Cincinatti) and The New Zoo Revue along with the standard PBS shows Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and Mr. Rogers (I loved the Trolley!).
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:50 pm
Dee Bee wrote:Since I'm hitting 55 next month, my list of early TV memories goes WAY BACK:
-Howdy Doody;
-(The Original) Romper Room;
-Captain Kangaroo (especially the Tom Terrific episodes -- or was that a separate show?);
-Chicago local favorites including:
-The Two-Ton Baker Show (which was replaced by Lunchtime with Uncle Buckyand then Ringmaster Ned and THEN Bozo Circus);
-Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (fairly famous -- national? -- puppet show);
-Garfield Goose (local puppet show);
-The Cinnamon Bear (local puppets, a Christmas show, only shown in December, adapted from a radio serial from the 40's);
-Princess Mary's Magic Castle
I also remember my mom doing housework and watching/listening to
-Queen for a Day;
-The Spring Byington Show;
-Our Miss Brooks;
-The Gale Storm Show;
-The Loretta Young Show.
And, yes, I still remember watching the ORIGINAL episodes of
-I Love Lucy,
-Father Knows Best,
-Make Room for Daddy,
-American Bandstand (Philly),
-The Ed Sullivan Show!
All of the above, plus "The Edge of Night" (mother was addicted to "soaps"), "The Honeymooners", "Ten from Your Show of Shows", "The Steve Allen Show", "The Twilight Zone", and the original "Dragnet" (late Sunday evenings)...also a spin-off of the movie "The Vikings", just after Jack Webb's efforts.
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:58 pm
Being 28yrs old
I remember watching Fraggle Rock, Greatest American Hero, and Knight Rider
I remember watching Fraggle Rock, Greatest American Hero, and Knight Rider
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 10:07 pm
Anybody else remember "The Courtship Of Eddie's Father," starring Bill Bixby?
Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 11:47 pm
Since my list of early TV memories goes WAY BACK:
-Howdy Doody;
-Captain Kangaroo ;
-Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (fairly famous -- national? -- puppet show);
I also remember my mom doing housework and watching/listening to
-Queen for a Day;
-The Gale Storm Show;
-The Loretta Young Show.
And, yes, I still remember watching the ORIGINAL episodes of
-I Love Lucy,
-Father Knows Best,
-Make Room for Daddy,
-American Bandstand (Philly),
-The Ed Sullivan Show!
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:32 am
You all forgot Beanie with Cecil the Sea-sick Sea Serpent, Capt. Huffin' Puff and the lovely boat the Leakin' Lena.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 1:47 am
I go WAAAYYYYY back to the time when the TV stations would play the National Anthem and sign off with the Test Pattern at midnight and Sunday morning shows were religious in tone. Sid Cesear and Uncle Milty (Milton Berle) were big in those days.
Steve
Steve
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:42 am
Flintstones cartoons, Jetsons cartoons (There were others but those were my favorites!)
-Captain Kangaroo
-Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom
-Lawence welk
-LASSIE (tv show and movies)
-The Dick Van Dyke Show
-Mary Tyler Moore (including spinoffs)
-Rhoda
-Phyllis
-One Day At a Time
-Laugh In
-Donny and Marie
-Sonny and Cher
-Brady Bunch
-Happy Days
-Laverne and Shirley
-I Dream of Jeannie
-Mr. Ed
-Ed Sullivan (saw the Beatles)
-The Papa Don Schroder Show (local kids show)
-The Lynn Tony Show(Local kids show)
-Roy Rogers
-Sky King
-Midnight special
-American Bandstand
-Shindig
-Solid gold
-Hullabaloo
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-Captain Kangaroo
-Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom
-Lawence welk
-LASSIE (tv show and movies)
-The Dick Van Dyke Show
-Mary Tyler Moore (including spinoffs)
-Rhoda
-Phyllis
-One Day At a Time
-Laugh In
-Donny and Marie
-Sonny and Cher
-Brady Bunch
-Happy Days
-Laverne and Shirley
-I Dream of Jeannie
-Mr. Ed
-Ed Sullivan (saw the Beatles)
-The Papa Don Schroder Show (local kids show)
-The Lynn Tony Show(Local kids show)
-Roy Rogers
-Sky King
-Midnight special
-American Bandstand
-Shindig
-Solid gold
-Hullabaloo
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:43 am
Aslkahuna wrote:I go WAAAYYYYY back to the time when the TV stations would play the National Anthem and sign off with the Test Pattern at midnigh .... Steve
Yes -- and that used to be a real drag when I babysat for one couple who regularly didn't come home until 1:30 or 2 a.m.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:45 am
MomH wrote:You all forgot Beanie with Cecil the Sea-sick Sea Serpent, Capt. Huffin' Puff and the lovely boat the Leakin' Lena.
Of course! (And thanks for the name of the Leakin' Lena, which I HAD forgotten)
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:53 am
-The Lynn Tony Show(Local kids show)
Bringing back the memories.
I was on this show several times and had one of my birthdays while on the show.Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:19 am
The Red Skeleton show. I used to laugh at my dad laughing at him.
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:34 am
Well, growing up Cincinnati, we had many, many local shows begin right here.
Paul Dixon, who a very young David Letterman would watch with his mother, after skipping school! Yes Letterman took many of his ideas from this former, beloved local talk show.
Skipper Ryle - a Sunday morning, kids show. I was on it once.
Uncle Al - a young version of Skipper Ryle. I was also on it. But Uncle Al and his wife, were not so nice to kids off camera. Impatient, mean, never really into kids. Which we all thought odd, b/c it was a kids show! To this very day people say this about Uncle Al - it was fun to be on his show but he was an unusual choice for host, for a kids show.
Larry Smith Puppets - loved his Hattie the Witch rendition. Suddenly kids all over Cincinnati wanted to do their own puppet shows, rearranging furniture so they could hide behind the family's couch. We didn't have formal living rooms and family rooms back then. One room, one couch, one TV. That was usually placed against a wall.
Cool Ghoul - a late night ghoul who would narrate awful Sci-Fi movies, but it was hilarious stuff. So pre-teens on tuned in.
Bob Shreve - never got into his show.
50/50 Club - another daytime local talk show. Filled with female audience members, dressed to their finest, up to Easter Day standards...my mom must have gone once but she preferred Paul Dixon over the 50/50 Club anyday, which is very much like comparing Leno to Letterman today.
Here's a link for former, local Cincinnati shows:
http://boards.cincymusic.com/index.php? ... =5928&st=0
At one time, Cincinnati was on the brink of being a major player in early TV.
National shows I recall watching are Andy Griffith, Bewitched, Gilligan's Island, the Flintstones.
Mary
Paul Dixon, who a very young David Letterman would watch with his mother, after skipping school! Yes Letterman took many of his ideas from this former, beloved local talk show.
Skipper Ryle - a Sunday morning, kids show. I was on it once.
Uncle Al - a young version of Skipper Ryle. I was also on it. But Uncle Al and his wife, were not so nice to kids off camera. Impatient, mean, never really into kids. Which we all thought odd, b/c it was a kids show! To this very day people say this about Uncle Al - it was fun to be on his show but he was an unusual choice for host, for a kids show.
Larry Smith Puppets - loved his Hattie the Witch rendition. Suddenly kids all over Cincinnati wanted to do their own puppet shows, rearranging furniture so they could hide behind the family's couch. We didn't have formal living rooms and family rooms back then. One room, one couch, one TV. That was usually placed against a wall.
Cool Ghoul - a late night ghoul who would narrate awful Sci-Fi movies, but it was hilarious stuff. So pre-teens on tuned in.
Bob Shreve - never got into his show.
50/50 Club - another daytime local talk show. Filled with female audience members, dressed to their finest, up to Easter Day standards...my mom must have gone once but she preferred Paul Dixon over the 50/50 Club anyday, which is very much like comparing Leno to Letterman today.
Here's a link for former, local Cincinnati shows:
http://boards.cincymusic.com/index.php? ... =5928&st=0
At one time, Cincinnati was on the brink of being a major player in early TV.
National shows I recall watching are Andy Griffith, Bewitched, Gilligan's Island, the Flintstones.
Mary
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:16 am
Miss Mary wrote: Uncle Al - a young version of Skipper Ryle. I was also on it.
Maybe I saw you on it!
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:18 am
GalvestonDuck wrote:Miss Mary wrote: Uncle Al - a young version of Skipper Ryle. I was also on it.
Maybe I saw you on it!
You just might have! All I remember is they were advertising Barq's soda-pop, in 8 packs. Mix and match (wasn't that a great marketing idea?). And Mama's cookies. You sat there waiting, waiting, hoping to be on camera or talked to. Meanwhile your mother is sitting off the side, camera in hand. Giving you those looks as if to say - behave! Oh please behave! That's about all I can remember....probably have the pic, somewhere, someplace. LOL
Mary
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:21 am
Let's see. The Munsters comes to mind first! Also Gunsmoke (my dad LOVED Gunsmoke!). The Wonderful World of Disney.