Try ‘The Waltons’, a wonderful series that ran for 6-8 years in the 70-80 time frame. It is the sensitive portrayal of various situations that happen to a good family growing up on their own moutain (small mountain) home surviving the depression in the 1930’s. The whole family, from youngest to oldest will enjoy it, and it teaches many moral lessons, and is always well written and interesting.
I got 4 or 5 years of the series on dvd at Sams Club last year.
Enjoy.
FarScape .... Awesome
More on the Waltons:
Here is an interesting review of this good moral family, and some of the decisions they must make, and there are listed a few other good series
(9 Years of the Walton’s / / 2010-04-10
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching this collection. I watched them, at least some or them when they were first produced, then have seen many in re-runs , but not in any certain order. This time, I watched from day 1 all the way through 9 years. I never realized how much history could be learned from the series, getting a bird’s eye view of the Great Depression and then the start of the Nazi takeover in Europe and eventually the US involvement. Everything was historically correct, not just the script, but the sets and props as well. Occasionally you could catch a prop or 2 that would have been impossible in the early 1940’s....like plastic! I watched the complete series of Little House on the Prairie, then the complete Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, before I watched The Walton’s. This was like a history of the US starting at the conclusion of the War Between the States all the way until`the mid-late 20th century. I purchased these video sets with the intention of selling after watching, but now I plan to keep them in my collection. Would be great to watch every 5-10 years to compare things then with now, especially politics and civil rights which are surprisingly the same.
All seasons of The Waltons / / 2010-02-12
Would highly recommend for families. Our 8 year old granddaughter is already hooked. She stayed with us one weekend and we ended up watching over 6-7 hours of The Waltons. In this day and age of so many problems it is refreshing seeing a family sticking together and overcoming obstacles with love and caring.