Gunsmoke (B&W only OR Radio shows - great stuff!), Bonanza, Wanted: Dead Or Alive and The Rifleman are favorites at our house.
And what do our boys (ages 8 and 11) love to watch most of all at our cable-free, satellite-free, antenna-only home? In order of importance:
1. Agents Of SHIELD (only network show they watch)
2. Dragnet
3. Adam-12
4. The Rifleman
5. Gilligan’s Island
6. Leave It To Beaver
Otherwise, they’re not interested much in regular TV (movies are different). They LOVE the law-and-order, straight-and-narrow messages of Joe Friday.
***They LOVE the law-and-order, straight-and-narrow messages***
This is why these shows are real treasures. Not only do they remind us of the history of our country, they reinforce the Judeo-Christian values that our country was built upon. People stand up to Evil and defeat it with Good.
Then again, both were color by that time.
OBFav: Wild, Wild West.
“Just the facts ma’am” and the head nods. Priceless.