Posted on 03/28/2016 8:23:05 PM PDT by V K Lee
Just thinking about the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy worked on an assembly line in a candy factory brings a smile to my face. Remembering the family spirit and wholesomeness of other shows like Father Knows Best, Leave It to Beaver, and The Donna Reed Show still warms my heart. These classic television programs made us laugh and cry without the sex and violence that is so commonly associated with television today. No wonder the interest in TV nostalgia is growing by leaps and bounds. Many of us enjoy revisiting the quality programs from the 50's, 60's, and 70's.
Nostalgia Popularity The growing number of rebroadcasts of classic television shows confirms our longing for those wistful days of yesterday. The Internet adds to our enjoyment with a wealth of Web sites devoted to television nostalgia.
Whether you are a baby boomer or are old enough to be the parent of a boomer, looking back brings vivid memories of the earlier days of television. Parents of boomers will remember bringing home their first TV. Baby boomers, the first generation to be raised in front of the TV, will remember many of the greatest shows ever produced.
Even with the plethora of reruns, sometimes simply watching classic TV isn't enough. The Internet steps in with entertaining information and interesting television production stories. If watching reruns on the tube only whets your appetite for more classic TV, you can find details, antidotes, and statistics about your favorite old programs as the Web and the Tube partner up.
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Thanks for your posting. It reminded me of some of the programs I was trying to recall, like Ben Casey and Man From Uncle.
Good posting that I agree with totally.
How about the movie “Song of the South”, with Uncle Remus? That was one of my favorite movies when a young boy. Nothing racist about the movie, but it’s been banned for some reason.
When a new idea appears, and it becomes successful, then we see too many clones soon after. Like the westerns of old. Bonanza beget Big Valley. 77 Sunset Strip beget Hawaiian Eye, Bourbon Street Beat, and possibly many more.
Remember The Mod Squad? The black, the woman, and the white male. All young unknowns when found to star in the show. Link is still seen from time to time still, Peggy Lipton was last seen in Twin Peaks and the young white male, older now, has a name I can’t recall and at the moment too lazy to look it up :-)) Michael? Just a guess.
One oldie which has yet to be mentioned is ‘Adventures in Paradise’ Do any remember that series? Adam Troy portrayed by Gardner McKay. And for a short time we were shown ‘Bus Stop’ which IIRC was with Marilyn Maxwell. Then TPTB had imagination and shows were more than just spit out chewing gum, re-chewed until it lost its flavor.
Good TV can be educational :-)) Remember how Lucy and Ricky evolved from a NY apartment and moved into the suburbs. And the twin beds they slept on. PLEASE! how that has changed in American culture. Lucy and Ethel as thick as thieves and Ricky always going down to the club for rehearsals. In today’s modern world that could mean only one thing. Who rehearses all the time? :- (insert sly grin here) These are “These Are The Good Old Days”
Cheers was considered a very good show, but believe that Frasier was liked just as well. It didn’t last long but it was watched...and ‘Eddie’ was adorable, just as that tattered old easy chair belonging to ‘Dear Old Dad’
Ten or so seasons is an exceptional run on TV prime time. Frasier has more episodes than MASH.
Pigmeat Markham then Sammy Davis Jr. I kid you not!! Pigmeat
the first season and Sammy thereafter
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That is sad. First Amos and Andy and now Charlie Chan.
Will adventures of that stolid old British man, Sherlock Holmes be next?
Or The Thin Man? After all he was an American, married considerable wealth and lived the life most could only dream of. He liked dogs, smoked, drank to excess and had friends in many places.
The familiar face of Jimmy Stewart was even a bad guy in one of those flicks.
Oh yes I remember seeing that movie as a child. And, correct, like many other films it is never shown any longer. As a child it was only looked at like good entertainment-nothing more.
If the time should come when my favorite ‘Fantasia’ is pulled, then it will be time to bid audios to life as we knew it. That particular film is the one to turn to in the dark days of winter where EVERYTHING is brown, dead, and uniform in lack of color. To put that Video into the VCR just to see color is like a quick fix to an addict.
Usually the shows that come out each season and well liked personally are the first to bite the dust. It’s as though some unknown radar is being used to thwart me Certainly didn’t seem that Frasier was on that long a run. But certainly possible.
Different strokes, I guess. I thought League of Gentlemen was one of the best comedies ever made — I have a DVD of it around here somewhere. And Graham Norton wasn’t short-lived. He’s still on today, and I watch it on BBC America weekly.
Some mobile devices might have them as well, but you have make sure you get the right kind of HDMI cable for the mobile devices because their ports are smaller and look different.
Make sure the HDMI cable you buy is the length you want. The longer the cable, the more expensive. But you can get a short, cheap one (six feet) for under ten dollars.
After you connect the cables make sure you have your tv turned to the right input channel. It probably won't be the same as your regular channel. For the shows you're looking for go to YouTube and enter the name of the show in the search engine.
I won't guarantee you'll find the tv show you're looking for, but I've found numerous episodes of old shows on YouTube and many movies.
I tend to favor old westerns, cop shows, and movies from the forties and fifties, but there are newer movies and tv shows as well.
Like I said, nothing is guaranteed as far as finding the show you're you want to see. But you can go to YouTube now and search and see if there's stuff you like.
It's actually pretty easy to set up. I have an HDMI cable permanently attached to several tvs. Then it's just a simple matter of hooking it up to the laptop and tuning the tv to the right input channel. I also watch replays of old sports events on my laptop on the tv with the HDMI cable.
I miss “The Benny Hill Show.”
I watched Benny Hill until my IQ bottomed out. ;)
You are not the only one, Friend. So do I
Thank you! Will bookmark your post and show the technician something to begin his learning adventure. Perhaps it will make sense to him. I only use the keyboard and the remote control :-))
BBC America we don’t see any longer-after dropping direct TV.
The League of Gentlemen will always be remembered for the phrase “This is a local shop for local people” The English certainly have a different sense of humor. In some regards Americans are far more ‘prudish’ than any Englishman. For instance, if Benny Hill’s show were to air here on OTA networks it is doubtful it would survive. He certainly loved the scantly clad women and seemed to always have at least one in the episode. :-))
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