Who remembers Mr Ed, F Troop, Daniel Boone, Batman, Get Smart and more ....

[steven100]

As soon as I got home from school I'd be stuck at the television for hours watching F Troop, Batman,  Lost in Space, Mr Ed, Gilligan's Island,  The Beverly Hillbilies, The three stooges and a few others ....

 

My favorite's were Lost in Space, Get Smart and The three stooges .....  I liked Batman also ....               

 

The American's were pretty good at slapstick comedy ...

 

Does anyone else remember those TV shows and what were your favorites   ?   

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by steven100

[nikmar]

[nikmar]

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Get Smart! The original....

 

   

 

 

Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt

 

And, re Gilligan's Island, MaryAnne or Ginger?

 

 

Dawn Wells, Bob Denver, Tina Louise

 

and don't forget, McHale's Navy! Again, original....

 

 

Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Joe Flynn

 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

Good memories. Lost In Space was my favourite.  Bubble headed booby. All except a couple of episodes - the one with the knight and the person dressed as a dragon was a shocker - were all good fun.

If you are a fan there is an excellent talk Johnathon Harris gave on Youtube when he toured with the robot to Australia in the 90's. It was huge in Australia. Amongst the kids. 

 

Adding to your list of others that were on:

The Patty Duke Show

I dream of Jeannie

My favourite martian

It's about time

[steven100]

2 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Good memories. Lost In Space was my favourite.  Bubble headed booby. All except a couple of episodes - the one with the knight and the person dressed as a dragon was a shocker - were all good fun.

If you are a fan there is an excellent talk Johnathon Harris gave on Youtube when he toured with the robot to Australia in the 90's. It was huge in Australia. Amongst the kids. 

 

Adding to your list of others that were on:

The Patty Duke Show

I dream of Jeannie

My favourite martian

It's about time

 

I dream of Jeannie was quite funny .....    and My Favourite Martian was good.  

 

[Lacessit]

Hogan's Heroes, Bewitched, Allo Allo, The Sweeney. Aussies got the benefit of supply from both sides of the Atlantic.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I think one of the earliest memories I have of watching TV as a child was the Daniel Boone western TV series with Fess Parker, which started in 1964 and ran thru 1970 on NBC. And had a catchy theme song as well, though this early version below isn't the one I remember from my "yooth"

 

 

This second, later version is the one I remember, starting at the 1:01 minute point:

"Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a BIG man..."

 

 

 

[KhunLA]

I remember most of them, born 1954.  Not a fan of;

Patty Duke

Daniel Boone

 

Liked Mission Impossible & Man from UNCLE.   I Spy was good also, though bias since from Philly.

 

Outer Limits & Twilight Zone.  So many;

Zorro

Saint

Hogan Heroes

McHale's Navy

Star Trek

Dark Shadows

Voyage to the Bottom of Sea, until a silly creature every week

Sea Hunt, actually got me interested in diving.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

And Bewitched (1964-1972) with Elizabeth Montgomery:

 

 

 

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057733/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

7 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I remember most of them, born 1954.  Not a fan of;

Patty Duke

Daniel Boone

 

Liked Mission Impossible & Man from UNCLE.   I Spy was good also, though bias since from Philly.

 

Outer Limits & Twilight Zone.  So many;

Zorro

Saint

Hogan Heroes

McHale's Navy

Star Trek

Dark Shadows

Voyage to the Bottom of Sea, until a silly creature every week

Sea Hunt, actually got me interested in diving.

 

Mission Impossible and the original Star Trek, of course, were first rate and iconic...

[steven100]

10 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I think one of the earliest memories I have of watching TV as a child was the Daniel Boone western TV series with Fess Parker, which started in 1964 and ran thru 1970 on NBC. And had a catchy theme song as well, though this early version below isn't the one I remember from my "yooth"

 

 

This second, later version is the one I remember, starting at the 1:01 minute point:

"Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a BIG man..."

 

 

 

 

yes,  that 1964 version was not the one I was use to watching ....    a bit later was better ....

 

this version ...

[stoner]

most of these were re runs by my time. 

 

classic.....

 

 

and who can forget mask

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Z1yLO9C-Q

[GinBoy2]

I remember them all.

 

F Troop

Gilligans Island 

Bewitched (Loved Elizabeth Montgomery)

Lost in Space (a Favorite)

Original ST

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Hogans Hero's

 

And a jump into the 80's for a comedy which is still one of my all time belly laugh shows;

WKRP in Cincinnati 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

From Brittanica on U.S. television in the 1960s:

 

"Some of the best-remembered series in TV history were first aired in the 1960s. They established the reputation of the medium in the eyes of many, and, because they were on film rather than live, they would continue to be seen by successive generations in perpetual reruns. Unlike the dramatic anthologies of the 1950s, which are mostly unavailable to contemporary viewers, the long string of “classic” programs featuring not only genies and talking cars but millionaire hillbillies and talking dogs, island castaways and talking horses, Stone Age families and suburban witches continued to be frequently rerun into the 21st century. For many viewers these programs brought hours of escapist pleasure; to others they came to identify American TV as a cultural wasteland catering to the lowest common denominator of public taste."

 

https://www.britannica.com/art/television-in-the-United-States/Rural-humour

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Few of the shows of my youth, except for the original Star Trek, ended up being among the best TV series I've seen during my ensuing life...

 

IMHO, those included from an American's perspective, in no order of ranking:

--Hill Street Blues

--The Shield

--24

--MASH

--Miami Vice

--The West Wing

--Brideshead Revisited (UK)

--Line of Duty (UK)

--Rumpole of the Bailey (UK)

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Gecko123]

Car 54 (Where are you?) had some really hilarious episodes. Here's one of my favorites (so well written):

 

 

The Honeymooners was another favorite.

[Madgee]

Favs as a kid:
Flintstones
Thunderbirds
Stingray
Joe 90
Captain Scarlet (& the Mysterons)
Crackerjack

Remember going to the 'minors' cinema on a Saturday morning:
Casey Jones
The Lone Ranger
Wacky Races
Looney Tunes cartoons

I then got interested in girls so the TV got ditched! 

[WhatMeWorry]

The only show I watched was the Brady Bunch, over and over and over again!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

9 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

the long string of “classic” programs featuring not only genies and talking cars but millionaire hillbillies and talking dogs, island castaways and talking horses, Stone Age families and suburban witches continued to be frequently rerun into the 21st century.

 

Quote

Of all the new shows of the 1965–66 season, perhaps Hogan’s Heroes (CBS, 1965–71) best exemplified the bizarre new direction TV entertainment was taking. Debuting in the top 10 of the Nielsen ratings, Hogan’s Heroes was a situation comedy set in a Nazi prison camp during World War II.

 

 

When Brittanica puts it like this above, it sounds pretty ridiculous... But hey, I was a very young kid back then... 

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

7 minutes ago, WhatMeWorry said:

The only show I watched was the Brady Bunch, over and over and over again!

 

 

 

Early wet dreams..... courtesy of Maureen McCormick, and later, Eve Plumb.

Edited December 14, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[steven100]

15 minutes ago, Madgee said:

Favs as a kid:
Flintstones
Thunderbirds
Stingray
Joe 90
Captain Scarlet (& the Mysterons)
Crackerjack

Remember going to the 'minors' cinema on a Saturday morning:
Casey Jones
The Lone Ranger
Wacky Races
Looney Tunes cartoons

I then got interested in girls so the TV got ditched! 

 

The Flintstones were excellent   !!     I loved that show every afternoon ...

[Lacessit]

51 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

And Bewitched (1964-1972) with Elizabeth Montgomery:

 

 

 

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057733/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

Apparently she was quite promiscuous in real life, in contrast to the squeaky clean image of Bewitched.

[steven100]

32 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

From Brittanica on U.S. television in the 1960s:

 

"Some of the best-remembered series in TV history were first aired in the 1960s. They established the reputation of the medium in the eyes of many, and, because they were on film rather than live, they would continue to be seen by successive generations in perpetual reruns. Unlike the dramatic anthologies of the 1950s, which are mostly unavailable to contemporary viewers, the long string of “classic” programs featuring not only genies and talking cars but millionaire hillbillies and talking dogs, island castaways and talking horses, Stone Age families and suburban witches continued to be frequently rerun into the 21st century. For many viewers these programs brought hours of escapist pleasure; to others they came to identify American TV as a cultural wasteland catering to the lowest common denominator of public taste."

 

https://www.britannica.com/art/television-in-the-United-States/Rural-humour

 

 

A talking horse that can use a telephone and speaks to the operator ......      haha 

 

what a good show that was ....       great comedy .. 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by steven100

[couchpotato]

The 'Cone of Silence' would be a good place for a quickie st.

[steven100]

53 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

From Brittanica on U.S. television in the 1960s:

 

"Some of the best-remembered series in TV history were first aired in the 1960s. They established the reputation of the medium in the eyes of many, and, because they were on film rather than live, they would continue to be seen by successive generations in perpetual reruns. Unlike the dramatic anthologies of the 1950s, which are mostly unavailable to contemporary viewers, the long string of “classic” programs featuring not only genies and talking cars but millionaire hillbillies and talking dogs, island castaways and talking horses, Stone Age families and suburban witches continued to be frequently rerun into the 21st century. For many viewers these programs brought hours of escapist pleasure; to others they came to identify American TV as a cultural wasteland catering to the lowest common denominator of public taste."

 

https://www.britannica.com/art/television-in-the-United-States/Rural-humour

 

 

Do you remember this show  ....   ?

 

[connda]

Who remembers Mr Ed, F Troop, Daniel Boone, Batman, Get Smart and more ....

The same people who grew up with black and white TVs which still were running on vacuum-tube technology.
<raises hand> 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

32 minutes ago, connda said:

Who remembers Mr Ed, F Troop, Daniel Boone, Batman, Get Smart and more ....

The same people who grew up with black and white TVs which still were running on vacuum-tube technology.
<raises hand> 

 

Started out with B&W when I was just a wee nipper...and then transitioned to color as I was growing up.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

43 minutes ago, steven100 said:

 

Do you remember this show  ....   ?

 

 

 

Rural humour

"The following week, on Oct. 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show (CBS, 1960–68) had its delayed premiere and was an immediate ratings success. During its entire run of eight seasons, the show ranked in the top 10 of the Nielsen ratings, leaving the air in 1968 as the highest-rated program on television. It also inspired two spin-offs, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (CBS, 1964–69) and Mayberry R.F.D. (CBS, 1968–71), both of which were also top-10 hits. The rural situation comedy had its foundation in a long American tradition of hayseed humour."

 

https://www.britannica.com/art/television-in-the-United-States/Rural-humour

 

I was never much of a fan of the rural / hayseed humor shows....  But, I also grew up in city areas, not out in the sticks. No "awe shucks" folks around in my youth.

 

 

 

 

[fiddlehead]

One of my favorites:  "Car 54 where are you"?      Tutty and Mulddoon.  
They were the same 2 actors who were grandpa and Lurch on the Adams family.  
Good stuff, both shows.