We didn’t have a TV for much of my youth, but there was Space 1999, which sucked, and the Dukes of Hazzard, which sucked, and whatever that one that Jimmy what’s-his-name was on (the Dyn-o-mite! guy), which sucked, and the Jeffersons, which sucked, and Chico and the Man, which sucked after halfway through the first season. In reruns we had Gilligan’s Island, which sucked, and…
I don’t know . . . after a few seasons, Alan Alda’s schtick got pretty tiring. On the other hand, Happy Days (in the early years especially) had some fine moments, not that I can remember any, and Laverne and Shirley had Lenny and Squiggy. (I’m not helping matters, am I?)
Gilligan’s Island sucked, oh yeah. But what about Sanford & Son? And All in the Family?
But as for kids’ programming, there was the horror of Sid and Marty Kroft. Remember H.R. Pufnstuff?
As for Dukes of Hazzard, I used to watch reruns of that in college just to piss off my dormies. I’d mastered that one guy’s laugh — “ah-hyuk-hyuk-hyuk.”
I wasn’t allowed to watch TV unless it was Masterpiece Theatre, MASH, The Carol Burnett Show, or Mary Tyler Moore, so I really have no idea what was out there.
I found all the weird stuff years later in reruns.
We did.
We didn’t have a TV for much of my youth, but there was Space 1999, which sucked, and the Dukes of Hazzard, which sucked, and whatever that one that Jimmy what’s-his-name was on (the Dyn-o-mite! guy), which sucked, and the Jeffersons, which sucked, and Chico and the Man, which sucked after halfway through the first season. In reruns we had Gilligan’s Island, which sucked, and…
Happy Days sucked. Laverne and Shirley,ugh.
oh, it’s too depressing.
But we also had MASH, which didn’t suck.
I don’t know . . . after a few seasons, Alan Alda’s schtick got pretty tiring. On the other hand, Happy Days (in the early years especially) had some fine moments, not that I can remember any, and Laverne and Shirley had Lenny and Squiggy. (I’m not helping matters, am I?)
Gilligan’s Island sucked, oh yeah. But what about Sanford & Son? And All in the Family?
But as for kids’ programming, there was the horror of Sid and Marty Kroft. Remember H.R. Pufnstuff?
As for Dukes of Hazzard, I used to watch reruns of that in college just to piss off my dormies. I’d mastered that one guy’s laugh — “ah-hyuk-hyuk-hyuk.”
I wasn’t allowed to watch TV unless it was Masterpiece Theatre, MASH, The Carol Burnett Show, or Mary Tyler Moore, so I really have no idea what was out there.
I found all the weird stuff years later in reruns.
Whereas I was raised in a TV-as-babysitter household 😉