Nostalgia

[Anthindelahunt]

Well guys,with Dougs screenshots and Take the test,has
brought back so many memories for me. So far all the good
ones. Makes me sad though,as those golden days are gone.

I know it is an old cliche but life was a lot simpler then,even
with the Cold War at the back of our minds.

This site is something special as it allows a wide range of topics.

Thanks.

Anthin.

[OldAirmail]

I'm not too sure that Leave it to Beaver was well known over on the other side, but as a '50s kid I describe Leave it to Beaver as reality TV back then.

No need to mention what passes for entertainment on todays TV.



Anyway - what we left behind
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puGQsQux80k[/youtube]

[Anthindelahunt]

Yes,I remember leave it to Beaver.My nickname in primary school
in Toronto was Wally,as I looked a lot like Beavers brother.

How about Howdy Doody?
Cannonball,Gunsmoke,Doctor Kildare,Adventures in Paradise starring
Gardiner McKay,77 Sunset Strip,Hawaian Eye,Hockey night in Canada!
I could go on and on. Dragnet.

Great Times

Anthin.

[OldAirmail]

Click on the YouTube video above to hear a song about much of that.

[PhantomTweak]

Yes,I remember leave it to Beaver

Dirtiest line ever allowed by the censors on TV: "Ward, you were pretty hard on the Beaver last night...."

Sorry to all, I couldn't resist...

And yes, I remembered all of it, and th stuff Anthin came up with too...
Drat, beat me to Dragnet by THIS much ><!
Star Trek, Daisy BB Guns, a slingshot in every boy's back pocket, Penny Loafers with a penny tucked in, Johnathan Winters, the Rat Pack (was Sinatra really "connected"??? who knows? besides Nancy that is), Blue Hawaii, "Is this trip REALLY necessary?", Victory Gardens, GI Joe

It goes on and on...
And not having all the idiotic over-protection: I never, ever wore a bike helmet, our school playground equipment was steel bars welded together over redwood chips, or sand, if a kid came home from school clean (gasp!), especially the boys, there was something very wrong! Nowadays they send a kid to Decon Level 1 if they see a him (her) pick anything up from the ground.
Heck, I broke my arm chasing a guy to have a fight, reached out to grab him and tripped over the pointy toe of my cowboy boot. Brought my arm down on his hardened heel. Missed him by THAT much! No one even noticed till later that afternoon!

Anyway, Happy memories and fair weather to all!
Pat☺

[Anthindelahunt]

Hey Phantom. Remember these.

Bourban Street Beat,Yancy Derringer,law of the Plainsman,have Gun Will Travel,Daniel Boon and Davey
Crockett.

Yes I had a coonskin hat. Artificial,but Hey.

Living down here in Australia,nobody knows about this stuff. You have to
be brought up in the USA or Canada to understand. But as a little kid in Ireland
before we emmigrated to Canada,Roy Rogers was the big thing. I still have a
Roy Rogers cap from the beginning of the fifties.

I wish some brainhead would build a time machine to travel back. The best times,
not to mention all those incredible Aircraft.

Anthin.

[Webb]

See if your provider supplies MeTV.

Adam-12
Adventures of Superman
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Andy Griffith Show
Batman
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Big Valley
Black Sheep Squadron
The Bob Newhart Show
Bonanza
The Brady Bunch
Cheers
CHiPs
Columbo
Daniel Boone
The Donna Reed Show
Dragnet
Emergency!
F Troop
Get Smart
Gilligan's Island
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Green Hornet
Green Screen Adventures
Gunsmoke
H.R. Pufnstuf
Hawaii Five-O
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Hogan's Heroes
I Love Lucy
Ironside
Land of the Lost
Leave It to Beaver
Lost in Space
The Love Boat
M*A*S*H
Make Room for Daddy
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Mayberry R.F.D.
Mission: Impossible
Mr. Lucky
Naked City
Night Gallery
The Odd Couple
Perry Mason
Peter Gunn
Petticoat Junction
Rawhide
The Rebel
Remington Steele
The Rifleman
The Rockford Files
The Rogues
Route 66
The Saint
Saved by the Bell
Star Trek
The Streets of San Francisco
Svengoolie
Taxi
That Girl
Thriller
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Welcome Back, Kotter
Wonder Woman

[Fozzer]

WOW!... ....!

What a list from Jim!
Lots of shows that I would like to watch again!
Only available in the Continental USA though... ...!

Paul... ...!

[Anthindelahunt]

Holy Cow Batman!

I think there was probably only two I don't remember.
We gat the odd one here now and again. MASH and Happy
Days. A couple of years back,they put on a few episodes of
77 Sunset Strip.

Thanks for the memories.

Anthin.

[ViperPilot]

I'll add to Jim's list with a couple...

How The West Was Won - There isn't a Lead Character on TV today that has the stones Zebulon Macahan had.

and

Airwolf - Even after 30 years, you'd be hard pressed to find anything comparable to 'The Lady'.

I'm also sticking one recent TV Series into the mix... the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. No cute kids, sappy love stories or mechanical puppy dogs here; probably one of the darkest and most brutal shows of the past decade.

If you've not seen it before... it isn't the Battlestar of your youth.

RIP Glen Larson.

[Anthindelahunt]

Remember that Viper. How about this ! Men into Space with William Lundigan
and of course who could forget,Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone. The Outer Limits.

Today it is sex and foul language.

Regards Anthin.

[Anthindelahunt]

Hi Webb.

No we cannot get it here in OZ. Total Drag.
It seems that is USA and Canada only.

Anthin.

[Anthindelahunt]

To get back to Phantom.

What about White Bucks shoes and Blue desert boots!
White bucks I think were started by Pat Boone. Had to whiten them up
every day with an applicator liquid.

Anthin.

[Webb]

A lot of old shows are available on Hulu (which has geographic restrictions) and archive.org (which I believe has no geographic restrictions).

Fred and Barney relax with a Winston

[Anthindelahunt]

Will check it out Webb.

Thanks Anthin.