With TV having been a constant part of our lives from the start (for better or worse), I wonder: what is your fondest TV memory? By that, I mean a series or show or event or moment that had special significance to you because of the context in which you watched and what was happening in your life at the time. Maybe a series that you used to watch with a beloved parent or significant other that brings back warm memories. Or a show you were watching the night you first kissed your girl. Perhaps a character who inspired you towards a particular profession or career, or a TV special or event that had a significant effect on your attitude and outlook on life. Or was there maybe a particular comedy that gave you some needed laughs during a really dark or otherwise negative time in your life? Share and discuss.....
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Fondest TV Memory?
- Thread starter Stanislav
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After giving it some thought, I've come to the realization that my fondest TV memories are of watching movies on TV with my family. Seriously. My mother was a night owl, and loved to watch the all night movies they used to show on KTTV-11 in L.A. My father loved to spend Sundays on the couch, not watching sports and drinking beer, but drinking beer and watching movies. I have a couple of sisters who also loved to watch movies on the tube. I guess one of our family's definition of "bonding" was talking to each other during commercial breaks or slow parts of a movie.
Funny, occasionally my father would put us all in the station wagon and park backwards in the drive-in theater parking lot, and we all enjoyed that experience, it was fun, but it still didn't match how we all got to know each other, and communicated with each other while watching a movie on TV.
My father is now 91, and he still enjoys watching movies on TV. Sometimes, he'll call me just to talk about a movie, or to ask me if I've seen a certain movie or not, and if it's any good.
Yep, TV movies played a big role in bonding my family.
Funny, occasionally my father would put us all in the station wagon and park backwards in the drive-in theater parking lot, and we all enjoyed that experience, it was fun, but it still didn't match how we all got to know each other, and communicated with each other while watching a movie on TV.
My father is now 91, and he still enjoys watching movies on TV. Sometimes, he'll call me just to talk about a movie, or to ask me if I've seen a certain movie or not, and if it's any good.
Yep, TV movies played a big role in bonding my family.
K
kirkiefan
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"Pluck your magic twanger Froggy!...BOYYYINNNNG!"
"Hi ya kids hiyahiya"
Andy Devine and Froggy The Gremlin from "Andy's Gang."
"Hey Rocky...Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat!" (again?)
Bill Scott as Bullwinkle and June Foray as Rocky
from "Rocky and His Freinds"
(KLUMMP!)....." here we come...walking down the street
we get the funniest looks from...everyone we meet.."
Theme from "The Monkees" (Micky Dolenz lead vocal)
"I'LLL DOO DA THINNIN' AROUND HERE...AND DO-OO-OO-N'T YOU FOR-GIT IT!"
Daws Butler...voice of Quick Draw Mc Graw
"And now for something completely different (ITSZZZ)"
John Cleese from Monty Python's Flying Circus
"Na-no Na-no...SHAZBOT!"
Robin Williams as Mork from Mork and Mindy
"Booger!"
Howard Hesseman as Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP In Cincinnati
"Awww....Pancho!" ("eh....Cisco!")
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carillo from The Cisco Kid
"EXACTA-MUNDO...AYYYYYYY!"
Henry Winkler as Arthur Fonzerelli from Happy Days
All of the rapid paced dialogue from all episodes of "Speed Racer"
Pete Fernandez, Corrine Orr,Jack Griimes and Jack Curtis
"JETTTT-SONNNNNN!"
Mel Blanc as Mr Spacely from The Jetsons
"WHAT THE HECK?............D.J. YOU DIRTY GUY!"
Irv Shoemaker as Cecil The Seasick Sea Serpent from The Beany and Cecil Show
(also voiced Dishonest John "D.J."-Cecil's archnemesis)
"Hi ya kids hiyahiya"
Andy Devine and Froggy The Gremlin from "Andy's Gang."
"Hey Rocky...Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat!" (again?)
Bill Scott as Bullwinkle and June Foray as Rocky
from "Rocky and His Freinds"
(KLUMMP!)....." here we come...walking down the street
we get the funniest looks from...everyone we meet.."
Theme from "The Monkees" (Micky Dolenz lead vocal)
"I'LLL DOO DA THINNIN' AROUND HERE...AND DO-OO-OO-N'T YOU FOR-GIT IT!"
Daws Butler...voice of Quick Draw Mc Graw
"And now for something completely different (ITSZZZ)"
John Cleese from Monty Python's Flying Circus
"Na-no Na-no...SHAZBOT!"
Robin Williams as Mork from Mork and Mindy
"Booger!"
Howard Hesseman as Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP In Cincinnati
"Awww....Pancho!" ("eh....Cisco!")
Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carillo from The Cisco Kid
"EXACTA-MUNDO...AYYYYYYY!"
Henry Winkler as Arthur Fonzerelli from Happy Days
All of the rapid paced dialogue from all episodes of "Speed Racer"
Pete Fernandez, Corrine Orr,Jack Griimes and Jack Curtis
"JETTTT-SONNNNNN!"
Mel Blanc as Mr Spacely from The Jetsons
"WHAT THE HECK?............D.J. YOU DIRTY GUY!"
Irv Shoemaker as Cecil The Seasick Sea Serpent from The Beany and Cecil Show
(also voiced Dishonest John "D.J."-Cecil's archnemesis)
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harrisburgpatv
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My fondest TV memory would have to be all the days I spent as a youngster between 4pm-6pm on weekdays.
4pm was Sesame Street, 5pm was Mr. Rogers and 5:30 was Electric Company. I always looked forward to Fridays because of the long credit roll on Sesame Street and Electric Company (thanks to the magic of DVD's and YouTube, I can watch some of these again).
4pm seemed to be a universal time for Sesame Street on PBS all across the board. These days it could be any time; I believe my PBS station (WITF in Harrisburg) is the only one who runs it at 7pm weeknights...
4pm was Sesame Street, 5pm was Mr. Rogers and 5:30 was Electric Company. I always looked forward to Fridays because of the long credit roll on Sesame Street and Electric Company (thanks to the magic of DVD's and YouTube, I can watch some of these again).
4pm seemed to be a universal time for Sesame Street on PBS all across the board. These days it could be any time; I believe my PBS station (WITF in Harrisburg) is the only one who runs it at 7pm weeknights...
Watching coverage of on-going news coverage - both good (Moonwalk, early space shots) and bad (JFK assasination, 09/11/01). Through TV, you were a witness to history-making events.
I'll say "1979 World Series" between Pittsburgh and Baltimore because I was a fan of both teams (it was a long time ago ) and it was the first real time I got to stay up late for anything, and I watched the games with my dad.
) and it was the first real time I got to stay up late for anything, and I watched the games with my dad.Strangely enough I would say the Watergate hearings. Watching them turned me from a goofy kid into,, dare I say it,, a liberal political junkie. Maybe not the fondest memory, but the most life shaping one from TV.
As for happy/fond memories, Officer Joe Bolton on Channel 11 in NYC showing "The Three Stooges" in the afternoon. I can still remember Moe coming on the show to tell us kids not to do what they do (eye poking, slapping,,,,,) No, I didn't listen to him either.
As for happy/fond memories, Officer Joe Bolton on Channel 11 in NYC showing "The Three Stooges" in the afternoon. I can still remember Moe coming on the show to tell us kids not to do what they do (eye poking, slapping,,,,,) No, I didn't listen to him either.
sack said:
Same here -- for me, it was the tumultuous year of 1968. Even though I was only 10, the news reports of the killings of MLK and RFK, the riots, the police actions at the Chicago convention, LBJ deciding not to run, etc. It really made the impression on me that "hmmm....things are obviously not as neat and tidy in this country as my history book teaches me." (A few years later, Watergate would really solidify that sentiment!) It really opened my eyes to become a voracious follower of the news, and a first-class skeptic who accepts nothing at face value and is always seeking to find the news BEHIND the news -- i.e., what's REALLY going on?
sack said:
Again, a shared sentiment, as I grew up in Jersey and watched all those shows. Officer Joe, certainly, whose showing of the Stooges shorts taught me that mayhem and slapstick are beautiful things. There was Chuck McCann and his goofiness, not to mention his dead-on impressions of Oliver Hardy. Soupy Sales, obviously, was a big idol -- I had an outfit just like his (white button-down shirt, black v-neck sweater, red and white polka dot bow tie, white pants) and I remember my mother even crafting for me at her sewing machine a crude imitation of "White Fang's" hairy paw. Sandy Becker, with his characters (Hambone, Norton Nork, The Big Professor, etc.) -- I loved the way he never, EVER talked down to kids or patronized them, but treated them like what they are -- just little humans who have vivid imaginations and a passion and capability to learn new things every day. And Sunday mornings, there was the marathon of Wonderama -- I go all the way back to the Sonny Fox days. Another show that really treated us kids with respect, from interesting guests to a variety of cultural stuff (singers, dancers, puppeteers, etc.) from different cultures. Being a kid in the NY market back then was KidVid Heaven. And all these guys were local dudes, doing live or live-on-tape shows every day, very creative individuals who gave us original humor far removed from today's cookie-cutter crap on Nick, Disney, etc. It's sad to think that there is NOTHING like any of these shows left on TV. But then, shows like those would not work today anyway -- kids now with 500 channels and the Internet grow up WAY too fast, and would see Soupy or Sandy or Sonny or Chuck as corny and old-fashioned. (Just like me....) ;D
I know I've mentioned most of these at other times..My earliest fond memory would probably be watching the Price Is Right during the ABC years (1963-65) and playing "Game Show Host" While playing Price Is Right with the Spiegel Catalog..
My most consistent memories are of Saturday Mornings in front of the TV from 7AM (Barnaby and Woodrow-KYW/WKYC-3 in Cleveland. They had up to 2 hours) Through all the Saturday Network Cartoons past 12 Noon..Captain Penny twice daily on WEWS-TV 5 and Weekday Barnaby..Usually about 4:30 followed by tuning over to 5 for Captain Penny..Or Tuning back and forth if they were both on at the same time..Captain Penny Showed The 3 Stooges, Batfink, Roger Ramjet, Quick Draw McGraw, Woody Woodpecker, Magilla Gorilla, Peter Potamus, The Little Rascals and others..While Barnaby always had Popeye (all versions) plus Mr. Magoo, Hercules, Wizard of Oz and Dick Tracy..By 1965 Channel 5 had Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear in Once a week time slots at 6:30PM..I Also have fond memories of Mr. Jingeling on TV 5 at the Christmas season..I think the Cleveland kid hosts were the best outside of New York and Chicago..
Stanislav:
While I know you arent a fan of the retro schedules (which is fine) I have to give you credit for coming up with interesting, thought provoking topics on here..kudos to you..
My most consistent memories are of Saturday Mornings in front of the TV from 7AM (Barnaby and Woodrow-KYW/WKYC-3 in Cleveland. They had up to 2 hours) Through all the Saturday Network Cartoons past 12 Noon..Captain Penny twice daily on WEWS-TV 5 and Weekday Barnaby..Usually about 4:30 followed by tuning over to 5 for Captain Penny..Or Tuning back and forth if they were both on at the same time..Captain Penny Showed The 3 Stooges, Batfink, Roger Ramjet, Quick Draw McGraw, Woody Woodpecker, Magilla Gorilla, Peter Potamus, The Little Rascals and others..While Barnaby always had Popeye (all versions) plus Mr. Magoo, Hercules, Wizard of Oz and Dick Tracy..By 1965 Channel 5 had Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear in Once a week time slots at 6:30PM..I Also have fond memories of Mr. Jingeling on TV 5 at the Christmas season..I think the Cleveland kid hosts were the best outside of New York and Chicago..
Stanislav:
While I know you arent a fan of the retro schedules (which is fine) I have to give you credit for coming up with interesting, thought provoking topics on here..kudos to you..
Tim L said:
I sometimes find the retro schedules interesting -- what I objected to was the way folks used to upload 10 or 15 of them or more at a time, and it would push other current threads to the second page (where, let's face it, a lot of us are lazy or busy and never get beyond page one).
I'm more than cool with the way they've been being posted in recent months -- one, or two, or maybe three at a time. That works out best for everybody. Johnny Carson saying goodbye after 30 years as host of the Tonight Show.
I've had to think hard about the "fondest" memory, as opposed to the "most memorable" moments. So here are a couple of candidates:
1) childhood - Captain Kangaroo (mid '60s format) -- There was something very warm and intelligent about this show (remember the short production films, and the great Columbia recordings?). Sadly, watching the revamped format in the 70s while babysitting my niece, it seemed to have lost some of what made it great before.
2) teen years -- Saturday nights on CBS in the mid '70s. -- a true family evening around the TV, from All in the Family to Carol Burnett; sometimes the folks even stayed up with me to watch Saturday Night Live on NBC.
3) adulthood -- Simpsons (1990-2003) About the only show I went out of my way to see. It's kind of jumped the shark in recent years, but the syndicated reruns still hold up.
1) childhood - Captain Kangaroo (mid '60s format) -- There was something very warm and intelligent about this show (remember the short production films, and the great Columbia recordings?). Sadly, watching the revamped format in the 70s while babysitting my niece, it seemed to have lost some of what made it great before.
2) teen years -- Saturday nights on CBS in the mid '70s. -- a true family evening around the TV, from All in the Family to Carol Burnett; sometimes the folks even stayed up with me to watch Saturday Night Live on NBC.
3) adulthood -- Simpsons (1990-2003) About the only show I went out of my way to see. It's kind of jumped the shark in recent years, but the syndicated reruns still hold up.
It's usally hard for me to conjur up a "fondest memory," or my favorite (whatever), but what popped into my head was - being allowed to stay up late on Friday nights to watch the Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock presents. This was from about 1960 - 63 - about age 8 to 11 for me. Being able to stay up late was part of the thrill, but Saturday wasn't a school day, of course. And these two shows were particularly fun for me at that age - especially the Twilight Zone, which could scare me just a little bit on occasion, and really expanded my imagination.
CBS ruined these two shows, I thought - when they were both expanded to 60 minutes (1964, I think). After that, they seemed too slow-paced and talky, without much added plot. I believe they were both cancelled after one or two seasons in the longer format.
CBS ruined these two shows, I thought - when they were both expanded to 60 minutes (1964, I think). After that, they seemed too slow-paced and talky, without much added plot. I believe they were both cancelled after one or two seasons in the longer format.
YEKIMI said:
Jack LaLanne - a life-long San Francisco Bay Area resident is now 93 years old I guess that health regimen of his worked. Even Jack has slowed down a little, though. He's given up his annual swim from Fisherman's Wharf to Alcatraz with the row-boats chained to his feet.
http://www.jacklalanne.com/index2.htm
...my fondest? Saturday nights in 1971-72, sitting down with a good pizza and some A&W to watch AWA "All-Star Wrestling," L.A. T-Birds "Roller Game of the Week," "Bikini Theater" (American International beach pictures*) and "Shock Theatre" (American International horror movies) over KFIZ-TV/34 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. KFIZ-TV folded shortly after that in November '72...
*although they did once run What's Up, Tiger Lily? on "Bikini Theater; while not a beach movie, there are quite a few bikinis in it...
*although they did once run What's Up, Tiger Lily? on "Bikini Theater; while not a beach movie, there are quite a few bikinis in it...
Lkeller said:
The one for me was The Outer Limits. Monday nights... outgrowing my 7:30 bedtime.
Other fond memories:
- Dark Shadows every afternoon after school
- This is a true story. I couldn't have been more than 5 years old (at least I hope I wasn't more than 5). Gene London had a local kid's show every morning at 7:30 featuring cartoons, storytelling, and I remember he used to draw a lot, so he must had been an artist. One morning I overslept and actually thought I could still watch his show if I turned the clock back to 7:30. (No TiVo in the '60s!)
- Childhood crushes: Barbara Eden - I Dream of Jeannie, Lara Parker - Angelique on Dark Shadows, Joanna Frank - Regina, the Queen Bee in the "ZZZZZ" episode of The Outer Limits, Raquel Welch after seeing the movie "Fantastic Voyage"
- Funniest single scene ever in a series: There was an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show where the WJM newscast mixed up the audio and video. The audio was Ted Baxter talking about Sue Ann Nivens, the Happy Homemaker, but the video shown on the air was a story about pig farming.
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