And he wore a “doiby.” 
Wasn’t Dorothy Provine in those?
Dorothy Provine, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Even when I was six or seven years old, mmmmmmmmmm! :o
I watched Dobie Gillis every night at 6:00 on KSTP, channel 9. On Tuesday nights, the outro would be overdubbed with “Tonight on Combat!, Sgt Saunders must decide on …”
I still get goose bumps thinking of that! :o
I got special pleasure out of watching Dobie Gillis, because my mother hated it. The same was true for Hennessy, McHale`s Navy, and Star Trek. (Believe it or not!)
Wax cola bottles.
Sky King 1951
My Friend Flicka 1956
Actually, my baby book lists my first favorite shows as ***Lassie ***and The Mickey Mouse Club.
I remember growing up in the 80’s there were over two dozen different action figure line:
THE MOST POPULAR
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
He-Man and The Masters of the Universe
Kenner Star Wars
Thundercats
Marvel Comics’ Secret Wars
DC Super Powers Collection
THE MORE OBSCURE ONES
Sectaurs
M.A.S.K.
Dino-Riders
Defenders of the Earth
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
Crystar
The Incredible Crash Dummies
M.U.S.C.L.E.
Blackstar
BraveStarr
I sure I missed quite a few. The majority of these toylines were marketed with a cartoon on Saturday mornings. The popularity of action figures seemed die in the 1990’s alongside the death of Saturday morning cartoons.
The GI Joe of the '80s paled in comparison to the GI Joe of the '60s. Unfortunately, his popularity declined along with that of Vietnam. 
Anybody but me remember a cartoon show from the 60’s called The Amazing Three? I Believe it may have also been called The Wonder Three. It was a show about a cute kid having adventures with three aliens who looked like animals. I know I’m not the only one because there’s an episode posted on Youtube. The strange thing is that this was the third show imported to the US that was written by Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion. I guess it never made it big like the other two.
On the Captain and Tennille TV show, the Captain’s favorite TV show was The Bionic Watermellon.
I think I am the only living person who remembers it. 
I do not remember the watermelon, but that was a terrible show my parents watched for some inexplicable reason.
Ha! That reminded me:
*How dry i am
How wet ill be
if i dont find
the bathroom key
I found the key
i open the door
but i just went
on the bathroom floor*
The really odd thing about us singing this so enthusiastically for at least one summer (and then showing up when second grade started, belting it out and getting the other kids to annoy the teacher with it) is… that none of us had ever watched Howdy Doody.
He went off the air a year before we started kindergarten.
I just like the word Plastigoop!
OMG, Lassie was huge in our house–I recall my dad getting a ticket because we were out doing something and all us kids were losing our minds that we were not only missing Lassie but that we might also miss seeing Lassie wave goodbye at the end of the show. Inconsolable sobbing ensued, causing my dad to lose his rag and run a stop sign. Cop saw this, pulled him over and man, the pissed off look on dad’s face as he had to sit there quietly and get a ticket, a lecture AND listen to his crying kids. His worst nightmare!
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Might be a little earlier, but remember “Wacky Packs”? The door to my old room in the house I grew up in is still got sticky residue from those things on it.
My husband collected them as a kid… his little brother stuck them all over the house much to his dismay… I bought him a set about 10 yrs ago on ebay…worse thing I could have done, I have a child’s college education tied up in Wacky Packs now.
Maybe the premise was too odd for American kids at the time. I saw this show when I was three but for years afterward I thought it was some weird dream I had.
I must be old. I remember “Super Elastic Bubble Plastic,” fizzies (they seemed to have made a comeback in the 90s, maybe?), I had a Lite Brite, purple Klackers, and found a stash of Lawn Darts in my parents’ garage.
My brothers had Creepy Crawlers, and I had the flower version. I remember a disgusting edible version, too. And Shrinky Dinks.
Okay, here’s a toy that used to be ubiquitous but I can’t seem to find any trace that it existed. I think it was called “Fidgit” but it was NOT a fidget spinner. It was a thin, round-ish disk that appeared black on top. But you could move your finger around on the back & all sorts of fun colors & swirls would appear. Leave it alone & it would go black again, so obviously some sort of gooey oil-based viscous liquid was sealed up inside & the pressure of your finger would push it around to reveal colored gooey liquid. Very similar in effect to coloring a piece of paper with crayons & then covering it entirely in black pastel, then scratching it off. But reusable over and over!
“We never miss a meal, 'cause we love our cer-ee-eal!” Form memory I can only pick out Snorkeldorf and Boss Moss.
I had some of those. IN fact, due to my almost-complete lack of artistic ability, I use graphics apps like Assembly on my iPad that are basically digital Colorforms.
In a similar vein: I had Merlin
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They also showed movies you couldn’t see anywhere else (e.g. The Fabulous Stains), and had specials like the Rocky Horror Picture Show 10th Anniversary.
A blatant SNL ripoff, redeemed only by the fact that SNL itself tanked at the time. Andy Kaufman did a bit where he broke character in a sketch and started a fight. Good musical guests, I will say.
PLUNKER GUNS!!!
(No, actually, that wasnt’ the official name, just the one that stuck amongst my group playing the Assassination Game in my misspent youth. Everybody else had one-shot dart guns … we had the UZIs of Assassination!!)