# Help, I'm having 60s TV flashbacks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176 "2002-07-10T03:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/1 "2002-07-10T03:08:12Z")
When Cox Cable in Fairfax, Va, finally went digital, we started getting Boomerang, the Cartoon Network spinoff cable chanel that shows old cartoons from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I’ve been catching up with shows I remember as a wee tot, like Ruff N’ Ready, Jonny Quest, The Banana Splits, and so on. But now I’m having repressed memories of other shows I loved, like **GE College Bow** l, which went off the air when I was 8. I remember **Gentle Ben** with the hot dad in the Everglades, **My Favorite Martian** , which came on Sunday nights after **The 20th Century with Walter Cronkite** , presented by Union Carbide. When I started 1st grade, I had a **It’s About Time** lunchbox. I remember watching **F-Troop** (with the luscious Ken Berry) and then **Bewitched** on Tuesday nights. Help, TVLand is eating my brain! Oh, no, **Here Come The Brides**! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/2 "2002-07-10T04:08:05Z")
Ken Berry? Luscious?! Were your Rice Krispies being laced with LSD? _shakes head sadly_ All of my 60s TV memories are from syndicated dead-ad-time-filling re-runs from the 70s and 80s… jayjay 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/3 "2002-07-10T05:42:38Z")
It’s about time It’s about space [It’s about two men in the strangest place](http://www.tvparty.com/70/abouttime.ram) Out of my head Out! Out! ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/4 "2002-07-10T06:51:40Z")
Gods, for years I sung the theme from _It’s About Time_ hoping to find another person who even remembered the show!! People told me I was delusional, but I wasn’t. It really was on the air, and other people saw it, too. Not just me. Nope, other people, too. My mind is at ease. Blessings on your head, **astro** for providing that link, and to you **gobear** for having great taste in lunchboxes. Now if only I could find someone who remembered **Lancer.** Cute cowboy brothers, one with angst, my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/5 "2002-07-10T06:57:29Z")
Gods, for years I sung the theme from _It’s About Time_ hoping to find another person who even remembered the show!! People told me I was delusional, but I wasn’t. It really was on the air, and other people saw it, too. Not just me. Nope, other people, too. My mind is at ease. Blessings on your head, **astro** for providing that link, and to you **gobear** for having great taste in lunchboxes. Now if only I could find someone who remembered **Lancer.** Cute cowboy brothers, one with angst, my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/6 "2002-07-10T11:12:56Z")
OK, **JayJay** , how about Ron Ely as Tarzan? Ain’t no question 'bout his lusciousness! And that tight loincloth… 😃 And, yes, I watched [**Lancer**](http://epguides.com/Lancer/), but I was more into **Bonanza** and **The High Chaparral** (oh, that Henry Darrow and those leather pants!) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/7 "2002-07-10T11:18:50Z")
Remember “Captain Nice?” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/8 "2002-07-10T13:29:06Z")
Sure…it was on right after **Mister Terrific,** a much superior show. Anybody got any **Arnie** bootlegs to sell or swap? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/9 "2002-07-10T14:11:18Z")
I’m all about Eva Gabor in a really clingy nighty fixing some flapjacks. Or making “hot water soup” (Eb: “Gee, Ms. Douglas, you make hot water soup just like may mama used to make!”) Our version of the theme song to “It’s About Time” went: “It’s about Time It’s about Space It’s about Time I slapped your face” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/10 "2002-07-10T21:50:21Z")
Sheesh! You sure brought up some ancient memories. I clearly remember watching “It’s About Time” and thinking that it was hysterical. Of course, I thought “Gilligan’s Island” was hysterical, too. IAT had Imogene Coca in it, didn’t it? And Mike Mazurki, I believe. And BTW astro, a pox upon you for that link. ::banging head on wall to change mental channels:: ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/11 "2002-07-11T02:43:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\* > > Our version of the theme song to “It’s About Time” went: > > “It’s about Time > It’s about Space > It’s about Time > I slapped your face” \*\* So did ours. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/12 "2002-07-11T04:20:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*OK, JayJay, how about Ron Ely as Tarzan? Ain’t no question 'bout his lusciousness! And that tight loincloth… 😃 \*\* I’ll tell you (and 10,000+ other Dopers) a little secret. [sub]Ron Ely’s Tarzan was my first indication that I was gay, at 5 years old![/sub] I spent more time trying to hide the obviously aroused state of my pajama-clad privates from the view of my dad when that show was on than anything else I can remember at that age. jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/13 "2002-07-11T13:23:23Z")
Wow. _It’s About Time_. I _loved_ that show when I was little. Anything with astronauts or airplanes in it was fine by me! The theme reminds me of the commercials. Remember McDonalds? McDonalds is your kind of place It’s such a happy place… Of course, we sang: McDonalds is my kind of place Throw mustard in your face They steal your license plates… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/14 "2002-07-11T15:52:24Z")
McDonald’s is your kind of place, They serve you rattlesnakes. French fries up your nose, Pickles between your toes. Last time that I was there, They stole my underwear! McDonald’s is your kind of place. ---
**Author:** ![madcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@madcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcat)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/15 "2002-07-11T16:40:37Z")
All I remember are two words: **Coronet Blue** ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/16 "2002-07-11T16:48:50Z")
great. now I’ve got the facking reruns of Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants that I watched on a saturday afternoons in the mid 80’s along with Here comes the Grump. thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/17 "2002-07-11T21:52:33Z")
You guys should try [yesterdayland.com](http://yesterdayland.com). All kinds of nostalgia. It’s blocked for me here at work, or I would provide the link. ---
**Author:** ![BigStar303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@BigStar303](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigStar303)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/18 "2002-07-12T05:45:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by madcat \* > \*\*All I remember are two words: > **Coronet Blue** \*\* Starring Frank Converse, a blond guy, as I recall. Lasted one season. I watched it, but can’t really rememember much beyond this. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/19 "2002-07-12T11:08:23Z")
Frank Converse was also on a show called NYPD when I was a pup, and he appeared in episodes of Night Gallery and another anthology horror show called Circle of Fear, hosted by Sebastian Cabot. ---
**Author:** ![madcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@madcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcat)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176/20 "2002-07-12T11:20:32Z")
Coronet Blue was a pilot pulled off the shelf as a summer replacement show about a year after it was shot. Frank Converse played a guy who woke up remembering only the phrase 'Coronet Blue". He had to try to discover who he was & what Coronet Blue was with people chasing him & trying to kill him. The show was a surprise hit, but they couldn’t continue it since Converse had already signed to do NYPD on another network & couldn’t get out of his contract. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-60s-tv-flashbacks/118176.md?page=2)