# Rewatching old childhood favourites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785 "2016-07-13T04:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785/21 "2016-07-16T22:52:06Z")
I loved everything monster-ish as a kid, but, “The Milton the Monster Show,” is the worst. Followed by, “The Mighty Hercules.” ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785/22 "2016-07-16T23:02:30Z")
I’ve tried rewatching Transformers, GI Joe, and Thundercats. They are all just so terrible. Also rewatched TNG. There are many episodes that still hold up, and some are extremely good. But there are also a lot of episodes that are completely unwatchable. I figure maybe 1 in 5 is just abysmally bad. I used to think that the early episodes were bad and the show got progressively better… But the early seasons have a few gems like “Peak Performance” and the later seasons have some head-scratchers like “Sub Rosa.” ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785/23 "2016-07-17T00:21:08Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > We get the Decades channel. They run old series marathons on the weekend. Caught F-Troop, Vega$, Peter Gunn, TVarzan. They’re not all worth watching a lot of . I’ve seen all the original Perry Masons now on another classic channel, and I’ll always watch the Beverly Hillbillies, the epitome of the ensemble sitcom. I watch Perry Mason too, I love black and whites shows and movies . I get ME TV and it has shows from the 50 and 60’s , Gunsmoke and the Honeymooners are 2 more I like to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785/24 "2016-07-17T06:21:47Z")
I can honestly say that I enjoyed [Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065309/) more as an adult (bought the DVD, natch) than I did as a kid and I _loved_ that show when I was 5 years old. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785/25 "2016-07-17T06:24:52Z")
\*Animaniacs \*got added to Netflix recently. I sat and watched with my brother and his kids. The kids wandered away after about half an episode but my brother and I (37 and 39) watched for about an hour and a half. Still great! I watched some \*Ducktales \*(woo-ooh!) last year and maybe I picked the wrong episode but I could not get past the nephews’ voices. Ugh, those duck voices! _The Muppets_ have yet to get old or outdated to me. I re-re-re-watched 3 or 4 Muppet movies in the past year and still laughed out loud. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785/26 "2016-07-17T07:36:56Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Pix or GTFO. > > I bought the **Cool McCool** box set several years back and still haven’t gotten past the first few episodes. I definitely enjoyed it more when I was 6. My main memory of the show is how much Cool McCool sounded like Jack Benny. Later, I found out they were originally going for a Don Adams as Maxwell Smart impersonation but he always sounded like Benny to me. Anyway, it’s late and I’m really dating myself with this post. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785/27 "2016-07-17T18:14:14Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Pix or GTFO. > > I bought the **Cool McCool** box set several years back and still haven’t gotten past the first few episodes. I definitely enjoyed it more when I was 6. Here you go: [https://youtu.be/C3AN04y7Tes?t=335](https://youtu.be/C3AN04y7Tes?t=335) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785.md?page=1)