# What TV show from when you were a kid... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839 "2009-04-30T14:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/41 "2009-04-30T22:40:26Z")
Someone mentioned _Batman_. I loved that show when I was a kid. I saw it again in college, and realized, to my surprise, that it was supposed to be a _comedy_. I also loved \*Hogan’s Heroes \*(I knew that was a comedy even then, thanks) but I am pretty sure that it would be all kinds of suck now. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/42 "2009-04-30T22:41:41Z")
_Underdog_. I remember it being great. Turns out it was written in nonstop _rhyme_. Nonstop! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/43 "2009-04-30T22:43:56Z")
I wouldn’t watch \*\*The Waltons \*\*with a gun to my head. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/44 "2009-04-30T22:45:10Z")
> [@bup](#): > > _Underdog_. I remember it being great. Turns out it was written in nonstop _rhyme_. Nonstop! I have thought hard about renting it. I loved it too. But so far the other ones that I’ve rented have been a disappointment. (Fractured Fairy Tales - I remember them being much more amusing.) ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/45 "2009-04-30T22:59:45Z")
I rented The Young Ones & couldn’t watch all the episodes. Only the parts with Vyvian or Neil seemed to holp up well. I loved Bewitched as a child, but I’m sure it would seem dated & tacky now. **Irishman** , the Dukes of Hazzard is on Sky over hear. I _hated_ it at the time of its original release, but now its in the so bad its good category! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/46 "2009-04-30T23:14:53Z")
When I was 8, I adored “Kimba the White Lion.” I feel it’s better if it remains a happy childhood memory, unseen through grown-up eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/47 "2009-04-30T23:18:24Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > There are so many. But I fear The Monkees is probably not as funny as I remember. I have the first season of this coming up soon in my Netflix queue. So we’ll just see… ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/48 "2009-04-30T23:23:46Z")
Mork and Mindy. Loved it as a kid. Tried to watch the dvds and got bored quickly. I"m not sure if it was just the first few episodes tried to be too serious or if the show really didn’t age well. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/49 "2009-04-30T23:26:50Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > _Miami Vice_ – it’s still pretty to look at (all the colors coordinate) and the music’s still good, but except for some “special” episodes (_Evan_ and the one with Ted Nugent), it’s awful. Don Johnson in particular – he yelled all his lines. Was “Evan” the episode about the crazy ex-cop who kept insisting a missing drug lord was behind a series of crimes? If so, I strongly agree with you. The script of that episode and the performances were many leagues above the typical “Miami Vice” ep. As for the ep with Ted Nugent, I remember that one mainly because it also featured Arielle Dombasle. 😉 As for “Get Smart”, I caught a rerun years ago and was surprised on how few gags there were. Since it was created by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks, I was expecting a steady barrage of jokes much like the short-lived “Police Squad!” years later. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/50 "2009-04-30T23:27:10Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > _Sea Hunt_ with Lloyd Bridges > _Petticoat Junction > Mannix > Cannon > Medical Center_ > Pretty much anything with the tag “a Quinn Martin production”. > Most of those longer form TV/movies – _McMillen & Wife_, _McCloud_, that one with the A-Team guy in it? > I would say _The A-Team_ but I hated it even then. > > Ooh, almost forgot _Lassie_, and the seaborn version, _Flipper_! How about Roy Thinnes in “The Invaders”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/51 "2009-04-30T23:27:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I’m a trained professional – kids, don’t try this at home. 😛 With all our lunch money you win from Scrabble ™ you should have a doctorate already. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/52 "2009-04-30T23:34:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > With all our lunch money you win from Scrabble ™ you should have a doctorate already. I do – I got my doctorate more than 25 years ago, actually. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/53 "2009-04-30T23:48:55Z")
My favourite show when I was a kid was _The Six Million Dollar Man_ with Lee Majors. And then after that was _The Gemini Man_ with Ben Murphy. And then there was _Automan_ with nobody of consequence in it (I remember Desi Arnaz Jr, I think it was, but nobody else). I do not wish to revisit any of these shows. Or even their premise, really. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/54 "2009-04-30T23:59:13Z")
Dinosaurs and Clarissa Explains it All I can remember these being hilarious but, after watching them as an adult I regretted it from the moment I started. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/55 "2009-05-01T00:00:11Z")
Back in the 50’s there was a program called _Men Into Space._ In those post-Sputnik, pre-Mercury days I found it a gripping and realistic portrayal of what things would be like in just a few years. Of course that was 50 years ago. I’m sure I would be very sad if I watched it today. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/56 "2009-05-01T00:46:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I do – I got my doctorate more than 25 years ago, actually. 😃 I am glad that you spend your money wisely. That explains much, of course. How you are able to Scrabble™ smush like a bug those of use who have a mere Master’s degree. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/57 "2009-05-01T01:01:15Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > _Jonny Quest_ - see [above](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIrEf-vn65w). I still wish I had that spider thing for my commute. **And who doesn’t remember that shrieking invisible monster that they poured paint on?** Oh my god I remember that episode. I saw it YEARS ago, prolly mid-90’s or so, and that episode TERRIFIED me! That episode, and no other! And to this day it stands as the only movie, TV show, videogame, or any other form of cinematic entertainment to actually scare me! I mean come on! It almost ate Hadji! And Bandit! It was invisible and it would eat you!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembers that. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/58 "2009-05-01T02:30:09Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Was “Evan” the episode about the crazy ex-cop who kept insisting a missing drug lord was behind a series of crimes? If so, I strongly agree with you. The script of that episode and the performances were many leagues above the typical “Miami Vice” ep. As for the ep with Ted Nugent, I remember that one mainly because it also featured Arielle Dombasle. 😉 Arielle and the ice cube! Incredibly hot woman. Not much of an actress, but she didn’t need to say anything. Evan – I don’t remember much about the plot. What made it memorable for me was the opening with the hanging mannequins getting all shot up and the song in the background. But mostly what stood out was the implication that Evan and Sonny had a history – more of a history than was acceptable on network TV in the 80’s. Don Johnson was quite good in that episode, and William Russ was excellent as Evan. I watched for Russ after that – half expected to see him starring in his own series. But I don’t think I saw him again (in anything good) until he showed up as Alma’s father on _Deadwood_. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/59 "2009-05-01T02:46:34Z")
I wonder how _The Rat Patrol_ is holding out. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839/60 "2009-05-01T02:50:23Z")
OK, here’s a little [Rat Patrol](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZcbifYqpGc) for ya. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-from-when-you-were-a-kid/494839.md?page=4)