# Which shows make you think of staying home from school as a kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792 "2011-08-07T00:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/41 "2011-08-07T20:17:41Z")
The only one that stands out in my memory is The Price is Right. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/42 "2011-08-07T20:34:31Z")
Definitely The Price is Right also I think of the video for Thriller. I remember seeing it during the day one day when I was home sick and it had either was premiering or had premiered recently. MTV made a big deal about it, with a warning before hand and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Tracyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/43 "2011-08-07T23:24:28Z")
The Price is Right. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/44 "2011-08-07T23:52:24Z")
The Price is Right, Andy Griffith Show, Beverly Hillbillies if my dad was home. If not, it was The Joy of Painting or The Bozo Show. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/45 "2011-08-07T23:54:39Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > “Like sand through the hourglass, so are the\* Days of our Lives\*…” Yeah, and soap operas in general. Good thing I like reading. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/46 "2011-08-07T23:59:18Z")
Leave it to Beaver. On at 2:30 every afternoon on channel 20. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/47 "2011-08-08T00:08:46Z")
I didn’t get sick as a kid, so the only times I would watch daytime TV during the schoolyear were during holidays or teacher’s planning days. I was all about PBS during the summer (3-2-1 Contact, Read All About It, and even Lamb Chop’s Play-Along–which I watched in high school, yes). Also, I’d watch reruns of In the Heat of the Night, Fame, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to Heaven. Cartoons like C.O.P.S and Thundercats were also on the agenda. But those really don’t remind me of being at home during school hours. Just being bored in the summertime. However, any time I hear a laugh track during the day, I think “ooh, I’m supposed to be in school but I’m not!” ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/48 "2011-08-08T00:38:20Z")
**Dark Shadows**. God I’m old, but at least **StGermain** is too. I’m looking forward to the upcoming movie! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/49 "2011-08-08T01:14:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I liked CBS game shows: > > $25,000 Pyramid > Press Your Luck > Price is Right Yep, this is it exactly. > [@Serenata67](#): > > This. And The Price Is Right. Price is Right was on the list you quoted. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/50 "2011-08-08T02:23:40Z")
The Mike Douglas Show Donahue I Dream of Jeannie Bewitched The Price Is Right …and then that lost wasteland for a couple of hours when soaps were on, until Tennessee Tuxedo and Go Go Gophers showed up to save the day. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/51 "2011-08-08T02:39:51Z")
Oh, Good Lord, people. Think radio. The Arthur Godfrey Show Stella Dallas One Man’s Family Helen Trent They all went with dry toast, lemonade and those awful yellow throat lozenges and a little red Crosley radio. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/52 "2011-08-08T02:42:39Z")
Price is Right, and the Bold and the Beautiful. Also Sally Jesse Raphael, and Maury. Maury Povich was friggin’ hilarious before Price is Right came on. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/53 "2011-08-08T03:45:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yep, this is it exactly. > > Price is Right was on the list you quoted. TPIR was so important I felt the need to especially emphasize it. (Actually, I didn’t even realize it was on the list. I’ve been on a lot of allergy meds the last few days…) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/55 "2011-08-08T11:30:05Z")
Also, that guy who would read children’s books while using pastels (?) to make an illustration of them. It should go without saying that this was on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/56 "2011-08-09T03:12:59Z")
What was the one where Bill Cosby would draw pictures with his special marker pen (that had a name that I can’t remember?) I used to beg my mother to buy me one of those pens. They had a “shameless plug” segment where they’d tell you how much money to send in to get your own pen. Was it Picture People? At any rate, I remember watching this one in first grade when I was home sick with the chicken pox. Good times. 🙂 Mom would make me a grilled cheese and some tomato soup, and maybe, if I were lucky, a glass of Sprite or other soda. Even today, that’s my favorite comfort food. Man, I loved being sick. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/57 "2011-08-09T03:22:10Z")
I’m old. The Price Is Right, Father Knows Best, Art Linkletter, Truth or Consequences, Queen for a Day, I love Lucy, As the World Turns (the only soap my mother watched, and when it came on it was time to be quiet). I can’t remember if Truth or Consequences was the one that would reunite people or not. It always thrilled me when they would have someone on who would talk about the sister or father they hadn’t seen in years, and poof! She or he would come out from behind the curtain or in the audience or whatever. Once Garfield Goose came on I would get depressed because I knew school was out and I would have been home anyway, so my sick day was over. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/58 "2011-08-09T05:58:14Z")
Bad News Baboon, C’mon down! You’re the next contestant!!! Wooooooo!!! This show, more than any. I used to love the yoddeler guy and always knew that the second showcase showdown was the better one. Please spay or neuter your pets! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/59 "2011-08-09T10:12:05Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > I’m old. The Price Is Right, Father Knows Best, Art Linkletter, Truth or Consequences, **Queen for a Day** , I love Lucy, As the World Turns (the only soap my mother watched, and when it came on it was time to be quiet). Ah, who didn’t love Queen for a Day? I almost wished for some contagion to infect me as a young lad, so that I could stay home from school and watch this show; it taught me a great deal about the psychology of man. In fact, Queen for a Day was the birth-mother of all high brow, yet sensitive explorations into the human condition, via game-show format, like The Jerry Springer Show. The premise was simple: three hapless female contestants would spill their guts, describing the regrettable circumstances of their tortured lives to host, Jack Bailey, and an attentive studio audience. Bailey was always reassuring and sensitive to the plights of his contestants: > [@](#): > > Bailey began each interview gently, asking the contestant first about her life and family, and maintaining a positive and upbeat response no matter what she told him. For instance, when a woman said she had a crippled child, he would ask if her second child was “Okay.” On learning that the second child was not crippled, he might say, “Well, that’s good, you have one healthy child.” When the contestants finished their tales of woe, it was time for the studio audience to comfort and lift gently the spirit of the one in most distress. They did this by applauding each woman’s plight and the applause meter, gauging the intensity, would determine who would be, [Queen for a Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_for_a_Day)! [FONT=Trebuchet MS] [/FONT]To this day, thinking of this show still gets me a bit verklempt. It’s just so rare to find venues where down-in-their-luck people are treated with heartfelt empathy and respect. Bless you Queen for a Day for not treating fellow human beings the main attraction in a [three-ring circus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0qgW1SVc4&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/60 "2011-08-09T12:09:11Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > I can’t remember if Truth or Consequences was the one that would reunite people or not. Yep, that was T or C. I remember it being on in the evening, though; 7:00-ish 'round these parts. > [@Tibbytoes](#): > > Ah, who didn’t love Queen for a Day? I almost wished for some contagion to infect me as a young lad, so that I could stay home from school and watch this show… Why didn’t you just DVR it? 😃 mmm ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792/61 "2011-08-09T12:32:21Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > What was the one where Bill Cosby would draw pictures with his special marker pen (that had a name that I can’t remember?) I used to beg my mother to buy me one of those pens. They had a “shameless plug” segment where they’d tell you how much money to send in to get your own pen. > > Was it Picture People? At any rate, I remember watching this one in first grade when I was home sick with the chicken pox. Good times. 🙂 Mom would make me a grilled cheese and some tomato soup, and maybe, if I were lucky, a glass of Sprite or other soda. Even today, that’s my favorite comfort food. > > Man, I loved being sick. 🙂 _Picture Pages_, which around here anyway was a segment of later-season _Captain Kangaroo_. I hated it, I think because it took the place of _Simon_, which I loved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792.md?page=4)