Day #20 of the 30 Days of Television Challenge

[shadowkat]

This is Day #20 of the 30 Days of Television Challenge.

The prompt is A show from your childhood that you enjoyed or remember vividly

I'm going to pick one that I haven't picked in a previous meme.

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After school, my best friend and I would race home and watch "Batman" on her big color television set. And in her family room, where she'd get snacks. Her parents worked, so we often had the house to ourselves or if her mom was home - she'd leave us alone to watch.

This was in the 1970s, it was re-runned at 3pm. I didn't tend to see much in evening television series because I was...well in bed by 8:30, and television shows started at 8 on the east coast.

I'm picking this one - because we went all the way up to a gas station to see Batman and Robin in person, and were horribly disappointed, because Robin had an afro, and clearly wasn't Robin.

Comments

[cactuswatcher]

Well, my all-time favorite has been in reruns so often, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone remembers it. So I'll give a little recognition to my second favorite which might not be as well known: Sgt. Preston of the Yukon... Mounties, gold rush, dog sleds, Donna Diana Overture, "The Maple Leaf Forever," bad guys named Pierre... What wasn't to love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dG2DSFtYbY

ON, KING!

[shadowkat]

Kudos, you've found one that I've never heard of. That seems to be the trend with these memes, everyone hunts for shows, songs, music and films that I've never heard of or seen. LOL!

[cactuswatcher]

I should mention my high school girlfriend being bemused that the first words her little brother learned to spell were ones like "Bam" and "Pow" thanks to the Batman show.

[shadowkat]

LOL!

My former boss loved to say - "see you next week, same bat time, same bat channel."

[wendelah1]

That is a memorable catch phrase for my generation, for sure.

We've watched reruns on cable and the show is still very funny, by the way.

[wendelah1]

Another easy one: The Avengers season five was the first to be filmed in color and the first to be broadcast in the USA.

Great opening credits, great wardrobes for both. It was so sophisticated that half of it went over my head. I was 12 in 1965.

I adored the series. I wanted to dress like her, be like her.

[cjlasky7]

The boys in the audience were also paying attention to Miss Diana Rigg.

[shadowkat]

I think I've only seen the film version with Ralph Fiennes. Although I may have viewed a few re-runs here and there.

[atpo_onm]

Good gravy, I had totally forgotten about the film version! Probably because like most who saw it, I was underwhelmed, especially considering the acting talent that was present.

It wasn't that it was outrightly bad, it was just... so much potential lost, especially considering the fanatical (and deserved) devotion the original TV series had created.

If you are COVID-currently into intelligent, well-crafted fluff provided by very talented people, I'd be checking out the originals.

( A quick search indicates Amazon Prime has them available, there are probably other sources. Macnee/Rigg eps start in 1965, which is Season 4. I notice that Amazon states these are in "HD". Not sure what that means, as that didn't exist in the 60s. Aspect ratio would be the old TV 4x3 format, and '65's were in B&W. )

If you do viddy these, by all means let us know what you think!

[wendelah1]

You can watch seasons 2-6 series on Amazon Prime, I believe. Also DVDs. Maybe.

[petzipellepingo]

The Hardy Boys from The Mickey Mouse Club.

Gold doubloons and pieces of eight handed down to Applegate

[yourlibrarian]

My oldest friend had a long running crush on Tommy Kirk :)

[shadowkat]

I had a crush on Tommy Kirk in the 1970s - he was in a lot of movies that I saw from Disney - via The Wonderful World of Disney.

Didn't make it as an adult actor though, but he was a great child actor. He was in a lot of Disney films, along with Annette Funnicello, Jodie Foster, and Kurt Russell. Jodie and Kurt were among the few to graduate to major movie star roles.

[petzipellepingo]

I can see that.

[shadowkat]

You're doing a very good job of picking things I didn't know existed.

I thought they only did The Hardy Boys with Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy, I didn't know Disney did it first.

[petzipellepingo]

You're lucky I picked that, I could have gone for Corky & White Shadow or The Adventures of Spin & Marty .

[shadowkat]

I think I've heard of the Adventures of Spin & Marty. My father used to regale me with his favorite radio shows, and mother with shows like Playhouse 90.

[yourlibrarian]

The most obvious choice is my first fandom, Star Trek though really it came later. But in terms of shows I didn't get fannish about, I recall Rin Tin Tin and I Dream of Jeannie. I wasn't actually allowed to watch TV as a kid short of things like holiday specials and fare like Disney shows or Wild Kingdom.

[shadowkat]

Saw I Dream of Jeannie in reruns. I watched a lot of television at my friend's house.
More there than at home in the 1970s. When we moved, which was about the time I was 12, that kind of changed.

[atpo_onm]

Since I already picked Captain Kangaroo for an earlier prompt, I had to think about this for quite a bit, but then finally remembered that there was this popular style in kids shows back thar in the 60's, that involved marionettes. Thunderbirds may have been the best known, according to the search I just did for the genre, but the one I recall watching regularly was this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8m9Z010pM4

Mike Mercury looks a mite creepy to me now, re-watching the show's intro, but marionettes in general are a mite creepy to me sometimes. T'wern't back in the day, obviously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercar_(TV_series)

The "Supermarionation" concept itself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarionation

[shadowkat]

I think I've seen bits and pieces of Thunderbirds. Didn't know Supercar existed.

Honestly, I think I may be the only person under the age of 60 doing this meme. LOL!

[atpo_onm]

That's okay, give it some time... you'll catch up!

;-)