At this moment, I am watching an episode of Howdy Doody, including period advertisements, on one of the free Roku channels called Movie Time. I had forgotten how into that show, and psyched up, the kids who were in the audience were.
Oh wow, Ken, that is certainly a blast from the past. A few years ago we lost our cable channels and resorted to an antennae box thingy (I'm not technical..lol) which had a station that carried all sorts of older shows. Not as far back at Howdy Doody, but a few were "The Andy Griffith Show", The Rifleman and The Incredible Hulk. I really enjoyed seeing them again, although hubby didn't care for them. It wasn't long before we got cable back..
I recently discovered Space 1999 on Hulu. I used to run home from school to watch that show. I always did my homework early so my mom would let me watch it. The costumes and special effects look dated but I don't care. I also watch the original version of Star Trek. I'm not bother by the dated special effects either. The storylines still hold up except for a couple of episodes. I also discovered the School House Rock short programs on YouTube. I have spent an embarrassing amount of time reliving my childhood watching them. My favorite is "Conjunction Junction".
I think Space 1999 was created to compete with Lost in Space. While most people seemed to prefer Lost in Space, I preferred Space 1999.
I miss the sitcom type shows of the 1980s, like Three's company etc. I also miss MASH. I hate so called "reality TV" it seems to have absolutely no substance. Then again the 1980s had a lot of shows with limited substance like the A-Team, the show with the talking care, and the show with the helicopter.
I watched Lost in Space for a little while. I thought the plots were similar and Dr. Smith really annoyed me. I know that he was meant to be annoying, but it was too much for me. I read that a remake is in the works. Lost in Space reminded me of another childhood favorite show, Land of the Giants. I used to watch the episodes when the then SciFi Channel ran them.
Dr. Smith was intended to be a bad guy, and not a comedic character. Knowing that bad guys didn't last long on television series of that day, he tried to make his character more likeable.
Space 1999 (loved that as a kid - girl that could shape shift into animals). It was the kid in Lost in Space that agged me (I like the Dr). I preferred Blake Seven (UK) it was a lot darker. I watched some of the original Phil Silvers Show (Sgnt Bilko) - still just as funny today!
I miss the sitcoms from the 80s and 90s the most. I just can't seem to get into the newer stuff. My wife always wants me to watch some shows with her but I can't really relate or I just don't think that they are funny or entertaining in any way.
We have a channel here that shows the old shows like Maverick, Lone Ranger and others. I love westerns it is neat to watch some of the old shows.
If not my favorite, "Maverick" is very close to being my favorite series. I just ordered the series from Netflix, and this will be the second time I've done that.
I'd love to find a channel that shows The Courtship of Eddie's Father. I haven't seen that in a long time. I would also love to see Laugh-In.
I liked "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" too, but it doesn't seem like that one is ever available anywhere.
I didn't usually watch much television, and there really is not any particular shows that I can think of that were popular and I miss. I liked Gunsmoke, but didn't watch it except now and then. Paladin (Have Gun, Will Travel) was okay, too; but maybe the one that I enjoyed the most, and looked forward to was called "The Rebel, Johnny Yuma". I usually watched that one every week when it was on; but I have never looked to find any of them on Netflix. I much prefer a regular movie to a series, I think. Every weekend, most of the kids went to the theater and watched the matinee, and it was most generally a western. Audie Murphy was my very favorite, and I also liked Jeff Chandler as Cochise, and Jimmy Stewart in just about anything he played in. I am sure that I didn't miss any of the Audie Murphy westerns, and actually even went to see the true story of Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back, which he starred as himself. I don't watch war movies; but I did go to see this one, and it was awesome to see him become the most decorated soldier of WW2.
I see that Amazon.com has "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," but it's not prime. Looking further, I see that it's not the series that they have, but the 1963 two-hour movie, with Glenn Ford and Ron Howard, that the series was based on. I don't think I've seen that though, so I guess I'll rent it. Did you know that Brandon Cruz, who played Eddie in the series, became a punk rock musician? He was the lead vocalist with "Dead Kennedys" for a couple of years. He played punk rock from the 1980s until 2010.