Thursday, October 06, 2011

What were your favorite television shows as a kid?

That's me above, friends, proudly displaying my Beverly Hills 90210 game. Just like I do today, I was quite the conneseuir of television shows when I was younger. Like books, I loved getting lost in the adventures that unfolded before me. I was browsing clips on YouTube this morning, and was overwhelmed by just how many awesome ones I miss from the '80s...



Mr. Roger's Neighborhood


Sesame Street


Smurfs

So tell me, friends, what shows captivated your young mind? Do you get nostalgic if you happen to see them on TV today? xoxo

18 Comments:

Heather said...

Different Strokes
Brady Bunch and Facts of Life!
( loved 902010 as a teen!)

Punctuation Mark said...

i loved lost in space... haha!!! such a cheesy show but i loved it..

meesch said...

I watched cheers and mr belvidere as a child... my mother was convinced that cable tv was vulgar... which is funny because my mother is not at all uptight, I think she was just too lazy to get cable TV when I was growing up haha - that's ok though because I am also the kid that had (well, and currently has) every Disney movie ever made!

-meesch

Anonymous said...

How old are you in that photo?

Shani said...

I was such and TV junkie growing up, I still am actually.

Jem and the Holograms
My Little Pony
David the Gnome
Duck Tales
Dumbo's Circus
Zoobilee Zoo
Eureka's Castle
Inspector Gadget
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Power Ranger's (The Original One)
Sailor Moon
Where In the World is Carmen San Diego?...

Basically, if it was on in the late 80s through mid-90s I was watching it. I still watch cartoons to this day.

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SmartBear said...

Who's the Boss and Growing Pains! I am soooo old!
Best,
Tina

Emerald Avalanche said...

My favorite TV show was The Jetsons :)

silverthoughts2 said...

The shows on TGIF...every Friday night from 8pm until 10pm I was glued to the television! PBS shows...for a long time that's all I was allowed to watch. Ninja Turtles and Ghost Busters. I was such a tomboy. Then after I got out of elementary school I kind of stopped watching television regularly.

Melissa Blake said...

I forgot about the chipmunks! LOVED them!

Melissa Blake said...

Anon -- I think i was about 13...

Melissa Blake said...

silverthought, i miss the old TGIF lineup! So many happy memories of friday nights!

ROBIN said...

wow! I am really feeling my age after reading this post and the comments. shows I watched? The best cartoons EVER were The Flintstones, Casper and of course the Bugs Bunny show. Others, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, the ORIGINAL Charlie's Angels. and I remember watching the Carol Burnett Show & the Donny & Marie Show with my grandmother. Those were the days.......
XO

Kristin said...

90210 was my poison!

Katie said...

I grew up on Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Richard Scarry's Busytown, and Psalty the Singing Songbook, at least up until my tween/teen years, when we got cable, the Disney channel got big, and my sister started getting her hands on the remote.

mean green mom said...

i used to love punky brewster and the racoons!

April said...

i'm a 90's kid. arthur, duddly the dragon and teletubbies were my favorites when i was really young, and spongebob became my favorite (and still is) when i was soon after introduced to the world of satellite tv :)

Melissa Blake said...

Katie, did you watch kids incorporated and mickey mouse club? those were my absolute favorite shows on the disney channel! :)

Kate said...

I loved Sesame Street! It still makes me happy whenever I think about it.