What was your favorite childhood TV program? - page 1 -

• What was your favorite childhood TV program? by Sooner Steve on 14 Jan, 2011 08:51
• My favorite was The Andy Griffith Show.  What a great cast - Sheriff Andy, Deputy Barney Fife, Aunt Bea, Opie, Floyd the Barber, Otis the Town Drunk, Mr. Darlin and the Darlin Boys - Don't forget Charlene, Earnest T. Bass.  The black and white episodes were the best.
  
  Let's hear from everyone else.
• #1 by Mikekoz13 on 14 Jan, 2011 09:56
• I loved "My Favorite Martian" & "The Munsters".
• #2 by texanron on 14 Jan, 2011 10:06
• The Dukes of Hazzard.
• #3 by Stu on 14 Jan, 2011 21:07
• There were so many, but Gunsmoke comes to mind for non-Sitcoms.
• #4 by Arnie on 14 Jan, 2011 21:13
• So many to choose from...
  
  The orignal "Battlestar Galactica" and "Buck Rodgers"...
  
  ...to "Different Strokes" and "Facts of Life"...
  
  ...to the original "Knight Rider" and "Air Wolf"...
  
  need I go on?
• #5 by TheSlyBear on 14 Jan, 2011 22:33
• Wow. It really depends upon what point in time. I can remember adoring The Flintstones during its original prime-time run (yes, I'm old as dirt). Growing up I can remember being glued to the set for Gilligan's Island, The Partridge Family, and Lost in Space. But I'd have to say that my all-time favorite was Jonny Quest.
• #6 by Mikekoz13 on 15 Jan, 2011 08:24
• Oh man!.... I forgot about Jonny Quest! One of my all time favorites!!
• #7 by D.A.L.U.I. on 15 Jan, 2011 08:42
• Rocky & Bullwinkle
• #8 by Darren67 on 15 Jan, 2011 08:55
• oooh its gotta be spiderman
• #9 by Magoo on 15 Jan, 2011 11:48
• Howdie Doodie , Capt. Video .....about when TV first started.
• #10 by Noodles on 15 Jan, 2011 13:45
• So many yesteryear favorites... so little time....
  
  Let's see....
  
  Car 54, Where Are You?  
  The Munsters
  The Addams Family
  The Three Stooges
  McHale 's Navy
  The Andy Griffith Show
  Leave It To Beaver
  Gilligan's Island
  The Dick Van Dyke Show
  Hanna-Barbera Cartoons (early years - Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Augie Doggie, etc)
  The Honeymooners
  The Phil Silvers Show (Sgt Bilko)
  The Jack Benny Program
  Mr. Ed
  Texaco Star Theatre (Milton Berle)
  You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx)
  The Lone Ranger
  Laredo
  Batman (original 60's series)
  The Green Hornet
  Get Smart
  Rocky and Bullwinkle
  Green Acres
  My Favorite Martian
  Top Cat
  F Troop
  Underdog (the cartoon series)
  and of course...
  Looney Tunes
  
  
  ......just to name a few!
  
  In fact, thanks to channels like TV Land and Retro Television, and websites like Netflix and Hulu, I can relive some of my favorite chldhood memories as much as I want!!
                                            
  
  - Cap'n Noodles -
  
  Funny how on some of these shows, what seemed funny way back then, loses something 50 something years later, but they are all still memories nonetheless...
• #11 by aarrggh on 15 Jan, 2011 14:04
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• #12 by Noodles on 15 Jan, 2011 15:02
• Fun Facts I found through Googling , Yahoo-ing, and/or Bing-ing...
  
  Bill Scott, Jay Ward's partner and head writer of The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, was the original voice of Bullwinkle Moose.
  Red Skelton sued Jay Ward claiming that the voice used for the moose was an infringement of a copywright of his character Clem Kaddlehopper. Skelton lost the case in court.
  
  Jackie Gleason attempted to sue Hanna-Barbera over the Flintstones, but then dropped the suit because he soon became addicted to watching the series.
  
  Jimmy Durante attempted to sue Hanna-Barbera over the voice for the HB character "Augie Doggie". Claim fell to the waste-side just as it did with Skelton.
  
  "The Mystery of Barney Rubble's Eyes". In the very early beginning of the series, Barney had pupils, then he didn't, then soon after, he had pupils again. This attributed to someone "falling asleep on the job" and missing this on the "inspection of the cells" stage in the HB Paint Dept before it went into production.
  
  Mel Blanc was a fill-in for the voice of Barney Rubble while HB's original choice, "Daws" Butler", (voice behind Yogi Bear, Huck Hound, Quick Draw, and a host of other HB classic characters) was out sick. HB decided they liked Blanc better than Daws for this particular character, and put Blanc under contract.
  
  Lots more stuff of this nature all over the web...just goes to show i have nothin' else better to do with my time...LOL
                                                       
  
   - Cap'n Noodles -
  
• #13 by Sgt. Pate on 15 Jan, 2011 15:41
• Disney -  Davey Crockett.  
• #14 by schro on 16 Jan, 2011 06:53
• M*A*S*H