Question for anyone who is 30 years old, +/- a year or two

[Barad Simith]

I'm writing a fictional short story for a magazine submission. The main character is 30 years old, and it takes place in the present, which means he was born in 1974.

If you're somewhere between 28-32 years old now:

What were your favorite TV shows as a kid? (By "kid" I mean approximately between the ages of 5 and 12.)

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. My nieces now aged 32 and 30

loved "Little House on the Prairie".

[trotsky]

2. Dukes of Hazzard

I'm 33, but close enough - Dukes were on for several years.

[Droopy]

6. I second the Dukes

The Incredible Hulk was also a favorite of mine. I think both of those shows were on the same channel on the same night one after the other.

[Robb]

23. I third the Dukes

...and the Hulk. Battlestar Galactica was big for me, and I remember it being a big deal when I could watch M*A*S*H with my dad. :shrug:

[rumguy]

3. MASK - GI Joe - Gobots - Transformers

Heathcliff - Smurfs

[Momof1]

4. hmmm,

I loved the Saturday morning things

Sigmund the Sea Monster
Land of the Lost
H & R Puff n Stuff

(There was another one with a space ship & Ruth Buzzy (sp), but I can't remember.)
I was pretty young when they were on, but they also had re-runs

Gilligan's Island (reruns)
Alice
All in the Family
Whats Happening
The Jeffersons
3's Company


I will try to think of more later.

[girl gone mad]

5. Sesame St., 3-2-1 Contact, Captain Kangaroo,

the Love Boat & Fantasy Island (On Saturday nights, I think), LHOTP, Speed Racer, Scoobie-Doo, Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island (re-runs), Smurfs..

And my parents didn't even let me watch a lot of TV.

[flamingyouth]

7. Happy Days, Three's Company

Yeah, yeah, I was a kid... I know.

I also like Little House on the Prairie, All in the Family and Barretta.

[BigMcLargehuge]

29. Joanie Loves Crotchy

remember that one?

:eyes:

[flamingyouth]

32. I hated that show

But all of my friends liked it. I, the outcast again. :eyes:

[BigMcLargehuge]

34. we would have been our own clique of Chachi haters

that show was friggin awful.

[eyesroll]

8. I'm 28.

In elementary school, I loved The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, Punky Brewster, Who's the Boss?, Growing Pains, The Cosby Show...basically all those family sitcoms.

[Philosophy]

19. And who can forget:

Mork and Mindy. Sitcom plus sci fi - had to love that.

[Pithlet]

9. I'm 31

Born in 72. When I was little, I loved Sesame Street, Zoom, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, The Muppet Show.

When I was a little older I liked Little House on the Prairie, Mork and Mindy, Lavern and Shirley to name a few off the top of my head.

My favorite cartoons were always the Warner Bros. ones, esp. Daffy Duck, even though those were originally before my time. I think they enjoyed a surge in popularity in the 70's.

[Pithlet]

21. I forgot The Great Space Coaster.

Does anyone else remember that show?

No Gnus is good Gnus.

[BigMcLargehuge]

30. with Gary Gnu!!!

yeah that was a weird Muppet show type er... show...

[AlienGirl]

10. Dukes of Hazzard; Automan,

Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince; Pryor's Place; and The Electric Company.

Tucker

[Pithlet]

18. The Electric Company

I was trying to remember the name of that show! It was driving me crazy.

I liked Automan, too. Not a lot of people remember that show. Someone thought I was making it up once.

[BigMcLargehuge]

31. Wow, Automan

someone else who watched the single airing of the pilot...

Remember Street Hawk? The one with the super-duper motorcycle... That one aired only once too.

[markses]

11. Uh oh: I'm 30, and I've got quite a list here!

(I'm also cursed with a brother 3 years younger, so I watched some of these even though i was too old for them at the time!)

TV "Dramas" (1 hour shows)

Dukes of Hazzard
Magnum PI
The Fall Guy
Greatest American Hero
Vegas
Mike Hammer
A-Team
Knight Rider
Stingray (damn, what's with all the 1980's car shows???)

the folks used to let us watch Dallas with them, too.

Kid Shows (late 70's-early 80's)
Land of the Lost
HR Puffenstuff
321 Contact (especially w/ the Bloodhound Gang and the silent live-action Spider-Man)
Thundarr the Barbarian (and other Hanna-Barbara cartoons)
Siegfried the Seamonster (often shown in conjunction w/ Land of the Lost, etc.)
then, later...
Transformers
Voltron
League of Justice
GI Joe
Heathcliff
and for Saturday mornings nothing better than: that the Voyagers, a corny little show in which a kid and an inept "time-fixer" guy travelled through time solving problems. The guy was played by John Eric Hexum (??) who later accidently killed himself by play firing a blank round into his temple while the star of another 80's TV show, "Cover Up."
Don't forget the popularity of He-Man in 1984!

Goddamn, homey. I could go on....

[flamingyouth]

12. I was just talking to a friend about this

and she said her favorite shows on Sat. night were...

Love Boat & Fantasy Island! :D

[Philosophy]

13. Greatest American Hero, Knight Rider, A-Team, Six Million Dollar Man

I'm 31.

[OhioStateProgressive]

14. V, Mash, Knight Rider(nt)

[Piltdown13]

15. In addition to some of the ones already mentioned...

I loved some of the evening game shows. The two that really stand out were Tic Tac Dough and The Joker's Wild. I'd also sometimes watch Dallas or St. Elsewhere with my mom.

[Philosophy]

16. Ooh, ooh, does anyone remember "Jason of Star Command"?

That was my favorite show when I was about 7 - I think "Scotty" from Star Trek was even in it.

[Philosophy]

17. And Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

manm, I was a total sci fi geek in elementary school.

[BlueStateGirl]

20. Duke's of Hazard, Charlie's Angels, Buck Rogers,

[Interrobang]

22. I'll be 29 in 9 days, does that count?

My favourite shows as a kid were:

Science International
Battle of the Planets
Star Trek (always in reruns)
The Adventures of Hercules
Eureka!
Sesame Street
The Electric Company
Math Patrol
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (with Vincent Price!)
Zig Zag! (a Canadian thing)
Polka-Dot Door (another Canadian thing)
Mr. Dressup (another Canadian thing, similar to Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, only better)
Manimal (may not be contemporary, can't really remember too well)
The Greatest American Hero
Warner Bros. cartoons
The Real Ghostbusters (again, may be a little later)
He-Man and She-Ra (later again?)

[Philosophy]

25. We had Mr. Dressup here

But I did grow up in northern Minnesota, so it might have been on CBC.

[mdmc]

24. ATEAM

DUKES

[BigMcLargehuge]

26. I am 34

mine were:

Youth - 12 Yrs old

The Electric Company
Sesame Street
Buck Rogers in the 25th century
Battlestar Galactica (for the whole season it aired)
Star Blazers
Force Five
The A-Team
Matt Houston
Ripleys Believe it or not
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mystery Hour
Eight is Enough
Different Strokes
Facts of Life
WKRP in Cincinatti

[DoctorBombay]

27. I'm just short of 31...

Outside of cartoons and sports and other kids stuff, the first thing I remember is Hill Street Blues. Also remember watching LA Law and St. Elsewhere when I was a preteen.

As for comedy, Cheers and Night Court stick out.

[BigMcLargehuge]

28. Holy shit how could I forget "The White Shadow"

and "The Master"

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. 33 here...New Zoo Review, SuperFriends, Threes Company,

Sanford and Son, Brady Bunch reruns, Donny and Marie (purple socks),One Day at a Time, Alice,Happy Days, Hillstreet Blues, and let us not forget...the best...M*A*S*H.

[BigMcLargehuge]

35. I STILL WATCH The New Zoo Review

if I get up early enough...

Man that show is silly, but it's weirdly hypnotic while waiting for the caffeine to take effect, plus Emmy Jo is a doll.