Your favourite kid's shows when you were growing up.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:59 pm

Mr. Dressup

Mr. Dressup would teach you how to draw and make arts and crafts. Later on, he would invite Casey (puppet) and Finnegan (dog puppet) to the Tickle Trunk, a steamer trunk full of clothes they would pull out and play "dress-up".

The Friendly Giant

The Friendly Giant would invite you up to his castle, where he would play music and read stories to his pals Rusty The Rooster and Jerome The Giraffe. At the end of each episode, Friendly would push a tiny little miniature chair in front of a fireplace and tell you he's saving you a seat for the next time you drop in.

The Uncle Bobby Show

Uncle Bobby was fun. Lots of guests and plenty of music and magic acts.
If you were lucky, Uncle Bobby and Bimbo The Birthday Clown...

...would read out a birthday greeting to any boy or girl that was celebrating that day.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:29 pm

Captain Kangaroo (with Mr. Greenjeans)

Mayor Art was a local show on KRON San Francisco that had a couple dozen kids each day. My sister and I got on the show once (not us in the picture).

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:44 pm

Winchell-Mahoney Time

Ventriloquist Paul Winchell entertained with dummies Jerry Mahoney & Knucklehead Smiff. Scotty waddy do do, Scotty waddy do doda

Mickey's Fun Park

Puppeteer Richard Clayton with friends Mickey & Michelle Mudturtle. Used to end the show with Michelle lip-synching Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walking.

Sheriff John's Lunch Brigade

Sheriff John started each show singing as he walked through the door of his Sheriff's office, "Come on now, laugh and be happy, and the world will laugh with you." He then said the Pledge of Allegiance, read a daily safety bulletin, and for good measure threw in some health tips for the youngsters. The highlight of the show was the birthday celebration, when he'd sing,
"Put another candle on my birthday cake
We're gonna bake a birthday cake
Put another candle on my birthday cake
I'm another year old today."

Hobo Kelly

Hobo Kelly painted magic pictures that actually came to life on your TV screen. She painted them with the help of her friend Buttercup, the butterfly. Also, when she came to watch a cartoon, she would put her hand and arm around a half circle and say "Cartoon Hooooooo" - and she would refer to her television audience as "Michief Makers". She'd also tell kids celebrating birthdays at home to look under their beds for surprises, but of course there was never anything there.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:12 pm

Are we trying to torture somebody with this thread?

Sirfindafold · Post by **Sirfindafold** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:28 pm

Wonderama.

Moby Dick · Post by **Moby Dick** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:32 pm

was there seriously any OTHER cartoons worth watching in the 80s?

dont even mention He-Man...i was about 13 when i realized ...that dude likes other dudes...

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:33 pm

Martyred wrote:

Uncle Bobby looks like Gomer Pyle after his dishonourable discharge.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:43 pm

Thunder!
Thunder!
Thundercats! HO!!!

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:54 pm

Rocketship 7

Picking up this show outta Buffalo N.Y. every morning before school.
I thought Promo The Robot was a real robot...

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:00 am

I didn't have any kids when I was growing up. :?

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:40 am

SportsCenter

Old School Baseball Tonight

You Can't Say That On Television

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:36 am

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:32 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:You Can't Do That On Television

FTFY

But this would certainly explain Screwey's penchant for Alanis Morissette (and all the other garbage he listens to).

I've wondered why Screw was such a whiney bitch -- it's all clear now. As a child, he worshipped Queen of Whiney Bitches.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:20 pm

After years of debate over who was hotter, Maryanne or Ginger, I've come to no conclusion.... but I'd still do them both, preferably at the same time.

Among the shows I couldn't wait to watch as a kid were The Partridge Family and The Brady Bunch.

Truman · Post by **Truman** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:50 pm

War Wagon wrote:After years of debate over who was hotter, Maryanne or Ginger, I've come to no conclusion.... but I'd still do them both, preferably at the same time.

One of Life's Great Dilemmas, Wags, and an entire thread unto itself...
___________________

'member this guy?

It seems that good ol' Uncle Ed has gone places since he left 41 Treehouse Lane:

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:51 pm

1. WB cartoons, especially yosemite sam and foghorn leghorn
2. 3 stooges
3. gilligan's island
4. star trek
5. little rascals

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:09 am

H.R. Pufnstuf (when I was way little)
Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Hour
Batman
Star Trek
Lost in Space
Land of the Lost
Gilligan's Island.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:46 am

Truman wrote:

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:28 am

Papa Willie wrote:Errrrr - no TV when I was growing up.

/s/
Goobs

But we had radio. BTW, your state could use some lessons in growing sweet corn. Ours' isn't ready yet so we get get Georgia sweet corn. Most farmers up here would feed that shit to their cattle. With a silent apology to the cattle.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:48 am

Top 7
Gilligan's Island
Batman
Wide World of Sports
Monday Night Football - Dad usually made me go to bed at halftime
Captain Kangaroo
Some pre-NFL films highlight show that came on on Saturday morning, showing highlights of all of the previous Sunday's games
Jonny Quest

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:55 am

I never saw that, Todd.

My brother liked:

Hawaii Five-0
Mission Impossible
Star Trek
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Andy Griffith Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Sister liked:

The Dating Game
Lassie
Bewitched
I Cream on Jean... err... I mean, I Dream of Jeannie
The Brady Bunch
The Partridge Family
Love American Style

I liked some of those a little bit, too - but they didn't crack my top 7.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:47 am

mvscal wrote:H.R. Pufnstuf

A Little League manager (who's now serving out the rest of his yrs in prison for molesting his granddaughter) took our team to Universal Studios after the season was over. During the tour, we visited the set where Pufnstuf was filmed. There appeared to be the Pufnstuf costume sitting there while the guide was giving his spiel, when the damn thing suddenly stood up & started walking. Scared the shit outta me and a few teammates.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:49 am

Martyred wrote:Mr. Dressup

Mr. Dressup would teach you how to draw and make arts and crafts. Later on, he would invite Casey (puppet) and Finnegan (dog puppet) to the Tickle Trunk, a steamer trunk full of clothes they would pull out and play "dress-up".

The Friendly Giant

The Friendly Giant would invite you up to his castle, where he would play music and read stories to his pals Rusty The Rooster and Jerome The Giraffe. At the end of each episode, Friendly would push a tiny little miniature chair in front of a fireplace and tell you he's saving you a seat for the next time you drop in.

The Uncle Bobby Show

Uncle Bobby was fun. Lots of guests and plenty of music and magic acts.
If you were lucky, Uncle Bobby and Bimbo The Birthday Clown...

...would read out a birthday greeting to any boy or girl that was celebrating that day.

damn, marty. i know our old kiddie show hosts were most likely peds as well, but these upper messican fukkers are REALLY creepy. Make mr rogers look like clint eastwood.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:51 am

smackaholic wrote:
Martyred wrote:Mr. Dressup

Mr. Dressup would teach you how to draw and make arts and crafts. Later on, he would invite Casey (puppet) and Finnegan (dog puppet) to the Tickle Trunk, a steamer trunk full of clothes they would pull out and play "dress-up".

The Friendly Giant

The Friendly Giant would invite you up to his castle, where he would play music and read stories to his pals Rusty The Rooster and Jerome The Giraffe. At the end of each episode, Friendly would push a tiny little miniature chair in front of a fireplace and tell you he's saving you a seat for the next time you drop in.

The Uncle Bobby Show

Uncle Bobby was fun. Lots of guests and plenty of music and magic acts.
If you were lucky, Uncle Bobby and Bimbo The Birthday Clown...

...would read out a birthday greeting to any boy or girl that was celebrating that day.
damn, marty. i know our old kiddie show hosts were most likely peds as well, but these upper messican fukkers are REALLY creepy. Make mr rogers look like clint eastwood. Don't even wanna know what mr dressup had hanging in his closet at home.

can a mod please help an HTML challenged nigga out and delete this?

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:39 pm

Pufnstuf

Name Charlie Sheen's favorite after dinner gameplan

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:40 pm

Believe it or not…

Hardly ever watched TV at night during school. Always had sports after school and then homework at night. I was a total bookworm so I read most of the time I wasn’t doing homework. In the summer, it was baseball all summer long and when I wasn’t at practice or at games, usually I was playing outside. The tv I usually did watch in the summer though was the Astros. When I was a little older though…thank God I had a 13” tv in the bedroom and Cinemax!

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:40 pm

War Wagon wrote:

After years of debate over who was hotter, Maryanne or Ginger, I've come to no conclusion.... but I'd still do them both, preferably at the same time.

We've seen your photo, Whitey. You'd do Lovie Howell.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:23 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:30 pm

smackaholic wrote:...but these upper messican fukkers are REALLY creepy. Make mr rogers look like clint eastwood.

No shit. Rob Zombie could do another Texas Chainsaw Massacre spinoff casting these fuckers:

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:57 pm

Sudden Sam wrote: I've modeled my life based on Daffy Duck . WB cartoons were awesome.

That they were. My favorite probably had to be Foghorn Leghorn. "Get away from me boy, you bother me"

or Marvin the Martian. "Where's the Ka-Boom? There was supposed to be a really loud Ka-Boom"

I could watch that shit for hours, and did.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:16 pm

mvscal wrote:H.R. Pufnstuf (when I was way little)

Any wonder why kds in our agerange eded up doin so much acid? Seemed like the logical next step from Pufnstuf.

The Ramblin' Rod Show was THE show in the Portland area. They showed the Loony Tunes/HB cartoons, But Ramblin Rod used to come on the set driving this little boat out to the studio audience of little kids (I went twice). Imagine our disappointment when we discovered the boat actually had no bottom, and te shyster was walking it in. Fucker osted that show for 34 years -- absolute icon in the area. Was until he died, anyway.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:08 pm

not sure i want to drop my 7 year old off to hang out with a dude named ramblin' rod.

just sayin'.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:13 pm

Papa Willie wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
Papa Willie wrote:Errrrr - no TV when I was growing up.

/s/
Goobs
But we had radio. BTW, your state could use some lessons in growing sweet corn. Ours' isn't ready yet so we get get Georgia sweet corn. Most farmers up here would feed that shit to their cattle. With a silent apology to the cattle.
A lot of the corn we get tastes like they've poured sugar on it. I'd imagine that you're getting old "shit corn". Why would we send you assholes our best? :D

You send us your best peaches. You folks just don't know how to grow decent corn. Absolutely pathetic.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:21 pm

Goober McTuber wrote: You send us your best peaches. You folks just don't know how to grow decent corn. Absolutely pathetic.

I suspect they grow good corn. Trouble is, corn has a shelf life of about 10 minutes. If it's shipped more than 20 miles or so, it's gonna be teh suck.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:05 pm

I suspect that you are as dumb as a bag of hammers, and continually talk out of your ass.

Supersweet corn are varieties of sweet corn which produce higher than normal levels of sugar developed by University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign professor John Laughnan.[3] He was investigating two specific genes in sweet corn, one of which, the sh2 gene, caused the corn to shrivel when dry. After further investigation Laughnan discovered that the endosperm of sh2 sweet corn kernels store less starch and from 4 to 10 times more sugar than normal su sweet corn. He published his findings in 1953, disclosing the advantages of growing supersweet sweet corn, but many corn breeders lacked enthusiasm for the new supersweet corn. Illinois Foundation Seeds Inc. was the first seed company to release a supersweet corn and it was called Illini Xtra Sweet, but widespread use of supersweet hybrids did not occur until the early 1980s. The popularly of supersweet corn rose due to its long shelf life and large sugar content when compared to conventional sweet corn. This has allowed the long-distance shipping of sweet corn and has enabled manufacturers to can sweet corn without adding extra sugar or salt.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:08 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:We may send you a few good products now and then (those peaches you mentioned/women/real football)

Real football? How's it gonna get here?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:11 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
Sudden Sam wrote:We may send you a few good products now and then (those peaches you mentioned/women/real football)
Real football? How's it gonna get here?
TV

Yeah, in the future I'll settle for pictures of your shitty fucking corn as well.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:24 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:You don't really want our 3-loss teams that finished 4th in their division coming up there kicking your co-champs asses, do you?

No, we much prefer always giving you home-field advantage.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:56 pm

Fibber McGee and Molly, Arthur Godfrey and his Talent Scouts, Amos & Andy, Death Valley Days...

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:09 pm

Sesame Street
Dukes of Hazard
3 Stooges
Voltron
Gilligan's Island
Batman (Adam West)