#19 TV Shows (not afraid to show my age)

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TV isn't the same. Today kids watch cartoons that have the same voices and the same storylines repeated over and over. Animated characters are drawn in strange, alien proportions with huge heads, enormous eyes, and little, stem-like necks. Live action kids shows are rarely taped in front of a studio audience. Actors can have virtually no ability to act as long as they have the right look and can follow directions. Now that filming is digital, there isn't the concern of thousands of dollars of celluloid getting cut and tossed onto the editing room floor. It's just take after take until it's all put together to be packaged and sold. OK, I'm done ranting. Here are some of the shows I enjoyed as a kid:

1966 Batman. I was born in 1972 so I got to enjoy reruns of this on a daily basis from kindergarten to 6th grade, I think. http://youtu.be/9d8srLbNih0

1974-1977 Land of the Lost
Dinosaurs! http://youtu.be/nCpScBIm0lk

1977-1983 ChiPs Cops on Motorcycles. I've had a thing for motorcycles and  men in uniform ever since. http://youtu.be/VYKdayl7BHM
1975-1979: The New Adventures of Wonder Woman
I loved this show so much I had Wonder Woman Underoos and a Wonder Woman bathing suit! http://youtu.be/1ROi9Isk_5I

1974-1984 Happy Days.  Took place in the 50's which seemed so cool at the time. http://youtu.be/gMxkMy9JvXI

1979-1985 Dukes of Hazzard. Rednecks, fast cars and Daisy Dukes.
http://youtu.be/hxD0PqVlt5Q

1979-1990 You Can't Do That on Television! Sketch TV by young amateur actors in true classic Nick-style. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water. http://youtu.be/tZpsYciXddk

1973 - ? Superfriends. 'Nuff said. http://youtu.be/vqRxWAqnQ_g

1976 The Muppet Show! Kermit the Frog and his friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074028/     youtube: http://youtu.be/8N_tupPBtWQ

I know there were probably many more shows but these were some of my favorites.  A lot of them have been revisited as films in more recent years, but they lost the campiness that 70's shows were known for. Not sure if that's a good thing or not. I've pretty much lost interest in TV since those days. I think I enjoy no more than 5 regularly broadcast shows on a regular basis. I don't have a tv in my room and I have no desire for one. Give me a good movie or a good book and I'm content.