Retro TV Shows

[Rita]

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Loved the Beave! What shows do you miss? My husband has been watching Gunsmoke reruns for several weeks now. And I was reminded of the Drill Sergeant from Gomer Pyle recently when talking about a couple graduating students who will soon be going through basic military training in Air Force and Marines.

Television: Golly, Beav, We're Historic
".... There have perhaps been funnier sitcom scenes since, and certainly much louder, more frenetic ones. But has the craftsmanship ? wonderfully believable brotherly chat as a foundation; sly incongruity laid on top ? ever been bested? Doubtful. ......
That is what hits you first when you sit down with a box of ?Beaver?: television comedy was a much slower animal back then. You have to detox mentally to watch these shows, to lay aside your caffeine and BlackBerry addictions and be prepared to wait for your rewards. That bathtub scene takes almost three and a half minutes to unspool. In that time Hannah Montana could have traded six insults with her father, tripped over a couch, lost her wig, dumped two boyfriends and had a crisis involving shoes. ...,"
Television - ?Leave It to Beaver? and Sitcom Craftsmanship - NYTimes.com


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[DD]

I loved the Beav too! Eddie Haskell cracked me up!!
You're so right it was a much simpler time back then. Hannah M.--HA!
A later show I miss is WKRP in Cinncinnati.
I did like Andy Griffith too...so goofy and so country.

 

[Matt J]

<Bows out gracefully to avoid being called a youngster>

 

[Scooter]

I loved Green Acres!!!!!! Eva Gabor was the best with her hotcakes!!!!!

 

[Carol G]

The Carol Burnett Show

 

[Rita]

PBS just had a special on tonight about Carol Burnett and her show. What a magnificent cast!

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[Allifunn]

<Bows out gracefully to avoid being called a youngster>

I must admit that I really didn't like Leave It To Beaver, don't know why the whole cast gave me a headache
I liked My Three Sons, Lost In Space and Bewitched. I kind of remember My Favorite Martian from when I was very young

Of course I loved The Monkeys and The Partridge Family....wonder why? :roll:

 

[DD]

I loved Green Acres!!!!!! Eva Gabor was the best with her hotcakes!!!!!

Olivah!!!
Great show!

 

[Rita]

I must admit that I really didn't like Leave It To Beaver, don't know why the whole cast gave me a headache
I liked My Three Sons, Lost In Space and Bewitched. I kind of remember My Favorite Martian from when I was very young

Of course I loved The Monkeys and The Partridge Family....wonder why? :roll:

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My Favorite Martian made me think of MR. ED, the talking horse. I wasn't a big fan but often watched it.

I watch more BEWITCHED now than I ever did when it was originally on.


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[happy2Bme]

I owe my unique sense of humor to the shows of the day....I love Lucy, Little Rascals, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Gilligan's Island, The Andy Griffiths Show/Mayberry RFD, My Three Sons, The Adams Family, Car 54 Where Are You, Bob Newhart Show, Carol Burnette Show, Sonny and Cher (yuk), Hogan's Heroes, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, Star Trek, The Jetsons, Bugs Bunny/Road Runner/Foghorn Leghorn (Loony Toons), Family Affair, Smothers Brothers, Dukes of Hazzard, Ed Sullivan Show, Bob Newhart Show, WKRP in Cincinatti, etc., etc., etc.

I continue to hone my humor, along with my kids, by watching the better shows of today.....Wizards of Waverly Place, Phineas and Ferb, The Suite Life, The Proud Family, Shaun the Sheep, iCarly, Good Luck Charlie, Penguins of Madagascar, etc., etc., etc.

Add to that every stand-up comedy show within eyesight......Who's Line is It?, Stand-up Stand-up, VH1 Stand-Up, etc., and there you have it.

Times do change, but funny is eternal!