Embarressing Favorite Old TV Shows!!!

TinkerbellMTSU · #1 08-03-2001, 10:33 AM

Okay, after reading the post about old tapes you owned, I thought of this. Some things I used to watch when I was little:

Sesame Street

Mr.Roger's Neigborhood

My Little Pony (had toys too)

CareBears (had toys)

Popples (had toys)

Rainbow Bright (I had ALL the dolls!)

Eureka's Castle

David, the Nome

Little House on the Prarie &
Three's Company Reruns

Andy Griffith Show Reruns

Soul Train (LOL my mom told me I watched this when I was a toddler!)

Punky Brewster

Full House

The Facts of Life

What was that show with the Seaver family called???

Step By Step

Family Matters

Clarissa Explains It All

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

All That (when it first came out---remember when "Round House" was on it??? circa. 1994/95???)

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pirate00 · #2 08-03-2001, 10:40 AM

Hey, the show with the Seaver family was Growing Pains. I've got a good list myself in addition to yours:

3-2-1 Contact (with the Bloodhound Gang theme)

Square One TV

Today's Special

You Can't Do That On Television

Alice

Kate & Allie

ALF

Family Ties

Noozles

Electric Company

My Secret Identity

Small Wonder

A-Team

Kid's Incorporated

Mickey Mouse Club

and many more!

LeslieEMU · #3 08-03-2001, 11:12 AM

ok, here goes:

- Kids Incorporated
- Mickey Mouse Club (even when it became the MMC)
- Punky Bruster
- Pippi Longstocking
- Clarissa Explains It All
- Rainbow Brite
- Hanna Barbara Cartoons
- The Wuzzles
- The Gummibears
- You Can't Do That On Television
- Rags to Riches (which I'm sure no one but me remembers...I wanted to live in Nick Foley's house too!)

P7A77 · #4 08-03-2001, 11:33 AM

I remember Rags to Riches ... it had Joseph Bologna and that one girl who was in the Little Shop of Horrors movie, if I recall correctly.

So far I'm not really sure what's so embarrassing about watching kids' shows when you're a kid, but I really liked Small Wonder.

When I was a bit younger, I liked to watch Zoom (being from the US, it struck me as so odd the way those wacky Canadians pronounced "envelope".. and this is back when they wore red and black striped shirts, not the way it is now), and also 321 Contact ... if you've got the crime, we've got the time. The Bloodhound Gang theme used to frighten my little brother, because he caught one episode of it that dealt with ghosts or something. He has a child of his own now, so I hope he's gotten over it.

SSS1365 · #5 08-03-2001, 02:32 PM

I agree with most of the ones already posted, so I'll just add:

-Smurfs
-Lambchop's Playalong
-Fraggle Rock

veruca76 · #6 08-03-2001, 04:55 PM

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Originally posted by LeslieEMU:
- Rags to Riches (which I'm sure no one but me remembers...I wanted to live in Nick Foley's house too!)

No way!! I loved that show. I used to tape every single episode and was so bummed when it got cancelled. It also starred Tisha Campbell who was later on the show Martin and a bunch of other stuff. I still think of her as the Rags to Riches girl though.

Remember when they got all dressed up doing a cover of "Hey, Mr. Postman." It was Hey, Mr. Foley or something like that.

juniorgrrl · #7 08-04-2001, 12:50 AM

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Originally posted by veruca76:
No way!! I loved that show. I used to tape every single episode and was so bummed when it got cancelled. It also starred Tisha Campbell who was later on the show Martin and a bunch of other stuff. I still think of her as the Rags to Riches girl though.

Remember when they got all dressed up doing a cover of "Hey, Mr. Postman." It was Hey, Mr. Foley or something like that.

I loved that show SO MUCH. I think I even still have an episode on tape here - the one where they make the commercial.

I have lots of favorite shows, and I'm not embarasesed about liking ANY of them

Pinwheel (I'm searching for tapes of this? anyone got any?)

Today's Special

Ren and Stimpy (Have most of the first few seasons on tape until it got *stolen* from John K)

Roundhouse (an AWESOME show, was NEVER EVER EVER part of that crap they call All That. It was an entirely separate show, ran from 92-95 and was part of the original SNICK block. I've got most of it on tape. Great singers/actors/dancers.)

Clarissa Explains it All (also have most of 'em on tape. I used to tape the SNICK block every week

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All the "toy cartoons" - Smurfs, Transformers, Get-Along-Gang, Alf...

The Third Eye used to scare the CRAP outa me when I was a kid

purpleturtle · #8 08-04-2001, 01:54 AM

All of those mentioned. I was all about Fraggle Rock when I was younger, then became obsessed with Clarissa Explains it All. I wanted a ladder to my room.

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Thrillhouse · #9 08-04-2001, 02:24 AM

Alf, and Perfect Strangers. Anyone remember Balki?

TinkerbellMTSU · #10 08-04-2001, 03:00 AM

Sorry, why did I say RoundHouse was on All That? I meant SNICK, I got confused because All That was on SNICK later also.

I also used to watch:

Blossom
Fresh Prince
Salute Your Shorts
Welcome, Freshman
Don't Just Sit There
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Mr. Wizard
Double Dare
Saved by the Bell
Family Matters
Gidget (that robot girl, right? she stuck her index finger in beverages to drink them)
Paddington Bear
how can I forget GUMBY?

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TinkerbellMTSU · #11 08-04-2001, 03:02 AM

Oh yeah! Balki Vartocomas (or something like that). I LOVED that show!!! I thought the funniest one had to be when it showed Balki & his cousin (what was his name?) as babies in cribs LMAO!

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#12 08-04-2001, 04:25 AM

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Originally posted by Ex greek:
Alf, and Perfect Strangers. Anyone remember Balki?

"Of course not don't be ree-dee-koo-loose."--Balki Bartakamous

I saw Bronson Pinchot on ET's "Whatever happened to?" and I had a hard time accepting the fact that he didn't really speak with an accent.

Miami1839 · #13 08-04-2001, 09:19 AM

-Mork & Mindy (Nanu Nanu)
-Dukes of Hazzard
-Eight is Enough
-Different Strokes
-Threes Company
-Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew series on t.v. but I was in elementary school I think when that was on t.v.
-mon chi chis on Saturday Morning
-Dungeons and Dragons

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TinkerbellMTSU · #14 08-04-2001, 01:37 PM

Same here! (about Balki!) But I've seen him in some other things, some movies, one where he had an accent, and another where he didn't. One movie he was in was really funny, the other was scary (and he was the bad guy!). In the funny movie, he played a psychic who wore white all the time, and he would go into these crazy spasms and a "ghost" would talk through him. It was sooooo funny!

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#15 08-04-2001, 01:59 PM

I think that movie where he was the bad guy was called "The Langoliers". It was based on a Stephen King novel I think. It was a way too complicated movie...that's why it went straight to TV.

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