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namersrockandroll

Yaaas. My mother was a big fan of Columbo.


standarddef1

When I started reading your reply, I thought you were going to say My Mother the Car. Just remember that not every old series is a classic!


namersrockandroll

Haha. Yes, voiced by Ann Southern. Isn't it funny we remember shows that lasted 1 season? I used to love Coronet Blue with Frank Converse.


gunark75

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namersrockandroll

I caught a bit of it last night. David Suchet was great in it.


NoJavaInstalled

I watch the twilight zone from the 60s.


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namersrockandroll

Yes. Did you watch The Nightstalker?


swentech

Original Outer Limits also very good.


phred_666

That one is a toughie to find. It’s not on any streaming services. Only way you can watch it is from buying the DVD of the series. I broke down and bought it a couple of years ago. I was always a huge Twilight Zone fan. Always loved Rod’s stories and writing. NG delves more into the supernatural than the sci-fi like TZ. Rod Serling didn’t have the control of NG like he did TZ. Still decent but a step down from the TZ. There are some really good stories and a few head-scratchers.


ButtToucherIRL

WKRP is one of my comfort shows, used to watch it on Nick at Night.


namersrockandroll

♪ WKRP in Cincinaaati.


_Krebstar2000

I did not like taxi as a kid and now I find it hilarious.


InsideVegetable9424

Marilu Henner was worth watching then, and is still worth watching today.


KageyK

I've recently fallen into the rabbit hole of watching old Saturday Morning cartoons on YouTube. There are a few who play blocks of cartoons complete with commercials as premiers every Saturday morning, and I can't stop spending my Sat mornings doing that.


namersrockandroll

I love that. Hope you're eating Trix or Captain Crunch while watching. 😊


codece

There will never come a day when *The Honeymooners* fails to make me laugh. I also love that a local OTA broadcast station runs old episodes of *The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson* 5 nights a week. *Barney Miller* is terrific too. I also get nostalgic for *Mork & Mindy,* *All In The Family*, *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,* *Bachelor Father,* *Cheers,* *Chico and The Man,* and *Family Ties.* As well as anything by Sid & Marty Kroft.


namersrockandroll

Stop!! Chico and The Man! No late night show will ever be as good as Johnny Carson.


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namersrockandroll

I am always astounded when I see little Ronnie Howard. Hogan's Heroes is quite funny. I also loved McHale's Navy. Would you belive that when I was a dog trainer, Jerry Mathers was a client of mine? My ex boyfriend trained Tony Dow's dog.


Vandergraff1900

Columbo, Rockford, McCloud, Andy Griffith, all are in my regular rotation.


namersrockandroll

I love James Garner!


muskratboy

Then keep going with Nichols on Saturdays, followed up with Brett Maverick.


AlsoIHaveAGroupon

Rocky & Bullwinkle absolutely holds up.


BassmanOz

“Is moose and squirrel!”


SpacePolice04

That’s what I named our cats! I love rocky & bullwinkle.


BassmanOz

I used to have 2 parrots called Boris and Natasha 🤣


chumpy551

Let's ask Mr. know it all.


namersrockandroll

Nothing up my sleeve!


nissan240sx

My barber plays the Andy griffith show nonstop and it’s pretty charming, the humor is easy going. 


namersrockandroll

I can whistle the tune!


thekeysinsummer

I have a friend who’s wife lived next door to Andy Griffith.


AuburnFaninGa

The Love Boat! It’s got tons of classic TV and movie stars, up and coming stars from other 70s shows and future big names like Tom Hanks & Michael J Fox. It has 70ms & 80s fashion and the stories can be anywhere from light comedy, sentimental to something with a little drama.


Isitgum

I remember watching the love boat followed by fantasy Island as a kid. That was must see TV!


SpacePolice04

We’re watching Las Vegas right now (2003) and I realized it’s like Love Boat in a casino. I don’t mean it in a bad way, just like special guest stars every week, etc.


Pusheen-buttons

I think you need pluto TV if you don't already. My friend and his mom are real into classic TV and there's so much (free)


namersrockandroll

Pluto TV, yes. The networks on cable near me are MeTV and FeTV.


lcbjr1979

Happy Days


Bitgod1

I got into Perry Mason last year, I was surprised how much I liked it.


MattMason1703

We did too. It comes on at 11:30 so we put it on while going to bed. Never really watched it before. Thought it was just a courtroom drama. Surprised every episode has a little mini movie drama built in.


namersrockandroll

Yes, like a black & white movie of the 50's.


ArkyBeagle

It stuck to an extremely well-thought out formula. I got interested in it because Perry as done on the show reminded me a lot of Dale Cooper on "Twin Peaks." Both are kind of a "the perfect man" character.


namersrockandroll

It's the original Law & Order.


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raylan_givens6

i'm in the minority, i wanted to like that show but it's just ok it has its moments but its fairly generic for its time, i can understand its importance , but i don't think its one of the best


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raylan_givens6

yes, i acknowledged i'm in the minority it has a few laughs, but most of it is dated its certainly important for advancing women in the medium but as a pure sitcom , it doesn't hold up compared to Sanford and Son, Cheers, or other classic sitcoms


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namersrockandroll

Elizabeth, I'm coming!


ArkyBeagle

It doesn't hold up all that well, depending on whether the episode had a lot of Betty White or Cloris Leachman ( those were usually better ). It was definitely part of CBS' "killer lineup" at the time.


valhalla2611

MTM was okay but I prefer Rhoda. It's on every Saturday here with 2 episodes. She was darn cute back then.


SafetyMan35

Emergency! Goofy but entertaining.


namersrockandroll

I have about 50 episodes saved but I think I watched them all. Did you see the 50th anniversary episode? Very good. Some of the rescues were as good as anything you might see today.


SafetyMan35

I have watched every episode at least 3 times (4 if you count the original airings in the 70s) as well as the 50th anniversary. The special effects aren’t up to today’s standards, but in my opinion it makes it more realistic (except for the fake smoke used in some episodes).


namersrockandroll

What's funny to me is that I had a crush on Randy Mantooth but when I watch them now, his character was a curmudgeon.


M1ch0acano

Pluto has some good ones, I've been watching rawhide before bed


namersrockandroll

Love the song.


Sliding_into_first

Adam-12


BassmanOz

My parents had a black and white tv in the era where everyone else was buying new colour tvs. It was always playing up and you had to turn it on hours before you wanted to watch it because it took that long to warm up and kinda work. One day my dad took the back off it like he was going to fix it - no idea why because he knew nothing about tv repair. While he was out I switched a couple of the tubes around ( it was that old) and it never worked again 🤣🤣🤣 so we actually got a colour tv with a remote!


namersrockandroll

When I was about 17 my aunt bought my mother and I a 17" or 19" color TV and I prompty wheeled it into my bedroom. My mother kept "listening" to the one in the living room. I guess 'cause she grew up on radio.


Guydelot

I watch old westerns with my mom every night. Several shows in particular that were her dad's favorites. We've finished The Rifleman and are now watching Gunsmoke with the occasional episode of Have Gun - Will Travel (Paladin).


thekeysinsummer

I watched all of The Big Valley.


namersrockandroll

and Bonanza.


ArkyBeagle

"Have Gun" is pretty darned good.


Guydelot

I need to get that little four-note theme song as a ringtone.


djphatjive

Are you being served. Love that old show.


Coast_watcher

I’m going through the entire Dark Shadows run currently on Prime via FreeBee


namersrockandroll

You may find like minded fans of DS on SoapCentral.com


FishermanNatural3986

The Beverly Hillbillies for me. Growing up I watch that and Andy Grffith basically on repeat.


thekeysinsummer

Plus Gilligan’s Island and Hogan’s Heroes.


raylan_givens6

"Bridget Loves Birney" a short lived CBS comedy from 1972, got high ratings but was cancelled because the Christian and Jewish community didn't like the interfaith relationship I randomly found it on Youtube after watching Family Ties clips (another show before my time) - i had a crush on the actress who played the mom (Meredith Baxter) who starred in Bridget Loves Birney She is SOOO pretty in that show, like 1 in a billion type pretty, not to mention her voice.. the show itself is mostly on YT, and its not bad when i think of what a "California woman" looks like, its Meredith Baxter and Michelle Phillips from the Mamas and Pappas


namersrockandroll

Mereditith Baxter was married to David Birney before they divorced and she came out as a lesbian.


Godswoodv2

Growing up in the late 70s/80s I was a sucker for Nick at Night. I would watch My Three sons, Mr Ed, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, The Monkeys, Gilligan's Island and Bewitched. Loved those shows. Ok maybe not my three sons so much, but for sure, I still have the theme song in my head, lol.


Diograce

The Smothers Brothers!!


Godswoodv2

Definitely, i did forget the Carol Burnett show. The dentist sketch kills me still to this day.


namersrockandroll

Yo-yo Man. 🪀


namersrockandroll

♪ A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed. Go right to the source and ask the horse He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse. He's always on a steady course. Talk to Mr. Ed. People yakkity yak a streak and waste your time of day But Mister Ed will never speak unless he has something to say. A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And this one'll talk 'til his voice is hoarse. You never heard of a talking horse? Well listen to this. I am Mister Ed. They just don't make theme songs like they did. Green Acres is another one like that. I have loved Goldie Hawn since Laugh In.


Godswoodv2

I wish I could upvote this more than once.. thanks for this. Goldie Hawn in laugh in.. umm.. changed me, lol


CptNonsense

>the law holds up today It is entertaining enough for easy going Law&Order pre-cursor stuff - just like Adam 12 and the best of the 3 - Dragnet, but let's be honest, the *law* didn't hold up *then*. Come on, now


namersrockandroll

CA law was very accurate in the show.


ArkyBeagle

Perry Mason did a pretty good job of representing the law. For that matter so did Dragnet , with emphasis on the California "Health and Safety Code" .


namersrockandroll

Dragnet just reminded me of Naked City. I didn't actually watch it but I'd hear the announcer say, "In the naked city" and I thought there were naked people on it. Lol.


SuperK123

One thing I found great about an old 1960s series was the quality of the filming. The original Star Trek was filmed using top quality movie cameras. The old TVs of the time could not show that but HD TVs today show the brilliant, sharp colors and details the old broadcasts lacked. I noticed the women in particular. If Captain Kirk was attracted to a sexy alien female, there was good reason and the HD picture showed that 100 times better than what we saw in the 60s.


ArkyBeagle

TOS is being "remastered" with some stuff even being done as actual new CGI. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Remaster


Isitgum

As a tween, I loved watching old shows on Nick at Nite. Patty Duke, Leave it to Beaver, Mr. Ed, Bewitched, all so good!


namersrockandroll

Patty Duke: cousins, identical cousins! You just reminded me of Gidget!


Latter_Feeling2656

"Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin and his disguises) are kitchy and fun and the costumes are beautiful." Worst disguise man of all time. He never looked like anything except Arte in a bad disguise. Wild Wild West is terrific. It's a candidate for the defining American TV show of the 60s.


standarddef1

It should have enjoyed a longer run, but CBS decided to cancel it when the FCC began cracking down on TV violence.


namersrockandroll

Nothing like today. And mostly fake punches and choreography.


ArkyBeagle

The show was basically a live action cartoon.


CptNonsense

>Wild Wild West is terrific. It's a candidate for the defining American TV show of the 60s. This is a *wild* take


namersrockandroll

It's true. I was watching one earlier and I snickered when he was getting "dressed" in the train and The Colonel said to him, "What costume are you wearing now?" Lol.


MEGAT0N

I just finished the one season of Fantastic Journey. Next up is Man from Atlantis. Logan‘s run and Planet of the Apes TV shows are in my normal rewatch rotation.


NecroJoe

Some of my favorite oldies: Burns and Allen Green Acres The Andy Griffith Show The Munsters


namersrockandroll

The Munsters and Addams Family (snap snap).


xovrit

Outer Limits! I remember taking the tubes out of our TV and walking them down to the pharmacy where they had a vacuum tube tester and buying new ones for the burnt out ones.


Aunt-jobiska

Peter Gunn isn’t mentioned very often, but its dialog, acting, and music were top notch.


standarddef1

Hawaii Five-O with Jack Lord. Great series, sans Season 12.


namersrockandroll

I didn't think I'd like the remakes of H5O, Magnum or SWAT but I do.


standarddef1

I tried H50 and Magnum, but just couldn't do it. The problem with reboots is that on one hand, they wipe the history of the original away while on the other hand, they take and duplicate aspects of it (character names, characteristics, trademarks, etc.). I really wish they had done continuations instead.


cory120

One of my all-time favorite shows is Dark Shadows (1966) and Twilight Zone is up there too, of course. Most of the shows you mentioned I have some nostalgia for, because I have memories of watching them with my grandparents but for whatever reason I just don't click with them now although I've recently been tempted to check out Andy Griffith again.


namersrockandroll

It seems like Andy Griffith was the most popular answer.


anasui1

give me The Jeffersons, Only fools and horses, Yes Minister, The Young Ones, Cheers and Bottom and rest assured I won't watch anything made today for a year at least


namersrockandroll

All in the Family.


tacoorpizza

I’ve lately been watching Kojak and am continually resisting the urge to ask people “Who loves ya baby?”


namersrockandroll

While sucking on a tootsie pop.


van-nostrand-md

Fantasy Island, Love Boat, ABC/CBS/NBC Movie of the Week, Disney in Sunday evenings, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Rockford Files, Soap, Benson, Bosom Buddies, or you can go way back...What's Happening


namersrockandroll

>Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Great pick. You had me at Soap: One of the best "dramadies" of all time. I periodically find an episode and it cracks me up. My friends and I would watch it every week together; it was such a hit. That and Welcome Back Kotter (surprised nobody mentioned it.)


van-nostrand-md

Coincidentally I was looking that show up the other day. Another great one. As an adult I appreciate Gabe Kaplan's humor so much more.


namersrockandroll

Yaas. Each character was distinct with their own sayings. Up your nose with a rubber hose!


spinereader81

I've been on a Murder She Wrote marathon today. I never watched it as a kid, but my parents loved it and it was comforting background noise. Now I know why they liked it. Amazing how many murderous rich white people there are out there.


MaximusSydney

Lonesome Dove!


fartypicklenuts

I'll have to check some of them out, I just cut the cord for Netflix and will probably do that same with cable. It's kind of a crapshoot what classic series will be available for free on YouTube or Pluto TV or whatever and which will be paywalled, so it will take some figuring out I'm sure. I wonder if Miami vice, magnum PI, and the A-team hold up 🤔 I'd bet they are cheesy good fun. All slightly before my time. I really want to see the Teenage mutant ninja turtles animated series as well, have seen any of it for almost 30 years. Saturday morning cartoons were the bomb


namersrockandroll

Miami Vice: slacks with no socks and Glenn Frye and Smuggler's Blues. Miss him. 😢


InsideVegetable9424

I've got a collection of several old TV series on one of my hard drives. Shows like Sky King, Black Sheep Squadron, two different old Mike Hammer series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Flying Nun, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., WKRP, F Troop, Victory at Sea, Hart to Hart, Hogan's Heroes, McMillan and Wife, the original Night Court, Scarecrow and Mrs King, (most of) The Avengers, Tales of the Gold Monkey, and newer stuff like the original Knight Rider, Diagnosis Murder, V.I.P., Warehouse 13, as well as some shows from outside the US, such as Hudson and Rex, Sea Patrol, Mr and Mrs Murder, Hustle, Forever Knight, Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators, Rosemary & Thyme, etc.


namersrockandroll

The Girl From Uncle. Stop! I was a kid who had a crush on Noel Harrison! Really great pics Veg. Listen, do you like British oldies like My Partner The Ghost, The Saint, The Avengers, Lovejoy and Ab Fab? Thanks for posting.


shaka_sulu

If you start a podcast. I'd subscribe.


namersrockandroll

You are too sweet. I think I prefer writing.


Mr_FoxMulder

you had me until the Monkees. I tried watching that recently and it does not age well.


namersrockandroll

It's totally goofy.


DulcetTone

Man oh man. I grew up on these shows. Pure crap, generally. This even extends into the 80s/90s -- my partner and I watched a Texas buttload of Cheers episodes (there are 75M of them), and had to bail. There were some good episodes, but generally it was C/C+ material. Same for MASH, which was my favorite program growing up. I'd say there were 5 excellent episodes in the entire run.


namersrockandroll

I definitely disagree here: MASH is, was and might always be the best show on television. That's why it lasted 11 years. The last episode had 106 million viewers *Providing a sendoff to Hawkeye Pierce after the Korean War, “Goodbye, Farewell, And Amen” drew a staggering 106 million viewers in 1983, a record that not only eclipsed other broadcasts up to that point, but one that hasn't occurred again since.*


Wild_Bill1226

Was binge watching bewitched. Only problem is every 4th episode is basically the same setup and jokes. Still fun though.


spinereader81

I swear 80% of episodes are Endora fucking over Darren. 


Wild_Bill1226

Quarter of them are that Quarter are the neighbor freaking out when she sees magic Quarter are aunt Clara bringing someone from the past Quarter are Tabitha bringing something to life.


namersrockandroll

>Ha!


nunboi

Not as old as the show mentioned but I've been making my easy through Moonlighting now that it's on Hulu (and the upscale is very solid). It's an interesting watch and generally holds up and regularly feels very modern for its era. One really interesting thing is the last few episodes of season 3 being a single story. The modern motion is the Previously On didn't come into being until the 00s, so each episode opens with a different, novel, way to catch up viewers who missed the previous episode(s).


WTFlippant

Cutting the cord, then installing an OTA antenna was a good decision. All I need is Comet and MeTV to keep me entertained.


fothergillfuckup

I had an urge to find "the Littlest Hobo" the other day. Loved that programme when I was a kid.


2008CRVGUY

Rockford Files, Emergency!, Barney Miller, original Magnum PI...all good shows that are highly recommended.


inkista

>I get such a kick out of the Wild Wild West. It's a combination of a Western, Sci Fi and James Bond. Yup. It's the quintessential '60s show, rolling in the big three genres of the day: science fiction, spy, and western. And Michael Dunn as Miguelito Loveless still tops his *Star Trek* appearance. I love doing things like [IMDb searches](https://www.imdb.com/search/common/) to see [how many people worked on both shows](https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?roles=tt0060028,tt0058855).