Remember him ... Oh so long ago ...Well, I came across a 5 buck dvd of Red Skelton... lol ... my son has watched it over and over again. Only goes to show ... Once America's favorite funnyman ... Always America's favorite funnyman ... And yea ... I thought it was funny also... :lolsmash: But dang I feel old now ... :cry: lol
Andi, "old" is a state of mind. Besides, growing old beats the heck out of the alternative. I remember Red Skelton, Ed Sullivan (We have a reeelly great shew tonite"), The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Leave it to Beaver -- ohhhh -- the list goes on and on. I Remenisce (sp?) about the good stuff and forget about the bad and enjoy life as it comes. Hey. Who could forget Clem Cadiddle Hopper?!
Gunsmoke ... I never could get into it ...:confused: Now my hubby and son both love it, me :gaah: ... lol But give me almost any older show and I will take it over the crap they put out today. But as I have no cable, dish or the like ... I get to pick the DVD we like!:2thumb:
Red Skelton was a very great American too.Anyone here him do the 'Pledge of Aliegence'?It will make you cry.About what the flag stands for or use to stand for. Yall remember 20 Mule Team Borax's ' Wagon Train' or Sugar Foot?I still use borax to get my wash cleaner. How about Burns and Allen?Gracy was a trip.
Since we're taking a trip down memory lane, let's not forget shows like Bonanza, F Troop, Hogans Heros, Mr. Ed, My Favorite Martian, The Flying Nun, The Munsters, The Adams Family. There's plenty more but someone else can add to the list.
When I was a kid it was ALF, The A Team, the Dukes Of Hazzard, the Cosby Show, etc. What can I say? I'm a child of the 80's.
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Good ol' Fess...sorely missed... I have started watching the old "Daniel Boone" show on Retro TV. Despite the initial appeal to the kids, (coonskin hats, etc.), and the fact that most of the actors cast as "indians" may not have recognized a real Native American, the show does have a lot to offer in showing how people lived and worked back then. :confused: Since the show is set in roughly the same period as the America Revolution, it has a lot of characters that represent the players of the time...the British Redcoats, the revolutionaries (eg.- Benjamin Franklin), the various Indian tribes (along with a very fair representation of the legitimate complaints that they had with both the settlers and the British Whoever produced this show obviously spent a lot of time researching the subject to keep it historically accurate. :congrat: Lastly, the casting of Fess Parker (formerly Disney's Davy Crockett) as Boone brought the character to life! :2thumb:
Heres a short list for you It's About Time Beverly Hillbillies Car 54 Where Are You? My Three Sons The Green Hornet Batman Lost In Space Man From U.N.C.L.E McHale's Navy Star Trek My Mother the Car The Courtship Of Eddie's Father And yes *Andi, Red Skelton was one of my favorites.
Turn it off and get your own life back I have given up on television for the most part. IMHO Big Brother and Survivor were the beginning of a slow downward spiral in to stupidity for TV programing. There are no family show with values anymore. The shows that are out to day are, disgusting, raunchy, and degrading. Call me old fashioned, but I have the spine to say the Emperor(media) is naked. My two cents: .
I don't know how anyone could watch any of the reality shows. They are not near as close to reality as saturday night wrestling.
The Real McCoys, Wanted Dead or Alive, Big Valley, Rawhide, Deputy Dawg, Looney Tunes, and The Life of Riley.
Wyatt Earp,Father Knows Best was a very good one.Can you imagine the outcry from the fems if it played today? I'm surprised Aunt Bee on Andy Griffith was'nt tarred and feathered in efergy.
We rid our hoese of cable several tears ago.We only get two stations with antenne 'if theres not a cloud within a hyndred miles'.So we seldom turn it on at all. Today we watched 'Buffalo Bill'on rented dvd.Joel MCCrea,Marine O'Hara .Last good recent movie was ShawShank Redeption,imo.
