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Anyone revisiting old TV series?
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Anyone revisiting old TV series?
DW and I have started going through Netflix offerings and are looking to watch older series we liked. We just started West Wing, for example. I think we'll put ER into the queue.
Do you guys like re-watching old series, or not as interesting to you second time around?
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I like old westerns, so Maverick, Rawhide, Wagon Train are good, but I have
really enjoyed re-watching Have Gun Will Travel with Richard Boone. I like the way it tried to look at a variety of issues and even has some diverse characters in its cast. I love the older episodes where Paladin speaks at the beginning of the show and then you hear the words said later in the story. Yes, it has its
stereotypes at times with Hey Boy and how women are portrayed, but I think it is a western of a slightly higher class.
I'm enjoying watching Hawkeye, partly because I'm a fan of J. M. Cooper's
Deerslayer. It might be a bit preachy, but I like the comments made by Lynda
Carter's character at the end of episode.
On Saturday night on MeTV, I get to see old episodes of Black Sheep
Squadron, Combat and The Rat Patrol. With my Dish TV, I can have
them recorded and ready for me to see.
Finally, I'm probably one of the few people who like to watch the old
series: Beastmaster. It might be just another western with heroes, villains, magic cool animals in a tropical setting, but I enjoy it.
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Yes those old western are good .Some or the ones that are watched here are Rawhide ,Gunsmoke and the ones called Marshell Dillon ,Wanted Dead or Alive ,and Rifleman .I live the room when rifleman comes on as most of these I know what is going to be said next .Husband gets mad when I talk along with the tv ,so I leave .LOL
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Yes I love old series
Can & do watch "MASH", Perry Mason, Ironside most everyday on METV
& Have always loved "I love Lucy" & "Bewitched".... still die laughing when watch Lucy set fake nose on fire with William Holden
Also can rewatch any Law & Order series especially the Original & SVU & Criminal Intent
I truly enjoy watching TV & recall our family getting 1st Black and white TV set in 60's ........ : )
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Recently I have had the desire to seek out the old kiddy shows we used to watch on our tiny black and white. Youtube has some of the old Andy's Gang shows, which featured Froggy the Gremlin and some other weird characters, including music professor Pastafazooli (character actor Vito Scotti.)
There are also clips from Howdy Doody, Lone Ranger, Zorro, Sandy Becker and Winky Dink!
Anyone remember Cicus Boy?
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Nope don't recall Circus boy
But have seen recently The Monkeys and HR Puffenstuff on Cozi TV & Partridge Family(have watched alot of these again) which is freaky I had crushes on David Cassidy & Jack Wilder(HRP) & Bobby Sherman and Donny Osmond
Used to send them fan mail ... the good ole days
Ginger : )
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Yes,
Just happen to be channel surfing and came across an episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show. It was really interesting because during this episode, Rob, Laura and Ritchie somehow had dyed their hands black while enroute to a benefit gala where Rob was going to receive an award from a large group of officials who were mostly african american.
I have always loved this show and especially that apartment that is still modern to me to this day, but what I really loved was his concern about diversity, what the group would think of him and telling the truth about how he and his families hands got dyed accidently. I tell you it was epic.
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I still listen in on the Golden Girls whenever they are on. I do not watch as I have seen all the episodes multiple times. I still love the shows I grew up watching, they have stayed with me the same way favorite fairy tales have. I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith, the Honeymooners (OK that was before my time, but I still loved it) anything with George Burns always perks me up.
I loved My Favorite Martian, have not seen any reruns. I guess none else loved it! There are lots more I loved. Now I only watch Acorn & PBS on a regular basis.
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@LaDolceVita wrote:I still listen in on the Golden Girls whenever they are on. I do not watch as I have seen all the episodes multiple times. I still love the shows I grew up watching, they have stayed with me the same way favorite fairy tales have. I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith, the Honeymooners (OK that was before my time, but I still loved it) anything with George Burns always perks me up.
I loved My Favorite Martian, have not seen any reruns. I guess none else loved it! There are lots more I loved. Now I only watch Acorn & PBS on a regular basis.
@LaDolceVita Nice to see you. Hope all is well. Happy New Year to you!
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YouTube is my go to app when I want to see something old that is not being broadcast anywhere else. When I had a yen for Designing Women, found it on YouTube. Couldn't find Cold Case, though. Presently being broadcast over the air, so I get to enjoy the music and Jeremy Ratchford again!
Today, I wanted to see Flower Drum Song. Now, this isn't a series, but an old movie featuring the music of Rogers and Hammerstein. I can't get the entire movie, but I can listen to and watch some of my favorite songs from the movie.
I find that I like movies that feature a single musical director, Max Steiner. With that in mind, I'd like to recommend a series of films featuring Steiner's music: The Corn Is Green, Band of Angels, and Jezebel. Two feature Betty Davis, who is very difficult to find without having to pay an arm and a leg, and Band of Angels features Clark Gable, Yvonne de Carlo, and Sidney Poitier. I have never heard Poitier speak of his role in this film and have always wondered why.
Hope this isn't too off topic, but I do enjoy this forum and wanted to share my guilty pleasure (those recommended movies are all set in the 1800s and they all have something to say about women making their way in the world): old movies with mad music scores.
Cheers!
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A post saying the world was built by the lowest bidder must not have cable. Cable, one of those things I have a love-hate relationship with. It lets me watch the old shows I enjoyed and then ruins it with my bill. Netflix has a lot of old movies and shows and is reasonably priced. If anyone has Spectrum, channel 151 has a lot of old shows almost around the clock. I saw a series I had totally forgotten about, PeterGunn.
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Well, "old" TV is relative. There's "old" TV and then there's "O-L-D"!!!
Some of my favorite old TV series:
1. Gunsmoke. This show never disaapoints. Every episode was different, but each ended on a positive note.
2. The Carol Burnett Show. Always funny! Laugh out loud funny.
3. Hunter. It is suitably old; about thirty years plus old. And if y'all don't remember it, "Hunter" was about a detective hunting down criminals show and the detective was named "Hunter." Loved it!
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