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I was allowed (what years were those?) but I had no interest. The only thing my parents watched regularly that I did like to watch with them was Monty Python.
I remember Nanny and The Professor and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. They were a little before my time but when very young I saw them on afternoon reruns. The Courtship of Eddie's Father and A family Affair. None laugh out loud funny but some pretty good acting and story lines.
I've been watching "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and I don't know how he put up with her. She cut down a beloved tree he planted and threw away his valuable antique furnishings.. which she didn't even own. She just rented the place. Charles Nelson Riley was weird but always fun to watch. And the housekeeper stole every scene she was in.
I share George Costanzas opinion of hazel The maid. hated that show although Shirley Booth did some good Christmas voice character work.
How about Lost in Space?? No one's mentioned that. I read somewheres that the show was doing relatively well, but the cast hated the work so they just stopped it. Never heard that one before. I loved the show back then. It was just one of those comfort shows for me.
That's funny that y'all had nightmares. The only thing on tv that gave me nightmares was "It". I still remember that ugly clown peeking through the sewer grate. For years I got uneasy walking by sewers. I'd usually walk a few inches away if i was having an especially bad day I'd simply cross the street versus walk right next to it.
That's funny. That's about the only movie that ever gave me nightmares. Now I'm older and I'm pretty much immune to anything I see on TV, but "It" has stuck with me. How bout that pump house/sewer processing plant? Is that not the creepiest most evil looking building ever betrayed on screen? I remember one of my high school teachers, a man in his 60s saying the same thing years ago, and I thought to myself "Damn, that movie got to him too."
I used to love Kolchak the Night Stalker. having watched it recently, the shows are still entertaining. Darrin McGavin is great in it. Only the special effects bring the show down a bit.
Another show about the same time was When Things were Rotten. Mel Brooks coming to television after success in the theaters. It was a show about Robin Hood, and everyone expected it to be a hit because of Brooks involvement. Instead it was gone within a year.
"Kolchak..." was the best. And it has aged really, really well.
There were some odd things that I never watched first-run but I came across on SyFy or chiller. One was "The Sentinel" with Richard Burgi, another was a Canadian vampire thing called "Forever Knight" and the last was called "Special Unit 2." The latter actually starred the woman who plays Abby on "NCIS."
Of course I watched the usual primetime network fare as a kid - "Mod Squad," "Here Come the Brides," "Room 222"... but they weren't too odd.
Oh, "My Favorite Martian," "Bewitched," and "The Addams Family." Three of my all-time favorites, and yes, I guess a little odd.
"Leave it to Beaver"
"Sanford and Son"
"Ozzie and Harriet"
"Father Knows Best"
"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"
"The Adventures of Superman"
"The Outer Limits"
"One Step Beyond"
"The Honeymooners"
"Hawaiian Eye"
"Hawaii 5-O"
"Gomer Pyle USMC"
"Happy Days"
And lots and lots of John Wayne, Gregory Peck, James Stewart, Paul Newman and Rock Hudson movies!
That's probably why I grew up as a well balanced kid up to adulthood!
Mystery Theater on Saturday nights, about 60 years ago? lol
I was allowed to watch whenever Charlie Chan was on and probably the reason I love mysteries so much but the Saturday night popcorn might have helped to make it even better.
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