Boomer TV Shows

[Tortuga]

What TV shows do you remember when you were growing that wouldn't be on today?

 

Here are a few that I can think of,

Dialing for Dollars

Bowling for Dollars

Queen for a Day

 

[fix it shop]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

What TV shows do you remember when you were growing that wouldn't be on today?

 

Here are a few that I can think of,

Dialing for Dollars

Bowling for Dollars

Queen for a Day

 

To Tell The Truth , Concentration  , 64OOO  Dollar Question , Beat the Clock , What's My Line , You bet Your Life , This is your Life ( Ralph Edward ) Twenty One , The Dating Game  ,  Take a Good Look , Password , General Electric College Bowl , The Newelywead Game , Match Game , The Bell Telephone Hour ,  United States Steel Hour , Playhouse 90 , 64000 Pyamird ....... next ?

[exactor]

Peter Gunn

Rawhide

Honeymooners

George Burns and Gracie Allen

Gunsmoke

The Lone Ranger

Amos and Andy

The Jack Benny Show

Father Knows Best

Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Show

Kraft Theatre

Donna Reed

Cheyenne

Wyatt Earp

Ozzie and Harriet

Lassie

Ed Sullivan

You Bet Your Life

...now you know why I am nuts🤣

Let's not forget The Three Stooges 🤣 

[fix it shop]

59 minutes ago, exactor said:

Peter Gunn

Rawhide

Honeymooners

George Burns and Gracie Allen

Gunsmoke

The Lone Ranger

Amos and Andy

The Jack Benny Show

Father Knows Best

Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Show

Kraft Theatre

Donna Reed

Cheyenne

Wyatt Earp

Ozzie and Harriet

Lassie

Ed Sullivan

You Bet Your Life

...now you know why I am nuts🤣

Let's not forget The Three Stooges 🤣 

Don't forget Fractured Flickers , Ted Mack original amateur hour , Hazel , Ben Casey ,Dr Kildare ,

Mr Peepers , Charlie Weaver Show , Dragnet  , one Adam 12 , Car 54 where are you , the Ernie Kovacs Show , Captain Kangaroo , Person to Person ( Ed Murrow  ) , I Married Joan , The Fred Allen Show , Biography W / Mike Wallace , Comedy Capers W / Keystone Cops ,Jazz Scene ,

American Bandstand ,Soul Train .......

[Tsheppar]

( A household of Witnesses in the 1980s) 

 

My Dad liked Andy Griffith. I liked the music. 

 

My mom loved the Waltons. 

 I couldn't stand it. The music depressed me. The only part I liked was .. Gnite Jon Boy. 

 

My mom and dad watched Mash. The music depressed me. But I liked the helicopter.

 

My brother ( not a witness ) watched " Dallas". I liked the intro music. 

 

My sister ( a witness) watched Miami Vice. I liked the Music 

 

Me, the little kid. I watched the Cosby Show before going to meetings.

 

Then there were Mini Series. I specifically remember Lonesome Dove as a big deal. A man needs a leg to kick a pig! I remember laughing at that line. The snake scene scared me to death. 

 

 

 

Not sure if those are Boomer Tv. You old folks. 

 

I will leave out the movies i went to the neighbor kids house and watched. 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2024 by Tsheppar

[Pabo]

I am too young to be a boomer, but I have a few shows that wouldn't be on the air.

 

The Goodies

The Young Ones

Blankety Blanks (With Greame Kennedy)

The Comedy Company

Fast Forward

Hey Hey It's Saturday

Acropolis Now

Kenny Everritt

Benny Hill

Some mothers do have 'em

Mother & son

The Late Show (The D-generation)

The Paul Hogan Show

 

And the best all time Aussie sitcom

 

Kingswood Country

 

 

[kejedo]

queen for a day

[Qapla]

Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner

Mighty Mouse

Three's Company

Happy Days

Have Gun Will Travel

Branded

The Rifleman

Wanted Dead or Alive

Bonanza

The Big Valley

Benny Hill

Black Adder

 

Even though they are still shown in reruns and a franchise that includes movies and TV shows, the Original Star Trek gets criticized and probably would not have been aired today

[Witness1970]

'Science Fiction Theater' (back in the 50's)

Time Tunnel (Men lost in time who couldn't get back home, which was later copied by Quantum Leap)

My Favorite Martian

The Invaders (with Roy Thinnes)

The First Wave (Sebastian Stan as Cade Foster) A Canadian show picked up by SciFi Channel

Millionaire (Giving away one million dollars to a random person in a time when a year's pay was more like $5,000 and you could buy a house for $100.00 a month)

 

[Pabo]

There are quiet a few movies that also wouldn't be able to be done today as well.

 

Mel Brooks has said that "Blazing Saddles" couldn't be made today with the stereotyping that it had, and even some of his later movies such as SpaceBalls, The Producers, Young Frankenstein (almost coped an "R" rating in its day due to one scene at the end of the movie) would have a few issues as well.

 

Airplane!

 

The Naked Gun movies

 

Revenge of the Nerds

 

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

 

Animal House

 

The Gods Must Be Crazy

 

The Jerk

 

The Toy

 

Police Academy movies

 

Monty Python movies

Edited June 20 by Pabo

[Hope]

Mel Brooks is producing Spaceballs 2. I'm just happy to see him still bright and hilarious at age 98!

 

 

 

 

 

[Witness1970]

On 6/16/2025 at 7:13 AM, Witness1970 said:

'Science Fiction Theater' (back in the 50's)

Time Tunnel (Men lost in time who couldn't get back home, which was later copied by Quantum Leap)

My Favorite Martian

The Invaders (with Roy Thinnes)

The First Wave (Sebastian Stan as Cade Foster) A Canadian show picked up by SciFi Channel

Millionaire (Giving away one million dollars to a random person in a time when a year's pay was more like $5,000 and you could buy a house for $100.00 a month)

 

The First Wave actor should have Sebastian Spence instead of Sebastian Stan

[just1-4all]

"Family Affair" too fluffy and nice for the modern taste — although wouldn't be surprised to see it on The Hallmark channel.

 

The Banana Splits

 

"Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

 

Or were these only local to the New England TV market—ME, MA, NH, VT, etc.? 

[kejedo]

my  younger brother watched these shows; he was the tv viewer in the house, got up before school and turned the set on, which confounded me as there was so much to do before school. Then I  got  married and my (now late) husband was the tv and movie watcher, Now, I think tv has grown on me. There were  several shows specific to the Boston area, especially the Chidren's television network.

[just1-4all]

13 minutes ago, kejedo said:

There were  several shows specific to the Boston area, especially the Chidren's television network.

There was one called Zoom (nothing to do with the videoconference platform today (of course)), WGBH Boston. All I remember about it was bunch of kids running around with black and red Rugby shirts 😂.

 

Electric Company, with Morgan Freeman as a regular presence, I'm guessing was more a national kid show? Both seemed to be a 'next level' kid show when one outgrows (or graduates?) from the Sesame Street  pseudo-educational, television experience. They're all pseudo-educational I suppose.

[kejedo]

Gonna zooma zooma zoom. Loved those intricate lyrics. Sesame st pioneered in  late 1969/70 and zoom circa 1971. my cousin was early married and had an early daughter. she loved zoom and wanted a striped shirt. the day he grandmother got her one, she was dressed up and waiting for the show and the cast appeared wearing different outfits. how affected were audiences by  the tv shows back in the days? reading rainbow featured bill cosby and had  a long run (Picrure pages). i think levr burton was also  on that program.

 

[Qapla]

Reading Rainbow was hosted by actor and executive producer LeVar Burton, who when the show premiered was then known for his role in Roots. After the featured story, Burton visits many places relating to the episode's theme, often featuring interviews with guests. The purpose of the show was to encourage a love of books and reading among children. Each episode centered on a topic from a featured children's book that is explored through a number of on-location segments or stories. The show also recommends books for children to look for when they go to the library.

 

 Bill Cosby was featured on one episode of Reading Rainbow where he narrated "Arthur's Eyes," a story of Arthur the aardvark getting glasses. He also appeared frequently on Sesame Street, including recurring roles and guest appearances. He was a regular cast member, playing the character "Hank" during the first two seasons (1971-1973) of The Electric Company, which was produced by the same team as Sesame Street. 

 

 

Edited June 22 by Qapla

[Jwanon]

9 hours ago, just1-4all said:

The Banana Splits

 

I'm not a boomer but I remember this airing very late at night on Cartoonnetwork

[Pabo]

On 6/22/2025 at 3:06 AM, just1-4all said:

The Banana Splits

On 6/22/2025 at 12:18 PM, Jwanon said:

I'm not a boomer but I remember this airing very late at night on Cartoonnetwork

 

It is interesting to see that the director (Richard Donner) of that show also directed a lot of blockbuster movies, such as Superman 1 & 2 (even though was uncredited with the original but they released his version in 2006), The Toy, The Goonies, Scrogoed, Maverick, the Lethal Weapon movies.