Childhood TV

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

What did you watch as a nipper?

I used to love Ivor the Engine, The Clangers and Mary Mungo and Midge

 

[PollyannaMom]

The Brady Bunch, Little House on the Prairie, Saturday morning cartoons

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Captain Noah (he was Philadelphia's Kangaroo knockoff), Gumby, Mr. Magoo. The Flintstones. And all the Sid and Marty Kroft weirdness. The Bugaloos. The Banana Splits. Our favorite shows were The Monkees and The Brady Bunch.

 

[lovesmurfs]

New Zoo Revue and the Magic Garden were my favorites.

ETA: Sesame Street, the Electric Company, Wonderama, and Romper Room were also exciting for this little kid.

 

[Moliphino]

Sesame Street, Eureeka's Castle, Lamb Chop's Play Along, Under the Umbrella Tree, David the Gnome...

 

[fla4fun]

Mr. Rogers, You Can’t DoThat On Television, New Zoo Revue, Pink Panther and Bugs Bunny cartoons on Saturday, The Waltons and Little House in prime time.

 

[amcnj]

When I was real young I guess it was pretty much cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Jetsons, Flintstones, Mr Magoo, Yogi Bear, Popeye, Huckleberry Hound, Underdog, Top Cat, Clyde crashcup, Snagglepuss, Magilla Gorilla, Deputy Dawg, Tennessee Tuxedo, Beanie and Cecil, Alvin and the Chipmunks, King Leonardo, Gigantor, Peter Potamus…). Some non cartoon early fare included the little rascals, Diver Dan, and Davey and Goliath.

Some other cartoons started up a little later and I watched those too, along with some of the more kid friendly sitcoms and some dramas (things like Lassie and The Adventures of Superman reruns).

 

[ronandannette]

Flintstones, Bugs Bunny, Hilarious House of Frightentstein, a locally produced daily show called Popcorn Playhouse and of course, the Wonderful World of Disney.

 

[Silver saucer]

Wonderful World of Disney
HR Pufnstuff
Sat am cartoons
ABC Wide World of Sports ((not a kid show but I did watch every week)

 

[Genie+]

Tom & Jerry, Woody Woodpecker, Inspector Gadget and Fantasy Island

 

[tvguy]

Captain Noah (he was Philadelphia's Kangaroo knockoff), Gumby, Mr. Magoo. The Flintstones. And all the Sid and Marty Kroft weirdness. The Bugaloos. The Banana Splits. Our favorite shows were The Monkees and The Brady Bunch.

No Munsters?

 

[tvguy]

Dick Van Dyke. I Love Lucy. My Mother The Car. Munsters. Adams Family. Lost In Space. Ed Sullivan.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

No Munsters?

I love them now and watch all the time, but when I was a kid I was afraid of them. LOL I used to hide behind my grandfather's chair when they came on because the show had Frankenstein in it. I know, with my sig, ironic.

 

[loves to dive]

Captain Kangaroo. Wonderful World of Disney. All the usual suspects for 60s night time shows. I wasn't much into cartoons but did watch the Flintstones and Bullwinkle (even had a Bullwinkle lunch box).

 

[SandyinMonterey]

Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Brady Bunch (it was coming to an end) and loved Saturday morning cartoons (Flintstones, Bugs Bunny)

 

[NannyBeBe]

Howdy Doody, Mickey Mouse Club, Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, Cisco Kid, Kookla Fran & Ollie.
And I watched Captain Kangaroo every morning before I went to school, until I graduated high school.

 

[Drewsdad]

H.R. Puff n Stuff

 

[BrianL]

I grew up in the 80's - the glorious reign of the 30 minute toy commercials! I watched He-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Thundercats, Voltron, MASK, The M&M & Mars Bar Quick Energy Chocobot Hour - basically if you could sell a toy, happy meal, or breakfast cereal with it, it was on and I was into it!

 

[Cadiewampus]

Dick Van Dyke. I Love Lucy. My Mother The Car. Munsters. Adams Family. Lost In Space. Ed Sullivan.

Good to finally see someone else had watched. My Mother the Car.

 

[Mysterian]

In the 80's, I had what was currently on (like the ones BrianL mentioned), plus reruns of old sitcoms and old cartoons.
Early Nickelodeon was too new and had to airshows from other countries. You Can't Do That on Television was one of the best (Canada), and then some of my favorite cartoons were Danger Mouse (UK), Mysterious Cities of Gold (Japan), and the best of all, Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (France).
MTV was also too new and had The Young Ones.
There was the usual kids shows, Electric Company, Hot Fudge, Mr. Rogers, etc.