There are so many shows I liked as a child. Cartoons were Tom and Jerry, the Roadrunner, Bugs Bunny, The Flintstones. Sitcoms were The Brady Bunch, Batman, The Three Stooges, The Partridge Family. As a pre-teen and teenager I loved Star Trek.
My favorite movies were The Wizard of Oz, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, White Christmas, The Sound of Music, The King and I and Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.
If I were going to someone's house for dinner and I knew them, I would just ask if there were anything I could bring. I don't know of anyone that brings hostess gifts but I know that it's done. I wouldn't be eating at anyone's house if I didn't know them.