Have you ever seen "I Love Lucy" or "The Dick Van Dyke Show"?

[tvguy]

This is sort of a spinoff of the Christmas music thread, and the generational link to what songs, or versions of songs you consider traditional.

I was appalled this week that I work with people.......at a TV station.....who not only have never seen I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show, but had never heard of these shows.
We were talking about classic TV shows after the passing of Alan Thicke. Some of these folks think of "Growing Pains" as an ancient TV show. True, for some of these folks, Growing Pains was off the air in first run by the time they were born, and was only in reruns.

 

[momto2girls]

Of course. Both are great classic shows.

 

[Meriweather]

I Love Lucy is my favorite show ever!!
I have it all on DVD.
Very classic comedy....everything else derived from this in one form or another

 

[low-key]

If my work mates didnt even know of these TV programs I would have to quit

 

[usnuzuloose]

How old are some of these people at the station? If they are young it doesn't surprise me. I run across people and say things like you are fairly young so you may not know this or that. Don't to young people we are old....

 

[belle1986]

I have. Used to watch them on Nick at Nite with my grandma and was just watching with my dd over the weekend. I'm 30.

 

[lullwater]

When I was younger and as reruns.

 

[Southernmiss]

I made a reference to Gilligan's Island the other day and my kids had no clue what I was talking about. What?? It then occurred to me there been no reruns in this house of Gilligan's Island. We grew up on those reruns.

 

[usnuzuloose]

I heard someone say there daughter saw and old phone booth and asked her mom how to use it.i love stumping the kids today

 

[MinnieMouse84]

I think I've seen every I Love Lucy episode in reruns. I haven't seen the Dick Van Dyke Show, but at least I've heard of it.

 

[BadgerGirl84]

Yes both. I'm 33 and have seen every single Lucy episode at least twice--we watched them with my mom growing up.

 

[Diznygrl]

Um...yes. I can't even wrap my head around the notion that anyone from the U.S. has not seen or at least heard of I Love Lucy. But then part of it could be the fault of tv stations in general these days, since the only way you can ever see I Love Lucy anymore is on Hallmark Channel at an obscure hour, which is sad. When I was growing up it was on all over the place and I watched it all.the.time. It's one of my favorite shows ever. Dick Van Dyke I must admit I never watched it all that much back then, though it was readily accessible and I definitely knew what it was. It wasn't until it showed up on Netflix when I started to watch it for real. Then I binged the whole series and felt like an idiot for ignoring it during my youth. Dick Van Dyke is not in syndication on tv at ALL anymore and I can't even remember the last time it was.

 

[bethbuchall]

I have seen both shows, but I doubt my kids (25, 23, and 17) have seen either. I'll bet they have never even heard of Growing Pains.

 

[low-key]

I made a reference to Gilligan's Island the other day and my kids had no clue what I was talking about. What?? It then occurred to me there been no reruns in this house of Gilligan's Island. We grew up on those reruns.

I thought people were born with every episode of Gilligan's Island burned into there brain

 

[Micca]

I've seen both. I "Loathe" Lucy, DVD is awesome.

 

[Dznypal]

Just mentioning stumping kids. My parents have an old time looking phone. That works. They kind with the 2 gold bells on top my DGD who was 6 at the time. Asked if it worked I said sure. Let's call your daddy. I gave her the receiver and said let me know when you hear the dial tone. She said what's a dial tone talk about feeling old.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

This is sort of a spinoff of the Christmas music thread, and the generational link to what songs, or versions of songs you consider traditional.

I was appalled this week that I work with people.......at a TV station.....who not only have never seen I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show, but had never heard of these shows.
We were talking about classic TV shows after the passing of Alan Thicke. Some of these folks think of "Growing Pains" as an ancient TV show. True, for some of these folks, Growing Pains was off the air in first run by the time they were born, and was only in reruns.

I grew up on those shows.

My sister was lamenting this past weekend that she knows people who have never heard of the movie "It's a Wonderful Life".

 

[tvguy]

How old are some of these people at the station? If they are young it doesn't surprise me. I run across people and say things like you are fairly young so you may not know this or that. Don't to young people we are old....

21 to 30 ish.

 

[tvguy]

I think I've seen every I Love Lucy episode in reruns. I haven't seen the Dick Van Dyke Show, but at least I've heard of it.

Funny thing is, CBS ran a colorized original Dick Van Dyke show in prime time on December 9th.

 

[BrinkofSunshine]

I'm in my 20's and have watched both. I grew up with I Love Lucy... it's like ultimate comfort tv for me. I also grew up with Gilligan's Island and had a huge crush on Gilligan as a kid!

I was always an avid watcher of Nick at Nite... loved All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Cheers, etc.