Welcome to my A-Z list of 2016. This year, I'll be recalling some of my favourite programs from television, via A-Z, of course. How many of these do you remember? Were these before your time?
This blog post has been written in front of a live studio audience.
1957-1959 / Zorro featuring: Guy Williams, Gene Sheldon, Henry Calvin & George J. Lewis Much before my time. This is the first of three TV shows presented here today, I never really cared for. I'd almost watch nothing at all than these shows. Because I hadn't been born at the hight of the popularity of Zorro, I never saw it on TV, much less 'got into it'.
1972 - 1978 / Zoom featuring: rotating cast Even as a youth, I considered this a second-rate show. For whatever reason, there was no interest for me. Which is odd because I thoroughly enjoyed the Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact. No matter, it's still fun to remember all those PBS education shows I grew up with.
1986 - 1987 / Zoobilee Zoo featuring: Ben Vereen This one outright creeped me out, and never remember willingly watching. Though for whatever reason, a few scenes have been etched into my head. Perhaps I was bored or was to lazy to get up and change the channel. Or perhaps one of my younger siblings was watching.
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Welcome to my A-Z list of 2016. This year, I'll be recalling some of my favourite programs from television, via A-Z, of course. How many of these do you remember? Were these before your time?
This blog post has been written in front of a live studio audience.
1950 - 1961 / You Bet Your Life featuring Groucho Marx I was not familiar with this show, but I was familiar with Groucho Marx and the Marx Brothers. For me, they were rivals of the Three Stooges. Once in my teen years, I decided to host a Doctor Who themed party but most of us ended up looking like the Marx Brothers for whatever reason.
1958 / Yogi Bear featuring: Daws Butler, Greg Burson, Jeff Bergman I was never much of a Yogi Bear fan, but if it was one when I was a child, I would watch it. Because, a cartoon is much better than morning news. Well, for a six year old child anyway. He would later be on one of my favourite cartoons, the Laff-O-Lympics.
1979-1990 / You Can't Do That On Television featuring: Les Lye, Abby Hagyard, How many times have I actually seen this one? I don't know. But I never really saw it till cable became a big thing. For one of my classmates, I think this was his favourite show because he was always quoting from it. Eventually, he went on to be an inspiration for one of the characters in my Writer's Block series.
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Welcome to my A-Z list of 2016. This year, I'll be recalling some of my favourite programs from television, via A-Z, of course. How many of these do you remember? Were these before your time?
This blog post has been written in front of a live studio audience.
1993-2002 / X-Files featuring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson Truth be told, I only watched a handful of these episodes. I loved the ones involving tracking down some odd alien encounter or other odd event, like the one with the cockroaches. During the episode they filmed a roach run across the screen. It freaked me out so bad. But afterwards, I realized it was the coolest thing they could have done.
1995 - 2001 / Xena featuring: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Conner Unlike Wonder Woman of years earlier, this was a female action hero I watched. True, I wasn't a diehard fan, there are many episodes I missed. But if I caught it when it was on, I was sure to watch it.
2001 / XFL Because the NFL wasn't big enough, Vince McMahon decided a rival franchise was long past due. He was the only one who felt that way. After the initial season, the XFL disappeared.
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Welcome to my A-Z list of 2016. This year, I'll be recalling some of my favourite programs from television, via A-Z, of course. How many of these do you remember? Were these before your time?
This blog post has been written in front of a live studio audience.
1968-1969 / Wacky Races featuring: Dawes Butler, Don Messick, Janet Waldo, Dave Wilock Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce Another cartoon I adored growing up. As I watched this in reruns, I was never sure when it was going to be on. But when it was, I had to watch it. Other cartoon rivals at the time were the Superfriends and the Laff-a-lympics.
1975 - 1979 / Wonder Woman featuring: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, If this were a cartoon I probably would have enjoyed it more. Wonder Woman was not a big draw for me at the time, especially whenever Lynda was out of Wonder Woman costume. Had this premiered ten years later, I'm sure I would have been more interested.
1975-1979 / Welcome Back Kotter featuring: Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman, John Sylvester White, Ron Palilio, John Travolta Another one of my favourites. I loved Gabe's wisecrack answers to everything. Sarcasm was something I developed well over the years, this show probably had a hand in that, to some degree.
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Welcome to my A-Z list of 2016. This year, I'll be recalling some of my favourite programs from television, via A-Z, of course. How many of these do you remember? Were these before your time?
This blog post has been written in front of a live studio audience.
1982-1983 / Voyagers! featuring: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce I loved this show. A time traveller with a cool Omni device that could take him to different locations as well as different times. Unfortunately, this was also one of the first time when I became interested in a show, only to have it cancelled. And the series was just starting to get interesting.
1983 - 1984 / V: The miniseries featuring: Jane Badler, Faye Grant, Marc Singer, Robert Englund This series was intense. A great cast of characters and a very interesting plot. When it was over, I couldn't wait for the planned mini-series to follow. The second one was almost as good but the ending was rather stupid. This was then followed by the regular series. Probably should have quit while they were ahead.
1984-1985 / Voltron The older I got, the less cartoons appealed to me. This was one of the few that held my interest, along with Inspector Gadget. I was just starting High School when this was on, so my tastes in TV were beginning to mature.
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Welcome to my A-Z list of 2016. This year, I'll be recalling some of my favourite programs from television, via A-Z, of course. How many of these do you remember? Were these before your time?
This blog post has been written in front of a live studio audience.
1959 - 1963 / the Untouchables featuring: Robert Stack, Abel Fernandez, Nicholas Georglade Much before my time. I never even saw it on reruns. But certainly something that would have interested me at the time.
1964-1973 / Underdog featuring: Wally Cox, Norma MacMillin, Allen Swift Pretty much a spoof of the Superman tale. None-the-less, for a cartoon it was fairly decent to watch and was not overly ridiculous. I barely saw this on Saturday morning reruns, though it happened from time to time. I caught it more when cable TV became a big thing and vintage cartoons were more easily seen.
1987-2010 / Unsolved Mysteries featuring: Robert Stack Mysteries are perplexing enough, but when they go unsolved, that annoys me. I suppose that's what makes them mysteries. This series took a look at all sorts of different mysteries. From conspiracy theories to reports of UFO's. With a great narrative from Robert Stack and recreations, this was an intriguing show. Even if it still did not solve the mysteries.
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Welcome to my A-Z list of 2016. This year, I'll be recalling some of my favourite programs from television, via A-Z, of course. How many of these do you remember? Were these before your time?
This blog post has been written in front of a live studio audience.
1959-1964 / Twilight Zone featuring: Rod Serling Though I loved the Sci.Fi. themed Outer Limits more, I watched and loved many of these episodes. There were so many classic episodes. The thing on the wing, the adults playing kick the can and the swimming pool leading to a new life were particularly memorable to me.
1978-1983 / Taxi featuring: Judd Hirsch, Danny Devito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, and Christopher LLoyd This was a great show because it had a great cast. Every character brought something different to the show. As funny as other people thought he was, I never liked the Latka character, I found him annoying. Meanwhile, my favourites were Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch and Christopher Lloyd.
1977 - 1984 / Three's Company featuring: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Susanne Summers This was one of those shows I was never allowed to watch. Despite that, I pretty much watched it any way. As I have already mentioned many times before, it was funny and I loved the antics Jack was always getting himself into. The girls were cute to watch too.
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