| I Miss The Old TV Shows... |
| Where did they all go? I'm sure you remember them, don't you? I do and I surely miss them today. Whatever happened to those clean, funny and interesting TV shows we used to watch when we were growing up. For instance ------------------ I Love Lucy, Dragnet, Amos 'n Andy, The Lone Ranger, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Lassie, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, The Honeymooners, The Three Stooges, The Little Rascals, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, Peter Gunn, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Red Skeleton Show, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Captain Kangaroo, The Woody Woodpecker Show, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Mr. Ed, My Three Sons, The Donna Reed Show, Leave It to Beaver, Dennis the Menace, Howdy Doody, The Patty Duke Show, McHales Navy, I Dream of Jeannie, Lost in Space, Superman, Batman, Flipper, Combat, The Rifleman, F-Troop, Rin Tin Tin, Daniel Boone, The Wild Wild West, Happy Trails, Get Smart, Secret Agent Man, Man from U.N.C.L.E., Perry Mason, Adam-12, My Little Margie, Topper, Tarzan, Wagon Train, Rawhide, Hopalong Cassidy, The Virginian, Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, The Milton Berle Show, Ted Mack's Original Amateur Show, The Perry Como Show, The Dean Martin Show, American Bandstand, Shindig, Your Hit Parade, The Jack Benny Show, Kids Say The Darndest Things w/Art Linkletter, The Arthur Godfrey Show, The Dinah Shore Show, Gene Autry, Death Valley Days, Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Paladin in Have Gun Will Travel, Lawrence Welk, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, The Real McCoys, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, The 64 Million Dollar Question and Gilligans Island.....to name a few. Has Hollywood ran out of ideas or maybe they have just gone down the path of immorality and greed and can't turn back. Why do they think we won't TV shows with so much vulgarity, sex and bad language? Why can't they produce shows like the ones mentioned above? Most of these shows were clean enough that the whole family could watch them without worrying about the content. You didn't have to worry about the family hour. TV could be watched anytime without sending your children out of the room. I guess the reason that TV has gotten so bad is that it has been gradually changed over the years - slowly but surely and the people have come to accept the shows that are shown without protest. It is sad to see. It would be so refreshing to see some new shows without cursing, without all the sexuality, without the references to gay lifestyles as if it is a normal way of life, and without all the violence. You can just call me an old fogey living in the past - but it would be nice to see some new TV shows that could come close to what was produced during the 50s and 60s. I know some of the shows mentioned above come on the tube today in syndication but it would be great to have someone produce more shows like those. How about all those game shows we used to watch. Like . . Beat The Clock, To Tell The Truth, Concentration, The Price Is Right, Password, What's My Line?, Hollywood Squares, Joker's Wild, Wheel Of Fortune, Lets Make A Deal, Press Your Luck, Match Game, I've Got A Secret, and Queen For A Day. Those game shows of yesterday have faded away and now remain in our memories only. They were great fun for the entire family to watch. We've had some good game shows in the past but it seems the thing these days are the Reality Shows - if you can call them that. I don't watch many of them - because in fact they are not reality but shows staged with cameras rolling. Plus, do you really want to watch a show where the contestants eat roaches, worms, and anything goes? Not me - I'll be watching old shows on TV Land instead. At least I can get a little glimpse of the good old days from these shows. Well, I'll wrap it up for now. I guess I have blown off enough steam in this story but I am sure I am not the only one in this old US of A that feels this way. If you have an opinion or want to express your feelings, pass them along. My email address is all over this website. |
| So, as the Train of Life keeps chugging along, another page written of my Childhood Memories of.... Rockingham Remembered. |
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