bcguy42 38594 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 There is a line running through my mind lately, "It's only you, Maynard", that's a recurring line from a TV show. I know the show and the character referenced (anyone care to guess before you go visit Mr. Google?) but when I checked, I was startled to see when the show was on the air. That got me to thinking about what was my earliest TV memory? I come up with Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo, and seeing President Eisenhower giving a speech. Clearly, that's from way back. Yours? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athos 108589 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 romper room, the friendly giant ... those things for sure. And of course things like the Apollo missions and the moon landings. I grew up in Ottawa with three channels. CBC, CTV, and french CBC. I remember how excited everyone was when Global went on the air. We watched it all night, even though there was absolutely nothing worthwhile on. The novelty of it made watching worthwhile. Porthos 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest P*rry Report post Posted December 19, 2013 I grew up in Montreal with Magic Tom. Friendly Giant and Captain Kangaroo were mainstays. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meg O'Ryan 266444 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Sunday night's Wonderful World of Disney and athe Lawrence Welk hour...tv sucked before skyline cable vision made it to the outskirts of ottawa! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emiafish 30979 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 My earliest memories date back to the JFK furneral procession, the Mercury & Gemini space programs and Romper Room. Never quite grew out of Romper Room. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeRichards 177238 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Big Bird ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RubJunky 1954 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Bleu nuit :cooter: 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emiafish 30979 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Ed Sulivan and the Ted Mack Amature Hour. Wide World of Sports. Wonderful World of Disney. The Soupy Sales Show. I Luv Lucy. The Dick VanDyke Show Lost in Space More to come as repressed memories surface. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake_1957 1301 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Have to say earliest memories were of Hockey night in Canada Wide World of Sports. Wonderful World of Disney Beverly Hillbillies Ed Sullivan show ...saying A really big show Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78407 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 The one thing on TV that immediately comes to mind from my childhood is the Black and White test pattern with the Indian Head After that.... moonlanding....Bobby Kennedy Shooting.... Get Smart... And of course the Red Skelton special each Christmas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MightyPen 67414 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Get Smart and Star Trek on a black-and-white TV -- probably 1968. Also, for some reason, watching "War of the Worlds (1953)" on TV with my older siblings when I was about four years old, and being petrified for (it seemed like) days. I do remember being in a crib, unhappy and alone, my older siblings at school, and hearing what I later learned was the theme to "Coronation Street". So that's probably my earliest TV memory even though it's one I heard, rather than saw. Damned tune STILL depresses the hell out of me! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest N***he**Ont**y Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Lets see now. The Friendly Giant,Chez Helene, Fire Ball XL5,Stingray,Thunder Birds, Mission Impossible, Perry Mason, The Flintstones,The Jetsons Hawaii Five oh Lost In Space. Sudbury had CBC and CTV. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rounding Third 9568 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Yikes. I remember life before TV and accordingly vividly remember the day we got our first television set in 1955. First memories include Howdy Dooty a kids show and Flash Gordon a futuristic space sci-fi. Also the Indian head test pattern and in keeping with my avatar the 1955 World Series when the Dodgers beat the Yankees. Edited December 20, 2013 by Z***ou**U 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triple HHH 12345 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 Lone Ranger for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest c**io**m7 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 Hockey Night in Canada Wonderful World of Disney Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canuckhooker 19203 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 There is a line running through my mind lately, "It's only you, Maynard", that's a recurring line from a TV show. I know the show and the character referenced (anyone care to guess before you go visit Mr. Google?) but when I checked, I was startled to see when the show was on the air. That got me to thinking about what was my earliest TV memory? I come up with Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo, and seeing President Eisenhower giving a speech. Clearly, that's from way back. Yours? Didn't have to Google, it was addressed at the beatnik Maynard G Krebs (Bob Denver, later to be Gilligan) in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. (I just called it Dobie Gillis) Damn, I remember Captain Kangaroo with cartoon segments of Tom Terrific "Down Might Manfred!" Because I grew up in Toronto we watched a lot of our TV from Buffalo. I do remember this US Air Force recruiting commercial with a really dated song that I loved in the day. It is corny, and overly jingoistic, or as my Dad would say. "Yankee BS" but as a 5 year old kid, I loved the music and the pictures of all those amazing jets. I would come running whenever I heard in on the tube. Which was probably better than my younger brother who came running for the Mr Clean commercials. :P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TGirl-Kay 7485 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 Bill and Ben the flower pot men, don't judge me I'm English Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slacker 1290 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 What can I say, I'm a nerd :) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ou**or**n Report post Posted December 20, 2013 Two come to mind... First is Looney Toones and Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights. Second was at school in Kindergarten, they rolled this TV on what seemed like a 10' high stand and we watched the Apollo moon landings. Yeah - school back then was a bit better than now. The teachers understood the historic significance of what was happening and made the changes and effort to bring it to us. I'll be 50 soon and nothing nearly that big has happened since. We haven't even been back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emiafish 30979 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 I remember certain yearly specials - The Wizard of Oz was one that scared the bejezus out of me, I still get a heightened heart rate every time I see a twister. Peter Pan with Mary Martin (1960). The Andy Williams Christmas Special. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 The earliest, well at that age tv was jumbled so no one concise earliest memory...but some from that era The Friendly Giant Hercules (cartoon) Spiderman (cartoon) Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour (cartoon) Get Smart Batman (the campy one with Adam West) Star Trek RG 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canuckhooker 19203 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 I remember certain yearly specials - The Wizard of Oz was one that scared the bejezus out of me, I still get a heightened heart rate every time I see a twister. Peter Pan with Mary Martin (1960). The Andy Williams Christmas Special. Fuck the twister, the God-damned flying monkeys still scare the crap out of me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fiskaa 2600 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 Some of my earliest favorites....Batman, Get Smart, Lost In Space, The Saint and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 OMG Meg O'Ryan will kill me for not mentioning this show, Bewitched :-) although I still think she looks like Ann Margaret not Elizabeth Montgomery RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rileydaniels 1901 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 I watch so much TV it's hard to break down my first TV memory but here are some Bugs and Tweety, Pinky and the Brain, Anamaniacs, Tiny Tones Hercules Legendary Journey, Xena, Sliders, Early Edition, Chef, Mister Dress-up, Super Mario Brothers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
