Childhood shows from around the world

[Dare]

Which brings us to......



Re: Leave It To Beaver. Back when we were kids, we didn't snicker when June said to Ward, "You were a little rough on the Beaver last night." 

Or when they said Dad's gonna clobber you,poor Ward would be
serving hard time in today's world

[cosworth151]

Casey Jones was a favorite of mine. Two bits of trivia. Alan Hale, who played Casey, was the father of Alan Hale Jr, the Slipper on Gilligan's Island. Dub Taylor, who played Willie, was later the engineer of the Hooterville Cannonball on Petticoat Junction.

[John S]

Casey Jones was a favorite of mine. Two bits of trivia. Alan Hale, who played Casey, was the father of Alan Hale Jr, the Slipper on Gilligan's Island. Dub Taylor, who played Willie, was later the engineer of the Hooterville Cannonball on Petticoat Junction.

I don't recall seeing the Petticoat Junction on British TV but I certainlty remember Casey Jones as I used to watch it regularly round a childhood pals house, as time goes by some of the shows from that era get lost in the mists of time.

[Dare]

Alan Hale Jr played Casey Jones and the Skipper


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Hale,_Jr.

[Wizzo]

Who remembers the cross eyed lion?

[cosworth151]

Broderick Crawford and his 1955 Buick cop car. The series that put the phrase "10-4" into the lexicon.



And another one that all of us young gear heads watched.

[John S]

The good old Quinn Martin productions 'The Fugitive' which seemed to go on without end week after week.





And how about another Q M productions stalwart, Cannon.

[lkjohnson1950]

Unfortunately, I remember all of those. How about this one?

[lkjohnson1950]

Or these:

[cosworth151]

A couple of spooker ones:

[Wizzo]

[John S]

Loved Roy Rogers, Cisco Kid, Man from U.N.C.L.E and the Avengers (cor blimey! That Emma Peel )

Alfred Hitchcock brings back good thoughts, spooky that eh, but I can't recall Puppet Playtime or One Step beyond.

I certainly saw Tales of the unexpected as a kid but Worzel came later and I enjoyed watching it with my kids.


 But Oooh! - Do I remember well the There is nothing wrong with your Television set of 'The Outer Limits'





In a completely different vein, The Monkees.




And the tennis bums in 'I Spy'

[Dare]

I have a station called Retrotv and it has Hitchcock,Dragnet,Adam 12,
Run for your life,Wagon Train,Virginian,the old Outer Limits,and my
favorite Leave it to Beaver

[lkjohnson1950]

Puppet Playtime later became The Howdy Doody Show and was amazingly popular in the '50s.

Lonny

[cosworth151]

I Spy was a favorite of mine. Bill Cosby's character Alexander Scott was one of the few cases on TV where the smart guy could be cool, too, instead of a bumbling nerd. Ross Martin's character of Artemus Gordon on The Wild Wild West was another:



Too bad the movies based on both shows were just flat out awful!

Howdy Doody was a huge hit, and ran clear up into the 60's. The original Clarabell the Clown was Bob Keeshan, who was later Captain Kangaroo:



Capitain Kangaroo ran from the mid 50's to the mid 70's in CBS, and later on PBS