posted September 15, 2009 12:31 AM         

Scooby is a dog with humanish attributes, appeals to us sag's.

and merc/scorp appeals to the figuring out of the mysteries, well, they weren't difficult, but heck, we were kids!

I had a thing for Gumby too. and Smurfs!

posted September 15, 2009 03:59 PM         

Yes, Gumby! I loved that show too. I still wish I could glide around like Gumby did.

I watched the Smurfs, but wasn't a fan. I found their society kinda creepy. All those males and only one female? And a Papa Smurf without a Mama Smurf? So patriarchal. Really though, that show made me queasy.

posted October 03, 2009 08:55 PM         

I watched too much television as a kid. I always had it on whilst I was drawing, doing homework, or making something... I watched the kids shows, like Dogtanian ("one for all and all for one, Muskehounds are always ready..."), Dungeons and Dragons, Going Live (Saturday morning show for kids), Fraggle Rock, The Box of Delights, The Moon Dial, She-Ra, Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and the others, and so many more... Yogi bear, Duck Tales. I remember one thing that they did on the BBC, for a couple of years: they had some sort of Christmas carol competition, and I loved watching them all sing on Christmas Eve, and getting to see who won (I didn't dream that, did I? I remember watching it when I was around eleven or twelve, and I could have sworn that Philip Schofield and Sarah Green were involved, but I could be wrong there. Maybe it was tied into "Going Live".)

I loved the movie, The Fox and the Hound, over all other Disney movies. I loved their friendship, and the part the made me cry: the dog protecting the fox, when his owner (a hunter), had him flush him and his mate out of their home, and had him cornered in the water... he stood in between Todd (the fox), and the gun pointed at him... I thought that was amazing, and was in floods of tears (I also had the lunchbox). E.T. was another favourite, for the same reason... (I loved him and his friendship with Elliott.)

I also loved Blackadder, One Foot In The Grave, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Vicar of Dibley, Red Dwarf, IN Sickness and in Health... I loved a lot of British comedy (I still do), and the American shows they brought to England - everything from Bewitched, to The Cosby Show (Coach, Newhart, Small Wonder, Inspector Gadget, Magnum..). They had The Hogan Family, on at around 3pm on weekdays, and the soaps like Dynasty and Dallas (Who Shot J.R.?). Benny Hill, Worzel Gummidge, Chorlton and the Wheelies, Game For a Laugh.. I don't watch nearly as many comedies as I used to.. I now watch Battlestar Galactica (although I hadn't planned on liking it), LOST, The Closer, Big Love, Felicity (on DVD), etc.. but I can't sit still for long.

I also loved the remake of Alfred Hitchcock Presents - one that stayed with me, was the one where a woman tries to escape from prison, by faking her death, being buried outside of the prison grounds, and then having someone dig her up... she wakes up only to find the woman who was supposed to dig her up, is dead, and in the coffin beneath her. Gave me the shivers.
I was allowed to stay up late on Friday and Saturday nights, so I watched Tales From The Darkside, The Twilight Zone, Hammer House of Horror... I guess that can be attributed to my Scorpio ascendant, and my eighth house planets.

Yeesh ~ I did do more than watch television, when I was a kid, but you wouldn't know to look at my list (and there are shows that I've missed out, like Quantum Leap ~ downtommars has listed some of them). Chocky, On The Buses ~ I remember that as a movie, though, not a series. Eastenders... and those movies that Barbara Windsor used to star in ~ the funny, saucy British ones ~ the "Carry On Laughing" movies.

posted October 03, 2009 09:24 PM         

I used to get sick a lot, as a kid, so I watched some of these whilst waiting for my sister to get home from school.

(I just found this site: http://www.childofthe1980s.com/ ~ Knightmare was a favourite, when I was a teenager, as was The Crystal Maze.)

The Muppets (this clip is the Swedish Chef ~ one I had bookmarked)

Blue Peter ~ they were responsible for some of the things my mother would come home and find me making (in addition to the mess I'd made getting together the things that I needed.)