70's TV shows

[Guest]

My first TV memories are 1950s particularly the Coronation.

Wow, mine too, Ogg. The B&W image of E2 is imprinted in my mind's eye still; came up as I read your post.

I am happy to say I never saw 90-some percent of all the shows mentioned above. Of course I was weaned on "Lucy".

Perdita

 

[Clare Quilty]

Now, as for the Dukes of Hazzard - a highly underregarded television show in the snootier circles of society

...and also in those circles where being beaten over the head with the racist iconography of a vile period of U.S. history--without even a hint of the scathingly satirical critique that distinguished Hogan's Heros--isn't appropriate to a situation comedy.

 

[sweetnpetite]

The Brady bunch... the brady bunch.. that's the way they became the brady bunch.

Damn, i can't remember the Partridge family song.... bit too early for me LOL

Hello world there's a song that we're singin'
Come on get happy!
whole lot of lovin' is what we'll be bringin'
We'll make you happy!

ANd of course-

I think I love you,
so what am I so afraid of
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of
A love there is no cure for...

 

[Clare Quilty]

Wow, mine too, Ogg. The B&W image of E2 is imprinted in my mind's eye still; came up as I read your post.

I am happy to say I never saw 90-some percent of all the shows mentioned above. Of course I was weaned on "Lucy".

Perdita

Interestingly enough, it was imprinted on the Canadian dollar until they replaced it with the Looney.

 

[oggbashan]

UK Television took only a proportion of US shows.

There had to be a large amount of home produced content.

We had 'Robin Hood' with Richard Greene
'Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen;
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, with his Merry Men'

We were uncritical then. Robin Hood never went anywhere near a 'glen' because glens are in Scotland.

Then there was 'William Tell' with words to Rossini's Willem Tell overture.

Much of the TV programming was dire in retrospect but anything was better than a series of talking heads discussing politics in plummy voices and never 'arguing'. One politician would say something from his script; this opponent might say 'While I agree I think...'. It was even more boring than attending the public gallery of the House of Commons during a debate on Agricultural Tenancies (Miscellaneous Anomalies) Bill.

Og

 

[Guest]

I had such a crush on Richard Greene, not sure if I was in school yet. Would love to know the words to the Tell overture, and hear them sung . P.

 

[oggbashan]

I had such a crush on Richard Greene, not sure if I was in school yet. Would love to know the words to the Tell overture, and hear them sung . P.

That is a wish you may regret.

I can't get 'Hello muvver, hello father' out of my head everytime I hear Poncelli's Dance of the Hours; or 'I had a horn and I wanted to play it' by Flanders and Swann when I hear a Mozart Horn Concerto.

I'll rack my brains and then use Google.

Og

 

[sweetnpetite]

Knight Rider

cars name was ... hell.. erm.. cant remember but i think the guys name was Kit

The car's name was Kit, the man's name was Micheal Knight.

 

[Guest]

I'll rack my brains and then use Google.

Preserve your brain, Ogg; just Goog. P.

 

[oggbashan]

William Tell

This is a start.

Og

 

[sweetnpetite]

I was born in 75, but I still enjoyed...

Welcome back Cotter
Sanford and Son
All in the Family (we just called it Archie Bunker')
The Brady Bunch
Scooby Do
I dream of Jeanie (but I prefered Bewitched)
Increadable Hulk
SpiderMan
Wonder Woman
Wasn't a Mash fan, but dad watched it, so I had a little baby crush on Hawkey (Alan Alda)
Three's Company
The Lone Rider
Zorro


70's or not, *I loved* Duke's of Hazard, w. a huge Crush on Bo and a deep affection for Uncle Jesse. For some reason, I knew TV was 'fake' but I thought Uncle Jesse and all of them where real! (I was very young!) I always felt like I 'knew' them two. I really wish I could have gone to the event.

It may be sacrilige, but I never was *that* much of a fan of Lucy. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. I did love Rickie though with his drums and his accent. As a kid I watched it, and i guess I liked it, but as an adult, I don't find it *that* funny. (sorry) I always loved Lucille Ball though

 

[sweetnpetite]

Although 'Uncle Jesse' and 'Boss Hogg' have died, they and Bo and Luke and Daisy were the show to me. The only one of those who where there was Daisy. I would have been very disapointed to go and not see 'the Duke Boys"-- what would be the point?

 

[Clare Quilty]

UK Television took only a proportion of US shows...

In the area where I grew up, there was no shortage of BBC (and Thames) television shows. Between PBS and CBC I consumed quite a bit of that stuff.

• Monty Python (of course)
• Masterpiece Theatre (which is just a bunch of BBC productions with and intro by Sir Alistaire)
• Upstairs Downstairs
• Flambards
• Coronation Street
• The Bill
• The Goodies
• The Famous Five
• Vision On
• Faulty Towers
• Are You Being Served
• Space 1999
• Desmond's
• The Tomorrow People
• Benny Hill
• Yes Minister
• The Young Ones
• Chef
• Keeping Up Appearances
• Blackadder
• and of course the mighty mighty boys from the Dwarf--Red Dwarf is probably my favorite sit-com of all time.
  

 

[rgraham666]

snip…

Now, as for the Dukes of Hazzard - a highly underregarded television show in the snootier circles of society - it is my considered opinion that the Dukes was the greatest antiestablishmentarian television series of all time. It pitted the classic honest and noble working class underdog against the depravity and greed of the corrupt powerbrokers of society.

And so on and so forth and more of the same…

My God sir. I stand in awe. I had never realised that the Communist dialectic was expressed in a show that purported to be merely mindless entertainment.

(Stands and applauds) Bravo!

 

[gauchecritic]

Come away, come away with William Tell
Stick a fork up his arse and run like hell.

That's as much as I can remember. But this keeps running through my head now:

H R Puffenstuff
where d'ya go when things get rough
H R Puffenstuff
You can't do a little 'cos you can't do enough.

More likely 60s than 70s but:

Mr Ed (and I know all the words to that theme)
My favourite martian.

Are you being served
Bless this house
Catweazle
Doctor at large
Fawlty Towers
George and Mildred
Grange Hill
The Herbs (I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley)
The Incredible Hulk
Kung Fu
Love thy neighbour (addressing growing racial tension with blatant racism)
On the buses
Mr Ben
The Multicoloured Swapshop
The Muppett show
Pipkins (not so good when they changed Pig)
Poridge
Potty Time
Rainbow (theres a humourous 'studio joke' archived at the BBC website)
That's life
3-2-1
Tiswas (best Saturday morning kids show (for adults) ever)
Tomorrow people
Two Ronnies (two ronaldos in Viz a couple of editions back)

I googled most of these from here.

Gauche

Edited to include all the "Watch With Mother" programmes from the 50s and 60s because I liked them.

 

[Guest]

Geez, Gauche, when did you find the time for girlies?

Perdita

 

[oggbashan]

Come away, come away with William Tell
Stick a fork up his arse and run like hell.

That's as much as I can remember. Gauche

That has started the brain churning.

Like most kids we had our own versions of popular shows' signature tunes.

Found some more of the lyrics:

"Come away, come away with William Tell, come away to the land that he loves so well" etc. etc.

The trouble is that the series was filmed in Snowdonia, N Wales and never visited Switzerland.

Og

 

[Guest]

Snowdonia?

That sounds made up. P.

 

[oggbashan]

Another link to 'William Tell'

http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/tell.htm

Og

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Snowdonia?

That sounds made up. P.

Do you mean that Snowdonia is 'made up' or that the series was recorded in 'Snowdonia'?

If the first, the Welsh will be annoyed because 'Snowdonia' is centred around Mount Snowdon (Y Wyddfa), Wales' highest mountain and is a significant tourist area.

If the second, using Welsh mountains to represent Switzerland or wherever has been a cost-cutting ploy of British film and TV producers for generations.

'Carry On Up The Khyber' was made using Snowdonia to represent the Khyber Pass and Afghanistan. You can tell by the suspicious sheep in the background of some shots.

Og

 

[Guest]

Apologies to the Welsh then. P.

 

[oggbashan]

More 'Adventures of William Tell'

http://www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/UK/WilliamTell.htm

The Welsh don't expect everybody to have even heard of Wales. They are reasonably tolerant.

Og

 

[Guest]

The Welsh don't expect everybody to have even heard of Wales. They are reasonably tolerant.

I know, I have two Welsh friends. Snowdonia just sounded like a name in a cartoon town. P.

 

[Guest]

I hate to be a wet blanket on this cavalcade of reminiscence, but we are getting our decades all mixed up. The Dukes of Hazzard may have primiered in 1979, but it was definitely an 80s show. The A-Team was the 80s as well. Gilligan's Island was most certainly the 1960s as was I dream of Jeanie, Bewitched, and Green Acres.

Many of these shows and more including I Love Lucy are on TV Land in the U.S. Others can be found on Nickelodeon.

Shows of the 1970s would include sitcoms Welcome Back Kotter, Good Times, Chico and the Man, and Sanford and Son; cop and detectives Kojak, The Rockford Files, Columbo, MacMillan and Wife, and Harry O.

Now, as for the Dukes of Hazzard - a highly underregarded television show in the snootier circles of society - it is my considered opinion that the Dukes was the greatest antiestablishmentarian television series of all time. It pitted the classic honest and noble working class underdog against the depravity and greed of the corrupt powerbrokers of society.

The weekly adventures of a family raised in the classic independent spirit of America that brought them into direct conflict with the all consuming government that abused its power until checked by an uprising of the people it is purported to serve.

Boss Hog was the archetype of the corrupt government using its power merely to sate its own desire at the expense of the people. Fat and overbloated, Boss Hog is the perfect picture for the all-consuming appetite of big government.

Sherrif Roscoe P. Coltrane was the lacky, the archetype of the dutiful and unthinking bureaucracy that marches to its orders unquestionably. Knowing on which side his bread was buttered, Coltrane took his orders and did the best he could, with his limited intelligence and ability, to carry out the wishes of his master lest he be left out of his meager share f the largess.

Uncle Jesse was the wise old sage who provided the moral and ethical example for the younger generation to follow, and who held their feet to the fire lest they be tempted by the seduction of greed. He is the heritage and tradition that most Americans aspire to even if we are not always able to adhere to.

Bo and Luke Duke - we will forever ignore the abomination of cousins Coy and Vance - are the common man, the conscience of a nation and the power of the working class to reclaim their government if only in hourly snippets from one week to the next. And while they face a different challenge each week without ever seeming to permanently resolve the abuses of power demonstrated in the seat of government, they remind us that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Daisy Duke was a really hot chick in tight shorts.

Cooter represented the backbone of the nation; he is a quite patriot. While having to serve at the behest of the rich and powerful elite lest he not put food on the table, he is able to subvert the corrupt paradigm and provide assistance to those whom he knows fight for justice.

Just as Gilligan's Island confounded the critics who found it to be mindless, low brow humor while truly being the accurate representation of the stratification of society, The Dukes of Hazzard's value as a commentary on American in the 20th century was lost on critics who could not look beyond the confederate flag of the General Lee and the country music riffs that so irritate our cultural elitists.

On the other hand I could be wrong, and the show was merely a vehicle for Detroit to demolish all of the "last year's models" that were laying around unused.

Of course the irony - if that is indeed the right word, Perdita - is that the aforementioned DukesFest is being held in Tennessee while The Dukes was actually set in Georgia.

I love this post. I've read it through twice now and each time found myself nodding in agreement with all you said.

You were particularly profound about Daisy Duke: "Daisy Duke was a really hot chick in tight shorts." LOL!

Lou

 

[oggbashan]

I know, I have two Welsh friends. Snowdonia just sounded like a name in a cartoon town. P.

Tut, Tut.

http://www.snowdonia-wales.net/

Og