Your First TV Shows

[PeteC]

Anyone remember the first show(s) you watched as a kid and what year it was? Pete

[Big Boy]

I can remember The Woodentops, Andy Pandy, Bill & Ben, and Torchy from about 1960.

[Bamboo Grove]

We in Finland were always a bit behind the times but these shows I can recall from the 60's. That's the decade I was born: Batman, Rin Tin Tin, Bonanza, Lassie. Oh dear, there must have been others but then again I was less than 10 years old.

[PeteC]

I can see we're going to have geographical differences with this one. For Bamboo it may have been a Khrushchev speech from a Russian signal? Pete

EDIT: Whoops, he posted while I was.

[Big Boy]

I've just remembered that very controversial programme, Captain Pugwash, also from 1960. I think it has been banned these days as being unsuitable for its target audience - young children.

[lindosfan1]

First tv I remember watching was the Queens coronation in 1953 about 10 of us watching this screen about a foot wide in a box the size about 4 ft by 2 ft in black and white. We were at my grandmothers who had the only television in the family.

[PeteC]

We got our first TV shortly after they came out, about 1952-53. Without a doubt my first show was The Howdy Doody Show ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdy_Doody ). Used to watch it everyday and I don't recall much else as the only other things I remember was the nightly news and speeches given by Pope Pius XII which my parents watched and seemed to be on often. The RCC saw the power of TV early on! Pete

EDIT: Pope # and spelling.

[Bamboo Grove]

I can see we're going to have geographical differences with this one. For Bamboo it may have been a Khrushchev speech from a Russian signal? Pete

I think, we were lucky as no Khrushchev or Breznev created shows were broadcasted in my youth in Finland. All we got was U.S. based shows, as seen from my post above. Then in the 70¨s the English comedies, like On The Buses and Benny Hill Show came along and life became so much merrier.

[caller]

Andy Pandy for me!

I think I liked it at the time?

There was an innocence for children in those days.

Then books of fables, the awe of simplistic classical history and empire. Only later (I still have those books), did I realise it was an era already passed.

[Big Boy]

Andy Pandy:


Captain Pugwash:


Woodentops:


Bill & Ben:

[PeteC]

[Big Boy]

OMG, it's no wonder our generation turned out the way we did.

[pharvey]

Grew up in Zambia and South Africa, so didn't get to watch much TV

English language programs didn't start until 6pm, so bizarrely, my favorite TV show as a kid was ''The Sweeney''...... dubbed into Afrikaans!

[Nereus]

Well, I am surprised, Pete.

What about Mickey Mouse Club with Annette Funicello. I guess TV did not start in Australia until a couple of years after the USA, but I recall Annette Funicello as being a teenage boys dream while I was still at School.

[PeteC]

Well, I am surprised, Pete.

What about Mickey Mouse Club with Annette Funicello. I guess TV did not start in Australia until a couple of years after the USA, but I recall Annette Funicello as being a teenage boys dream while I was still at School.

Yes, for sure but didn't start on TV until 1955. I just focused on the first above. Beside the MM Club, Rin Tin Tin, Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid and Davey Crocket were favourites, and of course the Walt Disney Show. Pete