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In reply to the discussion: name the first tv program you can remember as a young child . [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)38. Must have been the Micky Mouse Club because it began a couple years
before Have Gun Will Travel. I vaguely remember Annette and Karen out of that pap, but I really liked Paladin a lot more, and after all these years I'm apparently the same person. Richard Boone, my preschool crush.
"Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam?"
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A TV show my mom took me to..I was two and 1/2..The show read toons from the newspaper.
Stuart G
Jun 2021
#149
Our version.. It's howdy doody time, it isn't worth a dime, It smells like turpentine...
mitch96
Jun 2021
#58
I don't know if it's the first one I ever saw, but it's the first I can remember:
Dr. Strange
Jun 2021
#17
"Truth. Justice. And the American Way" got me, even if the bird/plane thing was dumb...
Hekate
Jun 2021
#162
Probably Sky King. But also Harrigan and Son, it had a catchy theme song.
likesmountains 52
Jun 2021
#40
Howdy Doody: Phineus T. Bluster - Mayor of Doodyville (Trump of the 50's)
State the Obvious
Jun 2021
#47
And a short list of bank accounts and credit card numbers wouldn't hurt. nt
Buns_of_Fire
Jun 2021
#113
I would love some of what Stephen Hillenberg was smoking when he came up with SpongeBob.
GoCubsGo
Jun 2021
#137
I remember watching Garfield Goose. You are the only person who ever even heard of the show!
Demsrule86
Jun 2021
#173
Howdy Doody. My slightly-younger brother was absolutely sure Howdy Doody was a real boy....
Hekate
Jun 2021
#152
I remember quite a few. As I grew older, the intelligent humor of Rocky & Bullwinkle engaged me...
Hekate
Jun 2021
#161
Oh, forgot about Romper Room, and Diver Dan. Why I looked at the list first...
electric_blue68
Jun 2021
#182
dr. beaker was my fav. the cranky prof and mike mercury and that very annoying chimp.
AllaN01Bear
Jun 2021
#193