re: Favorite tv show traditions as a child

Captain N was my favorite Sat morning cartoon. I think TMNT started off on either Sat or Sun mornings before moving to weekday afternoons.

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Waking up early Saturday morning.

Slipping quietly downstairs.

Turning the TV on as quietly as possible.

Saturday Morning Cartoons. . .engage.

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This, but add fixing a bowl of cereal as quietly as possible and hoping it wasn't a new gallon of milk so you didn't spill all over the fricking counter again and making your dad come out in his underwear to yell at you and clean it up.

pizza with tmnt or batman
watching swat cats in india

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Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins

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My Dad and I used to laugh because Marlin's helper, Jim (I think that was his name), was the guy who was brave and did all the dangerous stuff, but Marlin got all the glory.

Sister and I would get home from school in the early 90s and watch CHiPs and the Brady Bunch.

Used to watch Get Smart and MTM show on Nick at Night (I guess that was the channel?)

Weekdays

3:30 Rat Patrol

4:00 Dukes of Hazzard

Friday nights

Dallas


Only had 3 channels. Only two worked all the time. The NBC Channel was only good when low pressure came up from the South.

We watched cartoons every Saturday morning too. We also quietly got up before our parents, shut the door to the hallway, grabbed a bowl of Frosted Flakes or Alphabets and watched cartoons. Loved Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales, Roadrunner & Deputy Dog. I remember when new cartoons like The Jetsons, Johnny Quest, Scooby Do, Top Cat, Underdog, Fat Albert, etc. came out too.

I remember watching the Wizard of Oz every year when it came on. My mom says I hid under the coach when the flying monkeys were on.

During the week, if the weather was nice we played outside until dark. If it rained we couldn't always come in and watch TV. There was only one TV in the house & my mom might be watching soaps. We had a record player in my brothers bedroom. We'd play one of the 33 rpm records like Treasure Island, Peter and the Wolf, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Jack and The Beanstalk, Tom Sawyer. My brothers and I used to love listening to those.

I can remember watching Andy Griffith, The Honeymooners, Lucy, The Beverly Hillbillys, Family Affair, Gunsmoke, Daniel Boone, Davey Crocket, Gentle Ben, Flipper and all kinds of great shows when they were on the networks. One baseball game came on either Saturday or Sunday afternoon. I was the only one that watched it with my dad.

OK-born in 1963. Had a small black and white tv in my bedroom growing up. I moved that tv all around the house as needed. Watched Sanford and Son, then All in The Family at the dinner table or Star Trek(depending what time dinner was served). Wrestling on Saturdays along with ABC's Wide World of Sports. Saturday night was Shock Theatre. Vividly remember laying up next to my dad and watching Abbot and Costello on Sunday afternoons.