I watched a lot of tv growing up. I feel like I still do, too much.
I don’t really remember watching TV with my parents together. I do remember watching TV with them separately after they were divorced. My dad loved watching Mutual of Omaha – it was like a wilderness show and since he love watching it I watched it too. I think it’s an insurance company now. We would watch Dr Who, the old school one and Dark Shadows too. We watched The Little Rascals and The Three Stooges and we would laugh, he was a cannabis smoker so it was fascinating watching him smoke and get the giggles.
After my parents got divorced and I moved in with my mom, I was alone a lot. She worked two jobs so I watched tv even more before I got into high school. I loved The Twilight Zone, The Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie’s Angels, Wonder Woman, Little House on the Prairie, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, The Bionic Woman, and the “after school” specials were always fun. My dad is black so I would watch, What’s Happening and Good Times to connect to that side of my family. My mom is Dutch and in the summer I went to Holland and they only had about 3 channels that only started later in the afternoon, it was so different. Most of the main evening shows were American or British and there were a few Dutch shows I really enjoyed. The channels were: Nederland 1, 2 and 3! There were a few German channels and I think a Belgian one too.
We had a black and white tv for a long time and then finally got a color one. I remember the first remotes were huge with those big buttons to click. Those were some fun times. Better shows then for sure and it annoys me greatly when they do “remakes”.
Thank you for the prompt. That was a nice trip down memory lane.
Daily writing prompt
What TV shows did you watch as a kid?
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