Memories & Nostalgia

There’s a fun group of woman that I belong to called “Baby Boomer Diva Nation” started by Beverly Mahone, and this past week, some of the divas were sharing their favorite TV shows! Here’s some of the discussion…see how many memories it triggers for you! Comment with a few TV memories of your own if you like:

Debbie Marmino: Let’s play a little game: Since we are all Baby Boomers, reach back into the archives of your mind, and tell me which “OLD TV SHOWS” used to be your favorites! Mine were I Love Lucy and Petticoat Junction! I wanted to grow up and be just like those 3 beauties, Billie Jo, Bobbi Jo and Betty Jo!

Debbie Stevens: LOVED Petticoat Junction and the song! My old fav’s were “I Dream of Jeannie” [was madly in love with Major Nelson, long before he became JR! Lol] Green Acres, Bewitched [with the first Derwood OOPS Darren! Lol ] And my sister and I always cried watching “The Little Hobo” [dog] “Gilligan’s Island”

Pam Archer: I Love Lucy, Little Rascals, Rin Tin Tin, Gunsmoke, Howdy Doody…guess I’m a bit older than you young things!

Beverly Mahone: I loved BEWITCHED, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, My Mother the Car, Julia, My Favorite Martian and the Peyton Place series.

Debbie Mormino: I remember Gunsmoke very well! (and Rawhide, too, Clint Eastwood was so young and handsome!) Remember when it was a bit risque’ for Jeanie to show her belly button!

My mom used to make me go to bed before Peyton Place came on!! We lived in a shotgun house in New Orleans, and the houses were very close together. My mom would watch Peyton Place, and our neighbor would too. I’d hear it from my mom’s room, and watch it from my bedroom window through my neighbors window! Since we didn’t have air conditioning back then, we’d have our windows open; it was the only positive thing about no a/c! Great memories!

Karlyn: I’m still a huge I Love Lucy fan, she was phenomenal. I grew up on those reruns, and some of my favorite childhood shows were also Little House on the Prairie (I wanted to be Laura Ingalls) and Brady Bunch. I still have a little crush on Christopher Knight (played Peter Brady). hehe..

Debbie Mormino: We were all so lucky to have so many great shows when we were kids and growing up! I also loved Happy Days and that whole genre of 50’s music, since my parents were big fans also!

Heidi Caswell - One of the earliest show I remember watching was the Lone Ranger, and my parents loved Bonanza, then I Dream of Jeanie and Bewitched. Then my older brother’s got Beatle wigs and dressed up for Halloween.

Debbie Mormino - Yeah, Lil Joe on Bonanza was a beautiful boy! And do you remember the BIG VALLEY? Linda Evans was so gorgeous and HEATH was a dream!

Terri - I always loved “Father Knows Best” because it was a mirror of my family - I was the “Kathy? Kitten” in our family. Others I liked were “Dr. Kildare” - Richard Chamberlain, yum…, “Adventures in Paraside” - I used to kiss the screen when Gardner MacKay got a close up! I’ve posted often about retro tv on my PopArtDiva blog - you can use the search bar to find the posts, the latest post is on the Mickey Mouse Club! I have just about every classic television show theme on my computer, including some really obscure ones and some really fun ones like Andy Griffith singing the theme to The Andy Griffith Show, Lorne Greene singing (holy cow) the theme to Bonanza and Richard (my love) singing the theme to Dr. Kildare - Three Stars Will Shine Tonight. I’m not too obsessed with retro and television and I???

Debbie Marmino - I vaguely remember Father Knows Best, and Dr Kildare’s name is familiar to me but I don’t remember any episodes of his show and I’m not familiar with Adventures in Paradise at all!!

Me: Oh, what about Leave it to Beaver, Sky King, The Odd Couple, Bachelor’s Father….I even remember the Honeymooners….but I was REALLY young when that was on (right!)

Okay there’s a stroll down TV Memory Lane, and there’s lots of shows missing!