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CelticBomber Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 12:12 PM EST
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I haven't watched TV in well over a decade but every once in awhile on YouTube I get recommended an old show.

My all time fav is MASH hands down. Still think it was better than Seinfeld which is the answer a lot of people give to this question when I ask it as all time fav show.

I was wondering what old black and white TV show if any people still watch. YouTube recommended McHale's Navy to me and I binge watched it and loved every second. I loved watching this show as a kid. But, when I think about just the old black and white shows I can't just pick one. There were so many good shows back then. Anyone have a favorite? Trying to decide what to watch next.
fishinguitarman Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 12:47 PM EST
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Andy Griffith ********
Gene363 Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 12:49 PM EST
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Outer Limits

The Twilight Zone

One Step Beyond

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
fishinguitarman Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 12:50 PM EST
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Oh color... everybody loves Raymond, two and a half men, gunsmoke
Whistlebritches Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 12:50 PM EST
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Gilligan's Island...…….but Mary Ann looks so much better in color
ypetryna Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 12:54 PM EST
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3 stooges
Hawaii 5-0
hogans heros
perry mason was alright too


agree with mash
MACS Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 12:58 PM EST
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My buddy Steve was a huge fan of MASH.

I was an 80's kid. A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, Love Boat, Fantasy Island.

I always thought Seinfeld was stupid.
dstieger Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 1:21 PM EST
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Tried some MASH reruns a year or two ago. Had been a pretty big fan.....but it didn't hold up well for me. Didn't enjoy it much at all now.

I have rewatched (and still enjoyed) Cheers on Netflix. Never 'got' Seinfeld. Most Python episodes have aged well, IMO. I Love Lucy and Honeymooners are still very funny....D!ck Van Dyke show not as much.
MACS Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 1:25 PM EST
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^^How the hell did I forget Cheers??!!!

Best sitcom EVAH!!
opelmanta1900 Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 1:44 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
My buddy Steve was a huge fan of MASH.

I was an 80's kid. A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, Love Boat, Fantasy Island.

I always thought Seinfeld was stupid.

I didn't have a buddy named Steve, and the love boat and fantasy island were queer... But I concur with everything else you said... Had a really hard time with the popularity of Seinfeld....
dkeage Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 1:52 PM EST
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WKRP
RMAN4443 Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 1:55 PM EST
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Leave it to Beaver and Batman...are two that come to mind right away
tonygraz Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 2:16 PM EST
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That made me think of a new noob question - Wally or the Beaver ?

My Mrs. was a big I Love Lucy fan, but once she started looking at them again they weren't so funny.

I liked The Show of Shows and many of the others mentioned. Currently watching a lot of Two and a Half Men.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 2:20 PM EST
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RMAN4443 wrote:
Leave it to Beaver and Batman...are two that come to mind right away

I loved Batman!
ZRX1200 Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 2:24 PM EST
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Magnum PI
AirWolf
Knight rider
A Team
McGyver
Fall Guy
Dukes of Hazard
Beavis and Butthead
The old black and white “Home Run Derby”
fishinguitarman Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 2:24 PM EST
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Cinnamons buns
delta1 Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 2:57 PM EST
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Have Gun, Will Travel
Get Smart
I Spy
Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Twilight Zone
rfenst Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 3:04 PM EST
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MASH is funny, but always leaves me depressed.
cajunpredfan Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 3:09 PM EST
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Rockford Files
Mash (through season 3)
Twilight Zone
Gunsmoke (black and white)
Wanted Dead or Alive
Track Down
Barney Miller
frankj1 Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 3:14 PM EST
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CelticBomber wrote:
I haven't watched TV in well over a decade but every once in awhile on YouTube I get recommended an old show.

My all time fav is MASH hands down. Still think it was better than Seinfeld which is the answer a lot of people give to this question when I ask it as all time fav show.

I was wondering what old black and white TV show if any people still watch. YouTube recommended McHale's Navy to me and I binge watched it and loved every second. I loved watching this show as a kid. But, when I think about just the old black and white shows I can't just pick one. There were so many good shows back then. Anyone have a favorite? Trying to decide what to watch next.

some great shows mentioned after the OP, but I have a stock retort when I hear from a McHales Navy fan...it was a total ripoff of the older Phil Silvers/You'll Never Get Rich/Sgt. Bilko show (not sure where you'd find the right series) without the genius of the conniving lead role character.

I mean, McHale would say "let's have a Casino night, boys. Huddle up..." fade to next scene where there are roulette wheels and crap tables etc. From where?

Phil Silvers made the show about how he conned and cajoled everyone to do his bidding and the result would be a casino. You'd have to watch it to see what I mean.

Two other things.
Top Cat was a nearly character for character reproduction of Sgt. Bilko and
Several members of Bilko's platoon from the Motor Pool were also in McHale's Navy
frankj1 Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 3:23 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Outer Limits

The Twilight Zone

One Step Beyond

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

nicely packaged, Gene.
all well done and well written.
frankj1 Offline
#22 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 3:26 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:

The old black and white “Home Run Derby”


soooo great. Big stars like young Henry Aaron would show up trying to win a couple hundred bucks too.
Think it was filmed in Wrigley Field...Los Angeles!
maybe not.
m j toal Offline
#23 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 3:26 PM EST
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Green Acres
m j toal Offline
#24 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 3:27 PM EST
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Highway Patrol
USNGunner Offline
#25 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 3:53 PM EST
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Monty Python's Flying Circus.
frankj1 Offline
#26 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:08 PM EST
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m j toal wrote:
Highway Patrol

Broderick Crawford!

you reminded me of Dragnet (just the fact's ma'am)
izonfire Offline
#27 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:10 PM EST
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USNGunner wrote:
Monty Python's Flying Circus.


^^^ ThumpUp

Absurdity to the extreme!!!
Gene363 Offline
#28 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:28 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
Broderick Crawford!

you reminded me of Dragnet (just the fact's ma'am)



Both were good. Many shows back then, in particular Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Star Treck often were parables with a distinct moral message.
Gene363 Offline
#29 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:30 PM EST
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For humor:

The Honeymooners

My wife's favorite, Lucy

Amos and Andy

Our Gang and The Little Rascals
USNGunner Offline
#30 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:42 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Both were good. Many shows back then, in particular Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Star Treck often were parables with a distinct moral message.



I loved all those. The outer limits was a vastly under rated show IMHO.
fishinguitarman Offline
#31 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:42 PM EST
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My wife had some good ones too

Lassie

Mr. Ed

I love ❤️ Lucy

And ...well...ummmm


Captain Kangaroo
KingoftheCove Offline
#32 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:45 PM EST
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Midnight Special
Liar’s Club
Secret Agent
The Wild Wild West
pacman357 Offline
#33 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:47 PM EST
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Well, I was thinking M*A*S*H, Monty Python, Twin Peaks (not sure if the latter is old enough to qualify).

Then I recalled, I was watching Perry Mason as a kid. Probably what put in my mind to become a lawyer. We didn't have any in the family, and I knew at a young age that is what I wanted to do. I'll even watch an episode once a year or so now, even though much of it is unrealistic and I've seen the episodes so many times.

Runner up? Aerobicise on Showtime. I mean, c'mon, am I the only heterosexual male here that grew up in his late teens and early 20's while women danced on a turntable to music in their underwear while masquerading as an exercise program? Of all the legit workout programs I've seen over the years, I've never heard of anyone actually trying to make this into a workout outside of a TV studio. Now remember to breathe out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGdlcWKk2Ms
Phil222 Offline
#34 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 5:51 PM EST
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Just some my “favorite” shows regardless of age....

Sopranos
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Seinfeld
Game of Thrones
The Simpsons
South Park
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dexter

Honorable Mentions:
House of Cards
Lost
Arrested Development
The Twilight Zone
The X-Files
Stranger Things
The Walking Dead
Ozark
teedubbya Offline
#35 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 6:13 PM EST
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HR Puffinstuff,
lost in space,
Star Trek
Iron side
Quincy
Dark shadows
Land of the lost
Streets of San Francisco
Mannix
Speed racer


Newer, I think Nash bridges was under rated
delta1 Offline
#36 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 6:23 PM EST
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Bonanza...featured a Chinese character, among the first asians in a regular long running TV show...stereotypical, but progress, nonetheless...


Wanted Dead or Alive
Rifleman
Star Trek
fishinguitarman Offline
#37 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 6:23 PM EST
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Dark Shadows

Raw Hide

Carol Burnett

Petticoat Junction

Munsters

Adams Family

Shirley Temple

Mickey Mouse

Lone Ranger

Roy Rogers
fishinguitarman Offline
#38 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 6:28 PM EST
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Abbott and Costello

Flying Nun

Keystone Cops

Mary Tyler Moore
ZRX1200 Offline
#39 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 6:45 PM EST
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Oooh.....Carol Burnett!

Also, Threes Company.....I lived that as soon as I left home
teedubbya Offline
#40 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 6:51 PM EST
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Green acres
The gong show
Laugh in
tonygraz Offline
#41 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 7:03 PM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Green acres
The gong show
Laugh in


Liked the last two

anyone remember The Prisoner ?
frankj1 Offline
#42 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 7:05 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
Bonanza...featured a Chinese character, among the first asians in a regular long running TV show...stereotypical, but progress, nonetheless...


Wanted Dead or Alive
Rifleman
Star Trek

Hop Sing!

hey, Lorne Greene was a (Canadian) Jew, and the show was on Sunday nights.
Couldn't get take out during the show...
frankj1 Offline
#43 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 7:07 PM EST
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Bachelor Father had an Asian regular as well...
RMAN4443 Offline
#44 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 7:31 PM EST
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If I remember correctly, The Courtship of Eddie's Father had an Asian character too, and I think it was Bruce Lee who played Kato on thr Green Hornet

I was, and still am a fan of The Flintstones
fishinguitarman Offline
#45 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 7:49 PM EST
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Remember. Under the Dining Room Table




It was written by Richard Gobbler
Gene363 Offline
#46 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 7:53 PM EST
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Saturday Night Live of many years ago. First time I ever watched they had Richard Pryor and did the word association test.

Jane you ignorant s l u t!
pacman357 Offline
#47 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 7:58 PM EST
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fishinguitarman wrote:
Abbott and Costello

Flying Nun

Keystone Cops

Mary Tyler Moore

Good gravy. I bet people were scared when trains first started running.
jespear Offline
#48 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 8:38 PM EST
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Too many to tax my brain trying to think of them, so I'll just go with

The Andy Griffith Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Twilight Zone
Cheers
jespear Offline
#49 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 8:39 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Saturday Night Live of many years ago. First time I ever watched they had Richard Pryor and did the word association test.

June you ignorant s l u t!


Gene, you ignorant slut . . . It was JANE Curtain.
tonygraz Offline
#50 Posted: Fri, Oct 4 2019, 8:56 PM EST
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It's always something....
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