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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 25, 2017 11:10:00 GMT
I hope this isn't a strange question, but what are your favourite classic PBS shows?
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Post by Nike316 on Feb 25, 2017 12:09:29 GMT
Barney & Friends, The Magic School Bus, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, Wishbone, Lamb Chop's Play Along, and Arthur.
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Post by LaurenceBranagh on Feb 25, 2017 20:57:13 GMT
Arthur, Sesame Street (before it's downfall), Clifford, Dragon Tales, Mr. Rogers, Sagwa, Seven Little Monsters, and Teletubbies were my favorites growing up.
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 26, 2017 6:01:33 GMT
Wishbone, watched it every day after school, loved it, wish they'd get around to putting it on DVD.
Ghostwriter, didn't get into it much as a kid but always remembered the creepy purple monster doll made of bubblegum.
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Post by marianne48 on Mar 19, 2017 19:41:09 GMT
I was too old for Sesame Street, but I did like Zoom, a live-action kid's series with a group of kids in identical striped polo shirts singing songs, telling jokes, and demonstrating the kinds of goofy shtick that all kids were supposed to know ("cat's cradle" string games, invented languages, crafts,
and silly hand gestures to impress your friends--I never could, however, master that pretty butterfly gesture that cast member Bernadette often displayed).
Also: the early Mahs-terpiece Theater, hosted by Alistair Cooke, especially "Upstairs, Downstairs;" American Playhouse; and The Great American Dream Machine.
Also, PBS in the 1970s was the nearest thing to today's TCM: it presented a lot of classic and foreign movies without commercial interruption; it also
had programs which featured silent films (notably one hosted by Lillian Gish which featured full-length silent feature films); one local PBS station held a
marathon of Charlie Chaplin films in 1972, which was my introduction to his work; and it presented Richard Schickel's series on the work of several major Hollywood directors, The Men Who Made the Movies; PBS seemed to be the only outlet for Hitchcock's early British films as well.
Then, of course, it was the place to see Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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Post by jervistetch on Mar 19, 2017 21:53:04 GMT
I think Masterpiece Theatre's presentation of "Brideshead Revisited" may be my favorite TV show of all time.
Love PBS. Hope it survives the coming storm of budget cuts.
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Post by Lucy on Mar 20, 2017 0:24:03 GMT
The Huggabug Club
Big Comfy Couch
Magic School Bus
The Puzzle Place
Arthur
Sesame Street
Sagwa
Barney
Lambchop's Play Along
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 1:59:15 GMT
ZOOM!! Zee-Double-Oh-Em! Box three five oh, Boston, Mass,....ohhhhh-two-onnnne-three-fouuur! SEND IT TO ZOOM!!
I watched this as a kid because nothing else was on, and I required some form of entertainment when I was home alone....Can't believe I remember their sing-songy catch-phrase after all these years!
I wonder who has that box number/addy now?!
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Post by snsurone on Mar 20, 2017 20:06:01 GMT
You all know that there won't BE a PBS any more if Trump's budget passes Congress.
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Post by geezer on Mar 23, 2017 2:36:38 GMT
My first exposure to Monty Python was on PBS in the mid-70's. Fond memories of me and my little brother baking frozen pizza on Saturday night, then taking it downstairs to watch the show on a crappy black and white TV on a crappy, snowy UHF station! It was something we had, that our parents certainly would never watch!
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Post by number1212 on Mar 26, 2017 20:42:29 GMT
I watched a ton of PBS as a kid. I remember watching stuff like Sesame Street, Barney, and Lamb Chops when I was in preschool. I watched Wishbone, Kratt's Creatures, Arthur, and Magic School Bus after school when I was elementary school aged. I have fond memories of watching Bill Nye in the evening with my dad.
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