Throwback Thursday – TV 
https://lssattitudeofgratitude.wordpress.com/2021/11/10/throwback-thursday-12-tv-memories/
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Thanks for the topic of our TV memories, and the questions, Lauren! 🙂
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The questions:
Was watching television a part of your family entertainment? Was it used as a partial babysitter? Do you remember specific shows you liked as a kid? Did you need to take turns with your siblings to choose what was watched, or did the parents have all the control? Were you around in the pre-remote-control days? Whose job was it to change channels? Were you a Saturday morning cartoon junkie? Which was your favorite show? Were you warned about sitting too close to the TV? Did you ever bug your parents to buy you some item advertised repeatedly on a program you watched? Do you ever watch reruns of the shows from your childhood?
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1. Yes, we did watch TV when I was a kid. Lots of times all together in the living room. We had a small black & white TV for a long time before finally getting a color set. I don’t think it was used to act as a baby sitter though.
2. I can’t remember my sister or myself actually choosing what to watch. I guess we got to watch whatever we wanted, and both of us liked the programs. We didn’t have a remote control for many years.
3. We sure did watch Saturday morning cartoons. We’d get our own bowl of cereal and sit there while watching all the cartoons until they went off at about noon. We never were warned not to sit too close to the screen.
4. I don’t remember the advertising they had back then, so I doubt we begged for anything we saw.
5. The first children’s show I remember watching was,”Ding Dong School’ with Miss Frances. This was sort of an educational show and way before Sesame Street came along.
Then there was “Captain Kangaroo”. A couple of my favorite cartoons were Mighty Mouse, and Top Cat. I also liked non cartoon shows like “Fury” about a horse, and “Sky King” with an airplane. Then there were the westerns … Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Sugarfoot, Bonanza, and more. Mostly I liked these because of the horses! And of course the shows with dogs, “Lassie” the collie dog, and “Rin Tin Tin”, the German Shepherd dog.
6. Do I watch re-runs of old shows. Yes, all the time. We don’t watch much of anything new. Some we watch every day are, “Father Knows Best”, “My Three Sons”, “Leave It To Beaver”, “Dennis the Menace”, and “Hazel”.
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Here’s the cartoon song of “Top Cat”
“Top Cat” opening theme for the cartoon. It was one of my favorite cartoons when I was a kid.
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teleportingweena 
Top Cat was really cool and always a favorite cartoon of mine.
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Thanks, Jim! I looked forward to seeing Top Cat every week! He was a cool cat! 🙂
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I used to watch “Ding Fong School” and “Captain Kangaroo,” as well as “Howdy Doody.”
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Thanks, Fandango! Good shows back then. I sure do remember Howdy Doody, too. Fun looking back at them all. 🙂
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I loved Top Cat. 🙂 XO
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Thanks, Ellen! Good to know others liked Top Cat, too. I liked cartoons back then, but those of today just aren’t the same. 🙂
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Great recall Barbara. Mine was really pathetic. I just could remember 4 shows from those years.
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Thanks, Sadje! It is funny how I remember all the shows we watched way back when. We probably watched way too many, but it sure was a fun habit on Saturday mornings! 🙂
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You’re welcome! I only remember the names when someone else mentions them.
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There were some I watched but forgot about until I read the names on other posts, too. 🙂
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Too Cat was my favorite, too! I thought I was the only one! Looks like we watched a lot of the same shows. I loved Dennis the Menace and My Three Sons, too. How about My Favorite Martian? This was a fun walk down memory lane. Thanks for joining us again!
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Thanks, Maggie! It is fun to see that you and others liked the same cartoons I liked, such as Top Cat! Oh yes, My Favorite Martian was a good one, too. Seems TV shows are just not as good as back then. 🙂
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They were simple but so clever at the same time!
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Yes they were 🙂
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Thanks for joining in. Fun memories. I watched everything you did with one exception. I have no memory of sugarfoot. Where can you watch Top Cat now. I haven’t seen that in decades.
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Thanks, Lauren! Fun topic to remember back on. There were so many good shows back then. Sounds like all I did was watch TV, but really didn’t. I was outside playing most of the time actually. Sure brings back memories of Saturday mornings, and other times when the family would all gather in the living room to watch. I don’t know about seeing old cartoons of Top Cat, but I googled the little song, so maybe they have some short episodes to see. 🙂
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I watched after dark when I was a kid too. Before dark meant outside time.
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Same here that we were mostly outside. We looked forward to Saturday morning cartoons, though.
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