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What TV series identifies for you, your 'era' - perhaps something that everyone your age watched and you all talked about next morning?

I think for me it was Auf Wiedersehen Pet.. a series about a group of construction workers who went over to Germany to find work.. There were follow up series and we watched them grow and develop.. rise and fall, fall and rise.. The theme song was pretty cool.. A couple of clips below.. We also liked The Young Ones about a group of students, it was very cutting edge and anarchic - I guess it appealed to young people back then, when we all thought we were invincible :P


Posted - August 9, 2018
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  • 520
    I guess the biggest thing back then was the mini series Roots. We were all glued to the TV. We talked about it endlessly, then felt like idiots when it came out that it was all just fiction. 
      August 9, 2018 2:24 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Oh gosh, I remember that, assuming it's the same thing.. series about slaves? Yes, that was another one we all followed..
      August 9, 2018 2:27 PM MDT
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  • 520
    That’s the one. Turned out none of that story was true. Regardless, it was a really good Mini series with some great actors. 
      August 9, 2018 6:44 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Most often mentioned was "Leave It To Beaver", but my era was characterized by talk shows.
    ~ I've Got A Secret
    ~ Hollywood Squares
    ~ Jack Paar
    ~ $64,000 Question

    And the superstar of the day:

      August 9, 2018 2:30 PM MDT
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  • 6023

    The TV shows that "identify me" ... aren't what "everyone" was watching.  At least not in my area.  LOL

    Star Blazers (aka Space Battleship Yamoto)
    Voltron

    But once my dad got home, we had to watch:
    HeeHaw
    Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
    Disney
    ... and heaven help you if you thought you could change the channel because dad fell asleep (and was snoring) in his Lay-Z-Boy.

     

    EDIT: Oh!  And of course ... Dr Who.
    I think my family may have been the only ones in the city who watched the original series.  LOL

    This post was edited by Walt O'Reagun at August 11, 2018 11:17 AM MDT
      August 9, 2018 2:35 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    ME Too!!!!  :D! :D!
      August 9, 2018 4:19 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Wild Kingdom was fantastic! I day-dreamed that Marlin Perkins was my grandpa and took me on wild animal adventures all over the world! 
      August 9, 2018 5:35 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    "While Jim is wrestling the Anaconda, we'll take a break for these words from Mutual of Omaha."
      August 10, 2018 8:52 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    "Mutual of Omaha is people you can count on when the going's tough".

    Guess who has a DVD boxed set of vintage Wild Kingdom episodes? 




      August 10, 2018 6:54 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    Me? Hey, you said guess.
      August 11, 2018 6:09 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    DO you? 
      August 11, 2018 4:13 PM MDT
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  • 6098
    All my boyfriend's family watched Wild Kingdom on Sunday evenings so that was the only time we could sneak off to his bedroom undisturbed. 
      August 10, 2018 4:48 AM MDT
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  • "HAPPY DAYS"

      August 9, 2018 2:39 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    Whoa!  The Fonz!
      August 9, 2018 2:56 PM MDT
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  •   August 9, 2018 3:17 PM MDT
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  • 34441
    I was surprised you did not say ALF. 
      August 9, 2018 3:12 PM MDT
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  • I didn't want to appear prejudice.  :))
      August 9, 2018 3:18 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Laverne and Shirley followed right behind.  I remember that hour!
      August 9, 2018 4:20 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    I liked Happy Days too :)
      August 10, 2018 11:12 AM MDT
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  • 10663
    Happy Days
      August 9, 2018 3:02 PM MDT
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  • 34441
    The Cosby Show. 
    Cheers, Home Improvement
      August 9, 2018 3:10 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    i rarely watch tv these days
      August 9, 2018 3:37 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Perhaps but what DID you watch when you were growing up that many others watched too?
      August 9, 2018 4:21 PM MDT
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  • These are the shows my friends and I all watched during high school and college (and would talk about afterward):

    -The Office
    -Parks and Recreation
    -Family Guy
    -Arrested Development
    -Breaking Bad
    -Adventure Time
    -South Park

      August 9, 2018 4:53 PM MDT
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