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danderson400 · 09-24-2015, 11:50 AM

question for all: what shows did you watch with your parents back in the day? my mom had to be with me if i watched The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, China Beach, and Twin Peaks because she was afraid that of of the characters would say something that my mom didn't like(such as disagreeing with her stance on abortion or drunk driving or the like since she and i went to a church that didn't agree about things people said on TV) i didn't need that kind of supervision though for game shows though

Michael cole · 09-24-2015, 12:01 PM

I used to watch Full House with them, and Hawaii 5-0, and a few others

Bonniegirl · 09-24-2015, 12:30 PM

With Mom

The soaps Secret Storm and Guiding Light if I was off from school or around the house in the summer ! And always Dark Shadows (so cool it was on after school) !!!

Maude, The Waltons, Marcus Welby MD.

With Mom & Dad - All in the Family ,Sanford & Son

AB · 09-24-2015, 02:59 PM

Mostly westerns with my dad. He liked The Rifleman, Branded, Laredo, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, Wagon Train, etc. Some of these were reruns when we watched them. My mom didn't watch much TV, she worked part-time and then had household duties and 3 kids to take care of. But she would set up the ironing board and watch The Carol Burnett Show and sometimes The Mary Tyler Moore Show while she ironed.

Bonniegirl · 09-24-2015, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by AB

Mostly westerns with my dad. He liked The Rifleman, Branded, Laredo, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, Wagon Train, etc. Some of these were reruns when we watched them. My mom didn't watch much TV, she worked part-time and then had household duties and 3 kids to take care of. But she would set up the ironing board and watch The Carol Burnett Show and sometimes The Mary Tyler Moore Show while she ironed.

YEAH!!! My Mom too!!! She would iron, fold laundry or dust the living room while watching her soaps ! My Mom was a fulltime housewife ,stay at home Mom. And she felt like if she wasn't CONSTANTLY cleaning something or cooking something or something in the way of the house that she wasn't on her job!

Only time she relaxed and sat in the day was if a neighbor lady came over and they drank coffee or tea and gossiped!

AB · 09-24-2015, 03:29 PM

^ Yeah, they were always so busy cleaning, cooking, etc. And back then our dads wouldn't do anything at all that was related to housework. lol! I helped out as I got older though.

Bonniegirl · 09-24-2015, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by AB

^ Yeah, they were always so busy cleaning, cooking, etc. And back then our dads wouldn't do anything at all that was related to housework. lol! I helped out as I got older though.

Yeah!

And my Mom made sure we were all quiet and behaving around the time my Dad was due home. She would be like "He's been working hard all day, don't bother him with anything and be good"! Even if my siblings and I were fighting and almost killing each other that day , we had to calm down and act like Angels !

Unless we had a fever of 110 ,were bleeding to death or our appendix burst it was Don't bother Daddy right after work!

And Mom always had a a delicious dinner ready and she would fix her hair and do her makeup before he came home too!

Tubehead · 09-27-2015, 09:14 PM

me & my dad used to watch macgyver together!! i would watch price is right with my mom and the jefferson's with my grand mama and judge judy with my grand papa me &my brother would watch mama's family alf saved by the bell chips & little house on the paria in the afternoons and before we went to school even though i didn't care for chips or little house. then as a family we would watch america's funniest home videos & rescuer 911!!

danderson400 · 09-27-2015, 10:15 PM

you know me and my mom would react to things on TV shows like on TJW or TTD when Pat Finn or Patrick Wayne would try to get a champion to risk everything for a lot more or when Dana Delany on "China Beach" would be grieving over a soldier's death or when "Molly Dodd"(Blair Brown) said something really funny!

liane49 · 09-28-2015, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

With Mom

The soaps Secret Storm and Guiding Light if I was off from school or around the house in the summer ! And always Dark Shadows (so cool it was on after school) !!!

Maude, The Waltons, Marcus Welby MD.

With Mom & Dad - All in the Family ,Sanford & Son

Ed Sullivan, Hollywood Palace, Family Feud, Bewitched,

biffbronson · 09-28-2015, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

With Mom

The soaps Secret Storm and Guiding Light if I was off from school or around the house in the summer ! And always Dark Shadows (so cool it was on after school) !!!

Maude, The Waltons, Marcus Welby MD.

With Mom & Dad - All in the Family ,Sanford & Son

My mom and grandmother used to watch Secret Storm and Guiding Light together, along with As the World Turns. My mom learned a lot of her English from watching those.

Here are some shows we watched in primetime as a family:

Walt Disney (Wonderful World of Color, etc.)
Flip Wilson
Norman Lear sitcoms: All In the Family, Maude, Jeffersons
The Waltons
Little House on the Prairie
CBS Saturday lineup: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The Carol Burnette Show
Barney Miller
Empty Nest
Coach
The Cosby Show
Home Improvement

Here are some we watched mostly in syndication:

It's a Living
Mama's Family
Everybody Loves Raymond
King of Queens

Some of the males in the family would watch Vegas, Barretta, Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Matlock, Cannon, Rockford Files, etc.

Torgo · 09-28-2015, 11:07 AM

Shows I remember watching with my parents:

Brothers (the 80s Showtime series), I remember my mom loving Philip Charles MacKenzie's character)
Love Boat
Fantasy Island
Hawaii 5-0
Vegas
Moonlighting
Cheers
Night Court
Man From Atlantis
She's The Sheriff
I can remember watching the pilot of Star Trek: TNG with them.
Angie
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
BJ And The Bear
Barney Miller
Chico And The Man
Enos (I don't remember watching Dukes Of Hazzard with them, but this I do)
Soap
Benson
Taxi
WKRP

With my mom:

Reruns of Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie
Tabitha
Various games shows

With my dad:

(these 3 we would watch the next day on VHS after he recorded them)
Bizarre
Benny Hill
SNL

Schmoopie · 09-30-2015, 01:15 AM

Saturday Night Live
Taxi
Fish
All in the Family
Three's Company
Dallas

Tubehead · 10-01-2015, 01:25 AM

i used to watch macgyver with my dad!! i would watch price is right and shop til your drop with my mom!!

H.Munster · 11-12-2015, 04:29 AM

Ed Sullivan, Bonanza, My Favorite Martian, Amateur Hour.. just to name a few.

09-24-2015, 11:50 AM	#1
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 652	What shows did you watch with you parents question for all: what shows did you watch with your parents back in the day? my mom had to be with me if i watched The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, China Beach, and Twin Peaks because she was afraid that of of the characters would say something that my mom didn't like(such as disagreeing with her stance on abortion or drunk driving or the like since she and i went to a church that didn't agree about things people said on TV) i didn't need that kind of supervision though for game shows though

09-24-2015, 12:01 PM	#2
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09-28-2015, 11:07 AM	#12
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	Shows I remember watching with my parents: Brothers (the 80s Showtime series), I remember my mom loving Philip Charles MacKenzie's character) Love Boat Fantasy Island Hawaii 5-0 Vegas Moonlighting Cheers Night Court Man From Atlantis She's The Sheriff I can remember watching the pilot of Star Trek: TNG with them. Angie Happy Days Laverne & Shirley BJ And The Bear Barney Miller Chico And The Man Enos (I don't remember watching Dukes Of Hazzard with them, but this I do) Soap Benson Taxi WKRP With my mom: Reruns of Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie Tabitha Various games shows With my dad: (these 3 we would watch the next day on VHS after he recorded them) Bizarre Benny Hill SNL
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09-30-2015, 01:15 AM	#13
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09-24-2015, 12:30 PM	#3
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,887	With Mom The soaps Secret Storm and Guiding Light if I was off from school or around the house in the summer ! And always Dark Shadows (so cool it was on after school) !!! Maude, The Waltons, Marcus Welby MD. With Mom & Dad - All in the Family ,Sanford & Son

09-24-2015, 02:59 PM	#4
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	Mostly westerns with my dad. He liked The Rifleman, Branded, Laredo, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, Wagon Train, etc. Some of these were reruns when we watched them. My mom didn't watch much TV, she worked part-time and then had household duties and 3 kids to take care of. But she would set up the ironing board and watch The Carol Burnett Show and sometimes The Mary Tyler Moore Show while she ironed.

09-24-2015, 03:29 PM	#6
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	^ Yeah, they were always so busy cleaning, cooking, etc. And back then our dads wouldn't do anything at all that was related to housework. lol! I helped out as I got older though.

09-27-2015, 09:14 PM	#8
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	me & my dad used to watch macgyver together!! i would watch price is right with my mom and the jefferson's with my grand mama and judge judy with my grand papa me &my brother would watch mama's family alf saved by the bell chips & little house on the paria in the afternoons and before we went to school even though i didn't care for chips or little house. then as a family we would watch america's funniest home videos & rescuer 911!!

09-27-2015, 10:15 PM	#9
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 652	you know me and my mom would react to things on TV shows like on TJW or TTD when Pat Finn or Patrick Wayne would try to get a champion to risk everything for a lot more or when Dana Delany on "China Beach" would be grieving over a soldier's death or when "Molly Dodd"(Blair Brown) said something really funny!

10-01-2015, 01:25 AM	#14
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	i used to watch macgyver with my dad!! i would watch price is right and shop til your drop with my mom!!

11-12-2015, 04:29 AM	#15
H.Munster Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 11, 2015 Location: New York Posts: 50	Ed Sullivan, Bonanza, My Favorite Martian, Amateur Hour.. just to name a few.