Anyone remember Land of the Giants?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Anyone remember Land of the Giants?

Posted: 11/21/2001 4:54:20 AM EDT

I was flipping channels in my usual insomnia induced late night/ early morning marathon tv stupor and found this childhood tv gem.

Who else remembers tv shows they watched as a kid (provided you were a kid in the early 70's)?

For me, it was these, in no particular order.

Gomer Pyle, USMC.
Mission Impossible.
Gunsmoke.
Green Acres.
I Dream of Genie.
Mod Squad.
Room 222.
Adam 12.

There were more, but these come to mind first. So, who else here is an old fart?

Posted: 11/21/2001 4:55:00 AM EDT

[#1]

The Meadowlands?

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:11:18 AM EDT

[#2]

anybody remember Lidsville?

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:17:15 AM EDT

[#3]

Davy Crockett, Emergency, Have Gun will travel

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:18:48 AM EDT

[#4]

Bonanza, Big Valley, SWAT.

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:18:54 AM EDT

[#5]

The RAT Patrol
Hogan's Heroes

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:58:23 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
anybody remember Lidsville?

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Oh yeah. Not to mention H.R. Puff n Stuff.

Gotta luv that talking flute. Bet nobody here remembers the Banana Splits.

Posted: 11/21/2001 8:09:40 AM EDT

[#7]

Fat Albert
Mannix
Starsky and Hutch
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Lost in Space
My Favorite Martian
Wild Wild West
Gigantor (some cartoon about a kid and his robot. Spelling is wrong)
Speed Racer
Simba the Lion
Eightman (???)

Posted: 11/21/2001 8:11:25 AM EDT

[#8]

[size=1][b][red]ULTRAMAN![/red][/b][/size=1]

[Edited to add [size=1][b][red]Speed Racer[/red][/b][/size=1], and that Japanese anime looks no different today as it did 30 years ago!]

[Edited to add Kin beat me to the Speed Racer, but the anime statement still stands!]

Posted: 11/21/2001 8:17:04 AM EDT

[#9]

Combat
Twelve o'clock High
The Untouchables
Dragnet

and in Houston every Friday or Saturday night at 10 was "Weird" showing horror movies

Saturday there was always Jungle Jim in the mornings and Hercules movies.

And the series "The Sons of Hercules"

Posted: 11/21/2001 9:27:22 AM EDT

[#10]

Texaco Theater
The Donna Reed Show

Posted: 11/21/2001 12:45:23 PM EDT

[#11]

Wow! I can't believe I'll be the first to mention "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."

That, "Night Gallery", and "Get Smart" were some of my favs.

Some more obscure ones were "77 Sunset Strip" and "Time Tunnel".

Posted: 11/21/2001 12:46:38 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:
anybody remember Lidsville?

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Oh yeah. Not to mention H.R. Puff n Stuff.

Gotta luv that talking flute. Bet nobody here remembers the Banana Splits.

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The monkeys with ATV's? Wasn't that the show that George of the Jungle was originally on?

Posted: 11/21/2001 12:48:30 PM EDT

[#13]

I remeber all of the above. Most in first runs. The one with the kid and the Robot was Johnny Sako and his flying Robot, was made by the same Japanese production co. that produced Ultra Man.

Posted: 11/21/2001 12:48:52 PM EDT

[#14]

"Super Chicken"

aaaaaand...

"My Mother The Car" :^)

Posted: 11/21/2001 12:55:24 PM EDT

[#15]

Let's not forget The Beverly Hillbillies and Laugh In. Oh, the fantasies that Donna Dixon (Ellie-Mae) and Goldie Hawn inspired.

Posted: 11/21/2001 1:02:39 PM EDT

[#16]

Friday Night Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports, always a good boxing match [I remember seeing Benny "Kid" Paret killed in the ring by Emil Griffith] followed by Make That Spare.

So many others.

Posted: 11/21/2001 1:11:39 PM EDT

[#17]

How about this one. I can't remember the name, but it was about 2 astronauts that went back in time and brought a family of cavemen to the present time. There was also one show about some old guys Dad. It seems he was frozen in a glacier and then thawed out. Went to live with the son and thats when the trouble begins.

Vulcan94

Oh, let's don't forget, "Startrek"

and "Batman".

Posted: 11/21/2001 1:23:40 PM EDT

[#18]

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How about this one. I can't remember the name, but it was about 2 astronauts that went back in time and brought a family of cavemen to the present time.

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That show was called "It's About Time". It didn't last long, but was aired around 1969 or 1970.

Posted: 11/21/2001 1:35:02 PM EDT

[#19]

Gus, Thanks for the title! When I read your post, It jogged my memory. Theme song== "It's about time, It's about space, It's about two men of the Human Race". It's amazing what little bits of trivia are stuck in the depths of our minds! [:D]

Vulcan94

Posted: 11/21/2001 1:43:04 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Gus, Thanks for the title! When I read your post, It jogged my memory. Theme song== "It's about time, It's about space, It's about two men of the Human Race". It's amazing what little bits of trivia are stuck in the depths of our minds! [:D]

Vulcan94

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What a trip!! The song is what made me remember it!!! It was like a stupid comedy, like a science fiction Gilligan's Island.

Posted: 11/21/2001 1:47:32 PM EDT

[#21]

Land of the Lost
Wacky Racers
The Goodies (Britcom)
Thundarr the Barbarian (one of the best toons of all time)

and the all time worst: The Jacksons (cartoon)

Posted: 11/21/2001 1:58:34 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Land of the Lost
Wacky Racers
The Goodies (Britcom)
Thundarr the Barbarian (one of the best toons of all time)

and the all time worst: The Jacksons (cartoon)

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I think the Osmonds or Rick Springfield cartoons rank a few notches above The Jacksons on the vomit meter.

Posted: 11/21/2001 2:01:57 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:

Quoted:
anybody remember Lidsville?

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Oh yeah. Not to mention H.R. Puff n Stuff.

Gotta luv that talking flute. Bet nobody here remembers the Banana Splits.

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The monkeys with ATV's? Wasn't that the show that George of the Jungle was originally on?

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If I remember correctly, they were three monstously huge beagles that lived in an amusement park, or something like that.

What, nobody remembers Love American Style?

Posted: 11/21/2001 2:43:43 PM EDT

[#24]

One banana two banana three banana 4 four bananas make a bunch and so do many more, Over hill and highway the Banana buggies go, coming up to bring you the banana splits show. Yes, this is the one that launched george.

Who could forget Love American style truer than the red white and bluuuue. Its how I learned that sex meant two grown ups kissing under blankets.

Posted: 11/21/2001 2:45:39 PM EDT

[#25]

Ozzie & Harriet
My Three Sons
Flintstones
Bonzana
Munsters
Car 54 where are You

Posted: 11/21/2001 3:00:37 PM EDT

[#26]

How about the Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet,the Beatles cartoons, or UFO?

Posted: 11/21/2001 4:27:22 PM EDT

[#27]

Branded

Posted: 11/21/2001 4:32:55 PM EDT

[#28]

THE GREEN HORNET

Posted: 11/21/2001 4:44:11 PM EDT

[#29]

Kukla, Fran & Ollie, Howdy Doody, Hopalong Casidy, Captain Video (and his Video Rangers),
The Cisco Kid, Winkie Dink, and Amos & Andy.
(I'm a lot older than most of you guys)
John

Posted: 11/21/2001 4:59:06 PM EDT

[#30]

Did anyone ever watch- Space 1999?

How about-Kolchak the Night Stalker?

Barnaby Jones?

Cannon?

Columbo is still the man.

How about the Planet of the Apes cartoon?

Remember the Hair Bear Bunch?

Chuck

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:08:18 PM EDT

[#31]

For us old farts,
what about Green Hornet
and Johnny Quest ?

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:17:27 PM EDT

[#32]

How about Tom Slick and his Thunderbolt Grease Slapper Special ,and rubber baby buggy bumpers

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:49:13 PM EDT

[#33]

Vulcan94:
When I read your post, It jogged my memory. Theme song== "It's about time, It's about space, It's about two men of the Human Race". It's amazing what little bits of trivia are stuck in the depths of our minds!

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I could be wrong, but I thought it was:
"It's about time, It's about space,
about two men in the strangest place,
blah, blah, blah,
It's about two astronauts, it's about their fate,
It's about a woman and her prehistoric mate."?

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:53:07 PM EDT

[#34]

Origijwf55807, I didn't think [u]anyone[/u] remembered Tom Slick [i](or The Naked City)[/i].[:)]

Posted: 11/21/2001 5:59:45 PM EDT

[#35]

Does anyone remember a show where Gilligan & Forrest Tucker drove a stage lost in the West with an inventor & rich people as passengers?

How is that for obscure?

My favorite growing up is "McHale's Navy"?

Posted: 11/22/2001 3:25:43 PM EDT

[#36]

These filled my Saturday mornings many, many years ago.
My Friend Flicka
Sky King
Annie Oakley
Rin Tin Tin (Yo Rinny!)
And ofcourse "The Roy Rogers Show"

Posted: 11/23/2001 9:02:43 AM EDT

[#37]

Casper the Camel

Lucy's toy shop

The Flippo the clown show.

Posted: 11/23/2001 9:15:12 AM EDT

[#38]

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
Space 1999
UFO
Rat Patrol
Johnny Quest
Quark - now that's obscure

Posted: 11/23/2001 11:59:41 AM EDT

[#39]

The Avengers
The Champions
Hawaii Five-O
Benny Hill (loved those English babes)

Posted: 11/23/2001 1:53:42 PM EDT

[#40]

The Gallant Men
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Maverick
My Three Sons
F-Troop

There was a Civil War series circa 58-59 and I remember the lead character's name was Ben (The union officer). I don't recall the name of the series but I remember asking my mom if I could change my name to reflect said hero!!!

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