Ahhh, Saturday morning shows including Roy Rogers and Trigger, such fond memories of growing up in the 60s. I thought Roy was so dreamy, and Trigger was my first TV equine love, Fury my second. Sounds like a great festival!
I loved Fury and that little kid was so lucky to be fostered by a couple of good-hearted ranchers. Let's drill me on the morning line-up: Fury, Rin Tin Tin, Circus Boy, and Sky King. Notice how all these shows are about foster families. What happened to all those parents? I guess they lined-up the nuclear family shows during evening prime time. Strange messaging even then.
Yes on that morning line up!! Was Lassie in there somewhere? Maybe Lassie was in the M-F evening line up . . . The Lone Ranger? Good question about all those parents whose kids were in foster care with the Saturday morning families. It IS strange messaging!
As I recall 70 years ago, Lassie came on Sundays ... I think. Did the Lone Ranger come in the weekday afternoons? I can't remember, but I remember watching him. And The Rifleman? My Mom wouldn't let me watch that because she hated the opening sequence when "he shoots somebody full of lead." I can see her point, although he rarely did that in the main stories ... did he? Gees, the brain. But isn't it wonderful to remember this stuff. I'm glad the reruns are still available for kids now to watch.
Yes! Lassie was on Sunday because we couldn't watch TV on Sunday unless we were "sick" (stayed home from church) so I was jealous of my friends who could watch it. And yes, Lone Ranger was on weekdays "after school", and my mom's rules were "no guns or shooting", though the Lone Ranger had "shooting". We weren't a Rifleman household, not sure why. Howdy Doody was also not in our household, though Captain Kangaroo with the Magic Drawing Board, Bunny Rabbit, etc. was. That show was on weekday mornings, and my mom took us to the CBS studio in Grand Rapids, MI one time to tour the set and meet him! I still remember meeting him and Mr. Green Jeans! What childhood fun. :-) Howdy Doody also aired on Saturday mornings. Maybe we didn't watch Howdy Doody because it was the same time slot as another Saturday favorite. What great memories when the world was safe and sane and no one locked their doors (in my town, any way).
Indeed, the 50s were pretty stable ... at least they seemed that way for us kids. We were all sheltered from the nuclear bomb, red scare commie trials, and all that other stuff. I was raised in Salt Lake City, UT, downwind from the Nevada nuclear test site. Sometimes the windows would rattle. Mom said it was a bomb being tested. Granted Las Vegas and SLC are hundreds of miles apart! The specter of cancer took our mothers away from us. (check out Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams). One memory of this time makes me laugh. My father is picking dandelions, plunging that tools into the earth and growling the names of political people he hated. The mental health remedy of the day: feel sad or angry, do some house or garden work.
I loved the nostalgia here, Sue. I am very familiar with Roy and Dale -- icons of the era. So many of us kids tuned into that series and learned about morality. I had the little red and white suit, myself, but only my brother got the cap guns Hey! What's with that??
Ahhh, Saturday morning shows including Roy Rogers and Trigger, such fond memories of growing up in the 60s. I thought Roy was so dreamy, and Trigger was my first TV equine love, Fury my second. Sounds like a great festival!
I loved Fury and that little kid was so lucky to be fostered by a couple of good-hearted ranchers. Let's drill me on the morning line-up: Fury, Rin Tin Tin, Circus Boy, and Sky King. Notice how all these shows are about foster families. What happened to all those parents? I guess they lined-up the nuclear family shows during evening prime time. Strange messaging even then.
Yes on that morning line up!! Was Lassie in there somewhere? Maybe Lassie was in the M-F evening line up . . . The Lone Ranger? Good question about all those parents whose kids were in foster care with the Saturday morning families. It IS strange messaging!
As I recall 70 years ago, Lassie came on Sundays ... I think. Did the Lone Ranger come in the weekday afternoons? I can't remember, but I remember watching him. And The Rifleman? My Mom wouldn't let me watch that because she hated the opening sequence when "he shoots somebody full of lead." I can see her point, although he rarely did that in the main stories ... did he? Gees, the brain. But isn't it wonderful to remember this stuff. I'm glad the reruns are still available for kids now to watch.
Also, when was Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo on? Goodness, there were so many good shows.
Yes! Lassie was on Sunday because we couldn't watch TV on Sunday unless we were "sick" (stayed home from church) so I was jealous of my friends who could watch it. And yes, Lone Ranger was on weekdays "after school", and my mom's rules were "no guns or shooting", though the Lone Ranger had "shooting". We weren't a Rifleman household, not sure why. Howdy Doody was also not in our household, though Captain Kangaroo with the Magic Drawing Board, Bunny Rabbit, etc. was. That show was on weekday mornings, and my mom took us to the CBS studio in Grand Rapids, MI one time to tour the set and meet him! I still remember meeting him and Mr. Green Jeans! What childhood fun. :-) Howdy Doody also aired on Saturday mornings. Maybe we didn't watch Howdy Doody because it was the same time slot as another Saturday favorite. What great memories when the world was safe and sane and no one locked their doors (in my town, any way).
Indeed, the 50s were pretty stable ... at least they seemed that way for us kids. We were all sheltered from the nuclear bomb, red scare commie trials, and all that other stuff. I was raised in Salt Lake City, UT, downwind from the Nevada nuclear test site. Sometimes the windows would rattle. Mom said it was a bomb being tested. Granted Las Vegas and SLC are hundreds of miles apart! The specter of cancer took our mothers away from us. (check out Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams). One memory of this time makes me laugh. My father is picking dandelions, plunging that tools into the earth and growling the names of political people he hated. The mental health remedy of the day: feel sad or angry, do some house or garden work.
I loved the nostalgia here, Sue. I am very familiar with Roy and Dale -- icons of the era. So many of us kids tuned into that series and learned about morality. I had the little red and white suit, myself, but only my brother got the cap guns Hey! What's with that??