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Please try your best to narrow it down to THREE! Can you recall which shows on TV feel synonymous with your youth? Can be your childhood phase, your adolescent phase, etc. - whatever you define as your youth!

For me: Jackie Chan Adventures, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Pokemon

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Earlier:

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • The Simpsons
  • ReBoot

Later on:

  • SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Invader Zim
  • Futurama
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[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago

Animaniacs

Gargoyles

Doctor Who (Classic)

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 14 points 3 months ago

Dragonball Z introduced me to anime which became a life long enjoyment.

Clarissa explains it all exposed me (a guy) to more female lead content and I learned a bit more about other perspectives.

Captain Planet introduced me to the idea that we'll never really stop pollution because super heros aren't real lol

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)
  1. Thundercats
  2. Voltron
  3. Transformers
[–] mephiska@fedia.io 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

tell me you're mid 40's without telling me.

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[–] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is actually a pretty hard question. At first I couldn't think of any show but the more I thought about it the more came to my mind.

I narrowed it down to these three:

  • MAS*H
  • Hogan's Heroes
  • Dinosaurs

Not because I'm so old but because they where first aired in my home country in the early and mid nineties when I was at my granny's place a lot of afternoons.

Later I moved town, kinda lost touch to my grandma and wasn't really there when she got very old and then died.

Looking back it's really sad that I wasn't there for someone who spend a whole lot of my childhood with me and in fact was always there for me.

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[–] marito@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

As a kid.

  • Saved by the Bell.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
  • Ducktales.

As a teenager.

  • The Wonder Years.
  • Friends.
  • Party of Five.

I didn't include The Simpsons since growing up in the 90s, that's a given.

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Knight Rider, The A-Team, MacGyver

Honorable mentions to Dukes of Hazzard, The Fall Guy, Magnum, Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica, TJ Hooker, Manimal, Automan etc

What a time to be a kid

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 5 points 3 months ago

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them...maybe you can hire The A-Team.

Being the generation that grew up as kids of Vietnam vets was a trip. You had these dudes with BA Baracus looking like he was ready to fuck some fool up to pity them. After that, you had the privileged White middle-upper class family of the Brady Bunch being all corny af, saying shit like, "Gee whiz, Mom! That's positively fantastic!" There were eight people living comfortably off of one wage with a housekeeper.

Imagine that today. The A-Team would be four Afghan and Iraq vets all tatted up working out of a desert-colored F150 Raptor hunting down pedos. One of them would be called Ricky Recon with the signature phrase, "It's time for some group therapy!" They'd also have a lady with them that would be the reasonable one. Every episode would include one line where someone bitches about the VA. The next show would be Modern Family.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)
  • The Simpsons: From seeing Season 2 episodes someone had recorded from Sky TV on VHS before it was on terrestrial TV, through to Season 9 when it stopped being good many years later. It was on all the time and we never got bored of it.
  • Red Dwarf: The first TV show I was allowed to stay up “late” for, when it broadcast at 9pm. Felt like I’d entered a new stage in my life watching a late-night comedy show.
  • The X Files: Similar to the above, this was the first serious, “grown-up” TV show I watched, and I was hooked. I thought anything with a paranormal tinge was awesome at that younger age (I guess I still do, although through an admittedly far more sceptical scientific lens these days).
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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Sliders

The Tomorrow People

Family Ties

Honestly, I read a lot more than I watched tv. There are tons of books that shaped me, but I had to struggle to remember the shows that helped me along.

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[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Fuck yea for Doug!

[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tales from the Crypt

Monsters

Tales from the Darkside

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Tales from the Crypt, what a throwback!

[–] TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Batman the animated series

Captain Future

Home Improvement

[–] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Three's Company

Pee-Wee's Playhouse

Beavis and Butt-head

[–] cjriebe@lemmy.riebe.cloud 7 points 3 months ago
  • Dragonball Z
  • Mythbusters
  • The Simpsons
[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago
  • X-Men
  • Alf
  • the Simpsons
[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago
  • Monty Python
  • Doctor Who (reboot)
  • Firefly
[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Man. Daria was so good! I still watch it occasionally.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago

Looks like the montages creator here is an early millennial.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Battlestar Galactica (original) Buck Rogers Dukes of Hazard

Honorable mentions McGuyver A-team

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Ed, Edd, n' Eddy

Spongebob

Power Rangers

[–] Snoopey@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Buffy

Stargate SG1

Rugrats

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 3 months ago

star trek TOS. original twilight zone. doctor who.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago
  • Star Trek The Next Generation
  • The Simpsons
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Avatar the Last Airbender

Power rangers

Scooby doo

All from different eras of my childhood I think, some existing in more than one but I obsessed over all of them

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hey Arnold

My So-Called Life

Captain Planet

[–] CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

The first three that come to mind are:

  • Daria
  • Hey Arnold
  • Round the Twist (Australian kids show)
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, the Lone Ranger.

I'm not THAT old, but New Zealand didn't have television until late in the day, so we got cheap, years-old US kids' shows. I was ten before our region got TV and it was a few years after that when we got our own set. The first TV I ever watched was coverage of what must have been one of the early Saturn rocket launches. We went to my older sister's boyfriend's house to watch it. Very exciting!

I liked Lone Ranger best. "Hi ho Silver, and awaaaay!"

[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago
  • How It's Made (with the witty British voice over)

  • Myth Busters

  • Big Bigger Biggest

I would lay in front of the Discovery Channel for hours while playing with Lego. Wouldn't you know it, I grew up to be an engineer!

[–] nl4real@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Thomas and Friends Spongebob Ed Edd n' Eddy

[–] d4rko@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
  • The Fresh Prince
  • Saved by the Bell
  • Dragon Ball
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[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago
  • Simpsons
  • Pokémon
  • Power Rangers
[–] BowserBasher@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

The Simpsons

Power Rangers

Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

These are from young child up to late teens/20s

[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Simpsons

The Magic School Bus

Friends

Honorable mention to Sailor Moon

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Dragon ball z Ren n stimpy Beavis and butthead

[–] Jambone@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Beverly Hillbillies, I Dream of Jeannie, Mission Impossible

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In chronological order from kid to teen:

Scooby Doo
Duck Tails
The Wonder Years

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[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Beverly hills, X-Files, Friends

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago
  • Daria
  • TNG
  • South Park
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Star Trek: TNG

Batman: The Animated Series

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

[–] viking@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

Star Trek

The A-Team

MacGyver

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Star Trek

The Waltons

Happy Days

Yes, I’m old!

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[–] Dwayne@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago
  • Out of this world
  • Gargoyles
  • The Simpsons
[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

MacGyver
The Secret City
Mr. Wizard

Great question. I could list dozens of shows that were favorites, or have special meaning to me, or that I watched the most, or ones that had a more longterm impact on who I am. But, specifically about impacting my world as a young person, I'll say these three.

Honorable mentions: Looney Tunes, Cheers, MASH, Family Ties, The Young Ones, Doctor Who, You Can't Do That on Television, Ren and Stimpy.

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[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Rocko's Modern Life

Ren and Stimpy

Spider-man: The Animated Series

[–] badelf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hilarious, because it appears as though none of you were alive in my youth... My parents were too damned smart to let me watch the "Boob Tube". Turns out they had wicked foresightedness - now you have hundreds of streams and almost all of it $hit.

So this is what I did see: Howdy Doody, only at my friend's house Captain Kangaroo which I could watch when I was sick That Was The Week That Was (TW3) which I could watch because it was intelligent, political satire.

I'm no worse for the deprivation, and probably better.

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