My family and I were flipping through the
TV channels yesterday only to find that there wasn’t a single suitable program
we could watch together (at that particular time)– there was either too much violence or too much
romance or too much brainless-ness. I miss the good ol’ days before we
discovered the ability to take advantage of the internet for streaming or
downloading purposes. I miss those afternoons when we would gather to watch
shows together after school or before going to bed.
It made me think about the TV Shows I miss the most. Here they are in no particular order:
- Lizzie McGuire
- Friends
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Small Wonders
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- The Cosby Show
- Full House
- Yan Can Cook (If Yan can cook, so can you!)
- (I can’t believe I’m putting this down) The Bold and The Beautiful (before Taylor died and came back to life and Brook had babies with both of her daughter’s husbands and Ridge falls for the girl he once bought up as his daughter – before it got TOO messy and bought in too many new characters)
- Mad About You
- Dharma and Greg
- Saved By The Bell
I know some channels are airing these programs
again, but we hardly ever gather to enjoy them anymore because a missed episode
could easily be downloaded and seen some other time. The plots were simpler
– yes, even The Bold and The Beautiful had simpler days (with cameras that gave
them a glowing background, making them look like walking angels)!!
Anyway,
three cheers for the awesome TV Shows of the (late 80s and) 90s! We miss you!
Full House! And Fresh Prince of the Belair! Dharma and Greg!
ReplyDeleteI pity the new generation!
They don't know what they're missing, my dear. They just don't know.
ReplyDeleteWe're truly great minds thinking alike! You know that I missed Sabrina the teenage witch all of a sudden out of nowhere...and decided to watch it on youtube...but it's exactly how you say; it's so unexciting that it's always there on your laptop if you want it and there's no anticipation of waiting for the episode to begin or a permanent smile at the end of the episode wishing there was more.
ReplyDeleteRemember how Salem the cat talked? and how the beginning was Sabrina switching clothes infront of the mirror. It was so nice! no swearing or over rated rude scenes. The worst it got was that she had a boyfriend and then too they just met up to eat pizza!
Sabrina the teenage witch! I loved how she would switch clothes in front of the mirror and always waited to see what her last outfit would be at the end of the theme song -there was a new one every episode. and the talking cat! ahhhh...we are awesome, non-self centered people with a superb taste in TV shows!
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