On TV for 4 seasons, from 1964 to 1968, (a spin-off from the 1961 movie of the same name) I grew up with this Television classic. Amazing special effects, but sometimes silly stories, still made for a classic show that I wanted to watch each and every time it was on television.
Something that literally EVERY family did when I was a kid, was watch TV together. I mean, you had 2 channels, and if you were fortunate, you had cable TV....and then had about 6 or 7 channels.
It meant that every night you watched TV as a family. Not the torture you might think it was, I saw some great TV when I was a kid...and learned a lot about my parents tastes in programming....which still influences me to this day.
So...I'm going to run through a few favorites....these are the opening of some great programs...or so I thought as a kid.
I still see my Mom and Dad, sitting there, in their favorite chairs....and wish, sometimes, I could just go back and do it again.
Here's the first. Premiering on September 17, 1965, was the Wild Wild West. I was 5 years old...and I loved this show with its "gadgets". My parents always enjoyed the show as well.
Minding my own business in an antique store in Quebec City, I ran across this toy from my childhood. I remember it so well, especially how the train cars would join together. I must have been 6 or 7 (1966 or 1967) when my parents gifted it to me. I remember the puffs of smoke and the hours of fun I had with it.
How cool is that!
