BEFORE WE HAD T.V.

I took a quick look. Will be back to comment later. I'm hungry.

these are the ones i remember, most in reruns (born in 1962)

i'll add

The Time Tunnel
Flipper
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea

Yup, I remember those, too, but don't think I saw too many episodes.

Green Acres
Petticoat Junction

You still eating?

Ended up driving to The Woodlands, helping my mother in law move some stuff to her new home. Now I'm just plain tired. Be back later tonight or tomorrow morning. Otherwise, when I return from Dallas.

Me? I loved the Groucho show.

Okay, Edgar. Saw your post on the "Anything" thread.

Talk to you maybe by Monday.....

It is 10:30 PM. Got back from Dallas about ten. Will comment tomorrow.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - great show
Dragnet - great show
The Honeymooners - great show
I Love Lucy - okay for the times
The Rifleman - loved it
The Three Stooges - several good routines
The Twilight Zone - loved it
The Avengers - liked, but eventually quit watching
The Beverly Hillbillies - good for a laugh now and then
Bewitched - not really my thing
Carol Burnett Show - good, often brilliant
Dick Van Dyke Show - pretty good
Get Smart - pretty good
Gilligan's Island - good for a few laughs
Hawaii Five-0 - didn't watch
Hogan's Heroes - liked it
I Dream of Jeannie - I watched, but didn't really care for it
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - didn't watch
Mannix - pretty good, but only saw a few episodes
Mission Impossible - not my thing
The Munsters - good for a few chuckles
Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In - always began the season not liking the jokes, but soon settled in and enjoyed them
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - one of my favorites
Star Trek - enjoyed it
The Wild Wild West - one of the few westerns I rarely watched

Western TV and Radio shows were always among my top favorites. If I had to rank them, they might go like this:
Have Gun Will Travel
black and white episodes of Gunsmoke
The Westerner, with Brian Keith
Maverick, Jim Garner and Jack Kelly
Cheyenne, Clint Walker
and then the ones I like but don't put in any special order
Wanted Dead or Alive, Steve McQueen
Bonanza, Lorne, Pernell, Dan and Michael
Big Valley
Tales of Wells Fargo, Dale Robertson
Bat Masterson, Gene Barry
Wyett Earp, Hugh O'Brien
Rifleman, Chuck Conners
Johnny Yuma, Nick Adams
Lawman, John Russell
Sundance, Earl Holliman
Branded, Chuck Conners
The Deputy, some episodes starred Henry Fonda
color episodes of Gunsmoke

Hi Edgar!

The Westerner - don't know this one
Maverick - yes! forgot about this one
Cheyenne - vague memmories
Bonanza - ok, but never a huge fan
Big Valley - don't know this one, or never watched
Tales of Wells Fargo - hmmm, not sure, don't think so
Bat Masterson - vague memories. maybe watched 1 or 2 episodes
Wyatt Earp - could be
Johnny Yuma - nope, never watched
Lawman - don't think so
Sundance - I know Holliman, but don't think watched
Branded - nope, don't know this one
The Deputy - nope

Reyn, Did you know that parts of Bonanza was filmed at Incline Village? They used to have tours there, but I've not been up that way for so long, I'm not even sure it even exists today. Their house is very small, but in the movie they made it look like a mansion with a false stairway.

One show that was set in those days was Death Valley Days. I don't consider it a real western. The stories were based on real life events. The sponser was 20 Mule Team Borax. The show lasted many years and had several hosts, including Ronald Reagan. I don't recall the first host by name. He was simply called The Old Ranger.

edgar, Here's the history on Death Valley Days on Wiki with info that might interest you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley_Days

Thanks, CI. My Mom bought a 20 Mule Team model. It consisted of plastic wagon and 20 plastic mules. Pretty neat, actually.

I remember those miniature wagons with the mules. Does that bring back memories.

Waaaaaayyyyyy back in the good ol' days . . . we used to watch tee-vee by candlelight . . .

Sorry, I don't know where this is. I seem to remember our family watching Bonanza on a Sunday in Canada, way back.

Yes, that does indeed sound familar.

Wasn't those mule trains advertised on the backs of cereal boxes in the 60s?