Were the TV shows that I watched as a kid really better then the ones now? I think so.
Today at work someone sent around a link to a pretty funny music video about Pi that riffs on the old Zoom TV show.
I started reminiscing about the old TV shows that I watched as a kid – mostly on Public Television.
- Zoom (Which is still on/on again?)
- The Electric Company
- Schoolhouse Rock – not really a TV show, but shorts
- Sesame Street – Still on and still great!
- Captain Kangaroo
I’m sure there were others that I’ve long forgotten. But the internet has not forgotten them. There are some fun sites out there from people who remember.
A while ago I ran across this blogger who was reminiscing about learing to read with Morgan Freeman on The Electric Company. They have a really good entry about how many stars were on it and how cool it was.
And many of these show are now available on DVD. Time to relive my youth?
My kids don’t get to watch a lot of television. We usually watch movies on DVD, but not network TV. I still feel kind of bad that they didn’t get a lot of Sesame Street when they were younger, but I think they will live.
When they do watch now, it’s dumb network cartoons. The ones where the characters stand around and talk. Yu-gi-oh, that kind of stuff.
It’s annoying to me.
