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
Saved by The Bell, Friends, Naruto
Spongebob
DragonBall Z
Ed, Edd, n Eddy
- Simpsons
- Pokémon
- Power Rangers
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.
Yeah, you do seem great.
Shows from my youth I’ve watched with my kid: The Muppets Full House Animaniacs
Transformers
MacGyver
Star Trek TNG
In order, Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM), Pokemon, Digimon
The Simpsons
Power Rangers
Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
These are from young child up to late teens/20s
- Dragonball Z
- Mythbusters
- The Simpsons
Club Dorothée Passe-Partout Les chevaliers du Zodiac
- Daria
- TNG
- South Park
Considering I forgot about it and got back into it, bringing back memories, first slot definitely goes to Franklin.
I’d definitely say second would have to go to a show like Ed Edd n Eddy since I used to watch way too much of it, I think…
And third would absolutely be a toss up since I watched way too many cartoons growing up. So I’d probably have to go with Death Note since it’s the first anime I recognized as anime instead of just a cartoon back when I was in freshman year highschool.
Edit:
Someone mentioned Invader Zim and that would definitely be a contender because that show made me start to like weird and sometimes disturbing things. Here’s looking at you, Dark Harvest. Also saw an Angry Beavers mention. Definitely a close 3rd since beavers are my favorite animal thanks to that show and Franklin.
Death Note was a great anime! And also one of the earlier anime I came across - but I was just older than “youth” when I saw it.
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.
I imagine I’ll ask about books in another post soon then, but it looks like it will be a tough one for you! In the meantime, you can think on it 😉
Thanks for sharing!
Teleport, Lisa, teleport!
There has to be a way to watch it now, right? Goddamn that’s some nostalgia.
Edit: Sweet Lord… https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8vAvnjHeJNtA1zwSGVzv13XxBrdfefBL&si=VUFgCXX3Wp1WkArq
Ahhhh this is amazing!
Beverly Hillbillies, I Dream of Jeannie, Mission Impossible
- X-Men
- Alf
- the Simpsons