You Don't Remember These TV Shows Unless You're Gen X -- 70's Kids Edition!

[@Robbo859]

51 y/o here, born in 73. Dude, this is unlocking some deeply buried memories. I remember watching The Electric Company when I was really little.

[@skullhunter1998]

Same same same!!!

[@METALHEAD550]

1972 here, my love was for Speed Buggy, and The Six Millon Doller Man.

[@JUVI9596]

Spider-Man meets the Yeti

[@TimeVextorX]

The same I'm 50 born in 74 these are my favorite memories.

[@dresdensinn6669]

Loved me some EC because of Spider-Man! I 've ran a popular local 5k over the years dressed as various Spider-Men and have become a bit of a local celebrity.

[@vartite]

I was obsessed with Wonder Woman as a kid - I even had the Underoos! 😂

[@ttintagel]

I coveted those Underoos! As a little girl who was always the tallest kid in the class, I loved Wonder Woman on TV. She was never embarrassed about being tall, never slouched or tried to make herself look smaller or anything like that. She was an inspiration.

[@raestalgia]

@@ttintagel Me too! I loved wearing my Wonder Woman underoos.

[@pika23]

Me too!!!

[@heartofjesusdj]

Yeah, I had those too

[@pettykittyfam]

Underwear that's fun to wear!!! Oh yeah we had those 😂😂😂

[@DavidJohnston-x6v]

My favorite show growing up in the 70's was EMERGENCY

[@SCCelticGoddes]

Mine too! I still watch it to this day!

[@DeannaGilbert616]

Deeeee.doooooo…dohhhhhhhhhhh

[@booradley4237]

Teens used to worry about cliques, now they worry about clicks

[@user-mq9zz8qe1o]

Fucking bar thoooo!

[@MissDebbieSue123]

Good one!

[@songmarysmith]

Lou Farrigno "didn't hear anything about it". HAHA, I see you there, Lou!

[@ttintagel]

I was hoping some other sicko would catch that so I wouldn't have to.

[@ericad8616]

I'm an older GenXer and even though I relate to this channel's videos for 80s kids, since I was a young teen in those days and many of the shows mentioned in those videos were great for teen watchers too, I was a little kid in the 1970s and I absolutely treasure the memories of those trippy 1970s kids shows almost kids shows and not quite kids shows.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

As we got older, we realized just how trippy HR PufnStuf was. It started in 1969. The Kroffts also sued McDonald's for copying their theme. Anyone who sues McDonald's and wins is cool with me.

[@juniorjames7076]

All the Krofts superstars were my childhood. Had huge crushes on Electra Woman and Dyna Girl!

[@alyxgriffen5073]

*H.R. Puf'n'stuf* was definitely trippy, but another Krofft show, *The Bugaloos,* had it beat. Four young beatnik bugs (people with dragonfly wings) named Joy, Harmony, Courage, and IQ, who lived in Tranquility Forest, and sang songs. The villain was named Benita Bizarre, played by Martha Raye.

[@LeslieDanovich]

@@alyxgriffen5073 you just unlocked something in my brain I had long forgotten.

[@johnr.9758]

McDonald's and Krofft had a contract. McDonald's hired them as consultants. They then terminated the contract and went ahead. Too bad for McDonald's the trees looked too much like the Krofft IP. Sooo sad....no more McDonaldland. Hahahahaha. Gotta love the Kroffts.

[@heroineburgh]

Speaking of the Kroffts, I was surprised with the wonderful mentions of Isis and Wonder Woman that Natalie didn't also show the Krofft Bros' Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, which ran during the same period between those other two shows. Young girls had a surprisingly large amount of superheroine role models on television in the 70s!

[@Idontwant1]

I was born in 67. And I remember when 6 Million Dollar Man came out on tv. And EVERY SINGLE KID in my school all played pretend to be Steve Austin. We all ran in slow motion. And play fought in slow motion. We all just had so much fun playing it. And I remember the teachers laughing as they talked about it. None of them seemed to be aware of what we were doing. My Mom was friends with a teacher at my school. And she said it was the funniest thing we were all playing normally out on the playground then all of a sudden we were all moving in slow motion. Lol

[@thatonegirlelaine]

I'm 1968 and same. I also remember a couple of my friends played Charlie's Angels, too.

[@immortal2u]

I remember doing this too, while humming the sound effects..

[@deedramcconis1763]

I loved Battle of the network stars and Electric Company.Not to shame to say every once a while I look for episodes on KZbin 😂. We had such great shows

[@Elsewhen404]

The glory days of PBS with The Electric Company!

[@PurplePanda1105]

Crazy that Morgan Freeman was on Electric Company!!!

[@meganh4011]

I was all about Spider-Man on the electric company❤

[@meganh4011]

How much Gnews is good 😂Good news with Gary Ganoe.

[@daisyviluck7932]

Morgan Freeman taught us how to read

[@louisehondel2761]

I remember most of those. I loved the electric company! Seemed very smart and cool.

[@Laura-v9p7q]

I still like captain kangaroo.

[@brenthays6539]

I had aunts that were identical twins who taught kindergarten from the 1940s to the 1980s. When I started school in 1974, they were starting to use inflatable letter people in the classrooms. Because I was their nephew, I got the job of inflating the letter people. It was a noble cause.

[@maryroberts2099]

Born in late 65, feel really old watching these Gen X shows

[@MinminSpaceCadet]

I was born in 1965 (first year Gen Xer). Shaun Cassidy was probably the biggest teen idol of 1977-1979. If you look back at the teen magazines of the day (Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and 16 Magazine), he was on more covers than just about anyone else. His popularity as well as being David Cassidy's half brother also gave him a pop music career.

[@MissDebbieSue123]

And a Hardy Boy. His songs were good- "Hey Deanie", "Da doo run run". But he kind of had that whole insurance agent vibe. Gen X rules.

[@bobsebring2819]

No greater teen idol of the 70s than David Cassidy!

[@Ravyne]

My sister was crazy about Shaun Cassidy. Our older cousin took us to a concert in the late 70s. We had the silk hats and jackets. It was my very first concert, even though I preferred his half-brother David because I was obsessed with The Partridge Family. I also preferred Parker Stevenson over Shaun Cassidy in the Hardy Boys show.

[@bethking1682]

Oh Shaun Cassidy ! ❤️ He was my first poster and I remember writing to his fan club at 9 asking him to marry me lol

[@seanryan3020]

Who else had the Shaun Cassidy poster that came with his record (yes, record) on their wall? 🤚🏻

[@Graciesmom-gp5ng]

Shaun Cassidy was both on my walls and on my turntable. DaDooRonRon

[@sahmnancy]

Same

[@zorak1704]

@@sahmnancymy sister wore out that record

[@Sebakeng]

What about your lunchbox?

[@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817]

That was my very first album, and it came with a poster. I was so smitten with Shaun, that I took that damn poster to school for show and tell. 😂 I was beside myself with giddiness. Aah, 4th grade.

[@Graciesmom-gp5ng]

@@Sebakeng didn’t have one

[@LeslieDanovich]

Anyone remember New Zoo Revue?

[@BubbaThaumaturge]

Yep. Doug and Emmy Jo.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@BubbaThaumaturge How about Zoobilee Zoo from 1986-1987. 😄📺📼👍

[@juniorjames7076]

ABSOLUTELY!!!! You had to wake up very early in the morning to see it though. It was on at 5am on local television in the NY/NJ area. We would watch it as we got ready for school bus to pick us at 6am!! I think it replaced Captain Kangaroo.

[@alyxgriffen5073]

I lived in small-town SE Colorado. *New Zoo Review* was a ~huge~ thing, for sone reason... so much so that they would bring a TV set into one classroom (my 3rd grade classroom was chosen! hee! ), the other classes would file in, and we'd watch the episode together. I think that was done for only the first 1-3 episodes, and we'd later discuss it in class, but it was exciting at the time.

[@conradsutton1456]

Yes! I loved it!

[@barrybarringer6274]

Thank you, GenX host-person! I didn't know the phone messages at the beginning of "Rockford" were voiced by actors in the episode. And I remember Letterman saying "I'm Letterman"--I didn't know it was Gene Wilder! Thanks for your great information, and keep up the great work!

[@alyxgriffen5073]

Gen Jones here, 1963. You've just showcased a big part of my "formative TV experience." 😁 I watched all of these shows, to one extent or another (i.e. at least *some* episodes of them), except that "Letter People" puppet show, which I'd never heard of, and *The White Shadow,* which I never got into, being as sports-focused as it was. I saw the first episode of *Electric Company,* as the media really hyped its debut. I was a bit older than the target audience, but I enjoyed it anyway (let's face it -- there were a lot of insanely talented people involved with that show).

[@pershingii2424]

Do you remember Morgan Freeman in it? He hadn't really hit celebrity status at that time.

[@cindeed4422]

Do you remember Zoom on PBS? I loved that show.And the Canadian You Can’t Do That On Television on Nickelodeon. Two of my favorites. I remember my brother dressed up as Shazam one year for Halloween in the 70’s.

[@fiveandfour]

Yes! I loved Zoom and still have that theme song knocking around in my brain.

[@johnw8578]

Great list with so many memories! Don't forget Electro-Woman and Dyna-Girl or Dr. Shrinker!

[@SaltySweetCaroline1]

Marlena!

[@seanryan3020]

I watched Krofft Supershow on Tubi earlier this year!

[@geminigypsy8005]

Omg I looooooved the Electric Company intro 💖

[@laurazielinski2437]

Right? We used to do that HEY YOU GUUUUYS!! when we played!

[@chrissmith6028]

OMG I remember those silhouettes too. Totally forgot about that. 🤣

[@ttintagel]

I've been thinking a lot lately about the younger generations of kids who were taught to read by recognizing whole words instead of breaking them down into syllables and sounds, prefixes and suffixes, and what a disservice that educational fad did to them. A simple little exercise like this, besides being a bit of fun, really helps you think about how words are put together.

[@denisegann6072]

OH MY WORD!!!! Love, Love, LOVED this video. Brought back tons of memories. I’m a 50-something Gen-Xer, so I remember ALL these gems you mentioned. Electric Company, White Shadow, Bionic Woman… absolute classic favorites, but I was shouting with glee when you mentioned my girl Isis!! I loved that show so much. I remember my older sister made me an Isis costume for Halloween using a king size pillowcase and metal canning jar lids that my brother in-law, who was a metal shop teacher, cut into the Isis design. I won the costume contest at school that year. So fun. Good times. Thanks so much for the memories ❤

[@JLvatron]

Amazing! I loved making my own costumes.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

_Electric Company_ also did a parody of _Six Million Dollar Man_. It was called the "$6.39 Man."

[@teerat8451]

Those first notes of The Letter People song brought the entire theme song out of my mouth😂😂 Lance Kerwin also starred in The Boy Who Drank Too Much with Scott Baio in 1980.

[@oliveb.]

Omg same! I was singing along and was shocked I remembered every word lol

[@Laura-v9p7q]

I had a bunch of things wrong when I was born back in 67 and the six million dollar man gave me such hopes. I can hear now but nothing can fix my vision in my left eye, but I can hope.

[@bassman8144]

God bless you friend.

[@itsjustmekinsey]

born in 70 ... we had the greatest childhood

[@JRWeezy84]

Nah 84 babys had it best 😂😂😂

[@marcscarvalli7524]

Thank you for acknowledging Logan’s Run. I also am 51 born in 73. It’s amazing just how much of my memory has gone by the wayside.

[@terrancetucker8020]

The Electric Company FTW as I watched it WHILE I watched Sesame Street when I was in kindergarten. It was one of the sources that helped me read at an early age. Now, I appreciate the show for the music, humor, and production value.

[@ThomasReeves-s7u]

I know of the Electric Company, but for some reason my mind briefly mixed it up with 3-2-1 Contact which was 1980s.

[@darrellwiley4288]

I just discovered your channel and I love it. I'm a 1966 genXer. And I remember all of these shows

[@EscapeTheMatrix3h5fi]

Buck Rodgers made me think about DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24TH AND A HALF CENTURY!!!! If you know you know.

[@jakedlbj]

I remember watching James at 15 with my dad, where James was making a dish called Chicken Tar-Tar for his girlfriend. Forty-five years later, my dad and I still reference that dish when we’re joking about a bad meal. 😂

[@Northern.Town.]

Yep. 1974 here. I think sometimes you forget the Silent Generation. My parents were born then so no Boomers around here. They loved these shows and brought a lot of them into our home.

[@yosephyisrael37]

Capital T in a single bound!

[@vinawaldren6888]

Faster than a rolling O!

[@ginevras]

As a Millennial (born in 1987) who is a fan of media (TV shows, films, music) mainly from the 1950s-1980s, I think your channel is amazing.

[@alyzu4755]

I loved so many of these shows (The Electric Company)! I also remember the episode of "The White Shadow" in which one student got high and jumped off the roof of the school. Scared the you-know-what out of me. 😊

[@barrybarringer6274]

Before "The Electric Company" Morgan Freeman did a lot of stage work off-Broadway for which he won awards. After "TEC " he had minor film roles until "Street Smart" with Christopher Reeve. That breakthrough role got him an Oscar nomination. Surprisingly, when he won an Oscar, it was not, as you might think, for "Driving Miss Daisy" or "The Shawshank Redemption" but "Million Dollar Baby." Also, he played Miss Daisy's driver Hoke on stage before the film. You go, Easy Reader!

[@SouthernIllinoisShortwave]

I was born in December 1966. I remember all these shows during their original runs. Lots of great memories here. My memory of the 70s is still vivid. I started Kindergarten in Fall of 1971. Still remember it. I have some of these shows on DVD box sets. I remember all the PBS educational shows. Great memories.

[@billybarnett2846]

You just basically covered my whole childhood. As a latch key Black kid in the 70s, TV was my sanctuary. i watched Electric Company all the time and those little phonic skits improved my vocabulary also. I find it weird that these shows that ran for one season are so prominent in our memories. DC and Marvel is a mess. The character on the was named Captain Marvel and a popular comic book character in the 40s and 50s. At one one point more popular than Superman. There was a lawsuit that bankrupted the company that printed the comic. Marvel created a character called Captain Marvel and copyrighted the name. Later on, DC got the rights to the original Captain Marvel but couldn't feature his name on anything because of the copyright. So they came up with the idea of featuring the name of the wizard he got his powers from, Shazam.

[@clairedelune5412]

Latch key kid here too. I was mesmerized by PBS, and cartoons in the afternoon.

[@juniorjames7076]

OMG!!!!! I thought I was the ONLY one BEGGING for a spotlight on Battle Of The Network Stars!! My most vivid memory as 12 year old was being jealous as HELL at Ricky Schroeder (Silver Spoons) because he was on the same relay race team with Melissa Gilbert from Little House on The Prairie- my childhood long crush! Melissa Gilbert fell and sprained her ankle during the race, and the footage of Ricky Schroeder consoling her made my tween self apoplectic with anger and jealousy!! Ha Ha! I was a crazy kid. I would still "hate" watch Silver Spoons, afterwards, though.

[@Sizeofabettlebug]

Born in 73 , but I have to say I don’t Remember James at 15 whatsoever lol , but i absolutely love this channel, Gen X kids really had it the the best, we had it all , the movies, the cartoons, the music , sports icons and now we also get the technology, we are the best generation by far

[@MariaRositaxoxo]

Well said. I agree.

[@matthewbaduria]

I like James At 15, The White Shadow, The Six Million Dollar Man, etc. The 1970s were an exciting decade of television.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

I was a bit too young to watch James at 15/16, though I did have a crush later on Lance Kerwin. My nephew James recently turned 15 and I really want to get him to watch the show, though I know it would be useless to try. I did tell him it existed though 😂

[@SteelBoy]

And in the TV Show CHIPS, it also stared Robert Pine. He played their Sergent. He is the father of Chris Pine.

[@henchmen999]

When I was around 4-5, I had a really hard time pronouncing the "SHHHH" sound. The clip you show around 10:10 actually helped me to pronounce the sound correctly. Memory unlocked.

[@kd6836]

HR Puff n Stuff, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters…..it’s kind of hard to believe there wasn’t some LSD going around. Sid and Marty Krofft also did Land of the Lost. Those sleestack were scary.

[@PurplePanda1105]

The sleestack were so creepy!!!! Land of the Lost! I tried watching it again about a month ago. How did I love that show????? 😂😂😂

[@lonewolfnightsterryder5955]

😂 I'm the same way, so many shows I loved, almost unwatchable now. But many stood the test of time.

[@lonewolfnightsterryder5955]

But the sleestack scared the crap out of me back then

[@alyxgriffen5073]

There was some real talent behind *Land of the Lost,* though. It was created by David Gerrold, who was also a story editor. Some heavy hitters in the science fiction world wrote scripts (mainly seasons 1 & 2), including Ben Bova, Theodore Sturgeon, Larry Niven, and Norman Spinrad; in addition to Gerrold, there were others from Trekdom, like D.C. Fontana and Walter Koenig.

[@clairedelune5412]

Land of the Lost so weird looking back. That rerun s&@“ came on in the wee hours of Saturday morning when I was growing up.

[@TheoRae8289]

I saw letter people land maybe twice in the late 80s on PBS. I spent most of my life thinking i imagined it. That song made me perk up faster than a curious puppy

[@albertpauley1710]

On Chips, Robert Pine is the captain. He is also the father of Chris Pine (aka James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot movies) Chris also was in the recent Wonder Woman movies.

[@JoshC1977]

I had no idea Logan's Run had a TV series - I checked-out that movie numerous times from the library when growing-up. And yes....for us '77 kids....CHIPS was the GOAT!

[@beowulf1005]

I had the Steve Austin doll, and my buddy down the street had Maskatron, with the John Saxon mask. In regards to female superheroes, who remembers Electra Woman and Dyna Girl starring Deidre Hall?

[@daisyviluck7932]

Electr Woman and Dyna girl were cool and so was Isis

[@tejaswoman]

Sounds like somebody hasn't yet done a search for ElectraWoman and Dynagirl on here... rest assured they are among us.

[@Thundarr100]

I was born in 1974, so I watched most of these shows when I was a kid. I don't think I ever watched the one about the 15 year old kid and his family. Or that basketball show. I had heard of the Puffnstuff show, but I don't remember ever watching it. The rest of these, I remember really enjoying.

[@ttintagel]

We did the Letter People curriculum in my Kindergarten class. We had the big inflatable dolls, and the teacher would blow up a new one each week and put it on a shelf thar ran around to the classroom. The "Mr. M Has a Munching Mouth" song still haunts my dreams every now and then. In later grades we would watch whole episodes of The Electric Company in the classroom. I'm pretty sure that was my first introduction to Spider-Man.

[@oliveb.]

Same!! I loved those days with the Letter People it was so fun! I remember Mr. Teeth for the letter T. I loved the Electric Company so much. I remember so many of the skits and my mom still talks about Easy Reader to this day 😂 We watched the show each day in class and wrote down all the words too. I was so hooked I would even do the same when I was at home sick.

[@stevethefishdotnet]

Oh gosh! I forgot about Isis! I remember getting it confused with Wonder Woman for some reason. I was just a little kid at the time. I loved Buck Rogers, but didn't even know there was a second season until about 17 years ago. My local Arizona KPHO Channel 5 never picked up the second season and only aired the first season every Sunday at 5pm, and then Battlestar Galactica at 6pm.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

For several years, Shaun Cassidy was everywhere. I also remember _South Park_ doing a parody of _Hardy Boys_.

[@nikkitippette7036]

I watched all of these shows into this day. I still on a Box Set of the $6 million man I was born in 1978 and I remember all of these come back on and syndication. Thanks for doing this. I love the memories coming back to me.

[@RandomDude19868]

Mark Harmon used to dominate in the BOTNS. One of my favorite moments was the actress profile of Olivia D'Abo where she played the piano and sang "The Rose". Does anyone remember Real People with Sarah Purcell and Skip Stephenson (1979) and The Curse of Dracula mini-series (1979)?

[@bethking1682]

The man from Atlantis anyone ?

[@Pyrite505]

Your channel is so fun and I miss old TV shows.

[@FlintIronstag23]

As someone born in 1973, only a handful of those shows I remember watching during their first runs. I had a metal Six Million Dollar Man lunchbox when I started kindergarten in 1978, so you know which was one of my favorites.

[@mysteryfan89]

Born in 1989, but loved watching The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. I was told that Emergency was another popular show back then as well.

[@berniej.rucker4252]

As was the ORIGINAL "Hawaii Five-O" starring Jack Lord and Douglas McArthur.

[@Tunarth]

Oldest possible Gen X here, born in January 1965. When I was a kid we had a trampoline in the backyard. My sister and I would jump on the trampoline playing Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman, making the bionic sounds as we jumped as high as we could. Oh, and what about Man From Atlantis starring a pre-Dallas Patrick Duffy? Also we need the rest of the Sid and Marty Krofft canon - The Bugaloos, Dr. Shrinker, Electra Woman and Dynagirl, and so many more!

[@Redbike961]

Isis was so great. I was born 1968 and these shows were really good. Also, Starskey and Hutch was my favorite. I found James at 15 online and rewatched the entire series. Wow such memories. I was young when that came on and could only sneak watching it once in a while.

[@karlshuler1011]

The 70's had so many great shows. It was tough in a one TV house to always watch your favorite shows.

[@gomesggg]

Born in 68. This was probably one of the best Gen-X show memories videos I have seen. Most claim to be Gen-X but show alot of TV more familar with older millenials. Can't believe you were only born in 77 but had all the T.V. I remember as a kid.

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

Thank you!

[@Laura-i2r9r]

I was born in 1966 and I remember Shows from the 1970s& the 1980s fondly ❤😊

[@SaltySweetCaroline1]

Same, but had my first kid at 20, so I sometimes conflag my genx shows with his milennial ones.

[@brookbreitenbach7208]

Loved this episode! So many shows I forgot about but remembered right away from just the theme songs.

[@albertmartinez8039]

Thank you again, another killer episode. Born in 72 and love what you do.

[@PutXi_Whipped]

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams - another show with a Family Guy link.

[@higguana851972]

My copy of the complete Grizzly Adam’s came last week,looking forward to watching this with my children

[@higgy04]

I loved The Electric Company when I was a kid too. I always love hearing one of the cast members (especially Morgan Freeman) saying "The Electric Company gets its power from the Children's Television Workshop." I also remember the occasional Road Runner cartoon appear on the show too. Seeing the Isis and Shazam! clip reminded me of the number of Saturday morning shows that featured that cheesy, spinning Norm Prescott / Lou Scheimer Productions 'wheel'.

[@charleslongwell645]

Loved the video a few shows I did know in this one. As well as some of my favorites like CHIPs and the Rockford Files. I seem to remember that Estrada was off of CHIPs around the same time as Tom Wapat and John Schneider were replaced on the Dukes of Hazzard. I remember as a kid being so mad that my favorite characters had been removed from both shows. Actually looked it up and that is exactly what happened Estrada went on strike in 1982. Coy and Vance ruined the Dukes of Hazzard in Season 5 also 1982.

[@auntsuesue]

Ah, the shows of my childhood. Great memories!! Thank you!

[@flounderenflucter]

The character's name was(until the late 2000's) Captain Marvel. He was initially a Superman ripoff from a small publisher, Fawcett comics. DC sued Fawcett, because Fawcett was broke DC ended up with all of their intellectual property. In the 70's Marvel comics sued DC over the trademark and naming rights over Captain Marvel, eventually when the case was over, DC wasn't allowed to use Captain Marvel as the title of a comic, even though they got to keep the character and let him keep his name, going forward after the lawsuit, any books that featured DC's Captain Marvel had the title of Shazam.

[@POPNDOUGH]

DC didn't get the IP when they sued Fawcett. They just forced them to stop publishing any Captain Marvel comics in 1954. When the trademark lapsed in the 60s, Marvel secured the rights to the name when they made their own Captain Marvel(Mar-Vell) in 1967, and settling with another small comic book company that tried to trademark the name. DC licensed the old Captain Marvel in 1972 from Fawcett to revive the character since superheroes were popular again. That's when Marvel sent as cease and desist letter to stop using the name.

[@cigarsandpins4781]

47 here. Your channel is awesome what a trip down memory lane. Thank you for covering HR pufnstuf. At work we call human resources that😂 The younger guys are always asking us why we call it that and then I showed them this and they were like what in the actual F😂😂

[@sherryshank2316]

This is seriously taking me WAY BACK, New Subscriber, this GREAT! ❤

[@geminigypsy8005]

HR Puff & Stuff used to scare the SHIT outta me! Especially witchypoo! I don’t know why, but I feel like this show and Scooby Doo were always on at my grandparents house

[@maximusprime3459]

From my heart and my head, I'm Gen-X. I remember weekends our local syndicated channels played all the old school shows, Live action Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, Chips, Vega$, etc. The only channel I remember watching James at 15 on was A&E way back when they played stuff like that.

[@pfcampos7041]

Yes!!! I loved Battle of the Network Stars. I wish we still did something like that. >:) I totally remember the Electric Company and the old Spiderman show. The Hardy Boys and Nancey Drew Show was a regular in our family. We had nearly the entire Nancy Drew Series. We loved Chips, I had a huge crush on Erik Estrada!! I cant believe wonderwoman was only 3 seasons! It seemed much longer to my childhood recolection. The 6 million dollar man and the Bionic Woman were a much loved show for me. No one I ever talk to remembers it. (I guess they were too young.)

[@ChairmanChico]

Shazam was a DC property after purchasing the Captain Marvel character. Then Marvel had its own Captain Marvel… over time, DC’s Captain Marvel would be renamed Shazam, and now I’ve gone crosseyed.

[@conradsutton1456]

😂😂😂 but you got it right.

[@Theonetruewonderfly]

Just discovered your channel a few days ago, I really appreciate the nostalgia you're tapping into. 0:17 I like that you differentiate between "Gen X" and "Xennial", as the kids born between 1965 to 1975 remember some of these TV shows better than those born between 1976 and 1985 (I think "Xennial" ends more around 1983, but eh, it's cool). There are differences. "Gen X" may remember "Battle of the Planets" and "Starblazers", whereas "Xennial" was more into Voltron/Transformers. "Gen X' remembers McDonalds commercials in the early 70's that were more like "HR Puff and Stuff" (nightmare fuel). "Xennials" instead remember the early Happy Meal commercials. I was born in 1976.

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

Xennial apparently ends at 83, but I amended it! Lol. The line is a bit blurry.

[@axnyslie]

Every day after school in the 70s for me was Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, The Electric Company, and 3-2-1 Contact. For those who don't know the Scanimate analog computer animation (video synthesizer) system is what was used for all the visuals on these shows and all the logos and bumper spots on the network shows such as Battle of the Network Stars. It was a huge room size contraption. The most famous Scanimate animation was the tactical display in the Death Star war room in Star Wars.

[@nflhalowarrior]

Great video. I was an 80’s kid but I definitely watched some re runs of all of these!

[@joelyisdoingherbest]

My dad was an exec for Members Only (Europe Craft Imports) ❤ I had a few! I thought I was so cool 😂

[@joeschmo2693]

As I remember, there was also James At 16, so there must have been another season. I was only 11, but I really liked it.

[@marieclapdorp2580]

They actually changed the name of the show mid-season, when James turned 16.

[@joeschmo2693]

@@marieclapdorp2580 OK, that explains it. Seems like no one remembers that show.

[@pauliewogmastercertifiedli535]

​@@joeschmo2693I remember too

[@joeschmo2693]

@@pauliewogmastercertifiedli535 He had that photographer scam going and it got him a Swedish girl.

[@pershingii2424]

​@marieclapdorp2580 I remember that episode when he turned 16. James had fallen for a girl that if I remember correctly was an exchange student from Sweden and his wealthy uncle was going to set him up with a lady of the evening. James turned it down and explained to his uncle there was someone else. There was controversy about this show at the time because of some subject matter . I think this episode was the nail in the coffin for it. There was only a few more that I remember before it was canceled. Unfortunately as I mentioned in another comment Lance Kerwin passed a few years ago,either '21or '22. Can't remember at the moment. There were a lot of good shows in the '70's.

[@goofyfoot390]

Good Stuff! I remember them all! 😊

[@jonathangriffin8060]

53 year old here. Born in 1971. I have loved The Electric Company throughout its entire run, reruns included. I enjoyed the show a lot. I am also a member of the Facebook fanpage. They don't make shows like that anymore.

[@catherinepiper7830]

Born 1965 to depression era parents. My big OMG coming of age influence was the movie Grease

[@lilv3966]

This was a solid episode

[@ElFlaccoBlanco]

Hey Natalie! It didn’t seem you have a special episode on TV movies- at least 1970s ones. But have you ever seen “Cotton Candy”? For years I couldn’t remember if I had actually seen it until eventually w/ a friend (the same one I watched the “AfScSp” episode and w/ whom I’m watching “70s Kids Edition” now) gave it a good rabbit holing to discover it was directed by Ron Howard, started his brother and featured his Dad. On the freak chance you aren’t aware of it, it is of course a must see! And a must for inevitable inclusion in an upcoming episode of MSCGXL!🤔😁🐵

[@DavidNPS]

This was Spot-On and brought back many happy memories.

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Born in '77 🙋 Somehow I remember some of these even though i was way small.... Reruns? I particularly remember loving the Chips intro. Also, i have memories of watching Trapper John MD with my Grandparents. Good times (remember that show?) miss them.

[@coutterhill]

I absolutely loved The Electric Company! I grew up with the re runs

[@villain5873]

Dc and marvel both have characters named captain marvel. Marvel now owns the captain marvel name, so dc's captain marvel goes by Shazam.

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

Yep. DC had it first as kind of a shot at Marvel, and when they let the trademark lapse, Marvel quickly registered it and launched a comic starring the character, leaving DC to have to chang theirs to Shazaam.

[@brandymorrison2607]

Born in November 76. I’m enjoying your channel. It’s bringing back fond memories.

[@voutsider190]

Oh yeah! The electric company!

[@andreamaronn4510]

I was one of those pre-teens with Shaun Cassidy hanging on my wall. I was 8. 😂😂

[@bethking1682]

Ditto ! David who ?

[@andreamaronn4510]

@bethking1682 😂

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

Brianne Leary was on _CHIPS_ for one season. She also had the distinction of being a contestant and a panelist on _Match Game_.

[@rstyeast73]

She was also on another show: Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron as one of Pappy's Lambs, a group of nurses assigned to Vella La Cava, which also included Robert Conrad's real life daughter Nancy.

[@Kknightstar]

HR Puff n Stuff, makes me so happy ❤

[@BB1-l2k]

I still have PTSD from that creepy Freddy the Flute.

[@pettykittyfam]

Omg every single theme song unlocked old memories 😭 ❤ God I love this channel!

[@blane6592]

Battle of the Networks seems sooo wholesome!

[@chuckenstein13]

James at 15 came out when I was in 6th grade. That show was all we talked about that year

[@PaulDozierZZoMBiE13]

Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman kickstarted puberty for all of us Gen-X boys. Just sayin'.