February 26, 200818 yr Author Showing my age, but here goes... kids shows: Romper Room New Zoo Revue Electric Company Zoom Please tell me what the heck is Romper Room.I hear alot of people (in their 40's most of the time )refer to that show.In the context of a bunch of people messing around or something
February 27, 200818 yr QUOTE(zimne piwo @ Feb 26, 2008 -> 03:00 AM) Showing my age, but here goes... kids shows: Romper Room New Zoo Revue Electric Company Zoom Please tell me what the heck is Romper Room.I hear alot of people (in their 40's most of the time )refer to that show.In the context of a bunch of people messing around or something Romper Room was pretty much a kindergarten/preschool class on television. The host (teacher) I remember most was Miss Elizabeth and there were about 10 or so kids on each show. There was a cartoon mascot of sorts named "Doo-Bee" and they would have lessons such as "Doo-Bee... a good friend, Don't-Bee... a bully", etc. I remember them also doing safety lessons where the kids would run around the room in cut-away cardboard boxes painted with fire engines on them (they would pretend to be driving the fire trucks), then one of the children would pretend to be the "fire chief" and would go up to a person's door and say "you know, you're not supposed to play with matches", etc. Hasbro also marketed a bunch of preschool toys back then that came from the show, including Romper Stompers (consisting of a couple of plastic yellow cups reminiscent of mini-margarine tubs, tied to green string that children would step on and walk around with) and also a toy that used a plastic ball and two scoops used to toss and catch (sort of like a "kiddie jai-alai" game). They also had a juice and cookies break (grace was "God is great, God is good, let us thank him for our food, Ah-men") and the end of the show was "Magic Mirror" time... Miss Elizabeth would hold up a mirror and we would see some swirling kaleidoscoic images while she recited: "Romper Bomper Stomper Boo, Tell me, tell me, tell me, do, Magic Mirror, tell me today, Did all my friends have fun at play?" We would then see Miss Elizabeth once again, looking through the Magic Mirror (which was not without the "glass" in it, so she could look right through it) then read off a random list of children's names ("I see Susie, and Kevin, and Tricia, and Lori, and Adam..." then concluding with "and I see You!!! See you again tomorrow, in Romper Room school!" Aren't you glad you asked?
February 27, 200818 yr From a little kid, till about 13-15ish.. Ren n Stimpy (was the s***) Doug (Killer Tofu!!) Hey Arnold Power Rangers Boy Meets World Sanford n Son The Smurfs Scooby Doo Tom n Jerry Tales From The Cript Batman (and Beyond) Jackie Chan Cartoon Series Woody Woodpecker Teanage Mutant Ninja Turtles Beavis n Butthead Anamainiacs (sp?) Dragonball Z () Pokemon s***load of others, need more time. Refuse to name movies. Soooooo many of them, but I like most of Rex's list in this thread though. Edited February 27, 200818 yr by SoxAce
February 27, 200818 yr QUOTE(zimne piwo @ Feb 26, 2008 -> 02:00 AM) Showing my age, but here goes... Now we're talkin'. Growing up in the 50's I used to love the old serials. Especially Flash Gordon but also Buck Rogers, Commando Cody, Zombies of the Stratosphere, to name a few. Shock Theater was a must on Saturday night. To this day I still love the old Universal horror movies. Superman with George Reeves. The Whirlybirds Sky King Lone Ranger Sea Hunt American Bandstand The Three Stooges Our Gang comedies which became known as The Little Rascals The Mickey Mouse Club A bit later Rocky and Bullwinkle Prime time... Wanted Dead Or Alive Have Gun Will Travel The Honeymooners I Love Lucy One Step Beyond and later Thriller (hosted by Boris Karlof) Leave It To Beaver Father Knows Best Ozzie and Harriet Prime time....later Alfred Hitchcock Presents Silents Please (an old tv show that would show old silent movies) Batman The Outer Limits The Twilight Zone The Monkees The Adams Family The Munsters Combat The Fugitive F Troop Dick Van Dyke Show Ed Sullivan if only to catch The Beatles or Rolling Stones or Dave Clark Five, etc. Shindig! Hullabaloo Mission Impossible The Prisoner The Smothers Brothers I'm sure there's plenty I forgot, afterall at my age the mind is going.. Edited February 27, 200818 yr by BigEdWalsh
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