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
- The Simpsons
- Seinfeld
- Friends
- South Park (honorary mention)
The Simpsons was sacred in my house, we watched every new episode as a family, and taped them all on VHS to re-watch. I can quote from the first 12 seasons endlessly.
Seinfeld was my introduction to stand-up comedy, which has become a life-long passion and a personally fulfilling hobby. I liked the show, but I loved watching his stand-up bits.
Friends was a show I would watch with my mom whenever I helped her in the kitchen. I was always hanging out in the kitchen, and Friends was a staple on TV at the time. I connected very much with Chandler.
South Park was the show my older brother watched, and I only ever got to catch once in a while, but the show was groundbreaking in its concept and execution. While being vulgar, it also succinctly expressed complicated ideas that resonate with me still to this day (When Randy talks to Stan about marijuana is one of them).
Young:
- Animaniacs
- Sailor Moon
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Wishbone
- Powerpuff Girls
- Courage tve Cowwardly Dog
Older:
- Invader Zim
- Inuyasha
- Daria
- Justice League & Batman the Animated Series
- Still Courage the Cowardly Dog
- I wanna say it was called “Kablam?”
(I’d add ATLA, but I didn’t watch it until after it was completed and I was in college.)
Tom and Jerry, BAMZOOKi, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
Sailor Moon, Pokémon, Spongebob Squarepants.
From the picture: only Ducktales and Scooby Doo
Overall: probably Scooby, Cosby Show, and Dukes of Hazzard
Danger Mouse (Repeats of the Original)
Doctor Who (Pertwee and Baker)
Black Adder (all of it, remember being about 12 and my parents telling me to come and watch it with them)
Man. Daria was so good! I still watch it occasionally.
The first three that come to mind are:
- Daria
- Hey Arnold
- Round the Twist (Australian kids show)
Gilligan’s island
I dream of Jeannie
Perry Mason
Fun fact: both Jeannie and The Skipper (too) were extras on episodes of Perry Mason.
Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy
Spongebob
Power Rangers
Dr. Who
HR Puffenstuff when I was tiny, I remember it freaking me out
Star Trek the Next Generation
Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, the Lone Ranger.
I’m not THAT old, but New Zealand didn’t have television until late in the day, so we got cheap, years-old US kids’ shows. I was ten before our region got TV and it was a few years after that when we got our own set. The first TV I ever watched was coverage of what must have been one of the early Saturn rocket launches. We went to my older sister’s boyfriend’s house to watch it. Very exciting!
I liked Lone Ranger best. “Hi ho Silver, and awaaaay!”
Transformers
MacGyver
Star Trek TNG
- Out of this world
- Gargoyles
- The Simpsons
The Simpsons Courage the Cowardly Dog What’s with Andy
