What shows do you miss the most?

screen print from the old smothers brothers show.
@rebelann (114645)
El Paso, Texas
September 12, 2025 12:57pm CST
I have a really huge list of shows I wish I could bring back and guess who got me to thinking about it ...... well, I won't count to three cuz you'd never guess it was @fourwalls that made me think of it. Back in the 1960, 1970s and 1980s most of us only saw our favorite bands when they were on a variety show like the Smothers Brothers or Flip Wilson, where some of our favorite bands would sometimes play. Growing up an Army brat in the 60s could mean dads controlled what we as teens were allowed to see or hear, we were under their control until they were sent overseas and didn't take us along. Many of the moms back then would loosen the grip on us while dads were gone for 18 months and very often we'd get to see those things their hubbies had forbidden. Unfortunately for me dad was stateside when the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan show so I didn't get to see them but I did see this on the Smothers Brothers, dad was in Japan at the time and mom let us watch. Were your dads that strict with you?
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@JudyEv (362709)
• Rockingham, Australia
12h
We didn't have TV till I was more or less adult so it was never an issue for me.
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
Just now
That is so very true. Were your parents strict with you?
@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
2m
Dad bought a used TV when I was around 11 but he had control of us until I was about 21 and the TV was in control of either dad or mom so I'd have to convince my sibling to help sway mom to let us watch things like the Smothers Brothers while dad was overseas.
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@JudyEv (362709)
• Rockingham, Australia
Just now
@rebelann Mums were often an easier touch.
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@DaddyEvil (159438)
• United States
17h
We watched what dad wanted to watch on television. The only time kids got to choose what was being watched was on Saturday morning for cartoons.. And sometimes dad would walk through, watch for a minute and then tell us to shut off the silliness and go out and help him work around the farm. *shrug*
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
16h
Yeah, that's about what it was like with my pop. The good news for me is that he liked shows like Star Trek so I did get to watch that.
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
6m
So, all those aliens were genetic diversity?
@DaddyEvil (159438)
• United States
13h
@rebelann We only got to watch Star Trek if dad was working outside later in the evening... He didn't like the genetic diversity on the show and cussed if he caught us watching it. Dad was a bigot.
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@FourWalls (78647)
• United States
12h
Yes, my parents were strict on the TV viewing. I wasn’t allowed to watch Laugh-In or the variety Smothers Brothers Show. He’d turn the volume down when a rock act was on Johnny Cash’s variety show. Thanks for the mention, glad I popped some good memories into your mind!
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
9m
Was your mom also that strict?
@LadyDuck (483330)
• Italy
Just now
My Dad was not very strict, but he disliked those shows and in Italy we only had two TV channel in the 60s. Dad turned the TV on the channel he liked more.
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
Just now
Oh wow, we were lucky because we had 3 channels TV was not yet in all homes back then. The funny thing is that I actually met a woman who did not have one back in 2014, I thought that was odd.
@Deepizzaguy (113964)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14h
My latte dad was not that strict on what shows I could watch on television.
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
2m
You were lucky.
@LindaOHio (200520)
• United States
5h
My father rarely said anything to me about what I could do or couldn't do. He would tell my mother; and she would relay it to me..."Your skirt was too short", etc. I was fortunate that they let me go to the Beatles concert in Cleveland.
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
7m
Holy cow, you're so lucky. My dad used a belt if we didn't obey
@AmbiePam (102779)
• United States
19h
Oh yes, my dad was! Great clip!
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
18h
Thanks, that clip was from 1967, way before your time.
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@snowy22315 (195902)
• United States
19h
The Sonny and Cher show was pretty good, and I did like Ed Sullivan. I did see the Beatles. I was only in second grade I think, but it left an impression.
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
18h
I would have loved to have seen that Ed Sullivan show but dad didn't like all that 'long' hair music.
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@RasmaSandra (88842)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16h
I lost my dad when I was ten, In my teens my mom was into a lot of things I was into so we could be friends,
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@rebelann (114645)
• El Paso, Texas
16h
Sorry you lost your dad at such an early age