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Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 14:16 on 3rd February 2011 Yes, sir...I am 41. sigh It's still hard for me to say it!! lol! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Beth Austin Posts: 1090 Joined: 14th Sep 2007 Location: UK	quotePosted at 21:42 on 3rd February 2011 I agree with all the ones already mentioned but when it was something to watch just for laughs, it would be the ones I called silly, stupid and laughable....F Troop, Phil Silvers, Howdy Doody, 3 Musketeers....goofy ones like those. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Bob T Posts: 934 Joined: 8th Jan 2009 Location: USA	quotePosted at 23:10 on 3rd February 2011 The Andy Griffith Show! Pure family entertainment. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA	quotePosted at 23:59 on 3rd February 2011 On 3rd February 2011 12:48, james prescott wrote: my favorite american shows were the phil silvers show . . . I met Phil Silvers when I was a kid in Detroit. My great uncle, Arthur "Pop" Clamage owned a string of burlesque theaters in what was called the "Midwest Wheel"--the Gaiety, Avenue, Palace and National theaters in Detroit; the Haymarket theater in Chicago; several other theaters in Cincinnati, St. Louis and Kansas City. He crossed paths many times with Phil Silvers when they both performed in vaudeville--Pop was a singer-turned-comedian. After Pop became a theater owner, he told me that Silvers used to sometimes play Pop's burlesque theaters in the Midwest Wheel as a comic stooge. Silvers was in Detroit for some reason during the very late 1950's when he stopped by to visit my great uncle. Our family was visiting Pop at the same time and that's when I got to meet him--of course, I'd seen the Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko) so I knew who he was! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 02:55 on 4th February 2011 Lovely avatar, Bob. When you talk about variety shows I think of Jackie Gleason. It was great, with the June Taylor Dancers and all. But I think my absolute favorite had to be The Carol Burnett show. Red Skelton was great too. So as you see by the little trip down memory lane that I'm a lot farther north than 41 too. Krissy, you don't look a day over 25! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 03:08 on 4th February 2011 Thanks Ruth!!! Sadly, I don't act my age either!! LOL! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 09:59 on 4th February 2011 emmmm yeh Ron it must be sunday Night at the London Paladium with beat the Clock, did Tommy Trinder not compare it before Brucie? then I think Jimmy Tarbuck had a go? The only American ones in the 50's I recall were I Love Lucy. Then there was Bananza and Rawhide, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry(?) and of course Lassie. British programmes such as Crackerjack, (I hated Brains Trust), In Town Tonight, (Showing my age lol). I remember, Watch with Mother, - Monday = Picturebook Tuesday= Andy Pandy Wed =Bill and Ben Thursday= Rag, Tag and Bobtail Friday= The Woodentops I suppose one of the first I watched was Muffin the Mule and dont forget Rolf Harris (He's still around lol), Just William, Billy Bunter and oh yes that American Programme 'Our Gang' with Buttwheat, Spanky, Alf Alfa and the rest lol My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 10:09 on 4th February 2011 I see Dallas is coming back over here, lol I suppose it will be retitled 'Who dug up JR?' lol My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
James Prescott Posts: 25952 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK	quotePosted at 10:20 on 4th February 2011 we can do without that garbage coming back on -she watches enough now. rob --the phil silvers show was on screen over here up to a couple of years ago on bbc it isnt permitted on any other channel due to copyright. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 13:23 on 4th February 2011 The Walton's and Little House on the Prairie were big family shows in the states. They still show reruns of both. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions