JeffsFort Posted March 24, 2025 Posted March 24, 2025 Okay, you are whatever age that to you is the most nostalgic to look back at. There's no school today and there's nothing left that you have to do, so you can either do some chores, do some homework, or plant yourself in front of the TV. What do you choose? Of course it would be the TV, come on now! (No computers in this scenario, hehehe! Sorry Gen Alpha!) I've recently chosen to revisit many of the shows that I grew up watching and more so than ever, it reminds me of lying on the floor in front of the TV, rotting my brain as my mother so often put it. There are so many that represent different parts of my childhood or teen years when I actually think about it. In chat we've had the conversations once in a while when a cool show some of us used to watch would come up, or talk about the teen celebrity in the show that we secretly had a crush on... yeah right, as if it was really a secret. We all seemed to be hiding two or ten secret crushes and as adults, why not finally get it off your chest? Let's compare notes! Does a certain show strike a chord in your heart when you think back to it? Have you ever rewatched it as an adult? Is it way cornier than you remember now? LOL! Is that teen you used to drool over now some dude that is your own age or older and kinda scary now? You never know. It can and HAS happened! So the question this month: When you think back to a show that you absolutely loved as a kid, what was it. Tell us a little about it and if there was a cute boy in it that you were dreaming about... we want names! LOL! 💜 1 3
D.K. Daniels Posted March 25, 2025 Posted March 25, 2025 (edited) As a child I Loved What's New, Scooby Doo?, Recess, Bear in Big Blue House and The Rugrats, as I matured, i found myself liking Ned Declassified School Survival Guide, Malcolm in the Middle, The Sweet Life of Zack and Cody, Zoey 101, also the Irish TV show Moone Boy, and oddly Lazy Town. I baby sat my nephew a lot and he liked to watch that show. I kind of miss those simpler times lol. I've rewatched Scooby Doo, The Rugrats and Malcolm in the Middle a few times, and can't forget Freaks and Geeks, love those shows. Sure the Sweet Life of.... and Zoey 101 had some cute boys, what can I say lol, I was really confused teenager, and those shows where like confectionary stores, all that walking eye candy. lol Edited March 25, 2025 by D.K. Daniels 2
JeffsFort Posted March 26, 2025 Author Posted March 26, 2025 (edited) There are so many I want to include just because I've taken the time to rewatch them fairly recently which is making it hard to choose just one. Most recently I binge watched 4 of the five seasons of "Silver Spoons" with Ricky Schroder and can't believe I didn't stick with it throughout it's first airing. I'm taking a short break from it and will tackle it's fifth season with Rick at age 16 very soon. ::sigh:: Then there were the reruns I grew up watching. The Monkees, The Partridge Family, and of course all the cartoons that they won't allow children to watch anymore. Night Rider with so many of the teen heart throbs of the time with guest appearances that on first run made the inner gay boy scream at the top of his lungs. Cuties in the main cast, Growing Pains, The Wonder Years, and Doogie Howser! Hehehe, I could go on for hours. (Malcolm in the Middle! OMG! Absolute classic!!!) But I'm going to go with a sketch comedy show that by all rights was never expected to completely blow up in the states that still holds a place in my heart today. One that a failing network actually rebranded itself in its image and to this day is doing extremely well with the core of that image very much still intact. The network: Nickelodeon. The show: You Can't Do That On Television! (YCDTOTV). It probably shouldn't have worked then and it could never work now but, man was it awesome to see once Canada finally shared it with us. Why they waited so long, 'I don't know...' (Looks up at ceiling and cringes, lol!) From the parody cancelation cards at the start of the show to let you know that "Hit & Run on Seseme Street" or some other ridiculous show would not be seen tonight meaning we were stuck with YCDTOTV, to yet another thwarted firing squad execution or horrifying menu item at Barth's Burgery, I honestly fell in love with the show's cast and all it's quirks. Obviously I wasn't alone. As for cuties... There were more than anyone's fair share. My primary crush on that show was Alasdair Gillis who was a regular by the time Nickelodeon started airing the show but in hind sight, he did have competition. For me that list would include Adam Reid, Jonothan Gebert, Corey Fraser, Doug Ptolemy... Gun to head, if I had to name a runner up to Alasdair, I would need to say Kevin Schenk who I would find in reruns. OMG he made denim look amazing. Just sayin' If you haven't seen this show, you really missed out. If you have, some of those episodes are still out there. Just gotta do some hunting. Edited March 26, 2025 by JeffsFort Found a mistake 1
Page Scrawler Posted March 26, 2025 Posted March 26, 2025 It was mostly cartoons and anime for me. Jeremy Sumpter was my biggest celebrity crush, but Avatar Aang and Edward Elric were my first crushes on characters, rather than actors. Devon Werkheiser (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) and Paul...Paul Butcher, I think?---from Zoey 101---get honorable mentions. As does Nathan Kress, from "iCarly", and he's only gotten sexier since he grew up! 1
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