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Apr 19, 2023Liked by Lisa Hirst Carnes

I loved That Girl with Marlo Thomas. She always seemed to have some mishap that was usually resolved by the end of the show. Also enjoyed The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

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Love those shows too! Remember how Marlo Thomas's voice squealed when she said, "Donald?" Her dad was so terrible to poor Donald.

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Apr 19, 2023Liked by Lisa Hirst Carnes

Dark Shadows. It was a show about vampires in the late 60’s early 70’s. We would race home from school to watch- it started at 3:00. Fun fact: I could do a headstand for the entire theme song- it was long.

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Apr 20, 2023·edited Apr 20, 2023Author

That is in impressive headstand!! Fun Fact: Dark Shadows was the only American show I watched when I went to Israel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfWIQfqik3c

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You're kidding! That's funny. Barnabas Collins.

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Apr 19, 2023Liked by Lisa Hirst Carnes

I was 12 years old when MTV first came out. My friends and I watched it obsessively for a couple of years. Even today, I'm still trying to break the habit of making weird faces when I attempt a guitar solo.

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We should watch MTV's first two hours and have a dance party tomorrow night! You in?

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Apr 20, 2023Liked by Lisa Hirst Carnes

Sounds like a party. :-)

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We watched Captain Video, Lassie, Tom Mix, the Lone Ranger. Every night the TV would sign off with The Star Spangled Banner & then there would be a test pattern of fuzzy buzzing!

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Awesome! I had to look up Captain Video and Tom Mix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVtJLBbBqbw - I remember that fuzzy buzzing too!

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Monday nights at 7pm meant one thing - Little House on the Prairie. After the show ended I used to call my best friend, CK and discuss the entire episode in detail. At some point, the series kind of jumped the shark but I still watched.

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Batman and The Beatles cartoon on Saturday morning. I also liked watching Room 222 and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. All had some kind of hip music involved.

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