There's so many cool treasures on the super neat Lets Play Hollywood page that I was spoilt for choice! Its addictive scrolling down it!
So many I recognise but also many that I don't, largely because I don't think all the American kids' TV shows were shown in Blighty, for example, Captain Kangaroo. He's news to me.
I've also never seen Welcome Back Kotter, Family Ties, Shirley and Laverne and The Flying Nun and Trapper John [I knew someone called just that in the late Seventies, an eel trapper!] just to name a few unknowns, although I have heard of them through my beloved Toys of the Sixties book by Bill Breugman.
Here's the Lets Play Hollywood site on Pinterest.
I've picked one thing because I loved them so much as a kid, the Marx Batman Mask Specs, made in Wales. Did you have a pair?
I think I had a cape too.
Wow, that brought back a few memories.
ReplyDeleteThere was a song by the Statler Brothers called Flowers on the Wall, that included the line 'Watching Captain Kangaroo'. The song can be found on You Tube. Odd title for an American TV show. We never had that one in NZ.
The Flying Nun starred Sally Field, and was a great show. She was a Nun, and they had such big hats, with wing-like projections, that she could fly. Chaos always ensured.
Laverne and Shirley was a spin-off from Happy Days.
Welcome Back Kotter (who was a teacher), with John Travolta as one of the students. Never cared for that one.
Family Ties starred Michael J. Fox, and was from the 1980s, a bit later than the others.
Trapper John, M.D. was a spin-off from M.A.S.H. Pernell Roberts had previously played the oldest son Adam Cartwright in Bonanza.
I just had a look at Let's Play Hollywood. I love the Mr Ed the Talking Horse and Car 54, Where Are You ? puppets. Gilligan's Island floating island. Hardy Boys dolls. I Dream of Jeannie doll. That Batmobile bedspread is amazing - wish I had one of those.
The Twiggy board game is pretty weird.
You could spend hours looking at all those pictures.
I know Paul, a window into our past. I have a book like it called Toys of the Sixties by Bill Breugman. Wonderful stuff.
DeleteInteresting that the Marx toy is dated 1966 but depicts the comic, not TV Batman
ReplyDeleteI suppose the comics were popular before the show kicked off Terran.
DeleteHappy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Soap, Mary Hartman, Cannon, McCloud... some of my teenage favourites off top of my head. Fond memories!
ReplyDeleteDid not own Marx Batman Mask Specs as a kid (never sold here), but that's sorted now :-)
Glad you got those Specs Arto!
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