When I Was Young

[Mistral]

I picked the age of 9 and did some research.

When I was 9:

They killed off Henry Blake on MASH.
Andy Kaufman appeared on SNL for the first time.

The classic "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show aired.

Sony introduced the Betamax video recorder in the US.

The Jeffersons moved away from the Bunkers-and into their own tv show.

Baretta
Barney Miller
Space: 1999
Welcome Back, Kotter (featuring a 19 yr old John Travolta)
One Day At a Time
Saturday Night Live
Fawlty Towers
Wonder Woman
Good Morning, America
and, God Help Us, Wheel of Fortune all began that year.

What was happening in the tv world when you were 9?




The funny thing is, my parents dictated the tv shows to me-and I remember watching all of these except Faulty Towers and Wheel. I remember crying when Radar entered the OR to announce Henry's death. I remember All In the Family episodes with George and Weezy. And I remember laughing hysterically at Mary when the jokes finally hit...

I never got Andy K but all the kids could talk about was his bit with Mighty Mouse on Monday after...

I almost forgot-the Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Hour also came out that year. I watched it over bowls of Count Chocula and Quisp every Saturday morning.

 

[Lonemagpie]

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What was happening in the tv world when you were 9?

Blakes 7 started...

 

[TheSeeker]

Who shot JR?

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

The Top 10 shows of the TV season running when I turned nine were:

1. Dallas
2. 60 Minutes
3. Dynasty
4. The A-Team
5. Simon & Simon
6. Magnum, P.I.
7. Falcon Crest
8. Kate & Allie
9. Hotel
10. Cagney & Lacey

 

[Jack Bauer]

I turned 9 in 1976 and these were the top ten shows:

1. All in the Family
2. Lavern & Shirley (only watched that because my sister wanted to and our parents said my brother and I had to)
3. Rich Man Poor Man
4. Maude
5. Bionic Woman
6. Phyllis
7. Six Million Dollar Man (I had the action figure with the bionic eye you could look through...very cool)
8. Sanford and Son
9. Rhoda
10. Happy Days (I watched Fonzie jump the shark and it was funny at the time. But I don't remember if that was in '76 or not.)

Top 10 movies were:

1) Rocky
2) Taxi Driver
3) Outlaw Josey Wales
4) All the President's Men
5) Network
6) Silver Streak
7) Obsession
8) The Bad News Bears
9) The Enforcer
10) The Shootist

 

[Theodore Jay Miller]

I turned 9 in July of 1967. The top 10 shows for the 1967-68 TV season:

1. Andy Griffith Show
2. The Lucy Show
3. Gomer Pyle, USMC
4. (tie) Gunsmoke
Family Affair
Bonanza
7. Red Skelton Show
8. Dean Martin Show
9. Jackie Gleason Show
10. NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

 

[Mistral]

I may not have been clear-lists have their place but I'd love to hear commentary as well about your memories-either of the show or the time period...

 

[Starbreaker]

1996:

TV Land, FOXNews, and Speedvision debuted.
O.J. Simpson trial was on every channel
Zenith introduced their first HDTV.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Murder She Wrote, Matlock, and Tales From the Crypt aired their final episodes

The Daily Show, Judge Judy, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Sabrina the Teenage Witc, Hey Arnold!, Early Edition, and Access Hollywood debuted.

MST3K moved from Comedy Central to Sci-fi Channel

 

[Forbin]

It would be 1966 for me, but I don't have time to research it right now.

 

[I Grok Spock]

1979:

Top shows of '78-'79:

1. Laverne & Shirley ABC
2. Three's Company ABC
3. Mork & Mindy ABC
4. Happy Days ABC
5. Angie ABC
6. 60 Minutes CBS
7. M*A*S*H CBS
8. The Ropers ABC
9. All in the Family CBS
10. Taxi ABC

Top shows of '79-'80:

1. 60 Minutes CBS
2. Three's Company ABC
3. That's Incredible ABC
4. Alice CBS
5. M*A*S*H CBS
6. Dallas CBS
7. Flo CBS
8. The Jeffersons CBS
9. The Dukes of Hazzard CBS
10. One Day at a Time CBS

Quite the turnover - only 3 shows stayed in the top 10. And like today, nary an NBC show to be seen.


Premiered:

• ESPN begins broadcasting sports 24/7 and was the first cable channel to be launched as a 24-hour channel.
• The Movie Channel begins broadcasting movies 24/7.
• The Dukes of Hazzard CBS (1979–1985).
• The Facts of Life, a spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes, NBC
• Hart to Hart ABC
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century NBC
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ABC
• The Iran Crisis—America Held Hostage, later to be known as Nightline, ABC
• Knots Landing, a spinoff of Dallas, CBS
• This Old House PBS
• Antiques Roadshow BBC1

Cancelled:

• All in the Family (1971–1979) – continues as Archie Bunker's Place
• What's Happening!! (1976–1979)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
• Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
• Good Times (1974–1979)
• Wonder Woman (1976–1979)
• Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979) (UK)
• Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979)

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

Erm, A new millenium happened when I was 9

 

[JiNX-01]

1963: The year I turned 9 (far from complete)

Jan. 1: Japan's first anime series -- Astro Boy -- debuts in the U.S.

May 15: The first TV images are transmitted from a US manned space capsule (Faith 7). Only NBC carries the transmission on tape-delay due to problems with picture quality.

Nov. 22: President Kennedy was assassinated. News of the assassination and the funeral were the first pan-Pacific broadcast (via Relay 1 satellite). The three networks pre-empted regular programming for a week. Two days after the assassination, Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald on live television.

Dr. Who debuted.
Bob Dylan walked off the Ed Sullivan show.
William Shatner appears Twilight Zone in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet."
Dr. Kimball goes on the run after his wife is murdered.
Pebbles Flintstone is born and Bamm-Bamm Rubble is adopted.

 

[RandyS]

1979:

Top shows of '78-'79:

1. Laverne & Shirley ABC
2. Three's Company ABC
3. Mork & Mindy ABC
4. Happy Days ABC
5. Angie ABC
6. 60 Minutes CBS
7. M*A*S*H CBS
8. The Ropers ABC
9. All in the Family CBS
10. Taxi ABC

Top shows of '79-'80:

1. 60 Minutes CBS
2. Three's Company ABC
3. That's Incredible ABC
4. Alice CBS
5. M*A*S*H CBS
6. Dallas CBS
7. Flo CBS
8. The Jeffersons CBS
9. The Dukes of Hazzard CBS
10. One Day at a Time CBS

Quite the turnover - only 3 shows stayed in the top 10. And like today, nary an NBC show to be seen.


Premiered:

• ESPN begins broadcasting sports 24/7 and was the first cable channel to be launched as a 24-hour channel.
• The Movie Channel begins broadcasting movies 24/7.
• The Dukes of Hazzard CBS (1979–1985).
• The Facts of Life, a spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes, NBC
• Hart to Hart ABC
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century NBC
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ABC
• The Iran Crisis—America Held Hostage, later to be known as Nightline, ABC
• Knots Landing, a spinoff of Dallas, CBS
• This Old House PBS
• Antiques Roadshow BBC1

Cancelled:

• All in the Family (1971–1979) – continues as Archie Bunker's Place
• What's Happening!! (1976–1979)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
• Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
• Good Times (1974–1979)
• Wonder Woman (1976–1979)
• Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979) (UK)
• Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979)

I was about to post about when I was nine, but you beat me to it, in fact, you put up some stuff I either forgot, or didn't know about.

Oh, except you left out the good season of Buck Rogers.

 

[Chris3123]

Launches:
The Sci-Fi Channel
Cartoon Network

Premieres:
Dateline NBC
The Real World
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
SNICK (programming block on Nickelodeon)
Batman TAS
Picket Fences
Mad About You
X-Men

Endings:
Growing Pains
Who's the Boss?
The Cosby Show
The Golden Girls
MacGyver
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Night Court


Top 10 shows:
1. 60 Minutes
2. Roseanne
3. Murphy Brown
4. Cheers
5. Home Improvement
6. Designing Women
7. Coach
8. Full House
9. Murder, She Wrote
10. Unsolved Mysteries

 

[Davros]

Top 10 shows when I was 9:
1. All In The Family
2. The Waltons
3. Sanford And Son
4. M*A*S*H*
5. Hawaii Five-O
6. Maude
7. Kojak
8. The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour
9. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
10. Cannon

Other notable shows of that year are
Barnaby Jones
The Price Is Right
Match Game
Star Trek The Animated Series.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

I turned 9 in 1970
TOP TWENTY
1969-70 TV Shows

1. Laugh-in
2. Gunsmoke
3. Bonanza
4. Mayberry, RFD
5. Family Affair
6. Here's Lucy
7. Red Skelton Hour
8. Marcus Welby
9. Walt Disney
10. Doris Day Show
11. Bill Cosby
12. Jim Nabors Hour
13. Carol Burnett Show
14. Dean Martin Show
15. My Three Sons
16. Ironside
17. Johnny Cash Show
18. Beverly Hillbillies
19. Hawaii Five-0
20. Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

My god there was a lot of crap on even back then.

 

[Maestro]

The top ten from 85-86:
1. The Cosby Show-NBC
2. Family Ties-NBC
3. Murder, She Wrote-CBS
4. 60 Minutes-CBS
5. Cheers-NBC
6. Dallas-CBS
7. (tie) Dynasty-CBS
7. (tie) The Golden Girls-NBC
9. Miami Vice-NBC
10. Who's the Boss?-ABC

 

[Admiral_Young]

Top ten TV Shows from 1988

1.The Cosby Show
2.A Different World
3. Cheers>
4.The Golden Girls
5.Growing Pains
6.Who's the Boss?
7.Night Court
8.60 Minutes
9.Murder, She Wrote
(tie) ALF

Top Ten Movies of 1988

1. Die Hard
2. A Fish Called Wanda
3. Bull Durham
4. Rain Man
5. Dead Ringers
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
7. The Dead, Next Door
8. Naked Gun
9. The Thin Blue Line
10.Hairspray

^The Films were taken from a review based site.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Major Events of 1968

Rioting in France
Czechoslovakia Revolt
Pueblo Captured
Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated
Robert Kennedy killed
Violence during Convention
Nixon Wins election

The only ones I have a memory of were RFK and Nixon. RFK's assassination is very vivid. I remember my sister ( who was one year younger) and I discussing it with our mother.


Sports
Olympics
NBA: Boston Celtics vs. LA Lakers Series: 4-2

NCCA Championship:Ohio State Record: 10-0-0

Heisman Trophy Winner:O.J. Simpson,
usc, HB points: 2,853

Stanley Cup:Montreal Canadiens
vs.St. Louis Blues Series: 4-0

Super Bowl:Green Bay Packers
vs. Oakland Raiders Score: 33-14

US Open:Lee TrevinoScore: 275 Course: Oak Hill CC Location: Rochester, NY

World Series: Detroit Tigers vs.St. Louis Cardinals
Series: 4-3

Didn't pay attention to sports at that age.

Top Songs of 1968
1."Judy In Disguise" ... John Fred & His Playboy Band
2."Green Tambourine" ... Lemon Pipers
3."Love Is Blue" ... Paul Mauriat
4."The Dock of the Bay" ... Otis Redding
5."Honey" ... Bobby Goldsboro
6."Tighten Up" ... Archie Bell and the Drells
7."Mrs. Robinson" ... Simon and Garfunkel
8."This Guy's in Love With You" ... Herb Alpert
9."Grazing in the Grass" ... Hugh Masekela
10."Hello, I Love You" ... The Doors

I recall most of them. But Grazing in the Grass?????

Top Movies of 1968
1. The Graduate
2. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
3. Gone With the Wind (reissue)
4. The Valley of the Dolls
5. The Odd Couple
6. Planet of the Apes
7. Rosemary's Baby
8. The Jungle Book
9. Yours, Mine and Ours
10. The Green Berets

I remember seeing: Yours Mine and Ours, the Junge Book, Planet of the Apes and for some reason The Green Berets (probably my dads choice)

Academy Awards

Best Picture: "Oliver!"
Best Director: Carol Reed ... "Oliver!"
Best Actor: Cliff Robertson ... "Charly"
Best Actress: Barbra Streisand ... "Funny Girl"

Oliver! was cool. I saw that one.

Grammy Awards
Record of the Year: "Mrs. Robinson" ... Simon and Garfunkel
Song of the Year: "Little Green Apples" ... Bobby Russell
Album of the Year: "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" ... Glen Campbell
Male Vocalist: Jose Feliciano ... "Light My Fire"
Female Vocalist: Dionne Warwick ... "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"

All songs I recall, probably from seeing them performed on TV variety shows. Didn't listen to the radio at that age.

Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was divided equally between: BARTON, Sir DEREK H. R., Great Britain, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, b. 1918, d. 1998; and HASSEL, ODD, Norway, Kjemisk Institutt, Oslo University, Oslo, b. 1897, d. 1981: "for their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry"

Literature
KAWABATA, YASUNARI, Japan, b. 1899, d. 1972: "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind"

Peace
CASSIN, RENƒ, France, b. 1887, d. 1976: President of the European Court for Human Rights.

Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: HOLLEY, ROBERT W., U.S.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, b. 1922, d. 1993; KHORANA, HAR GOBIND, U.S.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, b. 1922 (in Raipur, India); and NIRENBERG, MARSHALL W., U.S.A., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, b. 1927: "for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis"

Physics
ALVAREZ, LUIS W., U.S.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA, b. 1911, d. 1988: "for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis"

Way over my 9 year ol head.

Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: William Styron ... "The Confessions of Nat Turner"
History: Bernard Bailyn ... "The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution"
International Reporting: Alfred Friendly ... "Washington Post"
National Reporting: Howard James ... "Christain Science Monitor," Nathan K. Kotz ... "Des Moines Register," & Minneapolis Tribune"
Public Service: "Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise"

Again not something I knew about.

Most Popular Books

Fiction
1."Airport" Arthur Hailey. Doubleday
2."Couples"...John Updike. Knopf
3."The Salzburg Connection"... Helen MacInnes. Harcourt, Brace
& World
4."A Small Town in Germany"...John Le Carre. CowardMcCann
5."Testimony of Two Men" ...Taylor Caldwell. Doubleday
6."Preserve and Protect"...Allen Drury. Doubleday
7."Myra Breckinridge" ...Gore Vidal. Little, Brown
8."Vanished" ...Fletcher Knebel. Doubleday
9."Christy"...Catherine Marshall. McGraw-Hill
10. "The Tower of Babel"...Morris L. West. Morrow
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Nonfiction
1."Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book"... Meredith Press
2."The Random House Dictionary of the English Language:
College Edition"... Editor-in-chief Laurence Urdang. Random House
3."Listen to the Warm"...Rod McKuen. Random House
4."Between Parent and Child" ...Haim G. Ginott. Macmillan
5."Lonesome Cities"...Rod McKuen. Random House
6."The Doctor's Quick Weight Loss Diet"... Erwin M. Stillman and
Sarum Sinclair Baker. Prentice-Hall
7."The Money Game"... Adam Smith. Random House
8."Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows"...Rod McKuen. Random House
9."The Weight Watcher's Cook Book"... Jean Nidetch. Hearthside
Press
10. "Better Homes and Gardens Eat and Stay Slim"... Meredith Press
Doubleday

I was reading "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Doctor Doolittle

Most Popular Television Shows

1. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)
2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (CBS)
3. Bonanza (NBC)
4. Mayberry R.F.D. (CBS)
5. Family Affairs (CBS)
6. Gunsmoke (CBS)
7. Julia (NBC)
8. The Dean Martin Show (NBC)
9. Here's Lucy (CBS)
10. The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)

All popular in my household, though I wasnt allowed to watch Laugh In. So I would sneak into the hallway and watch it from there.

 

[sbk1234]

The Bicentennial was going on. Star Wars was a year away. We thought the "new" King Kong was a big deal.




ABC

• January 14 - The Bionic WOman (1976–1978).
• January 27 -Laverne and Shirley (1976–1983).
• March 9 - Family (1976–1980)
• July 12 -Family Feud (1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999–present).
• August 5 -What's Happenin' (1976–1979).
• September 11 - The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show, The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, Jabberjaw, The Krofft Supershow
• September 22 -Charlie's Angels (1976–1981).

CBS

• August 14 - Ark II/Clue Club
• August 31 -Alice (1976–1985).

NBC

• October 3 -Quincy MD (1976–1983).

April 24 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Mickaels made an on-air offer to pay The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the show. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check.
May 22—Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels raised his previous offer to The Beatles from $3,000 to $3,200.



Star Wars went into production!