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And it's interesting to watch the evolution of television as a medium across 50 years with the show as a baseline, to my knowledge it's the longest airing tv drama, and i know without a doubt it's the longest airing science fiction show.


this is one thing i have enjoyed while watching some of the older shows like MASH, Cheers, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Gilligan's Island and early Seinfeld

the archetype episodes, the cultural growth, male/female roles, tv as a means to express political and cultural turmoil et al. along with simply the film and camera techniques ever changing

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this is one thing i have enjoyed while watching some of the older shows like MASH, Cheers, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Gilligan's Island and early Seinfeld

the archetype episodes, the cultural growth, male/female roles, tv as a means to express political and cultural turmoil et al. along with simply the film and camera techniques ever changing


To be honest, those programs are not even in the contention of watching Dr Who from 1963... I was born in 1966 and some of those episodes ran and I had nightmares
watching them... keep in mind that at that time, black and white TV shows with those special effects was like watching 2015+ motion pictures today.

Now, I am old as you can tell, so an old family show that I loved watching outside of the Western series was "The Waltons" ... and in the 70s I used to watch the early season programs
of Superman... which by my calculation is not available to watch even on the internet... but if they are... it is a real laugh to watch em.
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Mar 16 2016 01:27am
For cartoons from the 90s that are must sees for adults.
Mission hill
Clone high
Undergrads

If you're interested in comics then:
Batman the animated series
Spiderman the animated series
Batman the brave and the bold

Also:
Frasier
Madtv
Xfiles
Saved by the bell
Fresh Prince
Boy meets world
Are you afraid of the dark
Goosebumps
The outer limits(old+remake)
The twilight zone(old, not remake)

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Mar 16 2016 05:56am
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To be honest, those programs are not even in the contention of watching Dr Who from 1963... I was born in 1966 and some of those episodes ran and I had nightmares
watching them... keep in mind that at that time, black and white TV shows with those special effects was like watching 2015+ motion pictures today.

Now, I am old as you can tell, so an old family show that I loved watching outside of the Western series was "The Waltons" ... and in the 70s I used to watch the early season programs
of Superman... which by my calculation is not available to watch even on the internet... but if they are... it is a real laugh to watch em.


as a whovian who didn't find it until the 2000 revamp i'm super jealous
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this is one thing i have enjoyed while watching some of the older shows like MASH, Cheers, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Gilligan's Island and early Seinfeld

the archetype episodes, the cultural growth, male/female roles, tv as a means to express political and cultural turmoil et al. along with simply the film and camera techniques ever changing


as that other guy said you will see all this to the highest degree in dr who. the show is now and has always been on the cutting edge of technology. and due to the nature of the show unlike anything else you will be exposed to changing hopes for the future and changing views on history.
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Mar 17 2016 08:48am
If your in to cartoons you can't get any better than the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the original X-Men series.

Comedy wise you'll not get better than Only Fools and horses but if your from anywhere in North America i would avoid it you may not get the humour.
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Mar 17 2016 03:07pm
Mork and Mindy
Some Mothers Do Ave Em
The Two Ronnies

Just randomly surmising about some programs.
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