Televsion 1965-1970
Long before computers and video games,we baby-boomers loved our television …… How many of these popular TV shows from 1965-1970 do you remember? (Listed in alphabetical order, not popularity.... ) Can you think of others?
· Adam’s Family
· Andy Griffith Show
· Bat Man
· Bewitched
· Big Valley
· Bonanza
· Carol Burnett Show
· Dick Van Dyke Show
· Dark Shadows
· Dating Game
· Family Affair
· Flying Nun
· Fugitive
· Gentle Ben
· Get Smart
· Gidget
· Gilligan’s Island
· Green Acres
· Gunsmoke
· Hawaii Five-O
· Hee Haw
· Hogan’s Heroes
· Hullaballo
· I Spy
· I Dream of Jeannie
· Ironside
· Laugh-In
· Lost in Space
· Love American Style
· Man From U. N. C. L. E.
· Marcus Welby
· Medical Center
· Mission Impossible
· Mod Squad
· Monkees
· My Three Sons
· Newlywed Game
· Perry Mason
· Petticoat Junction
· Peyton Place
· Rawhide
· Room 222
· Shindig
· Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
· Star Trek
· That Girl
· Twilight Zone
· Wild Wild West
Friday and Saturday nights were our time to get out with friends.
Friday nights you could usually find us at a high school football or basketball game..... marching in the band, playing on the field , or cheering on "The Fighting Knights".....
The "hot date" for Saturday night was usually a trip to one of the three theatres in Frededericksburg ( The Victoria and Colonial Theatre on Caroline Street or the "Drive-In" ) to see the latest movie......
Here are some of the popular movies during our high school years . How many did you see? Can you remember others?
- The Graduate
- Bonnie and Clyde
- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
- Easy Rider
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- To Sir With Love
- In the Heat of the Night
- Wait Until Dark
- Dr. Zhivago
- Thunderball (and other James Bond movies)
- My Fair Lady
- Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice
- Romeo and Juliet
- MASH
- Alice's Restaurant
- Shenandoah
- The Green Berets
After the movies, we usually made a trip to get some food. (In those days we could eat all we wanted as late as we wanted with no bad side effects.... :) Here are just of a few of the popular places for an "after- movie snack" .......
- Hot Shoppes
- R and S Grille
- Eddie Mack's
- Carl's
- Hardees
And boy, did we love to dance......Do you remember
- Dragnets?
- The Coachman?
- The Electric Circus?
- Class Parties?
- Homecoming Dances?
- The Prom?