Poem 150: Old Shows

My daughter has decided to watch some tv shows dated close to the day she arrived

I thought I would follow her example but was unsure if any of them survived

She is now down to the last two seasons of “Cheers”

 I would have to go back quite a few more years

So I googled to see what popular shows were on the air

These are some of the titles I found that I would like to share

Unfortunately I will really be exposing my old age

Back then, “Perry Mason” and “Wagon Train” were the latest rage

These shows debuted all in the same year

Here’s a couple of others that also did appear

“Have Gun Will Travel” and “Leave It To Beaver” are some you may recall

These also started in nineteen fifty seven, later in the fall

This is showing my age, the more titles that I write

None of these shows are in colour, they all appear in black and white

The next example is one that you should probably know

It featured Walter Lantz on “The Woody Woodpecker Show”

So needless to say, I have no desire to watch these former hits

I might just decide to move the years up a little bit

I thought there would be more of a selection of shows for me to see

Then I remembered back then, TV networks totaled three

Here in Canada, CBC and CTV got episodes from the United States

They would choose our shows from the Americans and pay a special rate

Then you would need to pick up the signal out of the air

That’s why every house top had an aerial set up there

It was a two person operation with one on the roof and one in front of the screen

You just hollered out the window when the best picture could be seen

They shared in the programming and never ran the same show

Once you found what you liked, you knew just where to go

So between these networks you had quite a variety to choose

The only competition seemed to be for their own late night news

It’s time to get back to the main topic, I’m sorry for the deflect

The sixties and the seventies decade is the era I will select

“The Addams Family”, “The Munsters” as well

“The Beverly Hillbillies” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show” were funny as hell

“Gilligan’s Island”, “F Troop”, “Get Smart” would be fun

“Green Acres”, “Hogan’s Heroes”, “I Dream Of Jeannie” and now my sixties are done

As you can see I like the comedies and they are all a half hour show

If you are going to do some serious binging, that’s the way to go

Now as for the seventies, you have to start with “M.A.S.H.”, a comedy set during the Korean war

That’s the top rated program by far and now to name some more

“Sanford and Son”, “Rockford Files”, “All In The Family”

“Taxi”, “The Muppet Show” and “W.K.R.P. In Cincinnati”

“The Odd Couple”, “Barney Miller” and “The Bob Newhart Show

All of these choices are ones that everyone should know

“Starsky And Hutch” needs to be added, I really liked those guys

Come to think of it, I should give “Charlie’s Angels” another try

That was a program that I truly never forgot

I don’t know what captivated me? I guess it was their plot

All the commercials about products to wax your tiled floor

Oh I just remembered another that I don’t see anymore

It was aimed at the geriatric group, a product call “Geritol”

I guess I should get myself a bottle if I want to watch them all