Retro Fits Me Just Fine!

One of the best discoveries I've made since being back is the Retro TV Network!

This is what Nick At Nite was at one point before they started programming reruns of shows THAT ARE STILL ON THE AIR...lol.

This channel (which sadly is not available everywhere) has most of the shows I love and haven't seen in years. The Hardy Boys used to air Sunday nights (right before CHiPs I believe) and I recall my friends and I winding down our days enjoying those shows and talking about them the following day. Buck Rogers was always a favorite of mine as was Night Gallery and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.


Of course when I watch them now it's for nostalgia's sake because some of them (I'm looking at you Buck Rogers...but wasn't Erin Grey smoking hot in those outfits?) are downright cheesy and laughable in the modern era.

But they entertained which is more than I can say for a lot of shows today.

I also love the fact that anyone could pop up on those shows. Actors and actresses back then easily made the transition from TV to film, especially if they were character actors like John Saxon, Stuart Whitman (who I believe was the only person to "die" on Fantasy Island) and a host of others I could spend all day naming (for example, does anyone remember when Leslie Nielsen was a bad guy in everything he was in?).

In fact, one show I loved that wouldn't work today that was just chock full of celebrities...



Now how entertaining was THAT show?

I can't imagine today's celebrities having that much fun...