I'm going to really date myself I start mentioning shows such as Rough & Ready. But on the topic of wacky Saturday morning shows, I sure enjoyed those mornings I could sit down with my kids and be thoroughly amused by Pee-Wee's Playhouse. His refrigerator alone was worth sitting down for, never mind "today's secret word."

 

 dmax wrote: 
Loved all of those shows! Kinda explains a lot.

 Alexandra wrote: 
Yes, I only watched some of those (later) shows if it was raining outside or if I were sick.

 Proclivities wrote: 

Exactly. And about the time "Land of the Lost" was on, on Saturdays...it was time to go out and play. So I only watched about half of those episodes.

 dmax wrote: 
Yeah, I remember watching all of those shows at one time or another.  We didn't really think they were "good" shows (there was much better Saturday morning fare at different times on TV), but they were "fun".  I remember that Lidsville featured game-show denizen Charles Nelson Reilly.

 cc_rider wrote: 
There were other Krofft productions (or things that they were involved in) that were equally weird:

• Land of the Lost (1974)
• Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973)
• Lidsville (1971)
• The Bugaloos (1970)
• H.R. Pufnstuf (1969)
• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968) - they designed the costumes, didn't produce.

 cc_rider wrote: 

I concur. There is wide speculation that the show's name originated from "stuff."  In any event, it was kind of a cool show—-I was so little I just barely remember the details. I just remember liking it.

 cc_rider wrote: 

What do you mean by "weird"?  Okay, maybe those white boots were a bit inappropriate.

H R Puf'n'Stuf. That was some seriously weird shtuff. I think they may have been puffin' stuff when they came up with that.

 jagdriver wrote: 

The bass player from the Old 97's (Murray?) looks a lot like Ernie.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 


I also had it pretty bad for Jimmy. He was my first celebrity crush. That was probably the main reason I watched it...and I'd be pissed when he wasn't in some of the episodes.

 Alexandra wrote: 
I had a FREE JESSICA TATE bumper sticker on my car

 ptooey wrote: 
Ha! Netflix! Why didn't I think of that first??
Thanks! And yeah—I'm sure I'll get a lot more too, since I won't be a tweener this time around.

 Alexandra wrote: 
hiccup and I watched the entire series through Netflix last year.  Absolutely hilarious, and I got a lot more of the jokes than I used to during its original run. 

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
Katharine Helmond.

 Alexandra wrote: 
Robert Guillaume, Robert Urich.

 Alexandra wrote: 
Lots of great actors on that show!

Did anyone else use to watch the night-time sitcom called Soap? I think Billy Crystal actually got his start there.
That was a frickin HILARIOUS show! (What the hell was my mom thinking letting a 12 year-old watch it, though?) I've been meaning to see if it's available on Hulu.

 Proclivities wrote: 
Like I wrote, their pinot noir is a real bargain... when you can find it.

 jagdriver wrote: 
Yes, Uncle Charlie was a miserable old salt and Ernie would not have lasted 15 minutes if he had to go to a real school somewhere.

I always thought this passage from MacMurray's bio on Wikipedia was amusing:

He was considered one of the wealthiest and most frugal actors in the business. Studio co-workers noticed that even as a successful actor, MacMurray would usually bring a brown bag lunch to work, often including a hardboiled egg. According to his co-star on My Three Sons, William Demarest, MacMurray continued to bring dyed Easter eggs for lunch several months after Easter so as not to waste them. Friends and business associates jokingly referred to him as "the thrifty multimillionaire".


I have heard that there are some outstanding wines from his old ranch, though.