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...we used to be able to stay up and watch the World of Disney special, after Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and Flipper.
Then, off to bed. No exceptions, except for when the Disney specials ran for 90 minutes instead of an hour.
I just told my wife I have no clue at all what came after.
She looked me dead in the eye and said, "No one does."
I think she may be right.
C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)Overlapping with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Ed Sullivan on the other networks.
( I first thought it was The Rifleman, also starring Chuck Connors)
bigtree
(85,917 posts)...like missing out on Green Lantern after getting to watch Batman.
Just a little too young, I guess.
dflprincess
(28,057 posts)My parents usually let us watch Disney but the first time the Beatles were on my mother insisted we watch Sullivan. She wanted to see "what all the fuss was". It was the night I caught Beatlemania.
However, I think you're right about Bonanza coming on after Disney.
dchill
(38,320 posts)All but one man died,
There at Bitter Creek,
And they say he ran away ...
Branded!
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/brandedlyrics.html
Ziggysmom
(3,374 posts)Branded, scorned as the one who ran.
What do you do when you're branded, and you know you're a man.
Kids version:
Stranded, stranded on the toilet bowl.
What do you do when you're branded, and you can't find the roll.
czarjak
(11,191 posts)murielm99
(30,656 posts)My family was very religious. My late brother and I had to get cleaned up and ready for bed. We had to read our Sunday School lessons and tell our mother what was in those lessons.
I remember one night in particular. I had prepared my lesson and recited it to my mother. My brother was next. He came out of his bedroom, clean and pajama-clad. He told my mother the story of the ten lepers healed by Jesus. He was about seven years old. I was ten.
The whole trouble was, he did not tell her the story of the ten lepers. He referred to them as the ten LEAPERS.
I was ready to start laughing and mocking my brother. Before I had a chance, my mother gave me the dirtiest of all the dirty looks in her repertoire of dirty looks. I knew what was good for me. I stayed quiet.
After he finished his solemn recitation about the ten LEAPERS, my mother quietly informed him that they were lepers, not LEAPERS. She explained that lepers had a bad disease called leprosy. They died from this disease. He accepted this calmly and went to bed.
I buried my face in the couch and tried not to laugh out loud. When I looked up, I could see my mother's shoulders shaking in silent laughter.
LEAPERS!
cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)captain queeg
(10,035 posts)teach1st
(5,928 posts)What year are we talking about? In 1965, Sunday evenings:
ABC: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea > The F.B.I > ABC Sunday Night Movie
CBS: Lassie > My Favorite Martian > Ed Sullivan > Perry Mason > Candid Camera > What's My LIne?
NBC: Bell Telephone Hour > Disney > Branded > Bonanza > Wackiest Ship in the Army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_United_States_network_television_schedule#Sunday
teach1st
(5,928 posts)bigtree
(85,917 posts)...I would have been around 3 or 4 years old at that time, so maybe '64, '66.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)I remember that old dude Merle in front talking about what "we" were doing, while his cohort Jim was in the background being man-handled by some gargantuan critter
Harker
(13,874 posts)He joined Sir Edmund Hillary as expedition zoologist looking for Yeti in 1960.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,717 posts)With Peter Falk as Columbo; other episodes had Dennis Weaver. The introduction was a figure silhouetted against a gloomy background holding a bright light.
Coventina
(26,850 posts)Does that ever bring back childhood memories!!!
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,717 posts)That was my first non-kids show. I loved it. I always thought it was funny how much my dad looked like Dennis Weaver.
Coventina
(26,850 posts)I also remember that my uncle had a man-crush on McCloud.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,717 posts)He could have been DWs twin
tall and rangy, had the same mustache and haircut, dressed urban-western, same expressions and mannerisms. It was hilarious. I liked Columbo the best though: Oh
just one more thing, I almost forgot
youre under arrest
And scratching his head like he needed a shampoo.
Good times!
Still have dads cowboy boots. He was an 11 though, and I went to 13. Oh well. Thanks for finding that!
Cheezoholic
(1,967 posts)but I think I get the OP's point. Maybe not.
bigtree
(85,917 posts)...at least not in a bad way.
Neither of us knew because we never got to stay up and find out (school night and all). I wonder how many others our age are in the same boat?
Boomerproud
(7,889 posts)would go over there about once a month and watch Disney.