Post your teenage crushes... don't be shy!

[David In Indy]

Demond Wilson from "Sanford & Son"

[Ellemeno]

I remember this and I loved it, but I wasn't really allowed to watch it because it "wasn't for kids".  But I did.

And when I got a little older, I realized that Harry Nilsson did the song and music for it:

Best Friend
People let me tell you 'bout my best friend,
He's a warm hearted person who'll love me til the end.
People let me tell you 'bout my best friend,
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy.

People let me tell you 'bout him he's so much fun
Whether we're talkin' man to man or whether we're talking son to son.
Cause he's my best friend.
Yes he's my best friend.
Ba da!  Buh duh duh, duh duh DUH!

[David In Indy]

Leif Garrett....

[serious crayons]

I remember this and I loved it, but I wasn't really allowed to watch it because it "wasn't for kids".  But I did.

Wow! It's hard to believe that anything from those days could have been considered not for kids. Nowadays there are shows I can barely stand to watch with my sons, though they are good shows and in some cases are broadcast as early as 7 p.m.! I look back on my own childhood TV as this idyllic era -- in this respect, anyway -- when parents had nothing to worry about in terms of "adult content."

[Cameron]

Your so right, but back then, compared to "The Brady Bunch" and "the Partridge Family", the "Courtship of Eddie's Father" was really grown up.

Another show that I loved, that was real serious actually for a kid's show, "Family Affair"
Thats one that I really want to see again, and see how different it is from how I remember it.

[Ellemeno]

Another show that I loved, that was real serious actually for a kid's show, "Family Affair"
Thats one that I really want to see again, and see how different it is from how I remember it.

I was thinking about Family Affair too, as I've been strolling down memory lane.  Buffy, Jody, and Cissy's parents had just died, right?  From Terre Haute, Indiana.  (The weird things I remember.)  "Mr. French, Mr. French!"  "Hi, Uncoo Bee-ew!"   And Anissa (I forget her last name, who played Buffy) died of a drug overdose.  That was a shock.  I didn't even know what that meant, back then.

Oh, and Mrs. Beasley.

[brokebackjack]

I remember liking it as a kid, but saw it again quite some time ago and was nauseated....

[Cameron]

Yes, exactly.  I was a little young, but I saw some in repeats.  I do remember many of them were really really sad for a comedy show.

Yes, Buffy was Anissa Jones, and I think she had a real messed up life, and she died of an overdose at around 18.

Jody and Cissy are still alive I believe but I think Jody, had a real strange life, and I think he became really religious and he used to show up on tv.

I would really like to see it, but I don't know if it is on dvd.
Yes, they were from Indiana, but they moved in with Uncle Bill in his fabulous NYC apartment when there parents died.

[Cameron]

I remember liking it as a kid, but saw it again quite some time ago and was nauseated....

Why?

[serious crayons]

When I used to watch it as a kid, my dad found it nauseating. I didn't get why then. And admittedly I haven't seen it lately, but now, looking back ... I think my dad was right.