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

[Ellemeno]

Oh, I lived in New York and we had lots and lots of channels:

Channel 2 -> CBS
Channel 4 -> NBC
Channel 5 -> WNEW...lots of kids shows, including Wonderama with Sonny Fox, and the Soupy Sales show. Also old movies.
Channel 7 -> ABC
Channel 9 -> WOR (I think). More old movies on this, including the Million Dollar Movie with theme from "Gone with the Wind." The Loretta Young show was here, too.
Channel 11 -> WPIX. More kids shows. I think this is where Diver Dan was (altho he might have been on channel 5). Popeye cartoons. This was also  the channel with the famous burning yule log on Christmas eve.
Channel 13 -> "educational TV." They used to show lots of movies from The National Flim Board of Canada.

L

That's the line up as I remember it, L.    Though you remember more details than I do.  Even though I haven't lived in NY for nigh on 30 years, I still sometimes have to think twice here in Seattle about which network is on which channel here, because I remember those so vividly.

[Cameron]

That's the line up as I remember it, L.    Though you remember more details than I do.  Even though I haven't lived in NY for nigh on 30 years, I still sometimes have to think twice here in Seattle about which network is on which channel here, because I remember those so vividly.

You grew up in NY too?   

Yep, those were the channels.  I think  we watched Channel 11 when we came home from school

The Flintstones and Lost in Space. (I think they were on 11)

[MaineWriter]

You grew up in NY too?   

Yep, those were the channels.  I think  we watched Channel 11 when we came home from school

The Flintstones and Lost in Space. (I think they were on 11)

Yes, I grew up in New York. We lived in Jackson Heights til I was 6, then moved to the suburbs of Long Island (Bayport) after my sister was born. But of course, we still got all the New York City channels.

Superman...oh how I loved Superman. It came on at 6 pm on Channel 11.

L

[Cameron]

Yes, I grew up in New York. We lived in Jackson Heights til I was 6, then moved to the suburbs of Long Island (Bayport) after my sister was born. But of course, we still got all the New York City channels.

Superman...oh how I loved Superman. It came on at 6 pm on Channel 11.

L

I knew that you were from NY L, I didn't know that C. was too.!

Yeah I remember Superman at 6, but I didn't really watch it, my brother did.

Wow, Wonderama, remember the go-go dancers?  I always thought that was very strange.

[MaineWriter]

Wonderama had go go dancers?

I remember the go go dancers on Shindig and Hullabaloo, but not Wonderama.

Here's a website where you can waste lots of time:

http://www.tvparty.com/lostkids1.html

Leslie

[Cameron]

Wonderama had go go dancers?

I remember the go go dancers on Shindig and Hullabaloo, but not Wonderama.

Leslie

I never watched those shows, but I definitely remember go-go dancers on a show that I watched.  They were young girls and they were each on platforms.  It may not have been Wonderama, I thought it was, but it was definitely on a kids show that I watched.  I couldn't believe those girls had the guts to dance like that in front of everyone.

[David In Indy]

I vaguely remember those shows too.

I especially remember watching American Bandstand with Dick Clark when I was a kid. It came on Saturdays, I think. I remember my mother was horrified and appalled at the way the kids danced and gyrated in front of the television camera.  But I thought it was really cool! 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I was going to mention Pete from the Mod Squad a while back. Julie, too -- though in her case it was less a crush than I just wanted to BE her. Or at least, have her hair.

And can you believe it? Peggy Lipton's daughter is now on The Office.

I feel old. ... 

[serious crayons]

And can you believe it? Peggy Lipton's daughter is now on The Office.

Wow, Jeff, I had no idea Karen was Peggy Lipton's daughter! But now that I know, I can see a resemblance.



As for Peggy Lipton, I still want to look like her, even though she's more than 10 years older than me! This photo, a couple of years old, was apparently taken when she was 59.

[MaineWriter]

I found this old photo, "The Hullabaloo Dancers"



and another one:




Plus a little history...

http://www.tvparty.com/shindig.html