The Friday Five: The Idiot's Lantern
thefridayfive is all about TV this week.
1. What is the first TV show you remember watching?
Oh, good question - it would likely have been Playschool or the Mr Men.
2. What is the first “grown up” TV show you watched?
I recall half watching episodes of "Lovejoy" when I was younger; not that I understood the plot.
Or, maybe it was "Randall and Hopkirk Deceased".
3. What is the first TV show you watched from the start to finish when it aired live (i.e., not via reruns)?
Might have been "Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds" (Three Musketeers with dogs), but I can't be definite. There are so many shows that I've missed the odd episode of for different reasons, which I had to catch on repeats.
It might be one of the shows that was new when I was a teenager, when I was watching religiously every week - for some reason, the short lived "Heartburn Hotel" (1998 - 2000) suddenly sprung to mind.
4. What is the oldest TV show you’ve watched?
I've watched episodes of the original Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, so whichever of those is oldest.
5. What is one TV show you will stop and watch if you come across it on TV, even though you've seen every episode at least 20 times?
Almost certainly The Simpsons, unless the episode is well underway (past the five minute mark), in which case I just feel like I've missed too much.
Or if it's a bad episode.
1. What is the first TV show you remember watching?
Oh, good question - it would likely have been Playschool or the Mr Men.
Click to view2. What is the first “grown up” TV show you watched?
I recall half watching episodes of "Lovejoy" when I was younger; not that I understood the plot.
Or, maybe it was "Randall and Hopkirk Deceased".
3. What is the first TV show you watched from the start to finish when it aired live (i.e., not via reruns)?
Might have been "Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds" (Three Musketeers with dogs), but I can't be definite. There are so many shows that I've missed the odd episode of for different reasons, which I had to catch on repeats.
It might be one of the shows that was new when I was a teenager, when I was watching religiously every week - for some reason, the short lived "Heartburn Hotel" (1998 - 2000) suddenly sprung to mind.
4. What is the oldest TV show you’ve watched?
I've watched episodes of the original Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, so whichever of those is oldest.
5. What is one TV show you will stop and watch if you come across it on TV, even though you've seen every episode at least 20 times?
Almost certainly The Simpsons, unless the episode is well underway (past the five minute mark), in which case I just feel like I've missed too much.
Or if it's a bad episode.