I loved the New Zoo Revue! You see Freddie, it isn't enough to have a mother. To make a baby, ya'll also need a father. --Henrietta, The New Zoo Revuew For me, it didn't get much better than the New Zoo Revue. Three delightful animals coming right at you. To this day,...
1971: The Homecoming, A Christmas Story
The one thing I really didn't like about The Walton's was that Grandma and Grandpa always bickered at each other. Remember her nickname for him, Old Man? There were other things I didn't like, too, but I still watched the TV series faithfully throughout my entire...
The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t (1972)
Here's a little Thanksgiving after-school special for all you Gen Xers out there. This is a clip from the 1972 holiday original The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't. Happily, you can tune in to Boomerang at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. (ET) on Thanksgiving Day to see the...
1973 Afterschool Special on Divorce: My Dad Lives In A Downtown Hotel
Latchkey Generation During my first two years of high school, I lived in Southeast Kansas. My parents both worked 20 miles away, across the border in Oklahoma. I was the quintessential latchkey kid. Sometimes, I didn't mind coming home to an empty house, but mostly it...