As I've stated before, I watched a lot (too much?) TV growing up. I remember Bill Cosby had a variety-type show! I remember Flip Wilson's show - Geraldine was hilarious, but he had several other characters he did as well, & his show was pretty fun to watch. Red Skelton had a show on that I begged my mother to let me stay up & watch - she usually said yes! When Laugh-In came on, I was lucky if I got to watch it, because it was too "adult" for a kid, according to my folks. *sigh* They just didn't understand that comedy is COMEDY. Yet they'd let me watch Dean Martin's show!

Ah, Dino... I could wax lyrical about him for several blog posts! I remember he had at least 2 different "barbers" on his show - Nipsey Russell & Dom DeLuise - both funny as heck! The barbershop skits were among the funniest on Dino's show, he had a lot of fun with them, & usually cracked up in mid-skit - it was pretty obvious that Dean loved to laugh!

Then there was Diahann Carroll, Doris Day, Juliet Mills, Marlo Thomas, Hope Lange - all women starring in their own shows & making the female presence on TV even stronger! Some really fond memories there - most shows featured men, with women being mere props. And of course, we can't forget the illustrious Lucille Ball & her beautiful pal, Vivian Vance! You did good, girls! Thanks!

Yeah, these are some of my "old friends", & many I'm not going to name here - just check my favorite shows & you'll see plenty of others!