30 Days of TV - Day 13
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next_to_normalDay 01 - A show that never should have been canceled
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
I'd say it had to be Little House on the Prairie. I suppose it's the first TV series I actually owned, since I had a whole collection of episodes on VHS (most of which we taped from TV). If you've never heard of it (I don't know, are there people out there who haven't?), it's based on the autobiographical series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, about her life growing up on a farm in Minnesota in the late 19th century. (Actually, she also lived in Wisconsin, Kansas, and South Dakota, but the TV show is just set in Minnesota.) I also read the books as a kid, and I loved them. I kind of wanted to be Laura Ingalls, and I had my mother braid my hair in pigtails like her. :) I also think I have a little bit of an American Frontier kink.
The show actually aired entirely before I was born (which I didn't realize until I just looked it up on Wikipedia), so I must've watched it in reruns. I was a loyal viewer until the point where the Ingallses started adopting random children, and I would check in occasionally and be like, "Who are all these people?" But it's a show about family, and that always gets me. Particularly big families - what can I say, I'm an only child, and I live vicariously through characters with lots of brothers and sisters. I haven't watched it in years, though, nor reread the books, so I'd be curious to revisit it again and see how it holds up to my memories, lol.
Honorable Mentions: I also recall loving Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as a kid. My friend Tess and I used to try to play Rescue Rangers, but we'd always run into difficulty because we both wanted to be Gadget (the only girl character). I also watched Duck Tales and Talespin (I kind of recall that they were on back to back in the afternoons). Oh, and I was an avid Full House and Saved By the Bell fan, too.
And the rest of the days, for those who want to play along...
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
I'd say it had to be Little House on the Prairie. I suppose it's the first TV series I actually owned, since I had a whole collection of episodes on VHS (most of which we taped from TV). If you've never heard of it (I don't know, are there people out there who haven't?), it's based on the autobiographical series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, about her life growing up on a farm in Minnesota in the late 19th century. (Actually, she also lived in Wisconsin, Kansas, and South Dakota, but the TV show is just set in Minnesota.) I also read the books as a kid, and I loved them. I kind of wanted to be Laura Ingalls, and I had my mother braid my hair in pigtails like her. :) I also think I have a little bit of an American Frontier kink.
The show actually aired entirely before I was born (which I didn't realize until I just looked it up on Wikipedia), so I must've watched it in reruns. I was a loyal viewer until the point where the Ingallses started adopting random children, and I would check in occasionally and be like, "Who are all these people?" But it's a show about family, and that always gets me. Particularly big families - what can I say, I'm an only child, and I live vicariously through characters with lots of brothers and sisters. I haven't watched it in years, though, nor reread the books, so I'd be curious to revisit it again and see how it holds up to my memories, lol.
Honorable Mentions: I also recall loving Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as a kid. My friend Tess and I used to try to play Rescue Rangers, but we'd always run into difficulty because we both wanted to be Gadget (the only girl character). I also watched Duck Tales and Talespin (I kind of recall that they were on back to back in the afternoons). Oh, and I was an avid Full House and Saved By the Bell fan, too.
And the rest of the days, for those who want to play along...
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
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Date: May. 23rd, 2010 04:19 am (UTC)Go slippin' through the cracks!
But these two! Gumshoes!
Are pickin' up the slack-
There's no case too big
No case too small
When you need help just call-
Chip Chip Chip Chip Chip and Dale!
Rescue Rangers!
Chip Chip Chip Chip Chip and Dale!
Where there's danger!
Oh it never fails!
They'll take the clues-
And find the wheres and whys and whos!
Chip Chip Chip Chip Chip and Dale!
Did I just write that out from memory? I think I did.
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