Gregg Axley
I'll Lock Up
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Yup, I just love it. The show relaxes me.
Plan on a Netflix Rockford Files marathon tonight.
We have that on our Que as well.
Need to start watching it again.
Yup, I just love it. The show relaxes me.
Plan on a Netflix Rockford Files marathon tonight.
Yup, I just love it. The show relaxes me.
Plan on a Netflix Rockford Files marathon tonight.
I spent most Friday evenings at my grandmother's. Every week, without fail, the General Lee would hit the "ramp" of dirt (supposedly a road construction sight) as the great Waylon Jennings would sing "...Fighting the system like two modern-day Robin Hoods" and my grandmother would scream (and I am not exagerating) "OH THEM BOYS ARE GONNA KILL THEMSELVES!!!"
My brother and I would secretly look forward to the outburst all week long.
You know, I'm struck by the fact that so much of our tastes, and our parents' tastes, depended on where we grew up. (And when.)
My parents were both born in NYC, and I grew up right over the border in Westchester. My folks were big fans of the live TV dramas in the fifties, and while we watched a wide range of popular shows when I was a kid in the sixties (Bewitched, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Secret Agent, Carol Burnett, etc.), they really dug "classier" fare like The Defenders and early (pre-PBS network) public broadcasting/BBC shows like The Forsyte Saga and The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
But... they had absolutely zero affinity for country-oriented shows like Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The Andy Griffith Show, and later, Hee Haw or Dukes of Hazzard. They were urbanites with pretentions to being psuedo-intellectuals, and they felt that the country shows just weren't for us: they were silly, and obviously directed at heartland folks who could relate to those farms, little towns, eccentric characters, country music, and rural humor. So... I never watched any of those shows as a kid. And there was no way that I could get into them later on when I was on my own: they were just totally alien to my experiences (and not in a fascinating way like science fiction, westerns, war stories, period costume dramas, etc.)
Anyway, my point is that the "accidents" of your early locale and mindset have an awful lot to do with what you're exposed to, and what you end up liking...
You know, I'm struck by the fact that so much of our tastes, and our parents' tastes, depended on where we grew up. (And when.)
My parents were both born in NYC, and I grew up right over the border in Westchester. My folks were big fans of the live TV dramas in the fifties, and while we watched a wide range of popular shows when I was a kid in the sixties (Bewitched, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Secret Agent, Carol Burnett, etc.), they really dug "classier" fare like The Defenders and early (pre-PBS network) public broadcasting/BBC shows like The Forsyte Saga and The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
But... they had absolutely zero affinity for country-oriented shows like Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The Andy Griffith Show, and later, Hee Haw or Dukes of Hazzard. They were urbanites with pretentions to being psuedo-intellectuals, and they felt that the country shows just weren't for us: they were silly, and obviously directed at heartland folks who could relate to those farms, little towns, eccentric characters, country music, and rural humor. So... I never watched any of those shows as a kid. And there was no way that I could get into them later on when I was on my own: they were just totally alien to my experiences (and not in a fascinating way like science fiction, westerns, war stories, period costume dramas, etc.)
Anyway, my point is that the "accidents" of your early locale and mindset have an awful lot to do with what you're exposed to, and what you end up liking...
Leave It To Beaver, episode 1.
Yeah I know, I've seen the whole series several times over.
But I still like it.
You know, I'm struck by the fact that so much of our tastes, and our parents' tastes, depended on where we grew up. (And when.)
My parents were both born in NYC, and I grew up right over the border in Westchester. My folks were big fans of the live TV dramas in the fifties, and while we watched a wide range of popular shows when I was a kid in the sixties (Bewitched, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Secret Agent, Carol Burnett, etc.), they really dug "classier" fare like The Defenders and early (pre-PBS network) public broadcasting/BBC shows like The Forsyte Saga and The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
But... they had absolutely zero affinity for country-oriented shows like Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The Andy Griffith Show, and later, Hee Haw or Dukes of Hazzard. They were urbanites with pretentions to being psuedo-intellectuals, and they felt that the country shows just weren't for us: they were silly, and obviously directed at heartland folks who could relate to those farms, little towns, eccentric characters, country music, and rural humor. So... I never watched any of those shows as a kid. And there was no way that I could get into them later on when I was on my own: they were just totally alien to my experiences (and not in a fascinating way like science fiction, westerns, war stories, period costume dramas, etc.)
So true. We were a farm family - farming the land that my great-grandfather had settled when he came over from Italy (my brother is farming the same ground now) and we could relate to those country shows.
We also only got three channels when I was growing up - PBS, CBS, and ABC (we did have NBC for awhile, but then they yanked it). I watched a lot of shows on PBS - cooking, crafting, and travel shows, plus Masterpiece Theater and all those great BBC comedies. I still love the costume dramas and BritComs today.
That doesn't work for me. I have always lived in the city and never had any real country experience. All those shows were just guy shows when we were growing up and it encompassed several generations. Then again, such "longhaired" shows and pretentiously high class things were looked down on.
Hee Haw.
With Lester Flat and Hugh Hefner. I assume Hugh showed since he was dating Barbi Benton at the time.
That's exactly why he was there.