The Monkees – Doyle’s Space: SitCom Hall of Fame

Airing on NBC for two seasons (58 episodes), the show chronicled the fictional misadventures of a struggling rock band.

The Monkees was my favorite sitcom as a child. Before video recording, I would use my Radio Shack Cassette Recorder to capture the audio of each episode. I didn’t have an external microphone, so I would stack up books and place the recorder by the TV speaker. I would then re-play the tape over and over and sing along to each episode’s songs.

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Batman TV Series

POW! THWAPP! CRASH! KAPOW! ZZZZZWAP! BAM!

Batman aired on ABC beginning January 12, 1966 and ran for 120 episodes over 3 seasons. The last episode aired on March 14, 1968. I never missed an episode. It was intentionally humorous, simplistic morality that included championing the importance of using seat belts, doing homework, eating vegetables, and drinking milk.

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