Hey everyone! :)
Yes, I am aware that I am a full day late in posting
something up for you, but I didn’t realize how many things I was going to have
to sort through for todays blog post! I decided at about 9:00 pm that I wanted
to do a throwback Thursday post about all the television shows that I miss from
when I was growing up. I didn’t realize just how many I missed and which ones I
wish were still up and running. I made a list of about a million, okay so maybe
that is a slight exaggeration but it felt like it, so I needed to do some
narrowing down! So I’ve decided to do the top 12“retro” shows that I miss from
when I was growing up and would love to see some kind of reunion or at least
re-airing in no particular order.
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1. Lizzie McGuire
I can still remember watching this show
after school all the time! I would get home and watch Lizzie McGuire as much as
possible because I loved the life lessons that I would get from it. It is
probably the first tv show that I think I cried over the ending and found my first
OTP (one true pair) on. I think the advice that I got from Lizzie’s mom is some
of the best that I’ve ever gotten in my life. That isn’t the kind of thing that
you can really say about some shows today is it?
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2. Even Stevens
This show reminded me a lot of the
interaction about my little brother and I, especially looking back on it now.
Who didn’t love those shows with the crazy antics of a younger brother creating
havoc in a family and causing his older siblings to pull their hair out. The
movie that they did is probably one of my favorite out there, second only to
the Lizzie McGuire one of course, because of the perfect combination of real
life, a family conquering everything together and just outstanding comedy.
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3. That’s So Raven
Okay now find me one person who has never
seen this show! It was a classic story that just made you wish that you could
see into the future sometimes. I know I always liked to pretend that I could
see things that would happen, but it was all just a fantasy. I found a lot of
self-confidence in this show from the way that the characters just stood up for
themselves and their friends no matter what happened. I think it truly helped
me to become the person that am today,
however indirectly.
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4. Art Attack
I loved watching and trying to do the art
work on this show! I am one of THE most un-artistic people on the planet though
so needless to say that my art was never close to the work done on there.
Recently, my friends and I did our own big art attack piece and it was pretty
amazing to do. I can still remember getting confused about what PVA paste was
because we didn’t have it in Canada and complaining about why we couldn’t get
it at the store to properly do the crafts.
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5. Zooboomafoo
The Kratt brothers had the coolest job when
I was growing up. To be able to see all those animals and to just have the kind
of life that they did always made me super duper excited to watch! I loved
anything to do with animals and the funny stories and things that happened, all
while teaching you about stuff, was amazing. I remember sitting there and being
so addicted to the show—enough that I learned all the words.
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6. Zoom
I wanted to be on this show so so so much!
You have no idea how many times I tried to write into the show to see if I
could be a part of it, but of course that never happened. I just loved the
amount of fun that the kids had, all the cool things they learned to do and
make. Heck, it felt like recess when watching them run around and play games.
It was all because of Zoom that I learned to purify water and to say the
alphabet backwards.
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7. Boy Meets World
I am so excited that this show is coming
back with a new series! It was one of my favourite shows on the planet and I
will say that I cried my heart out when that show finally ended. The way that
it grew up with the audience and truly tried to make sure that it covered all
kinds of relevant topics made it a memorable show. You honestly watched and
grew up with Cory and Topenga, loved getting advice from Mr. Feeney and laughed
so much whenever Eric did something stupid or crazy. I miss those kind of shows
that you could just get into after only a few seconds.
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8. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The theme song to this show is
still alive and going strong today. Last year for the school talent show my
graduating class all performed this song on stage because we all grew up with
it. We all still watch it of course when they replay it on television and still
find it as funny and deep as we did back then. If anything, it has just gotten
better with age because we truly understand a lot more then we ever did in the
past. It was just so funny to see the sheer contrast between Will and the rest
of the family and I think that is what made it great. That family comes in all
shapes and sizes.
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9. The Amanda Show
So long before Amanda Bynes went crazy on
twitter and was in jail, she was the fun and loving girl from the Amanda
show. It was one of the first “stand-up,
sketch” shows that I can remember watching (other then All That) and truly
connecting with. I mean honestly, it was the first look at a real “fangirl” and
the lengths that people went through for famous people. We all remember that
don’t we? When Amanda played a character that was completely obsessed with
herself? Good times, good times.
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10. Saved
by the Bell
A typical high school show that is still as
relevant today as it was back then. I find myself thinking that about a lot of
shows really. I just remember wanting to act like Jessie but to dress like
Kelly because they were my two favourite characters. I mean, Lisa was amazing but
I just never found myself able to connect with her character because I was the
kind of kid that would eat dirt and didn’t like to act girly and up with the
fashion trends. If you saw what I wore as a child, it would make a lot of you
cry.
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11. Who’s
Line Is It Anyway
The hilarity of the skits on this show was enough to make
me laugh for years and years, and probably for more to come! I still can’t
believe how many times I’ve looked this show up on Youtube to watch some clips
after a bad day and find myself laughing at it for hours on end. Truth be told
a lot of the jokes would go over my head as a kid as it was meant to, but
watching it back now makes it even more amazing. I think a lot of shows were
like that, meant to be okay for children but aimed to the parents that were watching
as well.
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12. Rugrats
I had to throw in one of my favourite
cartoons of all time! No, I don’t mean the new one where they have all grown up
and are moody teenagers, but the one where Tommy Pickles is hiding things in
his diaper to break out of their play pen and poor Chucky is scared of his own
shadow. I wanted to become a babysitter and deal with kids because this show seemed
like an accurate look into the lives of all the babies around the world. They
could talk to one another and were super smart amongst each other but adults
were just not concerned enough to pay proper attention. I loved that kind of
thing and always tried to listen super hard when I was around young kids to see
if I could pick up on any kind of secret plans.
Okay guys so that is everything! I made it a little bit
shorter then I would have liked because of my wrist, but longer then a normal
post because I missed Thursday and don’t want to push my wrist too much today
by trying to write two! If you would like to see a part two of this list, let
me know! I have a ton of other shows I
had to cut out and that I love to this day! Are there any that you love a lot?
Cheers! x
-A
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