Which TV Character/Show ?

[katiesue]

What TV Character or show did you want to be/live in when you were a kid?

I had a few-

I definitely wanted to be Ann Marie in That Girl. She had the cool clothes, nice apartment and Daddy or Donald would rescue her from any of the wacky situations she got herself into. And she never had hair out of place.

Samantha in Bewitched was another one. How cool would it be to be a witch? Just wiggle your nose and things appear or disappear. Plus she had such a great sense of humor between Darrin and her whole wacky family.

I definitely wanted to live in the Family Affair world. Cool high rise apartment. My hometown doesn’t have any buildings over three stories so that was just so amazing to me as a kid. Central Park was your playground. You had Mr. French as your butler and who wouldn’t love Uncle Bill? Buffy & Jody were a little annoying but Cissy seemed like a totally cool big sister. I desperately wanted a Mrs. Beasely doll but never got one.

[€uroMeinke]

Gomez from the Adams Family, cool, swanky, urgoth - he had all the great toys (colliding trains), and a house filled with entertaining ephemera, not to mention his hot wife, Morticia.

[AllyOops!]

Definitely Charlie's Angels.

My favorite Angels were Chris Munroe (Cheryl Ladd) & Tiffany Welles (Shelley Hack). Of course, Kelly, Jill, Sabrina & Julie were all pretty swell, too! I thought all of the Angels were just fabulous. They were smart, clever & they looked so gorgeous kickin' ass in their platform shoes and bell bottomed pants! And never a feathered 'do out of place!

I often thought it would be amazing to visit Fantasy Island, until I realized that every hopeful guest usually had a "be careful what you wish for" lesson in the end. What kind of fantasy fun vacation is that??

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Gomez from the Adams Family, cool, swanky, urgoth - he had all the great toys (colliding trains), and a house filled with entertaining ephemera, not to mention his hot wife, Morticia.

yeah, that about says it all for me.

mmmmm.....Morticia.

that or Lost in Space.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by katiesue

What TV Character or show did you want to be/live in when you were a kid?

Samantha in Bewitched was another one.

I didn't want to be Samantha, but to the whole Ginger v. MaryAnn v. Jeannie debate, my answer always has always been, "Samantha, baby."

I could also have lived quite happily in "Petticoat Junction."

As to characters I (rightly or wrongly) admired: Lucas McCain, Slip Mahoney, Maxwell Smart, Sam McMillan, James West, Ricky Ricardo.

Anything with Moosie Dreyer.

Somewhat off topic, years ago one of our local TV stations had a marvelous weekend early morning lineup. I don't quite remember the order, but it consisted of:

The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis
Green Acres
Batman (2 episodes)
The Wild Wild West.

A very nice lineup to be hungover to.

[€uroMeinke]

damn - now you've got me going:

Ed Straker from UFO
Boris Badinov from Rocky & Bullwinkle

[SzczerbiakManiac]

• The Six Million Dollar Man - But I wanted Jaime Sommers' bionic ear as well.
• Wonder Woman - Whenever I watched the show, I would spin when she changed her costume.
• any (Be)witch(ed)
• The Man from Atlantis - I used to try to swim like him underwater.
• Isis - I'd often utter her "incantations".

[AllyOops!]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Wonder Woman - Whenever I watched the show, I would spin when she changed her costume.

Thank you for the memory flashback!! I too, used to spin n' spin everytime with Wonder Woman!

I had forgotten about Wonder Woman! I loved Wonder Woman and her fabulous gold cuffs and magical lasso. Of course, I also though Wonder Girl (Debra Winer) was pretty fabulous!

I also thought Lyle Waggoner was pretty cute.

[€uroMeinke]

Ohhh - James West, that's a good one, but also reminds me of another favorite:

Mr. Steed, from the avengers - also a man fullof charm and swank, as well as a super-hot sidekick, Mrs. Peel.

Along the "spy" genre, I might also take Mr. Phelps from Mission Impossible, or even the infamous #6 from the Prisoner.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Mr. Steed, from the avengers - also a man fullof charm and swank, as well as a super-hot sidekick, Mrs. Peel.

Absof*inlutely.

Which reminds me: Big from "Sex in the City," although that is, of course, more of an adult thing.