Childhood American TV Series Part 1

-
Yesterday, I was writing about some of the rules my parents gave me when I was still young.  I also mentioned that I was allowed to watch Dayuhan on TV (1987 Filipino TV series).  Some people might think that my childhood TV dates were full of Filipino TV shows.  The contrary is true actually.  When I was young, my parents, especially my father, encouraged us to watch English/American TV shows.  Of course, we were allowed to watch Filipino TV shows but that's for another blog.

Image from firehow.com
The TV show that left an imprint on my mind is MACGYVER.  I was in grade school when this TV series was being shown (1985-1992).  MacGyver (played by Richard Dean Anderson) is a secret agent who can solve anything and make anything with the use of his duct tape and Swiss army knife.  I can still remember some recurring themes wherein bad guys would trap or imprison MacGyver in a room and he would just escape by using stuff found inside that room.  I believe that MacGyver influenced me to buy a cheap army knife when I was in high school, not to mention by obsession with tapes (masking tape, packing tapes, clear tapes, etc) when I was in college. And yes, until now, we still have several rolls of tape in the house.  If you search the Internet, there are several websites dedicated to finding out out if the experiments done by MacGyver in the TV series are true or realistic.  More than half are true. Of course, the rest of the experiments are for "TV purposes" only. If you want to know more about MacGyver, you can go to www.macgyveronline.com. 

Image from unrealitymag.com
Another TV show that we used to watch at home was THE A-TEAM.  Yes, it was a TV series before it became that big movie we saw years ago (2010).  This TV series was shown when I still really young (1983-1987), so I can remember so little from it.  The most that I can remember are helicopters, and Mr. T.  Just like in the recent movie, the four main characters in the TV series were Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, B.A. Baracus, Murdock, and and Templeton "Faceman" Peck.  You can watch The A-Team's episodes online through www.nbc.com. 

Image from headhuntersholosuite.wikia.com
Look at that smolder!
Another TV show that we followed at home stars The Hasselhoff.  Why is he called The Hasselhoff anyway?  It's not Baywatch.  Baywatch was shown on TV a little later.  I'm taking about KNIGHT RIDER.  This TV series was shown in the US between 1982 to 1986.  But I guess, it was shown a little later in the Philippines.  This TV series is about Michael Knight (Hasselhoff), an undercover Las Vegas police detective, and his talking high-tech car named KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand).  This show was rather popular because of its sci-fi element (I mean, whoever heard of a talking car in the 80s?).  Those born in the 90s cannot possibly understand some references on "Hasselhoff and his talking car".  They are referring to this TV show.  To know more about Knight Rider, you can go to www.knightrideronline.com.

There were other TV series that we followed during the 80s but I can't recall all of them. I even remember watching a TV show entitled "Hunter" which, according to wikipedia, ran from 1984 to 1991.  This TV series must have been good because I can clearly remember my father watching it.  Sad to say, I can't remember a single episode or scene from this show.  I believe though that this TV show was good enough to have my father name his favorite dog "Hunter".

All the TV shows I mentioned above were being shown on TV while I was still in grade school, and I was watching them with my parents (PG, right?).  When I was in high school, I followed a different set of TV shows, which I will discuss in my next blog.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Childhood Rules

-
Image
Yesterday, I read about Chelsea Clinton's childhood rules which were given to her by her parents.  One of the rules that she had when she was young was "no cartoon shows during weekdays".  Aw!  Good for her.  After reading the article, I also remembered a few rules that I needed to follow when I was still young. One of the rules I can distinctly remember is GO HOME RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL.  I went to a public elementary school, and our dismissal time was around 4PM.  Most kids would stay at school and play or hang-out with their classmates but I had to go home right away.  This rule, however, was only until I was in Grade 4.  When I was in Grades 5 and 6, I was allowed to stay at school until 5:00PM.  Hooray for that!  I believe that this is a pretty reasonable rule. It was for my own safety.  Also, when I was allowed to stay a little bit after school, it was as if my parents were telling me that they trust me to use the one hour wi...
Read more

SecPa Documents and the Obsession with Long Lines

-
Image
Nowadays, most institutions ask for NSO (National Statistics Office) documents in Security Paper (SecPa).  Here in Bacolod City, you can acquire NSO SecPa documents by going to the NSO office and WAITING IN LINE for them.  Some people actually go to NSO as early as 3 in the morning because I think there is a limit as to the number of people that NSO can serve everyday.  Is it 300 people a day?  I'm not so sure.  But anyway, I cannot imagine myself waking up at 1 in the morning, riding a jeepney to the city at 2 in the morning and waiting in line from 3 in the morning until, probably, around 11AM.  And I don't think that there are jeepneys available in our area at 2AM.  Image from phlist.com I am in need of a SecPa document and I was thinking that there must be another option.  So I went to the website of NSO (which is www.census.gov.ph), and there I saw a link to http://nso.citizenservices.com.ph/  wherein you can acquire your SecPa ...
Read more

NOTES ON GENESIS 1

-
Image
INTRODUCTION I am not a Bible scholar and I don ’t have a PhD in Biblical Studies.  I am just an ordinary person who studies the Bible.  I will be posting some notes and thoughts that I have as I study the Bible.  I am all for a healthy discourse, however, I will not be a party to bashing, destructive arguments, and the like. I am open to a positive learning experience.   NOTES ON GENESIS 1 1.   As I started reading the Bible, I noted in verse 1 that “God created the heavens and the earth”.  There was no mention of planets, galaxies, and the universe.  In fact, the words galaxy and universe are not in the Bible.  The word planet was mentioned only once in 2 Kings. 2.  The first creation of God was light.  There was already Light on earth BEFORE the sun and moon were created.  In other words, we cannot consider the sun and moon as the MAIN SOURCES of light because even before they were created, there was already LIGH...
Read more