Top 5 favorite childhood TV shows

5.Greatest American Hero

As a kid I would watch any show that was based on a comic book or had super heroes in it. And this show hit at the perfect time. Also it has a great theme song. One that I currently have on my mp3 player.Lasting 3 seasons it was about a school teacher who gets a uniform from some aliens. This suit gives him super powers. But the teacher loses the instructions. So he has to learn as he goes. About a year ago I got the first season for $5 on DVD. And it actually holds up.

4.The Fall Guy

Lasting 5 seasons this hour long drama was a starring vehicle for Lee Majors. Lee played Colt Seavers, who is a movie stunt man. Who is also a bounty hunter. As I got older I started watching the show more often because the perky and very pretty Markie Post was on the show for a few seasons. Plus like Greatest American Hero, The Fall Guy has a great theme song. When I was in Army Training Corps my first night there we were all lined up to take a shower. There was 40 of us and 10 shower heads. So you had to wait till a shower head was empty. One of the guys waiting in line started singing the Fall Guy theme. And very quickly everyone joined in.

3.The Incredible Hulk

As far back as I can remember I have been into comic books and super heroes. I clearly remember my first day of kindergarten. And I remember wearing my favorite shirt that day. Which was my Hulk shirt. I was a huge Hulk fan because of this TV show. The late Bill Bixby played David Banner. Who traveled around the USA always one step ahead of the law. After it ended after 5 seasons I didn't see it again till sometime in the mid 2000s. Which is the time frame that the SciFi Channel started airing it. I wasn't expecting it to be as good as I remembered it. But it was. I really need to go and buy all the seasons on DVD. After the show had ended we got 3 made for TV movies. The first 2 were meant to be backdoor pilots for Thor and Daredevil TV shows.

2.The Addams Family

Ahh the Addams Family. The local UHF channel where I grew up showed this 3 days a week. Mondays,Wednesdays,Fridays it aired at 5pm. Right after all the cartoons. Being such a huge fan of the horror genre this show quickly became must see TV. As a kid I was never a fan of TV shows that were black and white. But that didn't bother me with this one. I love the morbid and dark sense of humor that permeates this show. It is another show that one day I will end up buying both seasons on DVD.

1.Batman

NA NA NA NA NA NA BATMAN!!! I first heard of this show when I was 4. My older cousin was over spending the weekend with us. He had just watched Superfriends with me and asked me if I had ever seen Batman. I had never heard of it. About 2 years later the same channel that aired The Addams Family started showing Batman at 4pm weekdays. I got quickly got hooked on this show. I love how almost every episode ends on a cliffhanger. Kind of like the old movie serials. Sadly because of various rights issues the show hasn't been released on DVD or Blu Ray. But if you look around on the Net or go to a convention you can find DVD sets of all three seasons. Maybe one day the rights issues will be cleared up and one of the best superhero live action shows will get a good digital release.