To think we need more programmes like The Littlest Hobo

[Theteenandme]

Dont you think that bringing back The Littlest Hobo, Happy Days and The Wonder Years etc (but only in their original ways, no modern interpretations) would help heal the world? Just some wholesome, family escapism (even if you you cry a bit when the dog keeps moving on).

They should also bring back most of the GOOD children's programming from the 1980s and 1990s. But it won't happen.

Round the Twist for me, the theme tune and the bird poo episode 🤣

But have you ever, ever felt like this? With strange things happening, are you going round the twist?

Sunday night for me always equalled The Muppet Show!

I grew up elsewhere but we also had Littlest Hobo, and Little House on the Prairie.
And Love Boat, Gilligan's Island, What Will They Think of Next (kind of like Tomorrow's World, a science/invention type show), and then the Degrassi series, from the Kids to the Junior High to High School. Topical and gritty themes for the times, even though they'd be quite tame now compared to Waterloo road and so on. But they seemed quite edgy at the time, and yet real and wholesome too.

They have brought back Wonder Years, it's on Disney. Set in the same time I think.

Yeah, but “Why don’t you?”

Completely agree, HATED the Littlest Hobo.

Really enjoying this thread - so many memories! Had completely forgotten Heidi and Gentle Ben and
loved the Wonder Years.
Anyone remember Johnny Briggs?

Yes! Looking after the class rabbit, and his PITA older sister taking his library book to balance on her head when she was practising modelling with her wet-lettuce friend.

Thanks for the nostalgia trip! I loved still love The Moomins and the clangers.

Anyone remember 80 days around the world? I think it was set in victorian times a cartoon dog and cat travelling the world (willy fogg?).

Littlest hobo was bearable. Gentle Ben we all groaned at. Loved Flipper.

Grange Hill was my fave kids programme back in the 80s/90s and I ve been rewatching it on itvX.

My dc are grown up now and if I ever catch sight of kids tv it looks awful too fast too loud too bright.

Mine grew up to tots tv, the Smoggies, Rosie and Jim, dilly the dinosaur and the family Ness. I loved those as well (even though I was in my 20s)

Dd liked Teletubbies but that did my head in.
"Again. Again". Please NO

Just remembered Bernard s Watch and The Queen s Nose....good stories.

So true, I’m not even sure I actually watched an episode, but yeah the theme tune was great

Why Don't You was the absolute worst. Why Don't You f*ck off!

It was on every day on the holidays and when my mum wouldn't let me out to play I lost the will to live.

@BoredZelda sorry, I wasn't telling you to f*ck off, just the programme. Realised it may have been taken the wrong way 🙊

Break in the Sun is one of my all time favourite children's dramas - the story of Patsy who runs away from Deptford to Margate to escape her abusive stepfather and mother who does nothing to protect her.

I read an interview with the writer, Bernard Ashley, who said the series hadn't been repeated since the early 80s because it was considered too hard hitting for modern children!

As someone has already mentioned here, a lot of the older programmes felt a bit ‘calmer’. I really detest how all of the recent cartoons etc…. are so loud and whizzy with bright colours and a faster pace. As an example, Take Heart versus the art programmes over the last decade. I’m not sure why they felt children would only watch high energy shows. I guess there’s some psychology behind it.

I loved Break in the Sun!

i agree that kids shows aren’t calming and gentle.
I fell asleep on the sofa and woke up to the new version of fireman Sam. It was loud bright and fast and not very calming.

Surely this has a bad psychological effect on children?

Maybe tomorrow I’ll wanna settle down
until tomorrow, I’ll just keep movin on….

loved the Littlest Hobo!

Preach! I still know every word. I love this tune.

Brings back fond memories of a homeless guy at Waterloo I’d see every day. He sat begging by the station exit always singing the littlest hobo theme tune. Great marketing by that guy.

Especially the grilled cheese 😁

Muskahounds - another classic theme tune. Loved it. ‘One for all, and all for one….’

‘In Germany I’m Johan, in England I am John’! I’ve found my people!

Happy Days was the worst! Nothing about it was fun - awful theme song, awful acting. Dukes of Hazard also terrible but seems to be remembered fondly by quite a lot of folk.