Who here is old as dirt like me and remembers Family Affair!?

Lehuaann · Oct 28, 2018

Diznotyzed said:
i remember an issue of Mad magazine that had a Family Affair parody in it. They spelled out the kids as saying "Uncle Beel - Uncle Beel".

Yes! I used to watch the whole show and then hide behind a big armchair during the credits.

Sorry, I deleted the video because I thought it might be off-topic, but, here, I’ll repost the freaky alien who made us hide behind the armchair! :laughing:

kaytieeldr · Oct 28, 2018

Watching Family Affair, even in the original run, doesn't make anyone as old as dirt.

First run I Love Lucy episodes, on the other hand...

crazymama · Oct 28, 2018

Floridaman999 said:
I remember Family Affair because my sister loved that show. I like Eddie's Father so we had to share.

"People let me tell ya about my best friend..."

I also loved the Courtship Of Eddie's Father! Totally forgot about that little gem!

crazymama · Oct 28, 2018

kaytieeldr said:
Watching Family Affair, even in the original run, doesn't make anyone as old as dirt.

First run I Love Lucy episodes, on the other hand...

Sorry...was just being cheeky! I don't really feel old as dirt. :joker:

BlueStarryHat · Oct 28, 2018

I had a Mrs. Beasley doll as well, it was actually my favorite toy. I used to sleep with her, and when she fell apart for the longest time I kept her yellow spectacles on my nightstand. What can I say? I was a weird kid.

Kellykins1218 · Oct 28, 2018

I had a Mrs. Beasley doll!

amcnj · Oct 28, 2018

kaytieeldr said:
Watching Family Affair, even in the original run, doesn't make anyone as old as dirt.

First run I Love Lucy episodes, on the other hand...

Well I think the early tv shows debuted in the 1940’s, so some posters might even have been around for them. For them, I Love Lucy would be one of those new upstart shows that came along.

holden · Oct 28, 2018

I had a Mrs. Beasley doll too!

RedAngie · Oct 28, 2018

Why did confirmed bachelor Uncle Bill live in such a large NYC apartment?

L&Lfan · Oct 28, 2018

I always loved the patio/balcony. I can't imagine what a 4 bedroom Manhattan apartment would cost.

Two episodes I remember well. Juanita, the little deaf girl and lost in Spain.

barkley · Oct 28, 2018

L&Lfan said:
Two episodes I remember well. Juanita, the little deaf girl and lost in Spain.

i remember buffy and jody getting lost in the snow w/mr. french and he made hot cocoa out of some chocolate bars to keep them warm.

BlueStarryHat · Oct 28, 2018

kaytieeldr · Oct 28, 2018

amcnj said:
Well I think the early tv shows debuted in the 1940’s, so some posters might even have been around for them. For them, I Love Lucy would be one of those new upstart shows that came along.

those were before even i was born; and they don't count because they're not on TVLand or Hallmark

barkley · Oct 29, 2018

kaytieeldr said:
they don't count because they're not on TVLand or Hallmark

when tvland first started they played MUCH older shows than now-and i miss it. i liked watching the older stuff largely from the 50's-70's.

sksjasams · Oct 29, 2018

I enjoyed Family Affair as a kid. In fact, I rocked the Buffy hair-do in 2nd grade.
No one else ever wore the curled pig-tails?

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MrsPete · Oct 29, 2018

I loved that show!
I never had the doll, but I just looked it up online -- today you can buy a 50th anniversary edition for $99. I don't know that I would've said "creepy" without prompting, but the smile is more of a smirk, and I suppose it could be saying, "Why, yes, I do have a large knife in my pocket." The doll's face is a combination of child and grandma -- young and old. Personally, I had a Holly Hobby doll. And the sheets to match.

L&Lfan · Oct 29, 2018

Nowadays when I see Mrs Beasley I think of Sophia Petrillo on the Golden Girls. Same hair.

NotUrsula · Oct 29, 2018

I remember it being on TV in first run, but I *hated* that show. For some reason, Sebastian Cabot always struck me as sinister. (I also tended to dislike shows where kids' parents were AWOL so they ended up farmed out to a relative.)

A cousin of mine was obsessed with her Mrs. Beasley doll; every photo of her before age 6 is also a photo of the doll.

I recently saw a Mrs. Beasley doll in a museum exhibit; it apparently was one of the first TV tie-ins marketed to girls, and held the record for the American all-time best-selling doll until the Cabbage Patch craze.

crazymama · Oct 29, 2018

RedAngie said:
Why did confirmed bachelor Uncle Bill live in such a large NYC apartment?

Why clearly to impress all those beautiful and glamorous women that hung out there in sequin gowns and fur stoles! :thumbsup2

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