I brought the subject up while talking about those old Christmas shows with my wife but then she sprung H.R.Pufnstuf on me! Blew my mind! LOL! I was about 5 years old ...

I'm drawing a blank, only thing I remember watching at 5 years old (I guess) was the original Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry. Under 10 would be Star Trek, Space: 1999, Ark II and Charlie's Angels (I think I wanted to bang Kelly Garrett before I even knew what sex was, and in Jill Monroe's Mustang II Cobra).

I never heard of the above show, thread should be interesting, see if I can remember them.

I remember HR PuffnStuff but that was a show my little sister really liked. My brother and I liked Banana Splits for the Huckle Berry Fin serial part they had. We also really liked The Wild Wild West and of course Star Trek.

When I was a little kid in England it was Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men, Noddy, and Hammy Hamster.

At age 5 I was watching Speed Racer (reruns), Starblazers, Looney Tunes, The Bugaloos (reruns) and Land of the Lost (reruns).

I don't know if it counts as a TV show like you meant, but watching the Apollo astronauts walk on the moon is something I will never forget.

Trumpton, Camberwick Green, The Clangers, Mr Ben, Mary Mungo & Midge, The Magic Ball, Star Trek, Space 1999, UFO, Thunderbirds, The Banana Splits, Jackanory, The Wombles...

WTH, I didn't even look at the HRP video, and I can't get that fricking annoying song out of my mind.

H.R. Pufnstuff,
Who's your friend when things get rough?
H.R. Pufnstuff
Can't do a little cause he can't do enough.

Good God, I could be brainwashed and set off by a trigger word.

If I got up too early it would be on, forcing me to watch it before "Jonny Quest" would come on.

Howdy Doodey thought the kid was real

Yeah, I think Linebacker just meant KID shows.

It might not count for what the OP was after but I agree. That was the most amazing thing I ever saw on a television and that includes all of the hours I spent watching Star Trek.

Somehow I missed HR Puf, as I have no memories of it. I do remember Star Trek, though, and Battlestar Galactica.

Oh, and Land of the Lost, Sesame Street and Electric Company, but I didn't really care too much about them.



The Jedi Master

Never saw Starblazers but the rest were on my to watch list. I think the girl that played Joy (Caroline Ellis) in The Bugaloos was my first celebrity crush.


Wheels

Me too!! She was super cute and she had that sexy, exotic English accent.

The Point

I saw this on TV when I was like 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point!


It is like this whole animated special that revolves around a music album, with a bit of a story in between songs.






So weird.




(Wow...Dustin Hoffman and Ringo Starr were involved in this?!.... now I want to see it again).

Rag Tag & Bobtail, & Muffin the Mule (probably now a criminal offence!) on a 9-inch black and white screen back in 1953

Did you have 2 or 3 channels back then?

Blake's 7.

Intergalactic freedom fighter is framed for paedophilia and sent to a prison planet, only to be broken out by a rag-tag crew of mercenaries he recruits to overthrow the evil fascist Galactic Federation.

Whichever way you cut it, it was quite a lot to take on for a six year old

Until around 1985 - 4 UHF stations including PBS, and 2 VHF stations.

Then we got cable and it changed EVERYTHING!

Just the one. The second didn't come until 1955, and the third (BBC2) in 1964.