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#LISA GERRITSEN TV#
There was one bonafide hit, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, that firmly planted itself in my memory banks, but also a sitcom called The Good Guys (starring a post- Gilligan Bob Denver and a pre- Golden Girls Herb Edelman, as old buddies running a diner the theme song is indelibly imprinted in my mind, particularly the phrase “by the teeth of our skin”) an equally undistinguished sitcom, Arnie, starring Herschel Bernardi as a working-class Greek-American promoted from the loading dock to the executive suite (oh, the hijinks and scenery-chewing that ensued) and by far my fondest 1969/70 TV memory of all, My World and Welcome To It. Lonely, feeling isolated, and missing the bustling streets of Flushing, I watched a lot of TV to compensate. Many of these date from roughly the 1968-70 era, when I was unhappily settled in a strangely quiet, oppressively grassy Long Island suburb after my family had moved from Queens in ’67. Due to a likely combination of personal preference and selective memory, however, I do have strong recollections of many shows that were, to put it gently, not exactly hits. If I were her I’d take it as a compliment, and leave it at that.Įven though I’m not Catholic, the last few days before a fast-approaching birthday seem to me as good a time as any for making a confession, so here’s one for you: Unlike many of my U.S.-raised peers in my generation (sometimes known as Late Boomers or Generation Jones), I have no childhood memories to speak of involving watching The Monkees or The Brady Bunch, nor do I feel much fondness for the likes of Gilligan’s Island or I Dream of Jeannie. Which just goes to show you that even though Lisa may not particularly want to be found, there are still some people out there searching for her, for whatever reason. Note: Since its publication in 2014, this entry has become by far the most popular single post on this blog.
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