Important media sources of the evolution of my world view.
- Captain Kangaroo
- Frankenstein Junior
- Fantastic Four cartoon (early 60s)
- H.R. Puffinstuff
- Lost in Space
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- The Time Tunnel
- Land of the Giants
- Star Trek – Original Series
- Doc Savage novels
- Carl Sagan – Cosmos series
- Nova – PBS series
- All in the Family
- Original Planet of the Apes movie series
- The Andy Griffith Show
- Gomer Pyle
- DC Comics from the 1970s, especially the Flash. I like all the time travel sciency stuff he could do with his powers.
- Skateboarder Magazine
- Mark Gimarc’s Rock and Roll Alternative (thanks to my friend Paul for making me remember this — it was CRITICAL!)
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Dr. Demento
Hunter S. Thompson
Mickey Spillane
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Bible
Skateboarder Magazine
Mark Gimarc’s Rock and Roll Alternative
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Oh dude — yes — most of those should be on my list. Well, maybe not Spillane, but the rest (even, yes, the Bible. If you live in the United States, it is critical to your world view whether you admit it or not). The Rock in Roll Alternative was CRITICAL. Adding that!
We share a few…
Captain Kangaroo
H.R. Puffinstuff (Sid and Marty Kroft in general)
Lost in Space
The Time Tunnel
Land of the Giants
Star Trek – Original Series
Original Planet of the Apes movie series
Comics
Skateboarder Magazine
and from Paul…
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Hunter S. Thompson
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
and some addendum…
Cheesy Kung Fu Movies
Cheesy Monster Movies
Wild Wild West
James Bond Movies
Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert
Saturday Night Live
The recordings of Carlin, Pryor, Martin, Williams, and later Hicks
Various bits of pulpish fiction
Benny Hill
I can support all of those. This list is becoming very good.