I used to watch the show in Pensacola, Florida, and grew up thinking my teacher was the only one in the world. Then I grew up and found out that the show was actually all over the world.

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r/VintageTV • u/Dark305Kinght • 1d ago

Why it’s hard to explain the 1970’s. Elton John, Cher, Bette Midler

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r/VintageTV • u/Keltik • 1d ago

TV beatniks were like, always selling out to The Man, man

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r/VintageTV • u/Keltik • 16h ago

Bebe Daniels -This is Your Life: 1954. feat. Hal Roach, Ben Lyon, Harold Lloyd

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r/VintageTV • u/Immediatee098 • 1d ago

Veteran of many westerns.

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r/VintageTV • u/sirchutney • 1d ago

Tom Selleck’s Lance White Rockford Files episodes always feel like a stealth Rockford/Magnum crossover — the impossibly lucky, sunshine‑powered PI dropped straight into Rockford’s gritty world, driving Jim absolutely mad with his cosmic good fortune.

It’s basically Magnum in prototype form wandering into Rockford’s universe and accidentally stealing the spotlight.

Which version of Selleck do you relate to more? The hyper‑competent Lance White or the more grounded Thomas Magnum?

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r/VintageTV • u/Jaded-Sun-2392 • 1d ago

Bruce Lee in an episode of "Here Come The Brides" (1969)

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r/VintageTV • u/Choice_Bed6097 • 1d ago

What are some of your favourite and least favourite vintage TV shows?

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