What Sara wrote on her blog made me write this piece (cewah, piece tu.. mcm some Piano piece je). Being an 80s baby
rocks. I remember I used to wait for the
Intisari Rancangan where the person would read out the TV program. One time, while the person was reading the program, suddenly one of her ear rings dropped while shooting. And she kept on reading but she cleared her throat after that incident happened. I laughed so loud! I think I was only 4 or 5. I will never forget that.
I used to be glued on the TV for hours. Those days DVD or VCD players belum wujud lagi. During day time, I would watch Smurfs, She-Ra and He-Man, Thundercats (they were awesome!), Jem and the Hologram (I love their songs!), My little Pony, Carebears, Ducktales, Bugsbunny show, Popeye The Sailorman. Those are the ones that I can remember. Garfield was around during the 1990s. Other than cartoons, I would watch Little House on the Prairie, Growing Pains (my family would sit in front of the tv and watch this), Full House, The A Team, McGyver, AirWolf, Doogie Howser, The Cosby Show, Family Matters (Famous quote by Steve Urkel 'Did I do thaaat?'), Family Ties, Fat Albert, My Two Dads, Ghostbusters, Ninja Turle, Out of this world (this is a really cool one), Small Wonder, Wonder Years (OMG, best sangat citer nih), Who's The Boss, Just the 10 of us, .. Eh banyak la.. Tu tak campur the ones during the early 90s like.. Secret World of Alex Mack, 21 Jump Street, Zorro, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Get Smart, Moesha, Ferris Beuller, Saved by the Bell, Clarissa Explains it All, omg, banyaknya... Of course there was a time where sometimes I would run back home early to watch that Japanese show we all loved so much, Moero Attack.. Come on, you wouldn't be an 80s baby if you didn't watch that one. It was awesome!
Then puberty hit me and I stopped watching cartoons or citer berunsurkan ke-kanak-kanakkan.. I started watching Santa Barbara (lagu Peabo Bryson, if ever you're in my arms again) and Beverly Hills 90210 and I never miss an episode. This was when I was in Standard 6. Everybody who is anybody watched that show. Girls would wanna be like Brenda or Kelly and find a boyfriend like Brendon or Dylan McKay. I didn't watch Melrose Place though. There was a short tv channel, MetroVision and they would air Dawson's Creek, Daria, Le Femme Nikita, Models Inc (famous quote, I know you killed Teri Spencer).
I think these are only a few that I remember. Im certain that I watched a lot more shows than this. Listing all these shows, I could evidently encapsulate that I grew up with TV. During that growing up phase, our brains are like sponges waiting to absorb new things. I would repeat some of the sentences out loud to learn new words or study how they talk. I guess it's a learning process. My siblings would tease each other by quoting from TV shows especially Growing Pains (since its about siblings who grew up together) and also Fresh Prince of Bel Air and
Did I do thaaaat? by Family Matters.
Those were the days. The good old days. One day we will look back and probably I would write how I religiously follow tv shows like
30 Rock, Seinfeld, Weeds, Glee, How I Met Your Mother, Castle, Modern Family, Community, South Park, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, The Office, The Good Wife, Ghost Whisperer, numb3rs, Cougar Town, Conan O Brien, Simpsons, Futurama, House, Psych, Laguna Beach, The Hills (I LOVE THIS!), Chuck, Haven, Mike and Molly, Outsourced (must watch!!), The Big Bang Theory, Two and a half men and so much more that I just cant remember right now. Gila kan? I think most of you would list down the same TV shows. Tu tak campur citer yang I missed out and will soon do a marathon like Entourage, Gossip Girls, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Friends, etc etc. Gosh banyaknya!... I wish I would read as much as I watch tv though :p
The shows that I highlighted in
blue are brilliantly funny in a dark way and I would highly recommend you to watch those.
The Sopranos is also a good watch but be careful because once you start, it's hard to stop.. and it has 6 heavy seasons :p
