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One of the first tv shows I remember watching was Wells Fargo. Along with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and, of course, Jingles. Also Howdy Doody and The Mickey Mouse Club Show.

I was thinking of some of those old shows and wondering where they are. That is, are they still stocked away somewhere? I mean, obviously a lot are in syndication and picked up by indies and even some bigger stations like TBS. But how about the shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Wagon Train? Route 66 and Ben Casey?

They may not have been the golden age of television. But it sure ain't today. Not with the stale stuff on there now. Some movie, an Adam Sandler vehicle?, made the statement that he was dumber after having watched a tv show. And for me, that's how I would sum up the current age of television.

So I'm ready for an oldies channel to pick up Room 222, Ameerican Bandstand and Hullabaloo, Hill St. Blues, St. Elsewhere, along with The Patty Duke Show and The Fugitive and lots of old time shows that never made it into syndication. Could tv viewing be any worse?