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The 10 best ever kids&#39; TV shows

Darragh McManus gets all nostalgic about the telly he was glued to when he was a nipper


  
    By Darragh McManus
    
    Friday April 04 2008
  



  Do you remember Grange Hill from your childhood television-watching days? Because, on this side of the Irish Sea, not everyone does. Some of us grew up in
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  I&#39;m suprised to see &#39;Degrassi&#39; on the list. It was filmed in Canada. I watched it growing up in my pre-teen years; it was very popular in my
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&quot;The Brady Bunch&quot; and &quot;The Monkees&quot; are considered &quot;guilty pleasure shows&quot;, which explains the tone of description of those two
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Sincerely
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Toto...
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Minion of Dragonman ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I think they were referring to the &quot;bowl on head&quot; haircut, but at the time I always loved Peter&#39;s hair. <img height="15" src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/laugh.gif" width="15" alt="image">  It was quite a change when I saw him in 1980 (? I think it was 1980) when I
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			<description><![CDATA[ <strong><font size="5">What&#39;s so funny about Peter&#39;s hair?<img height="15" src="http://www.monkeeland.com/emoticons/rant.gif" width="15" alt="image"></font></strong>  I think his hair on the TV show was absolutely <em><strong>perfect</strong></em>!!!!!<img height="57" src="http://www.monkeeland.com/emoticons/PeterFigure.gif" width="21" alt="image"> (Well, it does look a little funny in this emoticon, though.<img src="http://monkeeland.monkee-mania.com/smilies/giggle.gif">)
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m suprised to see &#39;Degrassi&#39; on the list. It was filmed in Canada. I watched it growing up in my pre-teen years; it was very popular in my
school, so popular that our teachers taped episodes for use in health and sex-ed classes.
<br>
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My niece loves Looney Tunes, I&#39;m trying to find DVD&#39;s of it in the stores.
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The Muppet Show was another show I watched in reruns. The first two seasons are available on DVD, the third season is coming in May.
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You... ]]></description>

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