What is the strangest television show you remember from your childhood?

@Theyitis look up the Dan Schneider scandals some of the scenes on that show were questionable and creepy.

@Adrift Investigative Discovery did a special last year about the dark side of Nickelodeon tv. Many of these former child actors stated their experiences with Dan Schneider and other producers weren't pleasant at all. Even iCarly co-star Jeanette McCurdy exposes her personal nightmare working on the show and with Dan Schneider.

@Theyitis to be fair ren and stimpy wasn’t originally meant for kids. It was originally an adult cartoon that they just edited some of the scenes out and let kids watch.

@Adrift I think the majority of children's shows produced by Sid and Marty Kroft were too weird. But they were produced in the late 60s and early 70s, so that's probably why.

@luckranger71 I’m watching them right now. I love that they still play “Go Cubs Go” after every win and leave the WGN line as-is even though they haven’t been on WGN in eons. Hopefully we get to fly the W twice today.

@BamPow Well they’re off to a good start but they really need a lot of Ws in a row lol

@HumanEarth I remember this one. I never realized the Happy Days connection, though.

@BamPow Watch it real close and then watch the 1st season of Happy Days. Very closely alike and most of the same cast

@HumanEarth Tom Bosley’s voice jumps out right away.

@HijabaDabbaDoo That does look weird. It’s funny how many kids shows seem to want to frighten children.

I remember Mary Hartmen. My uncle used to pick on my mother on her hair style. (My mom used to wear her hair the same way)

@BamPow She clearly had a drug problem at the time.

@SumKindaMunster SNL circa 1975/76 was not the best environment for someone walking in with a drug problem for sure.

@Barefooter25 Anything involving David Lynch was guaranteed to be strange. As buttoned up as networks were back then, it’s still really surprising that one gave David Lynch the freedom and the budget to do what he wanted.

@BamPow One time when I was a teenager, I saw an old episode of Laugh-In. Maybe it's the Gen-Xer in me but that show is too weird and it's not funny at all.

@Barefooter25 I haven’t seen it in ages. I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t hold up.

@robingoodfellow I absolutely loved this weird little show as a kid.

@SumKindaMunster It had to be just to explain the insane premise of the show.

@BamPow I mean, they coulda cut the whole "goes to a themepark" and just started it with him going to see the magician. That would have cut about 1 minute from the credits.

@SumKindaMunster They probably wanted some of that sweet Six Flags product placement money.

@val70 That’s a little slice of TV infamy.

@BamPow Ive been singing it since I typed it

@V00doo I’ve been singing it in my head since I read it.

@BamPow 🤭

@TheSirfurryanimalWales Wow! I’ve never heard of this before, but what a fever dream of a show. I’m definitely going to check it out more, because this kind of weirdness is right in my wheelhouse.

@thepeculiarpanda My kids loved this one.