Which book/film/TV series from your childhood has stayed with you all your life?

[Tallyfire]

I wasn't sure how to phrase the title. It's like some things we consume in our childhood get ingrained on the psyche, and continue to live rent-free in our minds.

For me, it's Star Trek. It's not like I was ever even a Star Trek fan, but it was often playing in the background throughout my childhood. When I think about what kind of stories I want to write, I keep circling back to Star Trek. I really should go rewatch the old series.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I have reread it at least once a year since 1964. It is closely followed by the same author's A Little Princess, which I've reread every winter since roughly the same time.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I wasn't exactly a child, I was about 18 when I read Wuthering Heights, and the passions in the novel carried me away. I still have a clear memory of reading the last page and just sitting there gaping, in the throes of the powerful story I had read.

 

[Tallyfire]

Wuthering Heights is so gripping! I regularly reread Jane Eyre, which I also only first picked up as a teenager. I often want to retreat into the Yorkshire moors and rediscover Thornfield Hall.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I'll see your timeless literary classics and raise you with the unbridled joy of Tom & Jerry. It didn't have a regular slot on TV, more filler for whenever there was a ten minute interval between scheduled shows. The call would go out and the bunch of us would cram in front of the TV, waiting for the credits to finish with fingers crossed that the final credit would read "Directed by Fred Quimby." I know nothing about him other than he was the mark of quality on Tom & Jerry. Half a century later I can still picture poor Jerry finally cornered with his little heart beating out of his chest.

 

[Naja Noir]

Hmm, I've loved 1984 for almost twenty years, Pride and Prejudice for slightly less than. None could ever live up to Mr Darcy. Nor could any government control scare me as much as Big Brother

The only books from my childhood that stayed with me are, Where The Sidewalk Ends, such a delight to read. And my all time favorite, though it pains me, is The Giving Tree. I have always held an affinity for trees since then...as is evident in all my profile pics across writing forums.

Movies, pretty much any 80s film geared towards youth...but mostly I'm a Goonie, always craving adventures. I've long fancied the thought of piracy on the high seas, at least the kind of days long past.

 

[Night Herald]

Hard question! I grew up relying on TV, and moreso comic books. I recall watching Jurassic Park 1 and 2 more than is probably healthy for a growing lad.

Interestingly, the TV that would really stay with me didn't show up until I was in my late 20s. It was mostly those shows I shared with my now ex-girlfriend. Stuff like Community, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. In some ways I feel like my late 20s constitute part of my childhood, because I didn't have the chance to grow up properly before then.

If I do go all the way back, there isn't lots. Our house had one TV channel for the longest time, and it never sent anything good. I do remember stuff like Adventures of the Gummi Bears, but I remember watching it more than I do the content itself. Also Littlefoot, a Land Before Time. I loved that stuff so much.