Did a TV show you watched as a kid

[NanceGreggs]

… trigger your interest in pursuing a particular career path that you otherwise wouldn’t have thought about?

I often wonder how many scientists, doctors/nurses, lawyers, detectives, etc., were prompted to pursue certain careers as a result of a TV show that captured their imagination when they were young.

[lapfog_1]

1. sure... Startrek (original)

I ended up working for NASA for 10 years.

[unblock]

2. hmm, well, quincy, m.e. made me want to be a pathologist.

but after a paralyzing migraine kept me from studying for my freshman biology mid-term and i bombed that, i switched into economics, then later into computer science. i'm a sort of financial analyst now.

nowadays, if anyone was inspired to become a financial analyst due to a tv show or movie, that's probably a huge ethical red flag....

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Yeah, and

there's not a whole lot of "super financial analyst" shows out there now!

Years ago the Smothers Brothers had a song about "My Old Man" - and "someday I'm gonna' be the same.

[Control-Z]

10. I swear my life has been a series of failures

due to migraines. Few people "get" what I'm talking about. Sounds like you might.

[unblock]

18. After over 4,000 migraines, oh yeah, I get it. Wish I didn't....

[NightWatcher]

3. Here too. Too much Magnum PI, A-Team, Equalizer.

I've been a PI for 15+ years.

[LeftInTX]

4. Nursing - LOL

No shortage of that on TV in the 60s.

General Hospital - LOL

Not exactly the best inspiration.

[Awsi Dooger]

5. Gilligan's Island

I learned to favor the brunette

[Purveyor]

6. Perry Mason. Didn't make it to bench but I did work in the profession. eom

[NanceGreggs]

12. It was shows like that ...

... that led me to being a court reporter. I knew that I didn't want to be a lawyer - but I DID want to be in the courtroom, where I could be privy to all the goings-on and hear the arguments from both sides of an issue.

I wound up working as a court reporter for three decades - a job I loved every single day.

[madamesilverspurs]

7. Gunsmoke

I remember thinking that Miss Kitty was pretty darned sly. I did, in fact, spend a number of years "behind bars". Ah, the stories I could tell -- but I won't!

.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. Mister Wizard! I got my PhD in chemistry. Loved anything science!

Not sure I can blame my love of gardening on Green Acres, though!

[NanceGreggs]

13. I was sure when I posted this ...

... that there would be at least one Mister Wizard fan who would weigh-in!

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. Yay!

[Catmusicfan]

11. Well, as the oldest daughter of a single parent all female home

MacGuyver inspired my handy person fixes until they could actually be fixed.

[KT2000]

15. Twilight Zone

LSD

[NotASurfer]

16. Used to watch Monty Python as a child

I'm still not a normal child either. Not sure how that prepped me for a career, but I do appreciate absurdity when I run into it at work

[surrealAmerican]

21. ... but you could be anything by modeling your career on Monty Python:

... a lumberjack, a vocational guidance counsellor, an upper-class twit, a bicycle repair man ...

[NotASurfer]

24. Always wanted to be a Viking

Spam spam spam spam...

[lkinwi]

17. I was fascinated with school and teachers after watching Romper Room, but

my toy nurses kit was interesting too. I went back and forth between teaching and nursing until I was able to help an elementary teacher while in high school. After that, it was teaching all the way.

[Glamrock]

19. Not a tv show, but a tv movie.

"KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park"

[Submariner]

20. Sea Hunt and Silent Service

I watched Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt and Silent Service and Victory at Sea about Navy submarines and ships, so I became a Navy diver and am just wrapping up a 40 yr career as a marine biologist.

The only bad thing about it has been watching a Cheeto my age taking apart NOAA and the EPA regulations because the white trash POS can't get over his deep racist hate of everything Obama...including environmental protection.

[femmocrat]

22. You bet. I wanted to be a cowgirl like Dale Evans.

I didn't become one.

[Ron Obvious]

23. The moonlanding

I was hugely into the space race and astronomy as a kid, culminating into the near orgasmic joy of the moonlanding. I was so sure, certain even, that by the time I was really, really old, say 30 or so, I would be spending my holidays in fancy hotels on the moon and Mars.

Yes, it kicked off a huge interest in science, especially physics and astronomy, and lo! I became a computer programmer.