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In reply to the discussion: I grew up in the era BEFORE video games! We got 3 channels and had cartoons on Saturday morning! [View all]benld74
(9,930 posts)79. And THAT is how I found out about Monty Python
Aired on PBS station, Sunday nights after 10pm.
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I grew up in the era BEFORE video games! We got 3 channels and had cartoons on Saturday morning! [View all]
HarveyDarkey
Sep 2013
OP
And most of the TV stations went off the air sometime after midnight... n/t
PoliticAverse
Sep 2013
#1
And you had to get up and walk over to the tv set to change the channel!!
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2013
#12
The good thing about not having a remote is that there was nothing to fight over
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2013
#16
We had 4. NBC/ABC/CBS/PBS and 2 UHF stations 17/29 that had unwatchable reception...
MiddleFingerMom
Sep 2013
#24
And I got up early on Saturdays and plopped down in front of the television...
joeybee12
Sep 2013
#63
In the 50s, they had kid shows on in the early afternoon like Pinky Lee
aint_no_life_nowhere
Sep 2013
#85
Anyone ever hear this poem at sign-off just before the test pattern came on for the night?
cherokeeprogressive
Sep 2013
#90
I remember them doing that, my station would show a video of a fighter jet in flight.
B Calm
Sep 2013
#92
That was from Lum and Abner. I don't really remember listening to it, but I know the program.
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2013
#96
I remember watching The Outer Limits on TV when I was 5 and being scared ***less LOL
steve2470
Sep 2013
#97
I have a memory of watching "Voice of Agriculture" on Sat. mornings before cartoons started.
Arugula Latte
Sep 2013
#100