Sitcoms and Memories
Jeff is talking about old TV today. As I noted in his comments, what you saw when it was first on is a great indicator of relative ages. Sometimes I’ll be talking away about something I saw, or did or otherwise remember for that matter, and then I’ll remember Deb wasn’t around or was too young, which is amusingly disconcerting. By the same token, Jeff is just that much older than me (though you’d never know it to look at him guys) that things I only just remember, or didn’t quite see when they were first on, he remembers fondly. To me The Honeymooners is an ancient show that people remember fondly if they’re old enough, but that I have never seen a single episode of start to finish. But I remember Jackie Gleason, and he was cool.
Another discontinuity among the age ranges is who remembers not having a color TV because color TV was unavailable or new and expensive, and who remembers there being no remote control.
The first show I saw in colour was “The Lone Ranger”. I remember being amazed his shirt was blue
(I was 6)
Posted by Ith on 01/17 at 12:23 PMI don’t remember the first show in colour I saw, but I do remember black & white tv’s, rabbit ears, antenna control box, and no remote controls. The Honeymooner’s are re-runs for me.
Posted by on 01/17 at 12:29 PMI remember not having remotes. Every time the channel was to be changed it was “ Bob, change the channel to...”
I am not altogether sure on this, but the first show in color that I saw was F-Troop. If anyone remembers the show.
Posted by on 01/17 at 08:04 PM
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