What TV did you watch as a kid?

[BnRidge]

My grandmother had a very old still working, high end TV, that would scan for active channels. This was many years ago. One night I set it to scan and it found analog cell phone transmissions I could hear clearly. My memory was it was on Channel 33, but have since read that it must have been on Channel 83.
At the time, I thought it was interesting that this was illegal. How did anyone pass a law, that made a simple act of tuning, which the TV did automatically, illegal?

Kind of like the old party lines.

 

[BnRidge]

Ginger was dateable, but Mary Ann was marriage material

When MaryAnn was a young boy.

 

[scaredychicken]

Correction: Donna Douglas (Ellie May)

thanks Larry

 

[oosik]

My father finally gave in and we got a TV - 1952. He like the Friday night fights. Gillette razor blade company. I also remember - my sister and I were not allowed to touch the TV. So.... I never watched much because the TV was on so my Father or Mother could watch something they enjoyed. I read a whole lot of books and listened to the radio as a kid.

 

[Alan46]

My bride just reminded me of the show Andy’s Gang!

 

[JasperFrank]

For those that never heard of Diver Dan.

 

[Straightgrain3016]

I don't believe an introduction for the Oyster soup episode is needed...

 

[2LaneCruzer]

My father finally gave in and we got a TV - 1952. He like the Friday night fights. Gillette razor blade company. I also remember - my sister and I were not allowed to touch the TV. So.... I never watched much because the TV was on so my Father or Mother could watch something they enjoyed. I read a whole lot of books and listened to the radio as a kid.

We used to watch Friday night wrestling. We were naive enough to think that they were legit, so some folks got upset when their hero was man handled. If you had a TV in those days, you usually had company on Friday night that invited themselves.

 

[dmccarty]

I've been watching clips on Youtube of a show which was on way too late for me, even as an adult. I never realized what a class act Johnny Carson was and what a great show he put on. He was a great interviewer. He did his homework so that he knew the right questions to ask; and seemed able to put anyone at ease. "Would you please welcome..."

One of the local stations is playing Carson's Tonight Show reruns. They appear to be running in order they ran back in the 80's. The TV show is a history class in some ways. Things that were said, the jokes, etc., just would not get passed the PC police, especially when Richard Pryor was on the show.

Carson was threatened several times and one time he took a bag full of "money" to the drop off location which got the criminals arrested. Can you imagine any celebrity today doing a drop off? Carson was also carrying concealed.

 

[Straightgrain3016]

We used to watch Friday night wrestling. We were naive enough to think that they were legit, so some folks got upset when their hero was man handled. If you had a TV in those days, you usually had company on Friday night that invited themselves.

The Great Kabuki...