(I swear this wasn't dirty in my head when I started typing)
Mmm hmm.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 11:45:25 am PDT #11176 of 30001
Because books.
Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2011 11:46:09 am PDT #11177 of 30001
brillig
I had 15 channels growing up in the sixties.
I'm almost ashamed to say that my first thought was "They actually *had* that many channels back then?"
Theodosia - Jun 03, 2011 11:46:25 am PDT #11178 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
NJ of my youth had SEVEN VHF channels. UHF was not yet in use.
Kathy A - Jun 03, 2011 11:48:08 am PDT #11179 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Chicagoland tv in the 1970s/80s: Channels 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11 for the VHF stations, and 20, 32, 50, 60, and 66 for the UHF channels, not all of them available at all times. And Channel 60 was usually Spanish-speaking.
We had a B&W tv until I was around 7, and then got our first VCR when I was a sophomore in high school. Cable wasn't even available in my neighborhood until I was almost done with high school.
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 11:48:24 am PDT #11180 of 30001
Because books.
Now I'm all nostalgic for the WPIX Yule log.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2011 11:49:43 am PDT #11181 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, there's a thing today's kids will never have to understand. Never mind VHS vs. betamax -- UHF vs. VHF.
Burrell - Jun 03, 2011 11:50:34 am PDT #11182 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I remember getting excited when I looked in the tv guide and it said that the Christmas specials would be broadcast in color! And then when I turned on the tv? Black and white, same as always. I had to ask my mom why it wasn't in color.
Also? Amy, that picture gave me a wave of nausea. Totes YOUR FAULT!
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 11:52:22 am PDT #11183 of 30001
Because books.
Sara boggles when I show her albums. So weird how much has changed just since I was a kid.
Cable wasn't even available in my neighborhood until I was almost done with high school.
In Central Jersey, I think it was available when I was in junior high, but hardly anyone had it. I do remember being at one friend's house the day MTV premiered -- there were about seven of us jammed in her tiny den, because she was the only we knew who had cable.
I'm sorry, Burrell! I was torn between horror and fascination myself.
Toddson - Jun 03, 2011 11:56:07 am PDT #11184 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I remember - living outside NYC - we had FOUR channels. One was the educational channel. I also remember shows coming on proudly announcing "in living color" ... which we watched in black and white because, hey, (all together now) it still works.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2011 11:58:00 am PDT #11185 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We had one station in Jamaica, and it didn't broadcast until about four PM. You guys don't even know how good you had it.