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.
Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.
'Heart Of Gold'
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.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2011 11:58:00 am PDT #11185 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Jun 03, 2011 12:00:58 pm PDT #11186 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, my mother has "but the old one still works" syndrome.
I'm not going to lie -- I have that, too.
DavidS - Jun 03, 2011 12:06:10 pm PDT #11187 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
UHF vs. VHF.
It was a big deal for a preteen boy to find the UHF channels, because that's typically where you found the weird ass shit, like Black Belt Theater, or monster movies or old animation or cheap local productions.
Ginger - Jun 03, 2011 12:06:43 pm PDT #11188 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Remember when the stations signed off at midnight and showed the test pattern?
Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2011 12:06:48 pm PDT #11189 of 30001
brillig
Surfer movies!
DavidS - Jun 03, 2011 12:07:17 pm PDT #11190 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Remember when the stations signed off at midnight and showed the test pattern?
I do!
Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2011 12:07:24 pm PDT #11191 of 30001
brillig
the stations signed off at midnight
With the national anthem and the flag flying and the inspiring shots of dramatic landscapes.
edit: Now they sign off and show infomercials.
Burrell - Jun 03, 2011 12:08:59 pm PDT #11192 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Remember when the stations signed off at midnight and showed the test pattern?
Poltergeist
Hil R. - Jun 03, 2011 12:09:45 pm PDT #11193 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Anyone else who grew up in NY in the seventies or eighties remember Magic Garden?
Ginger - Jun 03, 2011 12:10:01 pm PDT #11194 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
One place I lived signed off with "High Flight."
"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...."