Remember when the stations signed off at midnight and showed the test pattern?
I do!
The money was too good. I got stupid.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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.
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."
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...."
Toddson - Jun 03, 2011 12:11:51 pm PDT #11195 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Oh yes! I remember that. I also remember weekends when my parents wanted to sleep late - my sister and I would go downstairs, turn on the TV with the volume waaaay down and watch "Modern Farmer". It was all that was on; and I think this was before I was reading, so the self-entertainment options were pretty limited.
Kathy A - Jun 03, 2011 12:12:56 pm PDT #11196 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
the UHF channels, because that's typically where you found the weird ass shit
There was a UHF channel in Milwaukee that ran a few completely uncut film on Fridays at midnight. I saw Repo Man one week, and then soon after, they stopped showing the uncut films after getting complaints about the language.
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 12:12:56 pm PDT #11197 of 30001
Because books.
Remember when the stations signed off at midnight and showed the test pattern?
Steve Martin said that on one of the albums as he was saying good night, talking about how much he had to go and do -- "Hey, what time does TV go off?"
Typo Boy - Jun 03, 2011 12:14:34 pm PDT #11198 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
UHF. Does anyone remember stunning weirdness of amazing 3:'
Spacemen with a mission/ You must make a very big decision/ with your solar bomb you can destroy us/ or save the world / or save the world/ amazing 3! amazing3!
Typo Boy - Jun 03, 2011 12:18:17 pm PDT #11199 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
And the three aliens spent most of their time in cute animal form. But had human looking forms too. And were deadly in either form - especially the team leader/cute bunny/sexy teenage girl.
Always was surprised it never caught on as something to watch while high.