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.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Toddson - Jun 03, 2011 12:11:51 pm PDT #11195 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
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.
Connie Neil - Jun 03, 2011 12:19:17 pm PDT #11200 of 30001
brillig
Joe Negri out of Pittsburgh on Saturday morning, with the cartoons.
Ginger - Jun 03, 2011 12:20:27 pm PDT #11201 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Frazier Thomas on WGN.
Tom Scola - Jun 03, 2011 12:20:37 pm PDT #11202 of 30001
hwæt
Anyone else who grew up in NY in the seventies or eighties remember Magic Garden?
To this day, I'm a sucker for bands with women singing close harmonies, which I attribute to watching this show when I was little.
Hil R. - Jun 03, 2011 12:23:09 pm PDT #11203 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
To this day, I'm a sucker for bands with women singing close harmonies, which I attribute to watching this show when I was little.
Last year, Carole and Paula were touring and singing the old Magic Garden songs.
Kathy A - Jun 03, 2011 12:24:09 pm PDT #11204 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Frazier Thomas on WGN.
Garfield Goose and Friends! Ray Raynor. (We had a stuffed Cuddly Duddly dog.) And Bozo's Circus, with Bozo, Curly, Wizzo, and Ringmaster Ned! (We got tickets for Bozo's Circus when I was five years old. My parents had applied for them before I was born, but I was able to take the ticket that they originally had intended for my brother, who was ten years old by the time we got to go.)