tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557216151925025812.post2006796457602430253..comments2023-11-05T01:19:16.904-07:00Comments on Annoyances , Anecdotes, and Absurdities: Let's Have More News That's Fit to PrintLittle Jackie Showershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286577349847656455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557216151925025812.post-29149594080326034072009-05-16T21:19:00.000-07:002009-05-16T21:19:00.000-07:00Hey Mike, for me it was Gilligan's Island in colou...Hey Mike, for me it was Gilligan's Island in colour, finally! That lagoon, what colours! We had 4 stations in Montreal, 2 French and 2 English. My Grampa lived in the Eastern Townships and had this wacky antenna on top of his roof which also rotated with a box on top of the tv. I always thought he had invented it because that's the kind of grampa he was. The antenna could pick-up exotic locales such as: Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburg, NY.zenasmillethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04654640017285045582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557216151925025812.post-61541459562909962312009-05-14T06:39:00.000-07:002009-05-14T06:39:00.000-07:00Same here! Plus, we could only get CBC. I remember...Same here! Plus, we could only get CBC. I remember envying my friends who'd come to school talking about Mission: Impossible and Hawaii 5-0, thinking man, why can't we have cable tv too? When I was considerably older and finally caught up with these shows I realized the best thing about them was the theme music. <br /><br />And just what has become of the great tv theme songs of the past? A subject for a future blog, Jack?Cinemaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742365356939303431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557216151925025812.post-77575331144716723772009-05-13T17:23:00.000-07:002009-05-13T17:23:00.000-07:00Wow, I'd forgotten about black and white TV, but l...Wow, I'd forgotten about black and white TV, but lived with it for the first 10 years of my life until 1974. I remember the first Sunday night I saw colour fireworks on the Magical World of Disney.<br /><br />But it was still a few years before my parents got cable. We used to have this antenna on the roof that you could rotate with a little box on top of the TV to get better reception.mbgowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09063732396638604209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557216151925025812.post-9738744445564729592009-05-11T17:36:00.000-07:002009-05-11T17:36:00.000-07:00I totally agree with you regarding the news. Let's...I totally agree with you regarding the news. Let's face it, its set up to entertain the lowest IQ denominator, and of course the advertisers. As for you not worrying about things, anything, I think not. You are a worry wart. Weren't we all black and white TV kids? Well actually I was a non-television kid for many years! Perhaps that explains my social inadequacies? Cheers, xelA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com