Hell.....I remember staying up until four AM to watch the current Queen of England being crowned.......
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Yup, me too and that was the only time the programing was questionable if I remember correctly.
My Grandma explained to me what was going on and when some man dressed in very, to me, strange clothing bent down to kiss Elizabeth's breast the camera panned away.
Wasn't just that the film was black and white, so were the story lines, there were no gray areas except for that darn Eddie Haskell that everyone loved to see get his comeuppance.
First TV show I remember watching was a cooking show before technology could filter out the noise of the mixer--darn that was annoying.
I would not miss a BOZO program and his Peanut Gallery became a house hold word.
First program that gave the viewer a chance to actually think was the Twilight Zone, " Come back, its a cook book"
First Holy Crap was in the late 1970 and cable showed " Looking for Mr. Good Bar."
First really amazing show MTV---In the mid 1980's I must have had that Chanel on 24/7 for a couple weeks or so.
Today there are no, that I can find other then documentaries, that all ages can enjoy----Now that Benny Hill, George and Gracie, Cid Ceaser and Imogene Cocoa, Art Carney and Jackie Gleason has left us. Good clean fun with an undercurrent of sex that would go right over a child's head.
Put on the Comedy Chanel and every, so called comedian , feels the need to either disparage themselves, apologise for being Jewish, Gay or from elsewhere, drop the F Bomb every 60 seconds.
Anyone remember Steve Martin when he started out, How about Robin Williams--first time I saw either of them I was home on vacation and saw them with my parents and kids. We adults were in actual tears from laughter.
Any one remember Exevier Curgart and that 15 year old wife Charro he rescued from a convent??
Off subject, I saw a collection of the bandmasters paintings that blew me away, the man was a real artist.
Where are the new Ed Sullivan's and Uncle Miltie, first time I ever saw DRAG----And those hilarious programs from Boston that had a talent contest for kids---they sang and forgot the words, they danced and fell down, Children bound to grow up and go on the GONG SHOW.
What we lack in life today is a really good belly laugh. A feel good program that when one sits down to watch a show one anticipates having a good time, sweep away all the negative feelings, just laugh until you gasp for air.