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... and more channels. In the dawn of time, also known as my childhood, there were 2 channels. Then 3. TV's had dials and it was my job, like so many other you
by rbobby 5y ago
... and more channels.
In the dawn of time, also known as my childhood, there were 2 channels. Then 3. TV's had dials and it was my job, like so many other youngest children, to turn them. Then cable came and there were a lot of channels. So many channels you needed the newspaper's TV schedule to figure out what to watch. No more flipping between 2 or 3 channels hoping for something better. Planned viewing had arrived. No more sitting by the TV, spinning through channels, and getting clouted for spinning to fast because you'll break it! And finally, freeing children everywhere from the tyranny of the dial, remote control! No longer chained to the TV, children could return to lounging on the comfy family room chesterfields.
Never forget that cable, and the TV remotes it spawned, freed millions of children from spinning TV dials!
- croutonwagon 5y agoI remember when we got a fancy TV with a…wired…remote. It was amazing. Of course the wire was about 2 feet too short. So it was still my job to sit on the floor and in the middle of the room to be the “wireless” portion of the remote. But still, was so much better than having to walk up every 5 minutes (my dad loved making me flip channels during commercials, even though often commercials were often synced between abc, nbc, and cbs). But then came PBS
- rbobby 5y ago> So it was still my job to sit on the floor and in the middle of the room to be the “wireless” portion of the remote Those were the days (the archie bunker theme) :)
- croutonwagon 5y agoMy family was an eclectic mix of Sanford and son and Hee Haw. But yeah. Those were the days. Now that I don’t have cable but DO have an antenna (and Plex) I still like reruns of mash, gomer pile, Andy Griffith to fall asleep to etc. I wish they would throw Sanford and son in the mix!
- sonicanatidae 5y agoWe had a VCR with a wired remote and oddly, the cable that connected it was something like 40' long. You could almost stand outside and start a movie. Thanks JCPenny. :)