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| Notorious | Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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 When we were kids, my brothers and I were prone to getting up early on weekends. After all, we didn't want to waste any part of a day that didn't require attendance at school!  Anyway, if we turned the TV on this might be the only thing on, on all three channels!  But we were tough kids, we endured. We'd sit there and watch it while we waited for some quality, early morning programming to come on. You know like Gumby, or the central state farm report.  |
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| C4DERF | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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The old notorius "TEST PATTERN" used to adjust the picture clarity and vertical/horizontal positions. Later replaced by the vertical color bars as color tvs became more popular in homes. |
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| bastet44 | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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Yeah, no. When I got up on Saturdays, it was to watch the Smurfs, not a test pattern.
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| pianoguy | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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Oh yes, I remember it well. My older sister talks about having to go to the neighbor's to watch TV, since they were the only ones on the block who had one. She also apparently had to walk 10 miles to school, uphill both ways.
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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The break of day came with a prayer and a jet flying.
Something about touching the face of God. Then The Star Spangled Banner The end of the day went. And that concludes todays programing. Thanks for watching. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee............. |
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| Matatk | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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Such a hard life. I bet you walked to school uphill both ways in the snow, too.  Matthew |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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Here's some.
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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More Civil Defense (Scotch)
Now 50 years later hhhmmmm .... |
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| Danspeed1 | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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I used to get up early to watch the Disney Cartoons. The ones too violent for TV today.
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| CentralCoaster | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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Adjustable televisions? WTF?
The only way to do that now is adjust them into the dumpster and adjust your butt over to Walmart for a new one. |
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| Touringmike | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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| Schrade | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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Makes me think of this: Attach file:  OLintro.jpg (204.58 KB) |
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| bogus | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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I recongize many of those stations... also, it's interesting that how many tv stations were owned by newspapers. I remember the test pattern. a few independant UHF channels used them in the early 70s... |
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| 1Fast04Vert | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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Barefoot, no winter coat, no gloves, all guts! |
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| Trae1976 | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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Attach file: TV.jpg (40.10 KB)  Triple the thrill.bmp (393.80 KB) |
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| pianoguy | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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$549 was a fair amount of coin back then.
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| Randyj75 | Re: Who's old enough to remember these? | ||
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I do remember seeing that test pattern. It was for channel 6 in Philadelphia. I think the first show to come on Saturday morning was Birdie the Bunyup. It was a puppet show, staring Birdie. I have no idea what a Bunyup is/was, kind of looked like a dog. His nemesis was Sir Guy T Guy. Man, I am I old or what? |
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