Can’t say I don’t disagree with dad’s answer to the 2nd panel’s questions. Gone are the days where we can tell our kids, “Go outside and have an adventure! I’ll call you in for lunch and dinner and bedtime!”. I miss those halcyon days.
Too many screens to look at nowadays. Unfortunately, this old fart has kinda been sucked into it. Not social media, though. Thank God that my 14 year old daughter isn’t into that crap. I remember my friends’ mothers kicking us out to play together and we’d just do Star Trek stuff. I was alway Spock. Long live and prosper. LOL
LMAO! I remember the days when my daughter posted a “notice” on the board…listing all rules and regulations of TV, X-Box, video games! One rule was to play outside and only spend a few hours a day on the other stuff. It worked out good! ☺️
For me, cable TV is and has always been a waste of money! When I had it, the only things I watched were the news, MSG for the Knicks, the Discovery channels and occasionally HBO. Tubitv and Crackle suits me just fine. Even YouTube. Lately I’ve been binge watching “He-Man”.
When did kicking kids out of the house start being called child abandonment or endangerment? I remember those days and they allowed new worlds of play and fun to be created.
My family got a TV in 1951. I was allowed unlimited TV even though my parents took a dim view of what I watched. As a grownup I prefer reading and listening to music. Any weirdness in my personality came from other sources.
codycab over 1 year ago
Dad has shows to watch too.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Maybe Dad should join him.
C over 1 year ago
A boot face
Sugar Bombs 95 over 1 year ago
Say what you will about the age of streaming, but I’m glad I can choose what I want to watch nowadays instead of the TV choosing for me.
BigDaveGlass over 1 year ago
Yup, I rarely watch t.v. these days. 100 channels and nothing worth watching……..
Johnny Q Premium Member over 1 year ago
Now he can stare at the side of the house!
einarbt over 1 year ago
Well there is that.
minty_Joe over 1 year ago
Can’t say I don’t disagree with dad’s answer to the 2nd panel’s questions. Gone are the days where we can tell our kids, “Go outside and have an adventure! I’ll call you in for lunch and dinner and bedtime!”. I miss those halcyon days.
Dr. Quatermass over 1 year ago
Too many screens to look at nowadays. Unfortunately, this old fart has kinda been sucked into it. Not social media, though. Thank God that my 14 year old daughter isn’t into that crap. I remember my friends’ mothers kicking us out to play together and we’d just do Star Trek stuff. I was alway Spock. Long live and prosper. LOL
KA7DRE Premium Member over 1 year ago
With the writers strike in full swing, its affected all the shows I like to watch… Its made me switch back to listening to AM radio…
snsurone76 over 1 year ago
I love that TV console dancing in mid-air almost as much as I hate Calvin’s abusive dad!!
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
Don’t look puzzled, lad. Have some sunshine instead of blank radiating screen.
rshive over 1 year ago
It’s clear and sunny outside, Calvin.
SunshineDaydream over 1 year ago
Can’t believe no one has said it yet: Being outside(wait for it)…builds character.
hariseldon59 over 1 year ago
I remember the television show Max Headroom was set in a future where televisions had no off switch.
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
That’s why Satan invented (Not Very) Smart Phones. Oooooo… look at the cute kittens doing funny things… for hours.
well-i-never over 1 year ago
Looks like the start of a beautiful Spaceman Spiff story.
g04922 over 1 year ago
LOL… Hope he doesn’t miss “Lassie”…
dflak over 1 year ago
I have a TV in my home office. I might use it as much as two hours a day at night. Some evenings not at all.
Chithing Premium Member over 1 year ago
He sent you outside to search for a clue, Calvin.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
LMAO! I remember the days when my daughter posted a “notice” on the board…listing all rules and regulations of TV, X-Box, video games! One rule was to play outside and only spend a few hours a day on the other stuff. It worked out good! ☺️
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
My dad called the TV the “square eyed squak box” and never watched it much, but I noticed he listened to it from the other room pretty intensely.
figuratively speaking over 1 year ago
And dad gets a few minutes of blissful silence.
Knuckleheads Premium Member over 1 year ago
Kinda wish I grew up in the age where out door play was the main way of entertaining yourself as a kid
Wizard of Ahz-no relation over 1 year ago
My wife says there’s an off switch. I told her it was unamerican
djtenltd over 1 year ago
For me, cable TV is and has always been a waste of money! When I had it, the only things I watched were the news, MSG for the Knicks, the Discovery channels and occasionally HBO. Tubitv and Crackle suits me just fine. Even YouTube. Lately I’ve been binge watching “He-Man”.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 1 year ago
dropkick me Jesus through the goalposts of life – end over end neither left nor the right
ladykat over 1 year ago
Well, I guess you got told, Calvin.
Ken Otwell over 1 year ago
When did kicking kids out of the house start being called child abandonment or endangerment? I remember those days and they allowed new worlds of play and fun to be created.
el_eye over 1 year ago
Even more appropriate today!!!
rhartt4363 over 1 year ago
Television was bad enough. Now we have our computers.
larryzolcienski over 1 year ago
The problem is that 98% of it is still crap!
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Normally [if that word can ever be used to describe him] Cal would have enjoyed the extemporaneous launch and landing.
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
My family got a TV in 1951. I was allowed unlimited TV even though my parents took a dim view of what I watched. As a grownup I prefer reading and listening to music. Any weirdness in my personality came from other sources.
wiley207 over 1 year ago
That’s the trouble with parents. Sometimes they can be pretty vague.
Don Rodriquez over 1 year ago
Thats what kids need nowadays, a boot out the door away from screens!!!
ArcticFox Premium Member over 1 year ago
And the light bulb clicks on.
kab2rb over 1 year ago
Where we live at not much to do, residential neighborhood. Now writer’s strike means soon more reruns. Thank goodness I have books to read.
flagmichael over 1 year ago
Most of us remember a time when having a TV channel, especially one with network affiliation, was a guaranteed moneymaker.