Awww yes, black & white TV. I remember our first color TV. It was exciting to finally watch Saturday morning cartoons in color. (Afterwards it was outside playing all day until dark. Mom never knew or worried where we were)
Being my father’s remote is why I have poor eyesight. It was too much trouble to schlep back and forth between the couch and the TV so I’d sit really close to the TV.
We could get 8 channels. We had a rotater which had to be turned to pick up Nashville or Chattanooga. Then we could get ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS on each of them. Still no remote. Whew.
Changing the channel was the easy part. After that, you had to adjust the aluminum foil on the antenna and then spin the fine tuner several times to get the picture.
Worse, when the best reception was when you held on to one of the ‘rabbit ears’. (The foil wasn’t good enough.) Even then it could be tough to watch from the side of the curved black and white screen.
C almost 2 years ago
Rugrat job
pschearer Premium Member almost 2 years ago
You young’uns don’t realize how good you’ve got it!! Now get off my lawn!!
SHAKENDOWNVILLE almost 2 years ago
Fewer commercial {back} “breaks”.
Copy-&-Paste almost 2 years ago
…And don’t forget to adjust those rabbit ears before returning to the couch. Aluminum foil helps too.
Copy-&-Paste almost 2 years ago
Awww yes, black & white TV. I remember our first color TV. It was exciting to finally watch Saturday morning cartoons in color. (Afterwards it was outside playing all day until dark. Mom never knew or worried where we were)
nosirrom almost 2 years ago
Being my father’s remote is why I have poor eyesight. It was too much trouble to schlep back and forth between the couch and the TV so I’d sit really close to the TV.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Now we binge watch things and never change.
The Reader Premium Member almost 2 years ago
From the couch, all TVs seem remote.
Doug K almost 2 years ago
Before remotes, it was usually a matter of turning a dial to change the channel rather then clicking a button.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 2 years ago
it was brutal
zerotvus almost 2 years ago
no kids??
Gameguy49 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Channel surfing involved going all the way around the 13-number dial, even though we only got three stations.
Doug Taylor Premium Member almost 2 years ago
or when the batteries in the remote die. Ever try to find the buttons on a flat screen TV?
Kirk Barnes Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Nah! That was what us kids were for. I distinctly remember hearing, “What do you think I got you for?”
Chris almost 2 years ago
oh, you poor baby… that’s why mom and dad had us kids for… as dad would put it. :}
Lee26 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
This is why networks had programming blocks. People would watch anything rather than getting up to change the channel!
JaneCl almost 2 years ago
We could get 8 channels. We had a rotater which had to be turned to pick up Nashville or Chattanooga. Then we could get ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS on each of them. Still no remote. Whew.
Zebrastripes almost 2 years ago
Society has become so lazy with all the convenient amenities
I grew up when TV was invented and only few people had a 5" screen tube TV!
JohnTheFoole almost 2 years ago
As an old person, I can confirm his agony…
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 2 years ago
Panel 2..Gunsmoke, panel 3..The Rookies.
morningglory73 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Don’t lose the remote.
hfelder7219 almost 2 years ago
And it was uphill both ways!
ragsarooni Premium Member almost 2 years ago
That’s what us kids were for…..
Hamburgs almost 2 years ago
That’s why people had children!
WCraft Premium Member almost 2 years ago
As several people have mentioned, a younger version of myself was the remote for my father!
hooglah almost 2 years ago
That’s why we had kids.
Rose Madder Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I like the black & white screen. Is that ‘Highway Patrol’?
SteveR405 almost 2 years ago
Changing the channel was the easy part. After that, you had to adjust the aluminum foil on the antenna and then spin the fine tuner several times to get the picture.
Daltongang Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Sadly this is probably exactly how the newer generation thinks about a lot of things.
MCProfessor almost 2 years ago
My dad used us kids as the remote.
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
Worse, when the best reception was when you held on to one of the ‘rabbit ears’. (The foil wasn’t good enough.) Even then it could be tough to watch from the side of the curved black and white screen.
christelisbetty almost 2 years ago
We could watch anything we wanted to watch….as long as it was what Dad wanted to watch.
Pharmakeus Ubik almost 2 years ago
It was worse with a broken leg. I started using a pool cue as a remote.
schaefer jim almost 2 years ago
God yes do I remember those days! Now all we have is garbage on most channels!
Cocobean337 almost 2 years ago
Even using Avocado GEEEN as the made color of the wall and tv! Fitting!