Pre veteran thread (2011)

[classwife]

Hi PI and Tom !

 

[jj2]

I lived in an apartment with three other girls and the guys next door didn't have a TV. We'd have a Laugh In party when it was on. Half the time, I'd miss half the show because of the laughter.

 

[JerryRM]

Hi PI, oh yeah, I remember Captain Kangaroo and Mr Green Jeans.

 

[Natalia]

Spy vs Spy... I'd forgotten them!

 

[jj2]

Hi PI, Tom, and Classy.

 

[CES]

Soupy Sales, Leave it to Beaver, Laugh In...I see the Veterans' Thread is living up to it's geriatric/juvenile reputation.

I so miss Captain Kangaroo. Remember waking at 6am, not a care to speak of, laying on the carpet with a pillow and blanket, watching a false but pleasant reality in black-and-white?

Absolutely.

speaking of nothing in particular, I actually know the art lady from Mr. Rogers neighborhood.

 

[JerryRM]

this was my favorite

Spy vs spy. When I would get a quarter, I would run to the store, to get the latest Mad magazine.

 

[jj2]

Hi PI, oh yeah, I remember Captain Kangaroo and Mr Green Jeans.

Me too .

 

[Dusty_D]

Loved MAD magazine while I was growing up. And yes, Spy vs Spy were my favourite segments too.

 

[JerryRM]

Remember that you would fold the back page, to get another comment ??

What the heck was the name of Alfred's cactus ?? I don't remember.

 

[Natalia]

Hi PI, sorry, I missed you. I loved that show too, and why were we kids always laying on the floor to watch TV? Oh, yeah, it was only a 17" screen...LOL

 

[JerryRM]

Me too .

Today, the kids have junk, Power Rangers, etc., nothing more than 30 minute commercials. We had good Saturday morning programs.

 

[CES]

a 17" screen and the couch was just too far away (but my nephews have a much larger screen and they STILL lay on the floor to watch TV)

 

[JerryRM]

Had to lay on the floor, Natalia, a foot away from the tv. It just wasn't the same sitting in a chair, a mile away from the screen. lol

 

[lynleestar]

I got to go to the Civic Auditorium when I was 6 or 7 when bozo came and I got to throw the balls in the bozo buckets! I don't remember it, but I'm told I had a great time

 

[CES]

Ok,saturday morning trivia question does anyone else remember the cartoon Kimba the white lion?

 

[Natalia]

My boys grew up with HR Puff 'n Stuff, and of course Sesame Street and the Electric Company... oh and Mr. Rogers.

 

[PoliticallyIncorrect]

Mad Magazine is underrated by the adults of this world. For those of us with adolescent minds inside bodies older than we"d care to admit, it's classic, biting, relentlessly sarcastic humor---and it takes the high road: no bodily-function humor.

 

[TomCatt]

I was a Captain Kangaroo kid, although I like Mr Green Jeans more Never watched Mr Rogers. Being out in the country, TV reception was spotty; we only got CBS in real well, the neighbors down the road only got NBC Had the TV antenna on a 30 or 40' "tower" that us kids would dare each other to climb up.

 

[Natalia]

Absolutely.

speaking of nothing in particular, I actually know the art lady from Mr. Rogers neighborhood.

I think that's so cool!