you had to leave your comfortable seat and walk or maybe crawl on your knees all the way to your tv just because you wanted to switch channel or maybe turn up the volume..
you had to leave your comfortable seat and walk or maybe crawl on your knees all the way to your tv just because you wanted to switch channel or maybe turn up the volume..
My dad was too lazy for all of that. If my mom was taking a bath, he would continue to yell for me to change the channel. My bedroom was upstairs. Across the top of the house. Much of the time he would wake me out of a deep sleep.
you had to leave your comfortable seat and walk or maybe crawl on your knees all the way to your tv just because you wanted to switch channel or maybe turn up the volume..
My dad was too lazy for all of that. If my mom was taking a bath, he would continue to yell for me to change the channel. My bedroom was upstairs. Across the top of the house. Much of the time he would wake me out of a deep sleep.
There were voice overs for movie trailers not just at the theaters but on pay channels like HBO and Showtime? That needs to be brought back IN A WORLD that doesn't have it anymore. RIP Don LaFontaine.
You should check out Honest Trailers on Youtube. Freakin' hilarious!!
before pagers and cell phones, when you and your friends arranged to meet up for a show or dinner or movie...they would actually show up.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
Remember the dead screen time watching late night movies? No ad was sold so for 2-3 minutes... a landscape would be on the screen with the perfect music to put you to sleep.
Many Planet of the Apes movies were half watched as a result.
"My brain's a good brain!"
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Oh man, Tree, I remember the Nair commercials.
TV in general used to be such a different landscape. Few shows could touch the un-PCness of All in the Family. Bless Norman Lear!
Remember the dead screen time watching late night movies? No ad was sold so for 2-3 minutes... a landscape would be on the screen with the perfect music to put you to sleep.
Many Planet of the Apes movies were half watched as a result.
Remember when TV reception cut off at 12am? And you'd get the national anthem Before the screen was just color bars? ( this concludes our scheduled broadcast day, thank you and good night America!) anyone remember which channel closed their broadcast day with this statement?
Remember the dead screen time watching late night movies? No ad was sold so for 2-3 minutes... a landscape would be on the screen with the perfect music to put you to sleep.
Many Planet of the Apes movies were half watched as a result.
Remember when TV reception cut off at 12am? And you'd get the national anthem Before the screen was just color bars? ( this concludes our scheduled broadcast day, thank you and good night America!) anyone remember which channel closed their broadcast day with this statement?
Boom boxes Black and White only TVs (i mean no color, not like black and white restrooms ) Cars had actual cigarette lighters in them You knew people's phone numbers by heart you could and would drink water right from the hose outside your house
This! And Herbal Essences. And Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific.
70's shampoos (and ads) rocked. Tried them all, too.
that reminds me of this:
my grandfather came to visit from California years ago and he brought a suitcase full of Prell (back when you were allowed up to 2 checked bags and 2 carry-ons) that was his gift for staying with us. I thought it was the best stuff ever.
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The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
- Christopher McCandless
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This! And Herbal Essences. And Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific.
70's shampoos (and ads) rocked. Tried them all, too.
that reminds me of this:
my grandfather came to visit from California years ago and he brought a suitcase full of Prell (back when you were allowed up to 2 checked bags and 2 carry-ons) that was his gift for staying with us. I thought it was the best stuff ever.
I loved Prell in its hey-day! Apparently Seinfeld did too
(Family legend: My grandmother brought a suitcase full of NY bagels when she came to visit us in California, in the 60s)
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- Christopher McCandless
Remember when we used to say crack me up instead of LOL.
Man... I could just get that tape spinning like mad. Tight circles not big loopy ones. You had to find a rhythm.
70's shampoos (and ads) rocked. Tried them all, too.
When we were kids, my sister and I, thought we'd invented shampoo and conditioner in one.. Then we saw a commercial for Pert.. we were heartbroken...
Commercials used to tell you to ask your parents for
Things? Or to have them call to order whatever they were selling?
Many Planet of the Apes movies were half watched as a result.
TV in general used to be such a different landscape. Few shows could touch the un-PCness of All in the Family. Bless Norman Lear!
Before the screen was just color bars?
( this concludes our scheduled broadcast day, thank you and good night America!) anyone remember which channel closed their broadcast day with this statement?
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
You never really had to begin with.
Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
Black and White only TVs (i mean no color, not like black and white restrooms
Cars had actual cigarette lighters in them
You knew people's phone numbers by heart
you could and would drink water right from the hose outside your house
my grandfather came to visit from California years ago and he brought a suitcase full of Prell (back when you were allowed up to 2 checked bags and 2 carry-ons) that was his gift for staying with us. I thought it was the best stuff ever.
- Christopher McCandless
(Family legend: My grandmother brought a suitcase full of NY bagels when she came to visit us in California, in the 60s)