Any tv kids out there?
Posted by knarfolled@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 24 comments
I spent most of my childhood in front of the tv or as my dad called it ’The boob tube’, and now I am so psyched that I carry a color tv in my pocket and can watch almost any tv show any time and anywhere I want.
classicsat@reddit
There was some anticipation of something being on, at a particular tie and place. And wrapping things to a state you can sit down and watch it.
1_21-gigawatts@reddit
“Come on, hurry up and finish dinner, the show’s almost on!”
airckarc@reddit
We had a 13 inch BW tv and used pliers to change the channel. When we got cable my parents bought a color TV and it was a big deal. But I had never gotten in the habit of watching TV and we only had basic of most basic cable.
Going to friends’ in town who had color and cable was pretty exciting but my friends and I had dirt bikes so TV was pretty much watched as a family at night.
1_21-gigawatts@reddit
Hah, memory unlocked! I was envious of my cousin, they had a vice grip pliers locked onto the TV tuner. This was a big deal back before Harbor Freight and Chinesium tools, when good tools would cost half a paycheck. Veeerrry fancy!
dietrerun@reddit
Brady Bunch, threes Company, then the Jeffersons.
Strawberries_Spiders@reddit
My parents used the tv as the babysitter. By 1988 we had at least 7 tvs for 5 of us 🙄
knarfolled@reddit (OP)
Gadzooks
cltreader@reddit
The 3-5 pm tv shows was what I watched. My dad dominated the TV when he got home. But my favorite shows were on during the day. We watched Dallas and Falcon Crest as a family on Friday night.
Pose2Pose@reddit
Absolutely, latch-key kid--I've often said I was raised more by Mr. and Mrs. Brady and Gomez and Morticia Addams than by my own parents! (also spent a lot of time with "Three's Company" and Dennis the Menace reruns and "Duck Tales," Tale Spin" and others to say I was a TV kid for SURE).
mp3bear@reddit
Don't forget Herman and Lily Munster...
And George and Jane Jetson got custody of me every few weekends...
cjkgt97@reddit
Unrated, daytime cable raised me, demented my world view, and shaped my comedy.
Serious-Mongoose-387@reddit
i was totally addicted to the tv when i was a kid. did my homework during commercials, etc.
getting a guitar and internet helped break the habit, and going to college where i didn’t have a tv ended my addiction for good.
after college i went about 8 years without a tv in my house, until i finally bought my very first tv of my own, a 48” vizio, which i only used for movie nights.
i’ve still never had any kind of cable or other tv service, just streaming, which i barely use.
ShookMyHeadAndSmiled@reddit
MARGE: Bart, how many hours of television do you watch every day?
BART: Six. Seven if there's something good on.
Silly_Fortune3725@reddit
Yep, for better or worse. One of my "party tricks" is my ability to recall long-forgotten sitcoms with a fairly intense level of detail.
knarfolled@reddit (OP)
My best friend and I speak in tv jargon, it drives my wife crazy because she grew up in a different decade and a more rural environment with no tv
iwritesinsnotcomedy@reddit
I often feel like I’m the main character from the HBO show Dream On. In my mind, so many real life situations are call backs to TV shows, movies, commercials……. I feel like YouTube, etc. was made just for me as a real life escape for me to find clips that keep me sane as I go through life.
TC_Stock@reddit
I don't recall there being that many good shows on with the exception of Saturday mornings. Sometimes the local independent network would show Godzilla movies or ultraman which was big, big deal. Otherwise I had to find other things to keep me busy. It's weird how now I have access to so much media but I feel like theres never anything worth watching.
knarfolled@reddit (OP)
I mostly rewatch old shows, I am currently watching Warehouse 13, Timeless, Psych, and with my wife we watch Family Affair, Hazel, Gidget and The Doris Day Show
59apache01@reddit
Not me. I always associated being in front of the big oak cabinet floor model tv with a rainy weekend. Otherwise, I'd be outside somewhere.
knarfolled@reddit (OP)
I was told to go out and play but I always felt more comfortable in front of the tv with my LEGO’s, I also would sit in a box with the opening facing the tv
CrankyDoo@reddit
It was my favorite entertainment as a kid. Then my parents noticed and felt I was spending way too much time watching tv. So they restricted it to one hour per day. I cried. I protested. I declared it unfair. Then ultimately I found other things to do with my time. Once they stopped restricting, I never really went back. I would still watch tv but it was no longer my favorite pastime. For the past 25 years I have watched it almost never. I bless my parents now. They saved my from a lifetime of passive enslavement.
knarfolled@reddit (OP)
I am enslaved and I love it
Andovars_Ghost@reddit
What’s a TV? I listened to Little Orphan Annie on the radio and she told me to drink more Ovaltine.
AbattoirOfDuty@reddit
Yes, I also watched television back in the day!