TELEVISION
It was a joyous day when my oldest brother returned from being in the U.S. Army and CA by car (a Packard) and brought us a television set. I hadn't even see one yet as our neighbors didn't have them. It was a Zenith with a round screen. Dad and my brother had to get a huge antenna to put on top of our roof. The TV was so snowy that a thin piece of blue flimsy "paper" had to stick on to the screen to allow the picture to be seen.
The very first time he turned it on, we sat around the set on the floor, totally enraptured. I remember hearing this loud rush of noise, then nothing. The screen filled with bluish snow and we heard more noise. It was just around supper time and my mother wanted us to eat but of course, no-one dared move.
Dad went up on the roof and fiddled around with the antenna while my brother would yell "No, not yet" or "Turn it the other way" or "Ok; no wait; the other way." After a few minutes which seemed like a half hour, we heard the voice of none other than our comic book hero, ROY ROGERS!
We couldn't see him yet so my brother turned some knobs and the many black and white lines disappeared and lo and behold, there was Roy. He was in a fight and my other two brothers were in Heaven. Then, Dale appeared to save the day and I was yelling and hollering. Even my mother and father were laughing and excited; what a wonderful memory that is.
We watched our little black and white television with the blue snow from when TEST PATTERN appeared until the station signed off in the evening. Mom's favourite was "HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA" while Dad liked the News and Weather. My favourite was watching Annette Funicello on "THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB."
Many times we would be enjoying a show with our neighbor friends all sitting in our front room, when the staion would just go off. Or the wind would blow our antenna around and we could get no reception. Waiting for dad to come home was a very long wait!
We never dreamed that one day there would be more than one "station" and that it would be shown in living colour! If someone had mentioned a "remote control" or 50 inch screens, we would have become hysterical. And to even IMAGINE that there may be hundreds of channels one day, was beyond comprehension! We were so happy with what we had, we couldn't have wished for anything more. We felt like we lived in Holleywood!
Hi oh Silver, Away!!!!!!
It was a joyous day when my oldest brother returned from being in the U.S. Army and CA by car (a Packard) and brought us a television set. I hadn't even see one yet as our neighbors didn't have them. It was a Zenith with a round screen. Dad and my brother had to get a huge antenna to put on top of our roof. The TV was so snowy that a thin piece of blue flimsy "paper" had to stick on to the screen to allow the picture to be seen.
The very first time he turned it on, we sat around the set on the floor, totally enraptured. I remember hearing this loud rush of noise, then nothing. The screen filled with bluish snow and we heard more noise. It was just around supper time and my mother wanted us to eat but of course, no-one dared move.
Dad went up on the roof and fiddled around with the antenna while my brother would yell "No, not yet" or "Turn it the other way" or "Ok; no wait; the other way." After a few minutes which seemed like a half hour, we heard the voice of none other than our comic book hero, ROY ROGERS!
We couldn't see him yet so my brother turned some knobs and the many black and white lines disappeared and lo and behold, there was Roy. He was in a fight and my other two brothers were in Heaven. Then, Dale appeared to save the day and I was yelling and hollering. Even my mother and father were laughing and excited; what a wonderful memory that is.
We watched our little black and white television with the blue snow from when TEST PATTERN appeared until the station signed off in the evening. Mom's favourite was "HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA" while Dad liked the News and Weather. My favourite was watching Annette Funicello on "THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB."
Many times we would be enjoying a show with our neighbor friends all sitting in our front room, when the staion would just go off. Or the wind would blow our antenna around and we could get no reception. Waiting for dad to come home was a very long wait!
We never dreamed that one day there would be more than one "station" and that it would be shown in living colour! If someone had mentioned a "remote control" or 50 inch screens, we would have become hysterical. And to even IMAGINE that there may be hundreds of channels one day, was beyond comprehension! We were so happy with what we had, we couldn't have wished for anything more. We felt like we lived in Holleywood!
Hi oh Silver, Away!!!!!!
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