ugh, like a shot to the body...

[Chic Freak]

Helsing will never know what a Television knob is. . .isn't that weird. Is that like a radio dial... to tune into the channels with?

[slickwilly13]

Is that like a radio dial... to tune into the channels with? Yeah, exactly like that. I remember them when they were still around. One knob turned the tv on and the other tuned the channels. Later on, tvs had one knob to turn in on and buttons to push for the channels. But keep in mind in the early 80's and further back there were not very many channels to choose from. Maybe 10?

[Mike70]

Yeah, exactly like that. I remember them when they were still around. One knob turned the tv on and the other tuned the channels. Later on, tvs had one knob to turn in on and buttons to push for the channels. But keep in mind in the early 80's and further back there were not very many channels to choose from. Maybe 10? speaking of archaic tv - remember when satellite tv started? the dishes back then were huge. it was like having a frikkin radio telescope in the backyard. some of those things were so huge, they looked like they could pick up signals from zeta reticuli.

[slickwilly13]

Yeah, I see one of those every day. Actually two of them. One is a little bigger than that and I guess still works. It is in someone's yard across the street from a local Luby's that I sometimes dine in. The other one is actually in the rafters in my garage disassembled. Not mine. Don't know who it belonged to. But the dish was taken apart and stored up there. Its huge, but a little bit smaller than what is in the picture. Want it?

[Mike70]

But the dish was taken apart and stored up there. Its huge, but a little bit smaller than what is in the picture. Want it? nah man i'll pass. i think i'll stay with 21st century tech.

[triste realtà]

Yeah, exactly like that. I remember them when they were still around. One knob turned the tv on and the other tuned the channels. Later on, tvs had one knob to turn in on and buttons to push for the channels. But keep in mind in the early 80's and further back there were not very many channels to choose from. Maybe 10? In my opinion, TV was infinitely much better then. There were actually decent horror movies and shows on TV, like Night Gallery. Those weird cartoons were cool too, like the old Spiderman. WPGH from Pittsburgh used to show weird horror movies every Saturday afternoon at 2. I watched religiously and am trying to get as many as I can remember. Anybody got a list? Just the other day, I typed in a few key phrases from what I could remember about a movie and found out what it was and that it's available on various public domain box sets. It's They aka Invasion from Inner Earth by genius director Bill Rebane. (I can't believe you rolled on me.) It really freaked me out back then but probably not so much now. Another good one, and there's clips on youtube, is a Sunn documentary called Beyond and Back about life after death.

[Chic Freak]

But keep in mind in the early 80's and further back there were not very many channels to choose from. Maybe 10? Is that including the Sky/ cable channels, or just the ones you get for free? Because we only used to have four terrestrial channels. I am old enough to remember Channel 5 first appearing but too young to remember Channel 4 first appearing- before then there were just three: BBC1, BBC2 and ITV. And they didn't even have stuff on them all the time, apparently they only showed programs in the afternoon/ evening until 11pm

[clanglee]

My impression of British Television came from National Lampoons European Vacation. "You wanna watch Cheese or Snow?" So they used to play things like Monty Python Early in the evening? In out puritanical country, that would never fly. Not back then. Probably not now, on non-cable.

[Chic Freak]

So they used to play things like Monty Python Early in the evening? In out puritanical country, that would never fly. Not back then. Probably not now, on non-cable. Not even Monty Python's Flying Circus? Surely that's not offensive to anyone? It's more just silly, surreal humour than satirising anything anyone might hold dear (from what I've seen). I heard about how Life of Brian was banned all together in some American states when it came out (1979?) though. Pretty funny.

[Bruiser235]

You have to PAY to get into your own HS reunion? How freaked is that? My HS sucked and they don't have my new address. And that's the way I likes it.

[slickwilly13]

I think the 80's had some very memerable programs growing. I think as a kid of the 80's we had best cartoons compared to today. To answer Chicky's question. We had Channel 2-13 for free. And we paid for two premium channels: Showtime and The Movie Channel. This was back in the early 80's *80-83*. Around 1984-86 we ditched the other two premium channels for HBO and Cinemax. The Movie Channel showed R-rated programs during the day and my parents didn't want me watching those kind of shows. Though I saw the U.S. cable premier of the Creepshow back in 83, so go figure. *shrugs*

[SRP76]

I'll bet that at the time, you sure as hell weren't going to pay 50 bucks to see the people in your class. At the time, you were probably demanding that the school pay you to show up.

[ProfessorChaos]

next year will be ten years since i graduated....feels like a lifetime ago, but only last week...strange. i'm sure there will be a reunion, but i doubt i'll go. they had one for our fifth year, but i was literally on the other side of the planet at the time. on my last day of high school, my best friend and i called the local classic rock station and i requested a dedication to the class of 99, and we jammed it out, burning a fattie, on what was probably the most beautiful day of my entire life up until that moment. then we went back to school, lit up like a couple of christmas trees, and went to the third floor and dumped all the trashcans down the stairwell....ah, memories.

[mista_mo]

man I must be the only person here who is technically a high school drop-out lol. so screw the reunion, they arent worthy of the honour of me leaving my snot on their fancy pants windows. the 80s sucked, the..the...2000s are the future, and the way to go! Liposuction and breast enlargements for everyone!

[Chic Freak]

I'll bet that at the time, you sure as hell weren't going to pay 50 bucks to see the people in your class. At the time, you were probably demanding that the school pay you to show up. Isn't it though. I'd have paid 25 quid not to see my classmates at the time. Now I'm just happy not to see them for free.