Was it Sale Of The Century? i remember Jim Perry hosting that in the 80s on NBC, but didn't Joe G. do that show in the 70s?
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What are your earliest television viewing memories?
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Was it Sale Of The Century? i remember Jim Perry hosting that in the 80s on NBC, but didn't Joe G. do that show in the 70s?
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And speaking of game show hosts that I grew up with, the late Allen Ludden was the longtime host of Password, where he met his future wife Betty White. Burt Convey also later hosted Password, and the one I watched afterschool was "Tattletales". Tom Kennedy is another name I remember, also hosted later editions of Password, "You Don't Say", "Split Second" and "Name That Tune".
I was 4 years old and first remember, on my grandparent's Zenith B&W TV, the funeral procession of JFK.
When i was younger we were almost a ABC family. Almost everything- the news, most sporting events, soaps, China Beach, Wheel Of Fortune, Jeopardy, American Gladiators, WWF Superstars of Wrestling, and WCW WorldWide, and the afterschool specials- were watched on WLOS/13 out of Asheville. There were a few shows i watched on WYFF/4 though back then- Sale Of The Century, St Elsewhere, Tic Tac Dough(the dreadful 90s version with Patrick Wayne, although I've may have seen Wink Martindale do TTD at some point), On Scene: Emergency Response, Sisters, and Memories....Then and Now. We never watched much from WSPA/7- maybe Rollergames, some sports events and The Price Is Right, but that was all. back then, and WHNS/21 had too much reruns in those days to interest me. Now WAXA/40 did have one thing that interested me- the game show Super Password, which was preempted by WYFF/4 for their noon newscast.
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imdb, guys...it tells you pretty much everything you need to know about TV and movies. According to imdb, Joe hosted something called The Memory Game in 1971, and Strike It Rich in '86.
My first memories was about 3 or 4, which would put it 77 or 78. Our cable system consisted mainly of local channels between Sacramento (local) and the Bay Area (distant). I remember getting my cartoon fix from KTVU 2 and KBHK 44 on cable channel 4 before it would time shift to KRON 4 at night. This was before channel 31 was established as a major Sacramento station and well before 58 was even thought of.
And while I don't remember Joe Garigiola hosting the syndicated To Tell The Truth, he apparently was filling in for Garry Moore when the the panel had to decide who was the real Frank Abagnale, Jr., the clip of which opened the early 2000s movie Catch Me If You Can.
I watched Nighttime TPIR too when I was a baby, but it was Tom Kennedy hosting, and it was on WSPA/7 which also had the daytime show with Bob Barker. But Tom Kennedy was no Bob Barker, that's for sure, but he did a better job than Drew Carey does now.
I was born in 1954 & my earliest memories were of kids shows like Fireball X-L5 and Astro Boy. I also remember trying to stay up to watch an episode of the Outer Limits 'Corpus Earthling' and Thriller episode 'Pigeons from Hell'. I never got past he first 10 minutes. Too scared!
I am beginning to believe it was The Memory Game. The timing is about right for that one.
Though hardly the first I do remember another show called Soap factory Disco back in the late 1970s but not so much the show itself but the fact that our then pastor hated it. Every Sunday in church he would always bring it up !! "People are having sex with their clothes on !!", "filthy trash !!"..were some of the stuff he would say about this show. Almost like he had this obsession about this show. Well one Saturday afternoon I actually tuned in to watch Soap Factory. Even at the age of NINE I knew what this show was about. A cheap knock off of Soul Train and nothing more.
And not to mention that Tom Kennedy did a better job than a certain host of another nighttime TPIR in 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdMSK3m8ZX8
Born in 1955. First memories are of test patterns and national anthems, as I was an early riser from a very young age. I would wait in front of the set for sign-on to watch the jets fly during the Star-spangled Banner. Of course, I watched lots of cartoons, too -- Bugs, Beany & Cecil, Bullwinkle -- but I was fascinated by newscasts, too, even though I had very little idea what was going on. I knew all the newscasters by name even before starting school, my parents tell me.
One story I've heard many times over the years was about my parents spotting Chris Clark, who did sports for one of the Providence stations, at a restaurant. They went over to his table and told him that their son watched him every evening. He thanked them and asked how old their son was. When they answered "Three," he got a funny look on his face and ended the conversation!
One story I've heard many times over the years was about my parents spotting Chris Clark, who did sports for one of the Providence stations, at a restaurant. They went over to his table and told him that their son watched him every evening. He thanked them and asked how old their son was. When they answered "Three," he got a funny look on his face and ended the conversation!
I remember WLOS's sign off, usually in 1989, after American Gladiators- Sandi Patty's rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner with a video of different people saluting the flag followed by shots of newspaper presses and people voting with ballots. in that era, WLOS used a color version of the Indian-head test pattern and in the center said "13 WLOS Asheville-Greenville-Spartanburg" Kind of associate WLOS's sign off of that era that with the Joe Thesimann era of AG
What really surprised me- at least then- was that WLOS signed-off every weeknight until 1992, where as the other two stations didn't- i'd check out WYFF's late night stuff often or even WHNS. I bet that WLOS makes ton of money overnight these days...
I used to watch the NWA on WYFF on Saturday mornings- same thing on WLOS on Sunday afternoons. Was *much* better wrestling than what the WWE passes for these days. The WWF was on WLOS, but it was more tamer than it is now.
I used to watch the NWA on WYFF on Saturday mornings- same thing on WLOS on Sunday afternoons. Was *much* better wrestling than what the WWE passes for these days. The WWF was on WLOS, but it was more tamer than it is now.
When i used to watch wrestling it thought it would be funny if the wrestlers yelled at each other, or if the high-volume ringside announcers(like Vince McMahon, Tony Schiavone or even Jim Ross) got really excited over some stupid thing happening like fighting outside of the ring, etc... I never saw Bob Caudle do that on "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" back in the day, maybe because the promotions didn't do that too much...
My earliest memories are from when I was 3, watching Cisco Kid, The Honeymooners (old black and white episodes during the day on weekdays and color episodes on Saturday nights), and Looney Tunes on KTVT's Cartoon Carnival.
About that time, I got up one morning to watch Captain Kangaroo on KDFW. The signal was fading out badly, so I started flipping channels and noticed all the channels seemed "off." I was afraid I was going to get in trouble for "fine tuning" to much.
Eventually I found the Captain on Channel 10 and eventually heard them say it was "Waco." It was my first TVDX and I was hooked forever.
About that time, I got up one morning to watch Captain Kangaroo on KDFW. The signal was fading out badly, so I started flipping channels and noticed all the channels seemed "off." I was afraid I was going to get in trouble for "fine tuning" to much.
Eventually I found the Captain on Channel 10 and eventually heard them say it was "Waco." It was my first TVDX and I was hooked forever.
My earliest memories of American Gladiators was of how crude the set looked- it looked like an ancient roman gladiatorial arena. Very corny to me. also the Eliminator had the contenders rolling balls up an ramp, rather than the treadmill they used in later seasons. There was also a hooded referee who would use an thumbs up-thumbs down to signal infractions. The Joust even had a trap door.
This seems like it would be so easy, but it's not...In a general sense, it's kind of weird because for the most part I couldn't tell you what TV shows are on what nights anymore, but I still remember a lot of it from when I was little (Lucy and Andy Griffith on Monday, Red Skelton on Tuesday, etc.) I can remember when there were still a lot of live action reruns on Saturday morning like Lassie, Roy Rogers, and Sky King. One early local kids show was Mickey Mouse Club reruns hosted by a magician in Fort Wayne named Dick Stoner, who is still performing today (He's owned a magic and costume store in FW for many years, too.)
I can remember what shows aired on what nights when i was little too- St. Elsewhere and China Beach were on Wednesdays, The Cosby Show, Family Ties and L.A. Law were on Thursdays, TGIF on Fridays, American Gladiators and Sisters were on Saturdays, and 60 Minutes and Life Goes On and the home video shows were on Sundays.
As far as hosts, the worst i saw was Patrick Wayne on "Tic Tac Dough". Yeah he was awful big time. To me, Wink Martindale *was* TTD, and when i started watching reruns on GSN in 1994 i knew why. Now Pat Finn on "The Joker's Wild" was just as good as Jack Barry was in the 70s though.
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