Television from a different time
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I remember the big thing in Boston was when we got UHF. Dialing it was a pain though, our channels were 38 and 56, a whole lot of clicking! 38's key to fame was they televised the Bruins games.
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We got ours when I was 6, in 1948. But before that we walked around the corner to my aunt's house and watched wrestling on her 6" TV. My mother had a thing for Gorgeous George. My speed was Howdy Doody, especially Princess Summerfallwinterspring (yes, I was a dirty old man at 6). Like the others, we had channels 2 thru 13 on the dial, but only 2(CBS),4(NBC),5(Dumont),7(ABC),9(Independent),11(Independent) & 13(Independent) worked. Imagine my surprise when the USAF sent me to College Station, TX in 1966, and we could get ONE TV channel.
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I guess in those days bowling, rassling, and roller derby were the big sports on the tube
In 1979, Dolly Parton wanted to sing a song she wrote for Johnny Carson on his Tonight Show.
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Classic tv
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Are you kidding, the womens roller derby was outright violent and viscious, there was no other place to be than the front row in front of the tube on Sunday morning with an overflowing bowl of frosted flakes!
True, true very true...Dam miss womens roller derby!
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And on VHF we had channels 41 & 47, which were spanish speaking stations. On Saturday nights you had "Lucha Libra" for wrestling ( Andre the Giant, Chief Jay Strongbow, and several others) it was awesome. And then Iris Chaconne a Spanish entertainer who we were not allowed to watch because she wore skimpy outfits and shook her ample body all over.
And also Emergency on Saturday nights.
Those were good times, to be 14 and growing up in Brooklyn. My kids don't understand how good we had it with so much less.
Bklyn Buff, those days of Wrestlers like Andre the Giant and Chief Jay Strongbow, were great too.
Interesting to note that a little bit later, maybe into the late 1980s, the wrestler known as "The Million Dollar Man", Ted DiBiase, is now a preacher in a church.
Also, the wrestler, Mark Calaway, "The Undertaker", known as the Dead Man has taken on a religious role as well.
The TV Show Emergency was part of our training when I was a volunteer firefighter. We would gather around the TV in the firehouse holding onto our seats waiting for "The Big One" to come at the end of the show.
Of course we have our own Johnny Gage right here with us on this site. His real name being Dan Potter (see reply # 91).
Now I'm beginning to wonder if he ever took on a role as a "Good Guy" TV Wrestler using that name, "Johnny Gage".
Not like one of those Bad Guys including "The Million Dollar Man" or the "Undertaker".
Interesting to note that a little bit later, maybe into the late 1980s, the wrestler known as "The Million Dollar Man", Ted DiBiase, is now a preacher in a church.
Also, the wrestler, Mark Calaway, "The Undertaker", known as the Dead Man has taken on a religious role as well.
The TV Show Emergency was part of our training when I was a volunteer firefighter. We would gather around the TV in the firehouse holding onto our seats waiting for "The Big One" to come at the end of the show.
Of course we have our own Johnny Gage right here with us on this site. His real name being Dan Potter (see reply # 91).
Now I'm beginning to wonder if he ever took on a role as a "Good Guy" TV Wrestler using that name, "Johnny Gage".
Not like one of those Bad Guys including "The Million Dollar Man" or the "Undertaker".
My favorite was The Polish Power Ivan Putski with the signature move the Polish Hammer. Bruno was the man also.
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How about Killer Kowalski and Antonino Rocca
Ohhhhhhhhhh ....nice call!
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I was not into wrestling but when i was in Throggs Neck vol. Amb i was doing side work installing telephones. One saturday morning i was doing some work for our chiefs neighbor, a retired fireman from Eng 75 named Packy Murphy. His wife was retired NYPD. Anyway Packy's wife, mother and a friend of theirs were watching wrestling while Packy and I were in the kitchen. A priest from the local parish, who I knew very well, came to bring the mother communion. I had to leave the house while the priest was there. The tv was turned off, and the 3 women who had been yelling at the tv were sitting all nice and proper. As soon as the priest left the tv went on and the yelling at it resumed.
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Just remembered Bo Bo Brazil
Very cool also a time when you changed the channel with a set of needle nose pliers as well......ahhh dam good times!
