I Remember

[WannaWitness]

Remember when former host of Price Is Right Bob Barker looked like this? Also, note the style of the digits on the screens in the background (and the flower patterns underneath).

 

[OK Jeff]

Where’s the beef?

 

[WannaWitness]

K-Tel Records!

 

[WannaWitness]

...And I might be wrong, but I am sure we can all remember at least one kid (boy or girl) in preschool or elementary school who sported a "bowl" haircut (or something similar)... if not sporting one ourselves!

(I didn't have one, but I do recall there were many who did back in the day!)

 

[OK Jeff]

I remember several kids having them. Heck the wife even had a sort of one haha.
I myself had a flat top for a time. Not my proudest moment. But it beats the mullet I’d have a few years later.

 

[*LILAC]

Yep, I remember those awful haircuts! Never had one myself, thank goodness.

 

[WannaWitness]

I don't know if anyone said this or not, but...

"Whatchootalkinbout, Willis?"

 

[*LILAC]

Haha! I totally remember that show!

 

[WannaWitness]

Haha! I totally remember that show!

One of the best, for sure!

 

[JAM2b]

Reading Rainbow theme song

 

[WannaWitness]

Gotta love them old TV test patterns!!

EDIT: This reminds me... I used to get quite scared when seeing that last test pattern on the TV. Not so much the test pattern itself, but the sign-on that it led into, which consisted of a pre-recorded announcer whose voice frightened me, and the image that accompanied it was really eerie to me at the time. It's not what was in the image that was scary (which to my recollection appeared to be a bird flying by a moon against a starry background, and the station call letters in big bold caps in between the bird and the moon), it might have been the way it was drawn. However, when I look back on it I just can't figure out why that particular image (in combination with the voice) was so scary to me. I see it in a whole different way now (since TV signoffs/signons, in general, are a sweet memory I like to reflect upon); in fact, I would like to see it turn up somewhere. Fat chance of that, though, as online searches produce nothing that even resembles it. Can't say that doesn't surprise me, as the image was probably meant for a specific purpose at a particular time, after which it was placed in a vault around 35 years ago and never shown again. Many things are just lost to time and space... but I guess we can't do anything about that, can we? Whatever is, is.

 

[*LILAC]

Along with that high pitched beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

 

[WannaWitness]

Along with that high pitched beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

Oh, yes... I remember. One station back in the day used the color-bar card. I used to like to watch that one, but I admit that hum was a bit annoying; and (dumb old me) I just didn't think to turn the TV down!

They did show the "Indian head" test pattern. That one was actually my favorite because I loved the smooth music they played along with it. But of course, music has influenced me for ages.

 

[WannaWitness]

An interesting "then and now" commentary:

When You Were A Kid Vs. Kids Today

 

[WannaWitness]

And there were actually KNOBS!

 

[*LILAC]

An interesting "then and now" commentary:

When You Were A Kid Vs. Kids Today

That is sooooo true! Thanks for finding that!

 

[*LILAC]

And there were actually KNOBS!

Yeah, remotes didn't exist back then! Kids were the remotes! "Get up and change the channel. You missed! No wait! Go back one more! Move the antenna! I can't see anything! Turn it off!" LOL Oh, the memories!

 

[WannaWitness]

That is sooooo true! Thanks for finding that!

YW. Was trying to find something else at the time, but that really caught my eye, so thought I would post it.

 

[WannaWitness]

I also remember the need for a UHF antenna (for any station after 12, I believe); that was usually where many of the "independent" TV stations were found that had a lot of underrated, interesting programming.

Here is song all about it!

 

[Babe Ruth]

Gotta love them old TV test patterns!!

EDIT: This reminds me... I used to get quite scared when seeing that last test pattern on the TV. Not so much the test pattern itself, but the sign-on that it led into, which consisted of a pre-recorded announcer whose voice frightened me, and the image that accompanied it was really eerie to me at the time. It's not what was in the image that was scary (which to my recollection appeared to be a bird flying by a moon against a starry background, and the station call letters in big bold caps in between the bird and the moon), it might have been the way it was drawn. However, when I look back on it I just can't figure out why that particular image (in combination with the voice) was so scary to me. I see it in a whole different way now (since TV signoffs/signons, in general, are a sweet memory I like to reflect upon); in fact, I would like to see it turn up somewhere. Fat chance of that, though, as online searches produce nothing that even resembles it. Can't say that doesn't surprise me, as the image was probably meant for a specific purpose at a particular time, after which it was placed in a vault around 35 years ago and never shown again. Many things are just lost to time and space... but I guess we can't do anything about that, can we? Whatever is, is.

Where I lived (circa early 9os), channels used to play the National Anthem, and show military jets flying around, before going off the air for the night..