Denise got me thinking a while ago about memories of historical events. I grew up in a family of news, political, and current event junkies. When our TV broke it might not get replaced--until something like a space launch or political event was about to occur. We didn't watch the evening TV news much, but listened to a radio station with a lot of news coverage.
As a teen I even remember having the portable TV moved to the living room next to the big TV so we could watch certain events on two networks the goal usually to watch the actual event on one if the commentators were talking on the other network. National conventions of either party were an occasion for this type of viewing. Back then candidates were decided at the conventions, not by primaries ahead of time.
When I saw the movie Apollo 13 as an adult I was very surprised that I had little or no memory of that event, which occurred when I was a teen. Mark also remembered little about it. We concluded that the news coverage was very different than it would be now. Far less drama, so far less memorable.
Wishing you pleasant events!
Shalom
Carol
2 comments:
sounds like your family thought of a way to have the "split-screen" t.v. feature before it was even an option.
as for news coverage, i would love to have far less commentary and drama nowadays, even if that meant everything would be less memorable!
I love it that you had two tv's and you watched both at the same time. Television watching was a special event itself back then. Everyone watched the same shows on Friday night and if you were lucky you got to eat pizza and drink a coke (that you had to share with your sibling).
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