09/06/2024
Years ago radio and tv were much more interesting to watch and listen to. It would be nice to recreate that same feeling today to build our memories, whether chilhood with our childrens programing or as an adult. KHIJ-fm can help do that. You can start listening now and start building some of those same memories for eternity. Some time ago I wrote this post:
Sleep seems to have eluded me tonight, as it sometimes does, and my mind was wandering back for some reason to my folks early black and white tv. It was a big floor model, with doors that remained shut during the day. I remember our neighbor across the street, Dean Schlief got the first black and white in Fairfield, but ours carried many more memories. I was thinking back to early heros like Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and my still favorite sign off of "Happy Trails". And don't forget Gabby Hayes and Sons of the Pioneers (still my favorite). Then there was Gene Autry and the Lone Ranger and Tonto. And Palladin. And I remember an early Saturday Morning cartoon called Winky D**k where you would send off a quarter and get back a magic screen that stuck to the tv with static electricity. During the show they would give clues that you would draw on your magic screen and at the end of the show you could see what the secret was. And Sunday nite was always supper in front of the tv with Lassie, Ed Sullivan and Lawrence Welk. And who could forget Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Then there was George Burns and Gracie Allen and "Good Nite Gracie". Bob Hope with "Thanks for the memories", and Jackie Gleason with "To the moon, Alice". And I always enjoyed Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Satchmo (I used to pop corn for Parsons College Basketball games and shows and got to meet him, if only for a second). The Little Rascals and Three Stooges were always funny. There was only one station back then, Channel 3, and Rabbit ears to keep adjusting to get a better picture with less snow. And if you got to stay up til 10 o'clock you could see the test pattern that stayed on til the next morning. And I couldn't forget John Wayne. Like Bob Hope said, "Thanks for the memories". Now that I have crossed the line from Old Timer to Grumpy Old Man, those must have been the good ole days. Good nite Gracie, wherever you are. And Happy Trails.
