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On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:52:42 -0800, "Bill McKee"
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We didn't have a TV when I was 10.

I did like an old show called "Life with Elizabeth" with Betty White
that was around about that time but I saw it at a neighbor's.
Of course there was Disney with Davy Crockett. I never watched any of
the kid zoo shows like Kookla, Capt Kangaroo or Buffalo Bob.


We had one of the first TV's on the block. Lots of the kids would come
over
and watch the TV on Saturday mornings with my brother. I still do not
watch
a lot of TV, but as a kid, I would rather go ride my bike and play at the
creek.

My grandfather had a 1946 Dumont (the one with the little 8" screen in
a huge box with about a dozen knobs on it)
My mother thought it separated the family, cut into what we now call
"quality time" and she didn't want one in the house.
In retrospect I do think it was a good decision. We spent our evenings
playing games, doing puzzles or reading stories from those things we
used to have called books. My father even set up a little BB gun range
in the basement and we would have "shooting night".
I did see TV at other kid's houses but it was still fairly rare. "go
outside and play" was pretty much every mom's rule in those days if it
wasn't raining. .

Ours was a Magnavox. And we got it about 1948. Admitted the TV was better
in those days. Was aimed at people above the 18-25 age range and those who
had money as it cost a lot for a TV. The poor did not own them. One of
favorites later was Palidin "Have gun, will travel". Saw one the other day
on one of the Dish channels. Still hold up. Definately not a PC correct
show these days.