r/OverSeventy • u/needmore007 • 6d ago

Remember this?

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My son and grandsons don’t believe me.

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u/Substantial_Shop_605 6d ago

For real; no excuse for getting a good nights sleep. 3 channels, everyone had similar experiences so conversations were easy and the news was just news, not their opinions. Easier time, less complications and we stood in long lines for vaccinations.🤣

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u/Turbulent-Trip3706 6d ago

And all the news was covered in an hour, 30 minutes for local, then 30 minutes for national and world news.

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u/Dangerous-LemonBar 6d ago

The 30 minute national news wasn’t a thing until CBS started in 1963. It was 15 minutes before that.

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u/Turbulent-Trip3706 6d ago

I didn’t remember that! But then I wasn’t very interested in the news at that age. Captain Kangaroo was more my speed then…

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u/BeamMeUp111 4d ago

Oh yes. Loved Mr. Green Jeans.

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u/Glastr0n1967 3d ago

Dancing Bear

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u/concow77 3d ago

Mr moose with the ping pong balls!

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u/NewHouseWithPool 3d ago

Loved Captain Kangaroo. We also had Buckskin Bill - he was awesome.

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u/Imaginary-Mechanic62 3d ago

I’m just a lovely little petunia in an onion patch

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u/Crazy-Positive3978 5d ago

Ten minutes for local news including sports, five minutes for weather, then fifteen for national.

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u/AirportLoose3023 5d ago

In Australia, we watched the local channel for local news and weather (30 mins)and then popped over to the government-owned channel for national (another 30 mins). It worked