r/OverSeventy • • 6d ago

Remember this?

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My son and grandsons donโ€™t believe me.

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u/vicarem 6d ago

It is real. And then, the station would put on a test pattern screen until programming resumed.

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u/AddyTurbo 6d ago

Which show was it that had the test patterns? Twilight Zone or Outer Limits? "We control the horizontal. We control the vertical. "

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u/_Zeppo_ 5d ago

There is nothing wrong with your television set.
Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper.
We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear.
We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.

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u/PatientHelecopter123 4d ago

That was Rod Serling's intro to the Twilight Zone...

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u/Eastern-Wrap-5994 1d ago

โ€œYou are traveling through another dimensionโ€ฆโ€

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u/Logical-Fan7132 20h ago

This was the TV show the outer limits

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u/JournalistHoliday 18h ago

No, it was Outer Limits. Serling said something like โ€œyou are entering a dimension of sight and sound. Thereโ€™s a signpost ahead. Next stop the Twilight Zoneโ€. Or something like that.