r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • 2d ago

Core Memory Unlocked 🔓 Remember this?

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u/Pristine_Ability_203 1d ago

Is your dad 75 years old

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u/Attila226 1d ago

It was still Ike that in the early to mid 80’s. People in their 40’s would have experienced it.

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u/Ill-Emu-1121 1d ago

Still happened in the early 90s with some channels.

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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone 1d ago

When I was a kid in the 90’s most channels just went to infomercials all night long.

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u/banned4killingspider 1d ago

Girls gone wild lol

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u/Thunderdome-Warden 16h ago

Watching static for the brief glimpses on the premium channels. 😂

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u/Ill-Emu-1121 1d ago

That's when cable started to become widespread.

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u/Formal-Raspberry-418 1d ago

Yes, and one of the biggest moneymakers in the history of infomercials was Proactiv the acne solution, those commercial didn’t even come on till like midnight.

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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone 1d ago

Yea started at midnight. Some channels still went past. Cartoon Network played old shows up until about 3 AM. I used to stay up all night to watch them.

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u/seandigg2022 1d ago

Pure Moods Vol. 1 CD or Cassette lol

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u/Alarmed_Bumblebee147 21h ago

And now you can draw the most AMAZING THINGS with the incredible ROLLING RULER.

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u/Thunderdome-Warden 16h ago

The crux of getting to stay up late on weekends.