"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
The only thing I can remember my parents not letting me watch on TV was a special documentary about the Holocaust in the mid 60s.. It showed the dead stacked up like cord wood and the ovens, etc. I can see why they did it at the age I was at the time. Everything else was OK as long as it wasn't on when he wanted to watch something.
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
When I was a kid there was nothing on TV worth banning. Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore were married but slept in separate beds. Elvis was only shown from the waist up.
Lots of the stuff they show today is an unmitigated sh** show.
We had two channels, 4 & 9. Dad had nothing to do with determining programming, that was Mom. I was not allowed to watch boxing (neither was Dad) and Alfred Hitchcock.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
Channels? First year there was only one(KCMC?) in Texarkana. Then channel 12 in Shreveport, later channel 3 in Shreveport. Lots of kids out of east Texas were bussed over to channel 12 to "be on TV" on the afternoon kids show.
Aside: remember the radio and TV had to break for station identification?
Nothing was banned as I recall but when Dad watched the Wednesday Night Fights, it was that or nothing to watch.
I grew up in the 70s and they were just starting to push the boundaries about things like race and gays, etc. My old man would flip out and turn the TV off if they even mentioned gays, homosexuals, etc. He would also change the channel when they would start on the Maxi Pads or tampons commercials. I was also banned from watching Saturday Night Live when it first came out because my parents thought it was too raunchy. They also wouldn't let us watch Roots when it first premiered on TV. They didn't know it then but a year later we were required to watch it at school during History class. Guess my parents didn't want us to watch it due to the brief nudity and mentioning the word n8gger too often.
I do remember, though, that as we pre-planned it, Dad woke me up at 11PM one Saturday night so that me and my brother could watch "PT-109" about John Kennedy's adventure in the Pacific during WWII. This was at a time when my bedtime was about 8PM or so. So getting to stay up late was a huuuuge deal. Of course, back then, you could only watch movies when the networks aired them and no other time. No VCRs, no DVRs, no Netflix or movie channels.
I had zero channels, we didn't get tv until I was gone from the house.
Really enjoyed the old radio dramas: The Shadow, Lone Ranger etc. Used to run home from grade school every afternoon to catch the latest segments on KOVE, 1330, Lander Wyoming.