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On 11/30/2024 10:06 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
> We probably had great shows because where I lived we only had 5
> channels.

Most places had 3 or 4 channels.  If you were sited JUST right,
you might catch the fringe of some other metropolitan area's
selection (but, you'd get TWO ABC or two NBC or two CBS, etc.
so not much real variety)

>  One was an educational one and another was very weak and some
> times not even watchable.

Tinfoil!!

>  Now with a couple of hundred channels they
> have to fill all that air time with something and we get quantify
> instead of quality.+

I rescanned the broadcast channels last night.  I think 66.  Of
course, once you ditch the spanish language ones and the shopping
channels... you're still left with shit!

> There were two shows that i really liked that do not seem to have an
> equal now. One growing up was Mr Wizard and the other was when computers
> were coming to the homes was The Computer Chronicles.  It told how
> computers worked and history of hem.

There are many _Dinosaurs_ episodes that make hilarious references
to "Mr Lizard" ("We're gonna need another Timmy!")