Originally Posted by
Bernadette 
hey Sojourner--
Yes I totally remember that surreal poem! And then the snow fuzzing on...TV was over for the night!
I'm 41 - so I guess that was back in the late seventies/early eighties....
SailorJ, I never saw local content like traffic court or divorce court in Mass. where I grew up. That sounds crazy. How hilarious would it be to watch tapes of those programs today!!??
I try not to say "it was better back then..." cuz I know it makes me feel like an old fogey but I do feel that way!
Peace,
B.
Back in the day the local NBC affiliate was owned by the local newspaper, the Detroit News. Aside from the soaps there wasn't much programming, the locals would produce shows like traffic court. Same guys getting busted! They didn't have videotape back then, used another process call kinescope-I think-to record programming. It was definitely more original back then. Do you remember a cartoon named "Tom Terrific" used to air on Captain Kangaroo?