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[grumpy old man] I remember when we had to get up off our ass to change the channel or adjust the volume. And we watched commercials, goddammit! We had one television for the whole damn family. Cartoons were only on Saturday morning until noon. There were 4 channels (including PBS) until UHF was developed in the mid-sixties, then we got 3 more! Wooped-dee dooo! Finally, we got Wee Willie Weber on weekday afternoons, showing cartoons. We got color TV in 1972, and cable hit our neighborhood in about 1978, but we didn't get it until about 1985! And when we got it, there was this wire that connected the box - not remote control - to the tv.[/grumpy old man]
Wee Willie had some pretty cool shows on, like Speed Racer, Ultra Man, Eighth Man, Prince Planet, Marine Boy, Johnny Cypher in Demension Zero - all Japanese, probably considered anime today.
There were some pretty far-fetched short run comedies. Anybody remember Captain Nice? Mr. Terrific (was that it?)?
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