Blog Post #2: Television

     My Second Interview with Greg was over Television. Mostly this interview revolved around when he first experienced TV. He thinks that in today's world, We take for granted just what a feat the invention of TV was.

When I would get home from school, the first thing that my sisters and I would do is sit down in front of our blond-colored TV and watch programs like Howdy Doody and the Micky Mouse club."

     Not only was his TV blonde colored, which is very rare today, it also had a very dim gray-black screen. The picture wasn't perfect, but it was still amazing to see shows, and how fun it was to follow the story. Back in the day, TV only had four channels, so there wasn't much variety. TV also only ran for around 3 hours, so time was very limited.

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                                             Not a blonde colored TV, but one with the same type of screen Greg had

Back in the 50s, you could tell your mom that you were going outside to play. You would be outside all day, going one, two, even three miles away from your house, and when you got back, your mom would ask 'where have you been?' and all you would say was 'outside with friends' and that was the end of it. Nowadays everyone has a cellphone in their pocket. So when it was raining, TV would give us something to do when it was gross outside.

     Greg remembered some of the sponsors and advertisements that he encountered between his favorite shows. Alka Seltzer , Bonomo's Turkish Taffy, and Mr. Clean commercials all stuck out in his mind. He sang the song that w
ent along with the Taffy; B-O-N-O-M-O-S Turkish Taffy, and he remembered the Alka Seltzer mascot, Speedy, vividly.

                                          Image Soruce:https://www.pinterest.com/pin/92253492341222410/                                                                           An Alka-Seltzer package from the 1960s, its look has changed quite a bit!
   
 Greg was first exposed to cable TV in college. It was so new that mostly people had no idea what it even was, He didn't get cable until the 1970s, but he was thrilled when it came out.

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                                                         This is the first system to every transmit cable television!

It was so nice to not have to get up every hour to fix the antenna because someone had knocked it over or the picture getting all static when the weather was bad outside. We also got so many more channels over satellite.

     Greg doesn't really watch any Netflix or Hulu or any other type of streaming service. He just watches cable TV with his wife.