[Mr_Jet]

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I remember GI Joe came on really early in the morning when I was real little. Transformers I remember liking the toys more than the show and I remember I used to watch TMNT every Saturday morning and I used to watch Batman everyday after school.

[azjetfan]

I used to run from the bus to my house to watch the last 10 minutes of Transformers and GI Joe was on right after. I remember it seemed like a 10 mile run although it was like maybe a 1/4 mile. I used to get mad when we were running late. It sucked when it was raining and the signal would not come in. Did not have cable growing up. I also remember the TV was old even by that days standards. It had the big dials that clunked when you changed them. It was color but one of the colors did not work so everything was kinda blue.

[Mr_Jet]

azjetfan, on 29 October 2012 - 10:42 AM, said:

I used to run from the bus to my house to watch the last 10 minutes of Transformers and GI Joe was on right after. I remember it seemed like a 10 mile run although it was like maybe a 1/4 mile. I used to get mad when we were running late. It sucked when it was raining and the signal would not come in. Did not have cable growing up. I also remember the TV was old even by that days standards. It had the big dials that clunked when you changed them. It was color but one of the colors did not work so everything was kinda blue.

Yep my grandparents had one of those big floor model TVs that like you said made a clunking sound when you turned the dial and the dial only went up to 13 I think. So when they got cable they had to get one of those cable boxes that looked like a little keyboard to go above channel 13. But that TV they must of bought in the late 60s or early 70s but it worked all the way up to the early 90s. But I remember watching like shows Heathcliff and Inspector Gadget on that TV.

LOL. Now I remember that the year my brother and I got our Super Nintendo for Christmas and we couldn't hook it up to that TV because it was so old and incompatible.

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[azjetfan]

Mr_Jet, on 29 October 2012 - 03:58 PM, said:

Yep my grandparents had one of those big floor model TVs that like you said made a clunking sound when you turned the dial and the dial only went up to 13 I think. So when they got cable they had to get one of those cable boxes that looked like a little keyboard to go above channel 13. But that TV they must of bought in the late 60s or early 70s but it worked all the way up to the early 90s. But I remember watching like shows Heathcliff and Inspector Gadget on that TV.

LOL. Now I remember that the year my brother and I got our Super Nintendo for Christmas and we couldn't hook it up to that TV because it was so old and incompatible.

We had an Atari 2600 that you had to screw the little U shaped things to the UHF antenna on the back of the tv. the TV was not a floor model it sat on something. What is funny is I now watch the reruns with my 6 year old. He is all into it. Also Transformers Prime which I guess is the new version. Not really into GI Joe yet.

[Mr_Jet]

azjetfan, on 29 October 2012 - 08:32 PM, said:

We had an Atari 2600 that you had to screw the little U shaped things to the UHF antenna on the back of the tv. the TV was not a floor model it sat on something. What is funny is I now watch the reruns with my 6 year old. He is all into it. Also Transformers Prime which I guess is the new version. Not really into GI Joe yet.

My mother and aunt had something from the 70s called the Odyssey I think. I remember seeing the box in my grandparent's house. It was still in the box when I found it but I never played it. I don't know whatever happened to it. The first video game console I ever had was the Nintendo (NES). I remember the game would freeze sometimes so you'd have to blow the dust out of the cartridge.

Kids today don't know how good they have it. Now there are multiple kids channels now. Back in the day we basically only had Saturday mornings to get wall to wall cartoons and if you missed one then that was just too bad because there were no DVD sets, you had to wait to catch the reruns.

[azjetfan]

Mr_Jet, on 01 November 2012 - 09:11 AM, said:

Kids today don't know how good they have it. Now there are multiple kids channels now. Back in the day we basically only had Saturday mornings to get wall to wall cartoons and if you missed one then that was just too bad because there were no DVD sets, you had to wait to catch the reruns.

No joke man!! My kid has half the DVR filled with his cartoons and more importantly he knows how to work it. I almost feel guilty because he has so much I did not growing up. Kinda like I am spoiling him.

[Mr_Jet]

I remember watching these shows with my brother. They weren't on for long though.

[SecondHandJets]

Mr_Jet, on 01 November 2012 - 09:11 AM, said:

Kids today don't know how good they have it. Now there are multiple kids channels now. Back in the day we basically only had Saturday mornings to get wall to wall cartoons and if you missed one then that was just too bad because there were no DVD sets, you had to wait to catch the reruns.

I remember when my parents first got cable and then like 2 months afterwards I think Cartoon Network got added to the package, I had like an 18 hour Johnny Quest marathon.