Augie Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) On 4/13/2020 at 12:42 AM, Gray Beard said: The Agony of Defeat on ABC Wide World of Sports Expand OUCH! That left a mark! Was that late 60’s early 70s? That made an impression on this young kid! . Edited April 13, 2020 by Augie 2
Turk71 Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 12:42 AM, Gray Beard said: The Agony of Defeat on ABC Wide World of Sports Expand Yes, the thrill of victory and unfortunately for this poster child, the agony of defeat. 1
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/12/2020 at 6:43 PM, Gray Beard said: Expand I didn’t realize this until recently, but blockbuster had a chance to buy Netflix back in 2000 for $50m. They laughed at Netflix, and basically threw them out of a meeting. BB obviously went bankrupt, and Netflix is worth like $40 billion! On 4/12/2020 at 11:30 PM, KD in CA said: Boy was that fancy and hi-tech coming from this (btw....can anyone under the age of 50 identify what the second dial was for?): Expand I am under 50, and all I remember about that second dial was, as a little kid, I would desperately turn it to try to improve terrible reception, and it would work like 1% of the time. 3
unbillievable Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 After installing the new TV, and getting no signal, I suggested that we "turn" it to channel 3... ...everyone laughed at me. ? 1 1
Gray Beard Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) I remember tagging along with my father when he would go to the hardware store with a bunch of tubes from the back of the tv and test them to see which ones had gone bad. Edited April 13, 2020 by Gray Beard 8
RaoulDuke79 Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 Buying smokes out of one of these when I was 15. 8 1
Gray Beard Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 1:44 AM, RaoulDuke79 said: Buying smokes out of one of these when I was 15. Expand All the people at work under the age of 40 are shocked to find out that these things used to be next to all the candy and soda machines scattered throughout the building. 2
apuszczalowski Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 12:46 AM, The Jerk said: Expand I still have mine in my basement, In the basement at my moms house we still have a Sega Game Gear, Master System, Genesis, Original Playstation, and an Atari 2600. All still work too I believe 1
RocCityRoller Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/12/2020 at 11:30 PM, KD in CA said: Boy was that fancy and hi-tech coming from this (btw....can anyone under the age of 50 identify what the second dial was for?): Expand I'm 44. One was UHF band, and the other VHF band. In Rochester, I think UHF was 21 and 31. 'Quit turning the knobs so fast, you will break the TV' On 4/12/2020 at 7:32 PM, RaoulDuke79 said: My kids were playing with some Easter gifts and one of them reminded me of the Mad Scientist toy collection from when I was a kid. Expand My sister had this, you could perform 'surgery' on the alien in all the goop! 2 1
apuszczalowski Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 1:14 AM, JR in Pittsburgh said: I didn’t realize this until recently, but blockbuster had a chance to buy Netflix back in 2000 for $50m. They laughed at Netflix, and basically threw them out of a meeting. BB obviously went bankrupt, and Netflix is worth like $40 billion! Expand In hindsight that looks bad, VERY BAD, but at the time I believe Netflix was just a rental service where you got your movies on a DVD in the mail or from a vending machine for a few days. Its not the online stream service its now become back then.
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 2:29 AM, apuszczalowski said: In hindsight that looks bad, VERY BAD, but at the time I believe Netflix was just a rental service where you got your movies on a DVD in the mail or from a vending machine for a few days. Its not the online stream service its now become back then. Expand I agree. There are a lot of stories of missed opportunities based on hindsight. Yahoo could have bought both google and facebook! from what I have read about nextflix though, they had a vision for an online business and pitched that to blockbuster. The CEO of blockbuster said that the dot com thing was just a fad, and passed. On 4/13/2020 at 2:26 AM, RocCityRoller said: I'm 44. One was UHF band, and the other VHF band. In Rochester, I think UHF was 21 and 31. 'Quit turning the knobs so fast, you will break the TV' Expand I grew up in Rochester, and now am remembering this!! Channel 31!
RocCityRoller Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 2:45 AM, JR in Pittsburgh said: I grew up in Rochester, and now am remembering this!! Channel 31! Expand How about 'Howdy Buckaroos'?
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 4:15 AM, RocCityRoller said: How about 'Howdy Buckaroos'? Expand haha— that is classic!! Ranger Bob’s Buckaroo Club!! by the way, I still can hear the one commercial they’d play all the time on channel 31 for ROC Communications car stereos (“go to the Roc... r..o...c...rr...o...c... communications!”). 1
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