You无毛视频檙e traveling through another dimension
I grew up with television.
Not literally.
But when TV was coming of age, I, too, was enjoying (and sometimes suffering from) a growth spurt of my own in the late 1950s and early 无毛视频�60s.
So, the other day, when I was clicking around on YouTube, I found it interesting when I came upon some videos that presented collections of brief snippets of old TV shows.
It无毛视频檚 good stuff for those of us who enjoy nostalgia.
There was one video highlighting the 1960 weekly schedule for NBC. It showed nightly programs that I don无毛视频檛 remember 无毛视频� 无毛视频淭he Man from Interpol无毛视频� and 无毛视频淭he Shirley Temple Show.无毛视频�
By then, Ms. Temple had become a grizzled old lady of 32. Not the cute-as-a-kitten child star of the 1930s. I think I may have been doing something else in the evenings when she hosted that show.
There were also shows I do remember, but I didn无毛视频檛 watch. 无毛视频淲agon Train无毛视频� and 无毛视频淣ational Velvet无毛视频� were among those.
There were lots of shows that I do fondly remember from that era like 无毛视频淎lfred Hitchcock Presents无毛视频� and 无毛视频淏achelor Father.无毛视频�
On ABC about that time, there was 无毛视频淢averick无毛视频� (Brett, Bart, and cousin Beau), 无毛视频淭he Rifleman,无毛视频� (Chuck Connors) 无毛视频淭he Steve Allen Show,无毛视频� 无毛视频淭he Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,无毛视频� 无毛视频淭he Real McCoys,无毛视频� 无毛视频淢y Three Sons,无毛视频� 无毛视频淭he Untouchables,无毛视频� and the family favorite 无毛视频� 无毛视频淏en Casey,无毛视频� which always opened with the actor Sam Jaffe as Dr. David Zorba at a chalkboard uttering the words, 无毛视频淢an, woman, birth, death, infinity.无毛视频�
Jaffe无毛视频檚 deadpan delivery was so convincing, I无毛视频檓 sure many people thought he was a real doctor.
Each of those videos has the complete weekly network schedules for shows from more than 60 years ago.
无毛视频淵ou无毛视频檙e traveling through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind.无毛视频� What kid of the 1950s could tune away from Rod Serling无毛视频檚 weekly alert that we were about to enter 无毛视频� 无毛视频淭he Twilight Zone?无毛视频�
What separates those earlier days of television and today无毛视频檚 is how many more programs there are today.
Back then, there were only three national TV networks sharing most of the nation无毛视频檚 TV viewers.
So, the final episode of 无毛视频淭he Fugitive无毛视频� in 1967 drew 78 million viewers. (Only two other programs, 无毛视频淐heers无毛视频� in 1993 and 无毛视频淢*A*S*H无毛视频� in 1983, have had more viewers for their final episodes.)
By the time Dr. Richard Kimble finally caught up with that elusive one-armed man, nearly half the country saw it.
There simply weren无毛视频檛 as many choices as there are today.
In my home, we无毛视频檝e had Verizon FIOS for more than a decade. That means we have access to hundreds of channels 无毛视频� plus more movies and live sports than we无毛视频檒l ever be able to watch. We also stream Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, MAX, Showtime Anytime, Peacock, and the aforementioned YouTube.
We无毛视频檝e gotten 无毛视频渉ooked无毛视频� from time to time on a few series (无毛视频淭he Crown,无毛视频� 无毛视频淒ownton Abbey,无毛视频� 无毛视频淢oney Heist,无毛视频� and House of Cards among them).
We also make good use of our DVR. That means we rarely miss a Pittsburgh Pirates game or 无毛视频淛eopardy,无毛视频� 无毛视频�60 Minutes,无毛视频� or the 11 o无毛视频檆lock news on Channel 4.
Yet, with all of those movies and TV shows we have available to us, there are still times when my wife and I have to perform deep searches to find a show or series we might want to watch together.
Why?
I have no idea why.
It无毛视频檚 just that way.
Sort of that old thing about 无毛视频淲ater, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink无毛视频� thing.
I无毛视频檓 sure there are times when you may feel like us.
When you无毛视频檇 settle on a nice anthology series like 无毛视频淎lcoa Presents: One Step Beyond,无毛视频� but there aren无毛视频檛 many readily available to you within the vast sea of choices we have today.
Could it be we无毛视频檝e become jaded by the glut of entertainment we无毛视频檝e been fed over the years?
The production values of those old shows weren无毛视频檛 nearly as sophisticated as what we have in today无毛视频檚 shows.
Maybe we无毛视频檙e running out of fresh ideas to entertain each other.
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 50-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.