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Offline Ripsnort

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« on: November 18, 2002, 08:40:17 AM »
Life in Black and White - For older folks only - (Under 40? You won't understand.)

You could hardly see for all the snow,
Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.
Pull a chair up to the TV set,
"Good night, David; Good night, Chet."

Dependin' on the channel you tuned
You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June.
It felt so good, felt so right.
Life looked better in black and white.

I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys
Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys
Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train
Superman, Jimmy & Lois Lane.

Father Knows Best, Patty Duke
Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too,
Donna Reed on Thursday night--
Life looked better in black and white.

I wanna go back to black and white.
Everything always turned out right.
Simple people, simple lives
Good guys always won the fights.

Now nothing is the way it seems
In living color on the TV screen.
Too many murders, too much fight,
I wanna go back to black and white

In God they trusted, in bed they slept.
A promise made was a promise kept.
They never cussed or broke their vows.
They'd never make the network now.

But if I could, I'd rather be
In a TV town in '53.
It felt so good, felt so right
Life looked better in black and white.

I'd trade all the channels on the satellite
If I could just turn back the clock tonight
To when everybody knew wrong from right
Life was better in black and white!
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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2002, 08:52:17 AM »
And women weren't so uppity either.   Well... actually.. they are creating their own hell.

end womens sufferage now!
lazs
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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2002, 09:13:42 AM »
"end womens sufferage now!"


LOL! :D


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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2002, 09:20:58 AM »
"Moving on Up" "Good Times"

was it B&W or just white?

sorry - had to beat some lib to the punch :)

we don't  need to go back to B&W, just take out the garbage in today's programs - would put us at about 6 hours of tv a day - all 200 channels combined :)
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2002, 09:50:28 AM »
*Sigh*  Those were the days!  *Sigh*

Don't forget "Sky King!"


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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2002, 09:53:12 AM »
heheh, Father Knows Best...beuty.
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Offline Cobra

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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2002, 10:05:40 AM »
I tend to look forward, not backwards.

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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2002, 10:25:18 AM »
Stick your head back in the sand and the world still looks black and white.





PS. They still haven't improved on the Dick Van Dyke Show.
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2002, 10:33:32 AM »
One word...  Nickelodian.  They show all them old black & white shows late at night, I believe.
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2002, 10:46:40 AM »
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One word...  Nickelodian.  They show all them old black & white shows late at night, I believe.


Yep! It dawned on me the other night watching the Red Skelton show...comics today have to use 4-letter words to be funny. They didn't have to in Red's day. :)
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« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2002, 10:53:16 AM »
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Yep! It dawned on me the other night watching the Red Skelton show...comics today have to use 4-letter words to be funny. They didn't have to in Red's day. :)


Once again you are showing your completely rose colored memory of the past.

Lenny Bruce ring a bell?
Buddy Hackett?

Comedians have been working dirty since the late 50's, and some still do. Not all. Working clean still works too. Seinfeld is a prime example, and so is Newhart.
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« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2002, 10:57:34 AM »
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Once again you are showing your completely rose colored memory of the past.

Lenny Bruce ring a bell?
Buddy Hackett?

Comedians have been working dirty since the late 50's, and some still do. Not all. Working clean still works too. Seinfeld is a prime example, and so is Newhart.



Majority then, minority now...could be all the good jokes are used up! ;)
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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2002, 11:01:13 AM »
The Rifleman

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« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2002, 11:08:43 AM »
Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob...now there was a team! :)

Jackie Gleason on the Honeymooners...

Milton Berle...

Radio in those days was pretty darned good as well...
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« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2002, 11:24:12 AM »
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Once again you are showing your completely rose colored memory of the past.

Lenny Bruce ring a bell?
Buddy Hackett?

Comedians have been working dirty since the late 50's, and some still do. Not all. Working clean still works too. Seinfeld is a prime example, and so is Newhart.


yeah, they were the Richard Pryor/Eddie Murphy of their day

seen numerous vid recordings of them grabbing their crotch and repeatedly saying the F & N - word :rolleyes:
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