Trip down memory lane: 60s & 70s TV
In the days before DVDs, before videotape -- heck, even before many of us had color TV -- plain ol' live television was a big deal. Here's a look at a few videos from some of the most memorable (if not truly the best) TV shows from the Gen Xers' childhood years.
Back in the sixties and seventies, the TV had no competition from goodies like DVDs, the web, YouTube, on-demand downloads, video games or cell phones. There was also admittedly very little in the way of competition in what was broadcast on TV -- at least compared with the hundreds of cable channels available today. All you needed in order to watch along with the rest of the country was a crappy TV with rabbit ears. But there was no scheduling flexibility. For example, the annual Christmastime broadcast of "The Wizard of Oz" was a true event -- and if you missed it... well, try again next year.
Those tech-less days are now long gone, and our kids will have an incredibly easy time waxing nostalgic about the Teletubbies and Hannah Montana in 30 years from now.
But right now, it's your turn to do a little reminiscing! Come along and relive a little part of your youth with us -- because this, my friends, is what the Internet is really for.
About the author: Nancy Price co-founded SheKnows.com in 1999, and now serves as Executive Editor and CEM (Chief Executive of Miscellany). In the midst of growing several award-winning websites over the past decade (woo!), she also served as the editor-in-chief of two national print magazines and has continued to explore her love of entertainment by interviewing bands, musicians, actors and others.Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she now lives in Arizona with her four kids and more than half a ton of animals (*packaged by weight, not volume).
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