As I look back, I wasn’t watching TV during any of the big moments. Challenger disaster: I was in Catholic school. We were in the habit of watching shuttle launches in the classroom to the point where it had become monotonous, so we didn’t even watch it live. It wasn’t until the principal came into the classroom and told the teacher the turn on the TV that we saw it replayed. However, a camera crew from KABC 7 went to my sister’s high school to get reaction from young people. If anybody has that videotape, please send it my way.
9/11: I was working a graveyard shift at a Kinkos-like copy store and had gotten home from work. Maybe an hour after I fell asleep, a friend called me and asked if I was watching. I asked what channel, and he replied “Every channel... we are at war.” Colombia disaster: I was in the Peace Corps in an Internet cafe in Kazakhstan. There was undoubtedly a mix of over-bass techno music playing overhead. One stranger walked over to me and patted me on the shoulder and said “I’m sorry” in Russian. A few seconds later another stranger did the same. I didn’t even know why they were offering condolences at that moment. Addendum: I recently bought and watched an episode of Kojak on the iTunes Store, specifically because the episode was originally broadcast the exact day and year I was born. If you ever get the chance, do some research and find media from your actual date of birth. There is no way anything remotely resembling that hour of television could be broadcast today. The treatment of women, the portrayals of minorities and drug use... oh my. On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 11:29 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Aug 8th 1974, around 9:00pm east... "The Mac Davis Show," whose star was > riding the *Billboard* charts at the time, got its ending cut off when on > came whichever anchor (I'm guessing Reasoner) ready to throw it to the > White House, where President Nixon would shortly announce his resignation. > (I don't recall being able to watch the moon landing live.) > > B > > daniel anderson, today (7/23): > >> I was watching the World Series in 1989 when the Earthquake happened. I >> can still remember hearing Al Michaels say "I'll tell you what, we're >> having an earth-" before the feed cut out. I remember ABC airing something >> else for a few minutes, before Ted Koppel came on form Washington(where he >> was hosting Nightline). >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/21f9d1bb-eebc-47a1-9cca-e4ce153c018bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/21f9d1bb-eebc-47a1-9cca-e4ce153c018bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CKT56_vU%3D9AZkHtD%2Bkbn4f0tydBgnQ36DcdBYpUaPb%2BA%40mail.gmail.com.
