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14. Test pattern, in a hardware store, late 1940s.

Wed Feb 7, 2024, 05:46 PM

Feb 2024

Kukla, Fran & Ollie as a specific program, though, likely others before.
And, yes, I remember life before TV, listening to Sat. morning radio programs, and Fibber McGee and Molly, and The Great Gildersleeve.
At about midnight, the Star-Spangled Banner was played and the screen went blank.

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What is the first TV program that you remember watching.....mine: I Love Lucy.. 51 or 52... [View all] Stuart G Feb 2024 OP

Mine was bizarre. Silent and no motion. GreenWave Feb 2024 #1

Mine, too. That's it. From my crib, at about age 3. Together with WheelWalker Feb 2024 #38

Yes. That one, and Flies and Bumblebees Fighting. Mister Ed Feb 2024 #94

I remember as a little kid proudly telling my sister GreenWave Feb 2024 #96

Captain Kangaroo MiniMe Feb 2024 #2

Ditto sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #21

Same here. Captain and Mr. Moose Onthefly Feb 2024 #57

same here but with German subtitles in Germany gopiscrap Feb 2024 #83

I had a nanny named Beverly. We would rush into applegrove Feb 2024 #3

Awww, cute story. Thanks for sharing that it made livetohike Feb 2024 #26

Tammy, Gunsmoke and Flipper. Dad was in the Army stationed in Germany. MLAA Feb 2024 #4

Sesame Street. MontanaMama Feb 2024 #5

Crusader Rabbit. Biophilic Feb 2024 #6

yes! Conjuay Feb 2024 #70

Howdy Doody; Winky Dink, Ding Dong School & Romper Room nt yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #7

Did you have the Winky Dink kit that stuck to the TV screen and MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #16

I had that too. Stuart G Feb 2024 #74

yes we did! Probably the first "promotional" thing I had nt yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #130

Now I have an earworm...LOL Haven't thought of that song in decades..ugh... LeftInTX Feb 2024 #133

Sinbad, Dr Kildare, rainy Feb 2024 #8

Superman MyMission Feb 2024 #9

Whirlybird and Superman (in syndication) DBoon Feb 2024 #10

Every Saturday morning when I was a kid, my sister and I would sit in front of the tv Deuxcents Feb 2024 #11

"SKY KING".........I haven't heard that one in many, many years.............many many and many Stuart G Feb 2024 #75

Yeah..I'm older that most here it seems. Deuxcents Feb 2024 #78

Hmmm... Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #12

The Friendly Giant / Davy and Goliath rogerballard Feb 2024 #13

Test pattern, in a hardware store, late 1940s. No Vested Interest Feb 2024 #14

Kate Smith with MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #15

ArmyMcCarthy hearrings! elleng Feb 2024 #17

"High Chaparral." Aristus Feb 2024 #18

Loved that show!! Manolito! MaryMagdaline Feb 2024 #49

Henry Darrow (Manolito) was always one of my favorite small screen actors. Different Drummer Feb 2024 #127

My sister and I had a crush on Blue Boy. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #104

Reruns of "The High Chapparal" are still on the air. Different Drummer Feb 2024 #128

Kaptain Kangaroo, Johnny Quest, Time Tunnel, The Green Hornet and Star Trek. I barely remember Time Tunnel brewens Feb 2024 #19

Maybe Howdy Doody. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #20

me too! Fla Dem Feb 2024 #52

In 1955 we were in New York and we took a tour through a building.... Stuart G Feb 2024 #73

That was NBC studios at Rockefeller Center (I was sad when Howdy Doody ended) wishstar Feb 2024 #92

Flintstones Rastapopoulos Feb 2024 #22

I think it was Maverick and I have loved James livetohike Feb 2024 #23

"Maverick" still shows up weekday mornings in reruns on Heroes & Icons, if you get that. Different Drummer Feb 2024 #121

Captain Kangaroo, Romper Room Beausoleil Feb 2024 #24

Time for Beany Basic LA Feb 2024 #25

Plus one young_at_heart Feb 2024 #31

Cecil, the sea-sick sea serpent? 3Hotdogs Feb 2024 #88

"A Bob Clampett cartooooooooooooon!" Different Drummer Feb 2024 #111

Mickey Mouse Club of The Howdy Doody Show lynintenn Feb 2024 #27

Crusader Rabbit (with Rags the Tiger) no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #28

Fred and Fae Show madamesilverspurs Feb 2024 #29

Bewitched Lunabell Feb 2024 #30

A lot of people my age loved Bewitched Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #105

The Wonderful World of Brother Buzz Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #32

Howdy Doody OLDMDDEM Feb 2024 #33

Dragnet Sneederbunk Feb 2024 #34

We binge that show occasionally. LakeArenal Feb 2024 #40

It's still on in reruns on weekday mornings on MeTV. Different Drummer Feb 2024 #112

Yes it was for us. But we moved and no longer can get ME TV. LakeArenal Feb 2024 #114

The Lone Ranger nocoincidences Feb 2024 #35

The Red Skelton Show. nt woodsprite Feb 2024 #36

Highway Patrol ThoughtCriminal Feb 2024 #37

Besides the local kids cartoon shows.. LakeArenal Feb 2024 #39

The Big Brother Bob Emery Show Tom Kitten Feb 2024 #41

dragnet, probably mike_c Feb 2024 #42

Rin Tin Tin calguy Feb 2024 #43

Probably Buffalo Bob and Howdie Doodie. gibraltar72 Feb 2024 #44

The Lone Ranger- with the thrilling William Tell Overture UTUSN Feb 2024 #45

Mr. Roger's Neighborhood ... surrealAmerican Feb 2024 #46

Kimba the White Lion JoseBalow Feb 2024 #47

Wow you remember Kimba too I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #81

Mickey Mouse Club MaryMagdaline Feb 2024 #48

The Jackie Gleason Show! rogerballard Feb 2024 #50

Andy's Gang. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #51

Mutual of Ohama's Wild Kindom yankee87 Feb 2024 #53

Either "December Bride," "I Married Joan," or Glorfindel Feb 2024 #54

Captain Kangaroo! BigDemVoter Feb 2024 #55

CBS Evening New with Walter Cronkite Sedona Feb 2024 #56

There was a morning show with a guy with a chimp. Can't remember the name. Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #58

Big Brother Bob Emery, a local Boston area show,also Howdy Doody with Buffalo Bob. Fla Dem Feb 2024 #59

I remember he always sang his theme song. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #63

Howdy Doody, Kukla Fran and Ollie FuzzyRabbit Feb 2024 #60

Hopalong Cassidy LoisB Feb 2024 #61

It would probably be the Today Show with Dave Garaway. I remember that was always on the TV doc03 Feb 2024 #62

My mother learned English watching thucythucy Feb 2024 #64

Howdy Doody and the Today program with Dave Garroway patphil Feb 2024 #65

Family Ties. Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #66

I am pretty sure it was Sesame Street mvd Feb 2024 #67

Batman 1966 or 67 Eugene Feb 2024 #68

Sesame Street! Tree-Hugger Feb 2024 #69

We didn't have a TV so I watched at my den mother's house... hay rick Feb 2024 #71

Hopalong Cassidy. Reruns in the mid 50s GP6971 Feb 2024 #72

Same choie Feb 2024 #76

The first thing I remember on TV wryter2000 Feb 2024 #77

The Wonderful World of Disney MN2theMax Feb 2024 #79

Electric company I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #80

Just so you know...I spent hours looking at these posts.reliving the early days of TV and watching all the shows Stuart G Feb 2024 #82

Alfred Hichcock and Twilight Zone Inkey Feb 2024 #84

Here are some I haven't seen in the thread, FalloutShelter Feb 2024 #85

The very first is lost to me in the mists of time, but... LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #86

I was four years old. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #87

We got out in '48 or maybe '49. It was a 12" Dumont. 3Hotdogs Feb 2024 #89

Bonanza DUgosh Feb 2024 #90

Kukla Fran and Ollie... And John Cameron Swayze. hedda_foil Feb 2024 #91

Captain Tugg, an afternoon cartoon show in Washington, D.C. Mousetoescamper Feb 2024 #93

Daily Captain Tug watcher. Loved Fantail the parrot! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2024 #99

I thought that there must be few of us here! Mousetoescamper Feb 2024 #110

Yes! I only ever went to the National Gallery of Art on school field trips, but 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2024 #113

It was an amazing place to grow up Laurelin Feb 2024 #116

Jim Henson's "Sam and Friends" was on WRC from 1955 until 1961 Mousetoescamper Feb 2024 #122

Thank you! Laurelin Feb 2024 #134

Yep, Jim Henson did a local DC kids' show called "Sam and Friends." Different Drummer Feb 2024 #123

Thank you! Laurelin Feb 2024 #135

"The King and Odie, Crusader Rabbit, Beany & Cecil, The Flintstones, Rocky and Bullwinkle..." Different Drummer Feb 2024 #120

Yes, born in the mid-'50s Mousetoescamper Feb 2024 #125

Johnny Quest tazkcmo Feb 2024 #95

Sinbad the sailer hydrolastic Feb 2024 #97

Arguably, the best cartoon in the action/adventure genre. Different Drummer Feb 2024 #124

The Mighty Hercules cartoon! 1960's rogerballard Feb 2024 #98

Either "Gunsmoke" or "Howdy Doody" bif Feb 2024 #100

Queen for the day Oppaloopa Feb 2024 #101

I remember spending the afternoon at my grandma's house and she'd watch QFAD Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #107

The news. We didn't have a TV until I was 6 but a neighbor did. First fun show? My Favorite Martian Runningdawg Feb 2024 #102

Roger Ramjet The hero of our Nation! rogerballard Feb 2024 #103

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon and Jungle Jim Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2024 #106

Did Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop have a show? I remember watching them as a kid. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #108

We didn't have a TV until I was 13 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2024 #109

Nickelodeon's Pinwheel sakabatou Feb 2024 #115

Lassie Laurelin Feb 2024 #117

Lawrence Welk PJMcK Feb 2024 #118

Either Winky Dink and You Wicked Blue Feb 2024 #119

My two earliest TV memories were somewhat scary to me. Different Drummer Feb 2024 #126

Sesame street Luciferous Feb 2024 #129

technically my 1st memory was the monty python theme song. think i was a todler. pansypoo53219 Feb 2024 #131

Dennis the Menace was my first TV show addiction. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #132

Dr Who - the original - in England Skittles Feb 2024 #136