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DLord227 -> Black and White (7/12/2007 11:11:55 AM)



        Black and White
      (Under age 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."

       Depending on the channel you tuned,
     You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June.

     It felt so good. It 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 and 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 want to 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 many fights,
     I want to go back to black and white.      In God they trusted, alone 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. It 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!





MasterFireMaam -> RE: Black and White (7/12/2007 11:27:06 AM)

Cute.

Could you check the formatting next time? Being this large and jumbled makes it hard to read. Thanks!

Master Fire



Saratov -> RE: Black and White (7/12/2007 1:24:03 PM)

I could read it alright... have ya had your bifocals checked recently?  Mine are a little over a year old.



mnottertail -> RE: Black and White (7/12/2007 1:55:43 PM)

that is not even funny, that is very wistful, and pretty true. 

Thanks.
Ron



Emperor1956 -> RE: Black and White (7/12/2007 1:58:11 PM)

Very nice, and yes, Ron, wistful.  Where's this from?  Do we have another poet in our midst?

E.



Trampler -> RE: Black and White (7/12/2007 8:17:54 PM)

heh. I'm under 40, and I understand it.  Had a b&w in my room. We had an ancient tv that sat on the floor for the longest time,(in my dads house you can still see where it sat!) I grew up watching Nick At Night, I remember most of those shows and miss them too.  However I do value other shows that I grew up on. 



favesclava -> RE: Black and White (7/13/2007 4:32:30 AM)

i remember being the remote for the black and white.



SeeksOnlyOne -> RE: Black and White (7/13/2007 8:59:47 AM)

yep. we were the remote controls......and if you happened to still be watching when the national anthem was played, ya stood up and put ya hand over your heart.........

and you all watched the wizard of oz together, once a year....and rudolph and frosty, 

progress.....ppfffttthhhhh



adoracat -> RE: Black and White (7/13/2007 8:59:54 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: favesclava

i remember being the remote for the black and white.


i got that job taken away from me.....

i apparently have the power to static up the tv.  so it was adjust the rabbit ears, then walk away and it was worse than before.....

oh deary me, i cant stand there clicking the knob any more...and SLOWLY lest we break it!

kitten, who still statics up the tv even when its on cable...



Trampler -> RE: Black and White (7/14/2007 10:12:27 PM)

everyone has a talent adoracat, **grins**



LotusSong -> RE: Black and White (7/15/2007 7:01:10 AM)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh the memories :)
 
But one thing I would not miss would be the lack of a REMOTE CONTROLLED TV :)



popeye1250 -> RE: Black and White (7/15/2007 7:16:53 AM)

I remember in the 1950's on sunday nights my parents had an RCA combo tv/record player/radio with the white dog trademark on it and we watched the Ed Sullivan show and "Victory at Sea".
My father would say, "My ship was there, there, there, etc as we watched that show.
On sunday afternoon my mother would watch "Liberace". Yuck.



cuddleheart50 -> RE: Black and White (7/15/2007 7:45:00 AM)

Yep, I'm old...I remember it all.



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