15 Biggest TV Moments Of The 1960s

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1. The few TV channels we did have back then had content far better and more worth watching than the crap that's spewed over our current hundreds of cable channels.

2. A Charlie Brown Christmas is one of the most endearing memories of my childhood.
   The soundtrack simply is the Wonder of Christmas.

3. I remember in the 1950s when TV sets were tube only, had to wait about 15-20 seconds to warm up. The antenna was on top of the house and you had to get on the roof to adjust it and somebody inside to tell you when you got it right.

4. We had 5 channels. PBS & a local one that became Fox.

5. i birthday is december 9 but not 1965 its 2011

6. Before that appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,George Harrison came to Benton,Illinois to visit his sister. He bought a guitar in Mt Vernon ,Illinois. Its that guitar he used for the next 5 + years.

7. Ive read over the years that its a myth that Kennedy won that election over that debate. More people listen to the debate on the radio as t,v, was still a new and expensive technology. . People who listened it on th radio thought that Nixon won that debate.

8. Charlie Brown Christmas has been televised in years because of the Luke 21 passage.
   Also being a child of the 60’s we had 3-5-10 as our channels. Today I’ve got 250 channels & I still only watch 3 channels.

9. Carson IS the Tonight Show. There will never be another like him.

10. Born in Boston in 1960 my earliest memory was Kennedy assassination, I was 3 so I think it was my Mother crying in distress that printed on my mind, then I'm 1st grade we practiced for incoming Russian nuclear missiles because we were told Boston would be one of the first cities bombed. Welcome to the world kids. 1966

11. In the 1970's the video recorders could match consumer's needs and also it started to rent pre-recorded video tapes.

12. Enterprise plays in our future

13. imagine traveling back in the 60s and show a Smart phones

14. Very enjoyable. Thank you.

15. I have really been enjoying your videos. Even though I wasn’t living during that time, I have always had a huge fascination with the 60s and 70s.

16. There may be more TV now, but it's not better.

17. One thing….Wasnt Bam Bam Barny's and Betty's Kid?

18. My dad was a tv sales and repair back then. We also put up towers and attennas. I remember handing dad tools on a long rope.

19. 50s 60 70s was the best music & people, millennials are the worst gen

20. I remember hearing that we would not have any commercials when we got cable😂😂😂

21. We also had WGN, WFLD, WTTW in Chicago as well.

22. i agree with your choices 💯%!:-)

    i disagree with your assessment that everyone was happy with our three choices. Unlike today, if we didn't like what was on the TV we turned it off and went and did something else•
    We did have portable radios. However, we could reliably pick up only three stations. Two country stations K•LAD and K•BOY, and our pop station KA•GO Radio 1150 on your AM dial.
    Yes kids, it was simpler back then. The off button just turned things off !:-)
    💜🙏⚡️

23. It's not his I have a dream speech it was ghostwritten by CIA Agent

24. I was born in 1956 so naturally most of what they talk about in this video I am I either saw on TV or heard on radio

25. I was born in the 80’s but I remember a time when you could watch something on tv, and then at school the next day you could talk about it with your friends. All us cool kids watched Pokémon at 6am before school and then the Simpsons at 6pm that night. Man I sure do miss those days, but then I also really love the Internet too….

26. 3 channels back then vs hundreds of channels and millions of streamings (including this channel) on PC, TV, tablet and mobile phone today. Aren't we spoiled or what?

27. Thank you Rhetty for this bit of nostalgia. Born in '49 I remember each highlighted event. The most impactful being the Kennedy assassination and the whole country coming pretty much to a standstill for about 4 days. Different times but in my opinion better times. Thank you again.

28. One of the things that you missed was that the British tv show called Doctor Who first aired on British tv in the “60s” 👍

29. Check out dude’s hair piece flipped up in the wind at 3:07 😂

30. The first interracial (white & Cuban) kiss was Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on I Love Lucy (1950s). Star Trek was the first black & white kiss.

31. I had a 19 inch back and white TV since I was 7 in 1968, I grew up with my own TV.

32. Being born in early November 1959, everything from the Kennedy funeral on is emblazoned in my memory. The 60s represented my first 10 years. What a wonderful time In which to grow up

33. Fun video My Friend…. Keep'em coming👍🏼

34. 8:36 TV's biggest hoax of all.

35. Don't forget PBS. I loved all their educational shows growing up. I wish Fred Rogers had got a mention for helping start the PBS stations, and for his groundbreaking children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Also, Bam-Bam wasn't adopted. He was Barney and Betty Rubble's son. Fred and Wilma Flintstone had their own daughter named Pebbles. Gosh, I feel old! 😁

36. I watched the first moon walk on another soldier's b&w set in Thailand where we were stationed.

37. cool video

38. Jump forward to December 8, 1980 when news of "John Lennon's Death" was debated, Howard Cossell. The New Patriots were playing. I don't know who the opponents were. But, I remember hearing about Mr. Lennon's death(untimely) The "Double Fantasy" album had been released, which I had. I was sad. I am a Beatles fan! The Wings(Paul McCartney) Over America" bands aficionado.

39. My maternal grandparents may have had a "Magnavox" tv with a radio and record player in the console.

40. "House of Television (H.O.T.) formerly of Springfield, MA!

41. The "Slip In Slide" was a hot item in the summer!

42. The "Lost In Space" 1965-68 That Robot B-9! The original tv series!!

43. What about "The Jetsons?"

44. USA tv only. Apart from JFK's assassination and the moon landing, most of these would've held little interest to the 66 other English speaking countries in the world.

45. My favorite group of the 60s was Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. I had all their records.

46. Memorable moments like JFK assassination and the same weekend the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald.

47. There were some other channels available like PBS (Public Broadcasting) and lots of local channels with kids' shows, movies and reruns. TV Guide was full of listings. If you missed an episode of a show, you could catch it when the show was re-run in the summer.

48. I loved Saturday morning cartoons and soooo many other shows: F-Troop, Gilligan's Island, Mc'Hales Navy, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, lost in Space ("danger Will Robinson, danger!"),…

49. I remember those country sitcoms like "The Beverly Hillbilities", "Petticoat Junction", and later "Green Acres", all on the CBS network.

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