33 Retro Bits of Classic TV That Will Only Come in If You Turn Your Antenna A Little to the West
Physically adjusting the antenna without snapping it is a lost art form
Boy howdy, you should’ve seen our old man work those rabbit ears back in the day. The man was surgical. Your favorite show would start fuzzing out a bit, but the tiniest antenna twist from dear old dad would get it back crystal clear.
The poor guy taught us that fine art just as TVs stopped needing them. It was like losing an old family recipe. So this list of classic TV facts is dedicated to you, Dad. Your bomb-defusing-esque antenna-tweaking talents will die with us, but we’ll always remember them fondly.
The First Color Broadcast
Condom Commercials
WKRP in Cincinnati
Beauty and the Beast
Law & Order
The Andy Griffith Show
Pee-wee’s Playhouse
Leonard Nimoy
The Electric Company
Cook’s Night Out
Golden Girls
M*A*S*H
Robin Williams
Chuckles the Clown
Mork Speaks Yiddish
Hogan’s Heroes
Burt Ward’s Stunts
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Cursing on TV
Mary Tyler Moore
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley Merch
Mork & Mindy
I Love Lucy
All in the Family
Johnny Carson
The Dukes of Hazzard
Bo and Luke Duke
Sources: Dukes of Hazzard 01, Great RedNeck
Here’s Johnny!
Source: People.com