That was my obsession and going to the arcade to play video games.īack to the subject of this thread. I was not hooked to the TV like many kids were when I was young since I liked being outside riding my BMX bike. We did not get our first VCR player until around 1990 and that was late for most families but cable TV and regular TV was much better and more generous back then when it came to showing interesting programming. This was the first time we rented any type of device to watch movies including a VCR which we had yet to rent until a few years later. These Selectivision players looked similar to laser-disc players in size but instead of a shiny oversized CD lookalike disc, these Selectivision players used these kind large what looks like a 3 and a half inch floppy disc enlarged to about 10 to 12 inches in width and about a third inch flat. Living in a house for that one year was awesome for a kid who has lived in apartments all his life.Īs far as the Selectivision player we rented and I did not know this until about a decade ago that is was this kind of a player and not a laser-disc player as I had always thought it was since I was a kid. OK, so getting back to when I was in the 7th grade, we had cable and we also rented from time to time a Selectivision player from the local convenient store just kitty corner and across the street from the house we rented. While the other kids in class were goofing off like I would normally do during class, I was on my own sitting in my desk watching episodes of Laurel and Hardy to my hearts content. ![]() I remember my teacher wheeling in a TV on a movable cart/stand into the class room and that's when I got to first see episodes of Laurel & Hardy. On the last day of school in the 6th grade, we had a slough off day and we could do what we wanted and of course there was no school work. ![]() I also had my first exposure to Laurel & Hardy which was just amazing to me. Prior to this I had some exposure to The Twilight Zone episodes and some Hitchcock material but it was kind of hit and miss and sporadic. One year later when I was in the 7th grade after we moved to a small town in Minnesota, Morris, MN (1984). Maybe I'll write a little bit about that one sometime. A classic movie but still very disturbing nonetheless. ![]() Papillon was one of those movies that made a lasting impression on me as a kid since I first viewed in on TV in my very early grade school years (late 70s). It was funny since I saw Papillon before we got cable and the nudity and swearing was still intact and that kind of surprised me as far as a regular TV channel. My Mom had no problem with my Brother and I watching Papillon on TV which was rated R and had some disturbing scenes, some brief nudity and course language. When it came out on cable TV like other movies out of my reach as far as my age, I was then able to see this movie as well as many other non kid type movies made for adults that were mostly on parents "I will not take my kid to this movie list" since any rated R movie was pretty much off limits for my Brother and I as in going to see these movies in the theater unless Mom was with us. ![]() I remember the TV ads advertising this movie and I pressured my Mom to take me to see it which was a definite No. I first saw this movie on cable TV when I was a kid during the the 6th grade. "Half Hour" long episodes.īesides the movie Psycho II that was made as a tribute to the man himself. I like many of Alfred Hitchcock's "Hour" long episodes as well as the Alfred Hitchcock's Presents.
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