Homework, WPIX, and then ABC for the "Million Dollar Movie" if it was POTA week, Godzilla week, Johnny Soko week, or any other Sci-Fi week. But if it wasn't one of the theme weeks that I liked, I was outside playing running bases or riding my bike.
Homework, WPIX, and then ABC for the "Million Dollar Movie" if it was POTA week, Godzilla week, Johnny Soko week, or any other Sci-Fi week. But if it wasn't one of the theme weeks that I liked, I was outside playing running bases or riding my bike.
Scott
I honestly don't know the station call letters in Washington D.C. but it was channel 3 for PBS, and channel 20 I believe which was a local station with Captain 20 where most of the good afternoon cartoons were watched every day.
"The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
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Before there was a two hour news block (5-7)
Before Oprah
Before Phil Donhue (your saying WHO ?)
Channel 7 in New York used to show a MOVIE from 4:30-6:00 every Monday-Friday.
YouTube - ABC 4:30 MOVIE
You may ask, how can they shove a 2 hour+ movie into a 90 minute slot with commercials ?
Two words: extreme editing.
These were always themed:
Godzilla week
Planet of the Apes week
etc.
Everything stopped on my block for the themed weeks we kids were into. Often, we would even gather in a common living room to watch the Blob or Mothra together.
Outside play would resume at 6:00 when the boring news came on (sorry, Wee67)
Sometimes, as in the case of the original 1968 Planet of the Apes, they would show it over Monday and Tuesday. We watched these so many times (every single time they were on), that I know the PRECISE spot part 1 ended. The best was the Channel 7 Announcer guy recapping part 1.
The 4:30 Movie
The 4:30 Movie
Last edited by mars396; Sep 30, '08 at 1:13 PM.
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4:30 Movie - especially if POTA was airing or a movie like The Blob.
My town had a whistle that went off every afternoon at 4:30 pm.
It served as a reminder for all the kids to run home.
Thanks Mars! But you forgot my fave:
WNEW-TV - 1978 | Commercial
To answer my own question, I watched the 4:30 Movie all of twice; that horrid Wonder Woman thing w/ Cathy Lee Crosby, and Food Of The Gods. Mostly though, it was WNEW Ch. 5 like The Flinststones, Woody Woodpecker, Banana Splits, Dastardly & Muttley, Wacky Races, Josie & The Pussycats, Spider-Man, and then the sitcoms, Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Bewitched, I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith Show. Sometimes it would be WPIX Ch. 11 w/ Krofft Reruns and the Marvel Men cartoons. I remember being really little and it was Batman (Adam West), Gilligan's Island, Family Affair, and Beat The Clock. After day camp in the summer it was Filmation's Superman, Aquaman and Superboy toons.
"Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."
Cartoons all the way. I don't remember which station was playing them but the 60's Spider-Man show and Marvel Superheroes stand out. On a side note anyone remember when WPIX had that segemnt where they show Intellivision games on screen and have callers call in and say "pix" to shoot at a target?
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