Comments on: Peddling Through the Summer of 1977 http://www.catsafterme.com/blog/archives/7313 Brad's Musings and Meanderings Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Chasteen http://www.catsafterme.com/blog/archives/7313/comment-page-1#comment-49500 Dave Chasteen Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:14:11 +0000 http://www.catsafterme.com/blog/archives/7313#comment-49500 Sesame Street, The Electric Company and Zoom were part of my daily diet too. It was a great time to be a kid, with only a handful of television stations to watch. When the soaps or the news came on, it would drive the children outdoors. That is where the real adventures would always lie! Now, there are hundreds of channels and a multitude of electronic distractions that tend to cause kids to stay indoors. I always enjoyed the double-talk segments on Zoom; the Yip-Yip Aliens on Sesame Street; and Bayn Johnson (with whom I had a huge crush) on The Electric Company. Mr. Rogers never really excited me at that age, but I have come to respect the man and what he tried to accomplish as the years rolled by. Captain Kangaroo was a favorite of mine at that age. I always enjoyed Mr. Moose getting the better of 'The Captain' and dropping hundreds of ping-pong balls on his head. There is nothing on TV these days quite like those old "edu-tainment" shows from our childhood. I, also, vividly remember hearing the news that 'Elvis had left the building' for the very last time. I was sitting in the kitchen and it was broadcast over the radio. As I remember, my mother was a little sad, too. Sesame Street, The Electric Company and Zoom were part of my daily diet too. It was a great time to be a kid, with only a handful of television stations to watch. When the soaps or the news came on, it would drive the children outdoors. That is where the real adventures would always lie! Now, there are hundreds of channels and a multitude of electronic distractions that tend to cause kids to stay indoors.

I always enjoyed the double-talk segments on Zoom; the Yip-Yip Aliens on Sesame Street; and Bayn Johnson (with whom I had a huge crush) on The Electric Company. Mr. Rogers never really excited me at that age, but I have come to respect the man and what he tried to accomplish as the years rolled by. Captain Kangaroo was a favorite of mine at that age. I always enjoyed Mr. Moose getting the better of ‘The Captain’ and dropping hundreds of ping-pong balls on his head. There is nothing on TV these days quite like those old “edu-tainment” shows from our childhood.

I, also, vividly remember hearing the news that ‘Elvis had left the building’ for the very last time. I was sitting in the kitchen and it was broadcast over the radio. As I remember, my mother was a little sad, too.

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