# Entertainment traditions you miss **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590 "2011-07-02T02:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/21 "2011-07-02T16:01:18Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Well, it looks like there’s a [station listing](http://modlife.com/elvira/moviemacabre) for who carries her show (it’s syndicated), and [Hulu carries the older episodes online](http://www.hulu.com/elviras-movie-macabre). (Sometimes, the future ain’t so bad. 😃 ) Saturday, 2 a.m.! Woot! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/22 "2011-07-02T16:07:27Z")
Oh, drat! Never mind! Hulu it is for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/23 "2011-07-02T16:16:59Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Cheezy movies on late at night. Now all there are are infomercials… Local Chicago horror host Svengoolie is now syndicated on the Me-TV cable channel. It also appears on digital broadcast sub-channels. [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MeTV_affiliates) is a list of affiliates. Sven airs on Saturday nights, at 9 pm Chicago time… ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/24 "2011-07-02T16:21:25Z")
I miss a general lack of spoilers. Being able, for instance, to wonder how long that the guest bad guy would be around instead of knowing that the actor signed a five-episode contract, so since it’s the fourth episode he’s been in, I guess they’re going to get rid of him next week. (Yes, I know it’s my responsibility to avoid spoilers, and I don’t mind admitting I’m not always disclipined enough to go to the effort.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/25 "2011-07-02T18:42:47Z")
I kinda miss the Big Jolly Family Cheezeball Christmas Specials. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. The King Family. Kathy Lee Gifford. Andy Williams! You know. Sleigh rides (sing Christmas song), bring in the Christmas tree (sing Christmas song), decorate (sing), bake cookies (sing) big jolly loving family all gathered round the fireplace hanging up stockings (sing sing sing)…“from our family to yours, the very merriest of Christmases”. Maybe they were mocked too much. And whatever happened to the Muppets Christmas, and Emmet Otter? Fraggle Rock? Disappeared! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/26 "2011-07-02T19:18:21Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Cheezy movies on late at night. Now all there are are infomercials. > > King Kong and Godzilla movies on Thanksgiving > > The 4:30 movie on ABC. Not that I am even home then now but I miss Monster Week and Planet of the Apes week. The UHF channels would do Friday Night Monsterfests or Sherlock Homes/Charlie Chan Theatre on Friday/Saturday nights, during the 70s. Or Tarzan. Lots o Johnny Weissmuller. Milwaukee had especially good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/27 "2011-07-02T19:30:16Z")
[The Box](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_%28US_TV_channel%29). A video music channel that you’d call in and request (for a charge) the songs you wanted to hear. I could only get it on our tiny (4 or 5 inch) black and white TV in our kitchen that didn’t have cable so I watched it every morning before I went to school. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/28 "2011-07-02T20:27:10Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [The Box](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_%28US_TV_channel%29). A video music channel that you’d call in and request (for a charge) the songs you wanted to hear. I could only get it on our tiny (4 or 5 inch) black and white TV in our kitchen that didn’t have cable so I watched it every morning before I went to school. Holy cow, I totally remember this now that you brought it up! Not only that but I actually requested music from it! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/29 "2011-07-02T20:53:03Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > "Good night Chet. > “Good night David. And good night for NBC news”..followed by some Ludwig van’s 9th. > > New Year’s Day being the big day for college football bowls with Rose Bowl being Big 10 vs Pac 10. Not that it was good for determining a national champion, even the flawed BCS is better than the old system. But it was special. > > During the 1970s when the New York Rangers would play at the Toronto Maple Leafs, Rangers analyst Bill"The Big Whistle" Chadwick would interview Maple Leafs legend King Clancy. I didn’t know 80% of the stories and people they were talking about but it was great. I’m sure one of them was about showing Robin Sherbotski his Harvey tray collection. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/30 "2011-07-02T21:02:43Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Holy cow, I totally remember this now that you brought it up! Not only that but I actually requested music from it! XM Radio has a 90’s station and every once in a while I’ll hear a song that’ll take me right back to The Box. Oochie Coochie - MC Brains Knockin Boots - Candyman Ditty - Paperboy Addams Family - MC Hammer Informer - Snow (everybody had at least one friend 'that knew _all_ the lyrics) ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/31 "2011-07-02T21:18:53Z")
Those once a year movie showings… Wizard of Oz or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It was such a big deal for us! We’d get to stay up late, and my mom would make popcorn. I kinda felt bad for my kids growing up; they had the videos of these movies, and while they could watch them again and again, they never got the “specialness” of those annual showings. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/32 "2011-07-02T21:20:55Z")
Battle of the Network Stars was one of my favorite moments of the TV year when I was a kid. It was the one time you got to see all the hot guys from series in Speedos. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/33 "2011-07-02T22:21:53Z")
Not just [Matinee at the Bijou - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matinee_at_the_Bijou) but the earlier days in my life when Saturdays were just like that. Also, “miss” isn’t quite the right word, but I do have some nostalgia for the years when Warner Bros. had the corner on the market for Westerns like: Cheyenne Sugarfoot Maverick Bronco Lane Lawman see [Warner Bros. - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.#Warner_Bros._Television) Lastly, [The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_and_Bullwinkle) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/34 "2011-07-02T22:32:14Z")
In the 1950s, a local theater used to have all-day kiddie marathons featuring Francis the Talking Mule movies, Ma & Pa Kettle movies, and Flash Gordon serials. Saturday morning I’d walk to the theater, and Saturday evening I’d return home thoroughly entertained, reeking of pickle juice and Junior Mints. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/35 "2011-07-02T22:40:04Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > The best part was those Saturday morning preview shows that came on the Friday before the new season. This is the first thing that came to mind when I read the title of the OP - Saturday morning previews. Great stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/36 "2011-07-02T23:02:16Z")
I miss listening to Dr. Demento on Sunday nights in my college dorm room. Actually, I just miss listening to Dr. Demento period. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/37 "2011-07-02T23:03:28Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I miss listening to Dr. Demento on Sunday nights in my college dorm room. Actually, I just miss listening to Dr. Demento period. You weren’t my college roommate, were you? We listened to that every week. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/38 "2011-07-02T23:13:58Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > You weren’t my college roommate, were you? We listened to that every week. Not unless you were female and really into horses. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cephalus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Cephalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cephalus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/39 "2011-07-02T23:15:43Z")
Guest stars who would play themselves. I loved the Scooby Doo with Don Knotts. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590/40 "2011-07-02T23:16:23Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Not unless you were female and really into horses. 😃 Ah. Not, then. Oddly enough, my roommate is “usually under a cat” too, though. I have to forward this thread to him - he’ll laugh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-traditions-you-miss/587590.md?page=3)