Tuesday, August 29, 1967 ... the day the running stopped.

[Mama_Tiger]

@as_u_wish

I don’t remember the details of the episode any more. But I remember the event. It was a “moon landing, who shot JR, Beatles on Ed Sullivan” everybody stay home and watch TV event. Very different “back in the day” since there was no easy way to record the show and reruns were likely a year or two away. I remember the episode was “predictable” in that we knew “all” the issues would be resolved and that Dr. Kimball would be vindicated. But even given all the hype and the “predictability,” I remember being very satisfied and excited to participate in the next day’s chatter.

I don’t remember the details, either; I just remember that I was a young teenager, traveling cross-country with my family, and we stopped at a motel that had a little restaurant and they were so good about making sure my sister and I had our dinner in time to get back to the room to watch the episode. It was very satisfying to have the show actualy end.

It’s been too long since I’ve seen any of it, though, to actually remember what it was like. Except that I watched probably all 120 episodes faithfully when they were aired.