Disastro Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Anybody watch this channel? Man, Saturday, watching Battlestar Galactica was like listening to an old-time radio broadcast......a horrible video signal of ONLY the episode being aired (commercials looked great! LOL!!!). For a long stretch, the screen was completely white.Terrible...just terrible...does anyone man the programming booth or does it run itself? Fortunately the episode of Star Trek that followed looked fine.Disastro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I don't watch it anymore since they took off "Alfred Hitchcock Hour", "Leave it to Beaver" and "I Love Lucy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 Wow, I can't believe they took those off...good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 joel osteen was an owner/founder of the tube. it was sold in the last year or so. guess things aren't going well with the new owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 joel osteen was an owner/founder of the tube. it was sold in the last year or so. guess things aren't going well with the new owners. Seems like everything they show is from the Universal Studios catalog. Except Star Trek and Tales from the Darkside. All the late night horror films on Saturday are the old Universal Monsters Classics... My wife told me about Osteen founding the station... Saturday night it looked to me like the channel was on autopilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I don't watch it anymore since they took off "Leave it to Beaver"Eddie Haskell: Not me! Your father doesn't like me. Wally Cleaver: Why would you say that? Eddie Haskell: On account of the way he looks at me when he opens the door. Sometimes I think he'd be happier to see Kruschev standing there. Ward Cleaver: Ah, June, Gilbert's always talking about his parents. Have you ever met them? June Cleaver: Oh, I see her at the supermarket every once in a while. She seems like a calm sensible person. Ward Cleaver: You can't really go by that. You might look the same way to her. [the boys have set a trap for Lumpy and are trying to lure him out of the house ] Wally Cleaver: [shouting] Lumpy! Hey, Lumpy! C'mon out, Lumpy! Fred Rutherford: Gwendoline, what's that? Gwen Rutherford: Sounds like somebody calling. Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: [shouting] Lumpy, dumpy, the big fat hairy ape! Fred Rutherford: Must be for Clarence. Wally Cleaver: [shouting] Hey, Meathead! Meathead! Gwen Rutherford: Might be for you, dear.Larry Mondello: Beaver punched me in the stomach, right where I almost had my operation. [Ward has arrived home from work and is reading the mail in the living room, unbeknownst to June and Wally who have just come down the stairs] June Cleaver: Now Wally, I want you to go in the living room and pick up those orange peels that you left on the coffee table. If your father comes home and sees them he'll be in a terrible mood all through dinner. Wally Cleaver: Yeah, I don't want him hollerin' at me again. [June sees Ward in the living room] June Cleaver: [sheepishly] Hello Dear. I was upstairs, I didn't know you were home. Ward Cleaver: Oh yes, the monster has returned to his cave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 Eddie Haskell: Not me! Your father doesn't like me. Wally Cleaver: Why would you say that? Eddie Haskell: On account of the way he looks at me when he opens the door. Sometimes I think he'd be happier to see Kruschev standing there. Ward Cleaver: Ah, June, Gilbert's always talking about his parents. Have you ever met them? June Cleaver: Oh, I see her at the supermarket every once in a while. She seems like a calm sensible person. Ward Cleaver: You can't really go by that. You might look the same way to her. [the boys have set a trap for Lumpy and are trying to lure him out of the house ] Wally Cleaver: [shouting] Lumpy! Hey, Lumpy! C'mon out, Lumpy! Fred Rutherford: Gwendoline, what's that? Gwen Rutherford: Sounds like somebody calling. Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: [shouting] Lumpy, dumpy, the big fat hairy ape! Fred Rutherford: Must be for Clarence. Wally Cleaver: [shouting] Hey, Meathead! Meathead! Gwen Rutherford: Might be for you, dear. Larry Mondello: Beaver punched me in the stomach, right where I almost had my operation. [Ward has arrived home from work and is reading the mail in the living room, unbeknownst to June and Wally who have just come down the stairs] June Cleaver: Now Wally, I want you to go in the living room and pick up those orange peels that you left on the coffee table. If your father comes home and sees them he'll be in a terrible mood all through dinner. Wally Cleaver: Yeah, I don't want him hollerin' at me again. [June sees Ward in the living room] June Cleaver: [sheepishly] Hello Dear. I was upstairs, I didn't know you were home. Ward Cleaver: Oh yes, the monster has returned to his cave. Don't be too hard on the beaver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 What time is "tales from the darkside on?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebird65 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Anybody watch this channel? Man, Saturday, watching Battlestar Galactica was like listening to an old-time radio broadcast......a horrible video signal of ONLY the episode being aired (commercials looked great! LOL!!!). For a long stretch, the screen was completely white.Terrible...just terrible...does anyone man the programming booth or does it run itself? Fortunately the episode of Star Trek that followed looked fine.DisastroYeah, I noticed the same thing. I thought it was just the TV. I was visiting my mother's house and not only was Ch. 55 on the fritz, but at that same instant, the internet wasn't working either. (But you're right - those commercials were crystal clear. Imagine that.) Needless to say, my mother wasn't too thrilled at the slew of four letter words the spewed forth. LOL!And I was really miffed because I really liked that BSG episode Ch. 55 was airing last night. Those Eastern Alliance guys are pretty cool and that destroyer they were tooling around in was pretty evil looking. I actually use a pic of Commadant Leiter as my avatar on another board. I got accused of being a facist so often, I figured I might as well look the part. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 What time is "tales from the darkside on?"It's on right after Star Trek on Saturday evenings...10pm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 Yeah, I noticed the same thing. I thought it was just the TV. I was visiting my mother's house and not only was Ch. 55 on the fritz, but at that same instant, the internet wasn't working either. (But you're right - those commercials were crystal clear. Imagine that.) Needless to say, my mother wasn't too thrilled at the slew of four letter words the spewed forth. LOL!And I was really miffed because I really liked that BSG episode Ch. 55 was airing last night. Those Eastern Alliance guys are pretty cool and that destroyer they were tooling around in was pretty evil looking. I actually use a pic of Commadant Leiter as my avatar on another board. I got accused of being a facist so often, I figured I might as well look the part. LOL!Heh! Yeah, that's supposed to be one of the best original BSG episodes. I've yet to see it in its entirety -- both parts. There's always some reason why I can't seem to catch the whole thing. My wife made a comment about the Eastern Alliance costumes and said something like "Are these people supposed to be like Nazi's?" LOL!!! I always liked their ship and the interior looked like it was supposed to be reminicient of a German U-Boat interior...cool stuff. Too bad they didn't get to do a lot with it before they cancelled the original series.Anyway, yeah, Saturday's technical difficulties were frustrating. I told my wife I was thinking about going to Best Buy and buying CH 55 a set of BSG DVDs so they would have a decent broadcast print! LOL!!!That's weird that your internet was acting up at the same time.Funny how those commercials with Bob -- the man with the "problem" -- those came in loud and clear! LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retama Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 My brother had a band called The Haskells. Had a picture of Eddie's face on the bass drum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I loved this station when it first popped out. Would show some of the best almost forgotten classics of 50's and 60's television. Mt all time fav was "Green Acres". What a lovable cast of looney's! Can't forget (our son) Arnold Ziffel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Channel 55 used to be my favorite channel. It beat most everything on cable. It sucks now, I don't watch it at all anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalparadise Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 joel osteen was an owner/founder of the tube. it was sold in the last year or so. guess things aren't going well with the new owners.The Tube is, indeed, on "autopilot" right now. They are updating their equipment and moving into big new studios with big new aspirations for this market. Be patient. They have some great ideas that will be well received, once they get settled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 that's good news. thanks dal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I watch their airing of old Magnum, P.I. episodes at least once a week (8pm). This station is a fun oasis in a desert of TV wasteland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 This station is a fun oasis in a desert of TV wasteland.Esattamente!They have or had some of the best meteorologist's (weather anchors) around. Toni Navarro was a very mild mannered and professional lady with class. There was a young guy and another lady anchor that were also equally as cool pleasant. No shouting was needed here. This was a really good group of people.Ciao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 The Tube is, indeed, on "autopilot" right now. They are updating their equipment and moving into big new studios with big new aspirations for this market. Be patient. They have some great ideas that will be well received, once they get settled in.You sound very much as if you are "in the know"...Cool info! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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