TV Eyes

Last week I discovered one morning, that I no longer received the 70+ channels on my cable.  Originally when I moved here almost 4 years ago, I opted for the very basic TV service, along with my Road Runner.  I thought I was to receive a little over 20 channels, and that was fine with me.
About a month into living here, a friend was over and was channel surfing.  He asked me if I knew I was receiving over 70 channels.  I was surprised, and thought maybe I misunderstood what I had ordered.  In looking at the Bright House product & pricing guide, the basic & standard service is listed together, not clear where the basic ended.
So, being hooked on a couple networks (TCM, Comedy Central, to name a couple) I figured it was about time to get back to the 70+.  In talking with the agent online, I was told that for $5 more per month, I could get digital which included over 200 channels.

So, here I am.  Hopefully, I won't get addicted to too many more shows.  I'm not a fan of reality shows, preferring to watch movies, particularly older, classic movies.  Also enjoy Family Guy, and that usually gets me in a good mood!

I can hear parents and grandparents saying to not sit too close to the TV when we were young.  And what happens, we grow up into a society where much of our work involves staring into a computer screen.  Go figure.

Plunk Your Magic Twanger, Froggy!

I went for a walk last night to Stewart's to get some ice cream. On the way I met a woman that I know from the credit union when I was a teller there. She was out walking her dog Dylan, and she was eating an ice cream cone. We were chatting for a while and somehow, I don't know how, Froggy the Gremlin came up in the conversation. And we had a good laugh! I told her how my cousin had a Froggy 'doll' and we threw it out the window one day at her house. We were fun kids! So, today's theme is Froggy the Gremlin!

Midnight the Cat used to sit and rock in a rocking chair on top of the piano, I think, and purr, "Niiiiiiice!"

And there was Squeaky the Mouse. And that same front row of kids jumping out of their seats and laughing! I guess it didn't take much to entertain us back then!

Froggy's RADIO and TV HISTORY

RADIO:

The show premiered in 1944 and ran through April 11, 1953.

TV:

The show premiered on Saturday evening, 6:30pm, on NBC and ran from August 26, 1950 to May 19, 1951.

ABC took it from August 11, 1951 to April 11, 1953 and aired it at 10:30am.

NBC took it back and began broadcasting on August 22, 1953, same 10:30am time.