Saturday Mornings

Saturday mornings have a different "feel" about them than any other morning and I'm not sure what it is.  It's so nice to be in a warm home with my Maggie watching Toy Story 3, one of our favorite movies.

I remember as a child how much I loved Saturday mornings watching cartoons.  That was way before Cartoon Network and all of the other cartoon stations that can now be watched at anytime.  I was usually a very early riser, even on the weekends, so most of the time I was on the couch  (way before Mom and Dad got up) in the kitchen/den watching Quick Draw McGraw, Bugs Bunny, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones and other "tunes" on that old black and white set we had.  You know the one where you had to get up and manually change the channels and you had to wait for it to "warm up" before the picture showed on the screen?!  I remember when we got our first color set....wow!  I honestly thought we were "rich"!   We always had a portable television unlike my Mamaw Russell.  She had a big cabinet tv which was a prominent classy furnishing in her living room. 

I never had a television in my room.  We only had the one which was hooked up to the antennae behind the house.  If the reception was not very good, one of us would go out back and turn the antennae until we heard the person inside watching the television holler, "STOP!" whenever the picture brightened and became clearer.  Our neighbors had one of those gizmos which had a dial on it and it controlled the antennae without having to exit the house.  I admit, I was a bit jealous. 

Our one television provided us with hours of family entertainment.  Mom didn't have to worry about what I might see, hear or learn on the programs I was viewing.  And she certainly didn't have to even consider being concerned about the commercials being shown. Times were different then and I'm glad I got to experience that  era.

Oh my, commercials..... I need to grab the remote and change this channel.... Cialis, HRT, and Trojans just don't seem appropriate for Saturday morning viewing audiences.  But then again, maybe they are!  Today's kids have their phones, ipads, and other techy gadgets.  Maybe it's just us old folks watching Saturday cartoons now!