Old-school Tv Fans Mugs

"and when they woke up, the kids discovered that the house had just one 19", black & white TV that only got... 3 channels."

'The History Channel is all reruns.'

Before the Internet

'We need you to settle a bet -- was 'Twilight Zone' a sitcom or a documentary?'

'Hey...remember T.V.?

'It's O.K. Charlie - you can relax. The T.V. repairman said, 'it can be fixed!''

'No Bonanza, no Gunsmoke, no Led Zeppelin... what a sad state of affairs this is! I'm glad I'm not in your generation...'

Lady throws dart to decide which soap opera she's going to watch.

'Could you pass me my - oh thankyou.'

Goldilocks and the Three Stooges.

"No one knows his identity. He just turns up, cuts your grass, then departs without leaving his name. They call him the Lawn Ranger."

'Sir Steve Austin is here to see you.'

'What did your grandmother and I do before we had 600 channels? Go ask your 12 aunts and uncles.'

"...but after they hired Vanna White instead of me things really got interesting."

TV dinners: regular and widescreen

"These are PC to view, providing we laugh in an ironic and non-committal way - belly laughing constitutes a hate crime."

This is a classic TV show called "Father Knows Best." Before Google obviously.

When I was a kid watching "Perry Mason" on tv, I always knew that when I grew up I'd spend a lot of time in courtroom. The only part I had wrong was that I always assumed I would be the defendant. ! !

'Morcambe and Wise.'

'Funny, it usually works OK after you've given it a hefty kick.'

Elderly Tarzan...

Norman Fell

The elderly found the new remote control much easier to use.

Late Night TV

Phil Silvers: Spot the Difference

'No doubt about it - he'd make a lovely Home Guard dog!'

'What do you mean you're not drunk? That's the calculator!'

The Professionals.

"We ought to send PBS some money so it can afford better pledge-break specials."

Antiques roadshow: 'Yes it's definitely Silver'

'We've really got to get a remote.'

"Hey Coen, what are you watching?"

'Greetings earthling! - Oh no, not in the middle of 'Oprah'!'

'… the professor and Mary Ann, here on Gilligan's Isle.'

"Well if Henry had behaved like that in the 40's! Really"