Ode to Black and White TV
You could hardly see for all the snow
So you'd spread the rabbit ears as far as they'd go
Pull up a chair to the TV set
"Good night, David; Good night, Chet."
Depending on the the channel you tuned
You got Rob and Laura or Ward and June
It was oh so good and felt so right
Life looked better in black and white
Cable was something you used on your car
when the battery was dead, or you didn't get far
Nobody'd heard of remote control
To change the channel you went for a stroll
Not many channels but always something to see
until midnight came and no more TV
Just a test pattern that shrunk to a dot
Until 7 am that's all that you got
I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys
Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys
Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train
Superman, Jimmy and Lois Lane
Patty Duke, Father Knows Best
Our Miss Brooks and all the rest
2007-03-28 00:27:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Donna Reed on Thursday night
Not a dysfunctional family in sight
I want to go back to black and white
Everything always turned out right
(and Good guys always won the fight)
In God they trusted, in bed they slept
A promise made was a promise kept
They never cussed or broke their vows
They'd never make the networks now
But if I could I'd rather be
In a TV town in '53
Like Mayfair, Pixley or Mayberry
I'd trade all the channels on the satellite
If I could just turn back the clock tonight
To when everybody knew wrong from right
Life was better in black and white
AMEN
2007-03-28 00:28:08 · update #1
another gd 1 ur on a roll 10/10
2007-03-28 04:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
your probably right there in those days life was more respectful, and much less stressful kids could actually play outside for hours and the parents didn't have to worry, i prefer colour TV tho all those good films you've seen over the years do u think u would of enjoyed them the same if they were in black and white probably not!
2007-03-28 03:18:09 · answer #2 · answered by donna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like it. i remember my dad getting one of the first ever colour TVs. we went to visit my nan and my little sister asked where the colour was on her set. nan said she washed it and the colour came out. sis believed it for years
2007-03-28 00:37:44 · answer #3 · answered by val f1 nutter 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brings back memories...thanks
2007-03-28 01:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by Homestead G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aww sweet, showing your age though.
2007-03-28 00:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i really like that.....simple things really do take place sometimes over more complex things in these days.....it shows that there are other things then just technology.....
2007-03-28 00:37:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
how very true hun.... progress does not always mean things getting better huhh??.... round of applause
2007-03-28 00:34:02 · answer #7 · answered by caimilefailte 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Like it!
2007-03-28 00:30:52 · answer #8 · answered by Janbull 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah i remember them days wish they would come back
2007-03-28 02:33:52 · answer #9 · answered by rebelady28379 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice one!!
2007-03-28 01:04:15 · answer #10 · answered by prettywoman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋