Oh S*it!! Remember That!?!

A major attribute of YouTube is its ability to jog ones entertainment memory


I don't know about you, but I was raised in the time before cable. I certainly watched a lot of TV, but channels were limited to 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. Channel 2 never really came in too good, so the only thing I watched on CBS was the Charlie Brown holiday specials at Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter. Remember the spiraling "SPECIAL" that would zoom onto the screen before these shows started? I sure do.

There were many things from my childhood television days that I longed to see again. Tunes that came to mind and characters from programs gone-by. In this respect, YouTube has become a sort of old friend that not only remembers what I do, but can spit out video clips as well. Many of my childhood TV memories surround PBS. This was the only channel we were permitted to watch, other than Looney Tunes, so my memories of channel 13 are wide and colorful.

For this post, I am going to present you with my three favorite clips of the past year that I have found again thanks to YouTube.

#1--A clip from Sesame Street of a girl taking her pat llama to the dentist:

#2--The theme to a fave, The Electric Company:

#3--A bit later (maybe freshman year of HS, 1988)--Parody, "Gandhi on Ice"

I am limiting myself to three clips on this blog site or else I could go on for days. For television freaks like me, YouTube is a godsend. It is inevitable that you will be in a store, on the Internet, wherever, and catch a tag line, or a tee shirt with an image that jogs your memory. Googling the phrase will hopefully bring up a hit. This is exactly how I found the me and my llama clip! I like to think of YouTube as my own personal memory box. What TV memories do you have? Bet its on YouTube! Check it out!!