Friday, May 9, 2008

as it turns out...

...television has always been awful.  Check out this hideous open from sometime in the 1970s:



AWFUL.  The theme song sucks, the stage is black with hints of orange and yellow, and all the kids are barefoot.  Two words: not awesome.  Though it did spark a bit of nostalgia in me, since the giant ZOOM letters reminded me of my dad's old Maxell cassettes he always had lying around:



Ahh, memories.  And yes, I'm old.

now playing on iTunes/iPod: silence

rocked @ 1:16 PM by ehren
Comments:
hey now, don't hate on zoom. they had a pbs budget.
# rocked comment-style by Blogger adam : 2:43 PM, July 15, 2008
 
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