Borrowing An Idea From My Cyberbud Rodak

Check this out.

O.K., something any of us of a mind can do: Head on over to Tango TV and click "On TV" and from the sub-menu click "TV Listings: Past & Present."

You can go back and check TV schedules going all the way back to 1950!

Pretty cool!

So... let's see... what was on the day I was born?

Monday May 14, 1962 --

Not much was on that night. In primetime that night the only show I recognize is "The Price Is Right."

(Hell... might as well go through the listings for the first full week of life of your beloved bloghost, William R. Barker.) (*WINK*)

Tuesday May 15, 1962 --

Aahh... another game show on in prime time: "Password." (Oh, wow... Olivia De Havilland and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. were the guests! (Hey... did you folks know that Olivia De Havilland is still alive? She is!)

Aahh... "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" 8:30 p.m. on NBC.

Wednesday May 16, 1962 --

"Wagon Train" 8:00 p.m. on NBC.

"The Bob Newhart (Variety) Show" 10:00 p.m. on NBC.

Thursday May 17, 1962 --

"My Three Sons" 9:00 p.m. on CBS.

"Hazel" 9:30 p.m. on NBC.

"The Untouchables" 10:00 p.m. on ABC.

Friday May 18, 1962

Oooohhh! "The Twilight Zone" 10:00 p.m. on CBS.

Saturday May 19, 1962 --

"Perry Mason" 8:00 p.m. on CBS. (To this day the theme music gives me the creeps...)

"Leave It To Beaver" 8:30 p.m. on ABC. (Wow... I always think of Leave It To Beaver as a '50's show...)

"Have Gun Will Travel" 9:30 p.m. on CBS. (Basically I'm listing programs I'm familiar with and have seen on re-runs which I would have watched "live" had I had the opportunity...)

"Gunsmoke" 10:00 p.m. on CBS.

Sunday May 20, 1962 --

"Lassie" 7:00 p.m. on CBS followed by "Dennis The Menace" at 7:30 p.m. and "What's My Line" at 10:00 p.m.

"The Bullwinkle Show" over at NBC competing against "Lassie" at 7:00 p.m.

"Bonanza" 9:00 p.m. on NBC.

Pretty cool, huh...?!

No doubt I'll do further exploring on Tango TV. No doubt it'll be fun to relive childhood television view memories by browsing through key years... when I was five - off to kindergarten; the middle school years... the high school years...

Feel free to share your favorite TV shows - past and present - with me via the Comments Section of this thread.