The First
As I write this, in a hotel room in St. Joseph, Missouri, I've got Matchgame 70 something on the television, and I'm watching Gary Burghoff (who is 63 years old, according to wikipedia) sort of uncomfortably hide his hand as he displays his card - Five points if you know why.
I loved Matchgame when I was a kid, even though most of the humor was over my head. I also loved Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Battle of the Network Stars, The Incredible Hulk, and a ton of other shows that were on only in my memory for the last 20 years.
Now I've got cable, and there's dvd boxed sets, and just about everything I saw when I was a kid is available on demand. I even saw Pink Lady on tv recently which was originally on the air for about five minutes. I'm not even sure how I remember that show except for the fact that I had a crush on on of the ladys - Nemoto, according to the research I did 5 minutes ago.
And if the shows aren't still on tv or available on dvd, there's always the internet. Everything's on the internet.
It makes me wonder if, in the future, we'll still have nostalgia, because I gotta tell ya - Buck Rogersjust ain't that good, and seeing it again is almost a little painful (except for that Erin Gray. Yikes, did I dig her...). Anyway, if nothing in pop-culture ever fades from view, will we ever have anything to remember, or will the present just get more and more crowded?
I loved Matchgame when I was a kid, even though most of the humor was over my head. I also loved Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Battle of the Network Stars, The Incredible Hulk, and a ton of other shows that were on only in my memory for the last 20 years.
Now I've got cable, and there's dvd boxed sets, and just about everything I saw when I was a kid is available on demand. I even saw Pink Lady on tv recently which was originally on the air for about five minutes. I'm not even sure how I remember that show except for the fact that I had a crush on on of the ladys - Nemoto, according to the research I did 5 minutes ago.
And if the shows aren't still on tv or available on dvd, there's always the internet. Everything's on the internet.
It makes me wonder if, in the future, we'll still have nostalgia, because I gotta tell ya - Buck Rogersjust ain't that good, and seeing it again is almost a little painful (except for that Erin Gray. Yikes, did I dig her...). Anyway, if nothing in pop-culture ever fades from view, will we ever have anything to remember, or will the present just get more and more crowded?
posted by Russ at 2:27 PM
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