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A while back I received a bunch of DVDs from a good friend. These disks were copies of some VHS tapes she had bought years back. These were collections of “classic” cartoons, TV shows (Usually just the intro) and commercials. You see, I do a little Internet show called Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeff. Unless [...]

I know it might be hard for you young kids to remember, or even you young adults, but back in the day we did not have cable TV. Television was actually broadcast from the big cities, across the air, to a huge hunk of medal on the roof of your home. Wire connected the medal, [...]

My trip down memory avenue continues as I remember The Funny Company. These 6 minute cartoon shorts featured the voice talents of Dick Beals, Robie Lester, Nancy Wible, Ken Snyder, Tom Thomas and Hal Smith.
In all, there were 260 episodes made possible by The Mattel Corporation and were produced by Ken Snyder and [...]

WGN, the “Superstation” out of Chicago doesn’t understand the power of YouTube or probably and modern technology. I would love to add video clips of some of the classic shows from the 60’s and 70’s but WGN is way too short-sighted to understand how much the internet can bring to their station. They still have [...]

Once upon a time there was UHF television! This was before cable. For those that don’t know, UHF TV was were the lower class of stations existed. In Chicago we had WFLD – Channel 32, WCIU – Channel 26, and WSNS-channel 44. These stations still exist today but the low budget programing doesn’t compare [...]