The Name That TV Show Game (New and Improved: All Trivia Welcome) (7 Viewers)

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Who the hell talks like that?

Awesome people that are drunk! I was combining the "i shall take my leave" into a regular sentence.

 

[Madmarsha]

Awesome people that are drunk! I was combining the "i shall take my leave" into a regular sentence.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Damnit! You people keep delaying me taking my leave! It's final after this. Goodnight all, I'm finally free.

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

Who the hell talks like that?

He lost me after he said he won the GIF War.

 

[Madmarsha]

Damnit! You people keep delaying me taking my leave! It's final after this. Goodnight all, I'm finally free.

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

Damnit! You people keep delaying me taking my leave! It's final after this. Goodnight all, I'm finally free.

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

Alex didn't tell me that.

Google says

1947

So it was broadcast in1947. That got me curious as to which company broadcast it. It was NBC which was the first US network company in 1947 servicing NY, Philly, and DC. Makes sense. CBS and ABC followed later. But I stumbled onto another little bit of trivia:

When did cable TV arrive on the scene?

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

So it was broadcast in1947. That got me curious as to which company broadcast it. It was NBC which was the first US network company in 1947 servicing NY, Philly, and DC. Makes sense. CBS and ABC followed later. But I stumbled onto another little bit of trivia:

When did cable TV arrive on the scene?

I remember it being much earlier than I thought.

1978?

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

I remember it being much earlier than I thought.

1978?

Not 1978.

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

I remember it being much earlier than I thought.

1978?

You are probably thinking of the first cable network (via satellite) which was HBO in 1975. Cable TV was originally to get network TV signals to areas that could not get them via antenna over the airwaves.

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

You are probably thinking of the first cable network (via satellite) which was HBO in 1975. Cable TV was originally to get network TV signals to areas that could not get them via antenna over the airwaves.

Yeah. I was thinking HBO.

I just read up on cable history. It reminds me of different versions of when the internet started.

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

Yeah. I was thinking HBO.

I just read up on cable history. It reminds me of different versions of when the internet started.

The first time I accessed the internet was the early '90s via the mainframe of the company I worked for. There was no web browser at the time. I believe the first browser I used was called "Mosaic". The first search engine I remember using was "Lycos"

 

[Madmarsha]

The first time I accessed the internet was the early '90s via the mainframe of the company I worked for. There was no web browser at the time. I believe the first browser I used was called "Mosaic". The first search engine I remember using was "Lycos"

Kids don't know the dulcet tones of the dial-up modem.

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

Kids don't know the dulcet tones of the dial-up modem.

They were great but also very annoying. You made your connection but at a cost to your sanity.

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

I had another trivia question, but I'll save it for tomorrow. Not feeling too good and heading to bed.