The one thing I remember about Watergate.

[garybeck]

It pre-empted Sesame Street!

Seriously, I can still to this day remember looking at the TV, wanting to watch Sesame Street, and my mother explaining to me that it's not on now because there's this "watergate" thing going on. I remember looking at the TV, seeing the Capitol building, the Whitehouse, and people talking. Although I wanted my Sesame Steet, I did watch some of it. I had no idea what was going on but I knew someone did something bad and he was getting in trouble.

Two of my kids are about the same age now as I was back then. Talk about living vicariously through your kids :)

[slackmaster]

1. My stepson was eight years old when Gulf War I started

After a week of it, he asked "How long do wars last?"

He was tired of some show he liked being pre-empted. Was it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? I don't remember, but he probably does.

[Connonym]

3. Funny how this war isn't 24/7 like GWI

Do we have shorter attention spans? I remember my mom being glued to the TV during Watergate. Today she has no clue who Valerie Plame is or what Scooter Libby was convicted of nor does she have an understanding of the whole Gonzales fiasco. I suppose this could be related partially to her not paying as much attention these days but she still watches the news every day and still looks at the papers. I think that there are just so many scandals going on simultaneously that none of them is getting the news attention that they deserve. I find this frustrating as hell. But hey, the Phil Spector trial is going to be televised and that's all we really need to know about :sarcasm:

[SharonAnn]

10. It was reported as if it were important. Not as if were the latest partisan entertainment.

It was reported as something serious by the newscasters, journalists, and even congress.

It was not related to "horse-races" in the political sense as the primary "hook".

The primary "hook" was the crime(s) and the coverup(s).

[pinto]

2. Ha! Great perspective. I was 21 at the time. Watched it non-stop.

[aquart]

4. Gavel to gavel. My mom and me.

[pinto]

6. It was a lesson in our political process I'll never forget.

I was already pretty political, growing up with staunch Democrats across the spectrum, being liable to the VietNam draft, and opposing that war, but this was an insight to how things happen inside Congress.

The tapes ought to be shown in civics classes if there are any of those courses left in our high schools.

[John Q. Citizen]

5. I was 19 when Nixon resigned. We were on a road trip and I opened a bottle of

pinch scotch and we passed it around to celebrate while watching Nixon resign on national TV. Man, those were the days!

I'd love to see bush resign on national TV. But he would probably give an exclusive to Fox so I couldn't see it live.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Oh no.... your mother lied to you

[ProudDad]

8. You think that was bad

During the 1964 election we would trudge over to the Varsity Drive-in to watch TW3 (That Was The Week That Was) on Wed. Night. We'd order our cheeseburger, fries and coke, fork over our 85 cents, sit down in one of the TV rooms in front of the color TV and.... The Republican National Committee presents: "Barry Goldwater -- 2nd coming of the Christ"...DAMN -- TW3 pre-empted again...

Then, when Lyndon was elected, he had the show KILLED. Never saw it again...


I REALLY missed Tom Lehrer's song of the week.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Was_The_Week_That_Was


"An American version of TW3 was broadcast on the NBC television network; initially as a one-time pilot episode on November 10, 1963, and then as a regular series from January 10, 1964, to May, 1965. The pilot featured hosts Henry Fonda and Henry Morgan, guest stars Mike Nichols and Elaine May, and various supporting performers including Gene Hackman. The series had a recurring cast that included Frost, Morgan, Buck Henry and Alan Alda, with Nancy Ames singing the ever-changing lyrics to the opening theme song; regular contributors included Gloria Steinem, Tom Lehrer and Calvin Trillin. Also appearing as a guest was Woody Allen, performing some of his stand-up comedy act; the guest star on the final broadcast was Steve Allen. After the series' cancellation, Lehrer recorded a collection of his songs that were used on the show, That Was The Year That Was, which was released by Reprise Records in September 1965 and became a major hit LP."



It was Tom Lehrer who had one of the best come-backs of all time. When asked why he no longer performed he said, "When Henry Kissinger was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, I knew Satire was DEAD!"

[pinto]

9. LOL. "...I knew Satire was DEAD!" Thanks.

[Le Taz Hot]

11. I was in high school when the hearings started

and ditched school more than once to watch the hearings on TV. I mean, how SAD is that????