Evidence that the good old days may not have been that great

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I was watching this video on the ABC TV lineup for 1961:

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7vib3qFxhU

26 and a half hours a week seems like a lot - really nothing super great either.  I remember 19 of those shows although mostly via reruns.  My favorite show was Top Cat, a cartoon, hey I was 6 years old.  TC was voiced by Arnold Stang.  Top Cat was kind of an an animated, non-army Bilko show :)

But Calvin and the Colonel ?  An animated show by the Amos and Andy guys ?  Yikes !  Maybe they could have added another half hour of bowling, or more Welk, anything else.

But I can't fault ABC too much since in 1962 they added the Discovery show in the afternoon, that was a great show.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_(American_TV_series)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm