It's the 45th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

[blunthead]

I was 17, watched it with a friend in the basement of his parents' house.

 

[Walter Oobleck]

I was nine going on ten. Earlier in the day I'd hijacked the neighbor's Shetland pony but the pony knew I was a villain and bounced me on his bare back before I slid off, couldn't hang on though I had a handful of mane. We were out L'Anse, at Uncle Bonehead's house. He had color TV. Not that it mattered now that I think about it, moon and astronaut white, the lunar lander white, sky black, picture fuzzy. The Eagle has landed. One of them say that? Heard it some place. Didn't the Russians crash a ship, same time, on the moon? Thought I heard something like that, too. Day of. When was the last time a TV rolled? Remember that? Standing by the old Philco, reaching behind for a knob, how'm I doing? Doing anything? Almost...now it's moving side to side! Reach for the other control knob. Change the channel, chunk! chunk! chunk! And yet we were on the moon. Uncle Bonehead's TV might have had a remote, can't remember...remotes hadn't come to play such a large role in our life.

 

[Neesy]

I was nine going on ten. Earlier in the day I'd hijacked the neighbor's Shetland pony but the pony knew I was a villain and bounced me on his bare back before I slid off, couldn't hang on though I had a handful of mane. We were out L'Anse, at Uncle Bonehead's house. He had color TV. Not that it mattered now that I think about it, moon and astronaut white, the lunar lander white, sky black, picture fuzzy. The Eagle has landed. One of them say that? Heard it some place. Didn't the Russians crash a ship, same time, on the moon? Thought I heard something like that, too. Day of. When was the last time a TV rolled? Remember that? Standing by the old Philco, reaching behind for a knob, how'm I doing? Doing anything? Almost...now it's moving side to side! Reach for the other control knob. Change the channel, chunk! chunk! chunk! And yet we were on the moon. Uncle Bonehead's TV might have had a remote, can't remember...remotes hadn't come to play such a large role in our life.

I remember the horizontal and vertical knobs

 

[Walter Oobleck]

I remember the horizontal and vertical knobs

I remember getting a couple Canadian stations...Thunder Bay and another. This once, I come walking into the house, neighbors are over visiting with Ma and Dad in the kitchen, older sister is quiet on the couch, television on. I think we had color by then, big coffin-shaped box, record player on one end where Ma'd put on Tammy or Loretta and the old man would put on Hank or Johnny Cash. Sister is motioning to me, grinning, her mouth opening and closing like a ventriloquist doll, real fast-like. I step into the room, going whu? huh? She's pointing at the television. I turn and look. Some guy is standing on a raft or maybe dock, bare-arse, his package hanging out. I let out a guffaw and she's shushing me, warning me who's in the other room. Had it tuned to one of the Canadian stations...don't recall much about the movie, other than that initial schlock. I kept waiting for the good stuff...and maybe it was on later, a boobie, arrogant at that. This other time, watching some Canadian call-in...guy on the tube, answering questions. He yawns. Heh! How often do you see that. I blame it on the man in the moon. Or Marilyn. So delicious. She's up there you know...funny what position her face is in, depending on where you are on the equator...Iowa she's six o-clock...here in the UP she's usually quarter after nine. Variations, other places. Cue Bachman Turner Overdrive.