Yup, then it was a real treat when we found 3 more channels on UHF but they were very snowy most days. They pretty much played old black & white movies, lots of Vincent Price horror, Errol Flynn swashbuckling, Fred Astair dancing & Shirley Temple!
My fav Shirley Temple movie, I remember watching 1st time, I was 6 or 7, a cold winter Sunday, both my dad & me on the sofa snuggled under one of grandmom's crocheted square blankets & a wood fireplace going, eating grilled cheese & tomato soup, we watched this movie & both cried
I recall telling dad I really liked that movie with Shirley Temple & that "old geezer in the forest".
Over the years that expression came up often, I was a bit of a loner & dad would say, what do ya wanna end up like "an old geezer in the forest"? I'd say yes!
Then when "Grizzly Adams" was popular I told dad I want to live like Grizzly Adams & learn to eat & survive like Euell Gibbons.
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