[mairdie]

My TV viewing started with Howdy Doody and, appropriately enough, the 1952 Presidential conventions. We watched both avidly. That’s when I became a Republican in a Democratic household. I Like Ike.

[nopardons]

We got our first T.V. in the summer of 1949 and the first thing I watched was my parents' troop performing the FIRST full length Gilbert & Sullivan operetta... THE MIKADO.

I disliked Howdy Doody; so watched THE MAGIC COTTTAGE instead, at the same time, but loved LUCKY PUP, SKY KING, THE LONE RANGER, and so many more shows.

I too watched that Convention and have watched them all ever since, as a Conservative.