Posted on 03/21/2023 4:57:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I’ve seen them all, I like that theme.
“Countdown To Looking Glass” was another one.
I really liked ‘Panic in Year Zero!’ and would like to see a lot of new versions of that type.
Yes. Their disclaimer was deceptive. It said “dramatization” which does not necessarily mean fiction.
Yes,
And no, given the amount of disclaimers they aired, I doubt very many people thought this was real, and if they did, they did not think it for very long.
***Presented as an interruption of nightly programming for the fictional but convincingly presented RBS television network,***
Never heard of it till now, but I do remember the fear back in 1962!
The October Cuban Missile Crisis had America in a panic! We were on the verge of war with Russia! People were fleeing the cities in droves causing traffic jams and accidents!
Then it all blew over but we were still on edge because of it as no one trusted the Russians!
Then on Dec 24, was a break in the evening programing! An Unidentified Flying Object was picked up on the radar of the DEW Line! Suddenly the fear of October was back and we all took notice. Was this WAR? Incoming Russian missiles? We were glued to the TV set!
Then they showed a chintzy photo of Santa and his sleigh with cheap cotton ball clouds passing overhead.
That was one year we could have done without such nonsense. When I mentioned it to others, all remembered it and the sudden fear it caused at that time.
WOW! You just tweaked my mind and I now remember it!
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