I also remember the very first tvs to the public. They were like a piece of furniture with a very small screen.
My neighborhood and especially my house was late to TV, but I do remember Kitirik on TV, and chasing the DDT fogging trucks while running full speed, lungs gasping for air.
The DDT fogging trucks looked like they were laying down military level smoke fields over our streets and homes, we loved them as kids, both for the “smoke”, and the fact that they were killing the hated masses of mosquitoes.