tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post6307807459618056358..comments2024-03-27T02:17:48.873-07:00Comments on Episode Nothing: Star Wars in the 1970s: A day long remembered: Star Wars comes to television Darren Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-30645555656505599422024-01-16T07:05:59.230-08:002024-01-16T07:05:59.230-08:00Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing. Moss Street Markethttps://mossstreetmarket.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-36735349680422340192023-02-07T17:28:06.415-08:002023-02-07T17:28:06.415-08:00I remember that night well. I spent the whole runt...I remember that night well. I spent the whole runtime lying on my front, a couple of feet from the TV, staring up at the screen as it broadcast Grampian TV’s ITV regional feed. It was wonderful. It was magical. It was unforgettable. At four years old I was completely engrossed. I knew nothing about it before I watched it. My dad just told me that there was a programme coming on that he thought I might like. I wound up so engrossed that, at the end of the film, I remember asking when that programme was coming on! Any time I watch that film I am four years old, I’m happy and life is perfect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-46899606648869894952016-07-04T10:32:51.048-07:002016-07-04T10:32:51.048-07:00My folks got us a VCR at Christmas 1985. My first ...My folks got us a VCR at Christmas 1985. My first thought was 'Star Wars is on at New Year', which it was in STV-land.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316287401747774164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-17379072310429404882016-07-03T14:05:21.880-07:002016-07-03T14:05:21.880-07:00Thanks a lot Dec. I didn't realise TV Times ha...Thanks a lot Dec. I didn't realise TV Times had adapted Empire art like that. Inside the magazine, they commissioned a new comic strip of their own, which I'll aim to reproduce next week. At least, I THINK it was original to them!<br />I love these memories of people's early experiences with off-air recordings. I think I finally got a copy of my own several transmissions later. Darren Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-5836650332870245352016-07-03T04:22:49.927-07:002016-07-03T04:22:49.927-07:00Great memories, thankyou.
I was sitting on the f...Great memories, thankyou. <br /><br />I was sitting on the floor a few feet away from the telly trying to create the big screen experience. I wasn't aware of widescreen until years later, so I thought it was perfect.<br /><br />We didn't own a VCR at the time but my pal's folks did. It became ritual to play it whenever I was at their house. There were people who weren't interested in Star Wars but taped it anyway. They'd just paid a small fortune for the machine so would tape big deals like this. I was surprised at the showings of Star Wars I got in some unexpected places.<br /><br />I hadn't considered that Lucasfilm owning the sequels could explain them taking longer to reach TV. Makes sense.<br /><br />On the subject of the TV Times covert art, it's adapted from an ESB poster with the ESB-only elements airbrushed out.<br /><br />http://www.innserendipity.com/poster/esb-cocacola.jpgAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316287401747774164noreply@blogger.com