Originally Posted by MolsonExport (Post 9570120)

I personally believe that the preservation of Vieux Montreal was, to a large extent, what the late great Bob Ross would refer to as a happy accident": a silver lining of the economic stagnation that Montreal experienced in the 70s-80s, largely due to the winds of political change but also due to the de-industrialization that decimated many cities in North America during that time period. Much of the area below the VM expressway (Little Burgundy, St. Henri, the Pointe, Griffintown, Ville Emard, etc.) was in a time freeze. Next to no redevelopment, and plenty of vacant buildings. The entire area around the former Dow Planetarium (south of Windsor Station) was mostly abandoned factories for decades, right on the doorstep of downtown Montreal.

Originally Posted by MolsonExport (Post 9570120)

I personally believe that the preservation of Vieux Montreal was, to a large extent, what the late great Bob Ross would refer to as a happy accident": a silver lining of the economic stagnation that Montreal experienced in the 70s-80s, largely due to the winds of political change but also due to the de-industrialization that decimated many cities in North America during that time period. Much of the area below the VM expressway (Little Burgundy, St. Henri, the Pointe, Griffintown, Ville Emard, etc.) was in a time freeze. Next to no redevelopment, and plenty of vacant buildings. The entire area around the former Dow Planetarium (south of Windsor Station) was mostly abandoned factories for decades, right on the doorstep of downtown Montreal.

Originally Posted by MolsonExport (Post 9516503)

Pong? Atari? Colecovision?

Originally Posted by Gresto (Post 9595629)

This, for me, evokes acute feelings of nostalgia. Back in the '80s, Global ran two series, "Night Ride" and "Night Walk", every night at about 3:30 a.m. I watched them at the time, if I happened to be awake. The steadicam and the relaxing jazz would invariably put me into a trance. Those were the days, indeed.

Originally Posted by harls (Post 9594914)

I am too young for Pong, but my first console was a Colecovision with Frontline and Mousetrap. I think I was 6 or 7.

I then upgraded to the Atari 2600 and my mind was blown. Starmaster was amazing. Toggle the black and white switch to warp? Amazing.

1988 - Got an Amstrad PC. Played King's Quest, Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry (No mom, that age thing on the box is just a suggestion).

Originally Posted by Gresto (Post 9595629)

This, for me, evokes acute feelings of nostalgia. Back in the '80s, Global ran two series, "Night Ride" and "Night Walk", every night at about 3:30 a.m. I watched them at the time, if I happened to be awake. The steadicam and the relaxing jazz would invariably put me into a trance. Those were the days, indeed.

Originally Posted by Acajack (Post 9560208)

The initial version didn't refer to the Professor and Mary Ann. It named all the characters and when it got to them, it said something like "... and all the rest".

In later years when the Professor and Mary Ann became more popular characters, they changed the song to end with "... the Professor and Mary Ann..."

Originally Posted by Razor (Post 9596787)

If you are from Ontario, and remember that adoption show which ran every Saturday at lunch time on CFTO, than you are also on the cusp of being a boomer..It ran after all the Saturday morning cartoons ran their course..It was hosted by David Devall, and the show's opening theme song was The Beatles - All you need is love.

It was called Family Finder, and lttle kids were paraded in front of the camera so people can adopt them via phone..He often said "and his one goes with this one, etc." referring to two siblings...Boy, have times changed!

Originally Posted by harls (Post 9596806)

The Friendly Giant always terrified me. Something about him was creepy.

The 1980s Incredible Hulk dude also scared me to death. I hear he became a rusty canuck..

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin (Post 9596752)

Those were still on the air late-night into the 90s at least. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of being unable to sleep at night, and sitting in front of the TV watching those shows with a glass of warm milk 'til I dozed off again. :haha:

Originally Posted by Gresto (Post 9597096)

Come to think of it, I probably watched them in the early-'90s also. I was just a kid in the '80s, and didn't start staying up late into the night until about 1989.
The Night Walk/Ride shows were ineffably soothing. I'm not sure Toronto was a better city back then, but there was something really beguiling and jazzy about 1980s Toronto that doesn't exist anymore, probably because I was a kid, and everything is better when one is a kid.:)

Originally Posted by Loco101 (Post 9597118)

You made me think about Global TV back then and its jazzy saxophone music. My Dad would often watch the Toronto-based news at 5:30pm before supper. I remember Mike Anscombe, Susan Hay and Bob McAdorey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw_pJHiVKj4


Mike Anscombe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwWmRC6rXnM

Susan Hay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfqSrGvtclc

Bob McAdorey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPFLXWffAeI

Originally Posted by Gresto (Post 9597175)

I remember those three well. I don't know what happened to Anscombe, but Susan Hay is still there. She's the nightly newscast's delegate for feel-good stories. McAdorey, whose tongue-in-cheek entertainment reports I always enjoyed, died quite a few years ago.