7-yr-old me (with whom any 'bedtime' arguments during NASA missions were short-lived lessons in futility) was glued to our 19-in b/w tv. From liftoff on the morning of the 16th to splashdown around lunchtime on the 24th it pained me I had no line-of-sight to the screen when I had to make bathroom breaks.

In the late 60's the only things that kept networks/stations broadcasting past Carson's 1:00a close/"High Flight"/anthem were NASA missions and assassinations. Tom Snyder's show that followed Carson (who finally won his fight to cut back to 1 hour) was still a few years away.

It was so frustrating having to wait almost 7 hours after the Eagle landed late afternoon on the 20th before Neil/Buzz finally climbed out and down to the surface. It felt like my Dad had driven us to Jekyll for the day and then made us sit in the car watching the waves!

The broadcast from the moon's surface may have only been marginally better than trying to watch scrambled HBO late night years later, but damn it was fantastic!

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It's funny you mention Jekyll. We were at the start of the causeway listening on the radio as it landed. Watched later that night on the worst reception black and white tv imaginable in the hotel room.

(07-20-2024, 11:24 AM)Replying to Buzzfan® 7-yr-old me (with whom any 'bedtime' arguments during NASA missions were short-lived lessons in futility) was glued to our 19-in b/w tv. From liftoff on the morning of the 16th to splashdown around lunchtime on the 24th it pained me I had no line-of-sight to the screen when I had to make bathroom breaks.

In the late 60's the only things that kept networks/stations broadcasting past Carson's 1:00a close/"High Flight"/anthem were NASA missions and assassinations. Tom Snyder's show that followed Carson (who finally won his fight to cut back to 1 hour) was still a few years away.

It was so frustrating having to wait almost 7 hours after the Eagle landed late afternoon on the 20th before Neil/Buzz finally climbed out and down to the surface. It felt like my Dad had driven us to Jekyll for the day and then made us sit in the car watching the waves!

The broadcast from the moon's surface may have only been marginally better than trying to watch scrambled HBO late night years later, but damn it was fantastic!

As a 13 year old, I was glued to the tv from start to finish.

Was working at Marshal Durbins hamburger joint in Carrolton whilst attending WGC. Didn't get to see it live but saw replay. What a thing to get back to our apartment at Jackson Courts to watch replays!.

somewhere in a tunnel in SE Asia.

(07-20-2024, 09:01 PM)Replying to ugafan49 somewhere in a tunnel in SE Asia.

Damn, that kind of puts things into perspective.