Regis Philbin is currently doing a ten day run of Prime Time Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in this, the tenth anniversary of the shows debut. I used to love the show during its original run and I am loving it now, too. I watched a couple of nights this week. Another night I was at my daughter’s apartment so I had her turn it on for me. About ten minutes into it she turned to me and said, “I had forgotten how addicting this show is.” That’s it. It’s addicting. It’s fun to play along to see if you know more than the contestant or in some cases more than the “expert” (one of the lifelines is called “ask the expert”).
I remember the first time the show was on. The kids and I would sit and watch it together. It was family time. They often knew the answer when I didn’t (as in contemporary culture questions) and they loved teasing me because I hadn’t known the answer.
I miss the show being on during prime time. I miss the family time sitting around the tv. I miss the kids teasing me. I miss having the kids here with me. Lots has changed. Many good things have happened to all of us since then and I don’t wish to go back to those days but I sure do miss a lot of it.
((Corina)), I’ve been whining, because it’s messing up my TV time. 😉
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I also have positive memories of family time with shared TV shows, which is amazing considering how screwed up my family was. But every now and then we’d all buy into a Masterpiece Theatre series or something, and that was just about the only time we got along.
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