Eating in front of the TV as a treat
My mother worked. Older sister and I usually fixed dinner. We ate in front of the tv 
most weeknights.
I thank whoever invented the TV tray.
More important than the frisbee and the Slip N Slide in post war suburban life.
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TV trays!
We didn’t have them but I had an aunt and uncle who lived in DC who did. They were classy! That’s where some of my pictures aboveWhite House. They lived in a white house and I think I thought they lived in THE white house.
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My parents had the exact ones, except in black. I’m sure they’re still in the house, because I’ve reason to believe mom never got rid of anything after my baby furniture, which went in 1956, probably. A little premature, since she had my brother in 1957. Oops! After that, she was reticent to donate, sell or discard anything but true trash. Found all my Jr High & HS clothes a couple years ago, in her closet. They’re still there.
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Ours were black also.
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Wow, you guys were allowed to eat in the living room? Even when mom & dad went out and we got a babysitter (and pizza 
. . . never got that unless mom & dad went out), we had to eat it in the kitchen.
We were apparently lucky . . . two TVs. The one in the living room (the first to have a color tv) belonged to mom and dad. Kids had the black and white in the basement, but were rewarded with being allowed soda and popcorn.
Ah, I was focused on the pizza.
Frisbee def beat tv trays because Mom wanted us outside.
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As a kid we ate there for our Sunday night “breakfast” while watching Bonanza. My go to was Rice Krispies in real milk, bacon, and buttered toast.
We had a wood paneled family room.
We were never allowed in the living room.
It seemed to be reserved for funerals.
And my mother’s piano.
Almost like Fitzcarraldo.
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I was trying to remember what came in between The Wonderful World of Disney and Bonanza on Sunday nights. Drawing a blank. But apparently The Mothers-in-Law was on at one point. Aaah the good old days.
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We always only had a living room, never a family room too, as far as I remember. Military housing usually, with a lot of moves. It was fairly spartan too, back in the day. It seems much improved now, from the little I’ve seen. We weren’t allowed to snack or eat while watching TV, with the exception of ice cream, popcorn or pudding of one type or another after dinner. I only recall the TV trays coming out a very few times, and then, when we had company, and needed extra dining space. Didn’t happen often. When mom & dad went out, we had babysitters and always, chicken pot pies, which I hated. I love them now, if homemade. Always watched Disney and Bonanza too, with always a bit of a sick feeling, because the weekend was almost over. DD and SIL call it the Sunday Scaries, but don’t know if that’s original or not. I don’t get them anymore, nor do I get that fab Friday high either, since not working anymore. So, the bitter with the sweet, as all of life is…sweet memories though…oh often Sunday night suppers were cocoa with marshmallows and toast for dunking. We all loved it! 
Big meal was earlier in the day.
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Monty Python?
All I know is when Lawrence Welk was on my Grandmother owned the TV. I think that was Saturday evening.
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Me too. By the way, what day is it?
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Lol @jcostiones, I always have to check to make sure! Yes, Lawrence Welk on Saturday’s, which I always wanted to watch because of the Lennon Sisters, and to dance. But Gunsmoke was on a competing channel, and due to older bro, Gunsmoke usually won out. Probably for the best, as my musical tastes could have been warped forever 
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Watching Ed Sullivan on the tv with my Grandfather while we shared a big bag of pistachios. Took days for the red dye to fade no matter how I tried.
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So that’s why I never got into Gunsmoke because Granny owned the TV in that time slot. My brother and I would watch from the floor. I developed a fondness for the Lennon Sisters and I believe Brenda Lee was on a lot.
It didn’t warp my music taste but taught me to appreciate different types of music.
We did graduate to “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and all the great music of the 60’s and 70’s.
Mom predicted The Beatles wouldn’t last. I love you Mom but you took a fastball down the middle of the plate on that one.
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She hit a grand slam passing on my love for music such as Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman. Dad’s favorite was Eddy Arnold.
OMG - I couldn’t stop laughing even after all these years. Eve Arden and Kay Ballard are still priceless.
As they say, we all have family.
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