Remember when the telly used to "finish" each night and the announcer would wish you goodnight and you'd stand for the...

Remember when the telly used to "finish" each night and the announcer would wish you goodnight and you'd stand for the national anthem and then you'd go to bed and have a good nights sleep, maybe dream about making love on the beach to that weathergirl who was just on?
Now you're up till 5am shitposting on Sup Forums 'cos you can't get it up no more.

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Blame cable tv

Remember when is the lowest form of conversation.

Junior hopes he dies before he's old enough for "remember when." Party hearty, son. Maybe you will, or maybe you won't...

Sounds comfy. England in general seems so comfy.. living in a little village in the country seems so nice.

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Yes. A more civilised age. The announcer actually sounds embarrassed to be expressing as much emotion as to say goodnight.
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are you telling me bongs have been clowning the US for standing for the pledge during school when they have been doing this shit to their television set this whole time?

lots of stations still shut down late at night, maybe no national anthem but i'm sure some still do it

Given that the BBC stopped "closedowns" almost half a century ago, it's quite unlikely there are many people here who remember.

What a gentleman does in private is very different from your vulgar Banana republic displays.

What OP is describing stopped in the 80s I believe, and it was by no means compulsory to rise for the national anthem. (Though it pains me to imagine anyone not doing it).

You'd be surprised. Actually after closedown you'd have a brief pause, then it would blast you with a really annoying high pitched tones intended to wake people up who'd fallen asleep in front of their TVs. Why they couldn't be allowed to sleep is unclear, possibly the BBC frowned on the waste of energy.

>Remember when the telly used to "finish" each night and the announcer would wish you goodnight and you'd stand for the national anthem

We had this here until the 90s. I remember it as a kid. They would drag out the "end point" more and more until it was after the last programming block at 02:00-03:00. Classic shit like Space Precinct and Phantom 2040 would air then. I would stay up late and watch it with mom.

Another feature of the BBC before it turned to shit was that, although they ran two television stations, they disapproved of people watching TV, particularly during working hours. Consequently, there were quite large gaps in the schedule they'd fill with Pages From Ceefax in a bid to get you to do something productive.
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What actually happened was that the NEETs of the day got really into obscure library music.

>he thinks everybody in england lives in "a little village in the country"
We don't

Is the weather still like that in Britisherland?

He never said everyone does. He simply said he likes the idea of living in a little village in the country in England. Don't go putting words in his mouth.

ENGLAND IS SO QUAINT

THEYRE ALL HOMOS THOUGH

Watch Midsomer Murders until John Nettles leaves, then please send help, I haven't slept in 14 years worrying about when my number will be up.

> television finishes at night
> announcer says good night
> national anthem
> stand to attention
> station ID comes on with canned music
> still standing to attention
> too scared to move
> knowing they are watching you
> cannot show any sign of weakness
> three hours pass
> you have pissed your pants but have not moved
> music fades
> picture fades to black
> EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE sound
> still do not move
> still there, shaking and piss stained, when the sun comes up

ah, yes. good times.

Haha this is like something out of 1984 not England haha

i didn't say England. YOU'RE ONE OF THEM.

> stands to attention
> pisses pants reflexively