Aug wrote --

>  JM>    When I was young, and so was tv, I believed whatever
>  JM>    was seen in that magic box was live and happening at
>  JM>    that moment.  And a lot of tv was live at the time.
> 
> You never had home movies, or watch cartoons?

  We had home movies (my father brought a camera and projector in 1947.  I
still have the Revere projector somewhere.  The camera disappeared years
ago. 
  At the time, around 1951-53, the station was only on the air a few hours
a day.  And those were a morning local news shows (pre-Today), and a
afternoon cooking/homemakers show, etc.  There was no real network programming till
the afternoon.  At least around
  There were only a few hundred sets in town at the time and we were the
largest city in the state, 100k+ in the metro area.
  There may have been some soaps on but my mother listened to those on the
radio.  
  After the morning news program, about a half hour or so, the tv sat
unused till the afternoon shows started.  The cooking/homemakers show was the
number one afternoon show.  
  By the time I was maybe four I learned that everything on tv wasn't real
and happening at that moment somewhere in town.
  Joe