Adjusting with our Antennas
What was watched and the way it watcehd on TV has presented a significant impact on the medium's influcence over time. Join the lifelong television enthusiast identified as the frequency BAF in a journey through various decades of that medium where the reception came from the antenna. The episodes cover shows, genres, personalities and how not just antennas but how audiences have received them through the airwaves over time.
Produced by Benjamin Fronczek
Our Theme Song: Good Ol Days - 2024 Remaster by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
Adjusting with our Antennas
The Late Night Legacy on Saturday Night
BAF continues his exploration of changing comedy-variety shows with a look back at Saturday Night Live. Now in its 50th Season, the legendary sketch based program followed the a new wave of parody and issue-oriented comedy shows that came about in the late 1960s and 70s. Many of these represented a change with the times from traditional rural settings to larger cities. Being live from New York City, SNL as it has become known, has laughed at everything while presenting a new crop of comedy stars with the latest and greatest. As the tradition continues today with a modern cast and backdrop, BAF looks at how it developed its roots over the first twenty years live on the air.
