Throwback Thursday: childhood Saturday night memories #TBT

[#1]

It's Thursday!

I lived in the same house until I was 11 years old, then we moved. I remember that in this first house, the TV was in a kind of a family room in the basement. In Iceland, we only had a single TV station at that time. On Saturday nights, they would show a movie. It was a family activity to watch the movie together, at least the younger kids. My dad would buy salted peanuts and put them in a bowl along with raising and milk chocolate bar broken up into squares. That was kind of the highlight of the week :)  

Soooo, what are some of your childhood Saturday night memories?

Let’s make it a great Thursday!

KGM

P.s. sorry for this creepy AI generated picture...

[Rune Rasmussen]

We didn't have any specific Saturday things, but on Friday there was "Disney Sjov" (Directly translated to Disney Fun, but is a play on word because the Danish "Sjov" sounds sort of like "Show").

My dad would take my sister and I to the local gas station, and we would each get a back of "Fredagsslik" (Friday candy).

Then 19:00 rolled around, and my sister and I were firmly glued to the TV with our own little bag of candy.

[Andy Gladstone]

Our parents used to go out Saturday night - dinner, movies, getting together with friends, etc. Me and my two brothers would always have a babysitter (until my older brother was 11 years old), usually our next door neighbor, and she would always make sure we had some fun. The popcorn popper would come out, hot chocolates would be made, and we'd find some games to play - Monopoly, Life, Trivial Pursuit, and assorted card games were our fare. The time would fly by and I am sure we were having more fun than the boring adults!

[Shreeja J]

Wow, that brings back memories! Growing up, Saturday nights were also special in my house. We'd gather in the living room, and my mom would make popcorn while we'd get cozy with blankets. We didn’t have too many channels either, so we’d usually pick a movie or a show that everyone liked. Sometimes, my siblings and I would build pillow forts and stay up late imagining we were on some adventure. It’s crazy how the simplest things—like a bowl of snacks and hanging out with family—could make those Saturday nights feel so magical✨!

[Vittoria Oliva]

Our parents used to organize a home cinema using a projector , we're 4 person, each Saturday one of us chosen a type of film. No romantic one, they are bored! 😊

We try to do it again, it's very difficult. 

[bzoern]

Good Morning Everyone!!! 

Not sure if this was a Saturday thing, but a weekend thing for sure. Back in the day , Because there were so many of us in the house taking baths was broken down by age and day of the week. The older kids bathed during the week and us younger kids were on Saturdays. Then it was a bowl of popcorn or ice cream, then on one of the 4 channels we got on our tv it was Watching variety shows. The Lawrence Welk show, Sonny & Cher, Hee-Haw, Donny & Marie Osmond Show to name a few. After church on Sunday and spending the day outside playing it was dinner and tuning in to the Wonderful World Of Disney. Simple times, simple pleasures. I do miss those days from to time as my parents are gone now, and my siblings and I all have our own families and we are scattered around the country. We do talk often and see each other when ever possible. Can't wait to share this memory with them this coming weekend!! ")

[John Funk]

When I was a youngster, Saturday night meant getting a bath before bed to be ready for church on Sunday. I was not a fan of Saturday bath night!

[Chris Chappelear _Tempo_]

On Saturday nights growing up, my brother and I would stay up late to watch late night Television. The USA network had 2 shows that started at 10 pm - Weird Science (the series) and Duckman. We'd then watch MADTV for the first half hour and then switch to Saturday Night Live - all shows we weren't really 'allowed' to watch but mom and dad were usually asleep by then. :)

[Barbara Szczesniak]

In the 70s, our Saturday nights consisted of playing Yahtzee as a family—all 8 of us learning how to add, multiply, and help the younger ones. This was followed by watching the Mary Tyler Moore Show, the Bob Newhart Show, and the Carol Burnett Show. 

[Laurie Sciutti]

I don't specifically remember Saturday nights being special but Saturday mornings were for cartoons on TV with a bowl of yummy cereal!  Boy do I miss those stress-free days!  :)

[Amanda Barber]

My mom and dad were very close with my aunt and uncle. Most Saturdays meant pizza (Pizza Hut "Bigfoot" usually) and Saturday Night Live for the grownups, playing and movies for the kids. 

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Thanks for your fun memories!

[vikram]

Hi @Kristján Geir Mathiesen 

Thanks for the good topic and making once kid's time topic's memorable, when I am in school days, we had a Black and white TV in our house, that was only one TV for whole our small lane where 20 to 30 families live in that lane, TV was shown to us on Friday night 8PM where we get "ChithralaHari" songs shows for 1 hour with full of adds in between each song. 

   Then one saturday and sunday evening at 5PM film was telecasted in TV where lot of people from my house lane come and sit before TV to watch the movie, we used to get some snacks in between and every one get some thing to eat and used share with us as we had TV only in our house. 

   Those days are like living in heaven. 

Vikram P  

[Tuncay Senturk]

Our special night was Friday. We would first watch a TV series, and at midnight there used to be a horror movie which I used to watch with my elder sister.

[Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_]

Mostly on Saturday nights we would be out visiting our relatives or attending some function.

[Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM]

In the summer time, it would be camping out in the forest. 

The rest of the year it was probably sleeping over at a friend's house.  

[Teodora V _Fun Inc_]

The end of the week was usually the time we could spend outdoors, so I looked forward to my mountain walk all week long.

To be honest, nothing changed this throughout the years, I still can't wait for it. The only difference is that is now on Sunday.

[Rishabh Jhawar]

During the holidays, we used to rent a video cassette player or a CD player along with 2-3 movies for the night. With my brother and other cousins, the objective was to watch at least 2 or 3 movies.

It was always a mix of Bollywood and Hollywood (dubbed in Hindi) movies, as Bollywood films were typically around 3 hours long, making it a big challenge to fit in 3 movies in one night. I still remember fast-forwarding through scenes when the cassette would get stuck or when the CD had scratches.

[Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_]

Star Trek: The Next Generation and MacGyver would be on my Saturday tv schedule back in the day.

[Dave Mathijs]

I don't remember whether it was especially on Saturday nights, but I loved to watch movies on TV.

My mother's favorite genre is horror and I was really impressed by 80s movies like The Exorcist, Poltergeist, House, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Shining, The Amityville Horror, ...

[Vronik]

Hi

On Saturday nights at my house, we always go out for pizza and then come home to watch a movie or play a board game as a family.

Regards

[Tomislav Tobijas _Koios_]

We, as a family, didn't usually watch something together nor anything like that. Instead, I usually played PC games and that was how my weekends usually went (btw, I still love gaming just don't have that much time for it).

However, the tables have turned and whenever I go home now, we usually either watch some movie (2 weekends ago it was Oppenheimer) or we play board games. Must say, I really enjoy those. 😄