Before it became like every other channel that lost its way… *cough* MTV *cough*
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IsraHell — 7 months ago(August 21, 2025 10:51 PM)
Before it became like every other channel that lost its way… cough MTV cough
I was at the perfect age, like 13 when I started watching it. It introduced me to so many foreign and independent films. It shaped a lot of my taste, and without it, I'm not sure I would've gotten out of the wading pool.
Those movies along with punk rock opened my eyes and world.
They were the things that seemed to reflect the issues I was dealing with at the time.
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Steve Lake — 7 months ago(August 21, 2025 10:56 PM)
I feel lucky that I am a New Yorker who has actually gone to the IFC in person to see a film probably 3000 times
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sheetsadam1 — 7 months ago(August 21, 2025 11:33 PM)
Same, but both were great. AMC too, back when they played mostly classic movies. I can't remember if they were ever commercial free, though, and I'm definitely glad that the Breaking Bad universe, Mad Men and Halt and Catch Fire exist. But TCM was definitely the best.
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ZolotoyRetriever — 7 months ago(August 21, 2025 11:57 PM)
Yes… AMC was commercial-free, back in its early days. They had a movie host by the name of Bob Dorian who was a real charmer - made for some very entertaining as well as informative classic movie viewing experiences. Really helped solidify my interest in classic film, which has lasted to this day.
For most of its first 18 years in existence, AMC provided uncut and uncolorized films without commercial interruption. Its revenue came from carriage fees provided by the cable providers that maintained carriage agreements with the channel. However, in 1998, AMC began accepting traditional advertising… -
sheetsadam1 — 7 months ago(August 22, 2025 12:03 AM)
I knew I wasn't imagining things, but I'd have been like seven or eight when they started having commercial. Damn, my memory is pretty good! My dad would always watch the western marathons on there that they seemed to do pretty much every weekend and I remember they used to play Three Stooges shorts as well, hosted by Leslie Nielsen.
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