Zer0's Talk: The Awesome 80's and 90's TV That You Probably Grew up with

If you're growing up in the 80's and the 90's, you probably had an awesome childhood unlike iphone infested kids nowadays,  We had all the awesome toys; guli, gasing, layang-layang, you name it, we had it.  The richer kids had Gameboy and Micro Genius, and almost all neighborhood boys had their BMX bikes.

At that time, our access to the fat box in the middle of the living room called TV is limited.  TV channels starts at noon and ends at midnight.  And TV channels are limited too.  Back in the days, there are only RTM1, RTM2 and TV3.  Only the more fortunate who lived in urbans gets metro.  And kids in Johor gets to enjoy wider varieties of Singapore TV channels.

And for the rest of us who're stuck with 1, 2 or 3, we'll watch all the sh*t the TV channels throw at us.  We'll open the newspaper early in the morning, looked at the TV programs for the day and booked our time slot for our favorite shows on TV.

And true enough, lots and lots of TV programs, commercials and whatever sri pentas and angkasapuri is throwing at our face is a bloody brainwash that everyone remembers until today.

Here's the list of TV stuff that you just can't get rid of from your brain.

1. The limited TV broadcast schedule



Remember switching on a TV and saw this?  It's a signal either for you to go out and play or off to bed.

2. Brainwash advertisement


If you're reading this, you probably know where I'm going.  Ubat batuk cap ibu dan anak.  One of a few advert that definitely burned a hole in your brain.


And McDonalds and KFC ads, very-very catchy.

"Masa riang..., rasa hebat..."
"KFC, idaman ku selalu..."

And the "Ibu... ibu... engkaulah ratu hatiku..." of fernleaf.

3. Catchy Patriotic Music Videos
Back in the days, everyone loves Dr M and loves the country.  Unlike all the bullshit 1Malaysia, janji dicapati and GST music videos, songs are much more patriotic and easy on your hearts and brains.


You'll definitely remember setia.


And how about the 5 ladies of Sejahtera Malaysia?  Definitely miles better than those crappy music jibby and co managed today.  Best of all, these songs made it to schools where teachers and kids gave their full devotion singing the tunes.

4. Aedes and AIDS are natural born enemies
There are Aedes and AIDS documentaries almost every hour on the TV.  We know our enemies. Not jibby and FLOM but dengue fever and AIDS.

But best of all, the broadcaster even managed put in brainwash music to educate people on the danger of these diseases.  No kangkung bullshit, just pure music.


To top that, there's even dikir barat.

"A. I. D. S. berbahaya, aedes pula mengancam manusia..."

Bloody brainwash tune.

5. 4pm to 5pm is not playtime
4pm to 5pm every weekdays.  There won't be any kids running in the neighborhood.  Because Baja Hitam and Gaban is being showed on TV back to back.




Well, there are more and more Japanese super sentai series and super robot series like choushinsei flashman, tosho daimos, grandizer and voltron, flooding the TV flooding the TV afterwards.  But nothing is as iconic as baja hitam and gaban.

If you grew up with these and many more, then your childhood is definitely AWESOME!