I\'m very happy about this.
My grandma died a couple weeks ago, and she and her husband, my namesake (who died when I was three years old) built this beautiful, modern house in the mid 80s. It was in Hartford, Iowa (a rural suburb of Des Moines), and I would visit every summer.
Back in Chicagoland, we didn\'t have cable until I was about eight years old, and we didn\'t get premium cable until a few years ago. My grandma\'s house had a satellite dish, and I used to hide in her (former) husband\'s bedroom until she yelled \"TV!\", and I would change the channels for her; she often didn\'t know the DirecTV numbers.
Sometimes, she would let me watch whatever I wanted, and I would watch channel 309. I remember watching Press Your Luck for the very first time, and thinking it was one of the greatest shows I had ever seen in my life. I remember thinking Paul Lynde was so much funnier than Whoopi Goldberg. I remember the old, techno intro of Jeopardy!. I even remember asking her \"Grandma, what\'s Two For the Money?\" and she said, \"Oh, that\'s a very good show.\"
I love watching primetime game shows.
EDIT: The year after Mr. Rogers died, I saw a smiling old man host a very simple game: whoever completes a line first wins.
