Computer Dating showcased in 1985
Now, I watched this show as a kid in syndication. (don't like to admit it as it is typical 80s sitcom cheese, but certainly very clean compared to today's junk) Anyway .... looky this: this 1985 Silver Spoons episode shows an innocent example of teenage dating meeting via a computer. It shows on Rick's screen: BBS (Bulletin Board System) - which people used at that time to connect online. Rick even used a term called "grocking with" the teenage girl he met online. This particular episode called " The Secret Live of Ricky Stratton" was way ahead of its time by over a decade. I vaguely remember this particular episode too, but not the computer part, I recall the part where Rick gets self-conscious and dreams that he has bigger than life ears and a huge zit on his forehead when meeting his blind date. I wouldn't have gotten the joke about the modem quivering watching it back then and certainly did not know about talking to people on computers. Silver Spoons was a better show when funnyman Jason Bateman was on it. I had read he left the show because it was taking attention away from Ricky Schroder.I didn't even use a personal computer (then called a microcomputer) until 1987 myself (Apple IIe and not a Mac). I played an Atari 2600 when I was bit younger.
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