Hey waters here from the waters wake-up call this morning I found this list of the 75 most impactful TV moments, so I thought I'd ask what you
thought
I remember growing up, I was watching Dallas with my parents.
Yeah.
And
who shot JR was big in our house.
And I remember everybody talking about it.
Yeah, what was it?
Summer of 1980, I think.
It was everywhere.
Yeah.
Because you
had
to wait the entire summer until the next season to find out who shot JR.
And there were who shot JR t-shirts and buttons.
Yep.
You talk about a
pop.
Because everybody wanted him dead.
Yeah,
everybody did.
I think the only one who wasn't a suspect was JR himself.
Great man, JR Ewing.
He was a very positive role model for Little Mikey Waters back in 1980.
Base
Shuttle Challenger.
Oh, if you were around then, how could you possibly forget that image of it blowing up shortly after takeoff?
Yeah.
And knowing the teacher was on board.
Right,
exactly.
Kristen McCullough, I think is.
Yeah.
Yep.
And that's not in the top 10.
Wow.
A lot of people, including myself, were watching it live, and it was, oh my god.
Yeah, we watched it live.
We were sitting there in sixth grade, and then just, wow.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think we were watching it in class as well, because it was such a big moment that we were watching the launch, and then you saw it explode.
It's like, oh my god, it just took all the air out of the room.
Mouth hanging wide open.
Exactly.
Yes, Mr. Waters.
Hello?
Good morning.
Good morning to you.
Impactful TV event.
Yes.
I think I have three that might be on the list.
Okay, let's hear them.
Retired teacher here, so I'm pretty sure that 9-11, I was teaching that day.
I remember it was absolutely something to watch in class.
Second of all, the moon landing.
And as a young child, I can remember very distinctly the events of John Kennedy's assassination.
The moon landing number one, world.
Trade Center 9-11, the live coverage of the terrorist attacks.
That is number two, and Kennedy is number five, so you got three of the top five.
Were you a history teacher?
Actually, I taught special education, but I really liked history a lot.
I'm a big history buff myself, but yeah, good job on three of the top five.
I thank you for calling.
Thank you.
The last episode of Two Heart, and it was all a dream.
And he woke up in his previous television.
show, which was brilliant.
Yeah, it was one of the most brilliant moments in TV.
That was great.
It was great.
Thank you.
How impactful it was when they aired the miniseries
Root.
Extremely impactful.
That was number four on the list.
The whole series, the whole miniseries.
You know, you learn about it in school, a lot of a book, but to
see
it, it was just the most horrifying thing.
Right.
And for the author, Alex Haley, his family had gone through it.
So he had done all of this research on his family.
learning his roots and came up with all of that.
So true to life and horrifying.
I still remember, I was like 12.
I don't know how old you were, but
I was...
I was trying to think, I think I was in about sixth grade.
And I feel like every household was watching it and then we would talk about it in school the next day, the episode.
The show was supposed to air once a week.
ABC didn't think it'd be successful and they just wanted to get it out of the way.
Yeah,
we were just talking about that so I
thought I'd call.
You would think that'd be in the top 10.
I'm sure it's in the 75 somewhere.
I'm gonna find
the
whole list and check
it.
I was sitting in front of the television and I watched it.
Yeah.
And for me, that's the most impactful.
I saw it later, probably when I was a teenager.
Oh my God, that was on live television.
Yeah, right.
Weekday mornings, 5.30 to
10.
