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What are your first memories of when Nepal Television Began?

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Guys, Wanted to go down memory lane. The older guys on sajha must have good memories of when Nepal Television first came to Nepal. I remember that only one of my relatives had a TV at first. And it was such a big deal. At first there was only news and a few hours of television programming. I was wondering what are the shows you remember? My memories are of Rama Singh and Durgha nath Sharma telling the news. I still remember the tune when the news started. The cartoon Barba-papa - this chewing gum looking character with his family...Barba-mama, barba-joe, barba-this and barba-that. Whole family could change shape on command. I think this was one of the first cartoons on NTV. Us kids were highly entertained. Clickety-click Barba click! On Saturday afternoons, my friends and I would sit down to watch the afternoon show. Remember Variety Variety -- it was like 'America's got talent.' It was like a circus with people with all kinds of talents. And I remember foreign shows like--The Professionals (that was my favorite. My cousin and I used to run around with fake guns and pretend that we were the professionals.) Dempsey and Makepiece. The A team. Faulty towers. Knight Rider...and that show with the super-motorcycle. I forget that name. And then there were Nepali shows like...damn I don't remember but I remember the character played by Ramesh Budhathoki -- Deepak Thapa. In that character Ramesh Budhathoki used to do this thing with his forefinger that he would rub it under his nose. Wow, that really caught on in Kathmandu during that time. All the kids were doing that. The funny thing was that apparantly whenever any kid saw Budhathoki, they would do that to him and after a while it started to get annoying to him. LOL. And I remember all the advertisements that used to be made in India. You could tell because they were Indian actors in the commercial but the words would be Nepali. Some of it would sound so odd. Like that Maggi commercial, "Mummy bhok lage chha." (as opposed to 'Mummy, bhok lagyo')

BABAL Khate
Sep 27, 2010 2:05 PM · 198,667 views
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dipeshmnm Jul 3, 2023 8:32 AM
Bigyapans: 1) Surya churot (tyo basuri bajaune) 2) Khukuri Churot (bike race wala) 3) GoGo deterjent 4) RaRa chau chau 5) Sherpa sabun le nuhayeko .. 6) Bal karyakram ko animation (tyo bela graphics designers kati thiye hola ra NP ma)
Saugat basnet Sep 5, 2023 7:25 AM
Dherai pahila bhoot ko euta aauthyoni uniharulai sadhai bhootle tarsaucha raati pachi euta keta bhoot patta lauchu vanera bascha tyo bhoot uniharukai saathi ki k hunchani dherai purano ho kasailai thacha? Ani euta chai सुन ko thyoni magera party ma lagaucha tyo haraucha ani tyo tirna ko laagi kati kaam garcha lastma tyo nakkali hunchani😁
Burga-Flippa Nov 30, 2023 9:10 AM
Sudeep Rijal - Kaha Timro Mayalu lai https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Nepdoc Feb 27, 2024 1:45 PM
Barbapapa
shuvam Feb 27, 2024 1:52 PM
Knight Riders Miami Vice
Nepsydaze Feb 27, 2024 2:59 PM
Street hawk The Old Fox
Shuvam Feb 27, 2024 3:05 PM
Dempsey and Makepeace
logan Feb 29, 2024 10:13 AM
Naayak khalnaayak I was hooked up on some Indian serials : Mungerilalake hasin sapane, pakistani serial
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