I was born the day John Schneider turned one week old so we both will be 66 next month.
I was in the USMC stationed in North Carolina after getting out of boot camp in South Carolina. A lot of young Marines were talking about it so I watched it in the recreation room. I think it was Repo Men episode but I'm not positive. Been a superfan ever since. I'm glad it came out after boot camp so I can say I actually saw a Georgia episode on the night it debuted. (the ep, not the series).
In boot camp we went 3 months without TV, radio, or a telephone.
That's so cool that you saw the original episode on the first night....even though you were little.