See, kiddies, now back in MY day, watching DS originally, we didn't have VCR's--if you missed a show, you MISSED it. If we'd had those wonderful machines back then, life would have been so much easier!
I never had to "run home" to catch DS--school ended at 3 PM and I was a mere 5 minute walk from home, so whether it was on at 3:30 or 4 PM, I always made it with plenty of time to spare.
I often audio-taped DS, first on a balky reel to reel recorder, then on a small video cassette recorder. Ah, thank God for technology!
Love, Robin