Just a way of saying that i'm very surprised, i saw it first during the 90's as a young kid and never imagined the show starting as early, since childhood i always thought Dragon Ball was the oldest series i ever watched because it came out in 1985 but Doraemon being from '79 changes ALL of this, it's all a matter of perspective so now i better check other series dates like He-Man or smth because i could have been dead WRONG as far as the starting date of other shows go!
