For The "Older Coots"

[bailey]

does any body on here remember the fox hole radio and what it was made out of ?

it was well known during the war

which war ? the first one of course

[bailey]

damm wheels where in the world did you find that at

just like the one I had when I was 8 yr old

heck,goes to show you how good google is

[bailey]

give up ?

ok the fox hole radio was used in WW1 by the troops stuck in the fox hole for long periods of time.
it was made with a rusty razor blade and a pice of pencil lead
(carbon) and a earphone and some wire .
it works, tried it when I was a youngester.
the rusty blade and pencil acter like the cat wisker detector used in the later chrystal sets.

[GaryRouth]

hey bailey - you remembered lambchop - how bout Shari Lewis when she was such a youngster (we lost her last year - what a wonderful person: my wife's stepbrother is a recording engineer and had the pleasure of working with her on a project)

I was a babyboomer, so my memories (with the exception of those handed down by my family) don't start till '53 - but remember the block parties? Folks would put barriers on either end of the street, put up the tables & it was neighbor fest = especially on the 4th of July.

Like Luis Armstrong sings in that famous song, it's still "A Wonderful World" Always will be. Each generation seems to find its own magic. . .
. . . Gary

[bailey]

yes I remember her very well.
she got her start at a detroit tv station, WXYZ I belive,
I have met her in person at a policemans field day.
also one you may not know
supy sales

I also met bob hope geary more and joe staford at a state fair.
my dad was a personal excort for bob hope.
he gave bob the grand tour of detroit on the back of his police motor cycle.

if you can visulize that, you would not belive the things bob did on that ride in public,
kinda like a schriner clown if you know what I mean

[GaryRouth]

What a joy Bob Hope was. I had some friends who always used to drive by his place here in the valley, hoping to catch a glimpse.

Some of my older friends were big Soupy fans. Those crazy arms and "WubbaWubba"s (was it "Fang?" or something silly like that?) I didn't keep track of time very well [not then, and still not too good at it now, either], so I'd usually chance upon T.V. shows mostly when my older sister was watching something. Kinda hit-and-miss. They had the craziest shows on about 5 in the morning (before the folks woke up & started lecturing about watching too much TV) = strange things like Ivanhoe and old Zorro reruns.
. . . Gary

[bailey]

right it ws fang, poor dog
suppy started in detroit at the same station too I think
he was a real nut case.
watched him every day when I came home from school for lunch.
his big down fall was the sligh comment he made while he was still on camera live, he thought the camera was off, any way he said " maby that will keep the littel basta### for the week.
after that comment he was never seen again.


PS: I have some pictures of bob and my dad together.

[glc]

I've met Soupy - and the 3 Stooges.

Let's see - Romper Room....Mickey Mouse Club.....The Hardy Boys......American Bandstand with Dick Clark....Truth or Consequences......Howdy Doody.......Zorro.......all on a black and white TV with rabbit ears antenna (the only TV in the house). When the same TV started screwing up, pulling all the tubes out and going down to the drugstore to use the tube tester and buy new ones.

The wonder of seeing the first color TV brought into the house - and the clarity with the switchover to a roof antenna. Discovering UHF stations.

Falling asleep in bed with a handheld 9 volt transistor AM radio and earpiece listening to stations all over the country on the "skip".

[Kubie]

Guess what?
There were nerds back then too!

Carl

[raftero]

first television i saw was i Fla. where i was stationed in the navy,it was in a window display,and i guess it didn't have an antenna hooked up,all you saw was blurry figures sliding across the screen,i thought that would never sell.that was in 1951.

[WJWheels]

My parents owned and ran a small mom & pop hardware store in a small town in Nebraska. In the store was the first tv in town, with a 7" screen. I remember all the men in town and a few farmers from around coming in every friday night to watch the fights on THIS!

I later moved the tv to my room (upstairs over the store) and with the picture tube giving out and only showing a 3" diameter, would watch it late into the night.

[Panama Red]

I'm sure most of you have visited here, but if not take a walk back in time. Many of the original classics, just the way we remember them.

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