Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for February 21, 2021

oh, those were the days

We only had four channels to choose from, so it wasn’t that much trouble.

Tony’s QOTD: Remember when?

I’m not normally into country music, but OK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTA2buWlNyM

Who, what, where and how are important to.

Heck it was easy with 4 channels, everybody knew the schedules for that day or night on what was coming on!!!

Then along came Eugene Polley.

Ah, those “thrilling days of yesteryear”.

…and don’t get me started about holding and moving the rabbit ears.

and his Dad turned on the radio and his Dad played the piano for the family, and the beat goes on……

Exactly. …’course there were only 3 channels, so change came rarely

I remember when we watched TV on the radio.

My grandparents had a remote control that was the size of 8 cigarette packs stacked in two layers of 4. It had a miniature control panel and a small speaker. It was an old pre 1965 Packard Bell, and the remote was connected to the tv with/by a 1/2 inch diameter cable. One of my cousins has it under a blanket in her garage. I am trying to get her to take it to Antiques Roadshow or donate it to the Smithsonian.

My uncle had an early remote that used sound to change the channel up or down. My dad would mess with him by jingling the change in his pocket and changing the channel.

Been there, said that.