Leave a place at your table for absent friends and family today; they may be not bodily present, yet they are there in memory and conversation if you let them attend.
Whoa player still work and such clear footage quality too and…in glorious black and white. No way old vhs be so clear.
And say is that young Crankshaft? He was world war2 veteran was he not. Was there VHS tapes back in those days when he and his pal still young? VHS tapes cames in 1970s if me recalling it correctly.
If he world war 2 veteran then he mostly between 20 or 30 year old in 1930-40s then he be 50 or 60 years old by the time there be VHS tapes. How on earth there be VHS tape when he and his pal be still young?
I’m going out on a limb here and snuggest. Ed is sitting in the chair. The two little girls are Ed’s. And the lady on the right is Ed’s wife who I don’t ever remember seeing before. Of course the other three are Ralph, Helen and Timmy.
There was black-and-white video cassette technology in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One example was the old Sony U-Matic, a 3/4" black-and-white videocassette system on which the original “Groove Tube” circulated around the college circuit in early 1972 (before being re-made on color film as a theatrical movie in 1974). While it’s unlikely that Ralph would have had a B&W video camera and recorder in his home at that time, it’s not impossible. Wikipedia says Sony’s first U-matic recorder, released in 1971, was intended for home use, though it was so expensive that the vast majority of the units were sold to institutional and corporate customers. If Ralph was working for the school district at the time, it is possible that they had a VO-1600 and he could have brought it home for a family gathering. I do not know when Timmy officially died in strip time, but if it’s after Christmas 1971-2 a black-and-white videotape is possible.
m b about 24 hours ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah……Have A Happy & Blessed Day To All
Dirty Dragon about 23 hours ago
I had color film on my Super 8 home camera before VCR’s!
Merry Christmas, to all the Crankies out there!
littlejohn Premium Member about 20 hours ago
May the blessing of the Holy Theotokos be on everyone on this day of the Nativity. And may this start of Hanukkah be a blessed one for all.
(I’m Eastern Orthodox by the way if you haven’t guessed.)
Kidon Ha-Shomer about 20 hours ago
Leave a place at your table for absent friends and family today; they may be not bodily present, yet they are there in memory and conversation if you let them attend.
Gent about 19 hours ago
Whoa player still work and such clear footage quality too and…in glorious black and white. No way old vhs be so clear.
And say is that young Crankshaft? He was world war2 veteran was he not. Was there VHS tapes back in those days when he and his pal still young? VHS tapes cames in 1970s if me recalling it correctly.
If he world war 2 veteran then he mostly between 20 or 30 year old in 1930-40s then he be 50 or 60 years old by the time there be VHS tapes. How on earth there be VHS tape when he and his pal be still young?
ladykat about 17 hours ago
Oh, my, stupid inferior computer screen, it’s tearing up!
DawnQuinn1 about 16 hours ago
Just enjoy the sentiment Gent.
ksu71 about 16 hours ago
I’m going out on a limb here and snuggest. Ed is sitting in the chair. The two little girls are Ed’s. And the lady on the right is Ed’s wife who I don’t ever remember seeing before. Of course the other three are Ralph, Helen and Timmy.
I don’t care about the super 8/VCR controversy.
desertinutah1951 about 16 hours ago
Circa 1956. I remember. Christmas in Maine.
WilliamVollmer about 16 hours ago
Memories. Like the corners of my mind, Misty watercolor memories, of the way we were.Barbara Streisand, The Way We Were, 1973.
Vintage life about 16 hours ago
Just like you can have VHS transferred to modern now at one time and VHS was the thing you could have 16 mm transfer to VHS
lemonbaskt about 16 hours ago
did anyone say merry christmas ralph yet ?
macgyver915 about 16 hours ago
Whoa gent – It is the magic of Christmas! All you trolls should try it! It just might make you better people! LOL and merry Christmas to all!
tcayer about 16 hours ago
Wide screen? VHS would be in 4:3 aspect.
terry about 15 hours ago
Are Ralph and Ed brothers or something?
rickmac1937 Premium Member about 15 hours ago
Priceless
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 15 hours ago
Too many question’s…just enjoy.
rockyridge1977 about 15 hours ago
You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.
mousefumanchu Premium Member about 14 hours ago
Don’t throw clinkers today.
Plumb.Bob Premium Member about 13 hours ago
Merry Wednesday to all and to all a happy midweek!
Daltongang Premium Member about 13 hours ago
Photographs and memories
Christmas cards you sent to me
All that I have are these
To remember you
Memories that come at night
Take me to another time
Back to a happier day
When I called you mine
But we sure had a good time
When we started way back when
Morning walks and bedroom talks
Oh how I loved you then
Summer skies and lullabies
Nights we couldn’t say good-bye
And of all of the things that we knew
Not a dream survived
Photographs and memories
All the love you gave to me
Somehow it just can’t be true
That’s all I’ve left of you
But we sure had a good time
When we started way back when
Morning walks and bedroom talks
Oh how I loved you then
puddleglum1066 about 11 hours ago
There was black-and-white video cassette technology in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One example was the old Sony U-Matic, a 3/4" black-and-white videocassette system on which the original “Groove Tube” circulated around the college circuit in early 1972 (before being re-made on color film as a theatrical movie in 1974). While it’s unlikely that Ralph would have had a B&W video camera and recorder in his home at that time, it’s not impossible. Wikipedia says Sony’s first U-matic recorder, released in 1971, was intended for home use, though it was so expensive that the vast majority of the units were sold to institutional and corporate customers. If Ralph was working for the school district at the time, it is possible that they had a VO-1600 and he could have brought it home for a family gathering. I do not know when Timmy officially died in strip time, but if it’s after Christmas 1971-2 a black-and-white videotape is possible.
paige.votruba about 7 hours ago
Anyone else realize that the last Funky Sunday came out two years ago today? IMO,it’s one of the best Christmas strips a comic has had.
sincavage05 about 6 hours ago
The vcr is in his heart and mind. Moments shared, good and bad, the times that made up our life. Photographs and memories all the hope you gave to me.
Faith Blackwell Premium Member about 4 hours ago
What happened to his wife and kid? I don’t think I ever knew.