“Watch radio” he says? I think Earl meant in order to see where the dial was going. Next he’d be saying the first time wearing hearing aids in order to hear the TV.
“Ah remember back in the daze when we only had a kerosene-powered radio….We usta get our lawn cheers and go sit down on the turnpike an’ watch the car go by…”
Well, didn’t grow up with these radio shows, but I now get Radio Classics on SiriusXM. I much prefer the comedies, like Burns and Allen & Fibber McGee & Molly to the mysteries & westerns. There aren’t enough comedies for my liking.
I remember when I was a little kid getting in trouble for taking a radio apart. I was looking inside trying to find the little people who were talking. They had to be hiding behind those tubes. I was sure.
I also remember how important the radio was when I was just a little kid during WW2. It was a piece of furniture as tall as me and when the adults told me to go turn it on so they could hear the wartime news, I would cry. I didn’t want to do it. I knew war was a bad thing, but I didn’t understand what it was all about…just that it frightened me. Nothing changes…war is still a bad and frightening thing.
Templo S.U.D. about 12 years ago
“Watch radio” he says? I think Earl meant in order to see where the dial was going. Next he’d be saying the first time wearing hearing aids in order to hear the TV.
orinoco womble about 12 years ago
“Ah remember back in the daze when we only had a kerosene-powered radio….We usta get our lawn cheers and go sit down on the turnpike an’ watch the car go by…”
lutherg1 about 12 years ago
“Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of man…?”
GROG Premium Member about 12 years ago
Well, didn’t grow up with these radio shows, but I now get Radio Classics on SiriusXM. I much prefer the comedies, like Burns and Allen & Fibber McGee & Molly to the mysteries & westerns. There aren’t enough comedies for my liking.
scrabblefiend about 12 years ago
I loved listening to “Inner Sanctum” and hearing that creaking door. I also liked “I love a mystery”.
daveoverpar about 12 years ago
And that kid needs to go to a proper barber. His hair looks like a hat.
hsawlrae about 12 years ago
The days when we were forced to use our imagination. But now nothing is left to the imagination. Grose.
Linguist about 12 years ago
I remember when I was a little kid getting in trouble for taking a radio apart. I was looking inside trying to find the little people who were talking. They had to be hiding behind those tubes. I was sure.
jtviper7 about 12 years ago
Jack Benny, Burns an Allen, Amos and Andy,
ewalnut about 12 years ago
Old radios are more interesting to look at.
Kathe about 12 years ago
I also remember how important the radio was when I was just a little kid during WW2. It was a piece of furniture as tall as me and when the adults told me to go turn it on so they could hear the wartime news, I would cry. I didn’t want to do it. I knew war was a bad thing, but I didn’t understand what it was all about…just that it frightened me. Nothing changes…war is still a bad and frightening thing.
Number Three about 12 years ago
Yes… It does, Nelson.
Did he have a gramophone also?
They are pretty cool.
xxx
boldyuma about 12 years ago
A friend of mine used to refurbish old radios to make extra
money. Some of the old radios were very ornate, and, when
you turned off the lights, could light up a room.Zenith made
a model that had a top lid that you could open up for easy
tube access.It had 6 or 7 glowing tubes that would bathe
the room with a pleasing blue light.RCA’s and Zeniths had
huge glowing station dials…“Firesign Theater” was a good
late night choice to listen too..‘Hello Seeker ! Now don’t
feel alone here in the new age, because there’s a seeker
born every minute !
captainofgondor about 12 years ago
This bulletin just in from Grover’s Mill…..