Yes, in 1948, my aunt and uncle lived in the apartment above our's in an
apartment building in the borough of Queens in New York City. My uncle was an
optometrist so he had more money than my father who worked in a factory that
made women's hats. My uncle bought a 12 inch TV and on Saturday nights, we went
upstairs to his apartment to watch The Show of Shows with Syd Caesar. On Sunday
nights, we went upstairs to watch the Ed Sullivan Show. Two or three years
later, we were able to get our own TV.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2019 6:16 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Ludicrous Advertising
ck Pick Pick!
Actually they did have television back in the early 40's. But not in the
homes, yet. The East Coast had TV a couple of years before the West. At least
I know Ed Sullivan was being beamed in New York in 1948. But we didn't have
any TV in Seattle until 1949. And in our house the first TV set came along in
1951. It was a 19 inch Ambassador, sold by the Bon Marche. Black and white,
of course. I was taking photography classes at Edison Tech in 1956, when I saw
my first color TV. It was the World Series. The ball players all had green
faces, and the grass had blobs of skin color. It was so bright that it hurt
the eyes to look for long. But it was color!
My first wife's parents had the first color TV in the neighborhood.
It looked like a fine piece of furniture, an RCA, I believe. Good colors.
Soft and very realistic. I think it had a seventeen inch screen. Out in our
large living room between two seven foot high bookcases is a 70 inch flatscreen
TV. And we don't need to adjust the rabbit ears or walk across the room to
turn it on or off or to change channels.
But no, when Bing Crosby sang I'll be home for Christmas, there were no TV's to
hang on the tree. So I stretched just a wee bit to make my point, which
was...aw well, who cares?
Carl Jarvis
On 12/4/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
When Bing Crosby sang that song, there were no 50 inch screen TV's. As
a matter of fact, I don't think there were any TV's at all.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2019 3:49 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Ludicrous Advertising
They know, Roger, they know!
In addition, little old Halloween and even Thanksgiving are being
shoved aside as stores and towns get set up for the Big Spending est
Holiday of All. Christmas! Remember when Christmas was on the 25th
of December? Here in the town of Sequim, colorful lights and
Christmas decorations began appearing on lamp posts and in shop windows prior
to October 31st.
Back in the 40's, Bing Crosby sang the song, "I'll be home for Christmas".
There was a line that ended..."and presents on the tree".
Huh? Presents on the tree? We've never been able to tie a 50 inch TV
to the Christmas tree!
But what a long way to have traveled...in the wrong direction.
I do have one really, really big complaint, however. As bad as it
gets, the worst of all insulting commercials is the one that begins,
"It's Christmas in July!"
Carl Jarvis
On 12/4/19, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Every day I get advertising in my email in box as I am sure all of
you do. I am talking about advertising that is not technically spam
because I have actually done business with the advertising entities.
Lately, of course, the advertising has contained extensive mentions
of black Friday and cyber Monday. But then they have to start
stretching these days for all they can get out of them. I thought it
was a real stretch when they started to refer to cyber week rather
than cyber Monday. But then I got an ad talking about black Friday
week. How they could turn a day into a week without expecting to be
laughed at I do not know. But I just got one from Hewlett Packard
that beats even that one. It was an ad warning me that cyber Monday
will end in only a few days. Do these people really not know the
difference between a week and a day?
--
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Carl Sagan
“Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an
open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or
somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the
literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings
involved?”
― Carl Sagan
