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#65247 - 05/25/05 05:04 PM
Black and White TV-The 50's
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Registered: 05/18/05
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Loc: Ohio
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Remember black and white TV? Here's a poem I wrote. Hope you enjoy the memories!
The 50’s
Neighbors come from miles around! See the pictures, Hear the sound! Gather ‘round black and white Hollywood fashions, gadgets, sights! Cowboys and Indians on TV; Roy, Lone Ranger, Zorro with a Z! Lassie always saves the day! King Kong carries Faye away! Howdy Doody, Mousekateers! Magically they all appear! Girls in blue jeans scream and swoon; Everly Brothers and Nelson’s croon, Do the Twist, dance to the beat, Hully Gully, shuffle your feet, Sock hops hoppin’ Friday nights! Spin the bottle! Kill the lights! Penny loafers, poodle skirts, Side burns, leather; Boys! What flirts! Hoola hoops, Dilly bars, Pageboys, Beehives, Groovy cars, Sodas at the five and dime Root beer, Cherry, Lemon lime. Neighbors come from miles around! See the pictures, Hear the sound! Behold the 50’s in black and white! Before stereo, color, or satellites!
© 2002 SMJ
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#65253 - 06/05/05 01:58 AM
Re: Black and White TV-The 50's
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Registered: 05/11/05
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Loc: Georgia Mountains
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Funny about black and white TVs: my husband-to-be thought I was peculiarly "quaint" when he first met me (in 1977) because I had a tiny b&w television stuck in a bookcase and had no plans to get another one. Of course, when we married, he brought into our marriage one of those huge, ugly faux-Mediterranean style floor consoles, color, of course. We've now compromised: have what I think are far too many televisions, but each of them is hidden behind closed doors. He's happy, and I'm happy that I don't have to look at those stupid blank screens. Guess I really don't watch much television anyway--some things never change.
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#65255 - 06/05/05 10:48 PM
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Registered: 12/21/04
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I didn't know the Wizard of Oz was in color until I was a grown up. I saw it at a cousin's house, 'Wow! What'd they do to the movie?' They thought I was nuts. (well, I am, but....)Television is the topic of one of my favorite bumper stickers:
Theatre is ART Movies are ENTERTAINMENT Television is FURNITURE
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#65256 - 06/06/05 01:05 AM
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Registered: 05/11/05
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"Television is furniture!" Ha! Love that thought. Guess there's just nothing on television I would want to see on a big screen (except for some shows on The History Channel, of course).
We finally caved in and let our sons have TVs in their rooms when they were in senior high school--I'd retreat to our room and read, my husband could fall asleep (er, rest his eyes) in front on the TV in the den. Silly how families end up with more television sets than cars. I sometimes think I was born in the wrong century.
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