"In 1950 a 12" Philco Black and White TV sold for $499 with only 6 million television sets in American homes. TV manufacturers became 10% of all trading on Wall Street in 1950." Tv ads of 1950.
(Hard to believe it was that expensive.)
Posted on 03/30/2011 5:56:10 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
On Monday, March 28, 2011, President Obama delivered an address on the status of the American involvement in Libya.
The address was carried live from approximately 7:30 PM- 8:00 PM on 8 networks.
The sum of the average audience for those networks was 25,636,310 viewers, with a combined household rating of 16.9.
The networks carrying the address included ABC, CBS, NBC, TEL, CNN, CNBC, FOXNC, and MSNBC.
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I wasn’t one of them.
You are a trooper. You win the “I can’t stand listening to Odumbo award”. Hip, hip hooray.
I guess nobody else was watching “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” along with me, eh?
I'm probably one of the few around here who knows who Kukla, Fran, and Ollie are...:)
Yeah. I regretted telling the doc I didn’t want any pain meds........got there and had none. (sigh)
Mine was on, too, but I was reading the newspaper and never heard a word of what he said. Never looked up.
LOL
Excellent question.
I know people who voted for him and will do so again.
No, I passed on Kukla.
My dad bought a 12” Philco TV home in 1949. We were the first on the block to have one. “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” was among the first shows I watched, along with “Howdy Doody” and “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.”
So, I’m sure, has Kukla passed.
Loved Howdy Doody...
"In 1950 a 12" Philco Black and White TV sold for $499 with only 6 million television sets in American homes. TV manufacturers became 10% of all trading on Wall Street in 1950." Tv ads of 1950.
(Hard to believe it was that expensive.)
TV helped shape positive American morality in those days.
How could I forget Captain Kangaroo, Popeye, and Saturday cartoons!
I watched all those shows too...
“I’m sure, has Kukla passed.”
The creator of Kukla Fran & Ollie, Burr Tillison died in ‘85 at the age of 68.
Fran Allison Died in 89 at the age of 81.
“Ollie” the one tooth dragon, can still be be seen in a museum.
Found this on Amazon.com
I promised myself I would stick with it at least long enough to hear him utter his first lie. Needless to say, that occurred at the 0:02 mark when Obama said, “My fellow Americans . . . “
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