Posted on 04/15/2014 9:47:23 AM PDT by C19fan
Children's perplexed reactions to a Sony Walkman have been caught on camera, with the majority frustrated at operating clunky buttons over a touch screen. Los Angeles-based filmmakers Benny and Rafi Fine asked volunteers aged six to 13 to guess what the bulky device was, with suggestions including a 'walkie-talkie' or 'boombox'. 'What is this?' one nine-year-old girl quizzed as she investigated the Eighties-era cassette player, while another exclaimed 'I'm not going to give up, I'm a survivor,' as she determinedly tried to figure out how it worked.
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If we wanted to watch Ed Sullivan at 8:00 we had to turn the set on at 7:57 so it could warm up.
Most of the record players that went in cars in the fifties were a special format-17 rpm and choice of music titles were very limited. they had the right idea but the technology wasn’t quite there yet. BTW if you see one cheap, grab it. classic car guys will pay top dollar for a working one in good condition.
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“My son will complain that the special effects must be from the 80s if the quality isn’t that great. “
The TV station run by USF showed silent movies on Saturdays. I was fascinated. I’ve probably seen more Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin than people in the ‘20’s did. Were they hokey? By today’s standards, sure. But I can see it trough the eyes of some farm kid who came into town and blew an entire dime on a matinee, drink, popcorn and a box of candy.
Oh, my. I had no idea they were a special format. That’s why the Beltones sound like they’re on speed!
And some “elderly” people have no idea what an iPhone is.
Remember having to put the little plastic plug in the center of 45’s to get them to play on the record player? Or blowing dust and cat hair off the needle?
They are from the first generation that has had entertainment developed specifically for them. They are totally isolated from the culture we grew up in.
I still have one. Bought it at the Going Out of Business Sale at a local Sony Store.
As I tell the guy from the cell phone carrier when he tries to sell me a smartphone with a data plan, “I’m perfectly happy living in the 80’s”.
Do you want to sell it?
“They are from the first generation that has had entertainment developed specifically for them. They are totally isolated from the culture we grew up in.”
Oh, my gosh! You’re right. Frankly, entertainment is now so bad I haven’t had a TV since the OJ trial. But, as you point out, entertainment is aimed specifically at an intellectually stunted group.
Uphill both ways!
I think it’s just technology changing much faster now. When we bought a new stereo when I was a kid the primary differences from the old were that it was smaller and nothing was broken. All the main “parts” were the same, LP player, 8 track, AM/FM radio, RCA jacks in the back. We got a new car it had all the same stuff in all the same places as the old one. The previous poster mentioned the cartoons, the stuff in my house was basically identical to the stuff in the 30 year old Tom and Jerry cartoons I watched.
Now it’s just not that way. Things change now very rapidly, 10 year old stuff is ancient, and there’s no longer a reason to keep the old stuff around. These kids don’t know what a walkman is because nobody their related to has owned one in their lifetime, hard to learn about things you’ve never seen. The rubberband is moving very quickly and the old stuff is winding up in the trash. Not really worth keeping it around just to show your kids what personal music devices looked like before they were born.
Clunky? CLUNKY???
First, that doesn't even mean anything.
Second, chronological bigotry is repulsive regardless of who's doing it.
We used to have to walk uphill through the snow to change the channel.
When was the last time you had to deal with a picture that rolled? Seems like a lifetime ago. Glad that’s a thing of the past.
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