Deals with repair service scams.

As 'bait, the used a Kaye-Halbert 16'' TV and shorted out 5u4g tube.
Estimated house visit and replacement of a 5u4g tube: $4.50.

http://www.archive.org/download/drag...Big_Screen.mp3

As bait, they used a Kaye-Halbert 16'' TV and shorted 5U4G.
Estimated house visit and tube replacement: $4.50.

The viewing quality... priceless.

I'm old enough to remember when a GP charged /five dollars/ for a house
call. Five dollars was a lot of money then (ca 1955).

I'm listening, and unfortunately (???), Stan Freberg permanently ruined
"Dragnet".

Just wondering whether that new brand of rosin-core solder ever took off...

Was there really a Kaye-Halbert TV? I assume that's one of the names changed
to protect the innocent.

I wonder if all those green dots the guy applied improved the picture and/or
sound quality...

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 08:34:32 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

Just wondering whether that new brand of rosin-core solder ever took off...

Was there really a Kaye-Halbert TV? I assume that's one of the names changed
to protect the innocent.

I wonder if all those green dots the guy applied improved the picture and/or
sound quality...

Yes, there was. Don't you ever do any research?

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-59-KAYE-HALBERT.htm

PlainBill

Yes, there was. Don't you ever do any research?
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-59-KAYE-HALBERT.htm

I do. I did a browser search, and nothing at all showed up.

"William Sommerwerck" writes:

I'm listening, and unfortunately (???), Stan Freberg permanently ruined
"Dragnet".

Not Dan Aykroyd...?



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I'm listening, and unfortunately (???), Stan Freberg
permanently ruined "Dragnet".

Not Dan Aykroyd...?

Freberg did it 30 years before Aykroyd...

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 08:21:02 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

As bait, they used a Kaye-Halbert 16'' TV and shorted 5U4G.
Estimated house visit and tube replacement: $4.50.

The viewing quality... priceless.

I'm old enough to remember when a GP charged /five dollars/ for a house
call. Five dollars was a lot of money then (ca 1955).

I'd place the show as somewhat earlier - probably 1952 or 53. $100
would be a good month's pay at that time.

PlainBill

On 12/7/2010 10:10 AM, Duh_OZ wrote:
Deals with repair service scams.

As 'bait, the used a Kaye-Halbert 16'' TV and shorted out 5u4g tube.
Estimated house visit and replacement of a 5u4g tube: $4.50.

http://www.archive.org/download/drag...Big_Screen.mp3

*laughs* And when he got out of prison, he opened Mark C. Bloom Tires.

Jeff