Vintage Radio Gifts

1939: Churchill promises 'blood, toil, tears and sweat'.

"Thank you for letting me listen to my oldies. Let's start with some Jimi Hendrix."

'It's O.K. Charlie - you can relax. The T.V. repairman said, 'it can be fixed!''

Boombox

'I'm sure I could lie on my back waving my feet in the air if I could play the saxophone.'

Man hitting a TV and going out of focus himself.

"Can't fix the WiFi? How times flies! Seems only yesterday you couldn't program the VCR!"

Easy & Hard Listening Rock Radio.

'He's revisiting his childhood.'

'No, the big rabbit Harvey isn't Paul Harvey -- at least I don't THINK he is.'

'I was 'Sweatin' To The Oldies', and I flipped over on my back!'

Older and wiser

"Thank you for your service."

"Look what I found in the garage! My old music speakers!"

'We've been picking up your radio broadcasts- You must be Fibber McGee and Molly'

"It's all state of the art, except for him."

Ellis K., Appliance Faith Healer

'All you do is stare at the TV. When I was a kid we have to be content with staring at the radio.'

"Sousa's back!"

Man rummaging through a TV set throwing out bits of paper

'The following program is best viewed on a large flat screen LED HDTV with Dolby rather than the old junk box you're watching.'

'We now pause for technical difficulties....'

"Are they nuts? I didn't survive 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, iPods and downloads just to go back to records!"

'You won't find a better system for under $20.'

Even in ancient times people used primitive technology to solve their problems.

Damian plays his walkman too load once too often.

Teddy organ grinder

"Vinyl's making a comeback, Dad. Can you show me how to plug this in?"

'It's funny how you old guys call it a 'wireless' still, when the modern word for it is. . . wait. . .that is the modern word for it!'

'That's it Ma'am: Your VCR is set and programmed... You don't need to be an Alpha Male to work it out...'