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Oldstuff78 · #1 11-07-2008, 12:08 PM

While surfing through eBay, I ran across this interesting photo. It's dates to March of 1968. Wonder what the cat's favorite program was ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-PHOTOGRA...3286.m20.l1116

***Eric H*** · #2 11-07-2008, 01:42 PM

I bet the screen wasn't blank, the flash probably washed it out.
Maybe Morris was on the screen.

Ampico-kid · #3 11-07-2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldstuff78

While surfing through eBay, I ran across this interesting photo. It's dates to March of 1968. Wonder what the cat's favorite program was ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-PHOTOGRA...3286.m20.l1116

I bet he was watching "Felix the Cat"......or maybe "TopCat"........

*zenithfan1* · #4 11-07-2008, 01:49 PM

Hey Bob! I loved those cartoons as a kid! I still watch them sometimes!

Ampico-kid · #5 11-07-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by zenithfan1

Hey Bob! I loved those cartoons as a kid! I still watch them sometimes!

I remember watching TopCat when it was on during Prime Time in the 1960's. And of coarse Felix was one of the first images transmitted on a very early (and primitive) 60 line mechanical scanning TV system in 1928.

*zenithfan1* · #6 11-07-2008, 07:22 PM

Very cool pic Bob! I also like the Zenith set in the picture on the bay!

Ampico-kid · #7 11-07-2008, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by zenithfan1

Very cool pic Bob! I also like the Zenith set in the picture on the bay!

That Zenith appears to be the exact same model set my father bought for our family in November of 1964 except the legs on our set were not rounded, but rather were squared. It was a great set that was virtually trouble free until it was replaced in the mid 1970's with a rectangular screen Zenith.

*zenithfan1* · #8 11-07-2008, 08:09 PM

Ehhhh, rectangular screens or for squares

Do you remember what ever happened to it?

Ampico-kid · #9 11-07-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by zenithfan1

Ehhhh, rectangular screens or for squares

Do you remember what ever happened to it?

Yes I'm afraid I do remember what happened to it. It went to an organization called "The Rescue Mission". It's sort of like a Good Will or Salvation Army outlet place. I often wish I could have saved it, but at that time I was in college and definitely didn't have any say in matters like that around our home. Mom and Dad were very practical people and didn't see the need for keeping something around that was no longer needed.

Carmine · #10 11-09-2008, 06:22 AM

I bet that cat is dead now.

David Roper · #11 11-09-2008, 11:11 AM

True...but what are the odds the cat outlived the TV set?

reeferman · #12 11-10-2008, 08:02 PM

wonder what i can get for a pix of my 60 Rambler taken with a Brownie?