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old_tv_nut · #1 10-08-2008, 08:30 PM

So, what kind of man reads Playboy? And purchases a 1963 Admiral roundie?

At least I think that's what it is, with an actual off-screen picture, too!

But what show is that? And why is the height cranked up?

*zenithfan1* · #2 10-08-2008, 10:57 PM

It's definitely an Admiral, looks to be remote too. The mic is the round hole under the control panel. We're a Playboy household and I have lots of color tvs, I guess they're right

reeferman · #3 10-08-2008, 11:58 PM

I only look at the pictures, and watch the Playmates on "the girls next door" or whatever it is called (like it really matters) on color tv

*zenithfan1* · #4 10-09-2008, 01:02 AM

Me too, I watch Playboy tv in color on my sets. The fleshtones are great!!

mr_fixer · #5 10-09-2008, 01:23 AM

That's a nice tv, the program looks like it might be a fashion show or a interview with a clothing designer and 3 models wearing his spring designs. Heck the lady in green is a real hottie, she reminds me of Barbara Feldon of Get Smart fame.

radio63 · #6 10-09-2008, 04:36 AM

Looks like it might be a game show to me. Kind of hard to tell.

Gilbert

AnalogDigit · #7 10-09-2008, 08:58 AM

Cool TV, I thought the program looked like The Newlywed Game. But I don't think that is the case. The woman in green is certainly a hottie. I love those early 60's hairstyles.

bgadow · #8 10-09-2008, 02:57 PM

The control panel "hole" is the UHF delete cover.

*zenithfan1* · #9 10-09-2008, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bgadow

The control panel "hole" is the UHF delete cover.

Good to know, but Admiral does use that design for the mic too. I guess it is easy to confuse. Now that you mention it, it does look to be solid instead of the little metal screen in the hole. Good eye Bryan.

drh4683 · #10 10-09-2008, 07:21 PM

So there you have it. Your early color TVs most likely came from playboy households!
I always liked those ads that bring in all those statistics.

edison64 · #11 10-09-2008, 09:30 PM

That sscreen shot looks like a program called "AN EVENING WITH'' WGN would catch stars and groups off the trains and jets and offer free exposure, that show wsa great that originated from WGN tv, I think it was one of the last broadcasts from the old location or one of the first broadcasts from west bradley place which was all color in 1960-61 as for that hottie in the green, looks like a young Vivian Delecaiza, hope thats spelled right she was a regular fill in on GN and in the 70s she was a regular on the Jim conway show a local WGN mid day talk show

Oldstuff78 · #12 10-09-2008, 10:04 PM

There's just something about 60's chicks with their helmet hair and heavy made up eyes that gets my blood racing.

For those of you that own former Playboy sets, you might want to give the knobs and remotes a extra good scrubbing...if you know what I mean.

drh4683 · #13 10-09-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldstuff78

There's just something about 60's chicks with their helmet hair and heavy made up eyes that gets my blood racing.

For those of you that own former Playboy sets, you might want to give the knobs and remotes a extra good scrubbing...if you know what I mean.

HaHa! Im pretty clean minded, but I admit, I though the exact same thing you did! I agree, women in back in the 60s looked really good. Look at old photos like that, and you wonder what happened over the years. If a woman looked like that today, alot of guys would certianly be looking (I certianly would!). So I dont know why things had to change. Ive said it numerous times, I was born in the wrong generation.

But back to the topic, thats a nice set. I would think that if the ad was aimed at the man who was looking for a "quality TV", they should be showing a zenith set in this ad for obvious reasons. Then again, its hard to see quality when they are looking at a TV with a missing back cover and no chassis. Take a good look, you can see the floor through the bottom of the cabinet! If Im not mistaken, the other TV off to the left has its cover removed resting on the wall. Yep, they should have been looking at zenith's!

old_tv_nut · #14 10-09-2008, 10:28 PM

I wish I could identify the location visible outside the window. I wonder if this is a downtown Chicago Admiral showroom? I know Zenith had such a showroom, but I don't know about Admiral. Can anyone identify the stereo console in the background?

TV stations would have had color video tape, so the program is not necessarily live at the time of day indicated by the daylight outside, but it was likely actually on the air. (There is an outside possibility this screen photo was cut in, but it doesn't look that way - a graphic artist would not have included the visible dark edge on the left.)

All in all, it's an amazing photo with the TV picture and the external scene both showing.

wa2ise · #15 10-09-2008, 10:33 PM

It would be 20 years later when I had a CED Videodisc of Playboy programming. No, it was just "R" rated...