When we got a TV in the early 50s I got on my red bike and rode around the neighborhood telling all our friends that we had a TV. It was a black and white tube TV of course. So when it stopped working Mom would take one tube at a time to the shop to see if the tube had burned out. This could take a while. In the meantime it was common to set up a card table in the living room and play board games like Chinese checkers, checkers, word games played with dice, Cootie, 7-up which is a card game, etc. When the TV was working we'd dance and learn new steps watching Dick Clark's American Bandstand, The Lawrence Welk Show, or Ed Sullivan. Our favorite show was The Mickey Mouse Club and Annette was our favorite Mouseketeer. Before TV we listened to the radio and spent time in our front yard in the sun.
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