My stepfather always called the television the 'Idiot Box'. He was right about a lot of things, and would not have survived the idiocy of the last decade!
My stepfather always called the television the 'Idiot Box'. He was right about a lot of things, and would not have survived the idiocy of the last decade!
I was born in 1951. The only television I saw was in the rare instances that I was in someone else’s home. My daddy thought it was absolutely corrupting in an unprecedented way.
My dad called it “the boob tube” in the 60s. A guiding sobriquet. He died young so hasn’t been here to witness the slow, calculated societal demise. Probably a good thing. Might have contributed to the protracted crumbling of an elderly man. 🤷🏼
My stepfather always called the television the 'Idiot Box'. He was right about a lot of things, and would not have survived the idiocy of the last decade!
Great post!!
I was born in 1951. The only television I saw was in the rare instances that I was in someone else’s home. My daddy thought it was absolutely corrupting in an unprecedented way.
My dad called it “the boob tube” in the 60s. A guiding sobriquet. He died young so hasn’t been here to witness the slow, calculated societal demise. Probably a good thing. Might have contributed to the protracted crumbling of an elderly man. 🤷🏼