—— The best part wasn’t the metallic thunking sound, but the way the TV channel dial was turned by an electric motor and a gear. Like activating a small automobile starter, wirelessly.-——
Awesomeness!
I envied the kids who had color TVs, especially the kids who had (gasp) a remote control!
Our family got a color console TV when I was in high school (mid 1970s). In those days I remember the Wizard of OZ came on onece a year. I had seen it several times so never watched it in high school. When I got to college they showed it at a free flick night. A bunch of us from the dorm went to see it. I had always thought it was all in black and white, which is how I’d always seen it. I was SHOCKED (audibly) when, out of nowhere, Dorothy stepped out of her house in the land of OZ to full color. For some reason I will never forget that.