***Coin operated TV?***
I remember those in motels in the 1950s. Once while watching the TV show TOPPER the RV died and dad did not have change to start it up again.
How many remember that TV show form the 1950s?
They were in airports in the 80’s. You dropped a quarter into the slot and I think you got 15 minutes.
I was always too cheap. Anything I wanted to see I had planned ahead and had it recorded on the Betamax, waiting for me when I got home.
The TV show Topper was from before we got a TV, but I do remember the Cary Grant movie, and I have the book Topper by Thorne Smith (also Topper Takes a Trip). Thorne Smith wrote a lot of very funny stuff; my favorites are The Night Life of the Gods and The Bishop’s Jaegers. I still reread them every once in a while.