I was never an adult back in the 1950s during the time when RCA brought out these indestructible battery powered transistor radios because I seen this commercial on the classic commercials DVD set which I still have because I really liked when he demonstrated how strong these portable radios were back in the 50s when they shown a young lady on a step ladder, dropping a couple of radios from the height of 8 feet and one of the radios had shattered into pieces, but the RCA, portable radio, which was made of thick plastic, really held up after being dropped from their height because back then those radios within $28 back in the 1950s which is $250 in today’s money.
He used to do a live radio show from The Meadows (now and office building and Papa Razzi's restaurant) in Framingham, MA. next to the current side of Wall Mart (formerly Caldor).
There's a guy on UA-cam I watch who collects & fixes radios & phonographs who sometimes orders stuff from Ebay that comes broken if they're not packed properly & he rants about it. I wonder if this radio would survive being sent not packed properly.
Oh my God I remember when I was little on these dogs gave me a nightmare on the board up and shut down screen on my old RCA tablet sometimes whenever I saw Al just run and I was so glad when I finally got a Samsung tablet the only thing that's crazy about that when it's shuts down randomly on you
@@luisreyes1963 At the time of this product, if it was transistorized, it as assembled in Japanese sweatshops, which then, was every bit like today's Chinese ones.
I seen one online and it held up to its name
to this day.
The radio didn't break, but all the tubes did.
Portable radios with TUBES. A set of batteries must have lasted all of an hour.
@@efandmk3382 no, they lasted at least 20 hours. Battery type tubes only draw 60mA for each filament, and the plate supply is much less.
solid state radio
@@deepguidance No, these WERE tube sets!
I was never an adult back in the 1950s during the time when RCA brought out these indestructible battery powered transistor radios because I seen this commercial on the classic commercials DVD set which I still have because I really liked when he demonstrated how strong these portable radios were back in the 50s when they shown a young lady on a step ladder, dropping a couple of radios from the height of 8 feet and one of the radios had shattered into pieces, but the RCA, portable radio, which was made of thick plastic, really held up after being dropped from their height because back then those radios within $28 back in the 1950s which is $250 in today’s money.
I love RCA Victor dog 💞
@alandesouzacruz5124 me too his name is Nipper
It allows no chipping, no cracking, no breaking.
This originally aired in 1954. Vaughn was RCA's spokesman from the mid-'50s through the late '60s....
He used to do a live radio show from The Meadows (now and office building and Papa Razzi's restaurant) in Framingham, MA. next to the current side of Wall Mart (formerly Caldor).
What a great singing voice he had too!
$28 was the equivalent of $256.60 in 2018.
Thing is there were very few other luxuries to buy at the time and much less leisure time.
I think that is Vaughn Monroe.
the radio after the fall when its turned on:💥💥💥
There's a guy on UA-cam I watch who collects & fixes radios & phonographs who sometimes orders stuff from Ebay that comes broken if they're not packed properly & he rants about it. I wonder if this radio would survive being sent not packed properly.
Let 'er go Betsey!
This was posted when i was almost born
Why does everyone on these old radio recordings sound much older then what they were when this was recorded?
All they had to do is add retainer wires to the tubes. That would've kept them in their sockets.
Oh my God I remember when I was little on these dogs gave me a nightmare on the board up and shut down screen on my old RCA tablet sometimes whenever I saw Al just run and I was so glad when I finally got a Samsung tablet the only thing that's crazy about that when it's shuts down randomly on you
you mean the dog that shows up at the end of the commercial?
Damn Betsy kinda fine imma build a time machine and find her
Before we had the iphone drop tests.
SOLD!
My grandma lucy retired from RCA 😊❤❤
Old RCA was better.
♡
if rca did this again
Doubtful. Every piece of electronics are now made in Chinese sweatshops.
@@luisreyes1963 At the time of this product, if it was transistorized, it as assembled in Japanese sweatshops, which then, was every bit like today's Chinese ones.
a modern one is cool.
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That dog makes me sad for some reason.....
Nipper is probably the most famous dog in the world. His biography is on UA-cam!
Betsy be HOT. DANG!
A lot of american women were. Until our Democrat enemies replaced us with their third world imports. They did it to get new voters.
"....and no sound"
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What
WHAAAAT ???? 🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅
WTF 😅😅😅😅😅😅
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