Phone Booths, Answering Machines, and Memorable TV Themes
Storytime with GamerDude by Storytime with GamerDude
Episode notes
This week, GamerDude talks about things that used to be "every day items" featured in television shows that either don't make sense these days, or are not around anymore. He talks about phone booths and pay phones, which used to literally be everywhere, and used to be featured in many TV shows. He also talks about answering machines and pagers/beepers, and how they worked, and how they were used on television. He also talks about the change in how bathrooms were talked about (or not talked about) in early television shows, and why married couples never shared the same bed.
GamerDude then shares 10 more memorable theme songs that he grew up with. He features theme songs from news shows, from police dramas, and from some of the sitcoms he grew up with. No spoilers - you'll have to listen to the episode to hear the songs. (They start at about the ...
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