11-11-2014, 08:38 PM
You know, Maggs, I don't remember this. I was knee deep in books, electric typewriter. I returned to college when I was in my late 30s and I was so focused on school, I didn't know what was going on in World. However, in all fairness, I do remember my solid wood piece of furniture which was also a TV (it was a Magnavox). I remember watching SNL, the Dick Van Dyke show, Ed Sullivan, but they didn't have 24 hour news stations in those days and we didn't have the media coverage that we have today. I do remember the tune, (not lyrics). An added note, my TV kept breaking down and I kept taking it back to dealer and they never did fix it. I complained to Company and they thought i was just a chronic complainer so i gave up. Later (a year or so later) the TV dealer and his accomplice did a murder for hire. This happened in Rapid City, S.D., however, the man they killed was a tow-truck driver from Deadwood, S.D. He went out on a bogus call and he was ambushed. Never followed the story. I know he went to prison. I have tried to look up original story in Rapid City Journal but nothing comes up. This was 1978-79....I did write to Magnavox (sic) and told them that i tried to tell them he was a crook. Apparently, he never fixed appliances but told Mfg company he had, so he got credit for all the supposed repairs. Never received an apology or credit for the hundreds of dollars i spent from Maganvox .