The coolest pair of rabbit ears I've ever seen! - Page 2 - Videokarma.org TV - Video

MAXZ28 · #16 08-03-2009, 03:59 PM

a couple of eyes and a few whiskers and those rabbit ears would really look like a rabbit!

Einar72 · #17 08-04-2009, 02:43 PM

My dad bought one in '62, the Siamese cat. I had hours of fun bobbing the head. It was a tan plastic molding with fuzzy stuff glued on the outside. I suspect they used a static charge to get the stuff to stick straight out. Inside was a red-painted 1-inch diameter dowel about 5" long. The whole antenna was just two 1x4 aluminum strips stapled to the dowel about two inches apart, with a 1/2-watt resistor and the twinlead riveted to both plates. Dad was disappointed with its performance.

bandersen · #18 08-04-2009, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Einar72

My dad bought one in '62, the Siamese cat. I had hours of fun bobbing the head. It was a tan plastic molding with fuzzy stuff glued on the outside. I suspect they used a static charge to get the stuff to stick straight out. Inside was a red-painted 1-inch diameter dowel about 5" long. The whole antenna was just two 1x4 aluminum strips stapled to the dowel about two inches apart, with a 1/2-watt resistor and the twinlead riveted to both plates. Dad was disappointed with its performance.

Yeah, my 'dog' stinks as an antenna. Proper rabbit ears like the topic of this thread work much better.

Einar72 · #19 08-04-2009, 03:37 PM

I always wanted the "Magic Carpet" antenna by Jerrold. The TV repair shop by my grade school had the banner up.

Sam Cogley · #20 08-04-2009, 04:16 PM

Here's one to really freak you TV guys out (no, I didn't buy it at that price):

Einar72 · #21 08-04-2009, 04:54 PM

There are several of these on ePay at any given time. Could be backlit using LED's that would be close to the bluish screen these things have. Maybe gut some yard-lights, put the LED and circuitry behind the screen, then put the solar cell on top of the cabinet and scatter them about the yard. Bound to disturb the conceptually constrained!

Sam Cogley · #22 08-04-2009, 05:46 PM

I've actually seen some "party lights" with vintage TV-shaped covers for the bulbs.

bandersen · #23 08-04-2009, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam Cogley

Here's one to really freak you TV guys out (no, I didn't buy it at that price):

That's a salt & pepper shaker

I see them on eBay all the time too.

Sam Cogley · #24 08-04-2009, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bandersen

That's a salt & pepper shaker

wa2ise · #25 08-04-2009, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Einar72

There are several of these on ePay at any given time. Could be backlit using LED's that would be close to the bluish screen these things have.

Use an old camcorder B&W sub 1 inch CRT screen, and make a miniature TV cabinet that looks like those pre-war TV sets, the ones with the mirror lid and the CRT face pointing up. Feed it a video signal from a converter box and it will look like a real TV in your wife's or daughter's doll house.

bgadow · #26 08-04-2009, 09:25 PM

I have one of those salt/pepper sets. Mine is missing the screen (actually, I'm glad this was posted because I was never sure if something belonged there or not.) Someday I'll see about fashioning a replacement with a cutout bw photo. I doubt I payed over $5 for mine.

bandersen · #27 11-30-2009, 05:22 PM

Nuts all the pictures are gone from this thread. That's no fun

Anyway, I found the Astro Siamese Cat you know where. It just arrived in the mail today.

Kinda creepy lookin' - especially with the bad eye. Maybe it has a 'cat'aract

Just six more to go

jeyurkon · #28 11-30-2009, 08:53 PM

That is a bit creepy! Does the cat's head bob? The image on the box makes it look like it might.

A bit off topic, but it reminds me of a creepy incident I had in the Air Force. I was alone in my room in the barracks when I heard this loud bang. I turned around to see this little wood icon, that belonged to my roommate, flying at me perfectly upright with it's little green glass jewel eyes flashing.

It hit me square in the chest and as I felt my heart pounding from fright I realized what had happened. It was sitting on a desk below a shelf where I had a transistor radio sitting upright. The leather case on the radio had a somewhat rounded bottom which gradually let the radio tip over and fall on to the icon. The amazing thing was that it flew across the room perfectly upright without spinning. The light reflecting from its glass eyes didn't help nor did the fact that the icon was of some sort of demon.

To this day I still feel uncomfortable around models of critters with green glass eyes.

John

bandersen · #29 11-30-2009, 08:59 PM

Thanks for that wild story

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeyurkon

That is a bit creepy! Does the cat's head bob? The image on the box makes it look like it might....

John

Yep, it sure does. I've had that box for a while, but never noticed the 'bouncy' lines around the cat's head.

Einar72 described it perfectly - terrible performance and all

Quote:

Originally Posted by Einar72

My dad bought one in '62, the Siamese cat. I had hours of fun bobbing the head. It was a tan plastic molding with fuzzy stuff glued on the outside. I suspect they used a static charge to get the stuff to stick straight out. Inside was a red-painted 1-inch diameter dowel about 5" long. The whole antenna was just two 1x4 aluminum strips stapled to the dowel about two inches apart, with a 1/2-watt resistor and the twinlead riveted to both plates. Dad was disappointed with its performance.

*zenithfan1* · #30 11-30-2009, 09:14 PM

It sure is funny to see gimmicks of yesteryear. LOL.