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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
We had one of the first televisions in Omaha. My dad and his brother owned a tavern and when they bought a TV for the business they each bought one for their homes in 1948. Some of the first shows I remember were Kukla Fran, and Ollie, The Squirrel Cage (local kids show hosted by a young Johnnie Carson) and because my family were huge boxing fans, the Wednesday Night and Friday Night Fights. Your Show of Shows, Milton Berle, and the Ed Wynn shows were faves in the early fifties.
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We were also big wrestling fans until we found out how fake it was. Neighbor down the street had the only TV and the first show I ever saw was Kukla Fran and Ollie. My father went to a TV store and wanted to buy the biggest screen they sold. Salesman wanted to know the size of the living room because he said a screen too big for the room would be bad for your eyes. Biggest screens then were probably about 12".