asbestos and its use in home construction is the
subject of the cerca 1950s video below

the video’s narrator sings the praises of the
“modern research” that brought about this long-
awaited product

back in the ’50s, asbestos was a wonder; today,
it is widely considered to be a blunder; and home
owners pay big bucks to have it removed

today, this video, with its talk of “weather-o-meter”
testing, seems ludicrous;

but you have to wonder how present day hype
about new medications, genetically enhanced foods
and innovative treatments is going to play in 2057

how funny will today’s hype be to those of us still
around to look back?

and which of today’s “wonders” will prove to be
costly, and perhaps tragic, blunders?

in today’s world of gender equality and the
metrosexual male -

Men, True Men, are an endangered species

have you ever PonderedAbout a world where men
and women are indistinguishable??

well, we are fast approaching that reality; and this
is cause for concern

in an attempt to stem this tide, we urge our male
readers to pay close attention to the Men-Only
video below

it pertains to a 6,000 year-old male tradition;
one rich in history; one that is perhaps the last
remaining bastion of masculinity

sometimes its fun to look back; and to see ourselves
at those times in the past when we gazed in wonder,
forward - TO THE FUTURE!

at such times we tried to wrap our brains around
The Next Big Thing

the video below takes us back to 1939; when
Television was the reigning Next Big Thing

Television had just been one of the hits of the
1939 New York World’s Fair

there, visitors to the RCA Exhibit Building could see
moving images of events as they happened

they could volunteer to be “televised” themselves,
and wave to family and friends, who would gaze
at a screen in amazement

the narrator of the video captures the excitement
surrounding the advent of Television with lines like
these,

. . . and so a new American industry has been born.
Television is taking its place as another important and
vital contribution to our daily lives.

It is a modern miracle . . . the research problem of
yesterday is the radio marvel of today. Another
milestone of progress has been passed and science
has made a reality of the age-old dream of pictures
from the sky

for more on the early days of TV, check out
earlytelevision.org

sometimes its fun to look back; and to see ourselves
at those times in the past when we gazed in wonder,
forward - TO THE FUTURE!

at such times we tried to wrap our brains around
The Next Big Thing

the video below takes us back to 1958 when RCA
introduced Living Stereo

the narrator sets the tone of wonder and excitement
by opening with,

What you are going to hear about today is nothing
short of a miracle. It is dramatically new . . . .