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Originally Posted by jcwade

Turning the TV dial with a pair of pliers because the knob fell off.
The UHF dial.
Having 5-6 TV stations to choose from, in the larger cities.
The TV remote making that metallic pinging sound.
The youngest child in the room being the remote control.
Channels signing off for the evening with the Star-Spangled Banner then the test pattern.

For those of us in LA, the Helms Bakery truck.

UHF, VHF+UHF being 5-6 channels, youngest (only in my case) child being the remote, channels signing off. All check.

I think our first remote mostly just clicked, BUT... If you opened a beer/soda can that made the "Ttssshhh" or sneezed loudly, that often resulted in the channel changing. I think our next TV w/remote used IR. I think technically, we had a TV that was "remote controlled" and the remote was actually connected to the TV by a wire. I don't think it got used much because having a wire running from the TV to the remote was a pain.

I'd never seen or heard of the bakery truck which isn't surprising because i'm not from Cali or LA, but I do remember the Charles Chips truck that delivered chips and pretzels.