Why Is Television Called the 'Boob Tube'?
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The Top 100 Best TV Shows of All Time - IGN
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Paleo-Television: A Look at Boob Tube Technologies Through the Years - Flashbak
Why are TVs called tubes? - Quora
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Chewy commercial says it all - Franklin County Free Press
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Airwolf (TV Series 1984–1986) - IMDb
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williamwhite18 Did you know that back before our time (so pre-dinosaurs) they used to call a TV a Boob-Tube. 🤪 I have no clue where that name came from though.
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An Early Boob Tube (1958) Folks Called the Cyclops - Elizabeth Appraisals
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3B Theater: Micro-Brewed Reviews: Boob-Tube'n :: F-Troop :: For the Hero Who Sneezed: Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center (1966).
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Why Is Television Called the 'Boob Tube'?
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Why television called 'Idiot box' ?
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The Rap Sheet: British Boob-Tube Bits