Friday, July 17, 2009

Quite possibly the worst idea I ever had...

Have you ever had a fabulous idea that you were sure would make you fabulously wealthy? I mean, like maybe inventing computer software, or a way to send letters without postage stamps?

Yeah...you know what I'm talking about.

Yesterday, several of the bloggers that I read paid tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon mission. They were all quite sentimental about the event. Most of them were kids, just like I was in 1969, and had similar remembrances.

Dadman, over at CosmicConservative mentioned that his Father invested in a Zenith Color Television, with a "clunky" remote control just to be sure to catch the whole thing in living color. My family was in the TV biz in those days, and it brought back good memories of those clunky "tuning fork" remote control units.

And I got to thinking...WOW! Here we were in 1969 with Americans walking around on the Moon, and "state of the art" in home video equipment was a remote control television that you could mess up by jingling your keys, or the change in your pocket.

So, I got this brilliant idea! That would make a great T-shirt! A fabulous one! It would sell millions to 40 & 50-somethings like myself. I probably wouldn't be able to have enough printed to keep up with the demand. It could become a global phenomenon!!!

So, I sat down and designed me up that bad boy this morning!



(click on it for the REALLY BIG version)

Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Sigh...
Posted by Andy at 8:10 AM

3 comments:

  1. Paul MitchellJuly 17, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    Y'all had the REMOTE?!?!?!? Dang, I always wanted to be rich beyond all of my wildest dreams, but all we had was a tee-vee the size of a filling station and it was black and white.

    We did go to Cape Kennedy and actually take Polaroids of 11 on the launchpad and walk through a mock-up of the lunar landing module though.

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  2. AndyJuly 17, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    Yeah Paul, I remember those twelve-foot long console TVs with a 9" diagonal b&w screen.

    Man, your family could get all the way to Florida? Don't tell me y'all wasn't rich! The only reason we had "color" TV was because Granddaddy was in the biz, and Daddy worked for him. We just had "a loaner" that would get switched out every few months, and then sold to somebody at "cost."

    You must have been a tiny baby to catch a photo of 11 on the pad. Do you still have the Polaroids?

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  3. Paul MitchellJuly 17, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    I was just shy of five at the time. And yes, I do still have those photos and have been meaning to scan them, too.

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