Pearly Shells, Tiny Bubbles Working Late And VCRs

In 1975 I was working nights and VCRs were  still in their infancy not only that I was getting depress because I could not watch my night time programs and back then the television stations had sign offs at  1 O'clock in the morning that's when I got off work. My landlords wouldn't allow me to have satellite or cable.So, when something really special came on and it was not a weekend I called in sick.

Now that is not the only time I pretended to be sick when I was in school and wanted a day or two off in winter I would put my forehead on a furnace floor register and let my mom feel my hot forehead and she would usually would say "You better stay home for a couple of days" :).There are personal days one can take off for work why not one for schools ?

I got excited when I heard that Don Ho was going to have a show on daytime tv. I tought to myself good at least I can see places in Hawaii but no it was just the same stage everyday and always in the same place.

Also at that time ,I heard that Sony was working on a Beta VCR at that time movie/tv companies wanted them as play back only machines. Sony was getting sued by Universal and Walt Disney but the  U.S supreme court decided  that it is legal as long as one does not sell the tapes or give them away.In fact it made more jobs and more sells for the movie/tv companies.

I bought my first VCR the Betamax for $1000  in 1977 it only had a one event external timer and the tapes themselves cost around  $20 and had a 2 1/2  hour record or play time. Each video cassette had a tab on the bottom that could be taken out in case a person wanted to keep the recording and to prevent accidental erasure.

Now since I can watch "The Bionic Woman","Charlies Angels"."70's Hawaii 5-0" my depression went away because even back then they had different programming each night and the video  tapes could be re-recorded over for at least 100 times.

Below is a music video when Don Ho was in the Ka Hula Ohana Cabarrus senior center; 
What not your kind of music ? 
Who Cares ? 
if some how we can be there we're going to have fun isn't that what counts? And after that we can make plans to do goofy stuff with our teenage friends. ;)
                click here for Don Ho's Pearly Shells song

And bonus song below that. Don Ho signing Tiny Bubbles.

         click here for Tiny Bubbles sung by Don Ho