Old RCA Victor Portable Radio Commercial

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

I love RCA Victor dog 💞

[@sherryhannah498]

@alandesouzacruz5124 me too his name is Nipper

[@dannovack1364]

I seen one online and it held up to its name to this day.

[@Biscuit1973]

I was never an adult back in the 1950s during the time when RCA brought out these indestructible battery powered transistor radios because I seen this commercial on the classic commercials DVD set which I still have because I really liked when he demonstrated how strong these portable radios were back in the 50s when they shown a young lady on a step ladder, dropping a couple of radios from the height of 8 feet and one of the radios had shattered into pieces, but the RCA, portable radio, which was made of thick plastic, really held up after being dropped from their height because back then those radios within $28 back in the 1950s which is $250 in today’s money.

[@erin19030]

The radio didn't break, but all the tubes did.

[@efandmk3382]

Portable radios with TUBES. A set of batteries must have lasted all of an hour.

[@td3993]

@@efandmk3382 no, they lasted at least 20 hours. Battery type tubes only draw 60mA for each filament, and the plate supply is much less.

[@deepguidance]

solid state radio

[@jamesslick4790]

@@deepguidance No, these WERE tube sets!

[@fromthesidelines]

This originally aired in 1954. Vaughn was RCA's spokesman from the mid-'50s through the late '60s....

[@pcno2832]

He used to do a live radio show from The Meadows (now and office building and Papa Razzi's restaurant) in Framingham, MA. next to the current side of Wall Mart (formerly Caldor).

[@Kenjock3000]

What a great singing voice he had too!

[@fairfaxcat1312]

It allows no chipping, no cracking, no breaking.

[@yodoglover400]

I think that is Vaughn Monroe.

[@yingthings]

$28 was the equivalent of $256.60 in 2018.

[@paulwalsh2458]

Thing is there were very few other luxuries to buy at the time and much less leisure time.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Let 'er go Betsey!

[@MemeEscaper]

the radio after the fall when its turned on:💥💥💥

[@d.a.elliottjr.367]

There's a guy on KZbin I watch who collects & fixes radios & phonographs who sometimes orders stuff from Ebay that comes broken if they're not packed properly & he rants about it. I wonder if this radio would survive being sent not packed properly.

[@jeffk7734]

Why does everyone on these old radio recordings sound much older then what they were when this was recorded?

[@ceciliamorelos1875]

This was posted when i was almost born

[@NatetheNintendofan]

Oh my God I remember when I was little on these dogs gave me a nightmare on the board up and shut down screen on my old RCA tablet sometimes whenever I saw Al just run and I was so glad when I finally got a Samsung tablet the only thing that's crazy about that when it's shuts down randomly on you

[@išsaugokkasetęs]

you mean the dog that shows up at the end of the commercial?

[@paulwalsh2458]

SOLD!

[@td3993]

All they had to do is add retainer wires to the tubes. That would've kept them in their sockets.

[@rhodwolff144]

Damn Betsy kinda fine imma build a time machine and find her

[@indigokids88]

My grandma lucy retired from RCA 😊❤❤

[@yusufjaved9895]

if rca did this again

[@luisreyes1963]

Doubtful. Every piece of electronics are now made in Chinese sweatshops.

[@rayfridley6649]

@@luisreyes1963 At the time of this product, if it was transistorized, it as assembled in Japanese sweatshops, which then, was every bit like today's Chinese ones.

[@KartikPatel-nt4ff]

😅😅😅😅😅well information good show you 😅😅😅😅

[@Awave3]

Before we had the iphone drop tests.

[@yusufjaved9895]

a modern one is cool.

[@HeavenOnEarthisYou-7777]

♡

[@alanstrong3295]

Old RCA was better.

[@mikeellis9720]

Betsy be HOT. DANG!

[@totallysmooth1203]

A lot of american women were. Until our Democrat enemies replaced us with their third world imports. They did it to get new voters.

[@TheWindowsXPMarkerSaveUkraine]

That dog makes me sad for some reason.....

[@Modeltnick]

Nipper is probably the most famous dog in the world. His biography is on KZbin!

[@2fast4you25]

NORMAL USE 🤪😜😜😜😜😜😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ceciliamorelos1875]

What

[@2fast4you25]

WHAAAAT ???? 🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅

[@2fast4you25]

WTF 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@jourwalis-8875]

"....and no sound"

[@Anjoulol]

K_K Neo victor