We didn't get our first color TV until I was a teenager. My aunt and uncle bought it for us a housewarming gift when we left the Bronx and bought a house in the suburbs.

When I was little, my brothers (12 and 14 when I was born) had their own TV in their bedroom. It was a small black and white on a rolling stand. One of them fell asleep with it on. He was too lazy to get out bed to turn it off, so he tried to hit the off button with his foot. Unfortunately, he hit it a bit too hard and knocked the TV off the stand. The SOUND it made, my goodness! All those tubes inside shattered. He was in biiiiig trouble!