PUSH THE BUTTON
In my home I have a favorite button. It is located on the television remote control gizmo and is just above the word MUTE. Whenever the screen fades to commercials, I hit the MUTE. It is not that I don't like car commercials, but I cannot listen to the movie ads. You know, those "fun" ads where people are getting shot down, sliced up or blown apart.
We live in a world of buttons, most of which we take for granted. Not so -- our four-year-old great-grandson who, on his weekly visits, will push every button or switch within reach. We find that after he leaves, the telephone doesn't work -- he found the on-off switch, and our apartment is ablaze with light!
In my teenage world, the most important button was on our family radio. We heard the nightly news from Walter Winchell, "Hello Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea," was his introduction. More important were the comedy hours with Fibber Magee & Molly, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and many more. My father didn't have to turn off the set during commercials because there weren't the mayhem and obscenities that we hear today.
My world of yesteryear was a different world, and a nicer world in many respects. It was a quieter world without the "whips, whistles and balloons" that we think we need today. Let me suggest, dear reader, that you spend a part of each day with your buttons on MUTE. You'll appreiate the sound of quietness that surrounds you.
More, later.
We live in a world of buttons, most of which we take for granted. Not so -- our four-year-old great-grandson who, on his weekly visits, will push every button or switch within reach. We find that after he leaves, the telephone doesn't work -- he found the on-off switch, and our apartment is ablaze with light!
In my teenage world, the most important button was on our family radio. We heard the nightly news from Walter Winchell, "Hello Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea," was his introduction. More important were the comedy hours with Fibber Magee & Molly, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and many more. My father didn't have to turn off the set during commercials because there weren't the mayhem and obscenities that we hear today.
My world of yesteryear was a different world, and a nicer world in many respects. It was a quieter world without the "whips, whistles and balloons" that we think we need today. Let me suggest, dear reader, that you spend a part of each day with your buttons on MUTE. You'll appreiate the sound of quietness that surrounds you.
More, later.
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