Post by juke46 on Apr 7, 2019 11:41:08 GMT
It has been 47 years since Anna and I suddenly developed an interest in jukeboxes. The culprit who bought this intoxicating hobby to us was Rod Serling and his television series called Night Gallery. I had always believed jukeboxes were somehow connected to some sinister organization A belief probably formed when I was a little bitty kid. I was fooling around, like little kids do, with one in a diner or restaurant and my Dad warned me to "stop that right now! It probably belongs to the "Mob"! WOW! I sure did not want to make those guys mad at me, whoever, the heck, they were!
It was 1972 when I came home from working the 3PM-11PM shift and Anna was waiting up for me. We always enjoyed watching "The Twilight Zone" and in later years "Night Gallery". This night the episode was called "The Tune In Dan's Café". It involved a jukebox that played the same song over and over. In fact, I believe it was a Seeburg R. The episode turned violent and despite the violence we both agreed it would be great to have a jukebox for home use. The next day we went jukebox shopping and so began an endless effort to find and have jukeboxes. Our first purchase was an AMI Continental 2 for $150 from the local AMI dealer. It was all "shopped out" by the dealership and played flawlessly for many years.
The Night Gallery episode was called "The Tune In Dan's Café". It was 1972 and I don't think too many people had yet given thought to collecting these wonderous machines. I tried to find a good version of that Night Gallery episode on the internet, to share, but without success. The versions there are of such poor quality that it is hardly worth viewing. Perhaps, maybe, I missed a viewable version with my lack of computer skills.
juke46 - Peoria, AZ
It was 1972 when I came home from working the 3PM-11PM shift and Anna was waiting up for me. We always enjoyed watching "The Twilight Zone" and in later years "Night Gallery". This night the episode was called "The Tune In Dan's Café". It involved a jukebox that played the same song over and over. In fact, I believe it was a Seeburg R. The episode turned violent and despite the violence we both agreed it would be great to have a jukebox for home use. The next day we went jukebox shopping and so began an endless effort to find and have jukeboxes. Our first purchase was an AMI Continental 2 for $150 from the local AMI dealer. It was all "shopped out" by the dealership and played flawlessly for many years.
The Night Gallery episode was called "The Tune In Dan's Café". It was 1972 and I don't think too many people had yet given thought to collecting these wonderous machines. I tried to find a good version of that Night Gallery episode on the internet, to share, but without success. The versions there are of such poor quality that it is hardly worth viewing. Perhaps, maybe, I missed a viewable version with my lack of computer skills.
juke46 - Peoria, AZ
