Introducing the first portable music player

Bob Denver, aka Gilligan, aka Maynard G. Krebbs, shows off the first transistor radio. It's 1961 and kids are ready to rock.

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  Science & Technology

[batterymaker]

Maynard has a Zenith Royal 500--one of the best transistor radios made.

[Ron Tanner]

Cool!

[RJRanke]

Good ol' Maynard.Music was in his soul,wether or not he had the radio on.Man,Maynard was the hippest cat in the sticks,ya dig?

[JakeandElwoodBlues]

The teacher is the father from Dennis the Menace.

[hydrolito]

Red Foxx star of Sanford and son played Fred Sanford his real name was John Elroy Sanford.

[hydrolito]

You have to make the house payments more than once not so with the $75 dollar radio.

[hmdwn]

The original Hipster ... Daddy-O

[InAConundrum]

This is a man who was ahead of his time. Even his haircut and facial hair were from 40 years in advance.

[Brian P Keane]

We had these in Junior High School in the late 60's. When the teachers came by and saw you listening with the ear plug wire they took it away and you had to get detention in order to get it back. Zenith and Motorola way years before Sony Panasonic and RCA tramsmitter radios. Nowadays they have ipods ipads cell phones and laptops and they allow them in every classroom. Why!!, I have no idea?...

[MrTweeto]

I Was Hear!

[LadyPanthers7]

L♥ve this show. Maynard is hilarious:) he's why I watch it. Love the way he loves music♪

[Joe Dollinter]

Heard someone say that model,the Zenith Royal 500 cost $75 back then,about the same amount as their house payment.