# What's your earliest TV memory?

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Our first set was a Zenith with a round screen. I think TV was transmitted in two different aspect ratios back then, because there was a little switch on the front of the TV that made the image stretch out horizontally.

One of the programs at that time was the Kate Smith Show. As soon as the show came on, we always moved that switch to make her look even fatter than she already was.

Kids. :rolleyes:

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