Damm Videotape Recorders must have been very EXPENSIVE in 1983 anytime Florence had - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 09-04-2006, 03:04 PM

to Find $2500 to say-"Now I can buy A Videotape Recorder"-lol Damm were they like a $1000?

Funny Interaction once Florence realized she was going to have $5000 instead of $2500

FLorence: now I can buy my Videotape Recorder , my new wardrobe and

George: And your Brain Surgery

Louise: It's Buneon Surgey George

George: well she might as well get everything FIXED as along as she got the money

LOL-LOL-LOL

Ireneparalegal · 09-04-2006, 03:08 PM

Was she talking abt a VCR or a Camcorder? Weren't they called Videotape recorders?

You tell us Solomon, you bought a VCR when they first came out right? How much did you pay? When I bought ours in 1986 it cost $500!!!!!!!!!!!!

seventies_sitcoms · 09-04-2006, 03:10 PM

Just the pre-recorded videotapes in 1983 were something like fifty or sixty bucks!!

TVFactFan · 09-04-2006, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Was she talking abt a VCR or a Camcorder? Weren't they called Videotape recorders?

You tell us Solomon, you bought a VCR when they first came out right? How much did you pay? When I bought ours in 1986 it cost $500!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know I'm not sure, I heard Videotape and I assumed she was referring to a VCR because why would she need a camcorder?-lol

Mr. Television · 09-04-2006, 03:15 PM

They were very expensive back then.

Ireneparalegal · 09-04-2006, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

You know I'm not sure, I heard Videotape and I assumed she was referring to a VCR because why would she need a camcorder?-lol

Who knows...people always want things that are expensive and when they come into a lot of $$$ they want to buy those things.

gilligan fanatic · 09-04-2006, 07:49 PM

On a Bob Newhart episode a criminal who is coming to Bob's office (played by Henry Winkler) buys Bob a tape recorder and this is from 1974. He tapes Monday Night Football. Anyway, that is a few years before the Jeffersons episode, this is what the recorder looks like, it is reel to reel.

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seventies_sitcoms * Senior Member Join Date: Jan 09, 2005 Posts: 2,244	Just the pre-recorded videotapes in 1983 were something like fifty or sixty bucks!!