Dick's Gadget Warehouse & How to Submit Your Viewer Video On Any Gadget!

Our viewer video email this week is from Ken and Marie Kovar and it's one of our favorite kind of videos. It's about a tape machine that's over 50 years old and still works. (Well, sort of, as you'll see in their video.) Here's their email:

Here is a short video of one of my first gadgets. The Craig 212 Reel to Reel Tape Recorder.

In the video I play a little of the original demo tape that came with it. It sounds terrible but is kind of funny by itself. This machine is over 50 years old. I used it to record Neil Armstrong's first words on the moon LIVE.

https://youtu.be/ku_ilpJ8Dn0

Bonus trivia and related video: This model was one of the tape recorders used in Mission Impossible. The second video is a very short clip of it "self destructing". Peter Graves gave away the secret in an interview. The smoke was from a stage hand under the table blowing cigarette smoke thru a tube

https://youtu.be/Ep6GZvMt2iU

We enjoy your show! Ken and Marie Kovar

Proud Patreons of the GizWiz

See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1754

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We’d love to include your video in an upcoming Giz Wiz Show! Here's what we're looking for! Your home shot video – 2 to 3 minutes long, in any of the following categories:

I bought a piece of crap: Did you buy something you ended up hting? We won't get you a refund, but we might be able to give a platform to vent your disappointment. Remember, "family friendly" language applies.
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I invented this! Did you invent something? (Or did a friend or relative invent something.) We can't market it for you, but we can help get the word out. Show us what it is, and how it works. Even if it's a prototype, you can get our (and the audience) reactions. No professional ads please.
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My Gadget Warehouse: Okay, so you don't have a warehouse. It doesn't matter. Just tell us about your favorite old gadget(s). When and where you bought it, and why you're still hanging on to it.
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My Favorite Gadget (favorite old, or favorite new): Show us what it is, tell us what it does and why you love, or loved it! It can be a new gadget you just bought too.
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Post them on YouTube and send us the link! We'll do the rest. (Or possibly nothing, but that's unlikely.) Remember, videos should be just 2 to 3 minutes long! Low production value is fine, but we should be able to hear you and see you! If we select and show your video on The Giz Wiz you’ll earn a tiny amount of fame (hopefully). And if you live in the US, you'll also get an autographed 35-year-old Alfred E. Neuman picture and a MAD surprise (most likely the current issue of MAD.) But no matter where you live, I can email an autographed to you Alfred E. Neuman photo if we show your video. Just print it out, frame it, or just hang it up and no one will know it's a copy. We've tested it out and fans say they look terrific!

All show submissions go to mail@gizwiz.tv

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Letter of the week!

Another unique gadget find from one of our most loyal fans, Mo Torres.

Hi Dick and Chad:

This is soooo coool, & very expensive

https://www.touchofmodern.com/sales/mag-lev-audio-f3121a62-bcd0-46e9-a32b-df70180d0f84?open=1&auth=cfaaf5631dc81b0632a7b7ee5951a66509ebaf49&esp=sendgrid&open=1&sid=0ca6c91a-bcf2-4feb-8824-01fe9c4eaf91&utm_campaign=51489&utm_content=4&utm_medium=email&utm_source=tomomailer&utm_term=https://www.touchofmodern.com/sales/mag-lev-audio-f3121a62-bcd0-46e9-a32b-df70180d0f84?open=1  

Mo. (From the Giz Wiz: You've probably never seen a turntable like this ever!!)