Telephone ad extolling the virtues of interrupted suppers

By at 5:56 pm Sunday, Feb 27

An early ad for extra landlines pimps the miracle of talking on the phone during the family dinner, and advises that Junior will love a "portable" phone that he can carry down to the living room when he's done with it.

"It's for you, we don't mind the phone cord in the dinner soup"

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