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Posted on Sep 10, 2018
ZZ Top - TV Dinners (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
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A great "B" side ! Turn it up !
NATIONAL TV DINNER DAY
National TV Dinner Day is observed annually on September 10th. In 1953, C.A. Swanson & Sons was about to forever changed the prepackaged meal business. Introducing the TV Dinner revolutionized frozen food.
In 1962, Swanson stopped using the name “TV Dinner”. However, in the United States, the term remains synonymous with any prepackaged dinner purchased frozen from a store and heated at home.
The first Swanson TV Dinner consisted of a Thanksgiving meal of turkey, cornbread dressing, peas and sweet potatoes. The original tray was made of aluminum and each food item had separate compartments. The dinner had to be heated in the oven and took about 25 minutes to cook. Today most frozen food trays are made of microwaveable safe material.
The original product sold for 98 cents and the production estimate for the first year was 5,000 dinners. To their surprise, Swanson far exceeded that amount and in the first year, sold more than 10 million of them.
1960 – Swanson added desserts to a new four-compartment tray.
1964 – Night Hawk name originated from the Night Hawk steak houses that operated in Austin, Texas from 1939 through 1994. The original diners were open all night catering to the late-night crowd. The restaurants produced the first frozen Night Hawk TV dinner in 1964.
1969 – The first TV breakfasts were marketed. Great Starts Breakfasts and breakfast sandwiches followed later.
1973 – The first Swanson Hungry-Man dinners were marketed; these were larger portions of its regular dinner products.
1986 – The first microwave oven-safe trays were marketed.
1986 – The Smithsonian Institute inducted the original Swanson TV Dinner tray into the Museum of American History.
Much has changed since the original TV Dinner, and they also remain a popular choice for a fast and convenient meal and fun to eat in front of the TV!
HOW TO OBSERVE
Get out a TV dinner, pop it in the microwave or oven, and enjoy! Use #NationalTVDinnerDay to post on social media.
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-tv-dinner-day-september-10/
NATIONAL TV DINNER DAY
National TV Dinner Day is observed annually on September 10th. In 1953, C.A. Swanson & Sons was about to forever changed the prepackaged meal business. Introducing the TV Dinner revolutionized frozen food.
In 1962, Swanson stopped using the name “TV Dinner”. However, in the United States, the term remains synonymous with any prepackaged dinner purchased frozen from a store and heated at home.
The first Swanson TV Dinner consisted of a Thanksgiving meal of turkey, cornbread dressing, peas and sweet potatoes. The original tray was made of aluminum and each food item had separate compartments. The dinner had to be heated in the oven and took about 25 minutes to cook. Today most frozen food trays are made of microwaveable safe material.
The original product sold for 98 cents and the production estimate for the first year was 5,000 dinners. To their surprise, Swanson far exceeded that amount and in the first year, sold more than 10 million of them.
1960 – Swanson added desserts to a new four-compartment tray.
1964 – Night Hawk name originated from the Night Hawk steak houses that operated in Austin, Texas from 1939 through 1994. The original diners were open all night catering to the late-night crowd. The restaurants produced the first frozen Night Hawk TV dinner in 1964.
1969 – The first TV breakfasts were marketed. Great Starts Breakfasts and breakfast sandwiches followed later.
1973 – The first Swanson Hungry-Man dinners were marketed; these were larger portions of its regular dinner products.
1986 – The first microwave oven-safe trays were marketed.
1986 – The Smithsonian Institute inducted the original Swanson TV Dinner tray into the Museum of American History.
Much has changed since the original TV Dinner, and they also remain a popular choice for a fast and convenient meal and fun to eat in front of the TV!
HOW TO OBSERVE
Get out a TV dinner, pop it in the microwave or oven, and enjoy! Use #NationalTVDinnerDay to post on social media.
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-tv-dinner-day-september-10/
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Thank you my friend SGT John " Mac " McConnell for sharing the official music video of ZZ Top performing TV Dinners.
TV Dinners written by Hill, Gibbons and Beard
Lyrics
"TV dinners, there's nothin' else to eat
TV dinners, they really can't be beat
I like 'em frozen but you understand
I throw 'em in and wave 'em and I'm a brand new man, oh yeah
TV dinners, they're goin' to my head
TV dinners my skin is turnin' red
Twenty year old turkey in a thirty year old tin
I can't wait until tomorrow and thaw one out again, oh yeah
TV dinners, I'm feelin' kinda rough
TV dinners, this one's kinda tough
I…"
Background on the song
"TV dinners were developed from "Strato-Plates," the brainchild of former American serviceman William Maxon, who also devised a small cooking stove to use on aircraft - the Maxon Whirlwind Oven. He founded his company, Maxon Food Systems Inc, in 1944. Maxon died in July 1947, just as his innovation began to take off with the American public.
In 1954, another American, Gerry Thomas, took the concept one stage further, and a convenient meal for servicemen and aircraft passengers became a national and then an international institution. The deprecation of ready meals by food "connoisseurs" and pundits has not been shared by the public worldwide, but although songs about food are not uncommon, few people have had the inclination to sing the praises of convenience food in such a literal fashion. This slightly whimsical song runs to 3 minutes 50 seconds, and was released as as single backed by "Cheap Sunglasses." A group composition - Hill, Gibbons and Beard - it was recorded in 1982 and released the following year, produced by the aptly named Bill Ham. >>"
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SSG John Ross SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy WilberSGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon PO1 H Gene Lawrence
TV Dinners written by Hill, Gibbons and Beard
Lyrics
"TV dinners, there's nothin' else to eat
TV dinners, they really can't be beat
I like 'em frozen but you understand
I throw 'em in and wave 'em and I'm a brand new man, oh yeah
TV dinners, they're goin' to my head
TV dinners my skin is turnin' red
Twenty year old turkey in a thirty year old tin
I can't wait until tomorrow and thaw one out again, oh yeah
TV dinners, I'm feelin' kinda rough
TV dinners, this one's kinda tough
I…"
Background on the song
"TV dinners were developed from "Strato-Plates," the brainchild of former American serviceman William Maxon, who also devised a small cooking stove to use on aircraft - the Maxon Whirlwind Oven. He founded his company, Maxon Food Systems Inc, in 1944. Maxon died in July 1947, just as his innovation began to take off with the American public.
In 1954, another American, Gerry Thomas, took the concept one stage further, and a convenient meal for servicemen and aircraft passengers became a national and then an international institution. The deprecation of ready meals by food "connoisseurs" and pundits has not been shared by the public worldwide, but although songs about food are not uncommon, few people have had the inclination to sing the praises of convenience food in such a literal fashion. This slightly whimsical song runs to 3 minutes 50 seconds, and was released as as single backed by "Cheap Sunglasses." A group composition - Hill, Gibbons and Beard - it was recorded in 1982 and released the following year, produced by the aptly named Bill Ham. >>"
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SSG John Ross SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy WilberSGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon PO1 H Gene Lawrence
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Alan K.
SGT John " Mac " McConnell - I think now they are convenience dinners....And all the markets make them fresh to go!
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