Comments on: Theatrical Thursday: Jack Paar Tries To Do a Polaroid Commercial http://modernretrowoman.com/2010/07/29/theatrical-thursday-jack-paar-tries-to-do-a-polaroid-commercial/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:56:20 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy Warnock http://modernretrowoman.com/2010/07/29/theatrical-thursday-jack-paar-tries-to-do-a-polaroid-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-4899 Kathy Warnock Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:09:24 +0000 http://modernretrowoman.com/?p=1301#comment-4899 I remember the Polaroid camera my mother bought in the early '60s -- smaller than the one Jack Paar was holding. Mother loved it. I remember how pleased she was when she took a picture of my grandfather and his brother. The first wasn't good, which enabled her to take another immediately. Ah, Technology! As I recall, you snapped the photo, then waited 60 seconds before opening the back of the camera and removing your print. Then we had a cartridge of some smelly goo that we applied to the photo, and that had to dry. The film was expensive and I don't think she took many pictures with it. I have a few -- badly faded. And I remember how disappointed Mother was when within a short few years the camera was obsolete and we could no longer buy the film. Yes, I would say she was upset by that. I remember the Polaroid camera my mother bought in the early ’60s — smaller than the one Jack Paar was holding. Mother loved it. I remember how pleased she was when she took a picture of my grandfather and his brother. The first wasn’t good, which enabled her to take another immediately. Ah, Technology!

As I recall, you snapped the photo, then waited 60 seconds before opening the back of the camera and removing your print. Then we had a cartridge of some smelly goo that we applied to the photo, and that had to dry. The film was expensive and I don’t think she took many pictures with it. I have a few — badly faded.

And I remember how disappointed Mother was when within a short few years the camera was obsolete and we could no longer buy the film. Yes, I would say she was upset by that.

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