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an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound
tonight I just want to unwind in front of the boob tube
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Yep, The Munsters and The Addams Family are returning to the boob tube at the same time courtesy of Netflix.
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Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 July 2022
Spotted on the likes of Beyoncé, Kendall Jenner, and Bella Hadid, the boob tube is having a 2021 renaissance.
—Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2021
But my favorite way to spend a day off is to just veg out and watch the boob tube.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 June 2021
Later that summer, Lawrence Bommer wrote a slightly longer and more descriptive review of their act:
When not spoofing channel surfing (a too frequent target), the Two White Guys' skits are decidedly better than the boob tube.
—Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 8 Mar. 2018
But from the boob tube to the big screen to the glossies to the Big Leagues, the fault lies not with Mother Nature or the entertainment industry’s consumers — but with the fatally self-absorbed, politically toxified stars themselves.
—Michelle Malkin, National Review, 20 Sep. 2017
Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 July 2022
Spotted on the likes of Beyoncé, Kendall Jenner, and Bella Hadid, the boob tube is having a 2021 renaissance.
—Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2021
But my favorite way to spend a day off is to just veg out and watch the boob tube.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 June 2021
Later that summer, Lawrence Bommer wrote a slightly longer and more descriptive review of their act:
When not spoofing channel surfing (a too frequent target), the Two White Guys' skits are decidedly better than the boob tube.
—Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 8 Mar. 2018
But from the boob tube to the big screen to the glossies to the Big Leagues, the fault lies not with Mother Nature or the entertainment industry’s consumers — but with the fatally self-absorbed, politically toxified stars themselves.
—Michelle Malkin, National Review, 20 Sep. 2017
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“Boob tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boob%20tube. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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