radios Quotes

This radio show was done out of an old theater called the Fitzgerald and it had been on the air since Jesus was in the third grade.

“Another thing you won’t find is radios. There were forbidden at the beginning of the occupation. And, of course, television hasn’t been invented yet. The occupying army wants to take whatever is left in the empty houses for itself, and so it leaves the wall standing the keeps the guards stationed at the check posts.”

“A truck brought furniture, a television set, a radio, rugs, pictures, a stove and lots of other things. The house was ready for the new family. At last the new family has arrived! Look! It is Stitches, the tailor! Stitches paid the workmen for building the house.”

Every day after work Pedro’s parents and neighbors sit around the radio in his home listening to broadcasts from a “long way away.”