We had them installed in a house my father built when I was a kid. Had one in every room. I think they were used MAYBE a dozen times. Only the one in the kitchen was ever really used because it had a built-in radio that we played while eating or working in the kitchen. They were really a waste of money.
I have old telephones from the 60's-70's w/ batteries as intercoms. Works great. Saw my neighbor do it between his house and garage "man-cave" (bar) b4 we had that term when I was approx. 10 yrs. old. He showed me how to do it a few yrs. later. He'd pick up receiver,it would ring in house and his wife would bring out food to his card games.😆
That Miter Saw and that Jointer ended up in The New Yankee Workshop and were seen during the earliest seasons, they were actually present in the old workshop which became the finishing room.
All the negative comments about Bob Vila on here....just a reminder: he was the host. His job was to ask 'dumb' questions and to keep things moving. Also, the low budget meant that he had no time for guys to keep talking. They probably had maybe a couple of takes to get it right. There's no music. The lighting and camera setups are quick and cheap.
Please. The cabinets were made by Norm Abram and Horsecock Bob Vila. They’re not going anywhere. I pity the fool who tried to take those cabinets down.
@Leroy Jackson Mine was impossible to get into, it had a door similar to a postal box. We didn't have a fireplace, so dad said the laundry chute is how Santa got in LOL.
Bob’s endorsement of the homeowners’ handy work must have been very gratifying to them. “You’ve got all your junk down here” LOL The modern TOH homeowners are insufferable
Good host?! He referred to their possessions as "junk",and ignores the wife a bit. Pretty tacky honestly. That being said he's still my favorite of everyone. All the hosts over the years interupt unnecessarily often too. 🙂✌❤ 🙈🙉🙊 Still a good show overall though. Except now ALL the subjects (home owners) are all "well heeled" and it has lost the scope of it's title and original intent. I'm not the 1st to notice or state this. I don't begrudge them as some do,but...C'MON!!
@@kajem575 I wasn't around during the Bob Vila era of This Old House, but from what I've seen of him, he comes across as rather arrogant and like he was "the boss" even though he wasn't. In contrast, the subsequent hosts (first Steve Thomas and now Kevin O'Connor) took more of a backseat approach to hosting the show. They would introduce the show and ask questions, and then listen as the experts explained. They wanted the host to represent the people who watched the show, who were interested in tackling home improvement projects but weren't sure how to go about it. They didn't want the host to be another expert. And it wasn't Bob's decision to leave the show; he was fired after he filmed a commercial for a competitor of Home Depot (one of the show's sponsors). And then later, the other guys (Norm, Richard, Tom, etc.) commented that he took up too much screentime.
Bob actually had restored several old houses and had much more experience than latter hosts. I like how he would question trades people . They actually hired him to BE the boss.They had a real limited budget he dealt with.
Use to watch these with my pops and now looking back I'm disappointing in myself. When this was filmed my pops was already in and our of the Navy and building stuff all around and outside our house. Meanwhile I'm just working a 9-5 and can't build shit lol
I used to watch this with my dad, too. He would switch between this, the Frugal Gourmet, and that Creole Cook (was an old man and would always say, "HOO! I guar-on-tee!") This show always used to piss me off, though. I never once saw the completion of an entire project. It was always, "We're in the middle of doing this thing. I'm going to tell you about it, but I'm not going to actually show you how I do it or what it'll look like when it's done."
@@RaiceGeriko OMG I totally forgot about that chef lol I use to watch him too and also the channel TNN (The Nashville Network) for monster truck racing ohhh man the memories!
Dah, You have a place, so start building. Use junk and build something. It is only the adult created by society blocking you. Become you the impulsive kid and build. Then build again. Then build more. You done with your first one? Get the next one.
Thats because he actually ripped that board the wrong way! The bulk of the board should be behind the blade and against the fence! Couldn't believe he did that - kickback city! Bad Norm!
ole Bob be sweatn his ass off don't he. he don't do much else. hold a board here n there and talk a whole lot...but you'd think by the way his armpits look he was workin his ass off.
Bob Vila was a spokesman for Rickle Home Center which pissed off WGBH and he was fired by 1989. Following Bob's dismissal, Owens Corning withdrew themselves as an underwriting sponsor for This Old House. Bob created his production company and he hosted his weekly syndicated show Home Again which ran from 1990-2005. Bob was a spokesman for Sears Craftsman right after his dismissal from This Old House.
I'm only 41 and the Bob Vila era is my favorite years growing up as a kid
Nearly 40 years later, I finally fully appreciate the genius and legendary skills of Norm. Feels good to open your eyes.
There where three shows I would watch as a kid on PBS during the early 80s. They were this one, Nova, and Nature.
Wow, this show brings back memories. The song reminds me of Saturdays with Mom when I was small.
This was one of my favourite shows when I was a kid. Probably why I always built the best forts in town. Really great seeing this show again.
Of course Norm somehow perfectly scribed the table top to fit snuggled inside the brick mortar. The man's a literal carpenter God.
Of course he is, his names Norman, he has Man in his name, hence Norm's the man. 😄😄😄
Wallpaper books. Ugh memories of HOURS flipping through those in wallpaper stores in my childhood...
Norm is the best. Such a craftsman!
Jesus, those intercoms! I've never actually seen those things work. Every house I've ever seen them in they've been non-functioning relics.
We had them installed in a house my father built when I was a kid. Had one in every room. I think they were used MAYBE a dozen times. Only the one in the kitchen was ever really used because it had a built-in radio that we played while eating or working in the kitchen. They were really a waste of money.
I have old telephones from the 60's-70's w/ batteries as intercoms. Works great.
Saw my neighbor do it between his house and garage "man-cave" (bar) b4 we had that term when I was approx. 10 yrs. old. He showed me how to do it a few yrs. later.
He'd pick up receiver,it would ring in house and his wife would bring out food to his card games.😆
Got great memories with my pops watching this show w bob vila.
so much has changed but the show is still great.
That Miter Saw and that Jointer ended up in The New Yankee Workshop and were seen during the earliest seasons, they were actually present in the old workshop which became the finishing room.
All the negative comments about Bob Vila on here....just a reminder: he was the host. His job was to ask 'dumb' questions and to keep things moving. Also, the low budget meant that he had no time for guys to keep talking. They probably had maybe a couple of takes to get it right. There's no music. The lighting and camera setups are quick and cheap.
Love bob been watching him and Norm since I was a kid
Norm could trim his fingernails with his table saw. He’s the man.
Bob is sweating like OJ on the stand, lol.
When I was a little girl growing up watching this I had a crush on him. Also Guy Gordon from the Detroit News. Lol
one thing about Bob Villa, he doesn't waste any time jibber jabbing around like those other slow talking pretending they know something hosts...
You wonder 40 years later how their work has held up?
35 years ago .. Norm's work has probably been ripped out and installed in the garage.
Bet he's enjoying watching the Patriots in his mancave nowadays better than back then.
You'd destroy it trying to take it out
TODAY THEY WOULD USE CHEAP ASS HOME DEPOT CHINEESE CABINETS
Please. The cabinets were made by Norm Abram and Horsecock Bob Vila. They’re not going anywhere. I pity the fool who tried to take those cabinets down.
How do you know Bob has a horsecock? 🤣
"I wanted to know what you thought of this" ... after she's painted half the wall! lol
Bob, you know nothing about home improvement, what do you think of this paint?
@ I appreciate your feedback on my joke.
I grew up in a home with a laundry chute. It was brilliant - I wonder why it's a thing of the past?
@Leroy Jackson Mine was impossible to get into, it had a door similar to a postal box. We didn't have a fireplace, so dad said the laundry chute is how Santa got in LOL.
Too many kids fell down them and got stuck and decapitated
@@HipsterDoofus100LOL
Bob’s endorsement of the homeowners’ handy work must have been very gratifying to them. “You’ve got all your junk down here” LOL The modern TOH homeowners are insufferable
1984..Must be right before nail guns got popular..
Bob's all like "you don't need to check the level of that floor it's fine!".
Because Bob is an ass!
I remember this season...... i laughed that the homeowner didn't like going upstairs to watch t.v. but he would go downstairs to watch it!
Walk into Home Depot now and ask where they keep the wallpaper samples; they'll look at you like you're from 1984.
No pneumatic nail guns back them. What a great invention that is
Ahhh the good ol’days
I can hardly tell where Bob's pit stains are!
Bob be sweaty!
I always wanted to hear Norm say "C'mon Bob, keep up!
this old house should go back to this them song
No way . I like the guitar theme now
Which "THEM" song?
They had so many good albums.
Louisiana Fairytale is part of the show
Built his custom entertainment room just in time to see his Patriots get destroyed in Super Bowl XX.
Oh the 80's...knotty pine and wallpaper.
Going from custom made cabinets that include scribing for the mortar joints....to picking out wallpaper is quite the contrast.
Power miter box I've never heard that before, I am 40 years old
I used to use my Dad's miter box. Then they had a saw on a metal frame. Then power miter boxes.
Does everyone know what time it is?
TOOL TIME!
That's right! Binford Tools is proud to present Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor!
The previous owner buried his murdered wife under that basement. Anyway, its good to see Norm in the old days. Good memories.
@Leroy Jackson
Oops......I've said too much already.
I still have Norm's watch. LCD Casio. Great watch.
Villa was such a good host and norm is a human laser cutting machine .
Good host?!
He referred to their possessions as "junk",and ignores the wife a bit.
Pretty tacky honestly.
That being said he's still my favorite of everyone.
All the hosts over the years interupt unnecessarily often too.
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Still a good show overall though.
Except now ALL the subjects (home owners) are all "well heeled" and it has lost the scope of it's title and original intent. I'm not the 1st to notice or state this.
I don't begrudge them as some do,but...C'MON!!
@@kajem575 I wasn't around during the Bob Vila era of This Old House, but from what I've seen of him, he comes across as rather arrogant and like he was "the boss" even though he wasn't. In contrast, the subsequent hosts (first Steve Thomas and now Kevin O'Connor) took more of a backseat approach to hosting the show. They would introduce the show and ask questions, and then listen as the experts explained. They wanted the host to represent the people who watched the show, who were interested in tackling home improvement projects but weren't sure how to go about it. They didn't want the host to be another expert.
And it wasn't Bob's decision to leave the show; he was fired after he filmed a commercial for a competitor of Home Depot (one of the show's sponsors). And then later, the other guys (Norm, Richard, Tom, etc.) commented that he took up too much screentime.
Bob actually had restored several old houses and had much more experience than latter hosts. I like how he would question trades people . They actually hired him to BE the boss.They had a real limited budget he dealt with.
I never cared about Steve thomas
Damn looks like Bob is going fast so he doesn't have to waste time answering questions lol...and I thought that woman was a man from a distance
lol, you would have to remove the fireplace and loose all of the upper shelving on both sides to accommodate todays TV's
They'd have nail guns instead of hammers.
0:00 the WGBH logo 1978-1992!
Miss it
The logo use scare me as a kid because it looked like a bright red lazerbeam aiming at your face
this old house
the good old days before nail guns
And calling it a power miter box and not a miter saw.
all this effort and i get called now this erra to remove it for some robotic made furniture
Bob's sweating like he's not too Sure!
No finish nail guns and cordless screwdrivers yet . Everything hand nailed
What's up w/ the windows installed in front of the wall?!!🤷 wtf!!
no cell phones smartphone phones 1984
Hammer and nails, its so strange not to see an impact driver and screws
He didn't seem satisfied with the amount of work accomplished.
HAHAHAHA!!! Norm and "I" building cabinets, hilarious.
I just can not stand that guy, I never could.
I saw them both at a home show a couple years after this I guess and her people by Norm where saying the same thing to him.
And l'll bet you try to screw in nails with a SawsAll. Hilarious.
@ That makes no sense whatsoever.
Bob Vila is a national treasure. He’s an asset to America the likes of which we may never see again. Plus he’s hung like a horse.
@@ajs96350 To you? Not surprising....
No pneumatic? Jose would say no way...
Looks like Bob needs a plumber under those arm pitts.lol
Use to watch these with my pops and now looking back I'm disappointing in myself. When this was filmed my pops was already in and our of the Navy and building stuff all around and outside our house. Meanwhile I'm just working a 9-5 and can't build shit lol
I used to watch this with my dad, too. He would switch between this, the Frugal Gourmet, and that Creole Cook (was an old man and would always say, "HOO! I guar-on-tee!")
This show always used to piss me off, though. I never once saw the completion of an entire project. It was always, "We're in the middle of doing this thing. I'm going to tell you about it, but I'm not going to actually show you how I do it or what it'll look like when it's done."
@@RaiceGeriko OMG I totally forgot about that chef lol I use to watch him too and also the channel TNN (The Nashville Network) for monster truck racing ohhh man the memories!
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Dah, You have a place, so start building. Use junk and build something. It is only the adult created by society blocking you. Become you the impulsive kid and build. Then build again.
Then build more.
You done with your first one? Get the next one.
It’s warshable 😂
bob vila supervising since day 1
@2:14 those sweat stains
Its distracted me the entire time.
Vax Buster working in peoples hones you always burn up and sweat like crazy. Especially in the winter.
@@chriswebb810 Yeah, but the Bob Vila doesnt work. lol so why the sweat stains?
you sweat alot while supervising
Seriously. Put an undershirt on
After he said he couldn't build a cabinet remotely and get it to fit properly,he did it with the upper section. wtf!?🤷
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They're upgrade my Grandma Barb's house.
that interior decorator is a hottie
The perfect 1980s professional businesswoman look, too. LOL
No don’t put my house in the pink
WOW, norms fingers were very close to the table saw blade!
Nooooooooonot even close
Thats because he actually ripped that board the wrong way! The bulk of the board should be behind the blade and against the fence! Couldn't believe he did that - kickback city! Bad Norm!
Vila is gone and Norm is still there
7:00. How does Norm still have all his fingers?!He ran his hand directly over those dado blades!
Days before health and safety
Apparently before common sense as well 🤣
Bob has a bit of a humidity problem
Do you have The Billerica House
Are them still alive
Yup.
River pits lol they let anything on tv back then.
Wall Paper.... YUCK!
Ask this old house
Nothing like shitty wall paper and eating out the hairy 🦫 of the old days.
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Haha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've never actually seen somebody make a horribly dated finished basement from scratch. Haha.
Right? You want to go back in time and scream nooooo!
Looks fine to me. You have no taste.
Jesus!!! Bob probably stunk the joint up with his B.O.!!!!
ole Bob be sweatn his ass off don't he. he don't do much else. hold a board here n there and talk a whole lot...but you'd think by the way his armpits look he was workin his ass off.
He was the host, he wasn't meant to be a "know it all" but to relay to the audience of whats going on.
Funny how what they are doing was once popular and is ugly in this day now. Stained wood has lost all favor to paint.
I refuse to paint beautiful wood.
Intercom? Haven't they heard of texting?
They didn't have air compressors in 84?
I got so anxious when he didn't have a rip stick while using that table saw.
@@TrevorVaubel And the drive belt with no cover.
Hey! they could play star trek with those :-)
I know why Bob was asked to exit- he just won't shut up and let the experts explain things- Fun to see Norm, Tommy & Richard w/ these throw-backs
I know why you are an idiot......it's obvious.
Bull. Bob is great
Bob Vila was a spokesman for Rickle Home Center which pissed off WGBH and he was fired by 1989. Following Bob's dismissal, Owens Corning withdrew themselves as an underwriting sponsor for This Old House. Bob created his production company and he hosted his weekly syndicated show Home Again which ran from 1990-2005. Bob was a spokesman for Sears Craftsman right after his dismissal from This Old House.
Sweaty armpits hahaha
That wallpaper is all so damn ugly.
We will likely say the same thing about shiplap walls and all-white kitchens 40 years from now.
@@BradThePitts i already do
Ppu
I appreciate the 80's grind but this is mad, dry.
Tim the tool man Taylor is better than bob villa