{"id":55564,"date":"2023-02-04T07:19:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T11:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=55564"},"modified":"2023-02-03T07:44:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T11:44:55","slug":"sony-portable-spotted-in-the-gods-must-be-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/sony-portable-spotted-in-the-gods-must-be-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony portable spotted in “The Gods Must Be Crazy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ben-Zion, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I love your website and wanted to contribute a radio in cinema sighting from the 1980 South African film The Gods Must Be Crazy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I look forward to your readers feedback regarding this SONY unit.<\/p>\n

Kind Regards.<\/p>\n

Ben-Zion<\/p>\n

Thanks for the tip! Oh I do love that particular Sony model! Can anyone ID it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ben-Zion, who writes: I love your website and wanted to contribute a radio in cinema sighting from the 1980 South African film The Gods Must Be Crazy. I look forward to your readers feedback regarding this SONY unit. Kind Regards. Ben-Zion Thanks for the tip! Oh I do love […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305],"tags":[5506,10122],"class_list":["post-55564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-the-gods-must-be-crazy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-esc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5382,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/steven-roberts-cycled-the-us-with-a-sony-icf-2010\/","url_meta":{"origin":55564,"position":0},"title":"Steven Roberts cycled the US with a Sony ICF-2010","author":"Thomas","date":"February 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the most fascinating responses I received after posting the story of my buddy\u00a0Vlado's incredible thrift store find\u00a0(a Sony ICF-2010 for just $5) came from Steven Roberts, who told me that, in the 1980s, he cycled across the United States with the Sony ICF-2010 in tow. 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Make sure you check out Mr. Carlson's YouTube channel, Mr. Carlson's Lab\u00a0where you'll find repair videos ranging from solid state to tube\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "How To"","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sony-CRF-320","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sony-CRF-320.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sony-CRF-320.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sony-CRF-320.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sony-CRF-320.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30282,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/rolfs-sony-icf-sw35-mod-removes-the-beep-sound\/","url_meta":{"origin":55564,"position":3},"title":"Rolf’s Sony ICF-SW35 mod removes the beep sound","author":"Thomas","date":"January 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who shares the following modification for the Sony ICF-SW35. 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