Show'N Tell

Show'N Tell

The Show 'n Tell was a toy combination record player and filmstrip viewer manufactured by General Electric from the 1950s to the 1970s.

It resembled a television set, but had a record player on the top. Records and slides were sold for it in combination. One would insert the slide strip into the top and play the record; the record typically told a story, and the slide strip, which projected the images on the screen, would automatically advance to illustrate it.

It also functioned as a standard record player, able to play 16, 33⅓, 45, and 78 RPM records.

The Show 'n Tell was also sold as the Show 'n Tell Phono-Viewer by CBS Toys in the early 1980s. These devices only had two speeds 33⅓ and 45.

In addition the Phono-Viewer had two display options for the


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