<VV> "Topless" Gear

[FrankCB at aol.com]

I believe the appellation refers to type of viewers who spend hours  
watching the "tube".
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ
 
In a message dated 2/29/2012 12:34:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Sethracer at aol.com writes:
 
On a  lighter side there were no bikini clad 'hotties' but the Corvair   
did  
win. . . Not for nothing they call it the boob  tube.

Well, if there were no bikini clad 'hotties", why is it called  the boob  
tube?

"Enquiring" minds want to  know!