The patient didn't survive the operation


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It started out as a minor pruning but they went a bit overboard trying to achieve perfect symmetry.

Bob's Ballard TV


photo by Ballard Avenue

Ballard watched Ed Sullivan on Bob's TVs, and when the tubes overheated and smoked out the house, Bob would get in his truck and race to the rescue. After all, you didn't want to miss the guy with the spinning plates who came on after Vic Damone.