Everybody's Hobby

A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off . Everyone in the family has a hobby, the wife is stamp collecting, for the father it's cameras, the uncle absorbs mostly useless information, the daughter is a record collector and the son, is into Amateur (ham) Radio. Interestingly, this movie would be difficult to remake today as most (HOAs) Homeowners Association's would not allow the kid to have an antenna on the roof. Anyway, this is a terrific movie that I enjoyed every moment of. The movie is only 54 minutes long but there are no wasted frames. Although there are a few serious moments, there are some hilarious scenes involving Robert Leslie (the son) where he's a overwhelmed with to many female admirers.

The ham radio hobby is the central theme in the movie and using that radio they "save the day". It should be noted, this movie is not an exaggeration of the positive work that Amateur Radio operators do in disasters. Remember, in any widespread disaster like a tornado, hurricane, flood, or Godzilla attack, your cell phone will almost certainly NOT work. In many cases, Amateur Radio operators are the only communications in and out of disaster areas.

I liked this movie so much that I imported it into my Mac and burned an M-Disc DVD where I know I can watch it whenever I want to.