"To repair a television was strictly forbidden," said Yaseen, 23. To illustrate, he pointed to an ancient set whose picture tube had been smashed by the Taliban authorities and was now waiting repair.

EVERETT - The year Leonard “Swede” Bonsen started fixing TVs in Everett, Perry Mason and Beaver Cleaver became household names.

Dan Meijer, who started working in the world of TV repair as a 16-year-old high school dropout, offers his insight. Culture. TV Repairman Weighs Future Amid Digital Switch.

Steve Rubstello, owner of Adams TV, is closing the Fremont television repair shop and making plans to work for someone else for the first time in decades. Mike Urban/Seattle Post-Intelligencer.