According to their official blog, a Scopitone is an olden day video jukebox which projected musical movies on a 26-in. screen, flooding the premises with hi-fi scooby-ooby-doo.

Scooby-ooby-doo, or music, as it’s now known seemed be comprised of bizarre tunes like Bittersweet Samba by Herp Albert and the Tijuana Brass, Mother Nature, Father Time by Brook Benton and the well worn classic Baby Face by Bobby Vee. All of these gems were broadcast from a unit that looked like a super sized updended coffin.

It’s easy to mock these not so portable music players, but, in the 60’s before the Ipod was even an apple in Steve Jobs eye, Scopitonic sounds were blazing a trail. In fact, some say the Scopitone was the inspiration for todays modern music players. After all, the video ipod is nothing more than a scopitone with more music and less wardrobe interface.