When both of them were young, they were idols whom the whole country raved about as well.
The standard of preferences at that time was not the same as now, but the two of them also had thousands of fans back in those days.
During those times, not many families had a television at home.
Those who had them had mostly black and white televisions. There were rarely color televisions around, which had proliferated only much later.
The peak of their prime coincided with the period of crossover from black and white to colored television.
At that time, there were few families with a television at home. When it was time for the television channel to play a film, everyone in the neighborhood would gather over at the house of the family with a television to watch.
At that time, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the whole town turned out, emptying every alleyway.
