This is how little kids react these days when you show them a Walkman

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July 1 is the anniversary of the Walkman, the handheld cassette tape player that first went on sale in 1979 and then dominated the music industry for decades.

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Today, it's been largely replaced, first by the iPod and now by smartphones. And as it turns out, kids don't even recognize the once famous device.

The Fine Brothers have a hilarious video on their wildly successful YouTube channel that shows children reacting to the Walkman.

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Some of them think it's a phone. And then they realize it's not:

Tape Player

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They have no idea what this thing is:

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And none of them can figure out how to make it work:

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"So when you wanted to hear a song, you had to press the fast-forward button and just guess."

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Tape Player 5

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"I prefer my iPhone over this thing! This thing is so hard!"

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Watch the video here:

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