PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 7

[Jemmy Bloocher]

There was me thinking it was John Logie Baird...That'll learn me...maybe.
On 12 Sep 2015 07:31, "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On this day in *1927*, in San Francisco, inventor *Philo Farnsworth* first
> demonstrates his most wide-spread and world-altering invention, the
> Television Set! Few people know that Farnsworth's Imago-Visor (as the TV
> was originally supposed to be called) was an accidental by-product of the
> legendary inventor's attempt to build a device that could sterilize "the
> lower races."
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> On this day in the year *1981*, Judge *Joseph Wapner* berates his first
> set of knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers on the premiere episode of that
> ubiquitous television touch-stone: *The People's Court*. Meanwhile, as
> Wapner rages, *Doug Lewellyn* waits for his moment in the spotlight while
> a stylist secures his boufant hair-helmet with a sturdy chin-strap.
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> On this day in *1999*, *Allan Funt*, the creator of *Candid Camera*,
> passes away at the ripe old age of 84. Candid Camera, which caught regular
> people in embarrassing, staged situations via hidden camera, was the first
> ever reality-based, non-news television show. Ultimately, however, yer old
> pal Jerky believes Funt will be fondly remembered as the only celebrity
> who's name rhymed with cunt.
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