PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 7

Danny Weltman danny.weltman at gmail.com
Sat Sep 12 10:45:12 CDT 2015


There is an amusing anecdote about philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser and
Kant's name...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-sidney-morgenbesser-6164166.html

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> <http://s3.amazonaws.com/kidzworld_photo/images/2010430/c403c2a0-c631-44c9-91c3-27a363dc97ac/gallery_tv_gallery.jpg>
>>
>> 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."
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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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