PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 7

[jochen stremmel]

This is almost to good to be true!

2015-09-12 17:45 GMT+02:00 Danny Weltman <danny.weltman at gmail.com>:

> There is an amusing anecdote about philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser and
> Kant's name...
>
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-sidney-morgenbesser-6164166.html
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> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> 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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