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Paul Schatzkin

@driver49

Biographer of Obscure 20th Century Scientists, Nut behind the wheel of a 1949 Chevy 3100 Pickup (https://t.co/rpbeoFJbBK)

In the Wrong Timeline Katılım Ağustos 2007
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I just remembered today is the Anniversary of both Trinity (1945) and the launch of Apollo 11 (1969). Great achievements, but Mankind is still just apes w Nukes. youtu.be/qW4gxuT3XP0?si…
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With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #71: Amos 'n Andy, one of the most controversial shows in broadcasting history. . This week’s podcast: tinyurl.com/mray2z2c . This week’s Web Edition: tinyurl.com/3nr3as25
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With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #72: Everybody Loves Lucy. . This week’s podcast: bitl.to/5rO6 This week’s Web Edition: bitl.to/5rO5
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With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #72: Everybody Loves Lucy. . This week’s podcast: bitl.to/5rO6 This week’s Web Edition: bitl.to/5rO5
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The Countdown to the Centennial continues with #74: Disney Comes to TV. . By putting a weekly program on ABC, Disneyland the TV show paid for Disneyland the theme park. . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5plg . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5plf
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There are now just 530 days remaining until the Centennial of Television, and today we have a BONUS EDITION of the Countdown to share with you: tinyurl.com/25ecso9n
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Countdown #76 recalls how the Nielsen Ratings became the gold standard for success in television . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5nUm . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5nUo
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Countdown #77 revisits Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows – the pioneering sketch comedy program that launched dozens of careers and spawned countless imitators. . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5m4D . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5m4E
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When Gertrude Berg created the sitcom, she defined the format that shows like Lucy, The Honeymooners, and All in the Family would refine and expand in the decades that followed. . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5kWL . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5kWK
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Philo Farnsworth was not survived by a company that could write the history. Countdown #79 recalls the demise of Farnsworth Television & Radio it was when sold to ITT in 1949. . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5irY . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5irX
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From back in the day when monarchs understood the stakes (well, a recreation of that time... or maybe just a complete confabulation... )
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. When NBC started looking for daytime programming for television, the network gave Irna Phillips the green light on a new program – These Are My Children – which brought "soap operas" to television. . Podcast: bitl.to/5hDK . Web Edition: bitl.to/5hDL
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. it is genuinely intriguing how often Philo T. Farnsworth drifts in and out of the history of TV. Television's annual Emmy Awards is a good example. . podcast: bitl.to/5fta . post: bitl.to/5ftc
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In the 1920s and ’30s, Times Square became synonymous with New Year’s Eve. . In 1948, the tradition found its way to television. . Podcast: bitl.to/5eX7 . Web Edition: bitl.to/5eX6
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Before Survivor, or The Real World, there was Allen Funt. Candid Camera was unscripted, unrehearsed, and genuinely real – unlike the "everybody knows there are cameras" format now known as "reality" TV. . . Podcast: bitl.to/5cw1 . Web Edition: bitl.to/5cw0
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@donwinslow Gee, is it to much to ask you to post it to YouTube in the proper aspect ration? Right now it’s a horizontal within a vertical within a video. THAT’s why this thug is president: because the media environment is so fucked up.
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Do You Remember America Before Trump? NEW VIDEO! WATCH! TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. Let's get this to 1 million views fast. Please retweet and quote tweet.
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When he was 12 years old, a vaudeville performer named Mendel Berlinger changed his name to Milton Berle. When NBC named him to host Texaco Star Theater, he started calling himself "Mr. Television." . Podcast: bitl.to/5bLo . Web Edition: bitl.to/5bLp
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