Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Quote of the Day for 2016-06-01


"Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education."

Paul Erdős (1913-1996) Quoted by Paul Hoffman in "The Man Who Loves Only Numbers," The Atlantic (November 1987)

Banky's Videographer at 402 Main St. (corner of 4th St.), Park City, Utah
Banky's Videographer at 402 Main St. (corner of 4th St.), Park City, Utah (2010)

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Quote of the Day for 2016-01-21


"Television is for appearing on, not looking at."

Noël Coward (1899-1973) Interview with Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person, April 27, 1956

Opening sequence of The Groove Tube, which spoofed 2001: A Space Odyssey (1974)