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1936 Perspective on Television

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the talkies dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "The New Yorker is running an article from their archives from 1936. In it, E.B.White (author of Charlotte's Web) discusses a demonstration he attended of the current state of television, which didn't impress him at all."

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  1. Re:The web didn't impress me by Elbereth · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I'm waiting for special internet keyboards that can send a shock to people to say something stupid. Now that would be cool.

    ouch... I mean "who say something stupid".