IN a movie, ON TV

[Jonathan Lighter]

Because a movie is like play, but TV is like radio - whose characters are
"on the air[waves]."

JL

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Why is one IN a movie, but ON TV?
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