The first on-the-air blooper

[Jonathan Lighter]

I don't consider a wax cylinder recording as being "on the air."

JL

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> News recently about the 1878 first Edison audio recording notes that
> (to quote Fox) "It's scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the
> world's first recorded blooper."  The speaker of nursery rhymes
> recites some incorrect words, and says "Look at me; I don't know the song,"
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> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/25/1878-first-ever-captured-edison-audio-recording-unveiled/
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> Joel
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