[Ads-l] Joke: Television: It's called a medium because it=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=never well done (UNCLASSIFIED)

Fri Jul 26 22:26:39 UTC 2019

Thanks again Bill
Barry Popik has an entry on the joke that I missed. The first entry is
dated November 9,1950

https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/television_is_called_a_medium_because_it_is_neither_rare_nor_well_done

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 4:22 PM MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY
CCDC AVMC (USA) <0000099bab68be9a-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu>
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> And even earlier . . ..
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> _Chicago Tributne_ 15 May 1949 Part 6 section 2 page 2 col 5
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> "Definition
> "Television:  A new medium -- rare, if well done!" - Fred Waring. "
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> https://www.newspapers.com/image/371245732/
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> > While updating the QI article I found another
> > slightly earlier citation dated October 9, 1949, Bandleader and blender-maker
> > Fred Waring received credit:
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> > [Begin excerpt]
> > A definition from Fred Waring: Television: a new medium—rare, if well done.
> > [End excerpt]
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> > https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/24/tv/
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