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Tag Archives: television
August 17, 2012
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2012, Gay pride events were banned for a century in Moscow, which is not surprising as it is a dour and depressing city where nothing fun ever happens. Even the homosexuals in Moscow are a stoic and unfeeling bunch with little to no flair. In fact, at that time … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged alcohol, Gay, homosexual, Moscow, Russia, television
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August 1, 1996
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1996, M2, MTV’s second TV channel launched. It actually played music videos.
June 25, 1951
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1951 in New York, the first regular commercial color TV transmissions were presented on CBS using the FCC-approved CBS Color System. The general public did not own color TV’s at the time.
May 19, 1992
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1992 U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown” for having its title character decide to bear a child out of wedlock. He wrote “It is disappointing that CBS woulde allow Ms. Murphy Browne to have a childe and choose to do so without a father. … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Dan Quayle, Politicians behaving badly, potatoe, television, Vice Presidents
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March 12, 1974
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1974 “Wonder Woman” debuted on ABC-TV with the show later airing on CBS-TV. Ten years later, physiologists noticed a sharp increase in the numbers of sexually deviant men in their twenties and thirties who insisted on being tied up and physically assaulted by large breasted women. No one truly … Continue reading
March 9, 1954
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1954 WNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), in New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials. The ad was for Castro Decorators of New York City. According to the commercial, Mad Max Castro was insane for selling his sofas, ottomans, and dining room suites for such low, low prices.
March 1, 1957
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1957, Kokomo, Jr., the Chimp became the ‘Today Show’ animal editor and parlayed that gig into a decades spanning career as the ‘go to’ chimp for movies and commercials. While Kokomo was universally beloved by humans the world over, his dealings with his fellow primates was not all spaghetti … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged chim-chim, Manny the Monkey, strange deaths, television
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January 27, 1926
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1926, John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television. The Welsh asked if this “television” would be able to show pictures of sheep ‘grazing’, and Mr. Baird told them that for a nominal surcharge, they could get all the television pictures of sheep ‘grazing’ that … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged inventions, sheep, television, the scottish, the welsh
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January 13, 1998
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1998, one of the 110 missing episodes of the British TV show “Doctor Who” was found in New Zealand. It was the one where the “Doctor’s” companion was captured by a space alien who was intent upon subjugating the human race and using the planet for their own, nefarious … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Doctor Who, nerds, television, the english
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December 23, 1893 and December 23, 1943
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1893, the Engelbert Humperdinck opera “Hansel und Gretel” was first performed in Weimar, Germany. When asked “Weimar?” Humperdinck replied, “Weinaughtmar?” Also on this date in 1943, “Hansel and Gretel” the opera was televised on New York’s WRBG and it was the first complete opera to be televised. The thousand’s … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Germany, New York, opera, television
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