Edith Keating Let The World See What The World Looked Like From The Air

Today in 1884 was probably the birthdate of a pioneer in aerial photography, Edith Keating.

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“Dinner For One,” The British Comedy Sketch That’s A New Year’s Eve Tradition In Germany

Watching TV on the last night of the year? That's fine; in fact, there’s a tradition on German TV of showing a classic comedy sketch every December 31.

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Jean Carroll, TV’s First Female Standup Comedy Star

Today in 1949, a first for American network TV: a female comedian did a standup routine on the air. Here's the story of comic Jean Carroll.

By |2024-12-08T16:29:08-05:00January 30, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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